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CESC Ltd.

30 Jun 2020

171.18

0.24%

CESC

Hold: CESC Ltd.

Recommendation Target

ICICI Securities Limited

CESC reported a decent operational performance in Q4FY20. Revenues were in line with estimates while lower other expenses led to a beat in EBITDA. However, a shortfall in other income negated the EBITDA beat. Consequently, PAT was marginally lower than estimates. However, on the subsidiaries front, the performance of all generation and distribution...

CESC Ltd. has an average target of 199.50 from 2 brokers.

CESC Ltd.

29 Jun 2020

171.18

0.24%

S/A muted on lower volumes; Dhariwal 's performance improves

Buy: CESC Ltd.

Target

Motilal Oswal

CESCs 4QFY20 results highlight the benefit of improved performance for its distribution franchisee (DF) and Dhariwal businesses with consol. On the other hand, S/A PAT declined 19% YoY, leading to While the muted power demand environment could impact profitability in the near term, the longer-term story remains intact. Despite factoring in the tightening of norms at Haldia and for the S/A, the stock trades attractively at 7x FY21E In 4QFY20, S/A PAT declined ~19% YoY to INR2.5b (20% below est. Consolidated PAT increased ~7% YoY to INR4.4b in the quarter, largely on the back of improved performance for its DF and Dhariwal businesses. Despite factoring in the tightening of norms at Haldia and for the S/A, the stock trades attractively at 7x FY21E Further, the un-tied generation capacity and scale-up in DFs has the potential to boost earnings.

CESC Ltd. is trading above its 200 day SMA of 167.2

CESC Ltd.

12 Apr 2020

171.18

0.24%

Q4FY20 earnings are expected to be disappointing in Emkay's power coverage universe. Dema...

Buy: CESC Ltd.

Target

Emkay

Q4FY20 earnings are expected to be disappointing in Emkay's power coverage universe. Demand across India fell significantly in the second half of March after the country was locked down to contain the spread of Covid-19. Thus, PLF across stations was impacted, but availability picked up due to improved inventory levels. However, the power ministry's move to provide a moratorium on bill payments is likely to impact discoms' collection efficiency and would stretch its working capital. This is likely to have a cascading impact on the electricity chain of discoms, transmission, gencos and eventually the banks, all of...

CESC Ltd. is trading below its 50 day SMA of 171.8

CESC Ltd.

12 Feb 2020

171.18

0.24%

CESC

Buy: CESC Ltd.

Recommendation

ICICI Securities Limited

Energy sold during Q3FY20, in the standalone business declined 7.7% to 211.9 crore units vs. our estimate of 222.8 crore units while realisation was at | 7.8/kWHR vs. our expectation of 7.5 kWHR. Total generation was down 10.3% YoY at 122.4 crore units. Energy purchased were at 126.7 crore units vs. our estimate of 126.2 crore units. Plant load factor (PLF) of the Budge Budge, southern plants for Q3FY20 were at 69.2%, 26.3%, respectively. Revenues were at | 1648 crore vs. our estimate of | 1659.8 crore, in line with estimates. On the other hand, consolidated revenues came in at | 2344 crore...

CESC Ltd. is trading below its 50 day SMA of 171.8

CESC Ltd.

15 Nov 2019

171.18

0.24%

CESC

Buy: CESC Ltd.

Sharekhan

CESC Limited (CESC) reported strong consolidated Q2FY2020 results with 12.6% y-o-y increase in PAT to Rs. 366 crore, given strong performance of Noida distribution business (132% y-o-y rise in PAT to Rs. 65 crore) and sharp reduction in losses at Dhariwal to Rs. 25 crore (vs. loss of Rs. 63 crore in Q2FY2019). However, standalone performance was muted with marginal 1.5% y-o-y increase in PAT to Rs. 275 crore, given only 1.7% rise in power sales volume. The board of directors has decided not to pursue the demerger of the generation...

Number of FII/FPI investors increased from 233 to 245 in Sep 2025 qtr.

CESC Ltd.

