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ICICI Securities – Retail Equity Research Earnings Wrap June 7, 2019 Ex-banks, earnings growth takes breather in Q4FY19 Q4FY19 Sensex earnings (ex-financials) took a breather in Q4FY19 from a higher double digit growth trajectory in the past three quarters with modest ~8-9% growth in topline and bottomline. Ex-banks at the index level, topline was up 8.8% YoY to | 6.0 lakh crore, EBITDA was up 7.9% YoY to | 1.1 lakh crore with corresponding EBITDA margins at 18.5%. In Q4FY19, companies witnessed a decline in raw material costs (down 20 bps YoY) and employee costs (down 80 bps YoY) while other expenses increased disproportionally (up 110 bps) leading to a marginal decline in EBITDA margins (15 bps YoY). Ensuing PAT in Q4FY19 was up 8.3% YoY to | 0.6 lakh crore. On a full year basis, in FY19, net sales were up 19% YoY, which coupled with ~50 bps decline in EBITDA margins led to 12% growth in earnings. Lower PAT growth in FY19 was primarily on account of lower other income and higher interest outgo The banking space is the clear outlier as far as corporate earnings is concerned for Q4FY19. It was led by a structural decline in the NPA cycle. As far as other sectoral performances are concerned, volume growth was negative in the auto space due to a bloated retail inventory. In the FMCG space, volume growth came in lower at ~7% YoY vs. ~10% in the last few quarters. In the cement domain, volume growth was healthy at ~7%. In the capital goods domain, execution remained robust with healthy gains in the order book. In the pharma space, US market recovery continued while in the IT space healthy double digit growth in the digital domain acted as a silver lining On aggregate basis, in Q4FY19, integrating results of all listed entities, topline growth stayed healthy at ~10% YoY. However, bottomline growth was higher (>15%) driven by the recovery in the banking space On the macroeconomics front, Q4FY19 GDP growth came in muted at 5.8% YoY while inflation reading largely remained unchanged on an MoM basis. WPI, CPI for April 2019 were at 3.1%, 2.9%, respectively Going forward, with a strong political mandate at the Centre, thrust on creating infrastructure & stimulating the rural economy amid a recovery being witnessed in the banking space, we expect corporate earnings to stage a smart recovery in excess of 20% CAGR in FY19-21E Exhibit 1: Sensex aggregate (| crore) Mar-19 Mar-18 Dec-18 YoY (%) change QoQ (%) change FY19 FY18 YoY (%) change Sales 602,687 553,990 593,387 8.8 1.6 2,304,854 1,940,425 18.8 Total Expenses 490,946 450,445 472,983 9.0 3.8 1,841,836 1,541,824 19.5 Raw material 232,002 214,200 238,688 8.3 -2.8 908,923 740,109 22.8 Employee 80,771 78,643 79,046 2.7 2.2 311,672 279,501 11.5 Other expenses 178,173 157,602 155,249 13.1 14.8 621,241 522,214 19.0 Expenses (% of sales) Total Expenses 81.5 81.3 79.7 15 bps 175 bps 79.9 79.5 45 bps Raw material 38.5 38.7 40.2 -17 bps -173 bps 39.4 38.1 129 bps Employee 13.4 14.2 13.3 -79 bps 8 bps 13.5 14.4 -88 bps Other expenses 29.6 28.4 26.2 111 bps 340 bps 27.0 26.9 4 bps Operating Profit 111741 103545 120405 7.9 -7.2 463018 398601 16.2 OPM% 18.5 18.7 20.3 -15 bps -175 bps 20.1 20.5 -45 bps Other Income 20,666 23,946 17,562 -13.7 17.7 64,683 66,272 -2.4 Interest 19,071 14,592 17,917 30.7 6.4 72,323 53,996 33.9 Depreciation 35,012 32,102 34,766 9.1 0.7 136,198 119,199 14.3 PAT 61333 56651 59422 8.3 3.2 229294 204854 11.9 PAT margin % 10.2 10.2 10.0 -5 bps 16 bps 9.9 10.6 -61 bps Sensex P&L (ex-banking space) Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research Sensex Earnings Summary (ex-financials) | crore Mar-19 Mar-18 YoY (%) Dec-18 QoQ (%) Sales 602,687 553,990 8.8% 593,387 1.6% EBITDA 111,741 103,545 7.9% 120,405 -7.2% Net Profit 61,333 56,651 8.3% 59,422 3.2% Sensex Earnings Summary (ex-banks) Aggregate Summary Sales Net profit Sales Net profit Nifty 10.1 16.1 -0.1 2.8 BSE Midcap 7.7 233.0 -1.4 -48.9 BSE Smallcap 9.9 19.9 5.0 -249.9 All Co's (3500 cos) 9.7 54.8 1.7 -23.6 QoQ growth (%) YoY growth (%) Positive surprises & Buys Brigade Enterprises Elgi Equipments State Bank of India (SBI) Thermax Limited Timken India Research Analyst Pankaj Pandey Head Research [email protected]

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    Ex-banks, earnings growth takes breather in Q4FY19

    Q4FY19

    Sensex earnings (ex-financials) took a breather in Q4FY19 from a higher

    double digit growth trajectory in the past three quarters with modest

    ~8-9% growth in topline and bottomline. Ex-banks at the index level,

    topline was up 8.8% YoY to | 6.0 lakh crore, EBITDA was up 7.9% YoY

    to | 1.1 lakh crore with corresponding EBITDA margins at 18.5%. In

    Q4FY19, companies witnessed a decline in raw material costs (down 20

    bps YoY) and employee costs (down 80 bps YoY) while other expenses

    increased disproportionally (up 110 bps) leading to a marginal decline

    in EBITDA margins (15 bps YoY). Ensuing PAT in Q4FY19 was up 8.3%

    YoY to | 0.6 lakh crore. On a full year basis, in FY19, net sales were up

    19% YoY, which coupled with ~50 bps decline in EBITDA margins led

    to 12% growth in earnings. Lower PAT growth in FY19 was primarily on

    account of lower other income and higher interest outgo

    The banking space is the clear outlier as far as corporate earnings is

    concerned for Q4FY19. It was led by a structural decline in the NPA

    cycle. As far as other sectoral performances are concerned, volume

    growth was negative in the auto space due to a bloated retail inventory.

    In the FMCG space, volume growth came in lower at ~7% YoY vs.

    ~10% in the last few quarters. In the cement domain, volume growth

    was healthy at ~7%. In the capital goods domain, execution remained

    robust with healthy gains in the order book. In the pharma space, US

    market recovery continued while in the IT space healthy double digit

    growth in the digital domain acted as a silver lining

    On aggregate basis, in Q4FY19, integrating results of all listed entities,

    topline growth stayed healthy at ~10% YoY. However, bottomline

    growth was higher (>15%) driven by the recovery in the banking space

    On the macroeconomics front, Q4FY19 GDP growth came in muted at

    5.8% YoY while inflation reading largely remained unchanged on an

    MoM basis. WPI, CPI for April 2019 were at 3.1%, 2.9%, respectively

    Going forward, with a strong political mandate at the Centre, thrust on

    creating infrastructure & stimulating the rural economy amid a recovery

    being witnessed in the banking space, we expect corporate earnings to

    stage a smart recovery in excess of 20% CAGR in FY19-21E

    Exhibit 1: Sensex aggregate (| crore)

    Mar-19 Mar-18 Dec-18YoY (%)

    change

    QoQ (%)

    change

    FY19 FY18YoY (%)

    change

    Sales 602,687 553,990 593,387 8.8 1.6 2,304,854 1,940,425 18.8

    Total Expenses 490,946 450,445 472,983 9.0 3.8 1,841,836 1,541,824 19.5

    Raw material 232,002 214,200 238,688 8.3 -2.8 908,923 740,109 22.8

    Employee 80,771 78,643 79,046 2.7 2.2 311,672 279,501 11.5

    Other expenses 178,173 157,602 155,249 13.1 14.8 621,241 522,214 19.0

    Expenses (% of sales)

    Total Expenses 81.5 81.3 79.7 15 bps 175 bps 79.9 79.5 45 bps

    Raw material 38.5 38.7 40.2 -17 bps -173 bps 39.4 38.1 129 bps

    Employee 13.4 14.2 13.3 -79 bps 8 bps 13.5 14.4 -88 bps

    Other expenses 29.6 28.4 26.2 111 bps 340 bps 27.0 26.9 4 bps

    Operating Profit 111741 103545 120405 7.9 -7.2 463018 398601 16.2

    OPM% 18.5 18.7 20.3 -15 bps -175 bps 20.1 20.5 -45 bps

    Other Income 20,666 23,946 17,562 -13.7 17.7 64,683 66,272 -2.4

    Interest 19,071 14,592 17,917 30.7 6.4 72,323 53,996 33.9

    Depreciation 35,012 32,102 34,766 9.1 0.7 136,198 119,199 14.3

    PAT 61333 56651 59422 8.3 3.2 229294 204854 11.9

    PAT margin % 10.2 10.2 10.0 -5 bps 16 bps 9.9 10.6 -61 bps

    Sensex P&L (ex-banking space)

    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    Sensex Earnings Summary (ex-financials)

    | crore Mar-19 Mar-18 YoY (%) Dec-18 QoQ (%)

    Sales 602,687 553,990 8.8% 593,387 1.6%

    EBITDA 111,741 103,545 7.9% 120,405 -7.2%

    Net Profit 61,333 56,651 8.3% 59,422 3.2%

    Sensex Earnings Summary (ex-banks)

