Buy

With a 10% upside potential from the CMP, we maintain our BUY rating on the stock.

concepts. Its primary customer propositions include Westside, one of India's leading chains of fashion retail stores, Zudio, a one stop destination for great fashion at great value and Trent Hypermarket, which operates in the competitive...

Strong H1 performance may lead to FY26 guidance beat: The company maintained its revenue/EBITDA guidance for FY26 at 36000-38000 crore/ 21000-22000 crore. Port cargo volume guidance stays at 505515 MMT, trucking revenue to grow 3x-4x YoY and marine revenues by 2x YoY for FY26. The company has already achieved 48%/49%/51% of its average FY26 volume/revenue/EBITDA guidance during H1FY26. We estimate APSEZ's overall cargo volumes to grow at ~15% CAGR over FY25-FY28E. The same is expected to be led by the company's ability in growing its domestic cargo volumes at ~1.6-1.7x of India's trade and...

We remain constructive on SBI, supported by the upward-revised credit growth guidance of 12–14% for FY26, a healthy corporate pipeline, and stable NIMs (above 3%) and CRR-related tailwind ahead.

About the stock: Bharti Airtel (Airtel) is India's second largest telecom operator with ~36.4 crore wireless customers in India and ~17.4 crore subscribers across 14 African countries. It enjoys industry leading ARPU in the wireless business in India. Q2FY26 Performance: Consolidated topline at 52145 crore, was up 5.4% QoQ and up 25.7% YoY. India wireless revenues were up 2.6% QoQ and 13.2% YoY at 27397 crore, driven by heathy Average Revenues per User (ARPU), which came at 256, up 2.2% QoQ and ~9.8% YoY. The key highlight was strong post-paid subscriber addition of ~0.95 mn subscribers at 27.5 mn. It witnessed robust 4G/5G...

HUL's performance during the quarter was stable due to strong execution abilities, *over or under performance to benchmark index GST adjustments and a moderate seasonal environment. GST cuts are expected to support consumption recovery and improve channel momentum during the festive period. HUL's strategic focus on premiumisation, science-led innovation and digital acceleration continues to reinforce brand leadership across key categories. By expanding its e-commerce presence and by using data-led marketing and supply chain digitisation, the company has enhanced execution agility and consumer reach....

Sun Pharma (SUNP) delivered in-line revenue/EBITDA in 2QFY26. Earnings came in below our estimates largely due to lower other income.

Q2FY26- Decent numbers despite flat US growth - Revenues grew ~9% YoY to 14478.3 crore driven mainly by growth in India, global specialty portfolio (now named as Innovative products), RoW and Emerging Markets. India growth was strong at 11% to 4735 crore. The US remained flat YoY with a revenue of 4329 crore due to weakness in generics which was made good by Innovative traction to some extent. RoW markets reported growth of ~23% to 2041 crore, mainly due to growth in both generics and specialty. Emerging markets grew ~16% to 2837 crore,...

We maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock.

Powergrid transmits ~45% of the total power generated in India on its transmission network & owns ~84% of Inter-State transmission system. It also undertakes transmission related consultancy to more than 150...

Resilient cigarette volumes, steady FMCG growth, and expected margin recovery from easing input costs underpin our positive outlook.

India is augmenting its transmission infrastructure to integrate renewables into the grid and Power Grid is a leading player in India’s transmission capex story, with >50% market share in transmission bids over the last 2 years.

We maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock.

State Bank of India (SBI) reported yet another strong quarter with Q2FY26 PAT of INR 201.6bn, aided by the Yes Bank stake sale along with superior loan / core fee growth, NIM and comfortable asset quality.

Q2FY26 performance: Titan's consolidated net revenues grew by 22%yoy to Rs16,461cr (total revenues grew by 29%). This was driven by 18% growth in the domestic jewellery business, 32% growth in Caratlane and 84% growth in the international business while TEAL (subsidiary) revenues grew by 2x during the quarter. Its watches and eyewear business had a soft quarter with revenues growing by 13% and 8% in Q2. Consolidated gross margins decreased by 127bps YoY affected by higher gold prices and inferior mix. EBIDTA margins decreased by...

Bharti Airtel (Bharti)’s Q2FY26 print was impressive. The company reported a commendable performance across segments, incremental EBITDA margin in the mobile segment, higher consol. FCF (after finance cost) of INR 152bn and pre-tax RoCE at 19.7% in Q2FY26-annualised.

Mahindra & Mahindra (MM)’s 2QFY26 PAT at INR45b was above our estimate due to better-than-expected margins (both from auto and FES segments), as well as higher other income.

Titan Company (TTAN) posted consolidated sales growth of 29% YoY in 2QFY26. Standalone jewelry sales (excl. bullion) rose 19% YoY, driven by the early onset of the festive season, gold exchange campaign, and consumer offers.

We maintain our BUY rating on the stock.

Favourable ecosystem for domestic defence industry: We believe that the defence electronics market in India is experiencing significant growth, driven by efforts to boost domestic production and reduce dependence on imports. As per the industry reports, defence electronics contribution increased to 30-35% in most platforms and is expected to increase further in the coming years, led by increasing required modernisation in platforms. With having strong capabilities in designing, developing & manufacturing a wide range of strategic electronic products/systems, we believe that BEL...