Global Materials | Industrials | Commodities

Rahul Jain

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Nuvoco reported improved volumes, margins, and deleveraging in FY25, with continued focus on cost optimization and operational efficiency.</li>
<li>The Vadraj Cement acquisition expands capacity to 31 MTPA, diversifying regional exposure and strengthening presence in Gujarat and Maharashtra - west region.</li>
<li>Valuations are reasonable at ~16x FY27E earnings and ~Rs5,100/ton EV/ton, but upside depends on timely integration and ramp-up of new assets.</li>
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Nuvoco reported improved volumes, margins, and deleveraging in FY25, with continued focus on cost optimization and operational efficiency.
The Vadraj Cement acquisition expands capacity to 31 MTPA, diversifying regional exposure and strengthening presence in Gujarat and Maharashtra - west region.
Valuations are reasonable at ~16x FY27E earnings and ~Rs5,100/ton EV/ton, but upside depends on timely integration and ramp-up of new assets.


Nuvoco Vistas: Improving Performance and Strategic Expansion

India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

India focused: IPO, special situations

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

Equity Research Firm

Equity Capital Markets

JSW Cement Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>JSW Cements comes for listing at $180/t which is a premium to similar sized player despite weaker operating performance</li>
<li>It stands out as a Slag cement player while peers primarily focus on Portland and Pozzolana composite cement products. Its listing positions it to become another consolidator with strong Balance-sheet.</li>
<li>JSW has higher concentration towards South (50% of current capacity) which has struggled with excess supply for many years. Its upcoming 10MT capex in North may also face similar situation</li>
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JSW Cements comes for listing at $180/t which is a premium to similar sized player despite weaker operating performance
It stands out as a Slag cement player while peers primarily focus on Portland and Pozzolana composite cement products. Its listing positions it to become another consolidator with strong Balance-sheet.
JSW has higher concentration towards South (50% of current capacity) which has struggled with excess supply for many years. Its upcoming 10MT capex in North may also face similar situation


JSW Cements - Another Cement IPO in India Exactly 4 Yrs Later

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>Promoter buying reflects insider confidence in the company's future, often driven by access to undisclosed positive developments and growth opportunities.</li>
<li>Increased promoter stake may indicate that the market has undervalued the company, potentially presenting an opportunity for investors to buy at a discount.</li>
<li>Consider the broader market environment, company fundamentals, and industry trends alongside promoter buying activity to form a comprehensive investment thesis.</li>
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Promoter buying reflects insider confidence in the company's future, often driven by access to undisclosed positive developments and growth opportunities.
Increased promoter stake may indicate that the market has undervalued the company, potentially presenting an opportunity for investors to buy at a discount.
Consider the broader market environment, company fundamentals, and industry trends alongside promoter buying activity to form a comprehensive investment thesis.


Contrarian Moves: Promoter Buying During Indian Equity Downturns

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

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<li>Nearing the end of the review period, we see 5 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 2 new listings added to LargeCap and 7 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap.</li>
<li>We see 7 stocks moving from SmallCap to MidCap, 3 new listings added to MidCap, and 12 stocks moving from MidCap to SmallCap.</li>
<li>Stock migrating upward have, on average, outperformed stocks that are downward migrations. Stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap have performed the best.</li>
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Nearing the end of the review period, we see 5 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 2 new listings added to LargeCap and 7 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap.
We see 7 stocks moving from SmallCap to MidCap, 3 new listings added to MidCap, and 12 stocks moving from MidCap to SmallCap.
Stock migrating upward have, on average, outperformed stocks that are downward migrations. Stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap have performed the best.


India: AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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.

Paradeep Phosphates / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Paradeep Phosphates raised around US$194m in its India IPO. The IPO consisted of a mix of primary and secondary shares.</li>
<li>Subscription for PP's IPO had been tepid and previous deals with similar subscription rates had produced mixed performances upon debut.</li>
<li>Were the firm to trade towards its closer peers’ average, there is a 5% upside potential and -18.6% downside potential on the FY23E and FY24E EV/EBITDA front, respectively. </li>
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Paradeep Phosphates raised around US$194m in its India IPO. The IPO consisted of a mix of primary and secondary shares.
Subscription for PP's IPO had been tepid and previous deals with similar subscription rates had produced mixed performances upon debut.
Were the firm to trade towards its closer peers’ average, there is a 5% upside potential and -18.6% downside potential on the FY23E and FY24E EV/EBITDA front, respectively. 


Paradeep Phosphates IPO Trading - Tepid Demand and Anchor Quality Isn't the Greatest

India

Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Limited provides construction materials. The Company offers cement, ready mix concrete, and aggregates. Nuvoco Vistas serves customers in India.

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Nuvoco Vistas (NUVOCO IN)

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Rahul Jain

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Himanshu Dugar

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Nimish Maheshwari

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Brian Freitas

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Clarence Chu

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Nuvoco Vistas: Improving Performance and Strategic Expansion

​Nuvoco sees growth in volumes and margins with Vadraj Cement acquisition, but success hinges on efficient integration of new assets.

Rahul Jain

JSW Cements - Another Cement IPO in India Exactly 4 Yrs Later

​JSW Cement lists at $180/t, a premium despite weaker near-term performance, stands out on ESG as slag cement player. Poised for aggressive...

Himanshu Dugar

Contrarian Moves: Promoter Buying During Indian Equity Downturns

There are 100 reasons to sell in the market, but only one reason to buy!! Taking a deep understanding of Promoter Buying in the Indian Landscape in...

Nimish Maheshwari

India: AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview

With 9 trading days to go in the review period, we see 5 stocks moving from Mid to Large and 7 stocks moving the other way. 2 new listings will be...

Brian Freitas

Paradeep Phosphates IPO Trading - Tepid Demand and Anchor Quality Isn't the Greatest

Paradeep Phosphates raised around US$194m in its India IPO. Subscription for PP's IPO had been tepid and previous deals with similar subscription...

Clarence Chu

Nuvoco sees growth in volumes and margins with Vadraj Cement acquisition, but success hinges on efficient integration of new assets.

JSW Cement lists at $180/t, a premium despite weaker near-term performance, stands out on ESG as slag cement player. Poised for aggressive...