    Aggregate Summary

    Sales Net profit Sales Net profit

    Nifty 10.1 16.1 -0.1 2.8

    BSE Midcap 7.7 233.0 -1.4 -48.9

    BSE Smallcap 9.9 19.9 5.0 -249.9

    All Co's (3500 cos) 9.7 54.8 1.7 -23.6

    QoQ growth (%)YoY growth (%)

    Positive surprises & Buys

    Brigade Enterprises

    Elgi Equipments

    State Bank of India (SBI)

    Thermax Limited

    Timken India

    Research Analyst

    Pankaj Pandey

    Head Research

    [email protected]

  • ICICI Securities | Retail Research 2

    ICICI Direct Research Earnings Wrap Q4FY19

    Exhibit 2: Sensex aggregate quarterly revenue, operating profit & net profit trend)

    430,875

    467,180

    488,379

    553,990

    537,448

    571,332

    593,387

    602,687

    88,885

    99,910

    106,261

    103,545

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    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    Exhibit 3: Sensex aggregate quarterly EBITDA margin trend

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    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    Exhibit 4: Sensex aggregate quarterly revenue & profitability growth trend (%)

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    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    Ex-banks at the index level, topline was up 8.8%

    YoY to | 6.0 lakh crore, EBITDA was up 7.9% YoY

    to | 1.1 lakh crore with corresponding EBITDA

    margins at 18.5%. Ensuing PAT in Q4FY19 was up

    8.3% YoY to | 0.6 lakh crore

    In Q4FY19, companies witnessed a decline in raw

    material costs (down 20 bps YoY) and employee

    costs (down 80 bps YoY) while other expenses

    increased disproportionally (up 110 bps) leading to

    marginal decline in EBITDA margins (15 bps YoY)

    On a QoQ basis, ex-financials, Sensex topline and

    bottomline growth were at 1.6% and 3.2%,

    respectively. QoQ growth was muted due to decline

    in economic activity as a precursor to General

    Elections 2019

  • ICICI Securities | Retail Research 3

    ICICI Direct Research Earnings Wrap Q4FY19

    Industry wise revenue & profit movement

    Topline growth among Sensex constituents was led by oil & gas space

    (up 17.4% YoY) with outperformance also seen across the capital goods

    (up 10.5% YoY), IT (up 19.3% YoY) and FMCG pack (up 11.4% YoY)

    Exhibit 5: Industry wise aggregate revenue (Sensex Companies) (| crore)

    Mar-19 Mar-18 Dec-18 YoY change (%) QoQ change (%)

    Oil & Gas 165,417 140,885 184,091 17.4 -10.1

    Auto 137,197 139,755 124,929 -1.8 9.8

    Metals 94,438 87,883 87,569 7.5 7.8

    Capital goods 44,934 40,678 35,709 10.5 25.8

    Power 30,440 30,915 32,602 -1.5 -6.6

    FMCG 21,937 19,684 20,786 11.4 5.5

    IT 75,539 63,336 74,437 19.3 1.5

    Pharma 7,164 6,977 7,740 2.7 -7.4

    Others 25,620 23,878 25,525 7.3 0.4

    Aggregate 602687 553990 593387 8.8 1.6

    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    In the capital goods domain, the healthy topline performance was on

    account of improved execution (Kalpataru, KEC and Thermax). In the IT

    space, on the revenue front, Tier-I IT companies reported an average

    sequential growth of 2.3% in constant currency terms. Revenues from

    digital segment witnessed growth of 30-40% YoY while deal signings

    also witnessed an improved trajectory in FY19 over FY18 indicating

    better revenue visibility. In the FMCG pack, volume growth of ~5-8%

    coupled with calibrated price hikes in the range of ~2-4% resulted in

    double digit topline growth for Q4FY19

    On the profit front, outperformance was led by the metals space (up 56%

    YoY) led by robust results at Coal India (PAT of ~| 6,000 in Q4FY19 vs.

    ~| 1,300 crore in Q4FY18). It was well supported by FMCG (up 17%

    YoY), power (up 17% YoY) and IT space (up 15% YoY). The dampener

    for the quarter was the auto space with aggregate PAT decline of nearly

    18% for index constituents. The auto segment performance was muted

    tracking lower volumes, negative operating leverage and limited pass

    through of softened commodity prices

    Exhibit 6: Industry wise aggregate net profit (Sensex Companies) (| crore)

    Mar-19 Mar-18 Dec-18 YoY change (%) QoQ change (%)

    Capital goods 3,418 3,167 2,042 7.9 67.4

    Metals 10,867 6,971 7,812 55.9 39.1

    Auto 5,901 7,209 5,401 -18.2 9.2

    Oil & Gas 14,407 15,353 18,514 -6.2 -22.2

    FMCG 5,020 4,284 4,653 17.2 7.9

    Others 580 564 722 2.9 -19.6

    Power 5,754 4,936 4,718 16.6 22.0

    IT 14,750 12,824 14,319 15.0 3.0

    Pharma 636 1,343 1,242 -52.6 LP

    Aggregate 61333 56651 59422 8.3 3.2

    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    In the cement space, in terms of margins, lower freight cost coupled with

    stable power costs helped expand margins by 150 bps YoY, 341 bps

    QoQ to 18.9% during the quarter. In the FMCG space, majority of the

    companies reported strong growth in EBITDA led by cost optimisation

    measures, supply chain benefits and premiumisation. In the oil & gas

    space, OMCs reported a good quarter in terms of profits due to better

    marketing margins and inventory gains. However, operational refining

    performance continued to remain weak

  • ICICI Securities | Retail Research 4

    ICICI Direct Research Earnings Wrap Q4FY19

    Key notable surprises and stock calls

    This section of Earnings Wrap includes key surprises witnessed in the

    earnings of coverage companies and our take post analysis of results.

    Exhibit 7: Key surprises and stock calls (Q4FY19)

    CMP

    (|)

    Brigade

    Enterprises

    Positive

    Brigade Enterprises’ (BEL) sales volumes grew 2.2x YoY to 0.96 msf and clocked pre-sales worth

    2.2x YoY to | 519.8 crore (16.6% QoQ growth)in Q4FY19. On leasing front, it leased 1.2 msf new

    office space in FY19, estimated to yield rentals worth | 90.0 crore. On the financial front, overall

    revenues grew 75.3% YoY to | 760.0 crore in Q4FY19. Overall, PAT grew 3.3x YoY to | 59.3 crore in

    Q4FY19. Expecting BEL's leasing portfolio to expand from 2.6 msf to 8.9 msf over next two to three

    years, we anticipate BEL's share of lease income will grow at 20.6% CAGR to | 560.1 crore in FY18-

    23E. Also, with the management planning to launch ~6.5 msf projects, it is aiming at ~4 msf sales

    volume in FY20E. We believe BEL’s current valuation is attractive (1.3x FY20E P/BV). Hence, we

    maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock with an SoTP-based target price of | 330/share

    235 330 Buy 40

    Elgi

    Equipments

    Positive

    Elgi Equipments reported a robust performance in Q4FY19. Topline, EBITDA, PAT recorded growth of

    14.2%, 19.3%, 31.6%, respectively, YoY. Air compressor grew 16.3% YoY mainly led by India and

    direct exports growth, up 12.0% YoY. Foreign subsidiaries recorded robust growth of ~20-25% YoY

    continuing to benefit from solid demand in key international markets such as the US and Europe.

    Automotive equipment segment slightly de-grew 2.1% YoY to | 51.2 crore. EBITDA margin improved

    ~50 bps YoY to 11.6% during Q4FY19. Margins are likely to remain solid over the near to medium

    term despite the company carrying out upfront costs to expand in international market. Elgi is coming

    out with newer products that have the potential to disrupt the overall air compressor market and

    result in significant market share gains. Factoring in the robust performance, we expect revenues

    and earnings CAGR at 18% and 29%, respectively, for FY19-21E with a target price of | 350

    271 350 Buy 29

    State Bank of

    India (SBI)Positive

    Higher provisions for legacy stress coupled with slow credit growth in the past two years impacted

    operational performance in past. However, SBI reported a healthy revival in growth with credit offtake

    at 13% YoY in Q4FY19, led by traction in retail segment. Moderation witnessed in slippages at | 7505

    crore coupled with higher recovery at | 22976 crore, led to significant improvement in asset quality.

