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    The Baseline
    30 Aug 2021
    Five analyst stock picks this week

    Five analyst stock picks this week

    Every week, Trendlyne picks five interesting buy calls made by analysts. 

    1) Steel Strip Wheels: "Exponential growth on the anvil," is what Axis Direct analysts say about this auto ancillary company, giving it an upside of 13%+ on a target price of Rs 2122. "We continue to like the growth story of the company driven by increasing contribution from the PV exports and Al-alloy wheels," analyst Sneha Prashant writes, "Furthermore, the company is positive about the domestic revival of the CV industry which has been down for the past two years. The company envisages the CV industry to contribute about Rs 500-800 Cr to the topline as the cycle turns around."

    2) P&G Health: This pharma and OTC company gets a thumbs up from ICICI Direct analysts, with an upside of 18.3% on a target price of Rs. 6555. PGHL, previously known as Merck, has multiple legacy brands in its stable including Seven Seas. "The key differentiator for PGHL is that its core category is Vitamins/Minerals/Supplements," analysts Siddhanth Khandekar and Mitesh Shah write, "which, as a therapeutic category, is likely to be rediscovered due to increased awareness post the current pandemic." Volatility in margins, they note, remains a key risk. 

    3) Bajaj Finance: A former multibagger is back in the good books for Motilal Oswal, with analysts noting a key event for this NBFC: Bajaj Finserv has got an in-principle approval from SEBI for sponsoring a Mutual Fund (MF). This, analysts Abhijit Tibrewal and team note, is likely to benefit the entire BajFin group, and they give Bajaj Finance an upside of 10.5% on a target price of Rs. 7,700. "Increasing per capita income, the gradual financialization of savings, a growing awareness with targeted marketing campaigns such as ‘Mutual Funds Sahi Hai’, and improving reach with digital platforms, will lead to strong AUM growth ahead."

    4) Cadila Healthcare: The approval of Cadila Healthcare's needle-less ZyCov-D Covid19 vaccine has triggered a buy call from Prabhudas Lilladhar, with an upside of 26%+ on a share price of Rs.695. "Thermo-stability (2-8 degree temperature for storage) of the vaccine helps in easing storage and transportation costs," analysts Surajit Pal and Akshaya Shinde write, "Stock filling of the vaccine and commercial supply across India will commence in Oct’21, with an annual manufacturing capacity of 100-120mn doses from the newly built vaccine plant."

    5) Transpek Industry: This chemicals company has caught the eye of analysts at BPWealth, with an upside of 32%+ on a target price of Rs. 2714. "A long-term contract with an MNC client helped the company deliver stellar growth in topline and bottom-line in FY19 and FY20, resulting in higher sales concentration from the polymer business," they say. "Management is looking to reduce this dependence over 2-3 years, "by launching 4-5 new products and increasing applications of existing products in non-polymer segments (mainly pharma and agrochemicals)."

    See all analyst buy calls here.

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    The Baseline
    24 Aug 2021
    Five Interesting Stocks Today

    Five Interesting Stocks Today

    1. Eicher Motors: Troubles are brewing at the helm of this two wheeler and commercial vehicle maker. On August 13, Vinod Dasari, the CEO and Executive Director of the company stepped down just two years after he took charge of the company. Last week, during the company’s annual general meeting (AGM), shareholders voted against the reappointment of the company’s former Managing Director Siddhartha Lal. According to reports, shareholders opposed a 10% hike in Lal’s salary due to the impact of the pandemic on the automobile maker. On August 23, the board reappointed Lal as Managing Director subject to public shareholder’s approval.

    2. Escorts: This tractor maker’s stock is up by 12% in one month reaching its highest point in FY22. In Q1FY22, the company’s revenue jumped by 57% YoY to Rs 1,671 crore, with net profits doubling to Rs 185 crore on improved demand for tractors. With a trailing 12-month price to earnings (PE) ratio of 18.2, against an average PE of 26.2, it remains in the neutral zone.

