Trendlyne Marketwatch
Trendlyne Marketwatch
14 May 2025, 03:55PM
Market closes higher, HAL's Q4 revenue beats Forecaster estimates by 13.5%
By Trendlyne Analysis

 

Nifty 50 closed at 24,666.90 (88.6, 0.4%) , BSE Sensex closed at 81,330.56 (182.3, 0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 22,499.50 (150.1, 0.7%). Market breadth is ticking up strongly. Of the 2,430 stocks traded today, 1,813 were on the uptrend, and 566 went down.

Indian indices closed in the green, led by metal, realty & defence stocks. The Indian volatility index, Nifty VIX, declined 5.6% and closed at 17.2 points. MSCI added Coromandel International and Nykaa in its global standard index during its May 2025 review, with no exclusions. Meanwhile, India’s CPI and WPI inflation for April declined MoM to 3.2% and 0.9%, respectively.

Nifty Midcap 100 & Nifty Smallcap 100 closed in the green, following the benchmark index. BSE Metal & Nifty Metal were among the top index gainers today. According to Trendlyne’s Sector dashboard, Metals & Mining emerged as the best-performing sector of the day, with a rise of 2.5%.

Asian indices closed higher, while European indices are trading in the red. US index futures traded lower, indicating a cautious start to the trading session. The annual inflation rate in the US declined to 2.3% in April, the lowest since February 2021, down from 2.4% in March and below the analyst expectations of 2.4%. Core consumer price inflation remained unchanged at 2.8%, marking a four-year low and matching market expectations.

  • Money flow index (MFI) indicates that stocks like RR Kabel, Ceat, Intellect Design Arena, and Schaeffler are in the overbought zone.

  • Berger Paints is rising as its Q4FY25 net profit grows 18% YoY to Rs 262.1 crore, driven by lower inventory and finance costs. Revenue jumps 7.3% YoY to Rs 2,721.1 crore, led by improvements in the decorative and industrial segments. It appears in a screener of stocks with high momentum scores.

  • Hindustan Aeronautics rises sharply as its Q4FY25 net profit beats Forecaster estimates by 86.1% despite declining 7.7% YoY to Rs 3,976.7 crore due to higher raw materials and depreciation & amortisation expenses. Revenue declines 6.4% YoY to Rs 14,351.4 crore during the quarter. It features in a screener of stocks with annual profit growth higher than sector profit growth.

  • Honeywell Automation India is rising as its Q4FY25 net profit beats Forecaster estimates by 4.5% despite falling 5.6% YoY to Rs 139.9 crore due to higher material costs and employee benefit expenses. However, revenue increases 17.2% YoY to Rs 1,114.5 crore during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with increasing revenue every quarter for the past four quarters.

  • SRF and Navin Fluorine decline after Chemplast Sanmar announces its entry into the R32 refrigerant gas segment. The company's MD, Ramkumar Shankar, unveils a greenfield investment of Rs 340 crore for setting up R32 production.

  • Max Financial Services rises sharply as it reports a net profit of Rs 31.3 crore in Q4FY25, compared to a loss of Rs 44 crore in Q4FY24, helped by a reduction in policyholders' insurance operations expenses. Revenue falls 16.8% YoY to Rs 12,396.1 crore, impacted by the life insurance segment. The company features in a screener of stocks with improving net cash flow over the past two years.

  • REC falls sharply as it cuts its assets under management (AUM) growth guidance to 11–13% for FY26, from the projected 15%–17%. The management expects net interest margins (NIM) to remain around 3.5-3.75% going forward.

  • Caplin Point Laboratories is rising as it receives final approval from the US FDA for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Haloperidol Decanoate injection. The drug is a generic therapeutic equivalent to Janssen Pharmaceuticals' HALDOL injection, used to treat schizophrenia. According to IQVIA, the drug has a market size of $16.4 million in the US as of March 2025.

  • India's wholesale price index (WPI) inflation declines to 0.9% in April as compared to 2.1% last month. This decline was primarily due to a moderation in food and primary articles prices, though manufactured products continued to exert some upward pressure.

  • Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers surges as its Q4FY25 net profit jumps 118.9% YoY to Rs 244.2 crore, helped by inventory destocking, lower purchase of products, and sub-contracting expenses. Revenue grows 60.9% YoY to Rs 1,756 crore during the quarter. It appears in a screener of stocks with rising net cash flow and cash from operating activities.

  • KPI Green Energy rises sharply as its revenue grows 97.2% YoY to Rs 577.8 crore in Q4FY25, driven by higher power and solar power plant sales. Net profit surges 130.3% YoY to Rs 99.1 crore during the quarter. It shows up in a screener of stocks where mutual funds increased their shareholding over the past two months.

  • Dalmia Bharat Sugar rises sharply as its Q4FY25 revenue grows 35.2% YoY to Rs 1,038.5 crore, driven by increased ethanol and sugar sales. Net profit surges 120.9% YoY to Rs 206.3 crore due to higher net sales realisation (NSR). The company appears on a screener of stocks outperforming their industry’s price change in the quarter.

  • Crude oil prices rise for the fourth consecutive day, driven by a combination of a temporary US-China tariff truce and renewed sanction threats against Iran. The 90-day pause on new tariffs between the US and China, the world’s two largest oil consumers, has eased fears of a broader trade war that could dampen global oil demand.

