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04 Nov

Demand strong ahead of festive and wedding season – Asian Paints

Update on the Indian Equity Market:
On Tuesday, Nifty ended 1.2% higher at 11,813 led by the financial & metal stocks. The top gainers for Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank (+6.7%), Hindalco (+5.1%) and SBI (+4.3%) while the losing stocks for the day UPL (-6.6%), NTPC (-3.8%) and Reliance (-1.3%). Top gaining sectors were Bank (+3.2%), Financial Services (+3.1%) and Pvt Bank (+3.1%) while the losing sectors for the day were Realty (-2.3%), and Media (-0.3%).

Edited excerpts of an interview with Mr Amit Syngle, MD & CEO, Asian Paints; dated 02nd November 2020 from CNBCTV18:

Demand has been buoyant in the festive season, according to Mr Syngle. He further added that staying at home has made people desire home improvement.

The Company is seeing a very strong growth trend because of the festivals coming in with the wedding season which is also around. So both these factors are giving very strong flavour to the market and that is the trend they are seeing in October as well.

Mr Syngle said that demand in tier-II, III and IV cities has been exceptional. The luxury segment in rural areas was picking up too.

The company sees demand from metros close to about 85% of the pre-COVID levels. For Tier-III and tier-IV, it sees a strong jump in terms of demand even better than pre-COVID times.

Mr Syngle added that the home décor business was growing much faster on a low base.

According to him, Asian Paints is not about just owning the walls, but space between the walls. The Company sees that trend coming in strongly and he sees a definite pick up in September in terms of people embellishing their homes not only with respect to walls but even with respect to the other areas which fill up space in the home.
Asian Paints is open to acquisitions that will bring in synergistic benefits.

Talking about the quarterly result he said, 3Q margins may be better than 2Q on stable inputs. The Company has lately witnessed input costs moving up due to demand.

Consensus Estimate: (Source: market screener website)

The closing price of Asian Paints Ltd was ₹ 2,158/- as of 03-November-2020. It traded at 74x/ 52x/51x the consensus book value estimate of ₹ 29.2/36.4/42.4 for FY21E/ FY22E/ FY23E respectively.

The consensus target price of ₹ 2,086/- implies a PE multiple of 49x on FY23E EPS of ₹ 42.4/-.

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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26 Oct

Difficult to predict festive season sales – Bajaj Auto

Update on the Indian Equity Market:
On Friday, Nifty ended 0.3% higher at 11,930 led by the auto stocks. The top gainers for Nifty 50 were Maruti (+4.3%), M&M (+3.3%), and Tata Steel (+3.3%) while the losing stocks for the day were Ultra Cement (-2.4%), HCL Tech (-1.6%), and HUL (-1.6%). Top gaining sectors were Auto (+2.9%), Media (+0.7%), and IT (+0.5%) while top losing sectors are Realty (-1.1%), Pharma (-0.4%) and Pvt Bank (-0.04%).

Edited excerpts of an interview with Mr Rakesh Sharma, ED, Bajaj Auto Ltd; dated 22nd October 2020 from CNBC TV18:

The geographical mix & the business unit mix have a very big impact on the blended margins of Bajaj Auto. Last year the Company faced many headwinds in maintaining the margins. The Company is optimistic about maintaining the margins reported in 2QFY21 despite raw material cost increases seen.
There has been a marginal improvement in walk-ins, enquiries & sales over the beginning of the festive period last year.

Bajaj Auto is optimistic about maintaining margin despite raw material cost increase and they have streamlined low margin products.

The Company recorded the highest ever sales of Pulsar in 2QFY21. This impacted margins in a positive way during the quarter.

The Company had the highest ever exports in September-20 and October performance will beat September performance according to Mr Sharma. If the Company does not have any supply chain issues and transport interruption, then in November they will beat October exports.

The Company saw a smart recovery in domestic performance. They aim to improve the domestic market share from 18.2% in H1 to 20% in H2. There is a huge scope for expansion in market share but the Company does not want to compromise the margins and profitability for gaining the market shares.