    3. Marico: This FMCG company reported its highest ever quarterly sales in Q1FY22 despite the pandemic suppressing demand in its rural market. Its EBITDA margins expanded by 2.8 percentage points QoQ in Q1FY22 to 19.9% due to falling input costs. The management expects input costs to fall further in Q2 and Q3. However, price hikes that were enforced to deal with rising input costs will not be called off. Analysts expect this to help the company’s bottom line in the coming quarters.

    4. PVR: Brokerages are concerned this cinema operator is unlikely to recover even as commercial activity ramps up. In a note, Geojit BNP Paribas lowered its target price on the stock to a 2% upside. The brokerage said the movie pipeline in Q2FY22 is lack lustered as many production houses have delayed launches to the second half of FY22. As of August 2021, only 63% of its screens were operational.

    5. Asian Paints: After five months, mutual funds are now buying this paints company’s stock. In July 2021, mutual funds purchased 8.2 lakh shares in the company, increasing their holding in the company by 3.1% on a monthly basis. Between February to June, mutual funds sold 35.2 lakh shares, decreasing their holding in the company by 15%. In the past year, mutual funds were net buyers of the company’s stock in only two months — January and July 2021.

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    The Baseline
    24 Aug 2021
    Chart of the week: Reliance Jio’s inactive subscribers rise

    Chart of the week: Reliance Jio’s inactive subscribers rise

    In June, Reliance Industries' Jio added 5.5 lakh new subscribers, while Bharti Airtel added 3.8 lakh new subscribers. This was the fifth straight month in which Jio's subscriber additions were higher than Bharti Airtel's subscriber additions. However, the concern for Jio remains its inactive subscribers. Inactive subscribers are those who do not consume data or make calls. These subscribers do not contribute to a telecom company’s revenues

    Jio's inactive subscribers jumped to 9.6 crore in June, a 3.2% jump MoM. Bharti Airtel's and Vodafone Idea's inactive subscribers were 0.8 crore and 3.8 crore respectively in the month. 

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    The Baseline
    23 Aug 2021
    Five analyst stock picks this week

    Five analyst stock picks this week

    1. Fine Organic: HDFC Securities is bullish on this chemicals company, noting key strengths and giving it an upside of 22%+ on a share price of Rs. 3480. Analysts Nilesh Ghuge and team write that the recommendation is based on, "(1) constant focus on R&D, (2) diversified product portfolio, (3) capacity-led expansion growth opportunity, and (4) leadership in oleo-chemical based additives in the domestic and global markets with a loyal customer base." Their projection includes double digit profit growth. 

    2. Cadila Healthcare: The outlook is strong for this healthcare company, according to Geojit, driven by domestic formulations. Analyst Sheen G assigns the company a target price of Rs. 632, an upside of 16%. "We expect growth momentum to continue," he notes, "backed by new launches in injectables and generic products, R&D investment, strengthening of development pipeline (417 ANDAs, 325 approvals), and rapid capacity enhancement." 

    3. NMDC: ICICI Securities is bullish on this iron ore mining business, assigning it a target price of Rs. 210 - an upside of 39%. "PAT for the quarter was at Rs 3193 crore (up 499% YoY & 13% QoQ), higher than our estimate of 2704 crore," analyst Dewang Sanghavi writes, "NMDC has chalked out a capex plan of Rs 3750 crore for FY22E. Of this approx Rs 2150 crore would be spent on its upcoming steel plant."

    4. KIMS: This hospital chain gets an upside of 18.8% from Edelweiss on a target of Rs. 1535. Analysts Praveen Sahay and Ajit Sahu note that "KIMS should continue benefiting from its regional market leadership, strong cash flow generation and focus on operational efficiency and capacity expansion." KIMS is planning to add 1,500 beds over the next four years at an approximate cost of INR90-110lakhs/bed - per bed capex slightly higher than historical rate.

    5. HDFC Bank: RBI lifting the restriction on new credit card issue for the bank triggered a sigh of relief from investors, as well as a buy call from MOswal with a target price of 1800, an upside of 18.8%. "The RBI’s move addresses the key overhang as HDFC Bank is the largest credit card issuer in the country, and this segment is key to the bank’s overall profitability," analysts Nitin Aggarwal and team write. "The bank has lost ~0.6m cards since the embargo. On the other hand, ICICI Bank, SBI Card and Axis Bank added almost 1.3 mn, 0.75 mn and 0.3 mn new credit cards respectively over that period."

