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Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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<li>Travel Food Services leads India’s airport QSR sector with a 24% market share and expands internationally through strategic partnerships, capitalizing on the growing global travel F&amp;B market. </li>
<li>With a debt-free balance sheet and robust margins, TFS ensures scalable growth through strategic joint ventures and partnerships, minimizing capital expenditure while expanding operations. </li>
<li>With its diverse brand portfolio and a presence in high-traffic airports across India and abroad. The company’s expansion into new airports ensures sustained growth in the travel food services sector.</li>
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Travel Food Services leads India’s airport QSR sector with a 24% market share and expands internationally through strategic partnerships, capitalizing on the growing global travel F&amp;B market. 
With a debt-free balance sheet and robust margins, TFS ensures scalable growth through strategic joint ventures and partnerships, minimizing capital expenditure while expanding operations. 
With its diverse brand portfolio and a presence in high-traffic airports across India and abroad. The company’s expansion into new airports ensures sustained growth in the travel food services sector.


Travel Food Services IPO: Capitalizing on the Global Airport F&B Boom

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

Travel Food Services / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/travel-food-services-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44175:1" rel="noopener">Travel Food Services Ltd (1450229D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$238m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Travel Food Services Limited (TFS) operates a network of travel quick service restaurants (Travel QSRs) and private lounges in airports.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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Travel Food Services Ltd (1450229D IN) is looking to raise about US$238m in its upcoming India IPO.
Travel Food Services Limited (TFS) operates a network of travel quick service restaurants (Travel QSRs) and private lounges in airports.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Travel Food Services Pre-IPO - Flourishing Takeoff and Takeout Services

Ajax Engineering Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ajax-engineering-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44026:1" rel="noopener">Ajax Engineering Limited (0896529D IN)</a> raised around US$145m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Ajax Engineering Limited (AEL) is one of the leading concrete equipment manufacturers with a comprehensive range of concrete equipment, services and solutions across the concrete application value chain.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Ajax Engineering Limited (0896529D IN) raised around US$145m in its India IPO.
Ajax Engineering Limited (AEL) is one of the leading concrete equipment manufacturers with a comprehensive range of concrete equipment, services and solutions across the concrete application value chain.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Ajax Engineering IPO Trading - Decent Insti Coverage but Subdued Retail Demand

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>We expect our consumer coverage to report a high-single-digit revenue growth of 9% YoY, mainly driven by price hikes</li><li>At an aggregate level, we anticipate revenue and EBITDA growth of 9% and 1%, respectively, in 3QFY25</li><li>However, profitability is expected to decline by 6% due to negative operating leverage and gross margin pressures (excluding the liquor segment).</li></ul>Content is an 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.

We expect our consumer coverage to report a high-single-digit revenue growth of 9% YoY, mainly driven by price hikesAt an aggregate level, we anticipate revenue and EBITDA growth of 9% and 1%, respectively, in 3QFY25However, profitability is expected to decline by 6% due to negative operating leverage and gross margin pressures (excluding the liquor segment).Content is an 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.

Consumer (3QFY25 Results Preview): Challenges Persist

<ul><li>Westlife’s 2QFY25 results were below our estimate due to the high-single-digit decline in SSSg, higher marketing spending and aggressive store addition over the past 12 months.</li><li>We maintain REDUCE with a TP of Rs 725 (30x Dec-26 Pre IND-AS EV/EBITDA) as we expect it to deliver revenue and EBITDA CAGRs of 11/14% over FY24-27 on the back of (a) weak macros</li><li>(b) increased competitive intensity, as more nimble and new age brands get access to capital along with Burger King taking route of aggressive pricing to grab market share</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.

Westlife’s 2QFY25 results were below our estimate due to the high-single-digit decline in SSSg, higher marketing spending and aggressive store addition over the past 12 months.We maintain REDUCE with a TP of Rs 725 (30x Dec-26 Pre IND-AS EV/EBITDA) as we expect it to deliver revenue and EBITDA CAGRs of 11/14% over FY24-27 on the back of (a) weak macros(b) increased competitive intensity, as more nimble and new age brands get access to capital along with Burger King taking route of aggressive pricing to grab market shareContent 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.

Westlife Foodworld (Q2FY25): No Light at the End of the Tunnel. Maintain REDUCE

India

Westlife Development Limited is an operating-cum-investment company that puts up and operates quick service restaurants. The Company, through its subsidiary, operates fast food franchise restaurants across western and southern India.

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Travel Food Services IPO: Capitalizing on the Global Airport F&B Boom

Travel Food Services dominates India's airport QSR sector with a 24% market share, expanding globally through strategic partnerships and with a...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Travel Food Services Pre-IPO - Flourishing Takeoff and Takeout Services

Travel Food Services is looking to raise about US$238m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

Ajax Engineering IPO Trading - Decent Insti Coverage but Subdued Retail Demand

Ajax Engineering Limited raised around US$145m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Consumer (3QFY25 Results Preview): Challenges Persist

We expect our consumer coverage to report a high-single-digit revenue growth of 9% YoY, mainly driven by price hikes. At an aggregate level, we...

HDFC Securities

Westlife Foodworld (Q2FY25): No Light at the End of the Tunnel. Maintain REDUCE

Westlife’s 2QFY25 results were below our estimate due to the high-single-digit decline in SSSg, higher marketing spending and aggressive store...

HDFC Securities

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Travel Food Services IPO: Capitalizing on the Global Airport F&B Boom

​Travel Food Services dominates India's airport QSR sector with a 24% market share, expanding globally through strategic partnerships and with a...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Travel Food Services Pre-IPO - Flourishing Takeoff and Takeout Services

Travel Food Services is looking to raise about US$238m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

Ajax Engineering IPO Trading - Decent Insti Coverage but Subdued Retail Demand

Ajax Engineering Limited raised around US$145m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Consumer (3QFY25 Results Preview): Challenges Persist

We expect our consumer coverage to report a high-single-digit revenue growth of 9% YoY, mainly driven by price hikes. At an aggregate level, we...

HDFC Securities

Westlife Foodworld (Q2FY25): No Light at the End of the Tunnel. Maintain REDUCE

Westlife’s 2QFY25 results were below our estimate due to the high-single-digit decline in SSSg, higher marketing spending and aggressive store...

HDFC Securities

Travel Food Services dominates India's airport QSR sector with a 24% market share, expanding globally through strategic partnerships and with a...