Downgrades

Weak Q4 on soft demand environment and margin pressure in tile segment; ceased plywood operations due to continued losses

Kajaria Ceramics’ (KJC) 4QFY25 EBITDA was below our estimate due to lowerthan-estimated realization and higher-than-estimated other expenses. EBITDA (including discontinued operation) declined ~28% YoY to INR1.7b (~28% miss) and OPM contracted 3.8pp YoY to ~10% (est. ~13%).

CAMS reported operating revenue of INR3.6b in 4QFY25 (7% beat), up 15% YoY. For FY25, operating revenue grew 25% YoY to ~INR14.2b. Total operating expenses grew 18% YoY to INR1.97b. Employee expenses/other expenses rose 12%/27% YoY to ~INR1.2b/INR790m.

Alembic Pharma (ALPM) delivered a better-than-expected performance in 4QFY25. A strong performance in export markets was offset partly by a muted show in domestic formulation (DF) segment.

Exide's 4QFY25 performance was in line with our estimates, with PAT declining 10% YoY to INR2.5b. Margin contracted 170bp YoY to 11.2% due to the rise in input costs and write-offs taken in the quarter.

UB will hold share in non-premium, grow in premium. Double digit sales growth and 340bps EBITDA margin expansion between FY25-FY27

4QFY25 CC growth a tad below estimate but EBIT margin surprise +ve. FY25 organic rev. growth is likely in mid teen. FY26 hinted to be better.

Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem’s (TATVA) performance showed signs of improvement in Q4FY25 on the revenue front, but lower gross profit marred profit recovery. TATVA is hopeful of a sharp recovery in FY26, as new products commercialise in PASC and SDA volume recovers.

Bajaj Consumer (BaCo) reported a stable quarter with 4.2% YoY revenue growth (~2% volume growth), aided by marginal sequential recovery in core Almond Drops Hair Oil (ADHO), strong momentum in the non-ADHO portfolio (especially in Coconut oil) and sustained double-digit growth in international business.