India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/state-bank-of-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:160:1" rel="noopener">State Bank Of India (SBIN IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/union-bank-of-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:546:1" rel="noopener">Union Bank Of India (UNBK IN)</a> Board Approves Fundraise in form of Debt and Equity</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-steel-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20934:1" rel="noopener">Tata Steel Ltd (TATA IN)</a>'s £1.25 Billion Investment at Risk Amid UK Political Uncertainty</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jubilant-foodworks-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:986:1" rel="noopener">Jubilant Foodworks (JUBI IN)</a>’s India Reaches Milestone of 2,000 Stores, Plans Further Expansion</li>
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State Bank Of India (SBIN IN) and Union Bank Of India (UNBK IN) Board Approves Fundraise in form of Debt and Equity

Tata Steel Ltd (TATA IN)'s £1.25 Billion Investment at Risk Amid UK Political Uncertainty

Jubilant Foodworks (JUBI IN)’s India Reaches Milestone of 2,000 Stores, Plans Further Expansion


#12 India Insight: SBI & Union Bk Fundraise, Tata Steel, Persistent System & Google, Dominos Target

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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Content available is external broker reports authored by a third party outside the Smartkarma network and has been aggregated by an online aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed by Smartkarma in this format for user's convenience and general informational purposes only. Content does not constitute investment or financial advice and Smartkarma makes no representation or warranty regarding its accuracy or contents. Original third party author retains all copyright and other proprietary rights in the content. Access or use of third party links not controlled by Smartkarma are at the user's own risk.

<ul><li>Disappointing revenue growth: Most IT companies have reported disappointing revenue growth in Q4FY24, indicating subdued demand from the world’s largest economies.</li><li>The Indian IT Services sector does not foresee a quick recovery in discretionary spending due to uncertainty in macroeconomic factors.</li><li>Revenue growth from North America continues to lag behind Europe for Tier-1 tech companies, similar to recent quarters. </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.

Disappointing revenue growth: Most IT companies have reported disappointing revenue growth in Q4FY24, indicating subdued demand from the world’s largest economies.The Indian IT Services sector does not foresee a quick recovery in discretionary spending due to uncertainty in macroeconomic factors.Revenue growth from North America continues to lag behind Europe for Tier-1 tech companies, similar to recent quarters. 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.

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

Event-Driven

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<li>Tata Technologies (TT) raised around US$370m in its India IPO in Dec 2023.</li>
<li>Tata Technologies is a global engineering services company offering product development and digital solutions, including turnkey solutions, to global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their tier 1 suppliers.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry and possible deal dynamics.</li>
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Tata Technologies (TT) raised around US$370m in its India IPO in Dec 2023.
Tata Technologies is a global engineering services company offering product development and digital solutions, including turnkey solutions, to global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their tier 1 suppliers.
In this note, we talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry and possible deal dynamics.


Tata Technologies IPO Lockup Expiry - US$1.5bn Lockup Release, Some Funds Are Sitting on 40x Gains

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

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<li>Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-March in April. There are companies with significant float changes from end-September and/or end-December.</li>
<li>The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in action from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 14 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 7 could see passive outflows in May.</li>
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Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-March in April. There are companies with significant float changes from end-September and/or end-December.
The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in action from passive trackers.
Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 14 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 7 could see passive outflows in May.


India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in May

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

HDFC Securities

HDFC securities is the best online trading platform for stocks, IPOs, mutual fund in India. 

Content available is external broker reports authored by a third party outside the Smartkarma network and has been aggregated by an online aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed by Smartkarma in this format for user's convenience and general informational purposes only. Content does not constitute investment or financial advice and Smartkarma makes no representation or warranty regarding its accuracy or contents. Original third party author retains all copyright and other proprietary rights in the content. Access or use of third party links not controlled by Smartkarma are at the user's own risk.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Persistent Systems (PSYS) ticked the box on growth and deal wins, while margins for the quarter faltered due to deal-specific dynamics</li><li>We expect PSYS’ growth leadership to hold, supported by its pedigree in software product engineering, market-share gains from larger peers, and strong deal velocity – any recovery in discretionary is an upside risk to growth based on service portfolio and vertical mix</li><li>The margin improvement track for the company will continue—despite the Q4 miss on margin, the medium-term outlook on margin stays.</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.

Persistent Systems (PSYS) ticked the box on growth and deal wins, while margins for the quarter faltered due to deal-specific dynamicsWe expect PSYS’ growth leadership to hold, supported by its pedigree in software product engineering, market-share gains from larger peers, and strong deal velocity – any recovery in discretionary is an upside risk to growth based on service portfolio and vertical mixThe margin improvement track for the company will continue—despite the Q4 miss on margin, the medium-term outlook on margin stays.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.

Persistent Systems (Q4FY24): Buy the Dip. Maintain BUY

India

Persistent Systems Limited offers outsourced software product development. The Company offer services that include testing, support, and professional services.

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Persistent Systems (PSYS IN)

#12 India Insight: SBI & Union Bk Fundraise, Tata Steel, Persistent System & Google, Dominos Target

State Bank Of India and Union Bank Of India to raise funds through debt and equity, Tata Steel's £1.25 billion investment in UK at risk, Jubilant...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Top Sector Ideas - IT Services (Q4FY24)

Disappointing revenue growth: Most IT companies have reported disappointing revenue growth in Q4FY24, indicating subdued demand from the world’s...

Axis Direct

Tata Technologies IPO Lockup Expiry - US$1.5bn Lockup Release, Some Funds Are Sitting on 40x Gains

Tata Technologies raised around US$370m in its India IPO in Dec 2023. In this note, we talk about its upcoming US$1.5bn lockup release.

Sumeet Singh

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in May

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices. Passive trackers will need to trade over 3...

Brian Freitas

Persistent Systems (Q4FY24): Buy the Dip. Maintain BUY

Persistent Systems (PSYS) ticked the box on growth and deal wins, while margins for the quarter faltered due to deal-specific dynamics

HDFC Securities

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#12 India Insight: SBI & Union Bk Fundraise, Tata Steel, Persistent System & Google, Dominos Target

​State Bank Of India and Union Bank Of India to raise funds through debt and equity, Tata Steel's £1.25 billion investment in UK at risk, Jubilant...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Top Sector Ideas - IT Services (Q4FY24)

Disappointing revenue growth: Most IT companies have reported disappointing revenue growth in Q4FY24, indicating subdued demand from the world’s...

Axis Direct

Tata Technologies IPO Lockup Expiry - US$1.5bn Lockup Release, Some Funds Are Sitting on 40x Gains

Tata Technologies raised around US$370m in its India IPO in Dec 2023. In this note, we talk about its upcoming US$1.5bn lockup release.

Sumeet Singh

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in May

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices. Passive trackers will need to trade over 3...

Brian Freitas

Persistent Systems (Q4FY24): Buy the Dip. Maintain BUY

Persistent Systems (PSYS) ticked the box on growth and deal wins, while margins for the quarter faltered due to deal-specific dynamics

HDFC Securities

State Bank Of India and Union Bank Of India to raise funds through debt and equity, Tata Steel's £1.25 billion investment in UK at risk, Jubilant...