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    The Baseline
    18 Aug 2021
    Chart of the week: Mutual Funds increase stake in banks and NBFCs

    Chart of the week: Mutual Funds increase stake in banks and NBFCs

    With the stock markets testing record highs, everyone has a favourite sector. For mutual funds, that sector seems to be banks and financial services companies. In the last four months, mutual funds have consistently increased their stake in banks like HDFC Bank, IDFC First Bank, and Federal Bank, and non-banking financial services companies (NBFCs) like Muthoot Finance, Power Finance Corporation, and Manappuram Finance.

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    The Baseline
    18 Aug 2021
    Five Interesting Stocks Today

    Five Interesting Stocks Today

    1. Tech Mahindra: This company’s stock is now among the most overbought IT services companies among the Nifty 500, according to technical indicators like RSI and MFI. The company’s stock rose a little over 26% after it announced its Q1FY22 results at the end of July. The company’s over 4% dollar revenue growth enthused investors, which has pushed its TTM PE ratio to its highest ever at 25.2. 

    2. ICICI Bank: This private bank’s shares received the highest number of target price upgrades (seven) over the past one month as analysts were enthused by its performance in Q1FY21. The bank posted a 50% YoY rise in its Q1FY22 profit at Rs 4,747.4 crore on the back of a 5bps expansion in its net interest margin to 3.89% and a 20% YoY growth in retail loans. The stock ended Tuesday’s trade within 2.2% of its average target price of Rs 701.20.

    3. Aurobindo Pharma: This pharma company’s stock was on a falling spree even before its results were announced last Thursday. In the past three weeks, the stock has fallen nearly 20%, with nearly 11% of the fall coming after the company declared its results. It was the only stock that touched a 52-week low on Tuesday. The company’s net profits fell nearly 4% QoQ in Q1FY22 to Rs 770 crore, while revenues fell nearly 4.9% QoQ to Rs 5,783.3 crore. A slowdown in the company’s US business due to delays in product launches amid a third wave of the pandemic and lower sales of anti-retrovirals doesn't bode well. As the company’s stock kept falling over the previous three weeks, many promoter entities had to pledge an additional 1.28% of their stake in the company over the last few days as collateral for loans taken by those entities.

    4. KEI Industries: Over the past three months, this electrical products maker’s stock rose nearly 46% and touched a 52-week high of Rs 783.7. This company was severely impacted by the first wave of the pandemic in Q1FY21 and its profits fell by 20% YoY. The company’s profits rose rapidly over the next three quarters, which helped it post a higher profit in FY21 than FY20,  despite the impact of the first wave. Q1FY22 however, disappointed even though the impact of the second wave was not as severe, the company’s net profit fell nearly 25% to Rs 67 crore. Promoter Anil Gupta cashed in on this frenzy in the share price of the company, and from June 18, 2021 to August 16, 2021, pared his holdings through multiple sales by 1.59% to 13.64%.

    5. Apollo Hospital Enterprises: This hospital chain company’s stock was the best performing stock among the Nifty 500 and gained the most on Tuesday, rising 13.2%. It also gained nearly 23% over the past week. On Friday, the company announced that its profits nearly tripled QoQ in Q1FY22, despite a mere 31% rise in its revenues.

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    The Baseline
    16 Aug 2021
    Five analyst stock picks this week

    Five analyst stock picks this week

    1. EClerx: This analytics and BPO services company - which has been in our top screeners for a while now - is a buy from ICICI Securities with an upside of 16%+  on a target price of Rs. 2650. "Traction in customer care, RPA, analytics & content development, cross sell and up sell to Personiv clients to drive growth," analyst Devang Bhatt writes, "Lower roll offs from one off client specific event, improving deal wins and revival in growth are expected to drive revenues."

    2. Oil India: HDFC Securities is bullish on this oil business, giving it a target price of 200 and an upside of 21%+. "Our reco is premised on (1) increase in crude price realisation and (2) improvement in domestic gas price realisation (at USD 2.5/mmbtu)," analyst Harshad Katkar and team write. "We expect oil price realisation to increase to ~USD 59/bbl in FY22E and USD 61/bbl in FY23E vs. USD 44/bbl in FY21, given the expected global economic rebound, post COVID. Q1FY22 revenue was 4% below our estimates while EBITDA was 3% above, owing to lower-than-expected crude realisation offset by lower-than-expected operating expenses."

