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Indian Automobile Sector – A Solid Portfolio

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Here is an Industry report on the Indian Automobile sector. It’s a sector that suffered weak sales post covid, but has recovered quite sharply in the last few months. The growing confidence and global growth plans of Indian auto firms can see the rise of many Indian auto MNCs in the next few decades. We recommend investors buy an Auto portfolio of Escorts Ltd., Eicher Motors, Bajaj Auto, Hero Motocorp, and Maruti Suzuki.

We make our Dec2020 Auto sector report public for your investing pleasure and success.

Additional sector reports:   Eicher Motors – It’s Firing On Both Engines

Hero Motocorp – A Splendid Core Holding

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Introduction

  • The automobile industry of India is in the top 5 markets in the world. It is one of the driving forces of the Indian economy, contributing 49% to the mfg. GDP and 7.5% to overall GDP. The sector’s value chain employs about 3.2 crore people, directly or indirectly.
  • The auto sector can be divided into four sub-segments: Passenger cars, Two- Wheelers, Tractors and Commercial Vehicles (PC, 2W, TT and CV). The segment shares by volume is depicted in Fig. 1
Fig. 1 – Auto Sector Volumes Share
  • 2W and PC dominate the domestic Indian auto market. Passenger car sales are dominated by small and mid-sized cars. 2W and PCs together had a combined sale of over 2.01 crore vehicles in FY20.

Sector Market Shares

  • The brand which dominates in the 2W segment is Hero MotoCorp having 36% market share, as depicted by Fig. 2a. In the case of TT, it is (M&M) Mahindra and Mahindra (41.17%), see Fig 2b.

Fig 2a and 2b – Market share by firms – 2W and Tractors; Fig 2c and 2d – PC and CVs

  • In the PC Vehicles, it is Maruti Suzuki (51.30%), Fig 2c, and in case of CVs, it is M&M with a market share of 35.04%, Fig. 2d.
  • Electric Vehicles – In the year 2020 the electric vehicle market in India took off. The Auto Expo 2020 in Feb saw the introduction of many EVs of different sizes and prices from the automakers. The models that were soon commercially launched were Tata Nexon EV, Morris Garages ZS EV and Mahindra eVerito. M&M also launched the Mahindra eKUV100 at the Auto Expo 2020 and has priced the car from ₹8.25 lakhs making it the most affordable electric car in India.
  • The shift of industry towards electric vehicles has brought uncertainty in the sector. Govt. goal of 100% electrification in auto industry has open doors for the new products in India.
  • However, electrification is the initial phase in India. EVs may find it difficult to grow significant share without 1) Tax benefits from GoI 2) an EV make, charge and repair ecosystem 3) the entry of luxury EV products from Tesla, JLR (Tata Motor) and Audi, that can make the products attractive. 

Auto Industry Updates

  • Auto exports reached 47.7 lakh vehicles in FY20, growing at a CAGR of 6.94 % during FY16-FY20. 2W were 73.9% of vehicles exported, PCs were 14.2%, three wheelers at 10.5% and CVs at 1.3 %.
  • In Nov’20, FM announced the ₹2 lakh crore production-linked mfg. incentives (PLI) to encourage companies in 10 sectors to boost local mfg. and increase exports. The auto sector, including vehicle makers and parts suppliers, will receive the biggest share at ₹57,000 cr. The export-related revenue and localization of production are the two primary criteria for benefits.

Fig 3 – Sector Wise Sales

  • The Corona pandemic caused a 2020 slowdown of Auto Industry, which was already been performing poorly in FY20. In FY21 auto companies are expected to have weaker sales numbers. Trading tension between India and China, can also affect the Industry, as 27% of auto parts are and imported from China. Indian mfg firms are looking for alternative to Chinese imports.
  • Millennials don’t prefer owing a car due to high maintenance cost and availability of local taxi rides.
  • Fig 3 explains the sales pattern of four sub-sectors of automobile sector for the period of five financial years. Figure clearly depicts that Indians preferably choose two-wheelers. Every sub sector has seen a downfall in FY20 after the increase in the recent years.
  • Two Wheelers – India is the largest mfg. of 2W in the world. 2W market has grown rapidly for Indians because of convenience and low cost of ownership and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.33%. Recently, industry has seen a downturn due to rising fuel prices, safety concerns, BS-VI norms and covid uncertainties. Motorcycle consisted of around 65% of the total 2W sales in the FY20, followed by Scooters and Mopeds with contribution of 32% and 3% respectively.
  • 2W sales in India reached an all-time high in 2019, when they sold some 2.1 crore units. This figure is almost double the 2011 sales, when just 1.18 cr. two-wheeler units were sold in India.
  • Passenger Cars – In Nov’20, India’s domestic PV sales rose 12.73%, due to ease in lockdown restrictions & increase in demand due to festive season. Maruti Suzuki has been a dominant player in PV sector, owning a market share of more than combined of all the rivals. Motor vehicle sales in India have doubled between 2008 and 2018, but has been seeing downward trend recently. Various regulatory norms have impacted the automobile sector to change their production methods leading to increase in cost.
  • Commercial Vehicles – In 2018, India was the world’s 3rd largest CVs market and the fastest growing globally. Various factors affect the sales of CVs i.e., mfg. and agricultural output. India has faced the shift of emission standards from BS IV to BS VI from April 2020 leapfrogging BS V, a move that is aimed to curb threatening levels of air pollution in urban areas. Many CV mfg firms are looking to adopt EV tech, keeping the future developments in consideration. Majority of the CVs are Load Carrier Light CVs (LCVs) followed by Medium & Heavy CVs (M&HCVs).

