In today’s briefing:
- NIFTY50 Index Rebalance: Apollo Hospitals to Replace IOC
- Byju’s Tearsheet – India’s Largest Edtech Company
- Swiggy Tearsheet – Leading Food Delivery Platform
- NIFTY NEXT50 Index Rebalance: Zomato, PayTM, Nykaa Among the Adds
- NIFTY Bank Index Rebalance: BOB to Replace RBL Bank
- Pick of the Week: Polycab India
- Ambuja Cement: Cost Spike Hits Margin; Targets Major Expansion in East
- National Aluminium: Well Placed to Benefit from the Strong Aluminum Prices
- Automotive Axles: Well Placed to Play on Cyclical Recovery in CV Space
- Optimising and monetising user funnel to drive customer lifetime value
NIFTY50 Index Rebalance: Apollo Hospitals to Replace IOC
- As expected, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (APHS IN) will replace Indian Oil Corp (IOCL IN) in the NIFTY Index (NIFTY INDEX) after the close of trading on 30 March.
- The index methodology has been changed to make new listings eligible for index inclusion if they complete one month by the review cutoff date, down from three months earlier.
- Estimated one-way turnover is 0.63% and will result in a one-way trade of around INR 14bn. Passive trackers will have a lot to trade on the stocks.
Byju’s Tearsheet – India’s Largest Edtech Company
- Byju’s (Byju) is the largest edtech company in India. It offers online and offline courses.
- As per media reports, its latest funding round on Nov 21 was done at a valuation of US$21bn.
- Byju is rumored to be in talks with Churchill Capital VII SPAC to go public in the US.
Swiggy Tearsheet – Leading Food Delivery Platform
- Swiggy is a leading food delivery platform in India. It along with its listed rival, Zomato, control nearly the entire food delivery market in India.
- Swiggy last raised another $700m investment led by Invesco US with a valuation of $10.7bn in Jan 2022.
- Recent media reports have indicated that the company could look to raise around US$800m via an IPO in early 2023
NIFTY NEXT50 Index Rebalance: Zomato, PayTM, Nykaa Among the Adds
- Inclusions are FSN E-Commerce Ventures (NYKAA), Mindtree Ltd (MTCL), Paytm (PAYTM), SRF Ltd (SRF) and Zomato (ZOMATO), while Indian Oil Corp (IOCL IN) moves lower from the NIFTY Index.
- Deletions are Aurobindo Pharma (ARBP), Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL), Indraprastha Gas (IGL), Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) and Yes Bank (YES), while Apollo Hospitals (APHS) moves up to the NIFTY Index.
- Estimated one-way turnover on the NIFTY NEXT50 Index is 10.24%, the one-way trade is INR 8,486bn and there is over 1 day of ADV to trade on a few stocks.
NIFTY Bank Index Rebalance: BOB to Replace RBL Bank
- Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN) will replace RBL Bank Ltd (RBK IN) in the Nifty Bank Index (NSEBANK INDEX) at the close of trading on 30 March.
- Index trackers will need to buy over 2 days of ADV on BOB while selling over 2 days of ADV on RBL. There will be capping changes too.
- Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN) trades cheaper than its peers on forward PE and price to book and could outperform over the near-term.
Pick of the Week: Polycab India
- Polycab India is a leading manufacturer of cables & wires with a diverse product range catering to industrial and household segments
- In 2009 the company diversified into EPC business to strategically cater to the Cables & Wires requirement of large infrastructure EPC projects
- We recommend a Buy the stock for a target price of Rs 2,640 implying an upside of 11% from CMP
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Ambuja Cement: Cost Spike Hits Margin; Targets Major Expansion in East
- It also announced major Capex in the east, which along with its north expansion, will increase its capacity to 40mn MT over the next 3-4 years and firm up the volume growth visibility.
- Ambuja Cement: We maintain our ADD rating on Ambuja Cements (ACEM), with a lower TP of INR 380/share (SOTP-based).
- ACEM is working on various cost levers (reduce clinker factor, increase TSR factor and green power) to boost its margin.
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National Aluminium: Well Placed to Benefit from the Strong Aluminum Prices
- We initiate coverage with a BUY rating and value the company at 5.5x FY24 EBITDA and 0.5x book value of CWIP to arrive at the target price of Rs 150/share, implying an upside potential of 28% from the current levels.
- Nalco is the only pure equity play on Aluminium and Alumina commodities in India
- Aluminium is expected to remain in a deficit a second consecutive time in CY22 supporting higher prices
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Automotive Axles: Well Placed to Play on Cyclical Recovery in CV Space
- Automotive Axles (AAL), established in 1981, is largest independent manufacturer of rear axle drive assemblies in India (primarily for CVs, M&HCV)
- As of FY20, rear drive axles comprise ~60% of its topline with brakes share at ~20% and other parts comprising the rest
- Target Price and Valuation: We introduce FY24E. We now value the company at a revised target price of Rs 1730 i.e. 20x P/E on FY24E EPS (earlier TP Rs 1260).
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Optimising and monetising user funnel to drive customer lifetime value
- One 97 Communications’ (OCL or Paytm used interchangeably in the report) two-sided digital ecosystem of 64.4mn average monthly transacting users (MTUs) (as at Dec’21) from >350mn consumer base and over 24.9mn merchants is core to its unit economics.
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