Building Material

The margins are strong but the scalability of the business is a challenge

Supreme Industries Q4 PAT may dip 29% YoY to Rs. 252 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to increase by 3.2 percent Y-o-Y (up 23.7 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 3,104.4 crore, according to PL Capital.

Kajaria Ceramics Q4 PAT may dip 7.5% YoY to Rs. 95.4 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to increase by 1.1 percent Y-o-Y (up 7.8 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 1,254.4 crore, according to PL Capital.

Greenpanel Industries Q4 PAT may dip 75.6% YoY to Rs. 7.3 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to increase by 2.3 percent Y-o-Y (up 12.9 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 405.7 crore, according to PL Capital.

Astral Q4 PAT may dip 13% YoY to Rs. 157.7 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to increase by 4.3 percent Y-o-Y (up 21.3 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 1,695.2 crore, according to PL Capital.

Finolex Industries Q4 PAT may dip 25.7% YoY to Rs. 122.5 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to decrease by 1.4 percent Y-o-Y (up 21.7 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 1,218.2 crore, according to PL Capital.

Century Plyboard Q4 PAT may dip 12.6% YoY to Rs. 87.9 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to increase by 14.8 percent Y-o-Y (up 6.8 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 1,217.5 crore, according to PL Capital.

Kajaria Ceramics Q3 PAT may dip 3.8% YoY to Rs. 100.5 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to increase by 2.1 percent Y-o-Y (down 0.3 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 1,176.3 crore, according to PL Capital.

Greenpanel Industries Q3 PAT may dip 34.6% YoY to Rs. 22.7 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to increase by 0.3 percent Y-o-Y (up 14.9 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 387 crore, according to PL Capital.

Finolex Industries Q3 PAT may dip 8.8% YoY to Rs. 87 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to decrease by 2.8 percent Y-o-Y (up 19.7 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 991.6 crore, according to PL Capital.

Astral Q3 PAT may dip 1.3% YoY to Rs. 122.7 cr: PL Capital

Net Sales are expected to increase by 6.9 percent Y-o-Y (up 6.9 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 1,464.9 crore, according to PL Capital.

Budget 2019: Govt's theme was 'maximum benefits with minimum fiscal stress'

Key positive was capping the overall fiscal deficit at 3.4 percent (in FY19 and FY20) despite generous spending

China's 2016 industrial profits rise most in 3 years

Profits for China's industrial firms rose 8.5 percent in 2016, the most in three years, as a construction boom fueled a months-long rally in prices of building materials from steel to cement, giving companies more flexibility to start chipping away at a mountain of debt.

Cement prices to rise by 1.7-3.3% in FY'12: Elara Sec

Cement price is unlikely to rise significantly in the current fiscal as a result of subdued demand for the building material, brokerage firm Elara Securities (India) said in a report.