India's Jubilant Foodworks, Westlife Foodworld rise after CLSA upgrades to 'buy'

Westlife Foodworld

30/01/2026 06:37

** Shares of India's Jubilant Foodworks JUBI.NS and Westlife Foodworld WEST.NS jump 1.11% and 2.57% to 493.80 rupees and 495.20 rupees, respectively

** Brokerage CLSA upgrades both stocks to "buy" from "hold", saying risk-reward is now balanced after recent corrections

** CLSA says slower store growth is now priced in and expects sales acceleration with margin expansion driven by operating leverage

** Analysts on average rate Jubilant "buy" and Westlife "hold", with median PTs of 715 rupees and 627.50 rupees, respectively – data complied by LSEG

** JUBI shares down about 12.5% in Jan, while WEST down about 14%

 (Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru)

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