Revenue declined 6.1% y-o-y to Rs 8,613 cr in Q1FY20. Petronet LNG Limited reported 9.6% y-o-y increase in EBITDA in Q1FY20 to reach Rs 1,023.9 cr. EBITDA margin improved by 170bps y-o-y to 11.9% due to high margin product mix and lower costs. Operating profit for Q1FY20 has remained constant at Rs. 834 cr. primarily because of decrease in cost of sales, which stood at Rs 7,418 cr. (vs. Rs. 8,084 cr. in Q1FY19). During Q1FY20, Dahej terminal had capacity utilization of around 112% and processed around 217 TBTUs of LNG against 199 TBTUs in Q1FY20 and 214 TBTUs in Q4YFY19. Overall LNG volume processed by the company in the current quarter is at 226 TBTUs...

We maintain our Hold rating on the stock with a target price of Rs. 635 based on 29x FY21E adjusted EPS. Margins contract as costs increase Q1FY20 revenue was Rs. 2,647cr (up 24.0% YoY) against Rs. 2,134cr. for the same period last year. EBITDA margin declined 39bps YoY due to an increase in cost of sales (up 26.7% YoY), marginally offset by a decrease in employee benefit expenses (down 8.0% YoY). Reported PAT reduced 10.2% YoY to Rs. 165cr, as the VRS scheme...

Given strong quarter and a positive outlook across all businesses, we maintain our ACCUMULATE rating on the stock with a target price of Rs. 1,167 based on ~51x FY21E adj. EPS. Revenue growth across all businesses Q1FY20 revenue rose 15.7% YoY to Rs. 5,151cr with strong performance across all businesses. Jewellery contributed the most to the overall revenue (+14.3% YoY to Rs. 4,164cr despite higher gold prices and 2.5% consumer duty imposed on gold). Watches segment revenue grew 20.1% YoY to Rs. 716cr primarily driven by large institutional...

Net interest income improved 26.8% YoY, partly offset by weakness in other income, which declined 11.1% YoY. On improving asset quality and strong profitability, we maintain our...

HCL Technologies Limited provides software development, business process outsourcing, information technology and infrastructure services. The company is spread across 44 countries with 143,900 employees and...

22 August 2019 the fourth straight quarter of extremely healthy sales growth. Even adjusted for the GST effect on sanitary napkins (which optically inflates sales but has an adverse effect on operating costs), comparable growth stands healthy at 12% YoY for 4QFY19 and 14% YoY for FY19. EBITDA, however, was down 210bp YoY (off an extremely high base of 4QFY18), but other expenses were up by 330bp YoY. The sharp increase in other expenses (for which no explanations were provided) is surprising, given that it too has come off a very high base (+630bp YoY in 4QFY18). Net sales were up by 20% to INR29.5b. EBITDA declined 3% to INR6.1b, while adj. Margins have remained volatile over the past few years, but sales growth has revived significantly due to distribution expansion and sharp ad spends in the preceding quarters. While the structural growth opportunity in the feminine hygiene segment (~70% of sales) remains very promising, valuations of 52.

The latest union budget removed the tax arbitrage between dividend payout and buyback of shares, thus, limiting the extent of benefits. To start with, there is no major tax arbitrage on share buyback v/s the dividend payout option now. The latest union budget proposed 20% tax on buyback of shares, thus doing away with the tax arbitrage between dividend payout and buyback of shares.

GMM Pfaudler Ltd (GMM) in Q1FY20 posted cons. revenues of Rs. 150 Cr. (up 34%Y-o-Y & 8% Q-o-Q), growth is largely attributable of surge in demand, 42% YoY, for Glass Line Equipment (GLE) coming from specialty chemical and agro chemical industry.

Solid FY19, headwinds in mobile segment to impact growth TIL witnessed a solid performance across all segments in FY19, viz. railways, mobile (LCVs, HCVs and off highway), distribution (replacement market), process industries and exports. Their contribution to topline was at 18%, 22%, 17%, 8% and 24%, respectively (total ~90%). The remaining 10% contribution came in from ABC Bearings. Going ahead, headwinds in the automotive sector are expected to impact growth of mobile' segment and, thus, affect overall topline growth. On the whole, we expect Timken to clock...

GMM Pfaudler Ltd (GMM), for Q1FY20, reported a strong set of numbers. On standalone basis revenue grew by 39.4% YoY to INR 1,303mn (est INR 1,207mn). EBITDA showed growth of 56.8% YoY to INR239mn (est INR203mn) with 200bps YoY improvement in margin from 16.4% in Q1FY19 to 18.4% in Q1FY20, due to favorable product mix mainly led by Glasslined business ,which grew by 46% YoY with 74% contribution in revenue (vs 71% in Q1FY19). However, Heavy engineering business delivered poor performance with 40% decline in revenue and 2.8% EBIT margin compared to 22.1% in Q1FY19. As per the management, the decline in margin was due to cyclical nature of the business and expect improvement in margin going forward. Net profit surged by 61.2% to INR 147mn (est. INR125mn) due to operationally strong performance and lower tax expense (28.4% vs 34.4%). During the quarter, export share in revenue remained at 12%. Most of the export orders were mainly...