  • Ask Automotive is rising as its Q4FY25 net profit grows 20.6% YoY to Rs 57.6 crore. Revenue increases 8.5% YoY to Rs 852.6 crore during the quarter, driven by improvements in the advanced braking systems and aluminium lightweighting precision segments. The firm appears in a screener of stocks where foreign institutional investors (FII) increased their stakes in Q4FY25.

  • Metropolis Healthcare falls sharply as its net profit declines 20% YoY to Rs 29.1 crore in Q4FY25 due to higher material costs and employee benefit expenses. However, revenue rises 4.3% YoY to Rs 345.3 crore during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks underperforming their industry price change in the quarter.

  • ITD Cementation India surges as it secures a Rs 593 crore order for infrastructure works at Jaipur International Airport in Rajasthan.

  • MSCI includes Coromandel International and Nykaa in its Global Standard Index during its May 2025 review, with no exclusions. IIFL Alternate Research and JM Financial estimate passive inflows of Rs 1,800–1,890 crore for Coromandel and Rs 1,430–1,510 crore for Nykaa.

  • Motilal Oswal reiterates its ‘Buy’ rating on Suzlon Energy with a target price of Rs 75 per share. The brokerage notes that the draft Revised List of Models and Manufacturers of Wind Turbines (RLMM) notification mandating local content is positive for Suzlon. It expects Suzlon's share of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts in the overall order book to rise from 20% to 50% in the medium term.

  • GE Vernova is rising as it plans to invest Rs 140 crore to expand its grid infrastructure facility. The expansion includes a new manufacturing line for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) valves at its existing facility in Chennai, and a new engineering and testing centre in Noida.

  • Bharti Airtel is rising as its Q4FY25 net profit surges 5.3x YoY to Rs 11,021.8 crore, helped by tax returns of Rs 2,891.9 crore. Revenue jumps 27.6% YoY to Rs 48,362 crore, driven by improvements in the mobile services, passive infrastructure services, and home services segments. It features in a screener of stocks with prices above short, medium, and long-term moving averages.

  • Nuvama upgrades Tata Steel to a 'Buy' rating with a higher target price of Rs 177. The brokerage notes that Q4FY25 results were in line with expectations. While the company’s European business remains loss-making, it expects a turnaround starting Q1FY26. It projects EBITDA per tonne to rise to around Rs 72,000/tonne in Q1FY26, driven by higher prices and lower coal costs.

  • PTC India is rising as it appoints Manoj Kumar Jhawar as its new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), effective May 13.

  • GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals rises sharply as its net profit surges 35.2% YoY to Rs 262.9 crore in Q4FY25, driven by lower material costs, stock-in-trade purchases, and employee benefit expenses. Revenue increases 4.8% YoY to Rs 974.4 crore during the quarter. The company features in a screener of stocks with improving cash flow from operations over the past two years.

  • Siemens rises sharply as its Q4FY25 revenue beats Forecaster estimates by 3.5% despite falling 1.5% YoY to Rs 4,410.5 crore due to reductions in the mobility and digital industries segments. Net profit declines 27.5% YoY to Rs 582 crore due to higher raw materials, inventory, and employee benefits expenses. It features in a screener of stocks with improving returns on equity (RoE) over the past two years.

  • Tata Motors is falling as its net profit plunges 51.3% YoY to Rs 8,470 crore in Q4FY25 due to the absence of last year's one-time tax gain of over Rs 9,000 crore and an exceptional expense of Rs 566 crore this quarter. Revenue drops marginally by 0.4% YoY to Rs 1,19,503 crore during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks outperforming their industry price change in the quarter.

  • Nifty 50 was trading at 24,660 (81.7, 0.3%), BSE Sensex was trading at 81,356.85 (208.6, 0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 22,419.35 (70.0, 0.3%).

  • Market breadth is highly positive. Of the 1,966 stocks traded today, 1,364 were in the positive territory and 556 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. (218.33, 6.6%), Linde India Ltd. (6,834, 5.8%) and Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (122.68, 5.8%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include REC Ltd. (389.50, -3.1%), Patanjali Foods Ltd. (1,783.30, -2.0%) and Asian Paints Ltd. (2,282.30, -1.8%).

Volume Rockets

38 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (392.40, 15.0%), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (2,188, 14.3%) and TVS Holdings Ltd. (10,630.50, 12.9%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. (1,614.50, -5.1%), REC Ltd. (389.50, -3.1%) and Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd. (640.05, -2.9%).

HBL Engineering Ltd. (569.05, 12.3%) was trading at 23.7 times of weekly average. KIOCL Ltd. (270, 6.9%) and Aether Industries Ltd. (748.85, -2.2%) were trading with volumes 14.0 and 12.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

15 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 1 stock were underachiever and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bharat Electronics Ltd. (344.35, 2.6%), Ceat Ltd. (3,890, 3.2%) and City Union Bank Ltd. (194.37, 1.9%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Aether Industries Ltd. (748.85, -2.2%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (392.40, 15.0%) and HBL Engineering Ltd. (569.05, 12.3%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Poly Medicure Ltd. (2,352, -3.0%) and Patanjali Foods Ltd. (1,783.30, -2.0%).

 
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