Anand Rathi Broker Research reports

We recently organized an underground mine visit in Gumgaon for our clients and thereafter interacted with Mr Ajit Kumar Saxena (Chairman and Managing Director), Mr Rakesh Tumane (Director- Finance), Mr M.M. Abdulla (Director- Production & Planning) and other Board of Directors.

Driven by its focus on high-mix, low-volume production, Unimech specializes in complex, high-precision aero tooling, GSE, electromechanical sub-assemblies and precision components.

Over the last five years, Venus Pipes and Tubes enhanced its cumulative capacity by 4.1x to 38,400 tonnes. Under the next leg of expansion, it is enhancing its presence in high-grade stainless steel/titanium-welded tubes, fittings and seamless pipes/tubes, thus taking the cumulative capacity to 46,800 tonnes.

We recently met Sharda Cropchem’s Chairman and MD, Mr R V Bubna to gauge the business outlook. Management is confident of achieving double-digit revenue growth (guidance raised 26% y/y post Q3 results vs. 15-20% earlier) in FY25, particularly due to volumes and penetration into new markets.

Lagging the consensus and in line with ARe, Narayana Hrudayalaya’s Q3 results were decent, revenue/EBITDA/PAT rising 14%/10%/3% y/y. Cayman reported Rs2.8bn/Rs1.2bn revenue/EBITDA, up 14/2% y/y.

A schedule ‘A’ Miniratna Category-I company, MOIL is the largest manganese ore producer in India, with market shares at ~20% domestically and ~2.2% globally.

On a consolidated basis, SEL topline increased by 14.8% YoY and remained flat QoQ to Rs8,315 mn. EBITDA increased by 11.2% YoY and 54% QoQ to Rs970 mn. EBITDA margin remained flat YoY and grew by 411bps QoQ to 11.7%.

In line with ARe, Dollar Industries' Q3 sales grew 14.8% y/y. The South brought ~8% to 9M FY25 revenue; plans are to hike this to 13-15% over 2-3 years. At end-Q3, the company had 17 EBOs and plans to increase this to ~125 by FY26. Force NXT (premium segment) continues to do well, recording 13.8%/23.3% value/volume growth y/y.

Hindalco’s 600k-tonne strategic expansion in Bay Minette is on track to be completed in H2 CY26. The recently commissioned 250k-tonne Guthrie facility continues to ramp up automotive sheet ingot casting and the 100ktonne recycling centre in Ulsan (South Korea) has been commissioned.

Greenpanel Industries’ Q3 revenue/gross profit/EBITDA/PAT fell 6.8%/28%/71/69.3% y/y to Rs3.6bn/1.6bn/173m/85m. The poor showing stemmed from export volumes falling (due to unprofitable orders) while domestic volumes were flat.

Surpassing our Rs11.3bn estimate on more-than-expected revenue and less-than-anticipated other expenses, Ashok Leyland’s Q3 EBITDA grew 9% y/y to Rs12.1bn.

Kewal Kiran’s Q3 revenue grew 27.5% y/y on Kraus’ acquisition. Standalone sales growth was muted at 0.8% y/y. Some of the revenue loss was on Lawman brand’s discontinuation from MBO channel.

Kajaria Ceramics’ Q3 revenue rose only 1% y/y to Rs 11.6bn. EBITDA/PAT fell 16.8%/25.4% y/y to Rs1.5bn/Rs777m, below ARe’s Rs1.9bn/Rs 1.2bn.

Broadly in line with our estimate, Sansera’s Q3 consolidated EBITDA grew 5% y/y to Rs1.27bn. We expect its outperformance to continue, thanks to greater focus on xEV (drivetrain), tech-agnostic (aluminium forgings) and non-auto (aerospace, Defence, semiconductor) components.

Telangana (15% of UB’s revenue) announced a 15% price hike for beer, marking the first hike since FY20. This and strong seasonal demand (on a lower base), cost-saving steps and consistent capability building efforts augur well for the future.

Escorts’ Q3 PBT (incl. discontinued operations) grew 7% y/y to Rs4.2bn, below ARe of Rs4.4bn mainly due to less-than-expected agri machinery margins.

Broadly in line with the consensus and ARe, Rainbow Children’s Medicare reported reasonable Q3 figures with revenue/EBITDA/PAT up 19%/14%/11% y/y.

Aided by higher offtake overall (up 8.2% y/y to 3.04m sheets) and better blended realisations (up 9.6% y/y to Rs822/sheet), Stylam’s Q3 revenue stepped up 18.6% y/y to Rs2.5bn.

In line with our estimates and the consensus, Jupiter Lifeline Hospital reported healthy Q3 figures, with revenue/EBITDA/PAT up 18%/21%/20% y/y.

Nilkamal’s Q3 revenue grew 6.3% y/y to Rs8.5bn. Input-cost tailwinds helped the gross margin expand 126bps y/y to 43.3%. Higher employee expenses and other operating expenses pulled EBITDA down 12.9% y/y to Rs634m. PAT was down a significant 26.4%.