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15 May 2025, 04:06PM
Market closes higher, Saregama India's Q4 net profit grows 11.8% YoY to Rs 60.1 crore
By Trendlyne Analysis

 

 

Nifty 50 closed at 25,062.10 (395.2, 1.6%), BSE Sensex closed at 82,530.74 (1,200.2, 1.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 22,788.80 (289.3, 1.3%). Market breadth is surging up. Of the 2,421 stocks traded today, 1,631 were in the positive territory and 743 were negative.

Indian indices closed higher after US President Trump claimed that India has proposed zero tariffs on US goods. The Indian volatility index, Nifty VIX, fell around 2% and closed at 16.9 points. Kalpataru Projects closed 4.1% higher as it secured orders worth Rs 2,372 crore across its transmission & distribution (T&D) and buildings & factories (B&F) businesses in India and overseas.

Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty Midcap 100 closed in the green. Nifty Auto and Nifty Metal closed higher. According to Trendlyne’s sector dashboard, Fertilizers emerged as the best-performing sector of the day, with a rise of 2.6%.

European indices are trading mixed. Major Asian indices closed mixed. US index futures are trading lower, indicating a negative start to the session. Investors look ahead to producer price and retail sales data, as well as remarks from Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Meanwhile, Walmart, Alibaba, and Deere & Co are set to report their earnings later today.

  • Muthoot Finance sees a short buildup in its May 29 futures series, with open interest increasing by 56.7% and a put-call ratio of 0.5.

  • Vodafone Idea rises as it files a plea with the Supreme Court seeking a Rs 30,000 crore waiver on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. The company has urged the court to hold a hearing on its application on May 19.

  • Caplin Point Laboratories falls as its Q4FY25 revenue misses estimates by 1.9% despite rising 10.9% YoY to Rs 502.5 crore, helped by improvements in the US, regulated, and emerging markets. Net profit grows 17.3% YoY to Rs 142.6 crore during the quarter. It shows up in a screener of stocks with an increasing trend in non-core income.

  • Saregama India is rising as its Q4FY25 net profit grows 11.8% YoY to Rs 60.1 crore, driven by lower media content, contract manufacturing, advertisement & sales promotion, royalty, and employee benefits expenses. However, revenue declines 8% YoY to Rs 258.5 crore, caused by reductions in the music and video segments. It features in a screener of stocks with consistently high returns over the past five years.

  • Nuvama reiterates its 'Reduce' rating on Tata Motors with a target price of Rs 380. The brokerage highlights several short to medium-term challenges, particularly in the domestic passenger vehicle segment and ongoing electrification capex. It also cautions that chip shortages, softening EV demand in Europe, and pricing pressure may weigh on JLR’s margins going forward.

  • Brigade Enterprises is falling as its revenue declines 14.2% YoY to Rs 1,460.4 crore in Q4FY25 due to weak performance in the real estate segment. Net profit rises 19.7% YoY to Rs 246.8 crore during the quarter. Both revenue and net profit miss Forecaster estimates by 15% and 14%, respectively. It appears in a screener of stocks where promoters are decreasing their shareholding.

  • KRN Heat Exchanger rises as its subsidiary, KRN HVAC Products, secures Rs 141.7 crore under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods, including air conditioners and LED products.

  • Piramal Pharma is falling sharply as its Q4FY25 net profit misses Forecaster estimates by 31.7% despite growing 51.6% YoY to Rs 153.5 crore due to lower raw materials and finance costs. Revenue increases 8.4% YoY to Rs 2,796.1 crore, driven by improvements in the contract development & manufacturing organisation (CDMO), complex hospital generics (CHG), and India consumer healthcare (ICH) segments. It shows up in a screener of stocks with expensive valuations according to Trendlyne valuation scores.

  • Citi retains a 'Sell' rating on Petronet LNG with a target price of Rs 265 due to regulatory uncertainty. The PNGRB has criticised Petronet for allegedly earning excessive profits at its Dahej terminal by annually increasing regasification tariffs despite high utilisation (over 90%) and capacity additions. The PNGRB is pushing to regulate regasification activities, which Citi warns could negatively impact Petronet's earnings and pricing flexibility.

  • Hitachi Energy India's Q4FY25 net profit surges 61.8% YoY to Rs 183.9 crore, driven by lower material costs and notional forex gains on export order delivery. Revenue increases 11.1% YoY to Rs 1,883.7 crore during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks where mutual funds increased their shareholding over the past two months.

  • Karnataka Bank falls sharply as its Q4FY25 net profit declines 8% YoY to Rs 252.4 crore due to higher employee benefits and interest expenses. However, revenue grows 2.5% YoY to Rs 2,686.7 crore, led by improvements in treasury operations and retail banking segments. The bank's asset quality improves as its gross and net NPAs decline 45 bps YoY and 27 bps YoY, respectively.

  • Muthoot Finance's revenue grows 42.4% YoY to Rs 4,854.4 crore in Q4FY25, beating Forecaster estimates by 34.8%. Net profit increases 42.7% YoY to Rs 1,507.8 crore during the quarter. It appears in a screener of stocks with increasing revenue every quarter for the past eight quarters.