    Going ahead, SBI, given the improving overall credit growth and a possible shift of business from

    NBFCs, is best placed to ride this opportunity. Therefore, we expect advances growth at 12.3%

    CAGR in FY19-21E. Anticipated resolution in major NCLT accounts and moderation in incremental

    slippages will limit credit cost, thereby improving return ratios. Consequently, we expect FY20E &

    FY21E PAT at | 25981 crore & | 32122 crore, respectively, from | 900 crore in FY19

    337 400 Buy 19

    Thermax

    Limited

    Positive

    Thermax reported standalone revenues at | 1889.6 crore registering robust growth of 44.2% YoY (on

    a proforma basis) while consolidated revenues grew 43.7% to | 2073.7 crore on a YoY basis. EBITDA

    came in at | 175.7 crore, up 17.2% YoY. PAT came in at | 112.9 crore, which grew 31.7% YoY while

    adjusted PAT grew 55.7% to | 133.5 crore. With expected uptick in domestic order inflows and

    recovery in international order inflows through geographic diversification, order backlog is expected to

    improve further. Thermax may continue growth momentum on revenue front with expected CAGR of

    10.3% in FY19-21E. Consequently, with expected margin recovery in medium term and normalization

    of tax rate, PAT is expected to grow at a CAGR of 21.6% over FY19-21E

    1030 1170 Buy 14

    Timken India Positive

    Timken India (TIL) reported a stellar performance on the back of over 2x growth in railways segment

    and exports segment that grew in strong double digits during the quarter; overall topline came in at |

    448 crore, up 16.4% QoQ. EBITDA margins improved to 22.6% in Q4FY19. Going forward, the company

    is poised to benefit from the ongoing capex from the railways and demand from the exports

    segment. TIL is planning a capex of | 35-40 crore at its Bharuch facility that will help to produce

    ‘Timken brand’ bearings for its exports market. Access to new markets/geographies along with

    operational synergies from the merged entity are key monitorables for the future. Overall, we expect

    revenue, EBITDA and PAT to grow at CAGR of 12.1%, 14.5%, 18.5%, respectively, in FY19-21E. We

    have a BUY recommendation on the stock with a target price of | 830

    687 830 Buy 21

    Potential

    Upside (%)

    Company Quarterly Performance & OutlookQ4FY19

    Result

    RatingTarget

    Price (|)

    Source: ICICI Direct Research

    The above companies posted a strong set of earnings in Q4FY19, which we

    believe are more fundamental and sustainable in nature.

  • ICICI Securities | Retail Research 5

    ICICI Direct Research Earnings Wrap Q4FY19

    Sector specific takeaways from quarter

    Auto & auto ancillary

    Q4FY19 was a muted quarter for the Indian auto industry. Volumes in

    Q4FY19 were marred by continued overall weakness in retail demand

    offtake as OEMs struggled with persistently high channel inventory levels

    amid a strong base quarter (Q4FY18). Subdued sentiments and a general

    slowdown in discretionary spending hurt the PV & 2-W segments while

    the CV space continued to suffer from excess capacity caused by revised

    axle load norms and lack of ready liquidity from NBFCs. Trends on the

    margin front were mixed, with the lack of a broad based revival in gross

    margins across companies despite softer average raw material prices

    during the quarter (steel, aluminum, rubber, lead & others)

    Overall auto industry volumes in Q4FY19 were at 70.5 lakh units, down

    6.1% YoY. Domestic volumes were at 59.6 lakh units, down 7.7% YoY,

    while export volumes were at 11.0 lakh units, up 3.2% YoY. Domestic PV

    segment volumes in Q4FY19 dipped 2.0% YoY at 8.4 lakh units, led by

    4.7% YoY decline in PC volumes to 5.3 lakh units. Domestic 2-W

    segment declined 9.1% YoY to 46.5 lakh units, led by 16.0% contraction

    in scooter category. CV segment was flat YoY at 2.8 lakh units

    In the auto OEM space, Maruti reported a subdued operational

    performance among PVs. Revenues were up 1.4% YoY although

    volumes dipped 0.7% YoY. EBITDA margins staged a mild recovery of 70

    bps QoQ to 10.5%. In the 2-W segment, Hero MotoCorp’s numbers

    disappointed on all fronts with revenues down 7.9% YoY tracking a steep

    11.5% YoY decline in volumes while broad-based cost pressures shrunk

    EBITDA margins by ~40 bps QoQ to 13.6%. Bajaj Auto outperformed,

    delivering ~9% revenue increase (total volumes up 14% YoY) with

    margins intact QoQ at 15.7%. PAT was up 20.9% YoY, aided by a one-off

    exceptional gain on duty reversal. CV segment player Ashok Leyland

    reported flattish revenue growth while margin improvement to 11.1%

    was aided by control over other expenses

    Tata Motors reported a healthy operational performance in Q4FY19.

    While subdued demand conditions in key China market continue to

    hinder JLR, a key positive development was a 250 bps YoY expansion in

    subsidiary’s EBITDA margins to 9.8% with consequent FCF generation of

    £1.4 billion. Consolidated net sales were at | 86,422 crore, down 5.3%

    YoY, with consolidated EBITDA margins up 120 bps QoQ to 10.5%

    In the ancillary space, both battery players i.e. Exide and Amara Raja

    witnessed sequential EBITDA margin expansion although gross margin

    trends were not secular. Among the tyre pack, JK Tyre was the standout

    performer, delivering strong volume-led topline growth of 18.5% YoY

    with no deterioration in margin profile. Apollo Tyres and Balkrishna

    Industries, on the other hand, reported single digit revenue growth

    accompanied by a sequential margin decline

    Elsewhere, Mahindra CIE’s consolidated revenues grew 10% YoY.

    However, weakness in European operations dragged consolidated

    margins down from earlier 14%+ trajectory. Forgings player Bharat

    Forge reported healthy 13.8% YoY revenue growth led by exports and

    steady 31% margins. At Motherson Sumi, topline growth was aided by

    the healthy performance at subsidiary SMP although the muted margin

    trajectory at overseas subsidiaries led to a sharp PAT decline. For Bosch,

    feeble automotive segment performance dragged revenues and margins

    were hurt by a spike in all cost elements. Wabco reported a dismal

    performance on both revenue (down 15.5% YoY) and margins (down

    148 bps QoQ to 12.9%) fronts, culminating in 32.5% YoY drop in PAT

    Going forward, with a strong political mandate at the Centre and easing

    of base effect, we expect OEMs to start reporting healthy growth from

    Q2FY19 onwards

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

    Elevated discounting levels could not lift consumer

    sentiment decisively, with Federation of

    Automotive Dealers Associations (FADA)

    estimating dealer inventory levels at an average of

    40-50 days of sales across PV, CV and 2-W

    segments as of March 2019.

    Utility vehicle volumes were flat YoY while the van

    segment grew by 13.7% YoY to 56,267 units.

    M&HCV space witnessed a volume decline of 4.4%

    YoY to 1.1 lakh units while LCV space witnessed

    growth of 4.2% YoY to 1.7 lakh units.

    At Eicher Motors, higher realisations prevented

    entire pass-through of 13.5% YoY volume decline

    into topline while consolidated margins were down

    164 bps QoQ to 27.4%

    Tractor maker Escorts’ revenues were impacted by

    lower realisations tracking adverse product mix

    while margins were down 50 bps QoQ to 11.6%

    Key players volume growth for Q4FY19 (%)

    -11.0

    14.2

    -0.4

    -5.6

    1.3

    -13.6

    6.7

    -1.0

    -5.3

    -1.7

    12.4

    36.0

    0.9

    (2.4)

    HMCL

    BAL

    Maruti

    TML

    ALL

    Eicher - RE

    Escorts

    YoY QoQ

  • ICICI Securities | Retail Research 6

    ICICI Direct Research Earnings Wrap Q4FY19

    Banking sector

    Banking credit growth moderated to 12% towards Q4FY19 post

    momentum of 14-15% in previous quarter. However, lower interest

    reversal and lower fresh slippages supported strong NII growth of 21%

    YoY to | 102887 crore, highest in several quarters. Moderate treasury

    income led to operating earnings growth at ~9.7%YoY to | 68973 crore

    Asset quality is now moving into a positive territory. Fresh slippages

    were lower and led by write-offs, absolute GNPA declined 3%

    sequentially and down 9.4% YoY to | 928470 crore. Provisions by banks

    was high particularly on NCLT large cases of steel and power (| 13,000-

    14,000 crore), a new aviation account and raising ILFS cover

    Overall provisions grew 63%QoQ to | 107584 led by above asset and

    investment write back was also non-existent. Hence, a substantial decline

    of ~30% QoQ was seen in NNPA to | 359629 crore

    Exhibit 8: Financial summary of banking industry (Private + Public)

    (| crore) Q4FY19 Q3FY19 Q2FY19 Q1FY19 Q4FY18 Q3FY18 YoY (%)QoQ (%)

    NII 102887 99136 92132 94144 84835 85714 21.3 3.8

    Growth YoY 21.3 15.7 11.3 27.4 1.3 14.8

    Other income 49070 41299 37019 37110 47391 38218 3.5 18.8

    Growth YoY 3.5 8.1 -29.1 -11.4 0.7 -16.7

    Total operating exp. 76093 71463 64068 64525 69366 61162 9.7 6.5

    Staff cost 36478 35995 32749 32053 34342 30128 6.2 1.3

    Operating profit 75864 68973 65084 66730 62860 62771 20.7 10.0

    Growth YoY 20.7 9.9 -13.8 8.1 -13.0 1.6

    Provision 107584 65837 70471 77236 148276 76618 -27.4 63.4

    PBT -31720 3136 -5437 -10552 -85460 -13888 NM NM

    PAT -21535 -197 -4404 -7130 -55648 -6943 NM NM

    Growth YoY NM NM NM NM NM NM

    GNPA 928470 961129 997247 1002682 1024586 885788 -9.4 -3.4

    Growth YoY -9.4 8.5 18.7 20.9 31.9 20.9

    NNPA 359629 417837 463082 485181 517775 469278 -30.5 -13.9

    Growth YoY -30.5 -11.0 2.3 3.9 20.4 12.4

    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    Exhibit 9: Financial summary of banking industry (Public)

    (| Crore) Q4FY19 Q3FY19 Q2FY19 Q1FY19 Q4FY18 Q3FY18 YoY (%)QoQ (%)

