Anand Rathi Broker Research reports

Lower our Rs819m estimate due to less-than-expected revenues, MM Forgings’ Q4 EBITDA slipped 4% y/y to Rs724m. Growth would be supported by the domestic M&H CV volume upswing, which would come at a 5% CAGR over FY25-27 on economic activity and replacement demand.

Sumitomo Chemical (Sumitomo) reported subdued 4Q numbers below our and consensus estimates with flat revenue growth while EBITDA and PAT declined by 15% and 9% y/y respectively.

More volumes pushed up Stylam’s Q4 FY25 revenue 10.6% y/y to ~Rs2.7bn, though blended realisation were soft. High input costs and product-mix changes pulled gross profit down 7.1% y/y to Rs1.1bn.

The company reported revenue of ?4,925 Million for the quarter ended March 2025, marking an 16.1% year-on-year increase from ?4,241 Million in the same quarter last year, and a growth of 25.5% rise on a sequential basis.

Capacity ramp-up, demand upswing, stable prices in its key operating regions (North/Central) and various cost optimisation measures aided JK Cement’s overall performance.

The Meghalaya clinker-unit stabilisation along with the better demand-pricing environment in its operating region (East/North east) aided Star’s overall performance.

A steady execution pace, continued operating profitability and steady orders make HG Infra’s FY25 results comforting with one-off margins in Q4. This sets the tone for an even better performance ahead.

TBO Tek’s overall GTV grew 3.7% y/y to Rs77.9bn due to slight impact from Ramadan-induced seasonality in Mar’25 and full consolidation of Jumboonline.

Dixon’s strong Q4/FY25 revenue was driven by robust growth in the mobile category, with volumes reaching 28.3m in FY25; it targets 42m–45m/60m–62m units for FY26/FY27.

Bharat Electronics limited reported revenue growth from operations of 6.8% YoY to Rs 91,496 million on a consolidated basis in Q4 FY25 as compared to Rs 85,641 million in Q4 FY24.

Arvind Fashions reported 8.5%/13% y/y revenue growth/EBITDA margin in FY25. Growth was aided by 5.5% comparable growth, network expansion (0.12m sq. ft. net addition in FY25), higher adjacent categories’ share (20%; 15% in FY24), premiumization and investments in marketing.

Strong operating performance, combined with moderate provisions kept Karur Vysya Bank’s profitability robust, with 1.73% RoA (down 1bp q/q). Headline asset quality remained stable, with GNPA at 0.76% (down 7bps q/q) and NNPA at 0.2% (stable q/q).

Slightly lagging ARe of Rs1.79bn, ZF’s Q4 EBITDA rose 17% y/y to Rs1.73bn on less-than-expected revenue. The ADAS regulation draft notification is out, proposing ESC, AEBS and 4 ADAS functions from Oct’26, with content opportunity of >Rs65,000/vehicle for CVs (>3.5-tonne trucks and >5-tonne buses).

We are positive regarding Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) due to its domestic market share gains across PVs, CVs and tractors.

Strong electronics growth continued for V Guard, supported by an uptick in the electrical portfolio driven by higher copper prices. ECD grew in line with the industry, while Sunflame continued to underperform.

The strong FD performance (+17.6% y/y GOV growth vs. Zomato’s 15.9% y/y) indicates some market-share gain for Swiggy, largely due to the ~10-15-minute delivery initiative ‘Bolt’ (now constituting 12%+ overall volumes vs. ~9% in Q3 FY25).

With 6% volume growth (4% in India business) and 21.1% EBITDA margin (Street’s estimate at 20.4%), Godrej Consumer posted broadly in-line Q4 results.

Atul invested ~Rs20bn over the last three years in setting up capacity (capex matching the cumulative investment over the last decade). In its analyst meet, management highlighted unrealized sales potential of over Rs25bn from recently concluded capex (~Rs17bn) and from previously unutilized capacity (~Rs8bn).

V-Mart’s Q4 profitability improved, with a 272bps y/y higher EBITDA margin at 8.7% (~90bps above ARe), driven by lower Limeroad losses and better offline margins. FY25 sales/EBITDA grew ~17%/77% y/y, led by 11% SSSG.

Exceeding estimates, Eternal’s Q4 saw strong execution in Blinkit, with the GOV growing ~20.8% q/q, 134% y/y, and the contribution margin expanding ~10bps q/q, which is encouraging, given heightened competition and aggressive dark store addition (~294 added; ~40% of the total 1,301 stores added in the last two quarters).