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
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
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
8,131 beds, India’s largest pharmacy network, a digital health platform and a merger that could reshape the pharmacy business There are healthcare businesses and there are healthcare platforms. Apollo Hospitals has spent the last several years quietly building the latter — a diversified ecosystem spanning hospital care, pharmacy distribution, digital health and retail diagnostics, each … Read more
Jio IPO imminent, AI infrastructure being built at Jamnagar, FMCG targeting Rs 1 trillion revenue, New Energy entering commercialisation Every year, Reliance Industries’ AGM is less an annual general meeting and more a statement of intent about the direction of one of the world’s most complex conglomerates. The FY26 edition was no different — and … Read more
Beauty scaling 2.5-3x, fashion breaking even and targeting 10% margins, Dot and Key crossing Rs 10 billion There are investor days that reveal something genuinely new about a business, and there are investor days that confirm what the market had already begun to price in. Nykaa’s latest one sits closer to the second category — … Read more
2 million POS devices, 866 million prepaid cards issued, online payments growing 56%, and an AI architecture built for the next decade of commerce There is a payments company sitting quietly in India’s listed fintech space that processes transactions for Flipkart, Myntra, DMart, Apollo Pharmacy, Marriott International and over twenty global airlines — and most … Read more
Credit growing at 17%, GNPA at a multi-decadal low, RoA held at 1.1% despite margin headwinds, and capital ratios restored India’s largest bank does not need to be flashy to be compelling. State Bank of India’s FY26 performance was exactly what long-term investors in the franchise have been waiting for — broad-based credit growth, asset … Read more
Double revenue, double EBIT, 1,400 jewellery stores, Caratlane at 23% CAGR, watches targeting the premium segment — the FY30 vision is compelling. Titan Company is one of those rare Indian businesses that earns the right to be ambitious. Tanishq is the country’s most trusted jewellery brand. Caratlane is the leading omnichannel fine jewellery play. The … Read more
Record production, record sales volumes, coal mining commenced, capacity heading to 100 mtpa by FY31 India’s largest iron ore producer does not often generate excitement. NMDC is a PSU miner — methodical, capital-intensive and slow-moving by the standards of the broader market. But the fourth quarter of FY26 was, by the company’s own historical standards, … Read more