Sharekhan Broker Research reports

Domestic steel prices have shown marginal improvement, with prices stabilizing after a recent decline. This positive development, along with India’s transition to a net steel exporter, bodes well for the steel sector

Polycab has steadily grown its market share and now holds approximately 25-26% of the organised market. The company’s emphasis on power cables (LT/HT) and control cables, which are in high demand, positions it strongly for future growth.

ITC will complete the demerger of its hotel business effective on 1st January, 2025 with the hotel business getting listed as a separate entity on 6th January, 2025. ITC will have 40% stake in the hotel business, while the remaining 60% will be distributed to ITC’s shareholders in proportion to their holdings.

HDFC Bank’s key focus remains on higher retail deposit mobilisation. The bank intends to bring down its CD ratio at a faster pace to 85-87% level; and as and when the credit cycle turns over the next couple of quarters, the bank wants to be well-positioned to capture the incremental growth that it has seen in the pre-merger period

L&T, the engineering conglomerate, by virtue of its leadership and commendable execution track record in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) domain is well poised to benefit from the capex upcycle in both public and private sectors.

ICICI Bank remains our top pick in the private banks space and is well positioned to deliver superior performance despite cyclicals headwinds. A steady loan growth trajectory and stable asset quality would help the bank to sustain stable return ratios.

We reiterate our BUY on Lumax Auto Technologies (LATL) on (1) its entry in the CNG segment, driven by completion of the acquisition of 60% stake in Greenfuel Energy Solutions; (2) increase in content per vehicle via the inorganic route; (3) diversification of its revenue stream

SBI is expected to sustain its steady performance in terms of growth and profitability in the near to medium term. Asset quality is holding up well and the portfolio is still not showing worrying signs, including unsecured retail loans despite the slowdown in growth.

Coal India Limited (CIL) has had low volume growth this year (YTDFY2025) as the second quarter was impacted by stronger than expected monsoon season. The resulting weak power demand affected the coal offtake.

We reiterate our BUY rating on Ashok Leyland (ALL) on (1) its focus on profitability over plain vanilla volume growth strategy, (2) sustaining EBITDA margin over the 10% mark, (3) passing on cost inflation to customers to save profitability