    NII 62,258 59,900 56,079 59,930 51,627 53,652 20.6 3.9

    Growth YoY (%) 20.6 11.6 8.1 36.5 -4.4 13.7

    Other income 31,021 23,018 21,506 20,527 29,068 23,291 6.7 34.8

    Growth YoY (%) 6.7 -1.2 -39.4 -22.1 -10.2 -24.0

    Total operating exp. 49,039 45,965 40,827 42,192 46,813 40,220 4.8 6.7

    Staff cost 27,015 26,979 24,362 23,817 26,407 22,560 2.3 0.1

    Operating profit 44,240 36,952 36,758 38,265 33,882 36,723 30.6 19.7

    Growth YoY (%) 30.6 0.6 -23.7 5.2 -28.5 -2.7

    Provision 89,275 53,190 57,746 63,010 128,699 66,484 -30.6 67.8

    PBT -45,034 -16,238 -20,988 -24,746 -94,817 -29,760 NM NM

    PAT -31,008 -11,687 -14,716 -16,615 -62,681 -18,097 NM NM

    Growth YoY NM NM NM NM NM NM

    GNPA 797,186 829,745 868,812 874,071 896,601 777,266 -11.1 -3.9

    Growth YoY -11.1 6.8 18.4 19.2 30.9 20.3

    NNPA 308,335 366,433 408,279 426,435 454,473 415,705 -32.2 -15.9

    Growth YoY -32.2 -11.9 2.7 2.2 18.6 -99.5

    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    Higher write-offs led to lower taxes, particularly for PSU banks. Hence, in

    spite of higher PBT loss of | 45034 crore, final losses came in at | 31008

    crore, far higher than loss of~| 11687 crore in Q3FY19. Private banks

    continued their outperformance with earnings of | 9473 crore. Yes Bank

    reported a loss while Indusind Bank’s meagre profit impacted private

    sector PAT growth. Overall net loss was | 21535 crore for the industry

    (Q4FY19)

    In provisions, both private and public sector saw

    growth of 44% (led by Indusind and Yes) and 68%

    respectively, improving coverage ratio (PCR). In

    NCLT list 1 &2 bankers are 80-100% provided

    Going ahead, expected resolutions in large NCLT

    accounts & stressed power sector are expected to

    reduce industry GNPA ratio by 150-200 bps from

    9.8% (Q3FY19-~10.3%)

    Seventeen banks reported losses with only one

    private bank, Yes Bank reporting a loss. The highest

    loss of | 6581 crore was reported by Corporation

    Bank

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    Worries about a media group, large conglomerate group and aviation

    account continued to cloud the sector in 2019. Factoring in lower

    slippages and resolution, we expect overall provision moderation to

    increase profits for most banks particularly corporate banks like Axis, SBI

    Exhibit 10: Financial summary of banking industry (Private)

    (| Crore) Q4FY19 Q3FY19 Q2FY19 Q1FY19 Q4FY18 Q3FY18 YoY (%)QoQ (%)

    NII 40,629 39,237 36,053 34,214 33,209 32,062 22.3 3.5

    Growth YoY 22 22 16 14 12 17

    Other income 18,050 18,281 15,513 16,584 18,323 14,927 -1.5 -1.3

    Growth YoY -1.5 22.5 -7.0 6.7 24.8 -2.1

    Total operating exp. 27,055 25,497 23,240 22,333 22,553 20,942 20.0 6.1

    Staff cost 9,464 9,016 8,387 8,236 7,935 7,569 19.3 5.0

    Operating profit 31,624 32,021 28,326 28,465 28,978 26,047 9.1 -1.2

    Growth YoY 9.1 22.9 3.8 12.2 16.7 8.4

    Provision 18,309 12,647 12,726 14,226 19,577 10,135 -6.5 44.8

    PBT 13,315 19,374 15,551 14,193 9,357 15,872 NM NM

    PAT 9,473 11,490 10,312 9,485 7,033 11,154 NM NM

    Growth YoY 34.7 3.0 -1.8 -18.8 -33.4 15.6

    GNPA 131,284 131,384 128,435 128,611 127,985 108,522 2.6 -0.1

    Growth YoY 2.6 21.1 20.9 33.7 39.0 25.6

    NNPA 51,294 51,404 54,803 58,746 63,302 53,573 -19.0 -0.2

    Growth YoY -19.0 -4.0 -0.5 17.9 34.4 -99.8

    Source: Capitaline, ICICI Direct Research

    Capital Goods

    Overall, our capital goods coverage companies delivered a steady

    performance with revenues, EBITDA and PAT growing 11.3%, 6.7% and

    11.9%, respectively. The healthy topline performance was on account of

    improved execution (Kalpataru, KEC, Thermax). Operating profits

    remained steady with a change in execution mix and higher input costs

    during the quarter

    On the order inflow front, Bhel reported good order inflows of | 6630

    crore for the quarter and | 23860 crore for FY19, mainly led by power

    segment. Bharat Electronics also reported strong inflows ~| 6929 crore

    in Q4FY19, taking the order backlog to an all-time high of | 51,798 crore

    T&D companies like Kalpataru Power, KEC International received orders

    worth | 2206 crore, | 4659 crore, respectively, mainly from T&D, railways

    and infra segment. Thermax’ consolidated order inflow came in at | 1157

    crore owing to muted capex in several sectors

    T&D companies (KEC, Kalpataru) reported a reasonable performance

    with revenue, EBITDA growth of 13.2%, 14.9%, respectively, owing to an

    uptake in execution across railways, civil and infra businesses. Thermax

    reported robust standalone revenue, EBITDA growth of 44.2%, 17.2%

    respectively, with some pressure on margins

    Product companies like SKF and NRB reported weak numbers due to a

    slowdown in the auto OEM segment. The topline grew muted at 2.4%

    YoY whereas operating profit declined 7.5%. However, Timken turned

    out to be an exception due its high exposure to railways, process

    industries and synergies of merger (ABC Bearings) kicking in. Thus,

    topline, EBITDA for the company grew 29.7%, 119.8% YoY respectively

    Going forward, we expect accelerated revenue and profitability growth in

    this space on the back of a strong order backlog. Order inflows are

    expected to be slightly sluggish in H1FY20 due to stability of the new

    government. We expect inflows to pick up from H2FY20

    Engineering companies like Bharat Electronics, EIL

    and Cochin Shipyard reported a healthy

    performance with topline and EBITDA growing 12%

    YoY and 16.9% YoY, respectively, on the back of

    higher execution coupled with a change in

    execution mix for the quarter

    Other product companies like Elgi and AIA reported

    robust performance (consolidated revenue and

    EBITDA growth of 17.3% and 16.2%, respectively)

    led by strong demand in both domestic and

    international markets and pick-up across user

    industries – auto, steel, cement, mining, etc

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    Cement: Healthy volumes, improved realisations drive PAT

    Cement companies under our coverage reported healthy volume growth

    of 9.9% YoY (though slower than growth in Q3FY19, which was at

    10.8%), led by strong demand from the institutional side, steady rural

    demand and improvement in sand availability. In terms of regional

    performance, the south region witnessed an average price hike of 4.5%

    (QoQ) while realisations of other regions improved 1-2% (QoQ)

    Cement realisations for coverage companies grew 2.9% YoY to | 4,811/t,

    despite strong realisations growth of mid-single-digit in the southern

    region, dragged lower by weak realisations in the north and eastern

    regions. The pricing environment in the southern region remained

    strong, with realisations rising anywhere between 7% and 12% QoQ

    Total volumes reported by coverage companies were at 57.8 MT, 9.9%

    growth YoY with strong volume growth being delivered by Sagar

    Cement (22.5%), Ramco Cement (20.4%) and JK Lakshmi (32%). Volume

    growth of UltraTech also remained healthy at 10.8% led by capacity

    expansions whereas ACC and Ambuja’s volume growth remained in low

    single digit due to capacity constraints

    On the profitability front, EBITDA margins improved 150 bpsYoY and 341

    bps QoQ bps on an overall basis. Although on a QoQ basis margins of all

    the major companies expanded led by healthy pricing and controlled

    cost environment, Companies like Ambuja and Star reported a drop in

    margins on a YoY basis. Margins of Ambuja Cement were down 190 bps

    YoY mainly on account of higher inventory cost and other costs, margin

    of Star Cement were impacted by cessation of transport subsidy

    Based on interaction with the management, general elections and the

    upcoming monsoon would cause a short term blip in demand, which

    may also hinder cement consumption. However, these effects are

    expected to wane off within five to six months from the end of elections

    Exhibit 11: Cement volumes and capacitiy utilisation trend

    44.9 44.140.6

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    Cement Volumes (In MT) - LHS Capacity Utilisation (%) - RHS

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

    Exhibit 12: Realisation & margin trend

    4,531

    4,728

    4,722

    4,667

    4,675

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    Realisation/tonne (|/tonne) - LHS EBITDA/tonne (|/tonne)- LHS

    Margin (%) - RHS

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

    Total revenue of our coverage universe increased

    13.1% YoY, 14.3% QoQ to | 27,829 crore. In terms

    of margins, lower freight cost coupled with stable

    power costs helped expand margins by 150 bps

    YoY, 341bps QoQ to 18.85% during the quarter

    Sagar Cement reported realisation growth of 12%

    QoQ in AP and Telangana region. Other south based

    companies like India Cement and Ramco Cement

    also reported 5.7% and 5.5% QoQ growth,

    respectively

    Midcap cement player Heidelberg reported volume

    de-growth of -4.6% led by plant shutdown amid

    capacity constraint challenges

    On an EBITDA/t basis level, coverage companies

    reported 11.8% YoY increase in EBITDA/t to | 907/t

    with Mangalam Cement reporting lowest EBITDA/t

    of | 257/t and Star Cement reporting the highest at

    | 1,551/t (down 15.5% YoY due to expiry of

    transport subsidy). On an absolute level, EBITDA

    was 22.8% higher YoY at | 5,246 crore for Q4FY19.

