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Emami’s Q4FY25 performance was steady with consolidated revenues growing by 8.1% y-o-y to Rs. 963 crore, OPM declining 89 bps y-o-y to 22.8% and adjusted PAT rising by 9.2% y-o-y to Rs. 179 crore.

We've been long critical of Colgate India's (consistent) strategy of not investing (enough) for toothpaste category growth (our opinion), not aggressive (enough) in diversifying outside of oralcare (parent has a good HPC portfolio though), over-earning, in our opinion (operating margins at ~37% after adding back royalty).

NHPC has reported a steady result in Q4FY25 – standalone revenue grew 15% YoY to INR 21bn, EBITDA grew 4% YoY to INR 9.4bn while adjusted PAT, at INR 8bn, grew 14% YoY.

IndusInd Bank (IIB) reported higher-than-expected Q4FY25 loss of INR 22.4bn (RoA of -1.74%) burdened by multiple oneoffs, including derivative loss and irregularities in its MFI book while slippages/net NPA jumped QoQ.

Our initial estimates factored in spread compression in FY25 vs. FY24. While, in H1FY25, this played out more than we expected, there was a big recovery in H2.

Power Grid had a strong FY25, adding projects worth >INR 1trn (project cost) to its kitty. It had an impressive run in competitive bids, winning 24 transmission projects (market share of >50%) with estimated cost of INR 920bn; the most notable was Khavda-Nagpur HVDC project worth INR 250bn.

Solar Industries’ (SOIL) Q4FY25 EPS was 5% and 13% ahead of our estimates and consensus, respectively. EBITDA rose 53% YoY to INR 5.4bn. Defence revenue rose 2.2x YoY to INR 4.3bn.

Mankind Pharma (Mankind) delivered in-line revenue in 4QFY25; however, EBITDA/PAT came in 14%/12% below our estimates. Higher-than-expected spending on marketing and promotional activities affected the company’s 4Q performance.

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