India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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Equity Bottom-Up

Allied Blenders & Distillers / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/allied-blenders-distillers" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36090:1" rel="noopener">Allied Blenders &amp; Distillers (9844250Z IN)</a>'s FY25 marked a pivotal shift with record profitability, fueled by premiumization, cost efficiency, and expansion into international markets, notably through its luxury portfolio. </li>
<li>Record profitability and a strengthened balance sheet position ABDL for aggressive expansion in the high-margin super-premium and luxury segments, supported by strategic CapEx.</li>
<li>ABD's transformation into a premium-focused brand with significant global expansion potential, particularly in luxury segments, positions it for sustained growth and higher margins.</li>
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Allied Blenders &amp; Distillers (9844250Z IN)'s FY25 marked a pivotal shift with record profitability, fueled by premiumization, cost efficiency, and expansion into international markets, notably through its luxury portfolio. 
Record profitability and a strengthened balance sheet position ABDL for aggressive expansion in the high-margin super-premium and luxury segments, supported by strategic CapEx.
ABD's transformation into a premium-focused brand with significant global expansion potential, particularly in luxury segments, positions it for sustained growth and higher margins.


ABDL Q4 Update: A Transformational Year with Record Performance and Premiumization Drive

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/allied-blenders-distillers" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36090:1" rel="noopener">Allied Blenders &amp; Distillers (9844250Z IN)</a> 's Q3 FY25 results showed robust growth in revenue at Rs. 2,346 crores (up 15.5% sequentially, 12.9% YoY) and strong premiumisation with expanded export reach.</li>
<li>Enhanced margins driven by effective cost optimization and profitable state brand mix highlight ABDL’s resilience and ability to capture premium market trends, strengthening its competitive position in India's spirits industry.</li>
<li>The company aims to grow the aggregate market share of its four millionaire brands and consolidate its position in the P&amp;A whisky segment through its three millionaire brands</li>
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Allied Blenders &amp; Distillers (9844250Z IN) 's Q3 FY25 results showed robust growth in revenue at Rs. 2,346 crores (up 15.5% sequentially, 12.9% YoY) and strong premiumisation with expanded export reach.
Enhanced margins driven by effective cost optimization and profitable state brand mix highlight ABDL’s resilience and ability to capture premium market trends, strengthening its competitive position in India's spirits industry.
The company aims to grow the aggregate market share of its four millionaire brands and consolidate its position in the P&amp;A whisky segment through its three millionaire brands


Allied Blenders & Distillers Ltd Q3FY25 Update: Volume Growth, Premiumization

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/allied-blenders-distillers" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36090:1" rel="noopener">Allied Blenders &amp; Distillers (9844250Z IN)</a> is shifting from mass-market spirits to premium offerings, leveraging IPO funds to reduce debt and boost margins amidst rising alco-beverage demand.</li>
<li>This pivot could enhance profitability, thanks to stronger pricing power, higher brand recall, and sustained ROCE above capital costs within India’s highly regulated but fast-growing alcoholic beverage industry.</li>
<li>Despite regulatory hurdles and stretched valuations, ABD’s balance sheet cleanup, premiumization strategy, and dominant mass-market presence suggest considerable long-term potential in India’s expanding alcohol sector.</li>
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Allied Blenders &amp; Distillers (9844250Z IN) is shifting from mass-market spirits to premium offerings, leveraging IPO funds to reduce debt and boost margins amidst rising alco-beverage demand.
This pivot could enhance profitability, thanks to stronger pricing power, higher brand recall, and sustained ROCE above capital costs within India’s highly regulated but fast-growing alcoholic beverage industry.
Despite regulatory hurdles and stretched valuations, ABD’s balance sheet cleanup, premiumization strategy, and dominant mass-market presence suggest considerable long-term potential in India’s expanding alcohol sector.


The Beat Ideas: Allied Blenders & Distillers- Liquor Premiumization Play

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited / Equity Bottom-Up

Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited

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<li>The headline Indian mid cap indices are still expensive, despite a sharp decline since late September. However, when adjusted for growth, many fundamentally attractive mid-caps are cheap.</li>
<li>We screen mid-caps with PEG&lt;1.3x, consensus Buy recommendations and increasing consensus EPS estimates over the past six months. We choose well-covered stocks so that the consensus estimates are meaningful.</li>
<li>Our basket of 20 contains six financial stocks, five materials, four industrials and three consumer discretionaries. Many pertain to the themes of renewable energy, data centers, healthcare, tourism and infrastructure.</li>
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The headline Indian mid cap indices are still expensive, despite a sharp decline since late September. However, when adjusted for growth, many fundamentally attractive mid-caps are cheap.
We screen mid-caps with PEG&lt;1.3x, consensus Buy recommendations and increasing consensus EPS estimates over the past six months. We choose well-covered stocks so that the consensus estimates are meaningful.
Our basket of 20 contains six financial stocks, five materials, four industrials and three consumer discretionaries. Many pertain to the themes of renewable energy, data centers, healthcare, tourism and infrastructure.


Asian Equities: Twenty Attractive and Cheap Indian Mid-Caps

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

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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

India

Allied Blenders and Distillers Private Limited manufactures alcoholic beverages. The Company produces whiskey, brandy, rum, blended liquors, spirits, wine, and vodka. Allied Blenders and Distillers serves customers worldwide.

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Allied Blenders & Distillers (9844250Z IN)

ABDL Q4 Update: A Transformational Year with Record Performance and Premiumization Drive

Allied Blenders & Distillers saw record profitability in FY25, driven by premiumization, cost efficiency, international expansion into luxury...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Allied Blenders & Distillers Ltd Q3FY25 Update: Volume Growth, Premiumization

Allied Blenders & Distillers reports strong Q3 FY25 results with revenue growth, premiumisation, and focus on market share expansion in India's...

Sudarshan Bhandari

The Beat Ideas: Allied Blenders & Distillers- Liquor Premiumization Play

Allied Blenders & Distillers is transitioning to premium spirits, using IPO funds to lower debt and increase margins in response to growing demand...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Asian Equities: Twenty Attractive and Cheap Indian Mid-Caps

Indian midcap indices are pricey despite recent drop, but many fundamentally strong midcaps offer value when growth is factored in. Our screen on...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

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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ABDL Q4 Update: A Transformational Year with Record Performance and Premiumization Drive

​Allied Blenders & Distillers saw record profitability in FY25, driven by premiumization, cost efficiency, international expansion into luxury...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Allied Blenders & Distillers Ltd Q3FY25 Update: Volume Growth, Premiumization

​Allied Blenders & Distillers reports strong Q3 FY25 results with revenue growth, premiumisation, and focus on market share expansion in India's...

Sudarshan Bhandari

The Beat Ideas: Allied Blenders & Distillers- Liquor Premiumization Play

​Allied Blenders & Distillers is transitioning to premium spirits, using IPO funds to lower debt and increase margins in response to growing demand...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Asian Equities: Twenty Attractive and Cheap Indian Mid-Caps

​Indian midcap indices are pricey despite recent drop, but many fundamentally strong midcaps offer value when growth is factored in. Our screen on...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

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

Allied Blenders & Distillers saw record profitability in FY25, driven by premiumization, cost efficiency, international expansion into luxury...

Allied Blenders & Distillers reports strong Q3 FY25 results with revenue growth, premiumisation, and focus on market share expansion in India's...

Allied Blenders & Distillers is transitioning to premium spirits, using IPO funds to lower debt and increase margins in response to growing demand...

Indian midcap indices are pricey despite recent drop, but many fundamentally strong midcaps offer value when growth is factored in. Our screen on...