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Nestle’s Q4FY25 revenue came at INR 55,039 Mn up 4.5% YoY (+15.2% QoQ), which was in-line with our estimates. EBITDA stood at INR 13,890 Mn., up 2.9% YoY (+26.0% QoQ), beating our estimates by 5.4%, mainly driven by positive operating leverage. EBITDA margin contracted -39 bps YoY (+217 bps QoQ) to 25.2%.
UltraTech Cement’s (UTCEM) commentary on short-term challenges (mainly low demand in Q1FY26 and no comments on price hike sustainability) may unnerve a few investors. However, we continue to believe in our sector revival hypothesis (of reducing competitive intensity) and of UTCEM being its largest beneficiary.
TVS Motor (TVSL) delivered an in-line operating performance, excluding the PLI benefit. Adjusted PAT grew 42% YoY to INR6.9b, broadly in line with our estimate of INR6.75b.
L&T Finance’s (LTF) reported 4QFY25 PAT grew 15% YoY to INR6.4b (in line). FY25 PAT grew ~14% YoY to INR26.4b. Consol. credit costs stood at INR6.2b (in line), translating into annualized credit costs of ~2.55% (PQ: 2.5% and PY: 3.2%).
PNB Housing (PNBHF) delivered an all-round healthy performance, marked by a healthy retail loan growth of ~18% YoY, an expansion of 5bp QoQ in NIMs, a sustained improvement in asset quality, and recoveries from its retail written-off pool, which resulted in provision write-backs for the entire year.
UltraTech Cement (UTCEM)’s 4QFY25 performance was in line with our estimates. EBITDA increased ~12% YoY to INR46.2b, while EBITDA/t declined 4% YoY to INR1,126 (est. INR1,104).
In May’23, MLIFE had unveiled a strategy of reaching INR 80-100bn of annual residential plus industrial cluster sales by CY28 or 5x in 5 years (CY23-28). While it has achieved FY25 sales bookings of INR 28.0bn, with a healthy launch pipeline having GDV of over INR 390bn as of Mar’25, we estimate FY26/27E sales bookings of INR 36bn/INR 41bn, respectively.
