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28 May 2018 Deloitte Haskins & Sells was the statutory auditor of MANB since FY11. The auditor resigned four days prior to the scheduled 4QFY18 result announcement and stated the following reason, We This event has come as a surprise, just ahead of the earnings release. We will wait for the 4QFY18 results and further disclosures.

Modest consumer performance; EPC springs a surprise Bajaj Electricals (BEL)'s adjusted net profit grew 126% YoY in 4QFY18 on the back of EPC (revenue/EBIT grew 44%/110%). On the other hand, Consumer Products revenue grew 15% YoY (like to like basis), in line with JMFe. Aggressive bidding in recent past (after a lull in FY15-17) led to massive new orders in EPC in 4QFY18 (Orderbook of INR 90bn vs INR 31bn in Jan'18), executable over next 18-20 months. The management guides for INR 35-40bn revenue with c.8% EBIT margins in EPC segment while maintained 15% revenue growth and 6-7% EBIT margin guidance in Consumer Products. We continue to remain cautious on the...

4QFY18 was a weak operating quarter for Dr Reddy's with Revenues/EBITDA/PAT being 4%/22%/13% below our estimates. Revenues declined 1% YoY to INR 35.3bn mainly driven by the decline in (i) US generics (-6% YoY; -10% QoQ) due to increasing competition in key products, and, (ii) Russia (-25% YoY; -24% QoQ) due to lower off-take by channels. While gross margin improved 230bps YoY to 53.5% (vs. JMFe 54.1%), EBITDA margin declined 83bps YoY to 15.6% (JMFe 19.3%) due to increase in SG&A; expenses (+10% YoY), translating into EBITDA declining 6% YoY to INR 5.5bn (22% miss). PAT declined 3% YoY (10% QoQ) to INR 3.0bn (13% miss), partly benefitting from gains from sale of investments (net finance income of INR 1.0bn in 4QFY18)....

GMM's GL sales volume in FY17 was ~1400 vessels with capacity utilization of 75%. GMM is undertaken a debottlenecking exercise and aims to achieve 2,100 GL capacity volume in FY19. During Q4FY18 capacity utilization level was at 80% level given the strong order book (8 months), for full year FY18 GL volume stood at 1500 vessels (80% utilization), Management targeting to achieve 1800 vessels in by the end of FY19 (20% volume growth from FY18). The Company's GL business grew at 10% CAGR during FY14-17. We estimate the same growth to continue going forward on the back of >10% growth in end-user industries ( Pharma 10-12 %, Chemicals 12-14%; Most of the chemical players are in capacity expansion mode). Revenue contribution from pharmaceutical industry restricted to 30% during Q4FY18 compared to more than half of GL revenue due to the challenging environment in the sector and increased order from chemicals sector. Management expects in FY19, recovery in the pharmaceutical sector as capex cycle to get the better pace. Currently, The Company had 5 furnaces...

TVS motors (TVSL) 4QFY18 results, were below our and consensus estimates on operating level. EBITDA margin were lower due to higher RM cost, minimum wage increase, increase in import duty, product launch in 4QFY18 and Auto Expo expenses. Increase in RM cost and higher import duty on components led to increase in cost by 1.2%. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka state govt. increased the minimum wage which led to increase in cost by ~0.3%. TVS recently launched...

Given the unseasonal rains across various regions, we believe the RAC industry could report lower growth rates in the range of 5-10% in FY19 v/s 20% as earlier anticipated. We downgrade FY19E/20E EPS estimates by 34% and 11% respectively on lower revenue and margin assumption. Recommend SELL with target price of Rs624 (SoTP). In-line performance: Revenues increased by 14% yoy (adjusting for excise duties) to Rs14.7bn. EBIDTAM increased by 87bps yoy to 6.1% and PAT increased by 38% yoy to Rs512mn. The EMP & PAC segment reported muted growth of 6.7% to Rs7.2bn impacted by sluggish project execution and lower order inflows. The EBITM however...

Change for growth': NIIT Technologies (NITEC) management indicated that it has incorporated a number of changes in the form of: (1) Restructuring of its sales team (Domain-centric now vs. Geo-centric earlier), (2) Aggressive hiring of Tier-1 talent in leadership roles, (3) Making its compensation and incentives structure more rewarding and (4) Efforts to improve operational efficiencies....

1QCY18 revenue rose 17.4% to INR25.3b, broadly in line with our estimate of INR25.8b. EBIDTA margin of 7.5% (flat YoY) was below our estimate of 9.6%. EBITDA grew 17.4% YoY to INR1.9b, below our estimate of INR2.5b, impacted by an adverse revenue mix, an increase in raw material prices and strengthening of EUR. PAT of INR1.0b, too, missed our estimate of INR1.4b

Adani Power (APL) has delivered a weak performance in 4QFY18 on the back of lower off-take and low-rate PPAs. Led by higher fuel cost, lower generation along with high interest and depreciation cost, it incurred Rs10.7bn consolidated net loss vs. Rs9.3 bn in 4QFY17. Adjusted for Rs6.0bn compensatory tariff, APL's consolidated (reported) revenue and operating profit...

JSW Energy (JSWE) is part of the JSW Group of companies headed by Sajjan Jindal. JSWE operates 4,531 MW (Thermal 3140 MW & Hydel - 1,391 MW) of power generation capacity with the vision to achieve 10,000 MW in power generation by 2020. Company is looking to add more capacity through in-organic growth initiatives. In addition, the company also has operational transmission assets (165kms) in Maharashtra, owns a majority stake (93.3%) in a coal mining company in South Africa and a power-trading arm. In a JV with Toshiba, JSWE has established a power equipment manufacturing unit...