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30 Aug

Strong tailwinds for Steel production in India – Jindal Steel and Power

Update on Indian Equity Market:

On Monday, markets ended at an all-time closing high with Nifty closing 226 points higher to close at 16,931. BHARTIARTL (5.0%), DIVISLAB (4.2%), and AXISBANK (4.0%) were the top gainers on the index while TECHM (-1.4%), NESTLEIND (-1.1%), and EICHERMOT(-1.1%) were the top losers for the day. Among the sectoral indices,  METAL  (2.5%), PSU BANK (2.0%), and BANK (2.0%) were the top gainers, while IT (-0.6%) was the only laggard.

Excerpts of the Interview with Mr. VR Sharma, Managing Director at Jindal Steel and Power Ltd on Economic Times, dated 24th August 2021:

  • The steep fall in Iron Ore prices has lifted the market spirits across the world. However, that hasn’t translated to a fall in steel prices due to stiffness in coking coal prices and high input costs for other ferrous metals. 
  • The lower iron prices aided by a $1000/MT steel price in international markets are translating into improved gross margins for producers, and the market will likely stabilise at these levels.
  • India has to reach a level of about 300 million tonnes by 2030. In nine years, it may be producing about 300 million tonnes of steel and consuming the same quantity. 
  • Overnight it is very difficult to build up capacities. Building up capacities takes about three to four years, all-steel producers are bullish about India’s prospects, and a Rs. 2 tn investment is expected to be made over the next 5 years.
  • The sector is showing healthy growth and the demand has already begun to pick up, the company expects the entire steel sector to shine in the upcoming years.
  • Steel demand will continue because infrastructure projects are in offing and there are a lot many projects on the table now. The construction sector is booming and the shipbuilding sector, defence sector, and the oxygen cryogenic plants are increasing in terms of number.
  • Headwinds such as adverse Chinese Steel Policy, logistical bottlenecks, Covid induced supply disruptions have led to coking coal prices being inflated. This is putting pressure on steel prices which are not expected to recover in the short term.
  • The industry expects to shift from coking coal to indigenous coal, which is both cost friendly and environment friendly and offers protection from such price shocks.
  • The Chinese steel industry has seen a  dip in production and consequently exports, being the second-largest steel producer, India is well poised to take the benefits of  Chinese fallback,

Asset Multiplier Comments:

  • The cyclical recovery in the steel sector may have finally arrived. With the tailwinds for this industry, it is likely to grow fast over new capex and recovery cycle for the decade. 
  • Jindal Steel and Power is one of the largest steel producers in India. It is well poised to reap the benefits of scale and the tailwinds. It is likely to deliver great value to its shareholders.

Consensus Estimates (Source: market screener website): 

  • The closing price of Jindal Steel and Power was ₹ 379/- as of 30-August-2021.  It traded at 7x/5x the EPS estimate of ₹56/₹ 77  for FY22E/23E. 
  • The consensus price target is ₹ 538/- implies a PE multiple of 7x on FY23E EPS of ₹ 77/-.

Disclaimer: “The views expressed are for information purposes only. The information provided herein should not be considered as investment advice or research recommendation. The users should rely on their own research and analysis and should consult their own investment advisors to determine the merit, risks, and suitability of the information provided.”

 

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10 May

Expect a demand recovery once restrictions are lifted – Blue Star

 

Update on Indian Equity Market:

On Monday, markets were on the rise, with Nifty increasing 128 points to close at 14,950. COAL INDIA (8.2%), UPL (8.0%), and HINDALCO (6.2%) were the top gainers on the index while SHREECEM (-1.9%), BRITANNIA (-1.28%), and ULTRACEMCO (-1.28%) were the top losers for the day. Among the sectoral indices, Metal (4.7%), PHARMA (2.8%), and MEDIA (+2.5%) led the gainers. There were no sectoral losers for the day.

 

Excerpts of an interview with Mr. B Thyagarajan MD of Blue Star with CNBC- TV 18 dated 7th May 2021:

 

  • Till 15-April-21, secondary sales were growing at a healthy pace. The increased restrictions have resulted in the slow down of Air- Conditioning and Commercial Refrigeration verticals.
  • The company feared a washout as evidenced in Q1FY21 but it actually posted a 20% lower compared to its earnings in Q1FY20. The Company hopes sales could normalize by the end of May and sees recovery in the months of June-July owing to a hot extended summer.
  • Blue Star had already hiked prices as of 1st April. As the Company has significant inventories owing to slow down, it doesn’t expect any more margin pressure and expects it to stabilize around 8%.
  • The company witnessed a stellar growth in the pharma-health care sectors across air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration verticals due to covid-19 developments and vaccine transports.
  • The manufacturing sector in both Electro-Mechanical and Air-Conditioning segments showed good growth in Q4FY21. The 1st financial quarter is seasonally focused on residential air-conditioning sees its growth prospects dampened due to lockdowns. 
  • Capacity expansion will be operational in the Wada plant for Deep Freezers by Q2FY22 and another plant is expected to be operational in H1FY23 for Air conditioning in Sri City.
  • It expects pent-up demand to drive residential air conditioning growth by around 10% for FY22 owing to prolonged work from home exposure and reduced spending on other luxuries.

