CLSA upgraded Oil India to buy from underperform and has also raised its 12-month target price to Rs 450 from Rs 350 earlier.
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CLSA has Buy call on Oil India Ltd. with a target price of Rs 450.0. The current market price of Oil India Ltd. is 398.0. Time period given by analyst is year, when Oil India Ltd. price can reach defined target. The global investment bank has built in lower cess, and recently announced monthly kerosene price hikes in their estimates to arrive at the new target price. Higher Brent crude prices of $48/60/bbl drive a 24.4/23.6% boost to the earnings per share (EPS). The Cess rate is effectively lower than our estimate, said the CLSA report. The global investment bank sees crude rebounding to $60 in the next 12 months.