Stocks To Watch: Asian Paints, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Rallis India, RBL Bank
Here are the stocks to watch out for in Tuesday’s trade.
- Indian Oil Corporation board to consider bonus issue on Jan. 30.
- Torrent Pharma to consider fundraising via bonds, share placement on Jan. 25.
- Indiabulls Housing Finance to announce its quarterly earnings today.
- Asian Paints net profit grows for the second straight quarter.
Asian stocks extended the strong start to the year, heading for fresh all-time highs, as investors turn with optimism toward the earnings season after the U.S. government shutdown moved toward an end.
The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index’s performance in India, rose 0.3 percent to 10,999 as of 7 a.m.
- Trump aims tariffs at Asia
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- U.S. government on course to reopen, and more.https://t.co/NjXj1thhNj
Here Are The Stocks To Watch Out For In Tuesday’s Trade
- Indian Oil Corporation board to consider bonus issue on Jan. 30.
- Kalpataru Power gets multiple orders worth Rs 871 crore.
- Torrent Pharma to consider fund raising via bonds, share placement on Jan. 25.
- Om Metals reached an agreement with a Jaipur-based developer to withdraw claim on 56,000 square metre land.
- Bajaj Corp. introduced new Coco Jasmine hair oil.
- Swaraj Engines buyback to open on Jan. 31.
- HSIL commissions pipe manufacturing plant in Telangana.
Hindustan Oil exploration bets on higher output to boost growth.https://t.co/dqLJ7MhAF3 pic.twitter.com/O5RuFm0uBm
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F&O Setup
- Nifty January futures trading at 10,968, premium of 1.8 points versus discount of 6.2 points.
- January Series: Nifty open interest down 9 percent; Bank Nifty open interest down 3 percent.
- Across series: Nifty open interest up 2 percent; Bank Nifty open interest up 5 percent.
- India VIX ended at 15.3, up 10 percent.
- Rollover: Nifty at 20 percent, Bank Nifty at 23.5 percent.
- Max open interest for January series at 11,000 Call (open interest at 51.1 lakh, down 5 percent).
- Max open interest for January series at 10,500 Put (open interest at 70.6 lakh, down 5 percent).
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F&O Ban
- In ban: Balrampur Chini, Dewan Housing, DLF, Fortis, HCC, HDIL, IFCI, JP Associates, Just Dial, Kaveri Seed
- New in ban: Dewan Housing, JP Associates, Just Dial
- Out of ban: Dish TV, GMR Infra, Jain Irrigation
Only intraday positions can be taken in stocks which are in F&O ban. In case of rollover of these intraday positions, there is a penalty.
Active Stock Futures
Bulk Deals
- Lux Industries: Kotak Mahindra AMC bought 1.68 lakh shares or 0.7 percent equity at Rs 1525.2 each.
- Indoco Remedies: Reliance Growth Fund bought 12.11 lakh shares or 1.3 percent equity at Rs 275 each.
- IRB Invit: Prusik Umbrella UCITS Fund PLC - Prusik Asian Equity Income Fund bought 28.25 lakh units at Rs 87.17 each.
- Videocon: Yes Bank sold 17.39 lakh shares or 0.6 percent equity at Rs 21.27 each.
- Religare Enterprises: IDBI Trusteeship services sold 22.55 lakh shares or 1.3 percent equity at Rs 50.26 each.
8K Miles
- DSP Blackrock MF bought 4.26 lakh shares or 1.4 percent equity at Rs 748 each.
- Promoter R S Ramani sold 6.82 lakh shares or 2.2 percent equity at an average of Rs 749.32 each.
MCX
- SBI MF bought 8.19 lakh shares or 1.6 percent equity at Rs 840.5 each.
- Baron International Growth Fund sold 11.3 lakh shares or 2.2 percent equity at Rs 840.5 each.
Asian Paintsâ decorative paints business saw single digit volume growth for yet another quarter. #Q3WithBQ https://t.co/k7cV3EOThw
— BloombergQuint (@BloombergQuint) January 22, 2018
Earnings Reactions To Watch
Asian Paints Q3 (YoY)
- Net sales up 10.5 percent at Rs 4,260.5 crore
- Net profit up 19 percent at Rs 555 crore
- EBITDA up 18 percent at Rs 891.5 crore
- Margin at 20.9 percent
Rallis India Q3 (YoY)
- Revenue up 18.5 percent at Rs 390 crore
- Net profit down 1 percent at Rs 25.1 crore
- EBITDA down 14 percent at Rs 37 crore
- Margins at 9.5 percent versus 13.1 percent
Sasken Tech Q3 (QoQ)
- Revenue up 5.6 percent at Rs 132 crore
- Net profit up 8.5 percent at Rs 20.4 crore
- EBITD down 11.7 percent at Rs 15 crore
- Margin at 11.4 percent versus 13.6 percent
Tinplate Q3 (YoY)
- Revenues up 146 percent at Rs 547 crore
- Net profit up 189 percent at Rs 13 crore
- EBITDA up 89.5 percent at Rs 36 crore
- Margins at 6.6 percent versus 8.6 percent
Just Dial Q3 (QoQ)
- Revenue up 1 percent at Rs 197 crore
- Net profit down 24 percent at Rs 28.6 crore
- EBIT up 25 percent at Rs 38 crore
- Margin at 19.3 percent versus 15.7 percent
MPS Ltd Q3 (YoY)
- Revenue down 15 percent at Rs 68 crore
- Net profit down 2 percent at Rs 17.6 crore
- EBITDA down 5 percent at Rs 25.1 crore
- Margin at 36.4 percent versus 32.8 percent
Nifty Earnings Today
Indiabulls Housing Finance
Other Earnings Today
- Alembic
- Can Fin Homes
- Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals
- Edelweiss Financial Services
- Force Motors
- Indiabulls Real Estate
- L&T Technology Services
- NIIT
- PNB Housing Finance
- RBL Bank
- Symphony
- Syngene International
- United Spirits
- Wabco India
Brokerage Radar
Elara Capital on L&T Technology Services
- Initiated ‘Accumulate’ with price target of Rs 1,170.
