13 March 2018
Market snapshot
Equities - India
Close
Chg .%
Sensex
33,918
1.8
Nifty-50
10,421
1.9
Nifty-M 100
18,961
1.0
Equities-Global
Close
Chg .%
S&P 500
2,783
-0.1
Nasdaq
7,588
0.4
FTSE 100
7,215
-0.1
DAX
12,418
0.6
Hang Seng
12,697
2.1
Nikkei 225
21,824
1.7
Commodities
Close
Chg .%
Brent (US$/Bbl)
65
-0.8
Gold ($/OZ)
1,317
-0.2
Cu (US$/MT)
6,876
-0.9
Almn (US$/MT)
2,069
-1.5
Currency
Close
Chg .%
USD/INR
65.0
-0.2
USD/EUR
1.2
0.1
USD/JPY
106.6
-0.2
YIELD (%)
Close
1MChg
10 Yrs G-Sec
7.6
-0.04
10 Yrs AAA Corp
8.3
-0.04
Flows (USD b)
12-Mar
MTD
FIIs
0.1
0.4
DIIs
-0.1
-0.1
Volumes (INRb)
12-Mar
MTD*
Cash
312
324
F&O
5,507
8,704
Note: YTD is calendar year, *Avg
YTD.%
-0.4
-1.0
-10.3
YTD.%
4.1
9.9
-6.2
-3.9
8.4
-4.1
YTD.%
-3.1
1.5
-4.6
-8.3
YTD.%
1.9
2.8
-5.4
YTDchg
0.3
0.4
YTD
0.4
2.8
YTD*
393
7,944
Today’s top research idea
Future Consumer (Initiating Coverage) - Company of the “Future”
Future Consumer (FCL) is the best play on the huge window of opportunity for
brands using modern retail methods of distribution.
Improving mix and operating leverage through rapid sales growth are expected
to drive significant margin expansion over the next five years.
We initiate coverage on FCL with a Buy rating. The company is expected to be
PAT positive on consolidated level only in FY19 rendering near term P/E
valuations meaningless. We, thus, value FCL on EV/sales basis, assigning a
multiple of 2.2x (60% discount to EV/sales of coverage consumer universe). This
results in a target price of INR76, implying ~50% upside. As soon as FCL
demonstrates profitability at the net level, we will move our valuation on P/E
basis.
Research covered
Cos/Sector
Future Consumer
(Initiating Coverage)
Ecoscope
Metals Weekly
Key Highlights
Company of the “Future”; Long runway of growth justifies
expensive near-term valuations; Buy with TP of INR76, 50% Upside
Retail inflation eases to a four-month low in February 2018
Iron ore (china cfr) prices down 10% WoW; Base metals weak
Piping hot news
Tata Sons to sell TCS stake worth $1.25 billion to pay debt
Tata Sons Ltd, India’s biggest business group, plans to sell $1.25 billion of its
stake in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), according to terms of the transaction.
Tata Sons will sell 28.27 million shares of Asia’s largest software developer, or
about 1.48% stake, according to the terms…
Chart of the Day: Future Consumer (Initiating Coverage) - Company of the “Future”; Long
runway of growth justifies expensive near-term valuations
Adj. PAT to turn positive by FY19 and touch INR7b by FY22
Source: Company, MOSL
Research Team (Gautam.Duggad@MotilalOswal.com)
Motilal Oswal research is available on www.motilaloswal.com/Institutional-Equities, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Factset and S&P Capital.
Investors are advised to refer through important disclosures made at the last page of the Research Report.