    3. PNC Infratech: IDBI Capital is a buy on this infrastructure company, with analysts Vishal Periwal and Shouvik Chakraborty assigning it an upside of 27.9% on a target price of Rs. 350. "Q1FY22 PAT was in-line with our consensus estimate," they note, "Q1FY22 execution (revenue) was up 38% YoY with improved EBITDA margin of 14.0% vs 13.2% YoY. On toll collection front, Q1FY22 collection increased by 15% YoY and to grow further by Q3FY22. Q1FY21." The outlook looks bullish, they write, "Order book at Rs121bn provides revenue visibility (equals 2x TTM Revenue) and going ahead PNCL is focusing more on road construction project."

    4. Jindal Steel and Power:  This steel company's prospects have improved, according to Prabhudas Lilladhar. "JSP's current net debt/EBITDA fell to comfortable level of 1.3x on normalised earnings assumed in FY23e with EBITDA margins at Rs12,000/t," Prabhudas Lilladhar analysts Kamlesh Bagmar and Amit Khimesra write, giving the company an upside of 18%+ on a target price of Rs. 500. "JSP underperformed its peers by an average of 40% over last four months due to concerns on JPL deal and pressure on margins due to high iron ore prices and softness in long product’s prices." One factor that has shifted recently, they note, is iron ore prices. "Recent weakness in iron ore prices allays the concerns on iron ore cost to a large extent while long product prices would improve as activity picks up post monsoon."

    5. Endurance Technologies: This company is "well poised for growth, despite reporting mixed quarterly results," according to Axis Direct, which gives it an upside of 15%+ on a target price of Rs. 1886. "The share of EV/Hybrid technology is expected to increase in the near future as the demand in Europe shifts towards less polluting vehicles to reduce carbon footprint," analyst Senha Prashant writes. "In this backdrop, we expect the company to post Revenues/EBIDTA/PAT CAGR of 11%/15%/16% respectively over FY20-23E."

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    The Baseline
    13 Aug 2021, 09:42AM
    Five Interesting Stocks Today

    Five Interesting Stocks Today

    1. Asian Paints: The promoter group of this paints market leader recently pledged shares. On August 6, 3.2 lakh shares worth Rs 95.6 crore were pledged. This is the first set of pledges in Q2FY22. In the previous two quarters, promoters pledged 40 lakh shares (0.41% stake) worth Rs 1,157 crore. As of June 30, 2021, over 9% of promoter shareholding was locked in pledges.

    2. ACC: This cement maker’s stock is up by nearly 11% in one month as cement companies are expected to benefit from capital expenditure cycles of manufacturing companies (automobile, steel, and chemical) in Q2FY22. Even after the rally, ACC’s valuations remain in check. Its trailing 12-month (TTM) price-to-earnings (PE) ratio is 21.9, against an average PE of 29.7, putting it firmly in the buy zone.

    3. Eicher Motors: This two-wheeler and commercial vehicle maker’s stock is up by nearly 7% since the month began. This is after the company’s two-wheeler wholesales in July 2021 rose by 9% against the previous months. Analysts are still pessimistic about its Q1FY22 results given the second wave suppressed demand for two-wheelers and the rally in fuel and metal prices. The company will announce its results on August 12, 2021.

    4. Dabur India: Brokers are sending mixed signals following this FMCG company’s results. The company’s Q1FY22 revenues rose by 6.5% YoY to Rs 2,696 crore, with net profits up by 8% to Rs 437 crore, with EBITDA margins down by 50 basis points. On one hand, Geojit BNP Paribas downgraded its rating on the company to ‘Hold’ from ‘Buy’ expecting commodity inflation to put pressure on its Q2FY22 margins. On the other hand, IDBI Capital upgraded its rating to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ as the company hiked prices by 3% to offset this inflation. The average broker target price is 11% above the company’s market price.

