India Real Estate & REITs –
Weekly Snapshot: 20 February 2026
By Arindam Bose
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Large-Cap Realty: Weekly Snapshot
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Large-cap realty: resilience with a valuation lens
- DLF
edged higher toward about ₹629, managing a modest weekly gain even as technical commentators flagged an extended downtrend and scope for further downside toward the ₹600–580 band over the coming months. Short‑term traders remained wary given bearish RSI/MACD signals and calls for selling into strength, but long‑only investors continued to focus on its scale, balance sheet discipline and recent headlines such as topping a key housing project leaderboard and senior legal leadership moves.
- Lodha Developers (Macrotech)
essentially moved sideways near ₹1,071, giving back little of its prior rally despite lingering volatility in the broader realty complex. With market cap sitting just under ₹1.07 lakh crore and the stock still not far from its 52‑week high, the tape suggested that investors are comfortable paying a premium for its execution in Mumbai residential and related verticals, even as they watch leverage and demand trends more closely after the January bottom. - Godrej Properties
inched up to roughly ₹1,826, trading at around 35x P/E and staying well below its prior 52‑week peak near ₹2,500, as the market treated it as a premium compounding franchise where recent strong bookings and luxury launches continue to justify a higher multiple. Price action reflected an appetite for brand‑led, earnings‑supported growth stories over purely hope‑driven rerating candidates. - Oberoi Realty
cooled slightly to the mid‑₹1,500s around ₹1,523, digesting the earlier excitement from winning an 11‑acre Mumbai Bandra East railway land parcel in a ₹5,400 crore transaction while investors scrutinised funding structure, leverage and return metrics. The stock’s still‑healthy valuation and “Buy” consensus underscored confidence in its capital‑efficient Mumbai focus, but the sheer size of the new bet ensured that the market will keep a sharper lens on execution and balance‑sheet outcomes. - Prestige Estates
softened to about ₹1,487, easing from recent highs as the residual impact of IT‑linked worries on office and premium housing demand weighed on sentiment more than on fundamentals. With P/E still in the mid‑60s and presales robust, the key debate remained whether earnings and cash flows can grow fast enough to sustain such a rich multiple in a more disciplined market regime. - Phoenix Mills
hovered near ₹1,733, effectively flat on the week and continuing to behave like a mall‑plus‑mixed‑use annuity platform with a strong development pipeline rather than a high‑beta trading vehicle. News around its plans to raise roughly ₹1,500 crore for a Thane project and a long‑term vision to scale its retail footprint to around 40 million square feet by 2033 kept the longer‑duration growth narrative intact, even as near‑term price moves tracked shifts in rate expectations and consumption sentiment more than stock‑specific earnings surprises. - Brigade Enterprises
was subdued around ₹741 despite an intraday uptick, as volumes stayed below recent averages and the market weighed positive commentary on its long‑term potential against concerns about bookings momentum and project mix. Fresh narratives around its pivot toward relatively smaller, mid‑income homes in Bengaluru and Chennai added a new angle, with investors likely to judge the success of this strategy through the lens of margin resilience and absorption in a price‑sensitive demand environment.
- Sobha
remained elevated near ₹1,514 with a triple‑digit P/E still north of 110x, keeping it firmly in the “valuation‑on‑hope” bucket where strong presales and collections have driven a powerful rerating but leave little room for execution missteps. In a market that is rediscovering discipline, the stock’s high multiple ensures that any wobble in earnings or commentary can trigger sharp swings, even as long‑term believers stay anchored to its land bank and execution history.
- Sunteck Realty
ticked higher to roughly ₹409 and held on to its recent gains, aided by improving ESG credentials and a visible step‑up in its sustainability profile, as reflected in a significantly higher score in a global corporate sustainability assessment. For investors, this reinforced the narrative of a mid‑cap Mumbai‑focused developer trying to reposition itself as a more institutionally palatable, governance‑conscious name, albeit still with the cyclical beta typical of its size and product mix. - Signature Global
cooled to about ₹1,008 after a strong prior run, with the stock’s optically extreme headline P/E (inflated by low trailing earnings) highlighting how much optimism is already priced into its affordable‑to‑mid segment story. Recent news around a 50:50 joint venture with RMZ to develop a mixed‑use project in Gurugram, backed by a planned ₹1,283 crore equity infusion from the partner, continued to support the medium‑term thesis on scale and product positioning even as the near‑term tape reflected profit‑taking and volatility in high‑beta realty counters.
