ICICI Securities: Cement Demand Improves In September; Prices To Follow Soon

Cement companies have announced price hikes of Rs 10-30 per 50 kg bag across most regions, with effect from October 2020.

A builder carries a bowl of cement during construction. (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg)

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Management as well as consensus commentaries on FY21E demand outlook are likely to turn incrementally positive with September 2020 posting sharp approximately 20% month on month/more than 10% YoY growth.

Consensus may still not be factoring-in the impact of low base for March 21E, which may see 55-60% YoY reported growth and hence add approximately 5% to annual growth.

We continue to factor in low single-digit decline in industry volumes for FY21E versus consensus view of at least low double-digit decline.

Given weak exit pricing due to monsoon and mounting cost escalations, companies have announced price hikes of Rs 10-30/bag across most regions with-effect-from October 2020.

We see possibility of partial price hike absorption during Q3 FY21E and expect sustainably firm prices during January-June 21E.

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