NEGATIVE SURPRISE: Change in company's business strategy Shankara building products in its conference call has updated on the business strategy of achieving higher revenue growth in retail segment but at much lower margins which came as a negative surprise. It is transitioning into a low price retailer with focus on plumbing and sanitaryware as key growth drivers in the retail segment. Company expects healthy growth in the retail segment and...
MOIL Q2FY19 revenue was higher than estimates, driven by better than expected sales volume. Blended ore realizations stood at Rs10,560/tonne were 12.7% below our estimates, which partly offset the benefit of higher volumes. The company had taken 5% price hike in the month of Sep'18 and...
Finolex Industries Ltd (FIL) is positive on PVC pipes demand in the longer run and believes that GST would be positive for the organized players. The company is expanding its capacity every year in order to achieve double...
Time Technoplast reported weak numbers for the quarter as increase in commodity prices and INR depreciation led to decline in gross margins. Increase in cost of borrowings aided to decline in profits....
Simplex Infrastructure results for Q2FY19 were lower than our expectations on revenues and profit front. Margins stood in line with estimates. Order inflow was weak during the quarter but is likely to improve going forward. Execution is also likely to ramp up in H2FY19. Revenue growth of 27% YoY was lower than our estimates but is likely to improve in coming quarters. Margins witnessed a decline on YoY basis but improved...
VA Tech (VAW) reported weak set of numbers which were lower than our estimates on revenue and profit front. EBITDA margin bore the brunt of lower revenues. On the positive side, order wins were strong in Q2FY19, thereby...
PNC has robust order book of Rs 149 bn (including HAM projects & new EPC projects of Rs 87.5 bn) which is over 8x its FY18 revenue, gives strong revenue growth visibility for the next 3-4 years. Further, the company is targeting to add another Rs 30-40 bn of new orders in H2Y19 from new expressways. PNC has guided for over 50% yoy growth in FY19E and 35% yoy growth in...
Zensar's 2Q revenue grew by 2.3% QoQ in USD terms to USD 138mn (de growth of 0.7% sequentially without Indigo Slate), marginally below our estimate of USD 139mn. The lower growth can be attributed to lower than expected organic growth. EBITDA margins shrank by ~70bps QoQ to 12.9%...
Quess corp management alluded its focus on execution and balance sheet management to boost its long term earnings growth. Improvement in operating margin will be supported by better revenue mix, improvement in...
NIIT Ltd 2QFY19 revenue were above our estimates at Rs.22.9bn v/s our estimate of Rs.22.3bn. Margins at 9.58% were about 15bps above our estimates. The beat was on the back of higher than expected growth in SNC...