15 Nov 2019

171.18

0.24%

CESC

Hold: CESC Ltd.

ICICI Securities Limited

Energy sold during Q2FY20, in the standalone business, declined 1.4% at 171.3 crore units vs. our estimate of 182 crore units while realisation was at | 7.7/kWHR vs. our expectation of 7.5 kWHR. Total generation was down 1.9% YoY at 171.3 crore units. Energy purchased was at 165.7 crore units vs. our estimate of 168 crore units. The same has increased YoY by 3.4%....

Number of FII/FPI investors increased from 233 to 245 in Sep 2025 qtr.

CESC Ltd.

14 Nov 2019

171.18

0.24%

S/ A gen. muted; Noida up on carrying cost recovery

Buy: CESC Ltd.

Target

Motilal Oswal

PAT was up ~13% YoY to INR3.6b in the quarter on carrying cost recovery at Noida (~INR150-200m). For 1HFY20, PAT was Profits at Noida rose YoY to INR790m (v/s est. INR450m) on favorable order Distribution franchisees net loss was slightly higher YoY at INR30m (v/s est. Crescent and Surya (RE)s PAT was higher YoY at INR170m (v/s est. Dhariwals net loss stood at INR250m. While YoY (INR630m loss in 2QFY19), the loss may appear lower; the company has noted that it is on account of re- classification and possible adjustments in the previous year. Generation at Dhariwal was 14% lower YoY at 504MUs. Dhariwal has signed a PPA with Maharashtra for 170MW supply of power from Nov19 for a one-year period. Untied generation capacity and scale-up of DFs have a potential to boost earnings. The stock trades attractively at ~8x FY21E P/E even as visibility of earnings at Dhariwal and DFs improve, and factoring in the tightening of norms at Haldia and S/A.

CESC Ltd. is trading above its 200 day SMA of 167.2

CESC Ltd.

19 Aug 2019

171.18

0.24%

CESC

Buy: CESC Ltd.

Sharekhan

CESC Limited's (CESC) standalone Q1FY2020 profit after tax (PAT) rose strongly by 18% y-o-y to Rs. 217 crore led by higher power sales volume (up 8% y-o-y) and improved realization (up 1.2% y-o-y). The company started reporting consolidated financials from Q1FY2020 and consolidated PAT rose by only 9.4% y-o-y to Rs. 232 crore as strong performance from standalone business was partially offset by lower profit contribution from subsidiaries. We believe that CESC is trading at an attractive valuation of 9.1x FY2021E EPS and 0.9x...

Number of FII/FPI investors increased from 233 to 245 in Sep 2025 qtr.

CESC Ltd.

16 Aug 2019

171.18

0.24%

CESC

Hold: CESC Ltd.

Recommendation

ICICI Securities Limited

Energy sold during Q1FY20, in the standalone business declined 7.6% at 305.7 crore units vs. our estimate of 284.7 crore units while realisation was at | 7.7/Kwhr vs. our expectation of |7.5 Kwhr. Energy purchased was at 177.4 crore units vs. our estimates of 165 crore units. The same has increased YoY by 10.3%. On a plant wise basis, Budge Budge plant generated 157.6 crore units while Southern generated 14.2 crore units for Q1FY20. Hence, total generation was at 171.8 crore units for Q1FY20. On the PLFs side, Budge Budge plant reported 96.2% while southern plant reported...

CESC Ltd. is trading above its 200 day SMA of 167.2

CESC Ltd.

14 Aug 2019

171.18

0.24%

Standalone ops gain from higher demand; subs weak

Buy: CESC Ltd.

Target

Motilal Oswal

Standalone (S/A) PAT grew by a healthy ~18% YoY to INR2.2b (our estimate: INR1.9b), led by higher sales (up ~8% YoY to 3.1BU) due to strong demand (likely because of seasonal factors). T&D; losses are estimated to have remained steady at ~9-10%. CESC has started reporting consol. quarterly performance from this quarter. Consol. PAT was up ~9% YoY to INR2.3b in 1QFY20....

CESC Ltd. has an average target of 199.50 from 2 brokers.

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