Daily Brief Industrials: Hitachi Ltd, Lonking Holdings, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone, Clarivate , Japan Steel Works, SF Intra-City, Smurfit WestRock, UFP Industries , Verbrec , Concepcion Industrial and more

• More than $1 billion to be invested in electric power equipment and railway car production, plus a new automation center, to counter tariffs and support long-term expansion in the U.S.
• The rising share of sales accounted for by smart factory and other digital technologies should lead to higher profit margins and ROIC over the next several years. 
• The share price has dropped 13% from its recent high to 26x EPS guidance for FY Mar-26. Buy on weakness for long-term growth. The main risk is a slowing economy.

• Strong industry sales of wheel loaders (+10.4% YoY) and excavators (+18.8%) in Jul-Aug suggested that the current consensus earnings forecasts are too conservative. 
• Lonking Holdings (3339 HK) will also benefit from the strength of the equities market, given it has an investment portfolio of Rmb2.4bn, or 18.6% of its market capitalisation.
• Given net cash equalling HK$2.02/share, or 66.1% of its share price, its 10.3x PER and 4.5% dividend yield for FY25F still appear undemanding. 

• India’s spectacular underperformance over the past 12 months relative to Asia has been driven primarily by dismal earnings delivery by corporates, leading to persistent EPS estimate downgrades.
• We identify stocks with strong earnings delivery, i.e. EPS estimate upgrades over past 1, 3 and 6 months, forecast EPS growth >10%, net D/E < 1 and PEG < 1.4x.
• We screen 11 stocks from industrials, healthcare, materials and property. Most have appreciated significantly over 6- and 12-month timeframes, establishing that the market tends to reward superior earnings delivery.

Key points (machine generated)

• Clarivate operates in three main segments: Academia & Government, Intellectual Property, and Life Sciences & Healthcare.
• Academia & Government is the largest revenue contributor at 49-52%, followed by Intellectual Property at 29-33%, and Life Sciences & Healthcare at 13-17%.
• About half of Clarivate’s revenues come from the higher education sector, including the top 50 universities worldwide.

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• Macro: Nuclear restarts (Tomari-3, Aug-25) and record defense budgets underpin demand for JSW’s forgings.
• Results: Q1 FY25 showed solid YoY growth (revenue +7%, OP +21%) with margins lifted by defense/nuclear.
• Valuation/Risks: Shares trade at ~26× P/E on a ¥508 bn backlog; upside rests on execution, with delays the key risk.

• HK-Listed SF Intra is a leading player in Chinese on-demand delivery
• H1 results show strong top-line growth, but thin margins, -ive OpCF
• SF Intra’s structure suggests no fat to cut in local eComm fulfillment expense

• Smurfit Westrock posted a robust performance for the second quarter of 2025, demonstrating strength in several key areas while facing challenges in others.
• The company reported adjusted EBITDA of $1.213 billion, reflecting a solid margin performance of 15.3%.
• This marks a significant improvement particularly due to more focused operations in North America, where the EBITDA margin reached 15.8%.

• UFP Industries, Inc. has reported its second-quarter financial results for 2025, reflecting a continued trend of challenging market conditions.
• The company reported revenues of $1.8 billion, a decrease of 3.5% compared to the previous year.
• Declines in both unit volumes and pricing were noted across its business segments, although recent acquisitions provided some offsetting positive impacts.

• Verbrec Limited (ASX:VBC) provides engineering, asset management, operations and maintenance, and training to the energy, mining, infrastructure and defence industries in Australia, New Zealand, PNG and the Pacific Islands.
• The company operates two divisions in Engineering (~90% of FY25 revenue) and Competency Training (~10% of FY25 revenue).
• The company has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell Competency Training to RelyOn Australia Pty Ltd for a headline purchase price of $11.5m, payable full in cash on completion, but subject to adjustments for working capital and net cash/debt at completion.

• Concepcion Industrial (CIC PM — US$91 million) is an appliance company selling air conditioners and refrigerators in the Philippines.

• The business was started by the Concepcion family in 1962. One year after being formed, it received exclusive distribution rights for Carrier-branded air conditioners in the Philippines.

• In 1987, Concepcion launched its own brand, “Condura” — now one of the top five brands in the country.