It is very difficult to make predictions about the festive season sales as of now. The industry is seeing a slight improvement in enquiry and sales in this festive season. Post festive where all pent up demand is exhausted, it is interesting to see how the industry and demand responds. This will be the most important thing to be considered.
125cc segment is more profitable than 100cc and thus Bajaj Auto has expanded this market segment.

The ultra-premium segment (KTM/ Dominar) has clocked 10,000-12,000 units run rate per month currently.

The underperforming models/ low margin products of the Company have been stream-lined and prices have been increased during 2QFY21.

Bajaj Auto has passed on cost increases from September-20 onwards in the majority of the International markets. It had been a very difficult exercise for the Company as the Chinese & Japanese brands which has seen a huge revival, the company had to face intense competition.
The Company hopes the three-wheelers will start performing well with support from the Government initiatives.

Consensus Estimate: (Source: market screener website)
The closing price of Bajaj Auto Ltd was ₹ 3,090/- as of 23-October-2020. It traded at 20.7x/ 17.2x/15.0x the consensus book value estimate of ₹ 149/180/206 for FY21E/ FY22E/ FY23E respectively.

The consensus target price of ₹ 3,088/- implies a PE multiple of 15.0x on FY23E EPS of ₹ 206/-.

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09 Oct

Tanishq sees better recovery in demand in smaller towns- TITAN

Update on the Indian Equity Market:
On Thursday, Nifty ended 0.8% higher at 11,834 led by IT and Pharma stocks. The top gainers for Nifty 50 were Wipro (+7.3%), Cipla (+5.0%), and TCS (+3.0%) while the losing stocks for the day GAIL (-3.1%), ONGC (-2.8%), and ITC (-1.4%). Top gaining sectors were IT (+3.2%), Pharma (+2.5%), and Bank (+1.0%) while losing sectors were Media (-0.5%) and FMCG (-0.1%).

Edited excerpts of an interview with Mr Arun Narayan, Vice President, Category, Marketing & Retail, Tanishq at Titan Company Limited.; dated 07th October 2020 from Retail Economic Times:

Almost all Tanishq stores are open across the country and the Company has seen a really encouraging response from consumers. There has been positivity because of the festivals from August onwards. The Company believes that as they head into Dussehra and Diwali, the sentiment should only improve.

In towns, where malls contribute to a larger part of their business, the recovery has been even slower but there has been a steady improvement month on month and that gives them the confidence as they head into Dussehra and Diwali. Consumers are waiting to bring in positivity into their lives after months of being restrained and locked down and that is going to play out over the next two months i.e., in October and November.

The Company saw a greater improvement in plain gold and studded jewellery. In August, there was a period when the Company saw more investment buyers and increased demand for gold coins. That was the time when gold rates were going up significantly for maybe two weeks. But now that gold rates have cooled down, they found that recovery is pretty much even across both plain gold as well as studded jewellery.

The management is fairly optimistic about this season for many reasons; one is deferred demand from wedding shoppers. Weddings have got deferred from quarter one of this year to November, December and some of them also to quarter four and they believe that those who have weddings in their families will be back to shop for jewellery. Second, many consumers buy every year during this auspicious period and the Company knows they will be back.
Consumers seem to have accepted that gold rates may remain range-bound or fluctuate, but there is a belief that at least till this festive season, they may not see a significant uptick.

The Company has more than 13,000 customers who bought jewellery through video calls.
One can buy jewellery from the comfort of their homes, sitting with their family, through video calls and can make a remote contactless payment. All the documentation and invoices can be emailed to the customers and they can get the latest catalogues on their phone or device. One can buy jewellery from their nearest Tanishq store from the comfort of their homes. It is a whole new experience for the Company & the consumers as well with the virtual try-on and video calling. The way consumers have adopted that across metros and smaller towns has been really fantastic.

Consensus Estimate: (Source: market screener website)
The closing price of Titan Company Ltd was ₹ 1,254/- as of 08-October-2020. It traded at 127.1x/ 60.0x/48.8x the consensus EPS estimate of ₹ 9.9/20.9/25.7 for FY21E/ FY22E/ FY23E respectively.
The consensus target price of ₹ 1,068/- implies a PE multiple of 41.5x on FY23E EPS of ₹ 25.7/-.

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