 

Asset Multiplier Comments:

  • The seasonal nature of the company’s demand may impact the performance in the short term. The improved macro factors, longer summers due to climate change present good growth prospects over the long term.
  • The margins have been beaten down due to various factors, we expect pressure to ease off in the medium term.

 

Consensus Estimates (Source: market screener website): 

  • The closing price of Blue Star was ₹ 833/- as of 10-May-2021.  It traded at 44x/ 32x the consensus EPS estimate of ₹ 19/ ₹ 26 for FY22E/23E respectively.
  • The consensus price target is ₹ 790/- which trades at 30x the EPS estimate for FY23E of ₹ 26/-

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31 Mar

Current capacities fully utilized, need expansion to meet demand: Minda Industries

Update on Indian Equity Market:

After a blockbuster start of a 3-day week, markets traded lower to end the last day of FY21 as Nifty closed the day 154 points lower at 14,691.  Within the index, TATASTEEL (2.3%), GRASIM (2.3%), and UPL (1.9%) were few of the gainers while HDFC (-3.9%), HDFCBANK (-3.8%), and FMCG (1.0%) led the winners while FIN SERVICES (-2.0%), PVT BANK (-1.9%), and BANK (-1.7%) led the losers. 

Excerpts of an interview with Mr. Sunil Bohra, ED & Group CFO, Minda Industries Ltd (MINDAIND) with CNBC -TV18 dated 30th March 2021:

  • The board of MINDAIND has approved the company’s expansion into four-wheel lighting business and four-wheel alloy wheel businesses due to an improved market scenario and increased demand.
  • In the Bawal plant of Haryana, the current capacity of 120,000 wheels/ month will be increased to 180,000 wheels/ month. This will be a part of the brownfield expansion.
  • The second plant aiming at the production of lighting is a Greenfield expansion plan.  Both the plants are expected to commission the production in FY22E.
  • The company is already running its alloy wheel business beyond its current capacity. The company is making sure that surplus capacity is available considering the additional orders received by the company. The aftermarket sales are having a positive momentum further creating demand for the alloy wheel segment.
  • Current sales in the lighting business are around Rs 4bn odd a year. The new orders received by the company are for more than Rs 2bn a year leading to the creation of a new plant.
  • The financing for both projects will be from internal accruals. The company might need a little bit of debt depending upon the funding requirement.

Asset Multiplier Comments:

  • The decision to expand the lighting and alloy business paints a healthy picture about the order book of the company for at least the next 24 months. The Company is expected to witness above-average growth due to pent-up orders.
  • The company is currently running the business at full capacity utilization. As a result, the growth in fundamentals till the commissioning of the new plant might not represent the true state of demand for the company.

Consensus Estimates (Source: market screener website):

  • The closing price of MINDAIND was ₹ 540/- as of 31-March-2021.  It traded at 94x/ 41x/ 29x the consensus EPS estimate of ₹ 5.8/ 13.5/ 18.9 for FY21E/22E/23E respectively.
  • The consensus price target is ₹ 535/- which trades at 28x the EPS estimate for FY23E of ₹ 18.9/-