    Ambuja Cement and Star Cements reported 8.6%

    and 11.5% de-growth in EBITDA, respectively

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    Consumer Durables

    I-direct CD universe recorded sales growth of 9% YoY below our

    estimates of ~14%, as demand was impacted by NBFC crisis,

    unfavourable weather and relatively higher base of same period last year

    In the paint section, while decorative paint demand continuously

    remained high at double digit (though the mix was largely skewed

    towards economic product categories) industrial paint demand was

    impacted by sluggishness in the automotive industry

    In fast moving electrical goods (FMEG) segment, performance of Havells,

    Symphony, Voltas were below our estimate largely impacted by NBFC

    crisis, unfavourable weather condition for cooling product category

    In the piping segment, PVC pipes majors such as Supreme Industries

    faced inventory losses owing to a sharp decline in PVC prices in March.

    However, Astral’s performance was relatively better owing to favourable

    product mix (CPVC prices relatively stable as compared to PVC). Further,

    the performance of packaging product majors like Essel Propack and

    Time Technoplast was slightly better than estimates owing to better-

    than-expected demand and low base

    Our CD universe EBITDA margin declined 260 bps YoY to 13%, driven by

    inventory losses, change in product mix and negative operting leverage

    FMCG

    After five consecutive quarters of robust volume led growth, our FMCG

    coverage companies witnessed a moderation in volume growth during

    Q4FY19. Most of our FMCG coverage companies posted volume growth

    in the range of 5-8% on account of a slowdown in rural incomes (low

    wage rates and food prices) in addition to high base effect. However, our

    coverage universe companies took measured price hikes of 2-4% in

    recent months to mitigate rising input cost inflation in addition to new

    product launches/re-launches across segments. This resulted in 10.3%

    topline growth in Q4FY19

    In our coverage universe, HUL, Nestlé, Marico, GSK Consumer and

    Dabur witnessed 9.3%, 8.9%, 9%, 8.7% and 4.7% volume led sales

    growth, respectively

    Led by higher EBITDA, net profit for our coverage universe companies

    has seen healthy growth of 17.5%. Adjusting for one-offs in Marico, net

    profit growth for our FMCG universe is 14.3%. FMCG behemoth HUL &

    ITC have seen a net profit growth of 13.8% & 18.7%, respectively

    Majority of the companies reported strong growth in EBITDA led by cost

    optimisation measures, supply chain benefits and premiumisation.

    However, higher commodity costs impacted margins as our coverage

    companies took fewer price hikes and chose volume growth over margin

    expansion. This led to flat gross margins, operating margins, respectively

    We believe the slowdown in rural incomes is temporary and should

    rebound in coming quarters on the back of government initiatives such

    as assured income support under PM Kisan scheme, higher MSP for

    crops such as wheat, barley, safflower followed by normal monsoon this

    year, which should add further impetus to the rural economy

    Besides this, rising premiumisation trend, higher disposable income and

    secular trends of young population should provide an uptick in urban

    sales as well. Modern trade, the key channel for companies to sell

    innovative & premium products, continues to outpace traditional

    channels

    Under our coverage, Supreme Industries recorded a

    sharp decline in EBIDTA margin (by 600 bps YoY)

    mainly due to inventory losses. In addition to this,

    cooling product companies such as Symphony and

    Voltas also recorded a sharp margin contraction

    (536 bps and 217 bps YoY, respectively) owing to

    higher fixed cost. However, V-Guard’s EBITDA

    margins expanded 481 bps YoY on the back of a

    high base (owing to one-time promotional expenses

    into base period)

    Rural sales, which had been growing stronger than

    urban sales, increased on par with urban sales

    growth during the quarter. As a result, wholesalers

    who work with larger inventory have been affected

    by tightening liquidity, which may take a hit for a

    couple of months to be cleared from shelves

    4.9

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    Quarterly sales growth (%)

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

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    Hotels: Stable operating performance with some minor hiccups

    Average occupancy and average room revenues (ARR) continued their

    upward trend with occupancy & ARR growth of 150 bps YoY (79%) and

    2.4% YoY (| 9,124), respectively, leading to healthy RevPAR growth of

    4.5% during the quarter. In busines destinations, occupancy improved

    by 120 bps YoY whereas occupancy levels of leisure destinations

    remained healthy during Q4 with over 80% occupancy. This resulted in

    average ~2.4% increase in ARRs during the quarter

    From our coverage perspective, Taj GVK and Indian Hotels (domestic

    segment) reported healthy financials led by improved RevPAR on a YoY

    basis. However, on a QoQ basis, the performance remained broadly flat

    due to high base led by higher MICE activities during Q3. In our coverage

    universe, TajGVK reported upbeat Q4FY19 numbers led by a strong

    operating performance while performance of EIH got impacted due to

    one major one-offs

    TajGVK reported upbeat Q4FY19 numbers led by a strong operating

    performance. The reported numbers were a beat on all parameters. The

    topline witnessed growth of 9.6% YoY to | 93.5 crore (broadly in-line

    with I-direct estimates of | 91.7 crore). Profitability improved during the

    quarter with EBITDA margins improving 540 bps to 28.5% (above I-direct

    estimate of 24.3%) driven by enhanced efficiency. Net profit soared

    35.6% YoY to | 12.9 crore for Q4FY19. This was supported by a better

    operational performance and improved profitability of the JV of Taj

    Santacruz that exhibited a turnaround, ending FY19 on a profitable note

    EIH’s performance witnessed a speed-breaker during Q4FY19. Revenues

    remained flat YoY at | 430.9 crore while they corrected 2.9% sequentially

    due to hit in its F&B segment. The quarter also saw | 84.75 crore being

    written-off, being receivables of flight catering business. This led to a

    sharp reduction in PAT that declined 79.3% YoY to | 11.6 crore

    Exhibit 13: Occupency trend

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    Source: Crisil, ICICI Direct Research

    Exhibit 14: ARR trend

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    Source: Crisil, ICICI Direct Research

    For Indian Hotels, the quarter witnessed healthy

    domestic RevPAR growth along with a turnaround

    in the international segment. RevPAR of domestic

    hotels grew 6% YoY while the same for

    international network grew 9.3% YoY. Consolidated

    EBITDA margins expanded 145 bps YoY to 22.8%

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    Informational Technology

    Tier-I IT companies saw healthy revenue growth led by TCS, Infosys and

    HCL Tech while Wipro lagged on account of pressure in traditional

    revenues. Digital continues to be the growth driver along with another

    quarter of strong deal wins. Revenues from digital segment witnessed

    growth of 30-40% on a YoY basis while deal signings also witnessed an

    improved trajectory in FY19 over FY18 indicating better revenue

    visibility. TCS TCV was healthy at $21.9 billion, Infosys deal TCV grew 2x

    YoY in FY19 and HCL Tech signed 78 deals vs. 63 in FY18

    On the revenue front, Tier-I IT companies reported an average sequential

    growth of 2.3% in constant currency terms. HCL Tech’s revenue grew

    3.3% QoQ (in constant currency) driven by infrastructure services (up

    7.3% sequentially). Growth was followed by TCS (2.4%) and Infosys

    (2.4%) while Wipro lagged (1% QoQ)

    From an operating margin perspective, margins slipped for all Tier-I IT

    companies due to higher sales cost, rupee appreciation and salary

    increments in some cases. The outlook on the same front has been

    lowered by most companies. Among mid-tier, Persistent reported a

    sharp drag of 450 bps QoQ on account of IP weakness and one-offs.

    Tech M and NIIT Tech also reported a margin decline

    On account of a healthy deal pipeline and accelerating digital trajectory,

    Infosys has guided for 7.5-9.5% revenue growth in constant currency for

    FY20E while HCL Tech has guided for 14-16% (7-9% organic) for the

    same period. Though, deal wins enhance the revenue visibility, it is

    mixed with limited scope of margin expansion due to continuous

    investments for growth and increasing employee cost in the wake of

    elevated attrition levels, acquiring new skill set & increasing localisation

    Infrastructure, building material and real estate

    Building materials

    Our building materials (BM) coverage universe posted a strong

    operational performance in Q4FY19. Stability in crude prices and

    improvement in product mix was an advantage on financials front. Also,

    managements of companies have commented on increasing compliance

    towards interstate e-way bills showing some benefits. The anticipated

    shift from unorganised to organised players has not met our

    expectations till now. On financials front, our building materials universe

    revenues remained flattish YoY at | 3,049.1 crore on account of 18.6%

    YoY de-growth in Shankara Building Product’s revenues to | 619.7 crore

    in Q4FY19. EBITDA margins contracted 170 bps to 10.7% on account of

    sharp 449 bps YoY decline in Shankara’s EBITDA margins to 2.7% in

    Q4FY19. Overall, PAT de-grew 17.3% YoY to | 152.9 crore in Q4FY19

    Despite overall ceramic tiles industry growth remaining flattish, our tile

    universe reported a strong operational performance in Q4FY19. Our

    universe reported sales volume growth by 14.5% QoQ to 37.9 MSM on

    account of gain in market share from unorganised players especially as

    the Morbi cluster has come under corrective mode following NGT ban on

    coal-based plants. Results were strong even on financial front. Revenues

    grew at a better rate of 12.4% QoQ to | 1,330.1 crore as realisations

    improved following price hikes across companies’ product portfolios.