    5. Prestige Estates Projects: Expecting a recovery in housing demand, mutual funds have changed their mind on this real estate company. In June and July 2021, mutual funds purchased over 14.2 lakh shares in the company. This was after mutual funds sold nearly 20 lakh shares between February to May 2021. In one month, the stock is up by 17%.

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    The Baseline
    12 Aug 2021
    Chart of the week: Companies using IPO proceeds to pay off debt

    Chart of the week: Companies using IPO proceeds to pay off debt

    With the benchmark index testing new highs, companies are eager to sell their shares in the public market. Many companies are issuing fresh shares to the public and using the proceeds to pay off debt. 

    Of the eight companies launching IPOs between August 2 to August 12, six companies will use the IPO proceeds to reduce debt. Nuvoco Vistas Corporation and Chemplast Sanmar will use nearly 90-95% of the proceeds from the fresh issue of shares to reduce debt. The only two companies that will not pay off debt using the IPO proceeds are - CarTrade Tech (the entire IPO is an offer for sale), and Aptus Value Housing Finance (the Rs 500 crore raised from the IPO will be used to fund working capital).

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    The Baseline
    09 Aug 2021
    Five analyst stock picks this week

    Five analyst stock picks this week

    1. Alkem Laboratories: HDFC Securities is a BUY on this pharma company with an upside of 11.9% on a target price of Rs 3960. Analysts Bansi Desai and Karan Vora write, "Alkem's Q1 revenue/EBITDA beat estimates by 26%/37%, led by good growth in India and international markets. India business delivered a stellar growth of 65% YoY - a 25% two-year CAGR - led by strong recovery in acute and outperformance in chronic and trade generic businesses." They note the steadiness of the main business. "Barring the COVID-led boost to vitamins, the performance was largely driven by good growth in the core portfolio, which is encouraging."

    2. Indo Count Industries:  Edelweiss' Kapil Jagasia and Praveen Sahay are bullish on this textile company, with an upside of 44% on a target price of Rs. 394, noting, "Indo Count Industries’ growth momentum continued in Q1FY22 despite (a) Q1 being generally a weak quarter, and (b) the additional impact of Covid led disruptions." They add that the outlook is strong, "Due to large forex gains of ~INR30cr, PAT at INR117cr beat our estimates of INR92cr. We expect ICIL to witness volume-led growth and steady improvement in margins over FY22-23E."

    3. Escorts: Axis Securities is a BUY on this auto company, with an eye on an upcoming surge in tractor sales. They assign it a 12% upside on a target price of Rs. 1350. "Tractor volumes grew by ~6% YoY during May-Jul’ 21.The demand sentiment is expected to remain positive in the second half of the year on the back of strong macroeconomic factors such as good crop production along with hold-up of most crop prices, uniform availability of water, and availability of retail financing along with recovery in commercial-use demand," analyst Darshan Gangar writes. In addition he notes, input price increases have become less of a factor. "The overall raw material inflation was in the range of  8-10% in the last year. With the price increase in Jul’21 (the third price hike in the last nine months), it has completely passed on all commodity cost inflation witnessed till June 21."

    4. Tata Communications: ICICI Securities is a BUY on this telecom infra company, with a target price of Rs. 1725 and an upside of 15.8%, saying that despite a muted performance in Q1 due to Covid, outlook is strong. "Growth to be driven by platforms like a) cloud, edge, security, b) next generation connectivity, c) NetFoundry d) MOVE, IoT, wherein each have robust market size growth potential of 15-25% CAGR in next four to five years," analyst Bhupendra Tiwary writes, "We expect ~8% revenue CAGR in FY21-23E in the overall data segment, driven by likely acceleration in growth from H2FY22 onwards."

    5. State Bank of India: Motilal Oswal is bullish on this banking behemoth, assigning it a big upside of 37% on a target price of Rs. 600. "Asset quality ratios deteriorated marginally on elevated slippage in Retail/SME. However, the management clarified that slippage worth ~INR48b has already been recovered/upgraded in July’21," the analyst team notes. "We expect slippage to subside going ahead, assuming there is no third COVID wave or no severe impact from it. The bank is well on track to keeping credit costs in check."

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