The Success Story of Vijay Kedia

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Today's topic is based on the success story of the ever smiling and the humblest person

you will ever know Mr.Vijay Kedia.

Vijay Kedia started investing at the age of 14.He finds himself lucky to be born in a

family with a stock market background.He preaches the saying in

stock market, "The earlier you start,the better it is".He says

its good to lose money with smaller risks and learn then to make money with bigger risk

and earn.According to him stock market is a high risk,high gain

business.

He started his journey as a trader.He says "Trading is the hardest way of making easiest

money".Trading requires strict discipline and total concentration.You

must learn to cut your losses quickly.

Kedia was influenced by his friend S P Modi who had identified many multibaggers.He then

started investing in stocks recommended by Modi and eventually

it turned into his passion.Now his manin motive was to find mulibaggers

on his own.

His first big hit as an investment was Punjab Tractors which he bought at Rs.50 which later

multiplied 10 times in 3 years.

Later in 1990,with the help of his friend Sameer Kedia he came to Mumbai with Rs.1 Lakh

to try his luck in BSE ring.His first 2 years in Mumbai were

hard and troublesome.Finally in 1992-93,he got lucky to identify

ACC at Rs.300 which he sold at Rs.3000 within a year and bought his first house in Mumbai.That

gave him a lot of encouragement.

He is famous for buying mid-size companies.He gives utmost priority to management and business

growth. His famous quotes are,"Good managers in bad

business are better than bad managers in good business".An

investor should chase the story behind a business.

He advises to be prepared for a 20-25% fall in the stock price even if one is 100% sure

of its fair price. If a small management has fire in its belly

and cares for its reputation,it will make the investor big along

with the company.All big companies were once small.
Kedia wanted to buy huge stakes in companies

just like Rakesh but had no courage.Finally from the education

picked up from Rakesh Ji,he bought 5% stake in Aegis Logistics at Rs.20.The stock didn't

move for a year and Vijay got very disappointed.Luckily market

realized its potential and it moved to Rs.300 in no time.

According to him investing in 200 companies is not a thrill.Neither should you invest

everything in one company.He advises to have a 10-15 stocks

portfolio and have a time horizon of about 5 years as this is a

time every small company takes to become a medium company.He never has any exit plans,but

decides to exit when he thinks the valuation is unrealistic

or he finds some other better investment.

According to him dividend is not the only criteria to invest.Growth and scalability

is the top most criteria. He uses a bottom up approach which means he

focusses more on the comapny rather than the industry.Although he

keeps a track on the sector and quotes,"Growth is faster if the ship and wind sail in the

same direction".

He likes companies which are not very famous thus available at cheap valuations.Some of

his multibaggers are Atul Auto and Cera Sanitaryware.Lets discuss

about them in detail.

He bought Atul Auto a Gujarat based company at a very low valuation since the management

was unkown.But he saw the zeal in Mr.Jayanti Chandra to grow.In 2006,the

company launched 'Rear Engine' 3 wheelers.The product became a

great hit and the stock grew 7 times in 5 years.

He bought Cera at 6-7 PE valuation.The company was alreay growing at 10-12% annually and

paying a modest dividend.He sensed that the middle class would

have greater demand for Cera's products.He was right and the

stock went up more than 7 times in 5 years.He advises that the keys to assess quality of

managemnt is their past record and current practices.

You should always check if the management is ambitious to grow and the capability of

its team to deliver. His current portfolio holdings include :

Sudarshan Chemical Karnataka Bank

Cera Sanitaryware Repro India

Lykis TCL Packing etc

His total portfolio is now worth Rs.403 Cr.
Thank You!

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