The Royal Enfield maker--Eicher Motors' decent quarterly earnings and its plan to shift strategy to prioritise growth over margins has gone down well with brokerages. Following the positive views, shares of Eicher Motors soared nearly 8 percent in early trade on November 14.
At 09.19 am, shares of Eicher Motors were trading at Rs 4,906.80 on the NSE.
Eicher Motors' Q2 consolidated net profit rose 8.3 percent year-on-year to Rs 1,100 crore, matching Street expectations. Revenue also grew 3.6 percent to Rs 4,263 crore, though it fell short of the Rs 4,418 crore projected by analysts.
While Royal Enfield's domestic sales dipped 1 percent on-year in H1 FY25, Nuvama Institutional Equities expects a strong rebound in the second half. This expected recovery, according to Nuvama, stems from a strategic shift emphasising core models like the Classic and Bullet, supported by product updates based on market feedback, increased marketing spend, and expanded financing options.
Jefferies also highlighted that Royal Enfield volumes have also shown signs of picking up, and expects it to be a key beneficiary of the two-wheeler premiumisation trend. Factoring these in, Jefferies feels that the toughest phase of competition for Eicher Motors is behind, prompting it to retain its 'buy' call on the stock with a price target of Rs 5,500.
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Moving on, Morgan Stanley also highlighted the shift in management strategy to focus more on growth rather than margins, which the brokerage believes is the right strategy. Despite that the current valuations of the stock has kept Morgan Stanley 'underweight' on Eicher Motors, with a price target of Rs 3,655.
On the other hand, Nomura upgraded its rating for Eicher to 'neutral' on the back of a better growth strategy and also lifted its price target to Rs 4,391 apiece. The brokerage is impressed to see Royal Enfield's shift in stance to drive volume growth. On that account, Nomura also raised FY25/26 Royal Enfield volume estimates by 3-5 percent.
Meanwhile, Eicher's exports are also showing solid growth, with new assembly capacities being established in Brazil and Bangladesh. Overall, with a sharpened focus on core models and new product launches, Nuvama projects a 9 percent revenue CAGR for Eicher Motors from FY24 to FY27. Alongside that, Nuvama also upgraded the stock to a 'buy' while also lifting its price target by over 22 percent to Rs 5,500.
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