ICICI Securities Limited Broker Research reports

Order awarding in the road sector has been soft for the past two years, impacting HG Infra’s (HG) order book (OB), now at INR 147bn (2.2x TTM revenues) – part of this (INR 31bn) is yet to receive appointed date.

Astra Microwave Products (AMP) reported a good set of numbers. Consol. EBITDA registered impressive growth of 71% YoY to INR 410mn driven by 29% YoY growth in revenues to INR 2bn, which in-turn was propelled by 71% YoY surge in defence revenues.

Deepak Nitrite’s (DN) Q1FY26 has shown marginal improvement over adj. Q4FY25 EBITDA; however, overall performance remains subdued.

Gulf Oil (GOLI) delivered 8.9%/9.8% YoY growth in EBITDA/PAT to INR 1.27bn/INR 0.97bn (I-Sec: EBITDA/PAT INR 1.28bn/INR 0.99bn).

BPCL’s Q1FY26 EBITDA/PAT of INR 96.6bn/INR 61.2bn jumped 71%/2x YoY (+24%/91% QoQ). This was despite a USD 3/bbl YoY dip in GRMs, as stronger marketing earnings and higher other income have offset the GRM weakness.

Somany Ceramics (SOMC) reported Q1FY26 consol. revenue growth of 4.5% YoY with tile volume rising 3% YoY (6-year CAGR of 5.1%) while tile realisation was largely flat YoY (+1.2% QoQ).

KNR Constructions (KNR) reported a revenue of INR 4.8bn in Q1FY26, down to a five-year trough. The lukewarm execution was primarily rooted in a smaller executable order book (OB).

Zydus Lifesciences (Zydus)’s Q1FY26 print beat our expectations, though its revenue grew a mere 5.9% while EBITDA/PAT shrunk 3.3%/0.7% YoY. US biz sales were flat YoY.

Power Mech reported a muted Q1FY26. Post-adjustment of the exceptional item (INR 2.9bn in revenue), revenue stood at INR 10bn (flat YoY), EBITDA was at INR 1.2bn (+6% YoY) and adjusted profit of INR 0.5bn (-18% YoY). Reported profit grew 31% YoY to INR 0.8bn.

Hindalco (HNDL)’ Q1FY26 operating performance was 6% ahead of consensus estimates despite Novelis’ underperformance. Consol. EBITDA, at INR 80.8bn, jumped 6% YoY.