Motilal Oswal Broker Research reports

India Cements (ICEM), following the recent change in management (the first quarter after UTCEM took control), has reported an improved performance in 4QFY25. It has reported an EBITDA of INR5m (vs. an estimate of an operating loss of INR1.2b) in 4QFY25.

MRPL’s 4QFY25 EBITDA beat our estimates by 34%, as reported GRM came in ~USD1/bbl above our estimates at USD6.2/bbl. Adjusting for inventory gain, core GRM stood at ~USD5.8/bbl.

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC’s (ABSLAMC) 4QFY25 operating revenue grew 17% YoY to ~INR4.3b (in line), leading to a ~0.9bp YoY improvement in yield on management fees to 44.9bp (vs. our est. of 45.4bp). For FY25, revenue grew 25% YoY to INR16.8b.

L&T Finance’s (LTF) reported 4QFY25 PAT grew 15% YoY to INR6.4b (in line). FY25 PAT grew ~14% YoY to INR26.4b. Consol. credit costs stood at INR6.2b (in line), translating into annualized credit costs of ~2.55% (PQ: 2.5% and PY: 3.2%).

Nippon Life India AMC (NAM)’s operating revenue grew 21% YoY to INR5.7b (in line) in 4QFY25. Yields declined to 40.7bp from 41.3bp in 4QFY24. NAM’s FY25 revenue came in at INR22.3b, recording a growth of 36% YoY.

PNB Housing (PNBHF) delivered an all-round healthy performance, marked by a healthy retail loan growth of ~18% YoY, an expansion of 5bp QoQ in NIMs, a sustained improvement in asset quality, and recoveries from its retail written-off pool, which resulted in provision write-backs for the entire year.

UltraTech Cement (UTCEM)’s 4QFY25 performance was in line with our estimates. EBITDA increased ~12% YoY to INR46.2b, while EBITDA/t declined 4% YoY to INR1,126 (est. INR1,104).

In 4QFY25, IGL’s adj. EBITDA margin of INR4.6/scm came in below our est. of INR5/scm. Volumes stood at 9.18mmscmd, slightly lower than our est. of 9.29mmscmd.

In Q4FY25, pre-sales rose 14% YoY/7% QoQ to INR48.1b, while volumes grew 4% YoY/15% QoQ to 3.6msf. In FY25, pre-sales grew 21% YoY to INR176.3b, surpassing the guidance. For FY26, the company has guided for pre-sales of INR210b and volumes of 11msf.

RBL Bank (RBK) reported 4QFY25 PAT of INR687m (81% YoY decline). NII declined 2.3% YoY to INR15.6b (in line) due to lower disbursals in the JLG business. NIMs remained broadly stable at 4.89% during the quarter.