RoA back at 2.1%, NIM holding firm, ECL impact contained for Kotak Mahindra Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank’s Q1FY27 results were, by most measures, a strong quarter — an 8% PAT beat, return on assets crossing 2% again, stable margins and asset quality that held despite seasonal slippage pressure. But the conversation around Kotak right now … Read more
Consolidated EBITDA up 10.7%, Jio at record 53.3% margins, O2C firing on elevated fuel cracks, Jio DRHP filed Reliance Industries does not often surprise on the upside in a single quarter — the business is too large and too diversified for any one segment to dramatically move the needle. But Q1FY27 was a quarter where … Read more
Dolvi expansion coming, debt declining, this one is going places Steel companies are not supposed to beat EBITDA estimates by 13% in a quarter where volumes declined sequentially and raw material costs rose. JSW Steel managed it — and the mechanism behind the beat tells you something important about the quality of the business. Emkay … Read more
AUM at Rs 11.1 trillion, PAT up 23%, TER regulations having zero earnings impact, alternatives scaling Among India’s listed asset managers, ICICI Prudential AMC has spent the last several quarters doing something that most of its peers have struggled with — consistently gaining market share while simultaneously expanding margins and launching new products. The first … Read more
Vacancy at an 18-month low despite 46 million square feet of new supply, GCCs accounting for 38% of all leasing, and rentals rising in every major city The narrative around India’s commercial office market has been one of cautious optimism for the last several quarters — strong demand from global companies setting up capability centres, … Read more
Sales per store falling, metro stores flatlining, D’Mart Ready retreating from 14 cities There is a version of D’Mart’s Q1FY27 result that looks acceptable on the surface — revenue growth of 15%, EBITDA margins holding at 8%, PAT growing 11%. And then there is the version that Prabhudas Lilladher’s note focuses on — store-level metrics … Read more
Indian equities are staging a determined recovery from their late-March lows. A confluence of macro tailwinds building beneath the surface suggests the Nifty 50 has a credible path back to its all-time high before the calendar year is out. The benchmark closed near 24,270 on July 4 and pushed above 24,200 through last week, yet … Read more
Rs 1.78 trillion in production, Rs 384 billion in exports, private sector scaling fast — the cycle is real. But execution and localisation now separate the winners from the rest. SOIL and BEL lead the picks. India’s defence sector has arrived at a genuine inflection point. Production in FY26 reached an all-time high of Rs … Read more
Worst session in over three months as West Asia flare-up sends crude higher, VIX spikes, and every sector on the Street bleeds red. Mumbai bulls entered Wednesday with cautious optimism and left it nursing the worst bruises of the quarter. The BSE Sensex tumbled 1,677.12 points, or 2.15 per cent, to close at 76,503.60, while … Read more
Blinkit crossing EBITDA breakeven with 2,243 stores and counting, and a concert economy bet that could add USD 125 million to EBITDA by FY30 There is a version of the Eternal story that most investors know — a food delivery platform that fought a bruising competitive battle, survived, and emerged as one half of a … Read more