Fig 4 – Tractor Market

  • Tractors – The tractors market is quite dependent on the seasonal rainfall, overall GoI MSP and pricing, and demand conditions. This year has been positive for agriculture sector with good rainfall (in fact floods in some areas), firm GoI pricing and otherwise healthy demand. The migration of workers from urban to rural in May-June this year also helped in labour availability. The rural economy was relatively unaffected by lockdowns and covid. See Fig 4 – Tractor Market.
  • The tractor market was impacted by closure of dealerships, but rebounded well by June itself.
  • The new trend is development and export of cutting edge new tractors from India.

Why is Auto sector doing well in India?

  • The sector has grown on account of traditional strengths in mfg., and cost advantages of abundant low-cost skilled labor, and significant foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows.
  • The GoI has allowed 100% FDI under the automatic route. The GoI aims to develop India as a global mfg. center and a R&D hub. Under NATRiP, the GoI is planning to set up R&D centers at a cost of US$ 388.5 m to enable the industry to be on par with global standards.
  • With a population of more than 130 cr. people, the addressable market for vehicle sales is large. A growing working population and expanding middle-class have been the demand drivers for auto in India. We have the second largest road network in the world at 4.7m km. The GoI policy to set aside substantial investment layout for infra development in every 5-year plan has included the focus on roads. This has given a fillip to the demand for cars and other vehicles.
  • The global auto industry has embraced digital. Revenues generated by online vehicle retail, after-sales, and services are likely to grow almost five times, from about $120 billion in 2018 to about $605 billion by 2025. Volkswagen launched the Digital Workplace initiative across its dealerships in India around two years ago.
  • There are various developments in Indian Auto sector which has triggered its growth. In Sept 2020, Toyota Kirloskar Motors announced investments of more than ₹2,000 cr. in India directed towards electric components and technology for domestic customers and exports. Also, M&M signed a MoU with Israel-based REE Automotive to collaborate and develop commercial EVs. In April 2020, TVS Motor Company bought UK’s iconic sporting motorcycle brand, Norton, for a sum of about ₹153 cr., making its entry into the top end (above 850cc) segment of the superbike market.
  • India has engineering and design centers for many global auto firms. Here maintenance and upgrade work of current models as well as planning & engineering work for new launches, and product development work is done by skilled engineers in an IT enabled environment in close coordination with teams in many countries. Thus an auto ecosystem has developed in India of skills, local manufacturing, OEMs, components, and global business centers.
  • India also has various cost advantages. Auto-firms save 10-25% on operations vis-à-vis Europe and Latin America. India has a well-developed, globally competitive Auto Ancillary Industry and established automobile testing and R&D centers.
  • India is a prominent auto exporter and this segment may grow in the near future.

Benchmarking of Key Players

We have done a benchmarking of selected Auto sector players. Fig. 5 depicts the comparison between the selected Indian companies on basis of key parameters.

Fig. 5 – Benchmarking

  • In this peer group, Bajaj Auto showed best returns (ROCE & ROE) & even dividend yield, and is the lowest in terms of debt as well as being undervalued. Eicher Motor and Escorts were not far behind.
  • Profitability was negative in FY20 for Tata Motors & Mahindra and 3 year cagr profit is negative for many firms. The leader on this parameter is Escorts.
  • Margins are the best for Eicher Motor and next for Bajaj Auto. Eicher Motor has operations in niche high margin segment while Bajaj clearly shows once again its efficiency in operations.
  • Among these auto companies, the best positive outcomes and Score are of Bajaj Auto and Eicher Motors in two-wheeler segment, Escorts in Tractors and Maruti Suzuki in Passenger Car segment. TVS Motors and Tata Motors appear weak from this group.

