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Trendlyne Marketwatch
28 May 2025, 04:03PM
Market closes lower, Granules India's Q4 net profit beats Forecaster estimates by 22.6%
By Trendlyne Analysis

 

Nifty 50 closed at 24,752.45 (-73.8, -0.3%), BSE Sensex closed at 81,312.32 (-239.3, -0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 22,779.40 (-37.1, -0.2%). Market breadth is neutral. Of the 2,435 stocks traded today, 1,210 were on the uptrend, and 1,184 went down.

Indian indices closed lower after extending losses in the afternoon session. The Indian volatility index, Nifty VIX, fell 2.8% and closed at 18 points. Life Insurance Corp of India closed 8.1% higher as its Q4FY25 net profit grew 38.1% YoY to Rs 19,038.7 crore, helped by returns of Rs 1,428.7 crore from provisions. However, net premium income (NPI) fell 3.2% YoY to Rs 1.5 lakh crore.

Nifty Smallcap 100 closed higher, while Nifty Midcap 100 closed flat. Nifty Media and Nifty PSU Bank were among the best-performing indices of the day. According to Trendlyne’s sector dashboard, Telecommunications emerged as the best-performing sector of the day, with a rise of 4.8%.

European indices are trading in the red, except Russia’s RTSI and MOEX indices, which are trading 1.6% higher, each. Major Asian indices closed lower, except Sri Lanka’s CSE All-share and South Korea’s KOSPI indices, which closed 1.2% and 1.3% higher, respectively. US index futures are trading lower, indicating a cautious start to the session.

  • Money flow index (MFI) indicates that stocks like Pfizer, Jubilant Pharmova, Gillette India, and eClerx Services are in the overbought zone.

  • 3M India is falling as its Q4FY25 net profit declines 55.7% YoY to Rs 71.4 crore due to higher inventory, employee benefits, finance, and depreciation & amortisation expenses. However, revenue grows 14.3% YoY to Rs 1,211.8 crore, helped by improvements in the safety & industrial, transportation & electronics, healthcare, and consumer segments. It shows up in a screener of stocks with declining profits for the past three quarters.

  • Techno Electric's Q4FY25 net profit grows 73.6% YoY to Rs 134.7 crore. Revenue increases 84.5% YoY to Rs 868.8 crore during the quarter, driven by strong execution of a large order book and higher revenue recognition. The company appears in a screener of stocks where mutual funds increased their shareholding over the past two months.

  • Granules India's net profit grows 17.3% YoY to Rs 152 crore in Q4FY25, helped by lower raw materials and finance costs and a deferred tax credit of Rs 16.3 crore. Revenue increases 1.8% YoY to Rs 1,197.4 crore due to an improvement in the finished dosages (FD) segment. It shows up in a screener of stocks with low debt.

  • Samvid Gupta, Joint MD of Gateway Distriparks, targets double-digit volume growth in the Rail business and 2–3% growth in the Container Freight Station (CFS) segment. He notes that the company achieved over 40% double stacking in FY25 and aims for 45% in FY26.

  • DCX Systems is falling as its Q4FY25 net profit declines 37.2% YoY to Rs 20.7 crore due to lower sales and higher employee benefit expenses. Revenue decreases 26.3% YoY to Rs 550 crore during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with expensive valuations according to Trendlyne valuation scores.

  • Enviro Infra Engineers secures engineering, procurement, and construction orders worth Rs 126.8 crore from Punjab and Odisha government bodies to construct sewage and water treatment plants.

  • Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare is falling as its net profit misses Forecaster estimates by 22.4% despite rising 1.1% YoY to Rs 156.1 crore in Q4FY25, helped by lower raw material costs and employee benefit expenses. Revenue decreases 1.1% YoY to Rs 991.6 crore during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks underperforming their industry price change in the quarter.

  • ACME Solar Holdings gains over 3% after commissioning the initial 26.4 MW phase of its first wind power project in Shapar, Gujarat. This is part of the larger 50 MW ACME Pokhran project, funded by Power Finance Corporation and executed by ACME’s in-house EPC team using Envision’s 3.3 MW turbines. With this, the company's operational capacity increases to 2,731.4 MW from 2,705 MW.

  • NLC India is rising as it is declared the preferred bidder for two mineral blocks in Chhattisgarh, Semhardih and Raipura, containing phosphorite and limestone, following a mineral e-auction held by the state.

  • Apollo Micro Systems is rising as it receives an export order worth Rs 113.8 crore to supply avionic systems for civil and military aircraft.

  • Medplus Health Services is rising as its net profit surges 53.7% YoY to Rs 51.3 crore in Q4FY25, helped by inventory destocking and lower stock-in-trade purchases. Revenue increases 1.3% YoY to Rs 1,509.6 crore, driven by higher sales from the retail and diagnostic services segments. The company appears in a screener of stocks where mutual funds increased their shareholding over the past two months.

  • Nuvama Institutional Equities downgrades Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail to 'Hold' with a target price of Rs 84. The brokerage highlights weak growth in ABFRL’s core portfolio post-demerger. While newer segments like ethnic and digital brands perform well, the core retail business continues to underperform.