    With price hikes in place, stability in gas prices sequentially and

    improving product mix, EBITDA margins expanded 137 bps QoQ to

    14.5%. Consequently, PAT grew strongly by 36.2% QoQ to | 90.1 crore

    Our plywood universe reported a mixed operational performance in

    Q4FY19. Plywood division sales volumes growth was strong for

    Greenply (23.9% YoY to 17.2 MSM), while Century Ply’s plywood sales

    volumes declined 6.5% YoY to 62,349 CBM. However, sales performance

    in the MDF division was strong for both the companies with Greenply

    In vertical commentary, banking and financial

    services momentum is expected to moderate

    mainly led by some client specific issues and

    softness in capital markets segment

    Among midcaps, Persistent reported a decline in

    revenues (down 2.1% QoQ) on the back of a dip in

    IP led revenues while Tech Mahindra and NIIT Tech

    also reported a below expected performance

    Dollar revenue growth trend

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    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

    Tiles universe sales volume trend

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

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    reporting 61.5% YoY growth to 65,341 CBM, while Century Ply reported

    29.9% YoY growth to 35,395 CBM. Topline of our plywood universe

    grew 12.0% YoY to | 1,099.4 crore led by strong volume growth. With

    the MDF market still facing a supply glut, realisations from this segment

    have still been lower, causing EBITDA margins to contract 365 bps YoY

    to 10.6%. Consequently, PAT de-grew by 10.5% YoY to | 61.2 crore

    Construction & Infrastructure

    Order inflows were upbeat for construction companies across verticals,

    resulting in orderbooks of our construction universe companies

    remaining strong. On the financial front, our universe reported a good set

    of numbers wherein topline grew 17.5% YoY to | 7,314.2 crore in

    Q4FY19. This was led by NCC, whose topline grew by 41.5% YoY to

    | 3,388.9 crore, NBCC’s topline grew 8.9% YoY to | 2,377.6 crore due to

    lower revenues growth from the PMC division in Q4FY19. However,

    there was a 56 bps YoY contraction in universe EBITDA margins to

    10.9%. Nonetheless, the bottomline of our construction universe grew at

    a robust 37.6% YoY to | 376.5 crore led by strong topline growth. Going

    ahead, with strong order orderbook position, execution of our

    construction universe is expected to remain strong

    There was a significant slowdown in awarding activity in H2FY19 due to

    government working to overcome land acquisition hurdles & ensuring

    land availability for already awarded projects. With the same party

    retaining power at the Centre, managements of several companies in the

    roads sector have indicated that project awarding should pick up from

    June, 2019. The government’s plan to spend | 100 lakh crore in the next

    five years towards infrastructure is expected to be a major boost. Nitin

    Gadkari, in his recent media interaction, indicated at plans to spend | 15

    lakh crore for construction of highways. NHAI has launched 86 national

    highway projects (39 EPC, 47 HAM projects to be awarded in FY20E).

    Going ahead, we expect awarding activity to pick up, which should lead

    the order book of our coverage companies to remain strong

    Real Estate

    Though there are early signs of a recovery in residential market, the

    sector is currently unable to tap its full potential due to the NBFC crisis.

    Nonetheless, while managements of several real estate companies have

    signalled towards consolidation in the sector, developers having healthy

    execution record and comfortable financial position are poised to reap

    the highest benefits

    Our real estate coverage universe reported a strong operational

    performance with pre-sales volume growth of 56.9% YoY to 31.6 lakh sq

    ft (lsf) mainly led by Sunteck Realty and Brigade Enterprises that reported

    volume growth of 2.4x & 1.3x YoY, respectively, to 2.8 lsf and 9.6 lsf.

    Strong sales for Sunteck was on account of activation scheme launched

    at Goregaon projects, while Brigade’s sales performance was led by new

    launches in Q4FY19

    As per an Anarock report, annual sales volumes in top seven cities

    showed an increase in CY18 for the first time since CY15, rising 17.6%

    YoY to 2,48,345 units during the year. This recovery further sustained in

    Q1CY19, with sales volumes in the top seven cities rising 57.7% YoY

    (12.4% QoQ) to 78,520 units during the quarter. With developers gaining

    confidence from this trend, new launches have also been on the rise with

    new 90.7% YoY jump in launches to 70,490 units in Q1CY19. Also, there

    was a marked improvement in affordability index in top eight real estate

    regions in India. Apart from this, reduction in GST rates by 7% to 5% for

    all housing segments (special rate of 1% for affordable housing) will act

    as a strong catalyst in further improving home buyer sentiment, which

    could strongly revive the overall sector, going ahead

    Order awarding for our road universe players

    remained weak as there was no awarding from

    NHAI & MoRTH in Q4FY19 on account of code of

    conduct implemented for general election.

    However, execution remained strong, with topline

    of our road universe growing strongly by 35.6% YoY

    to | 5,353.1 crore. Furthermore, EBITDA margins

    contracted 170 bps YoY to 22.8%. Overall, PAT of

    our road universe grew 2.9% to | 481.9 crore.

    Lower PAT growth was on account of optical PAT

    de-growth observed in PNC Infratech due to one-off

    of | 65.8 crore tax rebate in Q4FY18

    On the financial front, revenues of our real estate

    universe grew 66.4% YoY to | 3,883.6 crore while

    EBITDA margins declined 473 bps YoY to 29.3%.

    Overall, the bottomline of universe grew 57.8% YoY

    to | 626.6 crore

    Sales volume (in lakh square feet)

    10.2

    0.0

    10.3

    9.1

    11.3

    1.3

    2.9

    2.4

    1.5

    1.5

    3.6

    3.0

    4.0

    3.5

    6.5

    0.8

    0.9

    7.2

    3.3

    2.8

    4.3

    4.3

    8.0

    7.8

    9.6

    0.0

    3.0

    6.0

    9.0

    12.0

    Q4FY18 Q1FY19 Q2FY19 Q3FY19 Q4FY19

    Sobha Oberoi Realty

    Mahindra Lifespace Sunteck Realty

    Brigade Enterprises

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

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    Logistics: Economic slowdown subdues volume growth in Q4

    We saw a slowdown in volume growth across Express, 3PL and CTOs,

    on the back of subdued Q4 GDP numbers (5.8%, slowest in previous five

    years), indicating a general slowdown in the wider economy and weak

    exports. However, due to GST related operational efficiencies flowing in

    for the organised sector, surface players such as Transport Corporation

    of India (TCI), TCI Express and Gati showed strong margin expansion (up

    100-230 bps range YoY), in spite of lower operating leverage and

    unfavourable product mix in the case of TCI. BlueDart continued to

    report a contraction in margins due to ongoing costs related to strategic

    asset expansion (greater reach)

    Gujarat Pipavav Port container segment reported 7% volume growth,

    due to 9% growth in the Exim cargo (coastal and transhipment largely

    remained flat). However, EBITDA margins declined 95 bps due to higher

    fertiliser handling

    Concor showed a blip in volume growth (2.5% vs. recent 11-15% levels),

    mainly due to weakness in exports and impact of price hike taken in H1.

    However, the management has corrected its course of action and

    communicated to its clients that it will take no price hikes in FY20. Hence,

    it expects to garner a higher market share in FY20

    Overall I-direct logistics universe revenues grew 10% YoY to | 4126

    crore, mainly led by higher Exim and domestic realisation growth in

    Concor (42% of the logistics universe). Subsequently, the logistics

    universe showed strong overall adjusted profitability growth (including

    SEIS income for Concor), EBITDA, PAT for the universe grew 8%, 16% to

    | 648 crore, | 490 crore, respectively

    Media

    Media sector for Q4FY19 witnessed a mixed bag performance across

    segments. TV broadcaster’s revenue for the quarter were impacted by

    hiccups related to New Tariff Order implementation (NTO) wherein

    advertisement revenues were impacted by inventory cut by advertisers

    while subscription revenues were impacted by a drop in reach. Multiplex

    players reported best ever quarter, aided by strong box office collection,

    which stimulated advertisement as well as F&B revenues. Revenues for

    print players were aided by DAVP advertisement rate increase while

    margin improvement took place on partial moderation of newsprint

    prices. Radio players reported a mixed performance during the quarter

    wherein radio revenue growth for ENIL was flat vs. high single digit

    revenue growth reported by peers

    Broadcasters: Zee Entertainment's domestic ad revenue grew 17.7% YoY

    (vs. our expectation of 12% YoY growth) aided largely by Zee5.

