28 February 2018
Market snapshot
Equities - India
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34,346
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10,554
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Nifty-M 100
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10 Yrs G-Sec
7.7
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10 Yrs AAA Corp
8.2
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-0.1
-1.7
DIIs
0.2
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Cash
314
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F&O
5,555
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1.6
1.9
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YTD
0.5
2.6
YTD*
405
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Today’s top research idea
UPL (Initiating Coverage): Reaping growth
Generic pesticides, backward integration to drive profitability
A multitude of products going off-patent would unleash a generics opportunity
of ~USD3b over CY17-20. With strong R&D and integrated manufacturing
facilities, UPL is in a sweet spot to grab the impending opportunity in the
generics market.
The company is also set to benefit from the increasing phenomenon of pest
resistance across crops with its broad array of products, which enables it to
launch new combinations to tackle resistance.
Pest resistance to major agrochemical ‘glyphosate’ (market size of ~USD5b)
could provide UPL with its next key growth driver – its variant, ‘gluphosinate’.
We expect UPL to clock ~12% revenue CAGR and ~14% PAT CAGR over FY18-20
and value the company at 17x FY20E EPS of INR55.6, arriving at a TP of INR945.
Initiate coverage with Buy.
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Chart of the Day: UPL (Initiating Coverage): Reaping growth
EBITDA margin to expand 80bp over FY18-20
PAT to post CAGR of ~14% over FY18-20
Source: Company, MOSL
Source: Company, MOSL
Research Team (Gautam.Duggad@MotilalOswal.com)
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