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RKL’s Q4FY25 numbers were good, with net revenue growing by 20.9% y-o-y to Rs. 1,304 crore and OPM rising by 225 bps y-o-y to 13.6%, which led to adjusted PAT growth of 59.5% y-o-y to Rs. 91 crore.

Consolidated revenue stood at Rs 47,876 crore, up 6.1% q-o-q/ 27.3% y-o-y nearly in line with our estimates of Rs 47,528 crore, driven by strong underlying momentum in India, rebound in reported CC revenue growth in Africa and full quarter impact of Indus Towers consolidation.

Titan’s consolidated total revenues (ex-bullion sales) grew by 21.4% y-o-y to Rs. 13,891 crore (in line with our expectation of Rs. 13,888 crore). Including bullion sales (ex-other income), consolidated revenues grew by 19.4% y-o-y to Rs. 14,916 crore.

Bharti Hexacom (BHL) highlighted it has much lower need for capital (vs Bharti Airtel) as it focused only on mobility and FBB business, and net debt levels were much reasonable.

Syrma SGS Technology (SYRMA) reported a strong operating performance in 4QFY25, with EBITDA rising ~46% YoY and margins expanding 510bp YoY, fueled by a favorable business mix (share of low-margin consumer business at 21% in 4QFY25 vs. 46% in 4QFY24).

GAIL’s 4QFY25 EBITDA came in 11% above our est. at INR32.2b, as weak transmission and petchem performances were more than offset by robust gas marketing performance.

Bharti Hexacom (BHL) delivered an in-line 4Q, with ~1-2% QoQ rise in revenue and EBITDA, as the residual benefit of the tariff hike was offset by two fewer days QoQ.

Bharti reported in-line 4QFY25 performance, with ~1%/2% QoQ growth in India wireless revenue/EBITDA as the residual flow-through of tariff hikes was offset by two fewer days QoQ.

SRF’s chemical business has surprised positively in Q4FY25 with a strong show in specialty chemicals and ref-gas; also, SRF is upbeat on demand outlook/orderbook for FY26. Ref-gas revenue should benefit from higher production with commissioning of AHF plant which was a bottleneck in FY25.

Tata Steel’s Q4FY25 performance met our and consensus estimates. Consolidated EBITDA at INR 65.6bn (up 11% QoQ) was in line with our estimates, standalone EBITDA/te was up INR 1,000 QoQ.