DLF
edged higher toward about ₹629, managing a modest weekly gain even as technical commentators flagged an extended downtrend and scope for further downside toward the ₹600–580 band over the coming months. Short‑term traders remained wary given bearish RSI/MACD signals and calls for selling into strength, but long‑only investors continued to focus on its scale, balance sheet discipline and recent headlines such as topping a key housing project leaderboard and senior legal leadership moves.
edged higher toward about ₹629, managing a modest weekly gain even as technical commentators flagged an extended downtrend and scope for further downside toward the ₹600–580 band over the coming months. Short‑term traders remained wary given bearish RSI/MACD signals and calls for selling into strength, but long‑only investors continued to focus on its scale, balance sheet discipline and recent headlines such as topping a key housing project leaderboard and senior legal leadership moves.
Lodha Developers (Macrotech)
essentially moved sideways near ₹1,071, giving back little of its prior rally despite lingering volatility in the broader realty complex. With market cap sitting just under ₹1.07 lakh crore and the stock still not far from its 52‑week high, the tape suggested that investors are comfortable paying a premium for its execution in Mumbai residential and related verticals, even as they watch leverage and demand trends more closely after the January bottom.
essentially moved sideways near ₹1,071, giving back little of its prior rally despite lingering volatility in the broader realty complex. With market cap sitting just under ₹1.07 lakh crore and the stock still not far from its 52‑week high, the tape suggested that investors are comfortable paying a premium for its execution in Mumbai residential and related verticals, even as they watch leverage and demand trends more closely after the January bottom.
Godrej Properties
inched up to roughly ₹1,826, trading at around 35x P/E and staying well below its prior 52‑week peak near ₹2,500, as the market treated it as a premium compounding franchise where recent strong bookings and luxury launches continue to justify a higher multiple. Price action reflected an appetite for brand‑led, earnings‑supported growth stories over purely hope‑driven rerating candidates.
inched up to roughly ₹1,826, trading at around 35x P/E and staying well below its prior 52‑week peak near ₹2,500, as the market treated it as a premium compounding franchise where recent strong bookings and luxury launches continue to justify a higher multiple. Price action reflected an appetite for brand‑led, earnings‑supported growth stories over purely hope‑driven rerating candidates.
Oberoi Realty
cooled slightly to the mid‑₹1,500s around ₹1,523, digesting the earlier excitement from winning an 11‑acre Mumbai Bandra East railway land parcel in a ₹5,400 crore transaction while investors scrutinised funding structure, leverage and return metrics. The stock’s still‑healthy valuation and “Buy” consensus underscored confidence in its capital‑efficient Mumbai focus, but the sheer size of the new bet ensured that the market will keep a sharper lens on execution and balance‑sheet outcomes.
cooled slightly to the mid‑₹1,500s around ₹1,523, digesting the earlier excitement from winning an 11‑acre Mumbai Bandra East railway land parcel in a ₹5,400 crore transaction while investors scrutinised funding structure, leverage and return metrics. The stock’s still‑healthy valuation and “Buy” consensus underscored confidence in its capital‑efficient Mumbai focus, but the sheer size of the new bet ensured that the market will keep a sharper lens on execution and balance‑sheet outcomes.
Prestige Estates
softened to about ₹1,487, easing from recent highs as the residual impact of IT‑linked worries on office and premium housing demand weighed on sentiment more than on fundamentals. With P/E still in the mid‑60s and presales robust, the key debate remained whether earnings and cash flows can grow fast enough to sustain such a rich multiple in a more disciplined market regime.
softened to about ₹1,487, easing from recent highs as the residual impact of IT‑linked worries on office and premium housing demand weighed on sentiment more than on fundamentals. With P/E still in the mid‑60s and presales robust, the key debate remained whether earnings and cash flows can grow fast enough to sustain such a rich multiple in a more disciplined market regime.
