Results below estm; Guides steep cut in Q1 and Recovery Q2 onwards Firstsource (FSL) reported below expectation results, with a sequential revenue growth of 0.6% in CC terms (our estimate was 1.5%) due to weakness in healthcare segment (COVID impact - USD6mn) and OPM decline of about 40bps QoQ at 10.8% (our estimate was 11.2%). Healthcare segment de-grew by 1.3% QoQ as Providers clients faced decline in government funding in Feb and reduced number of elective surgeries and Payers volume got impacted as it witnessed lesser filling...
While India continue to lead growth (pre-buying in March aided growth, in-line), exports were a drag. Gross margin at 72.4% was a function of strong growth in India, leading to impressive EBITDA margin of 28.2% (our estimate: 25.4%). Though company remains confident of outperforming IPM growth, we remain wary of the exports (US 2 key facilities under WL and OAI, Brazil adverse currency and batch traceability regulations in Germany) given the weaker outlook....
Results ahead of estm; Order book intact; Commentary turns cautious Results were ahead of estm with a revenue growth of about 8.8% YoY at Rs 1.38bn (our estm at Rs1.32bn) and OPM at 20.3% against our estm at 16.5% - profit beat led by reversal of variable pay provisions. Order book stood at Rs 4.4bn, implies 18% growth YoY (flat QoQ) with new 8 new product order wins in the quarter, adding 4 new logos. It also completed 24 product module implementation in Q4 (65 for FY20). Order book is encouraging but management unsure about...
Astral Poly Technik (ASTRA) Q4FY20 numbers below estimates on revenue front as last 12-14 days of March was lost due to lockdown, there was a pile up of inventory at depots and sales was lost due to logistics constraints and weakness in adhesives business and in line with estimates on operating profitability parameters. Adhesive segment margins on a full year showed growth as structural changes of eliminating stockists was undertaken. Stockist margins of 68% was removed which directly benefited the Company. ASTRA has plans for expansion and have acquired adjacent land at...
Though significant negative impact is expected on sales; costs like rent, other operation related costs would not decline in the same proportion. Hence Bata would take abnormally longer time to restore...
Expect gradual ramp up Q2 onwards; valuations undemanding; Maintain Buy Despite a marginal topline miss, KPTL has managed its EBIDTA of 11% with a better project mix. PAT was lower than estimate on account of higher interest and taxes, as WC needs went up in Q4 While Q1 is likely to be subdued, it is confident of pickup from Q2 onwards and has guided a 10% revenue growth and margins in 10.511% range for FY21. We are building in a 5%/15% topline growth in...
JKLC posted (9.5%)/ 53.9%/ 128.5% YoY growth in revenue/ EBITDA/ APAT to Rs10.6 bn/ Rs2.0 bn/ Rs988 mn in Q4FY20 driven by 7.7% YoY realization growth (-0.5% QoQ). We expect 1.5%/ 0.6%/ (4.3%) revenue/ EBITDA/ APAT CAGR over FY20-22E led by (15.0%)/ 20.0% volume growth and (1.0%)/ 2.0% cement realization growth in FY21E/ FY22E. We reduce our FY21E estimates by 21.1%/ 26%/ 49.4% for revenue/ EBITDA/ APAT primarily due to (-15%) vs. 0.9% volume growth and (1%) vs. 0.7% realization growth to factor extended COVID-19...
Revenue and EBITDA broadly in line, however PAT above estimates. UTCEM posted 13.1% YoY de-growth in revenue to Rs107.5 bn due to 15.7% YoY volume decline to 21.4 mt which was partially offset by 3.0% YoY rise (+1.2% QoQ) in realization to Rs5,012/tn. EBITDA/ APAT grew (3.9%)/ 6.5% YoY to Rs24.4 bn/ Rs11.3 bn. We 0.9%/ (-1.3%)/ 2.1% revenue/ EBITDA/ APAT CAGR over FY20-22E led by (-15.1%)/ 20.0% volume growth and (-1.0%)/ 1.0% realization growth in FY21E/ FY22E. We expect EBITDA/tn to marginally cool off to...
Weak Results; Large Deal Wins in Content biz to drive recovery MPS reported weak Q4FY20 results, with a 9.0% QoQ and 15.6% YoY decline in revenue (our estm: 1.3% QoQ growth), largely led by QoQ decline of 15% and 19% in Platform and E-Learning business. OPM contraction of about 480bps QoQ to 12.7%, (our estm: 19.8%) primarily due to sharp absolute revenue fall off directly impacting EBIT. Content solutions revenues fell 3.0% YoY in Q4 but expects positive momentum hereon as it has started rampup of a large deal won in the...
Primed to recover the fastest despite Q4 miss; upgrade to Buy Q4 numbers were a miss across our and consensus estimates, due to impact of March lockdown on sales, despite a strong Jan and Feb. However, margins were helped by lower costs, especially in ad expenses, which enabled CG Consumer to maintain 13.8% margins. At segmental levels, ECD margins were flat while lightning margins...
