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Bharat Gianani

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Discovery Series | Royal Orchid Hotels: Will the stock fly to new highs?

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Discovery Series | Royal Orchid Hotels: Will the stock fly to new highs?

A strong balance sheet owing to an asset-light approach makes the company well poised to reap the benefits of a demand surge. Also, attractive valuations provide potential for significant re-rating from current levels.

Trent: Results take deep strides, huge growth highway ahead

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Trent: Results take deep strides, huge growth highway ahead

Varied product offerings, rapid store expansion, and a strong brand pull will help the company expand customer base

Discovery Series | Speciality Restaurants: Making a profitable recipe

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Discovery Series | Speciality Restaurants: Making a profitable recipe

With cost-control measures in place, SRL turned profitable last fiscal after a gap of six years. We expect profitability improvement, a key re-rating trigger, to sustain. Valuations provide scope for re-rating from the current levels.

Reliance Retail: What does its aggressive expansion plan hold for the sector?

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Reliance Retail: What does its aggressive expansion plan hold for the sector?

RRL’s aggressive expansion is unlikely to have major impact on listed players in many categories in the retail space. Some categories (apparel and footwear) may see impact but only in the long run. We continue to remain positive on the retail sector

Restaurant Brands Asia: To emerge as a much stronger QSR player

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Restaurant Brands Asia: To emerge as a much stronger QSR player

RBA is on track for a strong restaurant (store) expansion in the India business

Page Industries: Robust earnings growth to continue

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Page Industries: Robust earnings growth to continue

The management is planning to gain market share by aggressively enhancing the distribution presence as well as filling product gaps

Nykaa: Strong growth prospects, but profitability improvement key to re-rating

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Nykaa: Strong growth prospects, but profitability improvement key to re-rating

While Nykaa has a strong brand image and increasing number of active users on the platform, margin pressure in the near term would limit any scope for re-rating

Indian Hotels Company: Best is yet to come

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Indian Hotels Company: Best is yet to come

With the industry uptrend, strong market positioning and margin improvement, IHCL is on course to deliver better earnings, going ahead

Titan Company: Will the shiny outlook continue?

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Titan Company: Will the shiny outlook continue?

Titan, with a strong brand as well as parentage, has a huge runway for growth

Lemon Tree Hotels: Will the stock continue its upward journey?

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Lemon Tree Hotels: Will the stock continue its upward journey?

With strong earnings growth, favourable industry dynamics as well as attractive valuations, the stock would continue to re-rate

Devyani International: On track to deliver strong earnings growth

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Devyani International: On track to deliver strong earnings growth

With robust new store additions, menu innovation and margin improvement, DIL is poised to deliver strong earnings growth in the medium term

Dhanuka Agritech: Volumes to pick up but margin pressure to sustain

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Dhanuka Agritech: Volumes to pick up but margin pressure to sustain

The stock valuation offers little margin of safety for investors. Earnings drivers such as margin improvement as well as the benefits of backward integration with the commissioning of the Dahej plant would be available only in the next fiscal

Metro Brands: Good fit for your portfolio

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Metro Brands: Good fit for your portfolio

With aggressive store expansion and robust same-store sales growth (SSSG), owing to the focus on premiumisation, MBL is on track for a strong growth, going ahead.

Jubilant FoodWorks: On a healthy, profitable growth path

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Jubilant FoodWorks: On a healthy, profitable growth path

JFL is enhancing its core Domino’s brand in India by opening new stores and would also scale up new businesses. Despite inflationary pressures and the split-store strategy, JFL has broadly maintained EBITDA margins over the past two quarters

Larsen & Toubro: Robust growth across verticals to support higher earnings

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Larsen & Toubro: Robust growth across verticals to support higher earnings

L&T results beat expectations, and the strong performance on execution, order inflows as well as margins set the ground for higher earnings visibility

Sharda Cropchem: Earnings pressure to sustain in near term

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Sharda Cropchem: Earnings pressure to sustain in near term

Given the earnings concerns in the near term, coupled with close to historical valuations, the stock provides no margin of safety for investors. Hence, we recommend investors to book profits

Rallis India: Can this agrochemical stock re-rate?

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Rallis India: Can this agrochemical stock re-rate?

The stock has corrected by 27 percent, in the past three months, hugely underperforming our agrochemical universe. Post the correction, the valuations have turned comfortable. With earnings expected to improve, the stock can re-rate hereon

Thangamayil Jewellery: Strong start to FY23; growth momentum to sustain

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Thangamayil Jewellery: Strong start to FY23; growth momentum to sustain

With greenfield and brownfield store expansion, expected increase in farm income on the back of a projected normal rainfall, and the shift towards the organised segment, TMJL expects to sustain robust double-digit growth

D-Mart: Results flex muscles; better placed in tough times

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D-Mart: Results flex muscles; better placed in tough times

As indicated by the Q1FY23 performance, we expect D-Mart’s earnings growth trajectory to accelerate in the current fiscal as business conditions have almost normalised

Titan Company: The Q1 shine just got brighter

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Titan Company: The Q1 shine just got brighter

Titan, one of the largest organised jewellery players, is seen to be a key beneficiary of hallmarking regulations

Take note of this QSR scrip, post steep correction

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Take note of this QSR scrip, post steep correction

The stock is currently trading at 13.5 times its FY24 EV/EBIDTA estimates. This is at a significant discount to other major QSR players. Current valuations adequately factor near term headwinds in Sri Lankan operations.

PI Industries: Will it outperform domestic agrochemical players?

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PI Industries: Will it outperform domestic agrochemical players?

PIND expects margins to improve in the current fiscal, led by better product mix, operating leverage and manufacturing process improvement

Relaxo Footwears: Is it a worthy fit for your portfolio?

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Relaxo Footwears: Is it a worthy fit for your portfolio?

With mobility increasing, post the drop in COVID-19 cases and channel partners restocking inventory (as the old GST rate inventory is liquidated), we expect volume growth in FY23.

Construction sector: Better placed in current market scenario; prefer select stocks

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Construction sector: Better placed in current market scenario; prefer select stocks

With the revenue visibility over the medium term, and no material affect on the margins, construction space should deliver better earnings performance

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