Phoenix Mills
hovered near ₹1,733, effectively flat on the week and continuing to behave like a mall‑plus‑mixed‑use annuity platform with a strong development pipeline rather than a high‑beta trading vehicle. News around its plans to raise roughly ₹1,500 crore for a Thane project and a long‑term vision to scale its retail footprint to around 40 million square feet by 2033 kept the longer‑duration growth narrative intact, even as near‑term price moves tracked shifts in rate expectations and consumption sentiment more than stock‑specific earnings surprises.
hovered near ₹1,733, effectively flat on the week and continuing to behave like a mall‑plus‑mixed‑use annuity platform with a strong development pipeline rather than a high‑beta trading vehicle. News around its plans to raise roughly ₹1,500 crore for a Thane project and a long‑term vision to scale its retail footprint to around 40 million square feet by 2033 kept the longer‑duration growth narrative intact, even as near‑term price moves tracked shifts in rate expectations and consumption sentiment more than stock‑specific earnings surprises.
Brigade Enterprises
was subdued around ₹741 despite an intraday uptick, as volumes stayed below recent averages and the market weighed positive commentary on its long‑term potential against concerns about bookings momentum and project mix. Fresh narratives around its pivot toward relatively smaller, mid‑income homes in Bengaluru and Chennai added a new angle, with investors likely to judge the success of this strategy through the lens of margin resilience and absorption in a price‑sensitive demand environment.
was subdued around ₹741 despite an intraday uptick, as volumes stayed below recent averages and the market weighed positive commentary on its long‑term potential against concerns about bookings momentum and project mix. Fresh narratives around its pivot toward relatively smaller, mid‑income homes in Bengaluru and Chennai added a new angle, with investors likely to judge the success of this strategy through the lens of margin resilience and absorption in a price‑sensitive demand environment.
Sobha
remained elevated near ₹1,514 with a triple‑digit P/E still north of 110x, keeping it firmly in the “valuation‑on‑hope” bucket where strong presales and collections have driven a powerful rerating but leave little room for execution missteps. In a market that is rediscovering discipline, the stock’s high multiple ensures that any wobble in earnings or commentary can trigger sharp swings, even as long‑term believers stay anchored to its land bank and execution history.
remained elevated near ₹1,514 with a triple‑digit P/E still north of 110x, keeping it firmly in the “valuation‑on‑hope” bucket where strong presales and collections have driven a powerful rerating but leave little room for execution missteps. In a market that is rediscovering discipline, the stock’s high multiple ensures that any wobble in earnings or commentary can trigger sharp swings, even as long‑term believers stay anchored to its land bank and execution history.
Sunteck Realty
ticked higher to roughly ₹409 and held on to its recent gains, aided by improving ESG credentials and a visible step‑up in its sustainability profile, as reflected in a significantly higher score in a global corporate sustainability assessment. For investors, this reinforced the narrative of a mid‑cap Mumbai‑focused developer trying to reposition itself as a more institutionally palatable, governance‑conscious name, albeit still with the cyclical beta typical of its size and product mix.
ticked higher to roughly ₹409 and held on to its recent gains, aided by improving ESG credentials and a visible step‑up in its sustainability profile, as reflected in a significantly higher score in a global corporate sustainability assessment. For investors, this reinforced the narrative of a mid‑cap Mumbai‑focused developer trying to reposition itself as a more institutionally palatable, governance‑conscious name, albeit still with the cyclical beta typical of its size and product mix.
Signature Global
cooled to about ₹1,008 after a strong prior run, with the stock’s optically extreme headline P/E (inflated by low trailing earnings) highlighting how much optimism is already priced into its affordable‑to‑mid segment story. Recent news around a 50:50 joint venture with RMZ to develop a mixed‑use project in Gurugram, backed by a planned ₹1,283 crore equity infusion from the partner, continued to support the medium‑term thesis on scale and product positioning even as the near‑term tape reflected profit‑taking and volatility in high‑beta realty counters.
cooled to about ₹1,008 after a strong prior run, with the stock’s optically extreme headline P/E (inflated by low trailing earnings) highlighting how much optimism is already priced into its affordable‑to‑mid segment story. Recent news around a 50:50 joint venture with RMZ to develop a mixed‑use project in Gurugram, backed by a planned ₹1,283 crore equity infusion from the partner, continued to support the medium‑term thesis on scale and product positioning even as the near‑term tape reflected profit‑taking and volatility in high‑beta realty counters.








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