Emkay Broker Research reports

We interacted with Tushar Bhajanka, Deputy MD of Star Cement, to understand the company’s growth plans and the demand-supply outlook in the Northeast.

Amazon Now, the quick commerce (QCom) business of Amazon, has now expanded to Mumbai, after Bengaluru and Delhi.

We met Rakesh Singh (ED and CEO – NBFC) of AB Capital for an update on the company, its NBFC business strategy and outlook, and the recent developments in the sector.

We reiterate BUY on Metro, while revising up our TP by ~14% to Rs1,475 (60x Sep-27E pre-IndAS EPS). The change in TP is led by near-equal contribution from upward revision of estimates and earnings rollover.

We attended RPSG Group’s ‘Investor Day’, to understand Firstsource Solutions (FSOL)’s growth strategy and outlook. FSOL’s growth strategy encompassing the ‘OneFirstsource’ framework with focus on seven strategic
levers and its UnBPO approach (shifts focus from labor arbitrage to tech arbitrage) has started yielding early results, as reflected in the revenue growth acceleration, deal intake, and pipeline.

We attended CEAT’s analyst meeting on developments in the Camso acquisition. The acquisition (not built in) is in line with CEAT’s capital allocation priorities and supports its 3 growth pillars – premiumization, globalization, higher margin OHT.

We attended SAMIL’s analyst meet, where it laid out a bold and transformative roadmap over FY25-30. Having outperformed the auto industry 2.5x faster in last 5Y, SAMIL has set its sight on USD108bn revenue (4x vs USD25.7bn in FY25) and 40% ROCE by FY30.

ICICIB reported some moderation in credit growth at ~12% YoY in 1Q, mainly due to slower growth in retail loans (incl mortgages and unsecured loans) and demand remaining slack in the corporate portfolio.

We initiate coverage on ABLBL with BUY and Sep-26E TP of Rs170 (25x Sep27E pre-IndAS EBITDA). ABLBL owns a portfolio of India’s leading fashion brands, having recently de-merged from ABFRL.

We maintain BUY on UltraTech Cement (UTCEM) with TP of Rs14,700. KTAs from our analysis of UTCEM’s FY25 Annual Report.

We hosted Vishal Kedia, who heads Global Strategy at GCPL, at our recent conference Emkay Confluence 2025 with a group of investors, to gauge the company’s strategy ahead and assess its recent performance.

SEL’s consolidated revenue rose 17% YoY, led by SCD/DCD (up 6/7.7% YoY). EBITDA fell 5.3% YoY (on higher employee costs due to ongoing restructuring at SCS); SCD (global business) continues to clock double-digit EBITDAM (11.8% in Q1 vs 10.8/11.8% in Q4/Q3FY25).

HGIEL posted 14%/1% YoY revenue/EBITDA growth in Q1FY26 to Rs17.1/2.5bn, respectively, while RPAT stood at Rs1.3bn.

Deepak Nitrate’s Q1FY26 EBITDA at Rs1.7bn (down 44% YoY; up 11% QoQ) was in line with our estimate, albeit below consensus estimate.

TCI Express (TCIE)’s Q1FY26 results were in line with our muted expectations. The company’s efforts to diversify business beyond surface express seem to be fructifying, as international air express/C2C segments registered 33%/14% YoY growth, respectively.

JSP reported adjusted EBITDA of Rs29.8bn (+14.0% vs Emkay estimate; +15.6% vs consensus; +20.3% QoQ).The sequential improvement was mainly led by a reduction in coking coal cost by USD11/t and QoQ better realization, which was partially offset by a 10.8% sequential decline in sales volume (owing to early onset of monsoons and intentional rebuilding of inventories).

SBI posted a ~6% beat on PAT at Rs192bn/1.1% RoA, led by higher other income (especially treasury gains) and controlled opex, partially offset by higher provisions.

Equitas continued to post dismal results, as it slipped into loss of Rs2.2bn, mainly due to persistent higher MFI/non-MFI stress and accelerated standard provisions on MFI loans (Rs1.9bn, mainly to ease provisioning in 9MFY26).

Lupin delivered yet another quarter of earnings outperformance vs street as well as our estimates, with the beat in 1QFY26 being driven by a higher gross margin.

We reiterate BUY on Anant Raj, with an unchanged TP of Rs800. We visited the company’s new data center facilities in Panchkula (7MW capacity) and Manesar (21MW), in Haryana.