Relative Prices

Fig 6 – Relative Prices

  • Fig 6 – Relative Prices shows the stock returns given by major listed Indian auto firms by keeping the base of prices as 29th Oct 2018. On the right side we can see the share price performance by order.
  • The share prices fell sharply when the first lockdown started, but soon had a V-shaped recovery. We can see that 7 of the 10 firms have emerged in the positive by now, over a 2 year period.
  • Escorts Group is the #1 in this group and has posted high returns of 140% gains. The agriculture sector has done well even in lockdown times and there has been a good rainfall too. Escorts Group has been increasing its market share by launching new models recently.
  • In the group #2 is Bajaj Auto, #3 is Eicher Motors, #4 is Hero Motocorp, and #5 is Maruti Suzuki. Relative underperformers are Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors and TVS Motors.

Future of the Indian Auto Industry

  • A young population, rising GDP and growing middle class will drive domestic demand for automobiles in India. This will be aided by a healthy domestic industry that is innovative and producing at scale.
  • Several Indian automobile firms have global expansion plans for sales, mfg. and exports. These include Eicher Motors, Hero Motocorp and Bajaj Auto. Maruti, Hyundai and Escorts among others use India facilities for exports.
  • India is expected to emerge as the world’s third-largest PC market by 2021. In FY 2018-19, sale of PC has increased by 2.70%, 2W by 4.86% and 3W by 10.27% as compared to FY 2017-18.
  • From just small cars, India will grow as a hub for design, components and mfg. of all automobiles.
  • Auto companies like Kia Motors, MG have entered the Indian market with premium vehicles and are making a mark by selling in higher volumes. Many automotive companies are looking to enter the business in India which can result in cut-throat competition, and will push Indian companies to innovate and increase the quality of their product to retain their market share.

Conclusion

  • Automobile sector will continue to grow in India due to rising domestic demand, growing strengths in outsourcing of engineering services to India, and global growth plans of Indian OEMs. The supporting ecosystem of auto component manufacture too is developing in tandem.
  • The weak INR may help India to be a good base for manufacture and global exports.
  • In 2W India is already #1. In the PC and CV categories, India became the #4 largest market in 2019 displacing Germany with about 3.99 m units sold. India may displace Japan for #3 by 2021.
  • The growing confidence and global growth plans of Indian auto firms can see the rise of many Indian auto MNCs in the next few decades.
  • The key new auto sector trends of digitalization, software based auto controls and EVs can also be accelerated by India based R&D and developer firms.
  • We can see from Fig 5 – Benchmarking and Fig 6 – Relative Prices that 6-7 firms out of the selected 10 for this study are performing well on many parameters and should continue to lead.
  • We recommend investors buy an Auto portfolio of Escorts Ltd., Bajaj Auto, Eicher Motors, Hero Motocorp, and Maruti Suzuki in equi-weight mode.

Disclaimer

This document has been prepared by JainMatrix Investments Bangalore (JM), and is meant for use by the recipient only as information and is not for circulation. This document is not to be reported or copied or made available to others without prior permission of JM. It should not be considered or taken as an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. The information contained in this report has been obtained from sources that are considered to be reliable. However, JM has not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the same. Punit Jain has stock ownership positions in Escorts Ltd. (since Feb 2017) and Eicher Motors (since June 2017) out of all firms mentioned in this report, and they are small (<1%). Other than this, JM has no known financial interests in any firm mentioned here. Neither JM nor any of its affiliates, its directors or its employees accepts any responsibility of whatsoever nature for the information, statements and opinion given, made available or expressed herein or for any omission therein. Recipients of this report should be aware that past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and value of investments can go down as well. The suitability or otherwise of any investments will depend upon the recipient’s particular circumstances and, in case of doubt, advice should be sought from an Investment Advisor. Punit Jain is a registered Research Analyst under SEBI (Research Analysts) Regulations, 2014. JM has been publishing equity research reports since Nov 2012. Any questions should be directed to the director of JM at [email protected].

Equity Outlook, Nov’20: Rising like a Phoenix from the Ashes

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Introduction

In this note, we map the investment outlook, the impact of the Covid infection, some of the dramatic macro changes in India and other key factors. Many changes have aligned to make the India equity investment story compelling.