    Domestic ad growth witnessed some moderation from its earlier growth

    numbers on account of issues related to New Tariff Order (NTO)

    implementation. Overall ad revenue growth was 16% YoY (vs. our

    expectation of 10%). On the subscription front, domestic subscription

    growth was subdued at 3.4% YoY (largely in line) as NTO led disruption

    led to a drop in overall reach & viewership. Sun TV’s advertisement

    revenues were up mere 0.3% YoY owing to volume cut down by

    advertisers ahead of NTO implementation uncertainty. Subscription

    revenue growth was also muted at 3.5% YoY. Other revenues for Sun TV

    were higher, aided by movies revenues of | 115 crore and partial IPL

    revenues of | 58 crore. TV Today reported a weak set of numbers as the

    dual impact of new tariff order (NTO) and pre-emptive volume cut to

    improve ad volume led to a steep decline in TV broadcasting revenues of

    11% YoY

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    Multiplex players: For Inox, net box office collections for the quarter

    were up 49.9% YoY at | 284.0 crore, with 42.5% YoY growth in footfalls.

    F&B revenues grew 58.3% YoY to | 123 crore while ad revenues grew

    29.5% YoY to | 43 crore, better than our expectations of 25% YoY

    growth. PVR’s Q4FY19 performance was strong on account of healthy

    box office collections as well as strong growth from F&B as well as

    advertisement revenues. Net box office collections came in at | 451.3

    crore, with footfalls at 27.5 mn. F&B revenues came in at | 231.9 crore.

    Ad revenues grew 22.4% YoY to | 88.1 crore. EBITDA came in at | 160.8

    crore, better than expectations on account of superior advertisement as

    well as F&B growth

    Print players: DB Corp’s overall revenues were up 5% YoY, driven by

    print ad growth of 8.2% YoY and radio revenue growth of 7.7%. Print ad

    revenue growth for the quarter was driven by government segment (that

    grew 26% YoY, mainly a function of ~25% DAVP ad rate hike). Among

    the non-government segment, education and real estate (up 10% YoY)

    saw decent growth while auto remained weak. Circulation revenues

    came in at | 127.3 crore (up 1.7% YoY) with growth being largely volume

    led. Digital revenues, on the other hand, declined 24.1% YoY to | 9.9

    crore, with the company focusing on building direct traffic to site and

    doing away with low paying inventory

    Radio players: ENIL reported 10.3% YoY revenue growth to | 175.8 crore

    in Q4FY19. Overall revenue growth for the quarter, was largely aided by

    non-radio business (grew 26% YoY to | 75.8 crore) while radio revenues

    were flat at | 100 crore vs. high single digit growth recorded by peers

    during the quarter. EBITDA growth of 21.8% YoY for the quarter was

    aided by ~15.8% YoY decline in employee expenses (reversal of

    provisions pertaining to variable pay, on non-achievement of certain

    internal targets)

    Metals & Mining

    In the metals and mining space for Q4FY19, ferrous space reported

    mixed performance wherein steel companies reported healthy volume

    growth. However, realisation was impacted on account of subdued trend

    in global steel prices. Non-ferrous companies continued to report a

    subdued performance on the back of the decline in base metal prices, in

    general. The topline of the coverage universe reported increase of 14.1%

    YoY and 2.2% QoQ. The aggregate sector EBITDA registered growth of

    20.2% YoY and 3.4% QoQ while corresponding EBITDA margins were at

    24.0%, down 80 bps QoQ

    Tata Steel reported a steady performance for Q4FY19. This was driven

    by better-than-expected consolidated sales volumes. Standalone

    operations reported sales volume of 3.58 million tonne (MT). Domestic

    operations reported adjusted EBITDA/tonne of | 13619/tonne while

    European operations reported adjusted EBITDA/tonne of US$67/tonne

    JSW Steel’s sales volume also surprised positively during Q4FY19.

    Consolidated sales volume was at 4.31 MT. Standalone EBITDA/tonne

    was at | 10119/tonne (| 12060/tonne -Q3FY19 & | 11950/tonne -Q4FY18)

    Coal India reported healthy Q4FY19 numbers. The better-than-expected

    performance was primarily on the back of higher-than-expected fuel

    supply agreement (FSA) realisations. FSA realisation during the quarter

    was at | 1460/tonne (vs. | 1403/tonne during Q4FY18). Reported EBITDA

    per tonne was at | 502.5/tonne (up 14.1% QoQ), higher than our estimate

    of | 399/tonne. The ensuing PAT came in at | 6024 crore (up 32% QoQ),

    higher than our estimate of | 4417.2 crore

    Footfalls – PVR & Inox

    19.0

    22.723.4

    25.7

    27.5

    12.6

    15.6

    13.7

    15.3

    18.0

    10

    15

    20

    25

    30

    Q4FY18

    Q1FY19

    Q2FY19

    Q3FY19

    Q4FY19

    (m

    illion)

    PVR Inox

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

    Developments around the trade tussle between the

    US and China continued to weigh on the global

    trade flow, impacting global metal prices. During

    Q4FY19, while non-ferrous prices are lower YoY,

    they were higher QoQ (except aluminium). During

    the quarter, the average price of zinc was

    US$2707/tonne, down 21% YoY but up 3% QoQ.

    Average price of copper was at US$6221/tonne,

    down 11% YoY but up 1% QoQ. Average aluminium

    prices were at US$1862/tonne, down 14% YoY and

    5% QoQ while average lead prices were at

    US$2034/tonne, down 19% YoY but up 3% QoQ

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    ICICI Direct Research Earnings Wrap Q4FY19

    Oil & Gas

    The quarter witnessed a mixed set of numbers from the oil & gas sector

    with OMCs and gas utilities reporting good numbers while oil upstream

    profitability declined. Domestic gas production continued to grow

    steadily, however, oil production witnessed a YoY decline. The upstream

    oil companies’ net realisations declined marginally following oil prices as

    there was no subsidy burden on them. The profitability also declined

    YoY on account of higher provisions, impairments and write-offs

    OMCs reported a good quarter in terms of profits due to better marketing

    margins and inventory gains. However, operational refining performance

    continued to remain weak. Going forward, OMCs’ stability in marketing

    margins and GRMs trend will be key to stock prices

    Exhibit 15: Sharing of gross under-recoveries (| crore)

    Q4FY18 Q3FY19 Q4FY19

    Upstream 0 0 0

    Downstream 0 0 0

    Government 8248 13593 6567

    Total 8248 13593 6567

    Q4FY18 Q3FY19 Q4FY19

    Upstream 0.0 0.0 0.0

    Downstream 0.0 0.0 0.0

    Government 100.0 100.0 100.0

    Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

    Sharing of gross under-recoveries (| crore)

    Sharing of gross under-recoveries (%)

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

    Pharmaceuticals

    Excluding one-off inventory adjustment in Sun Pharma’s domestic’s

    business, Q4 results were better than I-direct estimates on all front led by

    robust growth in the US and efficient cost control measures. Adjusted

    revenues of I-direct pharma universe grew 14.9% YoY to | 46,359 crore.

    Overall US pie reported one of the best results in the recent past due to

    1) volume gains 2) mitigating base business price erosion 3) new

    launches and 4) certain one-time sales besides currency tailwinds. Indian

    formulations has also reported decent growth despite soft season in

    acute segment mainly led by price hikes

    Most of the other geographies (excluding Brazil) reported decent growth

    on the back of volume gains, new launches and favourable currency

    movement. API segment across the universe has also reported strong

    growth

    US sales (select pack) grew 24.4% YoY to | 12,921 crore mainly due to

    higher-than-expected one-time revenues in Sun Pharma, Lupin and Cipla.

    Base business growth was driven by strong volume growth and new

    launches. Adjusted domestic formulations grew 8.6% to | 8655 crore,

    almost in line with I-direct estimates. API business grew 16.6% to | 4046

    crore due to both volumes growth and improvement in realisation

    Out of 19 companies under coverage, 12 reported double digit growth.

    Company specific YoY growth, Biocon – 30.7% (US biosimilar launch),

    Aurobindo – 30.7% (robust US revenues), Syngene – 30.5% (strong

    growth across segments), Narayana – 18.3% (ramp up in new hospitals)

    and Apollo Hospitals – 16.3% (aggressive new pharmacy addition). On

    the flip side, Ajanta and Natco reported negative growth mainly due to

    high base in the US and India

    Adjusted EBITDA margins improved 84 bps to 21.2% YoY mainly due to

    effective cost control measures and operational leverage. Adjusted

    EBITDA for the universe grew 19.7% YoY to | 9849 crore. Adjusted net

    profit grew 12.9% YoY to | 5616 crore. Delta vis-à-vis EBITDA was

    mainly due to higher tax rate (22.2% vs. 17.3% in Q4FY18)

    Key parameters in Q4FY19

    Q4FY18 Q1FY19 Q2FY19 Q3FY19 Q4FY19

    Singapore

    GRMs ($/bbl)

    7.0 6.0 6.1 4.3 3.2

    Crude oil ($/bbl) 67.0 74.5 75.3 67.7 63.1

    APM gas (NCV)

    ($/mmbtu)

