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Axis Direct is the flagship brand under Axis Securities Limited, a subsidiary of Axis Bank in India. 

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<ul><li>For road construction companies under our coverage, we expect revenue growth of 10% YoY, EBITDA to be flattish, and APAT to de-grow by 2% YoY during the quarter.</li><li>Higher costs of a commodity such as steel, cement, aggregates, and diesel are expected to contract companies’ EBITDA margin by 150-200bps YoY.</li><li>In the Road Construction space, Q1and Q2 is normally a soft quarter in terms of project bidding and awarding and awarding activity normally accelerates in Q3 and Q4. </li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

For road construction companies under our coverage, we expect revenue growth of 10% YoY, EBITDA to be flattish, and APAT to de-grow by 2% YoY during the quarter.Higher costs of a commodity such as steel, cement, aggregates, and diesel are expected to contract companies’ EBITDA margin by 150-200bps YoY.In the Road Construction space, Q1and Q2 is normally a soft quarter in terms of project bidding and awarding and awarding activity normally accelerates in Q3 and Q4. 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.

Infra-Road - Robust Order Book, Outlook Positive

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<ul><li>We attended the KEC International (KEC) Annual Investor Conference for 2022 held on September 14 2022 in Mumbai</li><li>We noted the following key takeaways from the call: (1) KEC has guided for an OI of INR 200bn for FY23, of which FYTD23 order inflow (OI) stands at INR 60bn (~30% of FY23 guidance) (2) With the last EPC project expected to be commissioned in Q3FY23, the SAE projects are expected to achieve a positive margin (3) Without EPC projects, the company expects to maintain a margin of 8% on manufactured products in SAE from FY24 onwards (4) Management has guided that it would bring NWC days down to 125-130 by Q4FY23 and subsequently to 100 by Q4FY24.</li><li><div><div><div><p>Given rich valuation and a debt-heavy balance sheet, we maintain REDUCE rating on the stock, with a target price of INR 375/share (14x Mar-24E EPS). </p></div></div></div></li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

We attended the KEC International (KEC) Annual Investor Conference for 2022 held on September 14 2022 in MumbaiWe noted the following key takeaways from the call: (1) KEC has guided for an OI of INR 200bn for FY23, of which FYTD23 order inflow (OI) stands at INR 60bn (~30% of FY23 guidance) (2) With the last EPC project expected to be commissioned in Q3FY23, the SAE projects are expected to achieve a positive margin (3) Without EPC projects, the company expects to maintain a margin of 8% on manufactured products in SAE from FY24 onwards (4) Management has guided that it would bring NWC days down to 125-130 by Q4FY23 and subsequently to 100 by Q4FY24.Given rich valuation and a debt-heavy balance sheet, we maintain REDUCE rating on the stock, with a target price of INR 375/share (14x Mar-24E EPS). 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.

KEC International (Update): High Leverage to Limit Further Rerating

<ul><li>Order Book: As of date, KEC International’s order book +L1 position stands at Rs 30,000 Cr, giving revenue visibility for the next 2-3 years.</li><li>The order intake currently stands at Rs 6,000 Cr and L1 at Rs 8,000 Cr. Tenders under evaluation and tenders in the pipeline cumulatively amount to over Rs 110,000 Cr since there are opportunities across all segments.</li><li>The management expects the order book to be Rs 40,000 Cr by FY25. The company expects to maintain a healthy order inflow to revenue ratio of 1.4x for continuous revenue growth. The company aims for revenue growth of 10- 15% each year.</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Order Book: As of date, KEC International’s order book +L1 position stands at Rs 30,000 Cr, giving revenue visibility for the next 2-3 years.The order intake currently stands at Rs 6,000 Cr and L1 at Rs 8,000 Cr. Tenders under evaluation and tenders in the pipeline cumulatively amount to over Rs 110,000 Cr since there are opportunities across all segments.The management expects the order book to be Rs 40,000 Cr by FY25. The company expects to maintain a healthy order inflow to revenue ratio of 1.4x for continuous revenue growth. The company aims for revenue growth of 10- 15% each year.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.

KEC International - Robust Order Book, Improving Business Traction

KEC International - High Leverage to Limit Further Rerating

<ul><li>Despite strong ordering momentum, we are seeing emergence of headwinds to the Indian highways program</li><li>Substantial dilution of bid qualification has exposed the sector to low quality, inadequately funded developers taking large order inflow market share</li><li>This has the potential of de-railing the NH program, creation of sub quality infrastructure, time and cost overruns and eventually higher cost to completion and defaults</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Despite strong ordering momentum, we are seeing emergence of headwinds to the Indian highways programSubstantial dilution of bid qualification has exposed the sector to low quality, inadequately funded developers taking large order inflow market shareThis has the potential of de-railing the NH program, creation of sub quality infrastructure, time and cost overruns and eventually higher cost to completion and defaultsContent 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.

India

KEC International Limited is a power transmission company which is involved in the design, manufacture, supply and construction of turnkey projects of power transmission lines. The company also installs fiber optical cable and provides services for Satellite/GPRS surveys.

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KEC International (KECI IN)

Infra-Road - Robust Order Book, Outlook Positive

For road construction companies under our coverage, we expect revenue growth of 10% YoY, EBITDA to be flattish, and APAT to de-grow by 2% YoY...

Axis Direct

KEC International (Update): High Leverage to Limit Further Rerating

Given rich valuation and a debt-heavy balance sheet, we maintain REDUCE rating on the stock, with a target price of INR 375/share (14x Mar-24E EPS)

HDFC Securities

KEC International - Robust Order Book, Improving Business Traction

Order Book: As of date, KEC International’s order book +L1 position stands at Rs 30,000 Cr, giving revenue visibility for the next 2-3 years.

Axis Direct

KEC International - High Leverage to Limit Further Rerating

Given rich valuation and a debt-heavy balance sheet, we maintain REDUCE rating on the stock, with a target price of INR 375/share (14x Mar-24E EPS).

HDFC Securities

Infrastructure - Betting on Conservatism

Substantial dilution of bid qualification has exposed the sector to low quality, inadequately funded developers taking large order inflow market share

HDFC Securities

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