WEEK IN A NUTSHELL
WIN-dow to the week that was
Week In a Nutshell (WIN)
Week
ended
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11 May
2012
Key WIN-dicators
We have capped a 3rd consecutive negative closing week and have dropped
12% from the calendar high. The week saw the Finance Bill for FY13 being
cleared by the parliament with implementation of GAAR being postponed by a
year to FY14 and some comments suggesting its scope and teeth will be diluted
from the original stand. But the cheer in the market mood on this account was
very short lived.
Another surprise on the clearance of the finance bill was the change from ad-
valorem excise duty to a higher (20%) specific duty on Cigarettes…..ITC needs
only an additional 2-3% through the year to neutralize the impact of excise hike
Cognizant
– rounded off the most eventful quarter for the IT sector with rev
nd
growth guidance being cut from 23% to 20% ( 2 cut in 6 years). Mgmt cited not
just concentration risk of BFSI but also geography concern across NA and Europe.
Pharma discretionary spend slowing down was the other reason
Banking
– While we saw profit beats, the quality of asset performance left the
markets gasping. Across banks of varying sizes from PNB, BOB to Allahabad,
Corporation and Indian impairment of loan book took the spot light. Read inside
detailed updates.
Pharma –
Domestic big boys in pharma reported no’s this week. While there
were no operating disappointments in the reported no’s, muted guidance by
CIPLA for FY13 and tax related disappointments on Lupin were the key negatives.
Also Lupin and Cadilla remain upbeat on the revenue outlook going forward.
While Glenmark no’s were also encouraging, our upgrade in the
recommendation has a lot to do with the positive surprise on the working
capital cycle and the resultant expectation of debt reduction in the stock going
forward. We expect the D/E to come down from 1x to 0.4x over next 2 years.
HDFC:
The reported nos were a positive surprise led by better than expected
margin performance and steady growth nos.
Importantly we have upgraded the
stock to a buy primarily led by expected ROE improvements going forward on
re-pricing of fixed rate loans & softening of interest rates.
Also it will not need to
raise any further capital over the next 2/3 years to fund the growth of its
subsidiaries – this has been a large capital guzzler over the last 5 years.
Some of the highlights of this edition:
GLENMARK:
Strong growth, lower working capital to improve balance sheet,
return ratios
Reliance Inds:
FY12 CY11 Annual Report Analysis
Consumer Results Round Up
Cummins India margins strongly
correlated to pig iron prices
Impact of re-farming as per COAI
Asian Paints: Strong Volume
Growth
WoW - Nifty Change (-3%)
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WIN – Week In a Nutshell
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2012