- Broad portfolio, deep expertise driving growth.
- Expect new client relationships to scale up gradually.
- Lower client concentration than domestic peers.
- L&T helping in domain expertise, client access.
- Expect revenue, operating income and net profit compounding at 17.4 percent, 25.2 percent and 22.5 percent respectively over the financial years through March 2020.
- Faster growth to lead to earnings upgrade.
- Bull case price target of Rs 1,560.
Credit Suisse on Havells India
- Maintained Outperform; raised price target to Rs 635 from Rs 600.
- December quarter was a strong broad-based quarter.
- Consumer durables and lighting drove growth.
- Switchgears saw modest pick-up; B2B initiatives seeing traction.
- Margins very strong; Cables have set new normal of profitability.
- Lloyd growth aided by some pre-buying before new energy norms.
Edelweiss on Havells India
- Maintained ‘Buy’ with price target of Rs 640.
- Favorable base leads to in-line quarter; Growth profile intact.
- Impressive growth in lighting/consumer durable on low base.
- Havells well placed to benefit with demonetization and GST mostly behind.
- Positives: shift to organized, rising premiumisation and ramp up in Lloyds’ profitability.
IDFC Securities on Asian Paints
- Maintained ‘Outperform’; cut price target to Rs 1,262.
- Volume miss; lower costs drive earnings growth.
- Volume growth of 6 percent for the quarter is disappointing.
- Cost management initiatives and better mix resulted in strong margin improvement.
- Expect uptick in volumes driven by favourable base and improving demand.
- Expect price hikes to mitigate input cost pressure.
- Market share loss over last three quarters is a concern.
Morgan Stanley on Dr. Reddy’s
- Maintained ‘Overweight’ with price target of Rs 3,133.
- Raised prices by 5 percent for Sernivo spray and Zembrace in January 2018.
- Small brands with gross sales of $20/25 million.
- Price hike to have small impact but shows confidence in the ramp-up ahead.
- March 2018 important month with three upcoming Target Action Dates.
Credit Suisse on Asian Paints
- Maintained ‘Underperform’; raised price target to Rs 1,100 from Rs 1,060.
- Volume growth significantly below expectations.
- Competitors continue to grow volumes faster.
- Management cautiously optimistic as December growth had been good.
- EBITDA growth driven by tightening fixed costs, lowering marketing spends and GST savings.
- Raw material costs firming up; Needs to take a price hike to stem gross margin decline.
.@AxisBank's CFO, @JairamSridharan breaks down the bank's performance this quarter. #Q3WithBQ https://t.co/CfjqzXaZl4
— BloombergQuint (@BloombergQuint) January 22, 2018
Brokerages On Axis Bank
JP Morgan
- Maintained ‘Overweight’, raised price target to Rs 700 from Rs 650.
- Guidance of 220 -260 basis points with normalized credit costs expected.
- See the next 2-3 quarters as challenging given the uncertainty over timing and quantum of back-book provisioning.
- At about 2 times price-to-book and a FY20 return on equity estimate of 19.5 percent, Axis is our top value pick.
Morgan Stanley
- Maintained ‘Overweight’; price target Rs 770
- Impaired loans at Axis showed good trends after a weak December quarter.
- Expect asset quality and core PPoP trends to be volatile over the next four quarters.
- Expect continued improvement in impaired loans over the next four quarters.
- This should drive strong stock performance over the next 12 months.
Credit Suisse
- Maintained ‘Neutral’, raised price target to Rs 595 from Rs 525.
- Asset quality stabilises, operating profitability yet to improve.
- Expect credit costs to normalise from 2.7 percent in current fiscal to 1.2 percent in Fiscal 2020.
CLSA
- Maintained ‘Buy’, raised price target to Rs 730 from Rs 650.
- Key positive in the result was improvement in asset quality.
- Expect earnings to normalise from the next fiscal.
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Media Reports
- Siemens Gamesa wins 326-Mw wind power orders (Businesss Standard).
- Edelweiss ARC, SREI Arm among bidders for Adhunik Group (Financial Express).
- Carlyle leads race for 15 percent in Mankind; deal size pegged at up to $500 million (Economic Times).
- Biyani keen to lift R-Day sales, takes a cue from Alibaba (Future Retail) (Economic Times).
- Tata Steel keen to buy stressed assets: MD (Economic Times).
- KKR to back Analjit Singh to the Max; set to write Rs 2,000 crore cheque; deal to provide growth capital; US buyout fund already an investor in the life insurance JV (Max India in focus) (Economic Times).
- Amtek subsidiaries’ RP sets norms for potential bidders; bids invited for Castex Technologies, Metalyst Forging (Economic Times).