ITC’s tobacco business is going cheap but Kotak Institutional Equities thinks market has it wrong
ITC’s tobacco business appears to be getting little credit from the market, with Kotak Securities’ reverse-SoTP valuation suggesting the business is valued at around 11X its one-year forward earnings.According to Kotak Securities, the implied one-year forward P/E of ITC’s tobacco business is around 11X, based on depressed FY2027-28E earnings per share compared with FY2026 levels. The brokerage said this valuation implies that the market either expects the tobacco business’ earnings to remain st…


