India’s largest two-wheeler maker posted 21% revenue growth while finally gaining traction in scooters and premium bikes. Hero MotoCorp is proving that market leadership doesn’t require standing still. The company that built an empire selling 100-125cc commuter motorcycles is systematically expanding into scooters, premium bikes, and electric vehicles—all while maintainingContinue Reading
The country’s largest lender, SBI, is doing well on all fronts State Bank of India just delivered a class in how to navigate a tricky credit environment. While private sector banks grapple with slowing loan demand and margin pressure, the government-owned behemoth posted 6% quarterly loan growth while keeping netContinue Reading
The state-owned behemoth is shedding its mass-market legacy for higher-margin products. Life Insurance Corporation of India is pulling off something remarkable: teaching an elephant to dance. The state-owned insurance giant, long synonymous with low-margin, mass-market policies sold door-to-door by millions of agents, is executing a pivot that’s starting to showContinue Reading
India’s fifth-largest drugmaker is thriving in diabetes and cardiac care while waiting for its infection-treatment business to recover Mankind Pharma is executing a textbook transition from acute to chronic therapies, and the third-quarter numbers prove the strategy is working—mostly. The company posted 11.5% revenue growth to Rs 35,672 million, beatingContinue Reading
India’s Jockey licensee is managing margins brilliantly while volume growth stalls. Page Industries delivered a technically clean third quarter, beating Street estimates on both growth and profitability. Yet beneath the headline numbers lies a more nuanced story—one of a premium brand navigating the delicate balance between maintaining margins and revivingContinue Reading
The financial conglomerate’s long-suffering insurance arms are rebounding. But is that enough to justify a valuation that’s relied heavily on its stellar lending business? For years, investors saw the financial conglomerate’s underperforming life and general insurance subsidiaries because its flagship lending arm, Bajaj Finance, delivered spectacular returns. Now the insuranceContinue Reading
India’s state-owned iron ore miner is digging itself into a profitability hole. Higher output can’t compensate for soaring costs and weak pricing power. NMDC is learning a that in commodities, volume isn’t everything. India’s largest iron ore producer posted impressive production numbers in the December quarter—14.7 million tonnes, up 44%Continue Reading
India’s second-largest paint maker is chasing market share at the expense of profitability, why that may not paint a good hue on the stock Berger Paints India is discovering that winning the volume war doesn’t necessarily translate into shareholder value. The country’s second-largest decorative paints company delivered 8.5% volume growthContinue Reading
India’s hotel operator is mastering the art of rate increases while learning the hard way that filling new inventory takes time. . For Chalet Hotels, the average room rates surged 16% year-on-year in the December quarter while revenue per available room climbed 12%, according to Philip Capital. But occupancy slippedContinue Reading
Morgan Stanley’s harsh downgrade signals a structural shift threatening the state aerospace champion’s monopoly India’s state-owned aerospace champion may be losing altitude. Hindustan Aeronautics stock tumbled 6% on February 4 as investors digested a reality: the company that once monopolized India’s military aviation is being systematically sidelined by private competitors.Continue Reading
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