Muted Quarterly Performance; Maintain BUY on Improved Outlook In line with our estimate, Coal India (CIL) has delivered a muted performance in 1QFY18 with its net profit declining by 23.3% YoY to Rs23.5bn. Further, its EBITDA fell by 17.8% YoY to Rs35.2bn primarily due to higher provisioning towards pending wage negotiations and weak Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) realisations due to grade slippages. On a positive note, its consolidated revenue increased by 4.3% YoY to Rs205bn driven by 3.1% YoY rise in coal off-take, while average realisation remained flat on YoY comparison. Looking ahead, we expect CIL's RoE & RoCE to improve on the back of higher realisation, improvement in margins and...