Anand Rathi Broker Research reports

We recently met Sharda Cropchem’s Chairman and MD, Mr R V Bubna to gauge the business outlook. Management is confident of achieving double-digit revenue growth (guidance raised 26% y/y post Q3 results vs. 15-20% earlier) in FY25, particularly due to volumes and penetration into new markets.

Lagging the consensus and in line with ARe, Narayana Hrudayalaya’s Q3 results were decent, revenue/EBITDA/PAT rising 14%/10%/3% y/y. Cayman reported Rs2.8bn/Rs1.2bn revenue/EBITDA, up 14/2% y/y.

A schedule ‘A’ Miniratna Category-I company, MOIL is the largest manganese ore producer in India, with market shares at ~20% domestically and ~2.2% globally.

On a consolidated basis, SEL topline increased by 14.8% YoY and remained flat QoQ to Rs8,315 mn. EBITDA increased by 11.2% YoY and 54% QoQ to Rs970 mn. EBITDA margin remained flat YoY and grew by 411bps QoQ to 11.7%.

In line with ARe, Dollar Industries' Q3 sales grew 14.8% y/y. The South brought ~8% to 9M FY25 revenue; plans are to hike this to 13-15% over 2-3 years. At end-Q3, the company had 17 EBOs and plans to increase this to ~125 by FY26. Force NXT (premium segment) continues to do well, recording 13.8%/23.3% value/volume growth y/y.

Hindalco’s 600k-tonne strategic expansion in Bay Minette is on track to be completed in H2 CY26. The recently commissioned 250k-tonne Guthrie facility continues to ramp up automotive sheet ingot casting and the 100ktonne recycling centre in Ulsan (South Korea) has been commissioned.

Greenpanel Industries’ Q3 revenue/gross profit/EBITDA/PAT fell 6.8%/28%/71/69.3% y/y to Rs3.6bn/1.6bn/173m/85m. The poor showing stemmed from export volumes falling (due to unprofitable orders) while domestic volumes were flat.

Surpassing our Rs11.3bn estimate on more-than-expected revenue and less-than-anticipated other expenses, Ashok Leyland’s Q3 EBITDA grew 9% y/y to Rs12.1bn.

Kewal Kiran’s Q3 revenue grew 27.5% y/y on Kraus’ acquisition. Standalone sales growth was muted at 0.8% y/y. Some of the revenue loss was on Lawman brand’s discontinuation from MBO channel.

Kajaria Ceramics’ Q3 revenue rose only 1% y/y to Rs 11.6bn. EBITDA/PAT fell 16.8%/25.4% y/y to Rs1.5bn/Rs777m, below ARe’s Rs1.9bn/Rs 1.2bn.