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Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Resilient growth amid headwinds: Despite a challenging environment, the company’s consolidated revenue grew by 3% YoY, driven by strong performances in Ethnic (up 7% YoY), TMRW (up 26% YoY), and a 13% YoY increase in Luxury retail.</li><li>Additionally, ABLBL reported double-digit growth across its brands, with Lifestyle growing 12% YoY.</li><li>Gross margins improved by 171bps YoY to 58.2%, while EBITDA stood at Rs 635 Cr, up 14.8% YoY, with EBITDA margins at 14.7%, up 147bps YoY, driven by channel rationalisation, stringent inventory management, and cost control.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Resilient growth amid headwinds: Despite a challenging environment, the company’s consolidated revenue grew by 3% YoY, driven by strong performances in Ethnic (up 7% YoY), TMRW (up 26% YoY), and a 13% YoY increase in Luxury retail.Additionally, ABLBL reported double-digit growth across its brands, with Lifestyle growing 12% YoY.Gross margins improved by 171bps YoY to 58.2%, while EBITDA stood at Rs 635 Cr, up 14.8% YoY, with EBITDA margins at 14.7%, up 147bps YoY, driven by channel rationalisation, stringent inventory management, and cost control.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd - Margins Beat Expectations; Maintain HOLD

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Nimish Maheshwari

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Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/raymond-lifestyle-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43905:1" rel="noopener">Raymond Lifestyle (RAYMONDL IN)</a> recently demerged from Raymond Limited.  Since Raymond Limited was part of various indexes, Raymond Lifestyle was not. Index Fund selling led to a correction.</li>
<li>The correction made Raymond Lifestyle a special situation value bet.</li>
<li>The cherry on the cake is strong management guidance and a foray into the untapped non branded and unorganized apparel segment</li>
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Raymond Lifestyle (RAYMONDL IN) recently demerged from Raymond Limited.  Since Raymond Limited was part of various indexes, Raymond Lifestyle was not. Index Fund selling led to a correction.
The correction made Raymond Lifestyle a special situation value bet.
The cherry on the cake is strong management guidance and a foray into the untapped non branded and unorganized apparel segment


Raymond Lifestyle: A Value Play in Ethnic Wear with Special Situation Potential

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>India’s GST 2.0 reform slashes tax rates on essentials, durables, autos, and healthcare while exempting insurance and education.</li>
<li>The move could accelerate consumption, especially in rural India, but risks straining government revenues and widening fiscal deficits.</li>
<li>If implemented smoothly, GST 2.0 may drive a multi-sector consumption upcycle, though revenue trade-offs and uneven pass-through pose risks.</li>
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India’s GST 2.0 reform slashes tax rates on essentials, durables, autos, and healthcare while exempting insurance and education.
The move could accelerate consumption, especially in rural India, but risks straining government revenues and widening fiscal deficits.
If implemented smoothly, GST 2.0 may drive a multi-sector consumption upcycle, though revenue trade-offs and uneven pass-through pose risks.


Thematic Report on GST 2.0 Regime: Who Gains, Who Loses as India Bets on Demand Revival.

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

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Index Rebalance

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<li>There are 13 changes a side for the NIFTY Midcap 150 Index at the September rebalance. There are many stocks with flows from passive trackers of other indices.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 7.8% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 18.23bn (US$209m). With over US$43bn tracking the index actively, the impact on the stocks will be much larger.</li>
<li>The adds to the index have outperformed the deletes over the last 5 months and there has been noticeable outperformance in the last couple of weeks.</li>
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There are 13 changes a side for the NIFTY Midcap 150 Index at the September rebalance. There are many stocks with flows from passive trackers of other indices.
Estimated one-way turnover is 7.8% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 18.23bn (US$209m). With over US$43bn tracking the index actively, the impact on the stocks will be much larger.
The adds to the index have outperformed the deletes over the last 5 months and there has been noticeable outperformance in the last couple of weeks.


NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 13 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

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<li>With the review period now complete, there could be 11 changes for the NIFTY Midcap 150 Index at the September rebalance.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 7.7% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 17.6bn (US$201m). With over US$43bn tracking the index actively, the impact on the stocks will be much larger.</li>
<li>The outright forecast adds have outperformed the forecast deletes over the last 4 months and there has been a jump in the last week.</li>
</ul>


With the review period now complete, there could be 11 changes for the NIFTY Midcap 150 Index at the September rebalance.
Estimated one-way turnover is 7.7% resulting in a round-trip trade of INR 17.6bn (US$201m). With over US$43bn tracking the index actively, the impact on the stocks will be much larger.
The outright forecast adds have outperformed the forecast deletes over the last 4 months and there has been a jump in the last week.


NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance Preview: 11 Potential Changes in September

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Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd provides a wide range of mid-priced garments for men. The Company's collection includes internationally styled formal, elite, casual, party, and wedding apparel.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL IN)

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Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd - Margins Beat Expectations; Maintain HOLD

Despite a challenging environment, the company’s consolidated revenue grew by 3% YoY, driven by strong performances in Ethnic (up 7% YoY)

Axis Direct

Raymond Lifestyle: A Value Play in Ethnic Wear with Special Situation Potential

Raymond Lifestyle demerged from Raymond Limited, correction due to Index Fund selling created special value bet with strong management guidance...

Nimish Maheshwari

Thematic Report on GST 2.0 Regime: Who Gains, Who Loses as India Bets on Demand Revival.

India's GST 2.0 reform cuts tax rates on essentials, durables, autos, and healthcare, potentially boosting consumption but risking fiscal deficits.

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 13 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

There are 13 changes for the index in Sep. Estimated one-way turnover is 7.8% and the round-trip trade is INR 18.2bn. There are many stocks with...

Brian Freitas

NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance Preview: 11 Potential Changes in September

There could be 11 changes in Sep. Estimated one-way turnover is 7.7% and round-trip trade is INR 17.6bn. With over US$43bn tracking the index...

Brian Freitas

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Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd - Margins Beat Expectations; Maintain HOLD

Despite a challenging environment, the company’s consolidated revenue grew by 3% YoY, driven by strong performances in Ethnic (up 7% YoY)

Axis Direct

Raymond Lifestyle: A Value Play in Ethnic Wear with Special Situation Potential

​Raymond Lifestyle demerged from Raymond Limited, correction due to Index Fund selling created special value bet with strong management guidance...

Nimish Maheshwari

Thematic Report on GST 2.0 Regime: Who Gains, Who Loses as India Bets on Demand Revival.

​India's GST 2.0 reform cuts tax rates on essentials, durables, autos, and healthcare, potentially boosting consumption but risking fiscal deficits.

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 13 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

There are 13 changes for the index in Sep. Estimated one-way turnover is 7.8% and the round-trip trade is INR 18.2bn. There are many stocks with...

Brian Freitas

NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance Preview: 11 Potential Changes in September

There could be 11 changes in Sep. Estimated one-way turnover is 7.7% and round-trip trade is INR 17.6bn. With over US$43bn tracking the index...

Brian Freitas

Raymond Lifestyle demerged from Raymond Limited, correction due to Index Fund selling created special value bet with strong management guidance...

India's GST 2.0 reform cuts tax rates on essentials, durables, autos, and healthcare, potentially boosting consumption but risking fiscal deficits.