V-shaped recovery in global PVC resin prices since May with corresponding surge in PVC/EDC delta (above long term average of $550600/mt) explains much of the rise in Finolex's PVC resin EBIT in Q2 - Rs 99.10 crs Vs Rs 45.13 crs in the same quarter a year ago.; though external sales (volumes) fo PVC resins rose by just 38.1% to 9665 tons. As indication of its barely subdued impact, Finolex's PVC resin realizations were at $920 / mt compared to $740/ton in Q1 while PVC/EDC delta stood at $653/mt compared to $547/mt in Q1. Supply constraints of PVC resins have...

While doing segment analysis, it is observed that the liquid division continued to perform strongly in the second quarter of FY21. Aegis had revenues for the division of Rs 56.44 crs in Q2 versus Rs 50.02 crs a year earlier, a rise of nearly13% year-on-year and EBITDA for Q2 was Rs 39.5 crs versus Rs 32.8 crs a year earlier, a rise of over 20% year on-year. year. Since the liquid division relies largely on storage based revenues, it was little affected by the ongoing...

Escorts in involved in production of agri-machinery, construction and material handling equipment and railway equipment from its plants at various locations. With a domestic market share of 11.6% at the end of last fiscal the company sells a wide range of tractors under the Farmtrac, Powertrac and Steeltrac brands. Its...

fficial figures suggest that India consumed over 100 MT of steel in 2019. Moody's expects India'ss steel demand to decline by 10% in FY21. Globally the demand for steel is expected to drop by 6.4% on account of the pandemic, while developed and developing economies (excluding China) are forecast to decline by 17.1% and 11.6% respectively primarily led by...

On the back of an already difficult last fiscal when CV segment posted negative sales growth of 28.8% in n India, deterred by the pandemic, the demand for automobiles declined sharply in the first six mothns this fiscal across India and globally. The demand for CV's in India and light weight...

Strangled by pandemic induced lockdown which all but decimated supply networks and brought factory production to a grinding halt in April and some part of May, Aarti report 50% drop in its speciality chemicals production in April, thus precipitating some 11% decline in its gross speciality chemicals revenues (consolidated) in Q1 (yoy). Whence speciality chemicals EBIT plunged by a distressing 39.2% not least due to lower sales and higher expenses on account of commissioning of first phase of Dahej SEZ and R&D; Centre at Navi Mumbai in Q4, thus little protected by...

Scarcely helped by the pandemic, Supreme Industries reported most of the least alluring outcomes in recent past for its plastic goods volumes tumbled but by a little charming 19.4% to 91451 mt compared to 113428 mt in the year ago period. Consumer products and industrial products bore much of the brunt for they published volume decline of 70.5% and 54% respectively. Hardly weakish demand for agri-pipes, particularly rural, Tier III and Tier IV cities - boosted by GOI robust investment in infrastructure largely helped circumvent no unabysmal stress in demand...

Sub optimal capacity utilization in April and May operating at 70% and 80% respectively, due to Covid hampered volumes in the first quarter this fiscal which plummeted almost 18% sequentially on an absolute basis,...

Battered by no meager stress in the retail fashion industry owing to large scale lockdowns nationally, V-Mart Mart posted 82.1% decline in revenues in the first quarter of FY21 the sharpest decline thus far. Business remained largely impacted in April and mostt parts of May with operational days at a dismal 2% and 22% respectively. Stress in discretionary consumer spend...

Scarcely unscathed by the horrendous pandemic which triggered countrywide lockdown and forced suspension of Atul's manufacturing plants, beside others, its income from operations plunged by a little pleasing 36.5% to Rs 660.56 crs in the first quarter compared to Rs 1040.55 crs in the same quarter a year ago. Due to its far lesser reliance on essentials when compared to life science chemicals, performance and other chemicals barely managed to evade the brunt of the pandemic for its revenues slid by a little gratifying, though barely sustainable, 42.6%,...

y-o-y, oral care category which contributed to almost 51% of the total revenue, experienced an impressive growth in sales (10.4%) in the June quarter. With this unexpected revenue performance, the quarter recorded the one of the highest quarterly profits (adj. EBITDAEBITDA Rs. 151.76 cr) for Essel....

Buffeted by the slowdown in the Indian automobile industry, reported almost 10.5% drop in revenues in Q4FY20 to Rs. 387.29 cr in comparison to Rs. 432.65 cr in the same period a year ago volume decline accounted for a majority of this fall. OPM's consequently shrunk to its lowest levels during the year, yet higher...

Battered by no meager stress in Indian CV industry, Jamna Industries reported a dismal 56.2% drop in revenues - though revenues improved marginally from Q3 - in the fourth quarter of current fiscal, thus reporting five straight quarters of revenue decline. Put differently, average revenues in the last quarters of FY20 have declined by a stunning 55% over average revenues reported in the same period a year ago. Grave stress in Indian MHCV industry last fiscal - sales drop 42.4% - explain much of the 47% drop in revenues last fiscal. Current demand outlook of...