Daily BriefsIndia

India: Bharat Electronics, Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC), Paradeep Phosphates, Escorts Ltd, Relaxo Footwears, State Bank Of India, Amber Enterprises India, Vinati Organics and more

In today’s briefing:

  • NIFTY100 Index Rebalance Preview: Five Potential Changes in September
  • Life Insurance Corporation IPO Trading – Demand Shored up by Policyholders, Trading Won’t Be
  • Paradeep Phosphates IPO – Operates in a Regulated Industry and Hasn’t Done Much over the past Decade
  • Result Update – Bandhan Bank
  • Result Update- Escorts
  • Result Update – Relaxo Footwear
  • Result Update – State Bank of India
  • Result Update – State Bank of India
  • Result Update – Amber Enterprises
  • Vinati Organics – Existing Products to Drive FY23 Growth

NIFTY100 Index Rebalance Preview: Five Potential Changes in September

By Brian Freitas


Life Insurance Corporation IPO Trading – Demand Shored up by Policyholders, Trading Won’t Be

By Sumeet Singh

  • Government of India (GoI) raised around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its India IPO.
  • As of FY21, LIC was the largest life insurer in India with a 64.1% market share in terms of gross written premium (GWP).
  • In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Paradeep Phosphates IPO – Operates in a Regulated Industry and Hasn’t Done Much over the past Decade

By Clarence Chu

  • Paradeep Phosphates (75690Z IN) is looking to raise up to US$194m in its India IPO. The IPO will consist of a mix of primary and secondary shares. 
  • Paradeep Phosphates (PP) is a fertilizer manufacturing company based in India. The firm engages in manufacturing, trading, distribution and sales of a variety of complex fertilizers.
  • While profitability improved, margins have fluctuated over the track period. Subsidies provide some downside risk protection from a raw mat price squeeze, however, MRP also limits the firm’s pricing power.

Result Update – Bandhan Bank

By Emkay

  • MFI growth prospects improving, while bank remains determinant to accelerate non- MFI growth
  • Sharp run-down in GNPA ratio; higher specific PCR and recovery to contain incremental LLP
  • Outlook and valuations: Factoring in a better growth trajectory and lower LLP, we raise our FY23E/FY24E earnings by 16-17% and expect RoE to return to 20-23% by FY24-25E.

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Result Update- Escorts

By Axis Direct

  • Demand Outlook: The management expects the tractor industry volume to grow by ~20% in Q1FY23E on account of normal monsoon expectations and higher food grain prices.
  • Margin outlook: To mitigate the impact of higher input cost, company took a price hike of ~2% in Apr’22 and would further take a price hike of ~2% in Q2FY23 as well.
  • Railway Equipment Division (RED): The segment revenue stood at Rs 173 Cr for the quarter as against Rs 146 Cr in Q4FY21.

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Result Update – Relaxo Footwear

By Axis Direct

  • Mgmt has undertaken 25% price hike across categories, to counterRM inflation and GST hike& remains cautious on further price hikes depending on demand scenario.
  • The Margins are impacted due to high base, Covid, GST rate differential & inflation (leading to substantial increase in raw material prices and normalisation of selling, marketing and admin expenses).
  • Good growth is observed in athleisure and sports category in line with industry.
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Result Update – State Bank of India

By Emkay

  • System-beating credit growth; surpasses expectations: Overall credit growth improved to 11% yoy/6% qoq, led by continued strong traction in retail (up 15% yoy) and resurging corporate book.
  • Steady improvement in asset quality, higher PCR to contain incremental LLP
  • Outlook and valuation: SBI remains one of our preferred picks, given its healthy growth trajectory and improving RoA/RoRWA/RoE profile.

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Result Update – State Bank of India

By Axis Direct

  • Strong Loan growth Performance: On the business front, the bank’s loan growth reamined strong and was up by 11%/6% YoY/QoQ compared to 9%/5.5% YoY/QoQ in Q3FY22.
  • Continued Strong Asset quality:Asset quality improved with G/NNPAs declining by 53bps/32bps QoQ to 3.97%/1.02%.
  • Operating performance: Domestic NIM remained flat QoQ to 3.4% and improved 29bps YoY.

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Result Update – Amber Enterprises

By Axis Direct

  • Strong overall performance,however RAC volumes impacted due to supply chain constraints : RAC revenues stood at Rs 1,002 Cr, contributing 52% to the company’s total revenues during the quarter.
  • The RAC volumes stood at ~15 Lc/26 Lc for Q4FY22 /FY22 which were impacted due to supply chain issues.
  • Thus volume impact , due to supply chain issues, are expected to recover in Q1FY23.

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Vinati Organics – Existing Products to Drive FY23 Growth

By Nirmal Bang

  • 4QFY22 earnings performance: Key products like ATBS, IBB and Butyl Phenol delivered strong volume-led growth for VO in 4QFY22.
  • Update on new growth drivers: Management has already announced further expansion of the Butyl Phenol capacity through a brownfield expansion (~14KTPA incremental capacity, capex of Rs1.5bn), which will be largely be used captively for AOs.
  • Demand as well as pricing for AOs has increased and hence after considering additional lube additives, management expects peak revenue of Rs7bn from AOs.

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