  • NMDC's Q4FY25 net profit grows 4.6% YoY to Rs 1,477.7 crore. Revenue increases 8.5% YoY to Rs 7,497.2 crore during the quarter, driven by higher iron ore and pellet sales. The firm appears in a screener of stocks where mutual funds increased their stakes in Q4FY25.

  • Bosch falls sharply as its net profit declines 1.9% YoY to Rs 553.6 crore in Q4FY25 due to higher raw materials, inventory, employee benefits, and finance costs. However, revenue grows 16% YoY to Rs 4,910.6 crore, helped by improvements in the automotive products and consumer goods segments. It shows up in a screener of stocks with decreasing net cash flows.

  • JK Cement is rising as its Q4FY25 net profit jumps 64% YoY to Rs 360.4 crore, helped by lower inventory and power & fuel expenses. Revenue grows 15.1% YoY to Rs 3,627.1 crore during the quarter. It features in a screener of stocks with good aggregate candlestick strength.

  • Antique Stock Broking maintains a 'Buy' rating on Shilpa Medicare with a lower target price of Rs 1,090. The brokerage sees strong potential in the company's Europe deal with Orion for recombinant albumin, with milestone payments likely in FY26. However, delays in Unicycive’s oxylanthanum carbonate (OLC) approval push revenues to FY27, leading to a 16% and 20% cut in FY26/27 estimates.

  • EID Parry's net profit grows 30% YoY to Rs 286.5 crore in Q4FY25. Revenue increases 21.9% YoY to Rs 6,923.5 crore, driven by an improvement in the distillery segment and higher capacity utilization. The firm appears in a screener of stocks where foreign institutional investors (FII) increased their stakes in Q4FY25.

  • Belrise Industries' shares debut on the bourses at an 11.1% premium to the issue price of Rs 90. The Rs 2,150 crore IPO received bids for 41.3 times the total shares on offer.

  • HBL Engineering is rising as it secures an order worth Rs 101.6 crore from Ircon International to implement the Kavach system in the Bangalore and Mysore divisions of South Western Railway. The project covers 85 stations across 778 km and includes two locomotives.

  • Sanjeev Kumar Singh, CMD of Hindustan Copper, projects over 15% volume growth and margins above 40% for FY26, with a planned capex of Rs 350 crore. He expects copper prices to stay strong on robust global demand and remains optimistic about the metal’s outlook, highlighting strong backing from the mining ministry.

  • ITC falls as 32 crore shares (2.3% stake) worth approximately Rs 11,600 crore reportedly change hands in a block deal at an average price of Rs 400 per share. British American Tobacco (BAT) is likely the seller in the transaction.

  • Triveni Engineering & Industries surges as its net profit rises 13.6% YoY to Rs 183 crore in Q4FY25, helped by inventory destocking. Revenue increases 25.1% YoY to Rs 1,629.3 crore, driven by higher sales from the engineering, and sugar & allied businesses during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with increasing profits every quarter for the past two quarters.

  • Life Insurance Corp of India rises sharply as its Q4FY25 net profit grows 38.1% YoY to Rs 19,038.7 crore, helped by returns of Rs 1,428.7 crore from provisions. However, net premium income (NPI) drops 3.2% YoY to Rs 1.5 lakh crore due to reductions in the life, pension, and annuity insurance segments. It features in a screener of stocks with high trailing twelve month (TTM) earnings per share (EPS) growth.

  • Bharat Dynamics is falling as its net profit declines 5.5% YoY to Rs 272.8 crore in Q4FY25 due to higher material costs . However, revenue increases 1.1X YoY to Rs 923.4 crore, driven by a strong execution cycle in its defence equipment order book during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks outperforming their industry price change in the quarter.

  • Nifty 50 was trading at 24,815.75 (-10.5, 0.0%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 81,457.61 (-94.0, -0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 22,837.70 (21.2, 0.1%).

  • Market breadth is overwhelmingly positive. Of the 1,973 stocks traded today, 1,376 were gainers and 551 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Life Insurance Corporation of India (942, 8.1%), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (3,348.20, 7.4%) and Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (213.36, 3.4%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Escorts Kubota Ltd. (3,373, -4.5%), Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd. (3,829.30, -4.0%) and 3M India Ltd. (28,925, -3.8%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included IFCI Ltd. (70.31, 15.2%), Techno Electric & Engineering Company Ltd. (1,438, 15.0%) and Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd. (778.70, 11.6%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd. (3,829.30, -4.0%), 3M India Ltd. (2,8925, -3.8%) and Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. (1,748, -3.8%).

ITC Ltd. (420.20, -3.2%) was trading at 25.7 times of weekly average. Life Insurance Corporation of India (942, 8.1%) and Concord Biotech Ltd. (1,635.70, 6.4%) were trading with volumes 24.8 and 14.0 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

14 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bharat Electronics Ltd. (390.45, 1.3%), Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. (1,647, -1.1%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (1,444.70, 6.6%).

23 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Techno Electric & Engineering Company Ltd. (1,438, 15.0%) and Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd. (778.70, 11.6%). 24 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Escorts Kubota Ltd. (3,373, -4.5%) and Action Construction Equipment Ltd. (1,247.90, -4.1%).

 
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