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15 Dec

Expecting double-digit growth YoY in 3QFY21 – Berger Paints

Update on Indian equity market:
Markets started the week on a higher note as Nifty closed the day 44 points higher at 13,571. Within the index, ONGC (5.9%), LT (4.3%), and CIPLA (4.1%) led the index higher while EICHERMOT (-2.5%), HEROMOTOCO (-2.2%), and M&M (-2.0%) were the highest losers. Nine out of 11 sectoral indices were in the green with MEDIA (2.0%), PSU BANK (1.8%), and METAL (1.4%) leading the pack while AUTO (-1.0%) and REALTY (-0.9%) were the only losers.
Excerpts of an interview with Mr. Abhijeet Roy, Chief Operating Officer, Berger Paints (Berger) published on CNBC-TV18 dated 11th December 2020:
The demand scenario in the month of October and November was robust. The company is witnessing a similar trend in December. He expects the volumes to report double-digit YoY growth in 3QFY21E.
Demand from the auto segment surged ahead of the festive season. The demand has softened in the month of December.
The decorative segment has seen robust demand right from 2QFY21 and continues to do well in the month of December.
To meet the ever-increasing demand for its products, the company is putting up a new plant at Lucknow. The initial plan was to have Rs 2,600-2,700 mn of investment in capacity expansion. The same has been ramped up to beyond Rs 4,500mn looking at the demand scenario.
He said that the costs are going up for some raw materials, specifically for monomers. The margins are expected to be under pressure in 4QFY21E.
He said that the company reported the fastest growth in the industry and as a result, gained market share. With the ever-increasing demand scenario, he is confident of continuing the momentum.
Consensus Estimate: (Source: market screener website)
The closing price of Berger was ₹ 681/- as of 14-Dec-2020. It traded at 102x/ 75x/ 63x the consensus EPS estimate of ₹ 6.7/ 9.1/ 10.8 for FY21E/ FY22E/ FY23E respectively.
The consensus target price of ₹ 551/- implies a P/E multiple of 51x on FY23E EPS of ₹ 10.8.
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11 Sep

FY22 to be a game changer – Dixon Technologies

Update on the Indian Equity Market:
On Thursday, Indian equity markets snapped a two-day losing streak with the Nifty50 closing 1.5% higher at 11,449. RELIANCE (+7.3%) was the top gainer after reports of potential investments in its retail arm, Reliance Retail. BPCL (+6.0%), and ASIANPAINT (4.2%) were the other lead gainers in the index. INFRATEL (-4.8%), HINDALCO (-2.9%), and TATASTEEL (-2.3%) led the losers. Among the sectoral indices, PSU BANK (+2.5%), MEDIA (+1.3%), and FINANCIAL SERVICES 25/50 (+1.01%) were the top gainers. METAL (-1.1%), and PHARMA (-0.01%) were the only sectoral indices to end in the red.
*Nifty Financial Services 25/50 is a new capped version of the Nifty Financial Services index.

Edited excerpts of an interview with Mr. Atul Lall, MD, Dixon Technologies (India) with CNBC-TV18 on 8th September 2020:
• A government panel has recently cleared $100 bn of mobile export proposals from global manufacturers.
• Dixon has submitted 2 applications under the production-linked incentive scheme (PLI) but has not received an official nod yet. It might take a week to ten days to receive official communication from the government.
• They have large contracts for exports and domestic markets lined up with big global brands. The focus is to accelerate project implementation and production is planned to start by Q4FY21.
• The government is giving a 4-6 percent incentive for manufacturing under the PLI scheme for the next 5 years, which Mr. Lall calls the government handholding in the infancy stage of any industry. There is some disability in manufacturing mobile in India when compared to China, and the scheme is helping reduce that.
• They are seeing significant traction from large global players looking to shift base from China and other countries to India.
• Year 1 is a very short period and they get barely 3 months to generate revenues in this fiscal (FY21). In year 2, in one application, there is a ceiling of about Rs 3000-4000 crore. If they get both the applications, they will be able to generate revenues of Rs 8000 crore through mobile manufacturing, which is a big leap for a company like theirs.
• There will be a small margin expansion with a large volume expansion next year, which is going to be a game-changer.
• In the LED TV segment, the order book is very strong and they are operating at 110% capacity and with the government shifting imports of a certain kind of televisions from OGL (Open General License) to a restricted category, their order book is increasing. They have already expanded their capacity from 3.6 mn to 4.4 mn units, there is a further expansion planned to take it to 5.5 mn units. This increased capacity is almost 33% of the Indian TV requirement. This second round of capacity expansion will be completed by March 2021.
• The capacity expansion is happening across verticals, including mobiles and washing machines.
• There will be significant growth in Q2 on a YoY basis. Plants for LED TV, mobiles, and washing machines are running at almost 110% capacity. Lighting being an extensive manpower-oriented segment, they had to re-engineer the lines because of social distancing is working at 80% capacity. The one vertical that is not performing as well, which is the security surveillance systems, working at 50% capacity. Overall, the business has been good.
• FY21 will be better than FY20 both on the top line as well as the bottom line.

Consensus Estimate: (Source: market screener website)
• The closing price of Dixon Technologies (India) was ₹ 9400/- as of 10-September-2020. It traded at 91.3x/ 50x/ 36.7x the consensus earnings estimate of ₹ 103/ 188 / 256 per share for FY21E/FY22E/FY23E respectively.
• The consensus target price of ₹ 7936/- implies a PE multiple of 31x on FY23E EPS of ₹ 256/-.

Disclaimer: “The views expressed are for information purposes only. The information provided herein should not be considered as investment advice or research recommendation. The users should rely on their own research and analysis and should consult their own investment advisors to determine the merit, risks, and suitability of the information provided.”

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