  • According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data, domestic two-wheeler sales stood at 14.6 lakh units in April. Passenger vehicle sales reached 3.5 lakh units, including 2 lakh utility vehicles and 91,148 cars.

  • Transport Corporation of India's Q4FY25 net profit grows 11.9% YoY to Rs 114.2 crore. Revenue increases 9.3% YoY to Rs 1,178.8 crore, driven by higher sales from the freight, supply chain solutions, and seaways segments during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with increasing revenue every quarter for the past three quarters.

  • Jubilant Foodworks is falling as its Q4FY25 net profit declines 76.9% YoY to Rs 48 crore, caused by higher raw materials, inventory, employee benefits, and finance costs. However, revenue grows 32.6% YoY to Rs 2,113.9 crore, helped by new store additions and improvements in Domino's sales. It appears in a screener of stocks with a major fall in trailing twelve-month (TTM) net profit.

  • Precision Wires India is rising as its board of directors schedules a meeting on May 17 to consider raising funds by issuing equity shares or other securities.

  • Persistent Systems slips as its key client, UnitedHealth, faces challenges in its domestic market. According to Dolat Capital, UnitedHealth, part of Persistent’s $100 million-plus client group, is under investigation for potential Medicare fraud. The brokerage notes that 60% of Persistent Systems' FY25 revenue came from healthcare, but near-term growth is expected to be driven by non-healthcare clients.

  • Lupin's Q4FY25 net profit grows 114.9% YoY to Rs 772.5 crore. Revenue increases 14.7 % YoY to Rs 5,724 crore, driven by higher sales in North America and other developed markets. The firm appears in a screener of stocks where mutual funds increased their stakes in Q4FY25.

  • Tilaknagar Industries' Q4FY25 net profit surges 145.9% YoY to Rs 77.3 crore. Revenue increases 14.1% YoY to Rs 414.2 crore, driven by strong sales in southern markets. The firm appears in a screener of stocks where foreign institutional investors (FII) increased their stakes in Q4FY25.

  • Apollo Tyres' Q4FY25 net profit declines 47.9% YoY to Rs 184.6 crore due to higher raw materials, inventory and employee benefits expenses. However, revenue grows 1.9% YoY to Rs 6,451.1 crore, helped by improvements in the Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) and European markets. It shows up in a screener of stocks with high promoter pledges.

  • According to Bank of America's latest Asia Fund Manager Survey, India surpasses Japan as the most preferred equity market in Asia. With 42% of fund managers overweight on India, the country benefits from a global investment shift fueled by supply chain realignments and tariff-driven adjustments. Investors remain focused on infrastructure and consumption as the key investment themes.

  • Kalpataru Projects is rising after securing orders worth Rs 2,372 crore across its Transmission & Distribution (T&D) and Buildings & Factories (B&F) businesses in India and overseas.

  • Tata Power's Q4FY25 net profit grows 16.5% YoY to Rs 1,042.8 crore. Revenue increases 7.9% YoY to Rs 17,095.9 crore, driven by higher sales from the thermal & hydro, and transmission & distribution segments during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks outperforming their industry price change in the quarter.

  • Torrent Power's Q4FY25 net profit surges 146.3% YoY to Rs 1,059.6 crore, helped by lower fuel costs and tax returns of Rs 457.9 crore. However, revenue grows 0.8% YoY to Rs 6,570.7 crore due to reductions in the generation and renewables segments. It appears in a screener of stocks with high trailing twelve-month (TTM) earnings per share (EPS) growth.

  • Eicher Motors' Q4FY25 net profit grows 27.3% YoY to Rs 1,362.2 crore. Revenue increases 23.2% YoY to Rs 5,261.5 crore, helped by higher Royal Enfield sales. It features in a screener of stocks with high momentum scores.

  • Nifty 50 was trading at 24,622.70 (-44.2, -0.2%), BSE Sensex was trading at 81,354.43 (23.9, 0.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 22,483.10 (-16.4, -0.1%).

  • Market breadth is in the green. Of the 2,004 stocks traded today, 1,231 were in the positive territory and 713 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (4,325, 6.3%), Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (12,630, 5.1%) and Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (37,895, 5.0%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Muthoot Finance Ltd. (2,104.10, -6.9%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (2,910.20, -4.2%) and Union Bank of India (132.17, -2.1%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (862.30, 17.3%), eClerx Services Ltd. (3,156, 14.8%) and KEC International Ltd. (803.85, 9.0%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Muthoot Finance Ltd. (2,104.10, -6.9%), Piramal Pharma Ltd. (208.61, -4.8%) and Easy Trip Planners Ltd. (11.92, -2.4%).

Prism Johnson Ltd. (142.70, 7.0%) was trading at 16.2 times of weekly average. Ramkrishna Forgings Ltd. (623.90, 7.0%) and Maharashtra Scooters Ltd. (12,330, 5.3%) were trading with volumes 13.3 and 7.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

13 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bharat Electronics Ltd. (350.40, 1.8%), Coromandel International Ltd. (2,470, 2.8%) and ICICI Bank Ltd. (1,450.80, 1.7%).

28 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including eClerx Services Ltd. (3,156, 14.8%) and Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (1,812.10, 6.6%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (2,000.60, -0.7%) and Cipla Ltd. (1,502.20, 0.5%).

 
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