In Q1FY20, Take Solutions Ltd. reported sales revenues of Rs 583 cr (up 25% YoY & 9% QoQ) and EBIDTA of Rs 110 cr (up 18% YoY & 8% QoQ). EBIDTA margin at 18.8% remained stable on quarterly basis whereas fell 110 bps on yearly basis due to contribution from new acquisitions that yields lower margin.

KNR delivered inline financial performance though execution could have been better. Delay in ADs impacted the same (Rs 500mn of work could not be billed). While we have cut our FY20E Revenue estimate by 7.1% to factor in back ended ADs, new wins in irrigation segment of Rs 8.5bn will drive EBIDTA margins higher. This has resulted in 1.3% cut to your FY20E EPS and 3.5% increase to our FY21E EPS. Kerala/Muzaffarpur BOT collection per day stood at Rs 1.9/2.7mn vs. Rs 1.8/2.4mn QoQ. KNR for its total Rs 2bn investment in 4HAM projects expects to receive Rs 3.6bn from Cube Highways. We maintain BUY. Key risks (1) Slowdown in government ordering (2) Higher crude and cement prices (3) Increase in interest rates and (4) Tightening liquidity in the financial sector. We maintain BUY on KNR with an increased SOTP-based TP of Rs 375/sh (valuing core EPC business 18x FY21EPS at Rs 315/sh, Subsidiaries Rs 60/sh) vs. Rs 363/sh earlier. KNR delivered Revenue/EBIDTA/APAT beat of 11/(2)/5%.

Shree cement limited provides building materials. The company manufactures and sells cement and cement products in India. The company currently operates with a total cement capacity of 41.9mpta of which 37.9mtpa is located in India. Total power capacity for the company stood at...

IDFC First Bank has walked a long path of transformation starting from infrastructure finance NBFC to universal bank. To strengthen retail franchise, IDFC Bank & Capital First Ltd engaged into a merger to form IDFC First Bank in December 2018. The merged entity is the eighth largest private bank with funded asset at ~| 112558 crore (retail: wholesale 40:60) as of March 2019 and wide customer base of ~70 lakh. It is being headed by V Vaidyanathan, who has a proven track record at Capital First. IDFC First Bank has a pan...

The 1QFY20 results reflects our rising concerns on the weak cash flows due to increasing pressure on the residential sector Brigade Enterprises (Brigade) has reported adjusted net profit of Rs412mn for 1QFY20, down 35% YoY. The earnings decline is due to: 1) Increase in depreciation and interest expenses by 21% YoY and 27% YoY, respectively. This increase is attributable to completion of some...

Company continued to deliver strongly on debt. Net debt fell 4% QoQ/Rs14bn to Rs376bn due to higher FCF generation and proceeds of Rs5bn from conversion of options to shares by promoters. Management expects to maintain Q1 EBITDA margins in domestic steel operations due to lower fall in realisations (due to its better mix inclined towards Rails, structural and beams) than market, offset by reduction in iron ore and coal cost. Street remains doubtful on JSP's ability to generate ample FCF to meet its...

We expect a volume growth of 11% YoY over FY19-21E. The robustness of business enables the company to maintain stable per unit EBITDA spread of ~Rs 6/scm. The company generates OCF yield of almost 5.5% and RoIC of >30% over FY20/21E. Valuations are contextually moderate at 22.5x FY21E EPS. Maintain BUY. We maintain BUY on IGL following its stellar performance in 1QFY20. Our target price is Rs 402/sh (25x Jun-21E standalone EPS and 23x Jun-21E MNGL and CUGL).

Century Plyboards (Century) reported marquee improvement of over 550 BPS q-o-q in its operating profit margin (OPM), leading to standalone adjusted net profit growth of 49% q-o-q. Standalone revenue grew by 6.8% y-o-y (down 1.6% q-o-q) in a weak environment. Management expects profitability improvement across verticals, barring CFS, to sustain in FY2020, with 10% revenue growth guidance along with 15% EBITDA margin and 11% PBT margin for FY2020. Management plans to expand medium-density fibreboard (MDF) and...

NMDC reported Q1FY20 earnings in line with our estimates. The sharp rise in Change in Estimates | Target | Reco iron prices aftermath collapse of Vale's Brumadinho dam in Brazil helped NMDC to post strong earnings growth in last couple of quarters. However, we...

Healthcare expansion moderates; focus on asset sweating Rapid expansion and maturity of older hospitals has kept overall growth tempo at 12-14% per annum. However, constant addition is likely to put some pressure on EBITDA margins and return ratios in the short to medium term. Similarly, existing hospital margins are being compressed due to 1) regulation on stent/implants pricing, 2) negative GST impact and 3) higher guarantee fees to the doctors. However, in the past, the company has demonstrated its ability to balance between expansion and profitability. We...