    3.2 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.7

    The gas utility sector continued its growth

    momentum reporting steady volumes. On account

    of earlier price hikes undertaken by the companies,

    there was improvement in margins across gas

    utilities. The profits showed solid growth YoY. The

    economic competitiveness of CNG and PNG fuels

    over higher petrol and diesel prices favoured the

    city gas distribution (CGD) companies

    Source: Bloomberg, Reuters, ICICI Direct Research

    (| cr) Q4FY19 Q4FY18 % Q3FY19 %

    Ajanta 144 141 1.9 160 -10.2

    Alembic 309 274 13.0 355 -12.9

    Biocon 133 149 -10.7 212 -37.3

    Cadila 902 884 2.1 846 6.7

    Glenmark 668 609 9.7 668 0.0

    Ipca 356 323 10.2 422 -15.6

    Lupin 1,053 965 9.1 1,190 -11.6

    Cipla 1,500 1,353 10.9 1,585 -5.4

    Dr Reddy's 651 614 6.0 674 -3.5

    Sun Pharma1,101 1,963 -43.9 2,235 -50.7

    Torrent 754 693 8.8 835 -9.7

    Total 7,570 7,966 -5.0 9,181 -17.6

    India

    (| cr) Q4FY19 Q4FY18 % Q3FY19 %

    Aurobindo 2,481 1,739 42.7 2,433 2.0

    Cadila 1,795 1,642 9.3 1,934 -7.2

    Cipla 1,143 676 69.0 849 34.6

    Glenmark 770 700 10.0 856 -10.1

    Lupin 1,741 1,499 16.1 1,417 22.8

    Dr Reddy's 1,496 1,449 3.2 1,483 0.8

    Sun Pharma3,123 2,372 31.7 2,606 19.9

    Torrent 372 307 21.2 490 -24.1

    Total 12,921 10,383 24.4 12,068 7.1

    US

    Sales from India & US (| crore)

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

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    Retail

    After reporting a staggering performance in Q3FY19 (27% YoY growth),

    revenue trajectory for the retail sector moderated in Q4FY19. Weak

    consumer sentiments and preponing of EOSS from Q4FY19 to Q3FY19

    impacted growth negatively. Our retail coverage universe reported

    revenue growth of ~15% YoY, with Titan and Trent being the only

    companies to report double digit topline growth. On the profitability

    front, EBITDA margins for our retail coverage universe declined 30 bps

    YoY to ~9% on account of higher marketing spends and negative

    operating leverage

    Despite headwinds, Titan’s jewellery division continued to gain market

    share in Q4FY19 with robust revenue growth of 22% YoY (LTL sales

    growth: 14%). Revenue trajectory for Titan’s watches division tapered

    down in Q4FY19, with modest growth of 7.9% YoY

    Bata’s revenue trajectory moderated in Q4FY19 (after reporting double

    digit revenue growth in the past two quarters) with growth of 7.4% YoY

    to | 679.4 crore. The management highlighted that retail sales (85% of

    revenues) continued to witness healthy 11% revenue growth (SSSG:

    ~7%). However, absence of one-off institutional order worth ~| 20 crore

    and subdued performance in e-commerce channel (due to regulatory

    changes) impacted overall revenue growth

    Driven by robust store additions and stable SSSG, Trent reported healthy

    revenue growth of 26.5% YoY to | 669 crore. For FY19, ‘Westside’

    continued to deliver superior performance with healthy revenue growth

    of 18% YoY (SSSG: 9%). Trent added ~27 Westside stores on gross

    basis

    For ABFRL, Pantaloons division reported its weakest quarterly

    performance with revenue de-growth of 1.2% YoY to | 633.0 crore.

    According to the management, the sales growth was impacted on

    account of advancement of EOSS and disruption in winter wear supply

    Textiles

    Q4FY19 witnessed a weak operational performance with a decline in

    EBITDA margin for all companies in our apparel universe. Page

    Industries’ performance in the quarter was the biggest let down with flat

    topline growth (lowest ever volume growth) and PAT declining ~20%

    Rupa and Company continued to report sluggish revenue growth and

    subdued margins with a revenue de-growth of 2% while EBITDA margins

    declined 217 bps to 14.7%

    Kewal Kiran Clothing reported growth of 11 % YoY owing to 10%

    volume growth. EBITDA margins for the quarter declined 120 bps YoY to

    20.7% on account of higher cash discounts and rebates to the dealers

    Vardhman Textiles’ (VTL) revenues for the quarter grew 16.8% YoY to

    | 1763.4 crore, albeit on low base. Higher cotton prices dented gross

    margins significantly (down 392 bps YoY to 45.1%)

    Average cotton pricesin Q4FY19 rose 8% YoY to | ~120/kg, which

    resulted in increased input cost for the companies. Going forward, cotton

    prices are expected to remain elevated for cotton season 2018-19 on

    account of an anticipated decline in cotton production by 14% to 31.5

    million bales (1 bale= 170 kg) and sustained domestic demand

    LTL sales growth for Shoppers Stop

    (departmental stores)

    (1.1)

    19.8

    (5.5)

    1.4

    (4.1)(1.2)

    3.6

    8.9

    3.7

    (10)

    (5)

    -

    5

    10

    15

    20

    25

    Q4FY17

    Q1FY18

    Q2FY18

    Q3FY18

    Q4FY18

    Q1FY19

    Q2FY19

    Q3FY19

    Q4FY19%

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

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    ICICI Direct Research Earnings Wrap Q4FY19

    Telecom

    Telecom Operators

    Telecom operators undertook deleveraging efforts wherein the new

    operator transferred its fibre and tower assets into two separate

    companies (SPV) in order to monetise its infrastructure assets while

    Bharti and Vodafone announced plans to raise | 25,000 crore each

    through rights issue to pare debt burden during the quarter. This quarter

    also marked the first quarter of India wireless revenue growth for Bharti

    Airtel after ~12 quarters of decline (caused by pricing disruption led by

    new operator). We note that Bharti Airtel reported India wireless revenue

    growth in Q1FY19 but it was fuelled by Telenor acquisition

    Vodafone Idea also reported revenue growth albeit muted at 0.1% QoQ,

    impacted by steep decline of 53 mn subscribers during Q4FY19. The new

    operator, on the other hand, continued its strong net additions trend and

    added 26.6 mn subscribers which led to ~7% QoQ revenue growth,

    despite some moderation in its ARPU to | 126 ( down ~3% QoQ)

    Vodafone reports steep decline; steady for Bharti: The quarter witnessed

    further decline of customer base of Vodafone Idea while its base was at

    334 mn. The new operator, on the other hand, continued to attract

    customers as it added 26.6 mn customers during the quarter, taking its

    wireless base at 306.7 mn subscribers in FY19. We note that if the new

    operator continues to add subscribers in the same pace, it may achieve

    numero uno position in terms of biggest carrier by subscriber base in

    next one or two quarters

    Revenues improved by full impact of minimum ARPU plans: For Bharti,

    India wireless revenue came in at | 10632.2 crore (up 4.3% QoQ) with

    ARPU of | 123, up 4.2% QoQ. On India non wireless front, Digital TV

    revenues grew by 1.7% QoQ, aided by strong sub additions of 391,000

    during the quarter. EBITDA margins improved 40 bps QoQ to 37.4%.

    Airtel business revenues declined 3.5% QoQ at | 3004 crore but margins

    improved 20 bps QoQ to 31.9%. Vodafone Idea’s revenue growth was at

    0.1% QoQ, with ARPU at | 104 (up ~16.9% QoQ), with steep loss of 53

    mn subscribers during the quarter. New operator reported ~7% QoQ

    improvement in revenues to | 11,106 crore

    EBITDA margins improve on operating leverage: Bharti India wireless

    reported an improvement of ~500 bps QoQ, albeit partly aided by lower

    marketing costs (reversal of bad debt provisioning). The Africa business

    continued to expand margins and reported EBITDA margins of 39.2%, up

    210 bps sequentially. Consequently, on a consolidated basis, the

    company reported 220 bps expansion in EBITDA margins at 32.2%. The

    company reported 57% QoQ (~40% on an adjusted basis) to | 1785.3

    crore, while EBITDA margins improved 350 bps QoQ to 15.2%, aided by

    synergy benefits as well as one-off write backs of ~| 200 crore

    Exhibit 16: Arpu trend

    116

    105101

    118123

    105

    9288 89

    104

    85

    95

    105

    115

    125

    135

    145

    155

    Q4FY18

    Q1FY19

    Q2FY19

    Q3FY19

    Q4FY19

    AR

    PU

    (|)

    Airtel Vodafone Idea

    Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

    Revenue growth for Bharti’s India wireless business

    could be attributed by full impact of minimum

    ARPU recharge plans launched in the last quarter

    and it was also aided by 13-20% tariff hike on

    selected plans. Minimum ARPU plans had some

    impact on subscriber additions as the company

    reported 1.5 mn subscriber loss during Q4FY19

    Bharti lost 1.5 mn subscribers during the quarter

    and its base was at 282 mn. In terms of 4G subs

    additions, new operator remained in leadership

    position with 26.6 mn followed by Airtel with 9.8

    mn 4G additions. Vodafone Idea’s 4G additions

    remained subdued at 5.4 mn during the quarter.

    In the tower space, Infratel witnessed a net decline

    of 1,725 tenancies on a QoQ basis. Rental revenues

    for the quarter were boosted by one-time exit

    charge of | 99.7 crore. Sterlite Tech’s Q4FY19

    performance was superior execution of Navy and

    other services orders, which led to a beat at top

    line, However, skewness towards services

    segment (that has ~11% margins vs. ~26%

    margins for products) led to a margin decline of

    ~440 bps YoY to 17.6% Tata Communication’s

    topline beat (| 4243.5 crore vs. our estimate of

    | 4184 crore) was mainly the function of higher

    data segment growth (up 14.2% YoY at | 3343

    crore, aided by growth services (up ~25%YoY in

    rupee terms). Margins at 16.1% (vs. 15.6%

    estimated) were higher due to one-time settlement

    in voice segment

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