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<ul><li>Ashok Leyland (AL), flagship of the Hinduja Group, is the 2nd largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles (CV) in India, 3 rd largest manufacturer of buses in the world and 10th largest manufacturer of trucks globally.</li><li>It is headquartered in Chennai and has 9 manufacturing facilities, out of which 7 are based out of India and the rest provide AL international exposure – a Bus manufacturing facility in RAK, UAE and one at Leeds, United Kingdom.</li><li>The Hinduja Group holds 51% stake in the company through the holding company, Hinduja Automotive (UK).</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Ashok Leyland (AL), flagship of the Hinduja Group, is the 2nd largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles (CV) in India, 3 rd largest manufacturer of buses in the world and 10th largest manufacturer of trucks globally.It is headquartered in Chennai and has 9 manufacturing facilities, out of which 7 are based out of India and the rest provide AL international exposure – a Bus manufacturing facility in RAK, UAE and one at Leeds, United Kingdom.The Hinduja Group holds 51% stake in the company through the holding company, Hinduja Automotive (UK).Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Pick of the Week - Ashok Leyland - 23 AUG 2023

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The companies under our coverage reported Revenue/EBITDA/PAT growth of +19%/+50%/+88% YoY against expectation of +18%/+49%/+69% driven by higher ASPs, sales volumes, and operating leverage.</li><li>On a QoQ basis, the aggregate Revenue/EBITDA/PAT growth/de-growth stood at -0.6%/-2.3%/+5%, against expectation of -1.3%/-2.6%/-6%.</li><li>The QoQ drag was largely led by Maruti and Ashok Leyland on account of lower sales volumes QoQ. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The companies under our coverage reported Revenue/EBITDA/PAT growth of +19%/+50%/+88% YoY against expectation of +18%/+49%/+69% driven by higher ASPs, sales volumes, and operating leverage.On a QoQ basis, the aggregate Revenue/EBITDA/PAT growth/de-growth stood at -0.6%/-2.3%/+5%, against expectation of -1.3%/-2.6%/-6%.The QoQ drag was largely led by Maruti and Ashok Leyland on account of lower sales volumes QoQ. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

<ul><li>The companies under our coverage reported Revenue/EBITDA/PAT growth of +19%/+50%/+88% YoY against expectation of +18%/+49%/+69% driven by higher ASPs, sales volumes, and operating leverage.</li><li>On a QoQ basis, the aggregate Revenue/EBITDA/PAT growth/de-growth stood at -0.6%/-2.3%/+5%, against expectation of -1.3%/-2.6%/-6%.</li><li>The QoQ drag was largely led by Maruti and Ashok Leyland on account of lower sales volumes QoQ.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The companies under our coverage reported Revenue/EBITDA/PAT growth of +19%/+50%/+88% YoY against expectation of +18%/+49%/+69% driven by higher ASPs, sales volumes, and operating leverage.On a QoQ basis, the aggregate Revenue/EBITDA/PAT growth/de-growth stood at -0.6%/-2.3%/+5%, against expectation of -1.3%/-2.6%/-6%.The QoQ drag was largely led by Maruti and Ashok Leyland on account of lower sales volumes QoQ.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Top Sector Ideas - Auto and Auto Ancillaries

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>The review period for the September rebalance of the S&amp;P/ASX family of indices ends on Friday. There will be a lot of changes across the family.</li>
<li>Hang Seng Indices will announce the changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-china-enterprises-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22900:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng China Enterprises Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng TECH Index</a> and the HSCI after market close on Friday.</li>
<li>There were HUGE inflows to onshore China focused ETFs during the week with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-shenzhen-csi-300-inde" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22906:1" rel="noopener">CSI 300 Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/csi-smallcap-500-index-shang" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35347:1" rel="noopener">CSI 500 Index</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-stock-exchange-sse-50-a-share-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31073:1" rel="noopener">SSE50 Index</a> ETFs taking in the largest amounts.</li>
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The review period for the September rebalance of the S&amp;P/ASX family of indices ends on Friday. There will be a lot of changes across the family.
Hang Seng Indices will announce the changes to the Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, Hang Seng TECH Index and the HSCI after market close on Friday.
There were HUGE inflows to onshore China focused ETFs during the week with CSI 300 Index, CSI 500 Index and SSE50 Index ETFs taking in the largest amounts.


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: JPXNK400, Kenedix, Positioning - India, Japan, Korea

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/power-finance-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13579:1" rel="noopener">Power Finance</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/astral-poly-technik-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7890:1" rel="noopener">Astral</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/idfc-first-bank-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26934:1" rel="noopener">IDFC First Bank</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cummins-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7365:1" rel="noopener">Cummins India</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdfc-asset-management-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27027:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Asset Management</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ashok-leyland-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20104:1" rel="noopener">Ashok Leyland</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/polycab-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27877:1" rel="noopener">Polycab India</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/supreme-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11443:1" rel="noopener">Supreme Industries</a> have all run up over the recent past and have investor attention.</li>
<li>The increase in market cap has put the stocks on active manager radars and could also result in the stocks being added to global indices in the near future.</li>
<li>We take a look at the positioning on the stocks and recommend pair trades to reduce market risk while trying to capture alpha.</li>
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Power Finance, Astral, IDFC First Bank, Cummins India, HDFC Asset Management, Ashok Leyland, Polycab India and Supreme Industries have all run up over the recent past and have investor attention.
The increase in market cap has put the stocks on active manager radars and could also result in the stocks being added to global indices in the near future.
We take a look at the positioning on the stocks and recommend pair trades to reduce market risk while trying to capture alpha.


India - Positioning on Some Interesting Names

India

Ashok Leyland Limited manufactures medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles, including buses, tractors, dumpsters, haulage trucks, fire engines, and defense sector vehicles. The Company also manufactures industrial & marine engines, ferrous castings and spare parts for automobiles. Ashok Leyland sells its products in India and abroad.

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