Anand Rathi Broker Research reports

Dixon Technologies has signed a binding term sheet with vivo India to undertake OEM business of electronic devices, including smartphones. The company would hold 51% stake in the JV, while vivo India would hold 49%, with no cross-stakes between them

Ceat’s takeover of Camso would expand its presence in the higher profitability OHT segment. Further, it would also strengthen its presence in construction equipment (CE) globally. It would also add OEMs and distributors (key for success).

Bajaj Finance completed its long-range strategy (LRS) 2025-29 meet last week and released an investor presentation. Its targets are lofty; however, with impeccable execution skills, we believe the same are achievable.

Godrej Consumer Products’ Q3 business update highlighted temporary headwinds. Flat Q3 volumes (vs. average ~7% y/y organic growth in H1 FY25 and in the last six quarters) are expected due to challenges in soaps and home insecticides (HI), which account for nearly two-thirds of domestic revenue.

We believe that the IPO is fairly priced and recommend a “Subscribe-Long term” rating to the IPO.

Cera Sanitaryware’s H1 remained soft as revenue was flat at Rs8.9bn. EBITDA declined 11.4% y/y, while PAT inched up 1.7% y/y to Rs1.2bn.

TBO Tek’s H1 FY25 revenue grew ~24.7% y/y to ~Rs8.7bn (organic growth ~17.1% y/y). The overall take rate rose from ~5.2% in H1 FY24to ~5.5%, with monthly transacting buyers growing ~6.8% y/y to 28,252.

Kewal Kiran’s H1 revenue grew 4.2% y/y, led by Kraus’ acquisition, though standalone sales fell 8.3% y/y on weak demand.

The only iron ore miner in Maharashtra, Lloyds has ~157m tonnes of extractable iron ore and ~701m tonnes of banded hematite quartzite (BHQ).

In the extremely volatile PVC pricing context Astral’s performance was decent though revenue was up only 0.5% to a muted Rs13.7bn.