LATAM drives revenue growth; steady volume growth Revenue rose by 13% YoY in Q2FY19 led by strong performance in India and LATAM businesses (contributing around 66% of total sales). LATAM business registered a strong revenue growth of 26% YoY in Q2FY19 led by decent growth across geographies in the region especially Brazil barring Argentina which was impacted by currency depreciation and overall economic situation. LATAM's revenue contribution has increased to 41% during the quarter from 37% in Q2FY18. Management expects strong performance to continue in LATAM in H2FY19 as well led by advance orders received in Brazil. Going ahead, we expect LATAM revenue to grow at a CAGR of 13% over FY18-20E on the back of strong...

Astral is engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of PVC and CPVC plumbing systems for residential as well as industrial applications. It has also ventured into adhesives category in 2014 by acquiring Resinova and Seal It (UK and USA). Astral is expanding capacities in both pipes & fittings and adhesives which will help the company in capturing incremental demand and also aid in reducing logistics cost. Implementation of GST will provide an edge to organised players (market share of 60%/70% in pipes/adhesives) like Astral due to its strong distribution network and widespread geographical presence leading to market share gains....

EBITDA margin contracted 150bp YoY, recovery in the online gaming EBIT margin (19% in 3QFY19 v/s 2% in the last quarter). However, higher-than-expected tax restricted PAT growth to 13% YoY (INR505m v/s our estimate of INR497m). Casino gaming revenue grew 30% YoY (flat QoQ) to INR2,021m in the quarter, supported by increasing visitations (+18% QoQ to 118K). Online gaming revenue grew 33% YoY (+8% QoQ); EBIT margin contracted 2,100bp YoY, but expanded 1,700bp QoQ to 19% (expected to sustain at 15-20% levels) on account of cost and promotional spend rationalization DELTA aims to cautiously invest in the right channels to sustainably grow a loyal user base. Hospitality revenue declined 17% YoY to INR193.8m; the company recorded segmental EBIT loss of INR59.3m. We roll forward our target price to Dec20E EPS of INR11/share. We continue valuing the stock at 30x P/E to arrive at a target price of INR320/share.

10 January 2019 EBITDA increased 21.7% YoY (5% miss) and PAT grew 24.1% YoY (our the US, as evident from the 70bp QoQ uptick in subcontractor expenses. TCS cited that demand on the ground was very healthy and broad-based across regions and verticals. This was reflected in deals TCV of USD5.9b v/s USD5b in the previous two quarters, with healthy contribution from North America (USD3b+), BFSI (USD2b+) and Retail CPG (USD800m+). With respect to elevated onsite cost, TCS expects it to rationalize over a period of time via investments in training and also passing some of it to clients. The trend of supply shortage was called out by a few companies in 2QFY19 (INFO, MTCL and HEXW), which cited challenges in demand fulfilment at onsite. TCS 9MFY19 EBIT margin of 25.7% is after YoY INR depreciation of 8.4% for this period.

IndusInd Bank (IBL) reported its 3QFY19 results with the key takeaways being: (1) IBL took provision cover to IL&FS; parent exposure to ~30% and expects a cumulative provision requirement of 40-50% on this exposure to IL&FS; parent (2) NIM was largely flat, contracting 1 bp QoQ with management guiding for stable to improving margin (3) Corporate loan growth (ex MFI) at 34% YoY continued to outpace consumer finance growth at 28% YoY. (See detailed conference call takeaways from page 2) Per se, on the key P&L; items, IBL delivered NII, PPOP and PAT growth of 21%, 27% and 5% YoY to Rs22,881mn, Rs21,170mn and Rs9,850mn, respectively. We have retained Buy rating on IBL and revised our target price to Rs2,107 (from Rs2,139 earlier)....

ff It made additional contingency provisioning to the tune of Rs2.6bn towards exposure to IL&FS; Holdco (exposure at Rs20bn), taking the total provisioning on this account to 30%. Further, haircuts could be ~40-50% on this exposure and the Bank will make additional...

Management indicated that site cancellations have largely been concluded and the huge data growth is likely to drive the need for high network investment. This would be seen in macro site requirements, as telcos will need to make the network dense, besides building other layers of the network like fiber sharing, small cells, IBS, WiFi hotspot and other managed services. But Bharti Infratel does not plan to build ahead of telcos requirements. Further, we understand that Bharti Infratels dominant position in the tower market is weakening as the future of its large clientele is uncertain, while the new entrant is going solo towards network deployment. Newer technologies like IBS, small cell are being done independently by operators, while Bharti Infratel is slow in the roll-out. Our current estimates build revenue/EBITDA/PAT decline of 0%/11%/10% in FY19, and a similar trend should follow in FY20.

We downgrade our rating from BUY to Accumulate given 1) 28% jump in stock price since our upgrade and 2) rising probability that Copra price decline in the current down cycle will be far lower than previous occasions....

Momentum in balance sheet growth has further picked up with loan growth of 35% driven by across segments. While NII growth of 21% is in line with our expectations, PAT growth of 5% is tad above our expectations. While ILFS exposure of Rs30bn is still standard, bank has made standard asset provision of Rs2.5bn during the quarter in addition to Rs2.8bn made during last quarter. We have cut our earnings by 5% for FY19, factoring in additional provision for ILFS in Q4. We retain our BUY rating with a TP of Rs1,935 (Rs1,980 earlier)...

We attended the Analyst Day of Bharti Infratel wherein the management apprised on the Indus merger update and its aspirational growth path ahead. They maintained that merger with Indus is on track (currently awaiting NCLT approvals) and is expected to be complete by June, 2019. As a targeted area for future growth, the company has identified small cells, in-building solutions, fibre sharing, Wi-Fi, smart cities and managed services. Management also envisages these new services contributing at least a third of overall revenues, in the next five years. We note that amid...