India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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Equity Bottom-Up

Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals / Equity Bottom-Up

Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (0200361D IN)

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<li>Akums secured a €200m European supply contract, marking its first large entry into regulated markets and validating its compliance and scale capabilities.</li>
<li>This shifts Akums from a domestic CDMO leader to a credible global player, with exports positioned to become a material earnings contributor from FY27.</li>
<li>While near-term growth remains muted, Akums’ medium-term profile looks stronger, with greater diversification and reduced dependence on India’s CDMO cycle.</li>
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Akums secured a €200m European supply contract, marking its first large entry into regulated markets and validating its compliance and scale capabilities.
This shifts Akums from a domestic CDMO leader to a credible global player, with exports positioned to become a material earnings contributor from FY27.
While near-term growth remains muted, Akums’ medium-term profile looks stronger, with greater diversification and reduced dependence on India’s CDMO cycle.


Business Breakdown: Akums Drugs - Market Leader with Global Ambitions

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Schloss Bangalore Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/schloss-bangalore-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43983:1" rel="noopener">Schloss Bangalore Ltd (SCHBL IN) </a>is looking to raise about US$409m in its India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of around US$600m.</li>
<li>It is a luxury hospitality company which owns, operates, manages and develops luxury hotels and resorts under ‘The Leela’ brand, through direct ownership and hotel management agreements with third-party owners.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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Schloss Bangalore Ltd (SCHBL IN) is looking to raise about US$409m in its India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of around US$600m.
It is a luxury hospitality company which owns, operates, manages and develops luxury hotels and resorts under ‘The Leela’ brand, through direct ownership and hotel management agreements with third-party owners.
In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.


Schloss Bangalore IPO - Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), ICICI Securities Ltd

ICICI Securities Limited

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<ul><li>Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (Akums) in Q3FY25 saw its CDMO business’ volumes recovering (+0.6% YoY).</li><li>Growth in CDMO should pick up in the next few quarters given Akums’ healthy order book alongside API prices also settling.</li><li>EBITDA margins leaped 160bps to 12% as the company curbs losses (down 34% YoY/24% QoQ) in its API business; margins in CDMO were steady at 15.4%.</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.

Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (Akums) in Q3FY25 saw its CDMO business’ volumes recovering (+0.6% YoY).Growth in CDMO should pick up in the next few quarters given Akums’ healthy order book alongside API prices also settling.EBITDA margins leaped 160bps to 12% as the company curbs losses (down 34% YoY/24% QoQ) in its API business; margins in CDMO were steady at 15.4%.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.

Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals - On the Path to Recovery

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akums-drugs-and-pharmaceuticals" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40915:1" rel="noopener">Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (0200361D IN)</a> shares are currently trading below their IPO price post Q2FY25 result announcement. Compared with year-ago quarter, Q2FY25 revenue and adjusted EBITDA declined.</li>
<li>Digging deeper into the seemingly weak Q2FY25 result, we have come across some positive takeaways. With some of the recent developments, the company is well-positioned for long-term growth.</li>
<li>The share price reaction is overdone. Over the last one month, Akums shares gained 6.5% and outperformed most of its domestic peers, as the long-term growth prospect remains intact.</li>
</ul>



Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (0200361D IN) shares are currently trading below their IPO price post Q2FY25 result announcement. Compared with year-ago quarter, Q2FY25 revenue and adjusted EBITDA declined.
Digging deeper into the seemingly weak Q2FY25 result, we have come across some positive takeaways. With some of the recent developments, the company is well-positioned for long-term growth.
The share price reaction is overdone. Over the last one month, Akums shares gained 6.5% and outperformed most of its domestic peers, as the long-term growth prospect remains intact.


Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals: Limited Downside Is Seen, Long-Term Growth Story Intact

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.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

CG Power and Industrial Solutions / Event-Driven

CG Power and Industrial Solutions (CGPOWER IN)

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<li>We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 11 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 4 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 11 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.</li>
<li>From the new listings, 4 stocks are expected to be added to Large Cap, 3 stocks to Mid Cap, and multiple stocks to Small Cap.</li>
<li>There are multiple stocks among the AMFI changes that will be changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">NSE Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX)</a> and/or Nifty Midcap 150 Index in March.</li>
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We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 11 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 4 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 11 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.
From the new listings, 4 stocks are expected to be added to Large Cap, 3 stocks to Mid Cap, and multiple stocks to Small Cap.
There are multiple stocks among the AMFI changes that will be changes for the NSE Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX) and/or Nifty Midcap 150 Index in March.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2024): Recent Large IPOs Lead to Big Downward Shift

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Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (0200361D IN)

Business Breakdown: Akums Drugs - Market Leader with Global Ambitions

Akums secures €200m European supply contract, transitioning from domestic to global player with strong medium-term growth prospects.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Schloss Bangalore IPO - Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

Schloss Bangalore Limited is looking to raise about US$400m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of US$600m....

Akshat Shah

Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals - On the Path to Recovery

EBITDA margins leaped 160bps to 12% as the company curbs losses (down 34% YoY/24% QoQ) in its API business; margins in CDMO were steady at 15.4%.

ICICI Securities Limited

Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals: Limited Downside Is Seen, Long-Term Growth Story Intact

Akums Drugs shares are trading below IPO price post Q2FY25 results, but the company is well-positioned for long-term growth. Share price reaction...

Tina Banerjee

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2024): Recent Large IPOs Lead to Big Downward Shift

There could be 33 migrations in January, 4 new listings in LargeCap, 3 in MidCap and multiple in SmallCap. Some of the AMFI changes will have...

Brian Freitas

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Business Breakdown: Akums Drugs - Market Leader with Global Ambitions

​Akums secures €200m European supply contract, transitioning from domestic to global player with strong medium-term growth prospects.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Schloss Bangalore IPO - Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

Schloss Bangalore Limited is looking to raise about US$400m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of US$600m....

Akshat Shah

Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals - On the Path to Recovery

EBITDA margins leaped 160bps to 12% as the company curbs losses (down 34% YoY/24% QoQ) in its API business; margins in CDMO were steady at 15.4%.

ICICI Securities Limited

Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals: Limited Downside Is Seen, Long-Term Growth Story Intact

​Akums Drugs shares are trading below IPO price post Q2FY25 results, but the company is well-positioned for long-term growth. Share price reaction...

Tina Banerjee

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2024): Recent Large IPOs Lead to Big Downward Shift

There could be 33 migrations in January, 4 new listings in LargeCap, 3 in MidCap and multiple in SmallCap. Some of the AMFI changes will have...

Brian Freitas

Akums secures €200m European supply contract, transitioning from domestic to global player with strong medium-term growth prospects.

Akums Drugs shares are trading below IPO price post Q2FY25 results, but the company is well-positioned for long-term growth. Share price reaction...