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NTPC Ltd.

28 Jul 2018

346.35

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NTPC

Buy: NTPC Ltd.

Target

JM Financial

Adj. Profit growth begins to reflect capacity addition benefits NTPC's 1QFY19 adjusted net profit stood at INR 25bn, +11% YoY vs. 5-6% growth trend of past quarters. This compares with 16%YoY growth in regulated equity as the benefit of capex is now beginning to reflect in earnings growth. During the quarter NTPC witnessed a) reduction in coal under-recovery from c. INR 3.5bn in 3QFY18 to INR 1.3bn as Mauda was the only impacted project, b) fixed cost under recoveries of INR 1.6bn in Unchahar and Badarpur which will discontinue by 2H FY19 and c) INR 2bn fixed cost under recovery from annual maintenance shutdowns which got advanced to 1Q in FY19 vs. 2Q in FY18. Without...

Number of FII/FPI investors decreased from 818 to 812 in Dec 2025 qtr

NTPC Ltd.

04 Jun 2018

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NTPC - 4QFY18 Result Update

Buy: NTPC Ltd.

Reliance Securities

Capacity Charge Under-Recovery Led by Coal Shortage NTPC's revenue grew by by 13.1% YoY to Rs231bn owing to 7.7% YoY rise in net power generation to 64.0bn units. Its reported PAT surged by 40% YoY to Rs29.2bn, which adjusted for one-off and prior period items came in at Rs26.7bn (+3.9% YoY). Looking ahead, we expect NTPC's business to improve further backed by higher capacity commercialisation, better fuel availability and likely improvement in demand owing to UDAY scheme. We maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock with an unrevised Target Price of Rs213. Healthy Revenue on Higher Generation & Improved Realisation...

Number of FII/FPI investors decreased from 818 to 812 in Dec 2025 qtr

NTPC Ltd.

31 May 2018

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NTPC

Results Update: NTPC Ltd.

SMC online

NTPC Ltd.'s profit fell in the quarter ended march, profit beats estimates. NTPC, the public sector power major has registered 13% growth in sales to Rs 23100.26 crore for the quarter ended March 2018. But with operating margin contract by 120 bps to 25.6%, the growth at operating profit stood restricted at 8% to Rs 5909.98 crore. Eventually on a deflated base, the PAT (after regulatory income) was up by 41% to Rs 2925.59 crore. The bottom line of...

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NTPC Ltd.

29 May 2018

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NTPC India

Hold: NTPC Ltd.

ICICI Securities Limited

NTPC reported mixed Q4FY18 results. Adjusted revenues at | 22500 crore were above estimates of | 21343 crore. The revenue beat was on account of better-than-expected energy sold at 64.24 billion units vs. our estimate of 63.71 billion units. The company generated 68.56 billion units (BU) in Q4FY18 vs. our estimate of 68.14 BU. Plant load factor (PLF) of coal plants was at 79% vs. 76.9% in Q3FY18. During FY18, the company commissioned capacity to the tune of 3978 MW as commercial capacity was at 44500 MW...

Number of FII/FPI investors decreased from 818 to 812 in Dec 2025 qtr

NTPC Ltd.

29 May 2018

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NTPC's Q4FY18 revenue grew by 11.8% yoy to Rs222.5bn (after adjusting for prior period sa...

Buy: NTPC Ltd.

Emkay

NTPC's Q4FY18 revenue grew by 11.8% yoy to Rs222.5bn (after adjusting for prior period sales), primarily driven by a 7.5% yoy rise in power generation to 68.6bn units (highest ever in a quarter). Revenue was marginally above our estimate of Rs216.1bn. Company recorded disincentive of Rs2.5 bn due to lower fuel availability across Mouda, Bongiagaon and Solapur units during the quarter. Accordingly, APAT was flat at Rs26.bn...

Number of FII/FPI investors decreased from 818 to 812 in Dec 2025 qtr

NTPC Ltd.

29 May 2018

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NTPC

Buy: NTPC Ltd.

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JM Financial

4QFY18 profit +51% QoQ as coal shortage related losses shrink NTPC's 4QFY18 adjusted net profit stood at INR 34bn (+5% YoY), a jump of 51% QoQ as losses from coal related shortage have halved to INR 2.5bn from 3Q18. As highlighted in our earlier reports, the issues related to coal shortages in newly-commissioned plants has been arrested as reflected in Mar-April'17 plant availability (PAF). We expect the coal situation to improve by 1H19 given efforts by NTPC and measures taken by Power, Coal and Railway Ministries (detailed report). The current scenario of rising power demand strengthens our long-term thesis of NTPC benefitting from capacity additions and improving PLFs. We expect...

Number of FII/FPI investors decreased from 818 to 812 in Dec 2025 qtr

NTPC Ltd.

28 May 2018

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Fixed cost under-recoveries reducing

Buy: NTPC Ltd.

Motilal Oswal

28 May 2018 NTPCs standalone (S/A) 4QFY18 adj. PAT increased ~5% YoY to INR28b. PAT is adjusted for INR4.3b under-recovery of fixed charge (FC) and many prior-period items. Reported PAT increased 41% YoY to INR29.2b on account of a weaker base and prior-period sales, despite FC under recovery. PAT grew ~6% YoY to INR24.6b, while regulated equity grew 16% YoY (+1% QoQ) to INR509b. Commercial capacity increased by 8MW QoQ (Singrauli hydro) to 44.5GW. PAT grew 12% YoY to INR108b. Reported PAT growth was lower at just ~2% YoY to INR103b due to FC under recoveries.

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NTPC Ltd.

15 Mar 2018

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NTPC LTD

Buy: NTPC Ltd.

Geojit Research

EBITDA margin succumbed to pressure (down 168bps YoY) owing to higher employee cost and under recovery of fixed cost. We project revenue CAGR of 8% over FY17-20E owing to company's strong capacity addition of ~4-5 GW annually. Sustained pace of capacity commercialization going ahead will drive strong...

NTPC Ltd. has an average target of 396.00 from 6 brokers.

NTPC Ltd.

07 Feb 2018

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NTPC Limited

Results Update: NTPC Ltd.

SMC online

NTPC Ltd. has an average target of 396.00 from 6 brokers.

NTPC Ltd.

06 Feb 2018

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Result Update:NTPC

Hold: NTPC Ltd.

Axis Direct

Despite strong generation growth of 10% YoY and 19% rise in regulated equity, NTPC's Q3 adj. PAT at Rs 23 bn (down 5% YoY) was 20% below our/street estimates. Earnings was hit by (a) under-recovery of Rs 5 bn in recently-commissioned three plants (2.1 GW) due to coal shortage

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1417 Votes:

Buy 79.39%

Sell 9.88%

Hold 10.73%

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