The management expects revenue growth of 15% and modestly higher EBITDA margins in FY20 aided by increasing share of value-added products. At CMP, TTL is trading at P/E of 12.4x and 9.4x FY19E and FY20E earnings respectively, which is attractive as it is at a discount to midcap index valuation. In recent months, the TTL stock has been derated in line with 1) general sell-off in the midcaps and smallcaps universe 2) Weak Q2FY19 results and 3) concerns on promoter stake sales. At the current price, valuations are attractive. Hence, we continue to maintain our positive...
EIIL balance sheet likely to get de-leveraged post monetization of Chennai land for Rs 1 Bn. Management sounded confident about 1/ monetizing other non-strategic assets in the near term as and 2/ strengthening balance sheet...
We attended Zensar's analyst meet where it highlighted the progress on its strategy and initiatives taken for future growth. Zensar emphasized its focus on Digital through its RoD Next platform. It outlined the digital spend across the verticals and why Zensar is well positioned to capture the opportunity. The company took a bold and aggressive decision about 2.5 years ago to become a 100% digital company before taking the platform to its customers. Company's digital enterprise is built on 34 digital platform having 650+ releases with over 1.5mn downloads. The company is building...
Strong volume trend in both the key segments of Multimodal Transport Operations (MTO) and Container Freight station (CFS) with stable realisations and loss in the project engineering has been the highlights of financial performance for ALL in H1FY19. Healthy performance in H1FY19 has given us confidence of a decent performance in FY19. Also, we believe that most of negatives have got factored in the current price. Maintain estimates with an unchanged target prices of Rs 145 at 15x FY20 earnings....
Arvind has demerged its branded apparel & retail business and engineering business into separate companies Arvind Fashions Ltd (AFL) and Anup Engineering Ltd (AEL), respectively. This would create three separately listed companies focusing on different businesses which will increase focus on individual businesses. The company management is positive on the long term fundamental of all the entities. As per company PPT, AFL and AEL are expected to be listed on exchanges tentatively in early February 2019. Post demerger, Arvind will be present in two main businesses; textiles ~87%...
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...
Bodal Chemicals Q2FY19 numbers were in line with estimates. EBITDA margin during the quarter strengthened further by 40bps QoQ, supported by a change in product mix and a higher realisation. Going ahead, we foresee...
Kajaria Ceramics results were in line with our estimates led by healthy volume growth and sequential improvement in average realization. Margins decline on YoY basis was expected due to sharp hike in gas prices. Going ahead, we expect volumes to start witnessing traction on improved demand. High gas prices may continue to impact margins but benefits to margins will come from improvement in JV performance. Company had offloaded its stake in its subsidiary Soriso Ceramics for Rs 110 mn and has booked an exceptional loss...
The Genus power stock has corrected sharply by 64% from its high of Rs86. The stock is trading at 11.6x and 10.4x FY19E and FY20E earnings respectively. We value the stock at 15x FY20E and arrive at a price target of Rs 40 (Unchanged)....
with our estimates, driven by 11.5% yoy growth in IMFL volume which was at 5.2 mn cases. Volume in Prestige and above segment grew at 14.6% yoy while Regular segment grew at 10.3% yoy. Volume growth slowed on qoq due to...
Moderate growth in advances backed by home loans Advances grew 5% QoQ to 1.85 trillion. Within advances, growth came from home loans (+6% QoQ), Credit cards & small business (+11% QoQ), agricultural loans (+6% QoQ). Overall, retail book grew 7% QoQ while corporate book...
