GST Winners & Losers: Where Smart Investors Should Place Their Bets
A Sector-by-Sector Playbook for Investors to Ride the GST Wave
The recent GST rate revisions have created a ripple effect across multiple sectors — from consumer staples to autos and cement. While some companies stand to gain meaningfully from lower tax slabs, others face headwinds due to hikes on premium categories.
Here’s a stock-wise breakdown of winners (and a few losers):
### 🥛 Dairy & Milk Products
GST Cuts:
- UHT milk: 5% → 0%
- Butter/Ghee/Cheese: 12% → 5%
- Paneer: 5% → 0%
Beneficiaries:
- Hatsun Agro
- Heritage Foods
- Parag Milk
- Dodla Dairy
- Umang Dairies
- Nestlé India
- FMCG Major: Britannia (cheese, butter)
### 👟 Footwear (≤ ₹2,500 per pair)
GST Cuts:
- 12% → 5%
Beneficiaries:
- Bata India
- Relaxo Footwear
- Khadim India
- Campus Activewear
- Liberty Shoes
### 🍪 Packaged Foods & Beverages
GST Cuts:
- Biscuits, cakes, confectionery, chocolates, noodles, pasta, cornflakes → 5%
Beneficiaries:
- Britannia
- Nestlé India
- Hindustan Foods
- Mrs. Bectors
Negative (GST Hike):
- Carbonated & energy drinks: 28% → 40%
- Impacted: Varun Beverages, Hindustan Foods
### 🧴 FMCG / Personal Care
GST Cuts:
- Soaps, shampoos, hair oil, toothpaste, shaving cream: 18% → 5%
Beneficiaries:
- HUL
- Colgate
- Gillette
- Marico
- Godrej Consumer
### 💊 Pharma & Healthcare
GST Cuts:
- Essential drugs/vaccines: 12% → 5% or Nil
- Medical devices (stents, diagnostics, thermometers, glucometers): → 5%
Beneficiaries:
- Sun Pharma
- Dr. Reddy’s
- Cipla
- Lupin
- Biocon
- Poly Medicure
- Metropolis
- Dr Lal Pathlabs
### 🏗 Cement & Building Materials
GST Cuts:
- Cement: 28% → 18%
- Marble/Granite/Stone: 12% → 5%
Beneficiaries:
- UltraTech Cement
- Shree Cement
- ACC
- Ambuja
- Dalmia Bharat
- Aro Granite
- Pokarna
- Madhav Marbles
### 🚗 Autos & Tyres
GST Cuts:
- Small Cars (CNG, petrol <1200cc, diesel <1500cc, length ≤4m): 28% → 18%
- Two-wheelers ≤350cc: 28% → 18%
- Tyres for tractors: 18% → 5%
Beneficiaries:
- Maruti Suzuki (WagonR, Swift, Baleno, Brezza CNG)
- Tata Motors (Tiago, Tigor, Punch CNG)
- Hyundai India (i10, i20, Venue CNG)
- Hero MotoCorp
- Bajaj Auto
- TVS Motor
- MRF
- Apollo Tyres
- Balkrishna Industries
- JK Tyre
- CEAT
Negative (GST Hike):
- Luxury Cars & Bikes >350cc: → 40%
- Impacted: Eicher Motors (Royal Enfield), Mahindra & Mahindra (high-end SUVs)
### 👕 Textiles & Apparel
GST Cuts:
- Man-made fibres/yarn/fabrics → 5%
Beneficiaries:
- Raymond
- Arvind
- Welspun India
- Vardhman Textiles
- Indo Rama
Negative (GST Hike):
- Footwear & Apparel >₹2,500: → 18%
- Impacted: ABFRL, Trent, Shoppers Stop
### 🌱 Chemicals & Fertilisers
GST Cuts:
- Sulphuric acid, nitric acid, ammonia: 18% → 5%
- Micronutrients & agri-inputs: 12% → 5%
Beneficiaries:
- Deepak Fertilisers
- GNFC
- Chambal Fertilisers
- Coromandel International
- Dhanuka Agri
- UPL
- PI Industries
- Rallis India
- Bayer CropScience
### 📺 Consumer Durables & Electronics
GST Cuts:
- TVs, ACs, Washing Machines, Dishwashers: 28% → 18%
Beneficiaries:
- Voltas
- Blue Star
- Havells
- Dixon Technologies
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