20 March 2017
Market snapshot
Equities - India
Close
Chg .%
Sensex
29,649
0.2
Nifty-50
9,160
0.1
Nifty-M 100
16,902
0.0
Equities-Global
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Chg .%
S&P 500
2,378
-0.1
Nasdaq
5,901
0.0
FTSE 100
7,425
0.1
DAX
12,095
0.1
Hang Seng
10,514
-0.1
Nikkei 225
19,522
-0.3
Commodities
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Chg .%
Brent (US$/Bbl)
51
0.0
Gold ($/OZ)
1,229
0.4
Cu (US$/MT)
5,917
0.4
Almn (US$/MT)
1,902
0.8
Currency
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USD/INR
65.5
0.0
USD/EUR
1.1
0.4
USD/JPY
113.3
-0.1
YIELD (%)
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1MChg
10 Yrs G-Sec
6.9
0.0
10 Yrs AAA Corp
8.1
0.0
Flows (USD b)
17-Mar
MTD
FIIs
0.2
2.7
DIIs
-0.1
-1.0
Volumes (INRb)
17-Mar
MTD*
Cash
365
278
F&O
3,023
4,195
Note: YTD is calendar year, *Avg
YTD.%
11.4
11.9
17.8
YTD.%
6.2
9.6
3.9
5.3
11.9
2.1
YTD.%
-7.6
6.0
7.1
11.6
YTD.%
-3.5
2.1
-3.2
YTDchg
0.3
0.5
YTD
4.2
-0.2
YTD*
259
4,363
Today’s top research Idea
Ajanta Pharma (Initiating Coverage): Promising growth trajectory
Key drivers intact for superior growth, despite aberration in short term
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We believe that AJP has enough levers to drive overall growth in sales as well
as profitability, largely led by US and domestic formulation. It has about 14
ANDAs pending for approval. AJP intends to file 12-15 ANDAs FY18 onwards.
v
Management has guided for average of USD2-3m of revenue per ANDA post
approval. Therapy-specific strategy would drive growth in domestic
formulations. We expect revenue growth to bottom out in FY18 and see good
improvement FY19 onwards. We expect EBITDA margin to remain stable as
marginal contraction in EBITDA margin of Africa business would be offset by
addition of higher margin US business.
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We value AJP at a premium compared to peers in mid-cap pharma space, at
25x FY19 earnings to arrive at price target of Rs2,028, implying upside of 15%
from current levels.
Research covered
Cos/Sector
Key Highlights
Ajanta Pharma
Promising growth trajectory
(Initiating Coverage)
EcoKnowledge
Only two states implement 7th Pay Commission in FY18
Logistic
Revival in rail container volumes likely
Piping hot news
FinMin okays capital infusion for 10 public sector banks
v
Coming to the support of weak and non-performing public sector banks (PSBs),
Quote of the day
Successful people save in prosperous
times so they have a financial cushion in
times of recession.
the Finance Ministry has chalked out a turnaround-linked Rs. 8,586-crore
capital infusion plan for 10 PSBs.
Chart of the Day: We expect AJP to continue to outperform industry
Research Team (Gautam.Duggad@MotilalOswal.com)
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