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IndusInd Bank's (IIB) Q3FY19 PAT grew 5.2% YoY to Rs 9.9bn driven by 21%/24% growth in NII/non-interest income. Higher corporate slippages caused GNPAs to inch up to 1.13%. IIB made additional contingent provisions towards its Rs 20bn exposure to the IL&FS; holdco which increased its coverage to 30%; management plans to raise this to 40-50% ahead. Overall PCR dropped to ~48% as fully provided NPAs worth Rs 3.5bn were written...

The asset quality of the bank has remained nearly stable and healthy, while net interest margins (NIM) was also healthy at 3.83% in Q3FY2019. The non-interest income growth of the bank was strong driven by healthy growth for both core fee income as well as treasury income. Bank has recorded strong 35% growth in the loan book. Bank has strongly expanded network...

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.

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....