India Economy Updates – GDP, Stimulus and Unlock

  • The RBI’s nowcasting model suggests that India’s GDP contracted 8.6% in the July-Sept quarter after a fall of 23.9% in Q1. However H2 should see growth and recovery. RBI cut the repo rate by 75 bps, so the external benchmark-linked lending rate reduced to 7.05%, and repo rate-linked lending to 6.65%. A fall in interest rates will encourage credit, lowering borrowing costs for industry & retail and accelerate growth.
  • India is in an unlock phase from covid, where most economic activities are allowed with SOP to ensure safety. Trains, flights and buses run with restrictions. The worst affected sectors are travel, tourism, hotels, social businesses, restaurants, cinemas, etc.
  • However many industries used the lockdowns to improve efficiencies, rethink business, and reduce costs, fixed & variable. Many large firms became aggressive on M&A too.
  • The high frequency economic indicators like cement and auto indicate a rapid recovery.
  • The GoI has given relief/ stimulus in 3 phases, with a Covid-19 package of ₹ 29,88,000 crore or 15% of GDP. It is targeted at specific industries, and provides liquidity for spending. The RBI loan moratorium allowed loans to be rolled over for 6 months to tide over the period. The latest measures included funding for real estate developers and contractors, fertilizer subsidies, a new employment scheme and spending on rural jobs. MSME’s across 26 sectors get a credit-guarantee program, have a 1-year moratorium on loans and 4 more years to repay.

Covid Virus Infection Updates

  • India: In March India underwent a nationwide lockdown that was one the toughest in the world. Today it has the 2nd highest number of cases after USA of 89.6 Lakh cases, 1.32 L dead and 83.8L have recovered.
  • By Sept there was a peak in India infections, with daily new cases peaking at about 1 lakh. This has dropped to about 38,600 per day and is in decline. There can be a second and third wave, as is starting in Delhi, but with good precautions the infection appears under control.
  • The economy is emerging from the Apr-May deep freeze and indicators are a monthly improvement, with sectors like IT services, pharma, tractors & agro products, some chemicals and certain foods like biscuits, crossing pre-covid levels already.  
  • Global: The outbreak is a threat to the global economy, requiring containment measures like quarantines, curfews and precautions.
  • USA represents nearly 1/5th of the world’s known COVID-19 cases and deaths, and is the #1 on these.  President Trump declared a national emergency on Mar 13, but a weak follow up and lack of simple precautions saw a second and third wave, stronger than previous. The virus appears out of control here.
  • Europe and UK are seeing sharp rises in infections, perhaps aided by cold weather. South America has also done badly. Comparatively Asia has done better, with China almost free, and Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore faring well.
  • We expect the global economy to struggle in CY2020 and start recovering midway through CY21.
  • The discovery and announcement of vaccines, still under development, is a ray of hope.

Indian Sensex Updates

  • We can see in the graph that from Jan highs, the index crashed in March. By Nov, the Sensex crossed the pre-covid levels and moved to new highs.
  • The post March bets in the stock market basis low valuations and an expected full recovery have come true.  
  • The sharp economic recovery, the slow win over covid and a series of reforms bearing fruit finally for the Indian economy has investors in a positive frame of mind.

Indian Reforms and the Global Context

  • India has undertaken big reforms over the last 4-5 years such as GST, RERA, war on black money, reduction in corporate tax, improving Ease of Doing Business, IBC (Bankruptcy Code), Aadhar based subsidies and bank accounts for all. The GDP fell in 2017-20, but the benefits of reforms may start to bear fruit now, along with a covid recovery.
  • The political stability in India today is another plus.
  • The latest GoI move is Atmanirbhar or Make in India program to encourage Production Linked Incentives and mfg. in India for electronics, defense, pharma, chemicals, auto, white goods, etc. This can be a powerful booster for domestic growth.
  • The large Indian IT Services sector got an unexpected and big gain due to covid. Worldwide firms are asking employees to Work From Home, and IT services and solutions form the backbone for this model. IT spending is up, Indian IT and BPM firms delivered in this tough period, and are indispensable to corporate customers.
  • Covid is a challenge to Indian healthcare. One of the learnings of this crisis is that this sector needs better investments, from GoI, to improve the standards, with more doctors, better hospitals and facilities.
  • Meanwhile USA declared a trade war on China due to big trade deficits, IP protection issues and border tensions. Tariffs have been declared on many imports. Japan and many other countries have also followed suit, and they are developing a China+1 strategy to derisk. India can find a place here as an alternative high volume mfg. base.  
  • China has already got a per capita GDP that is close to 5X of India. Thus it is a high cost economy.
  • Apple Inc. is moving phones mfg. to India, as are a number of electronics firms and several other industries too.

Conclusion and Recommendation

  • The Indian economy is emerging from consolidation (FY18-20) and covid (FY21) with surprising strength.
  • The stock markets after a 37% fall in March, recovered and have moved to new highs. Its not just due to domestic investors. There is liquidity inflow to India from the overheated USA markets, political & economic uncertainty in USA, and opacity in China & Hong Kong.
  • Low interest rates, well targeted GOI stimulus programs and global interest will accelerate domestic capex & investments. We expect negative single digit GDP growth in FY21 and +7-11% GDP growth for the next 5 years.
  • Key risks are 1) any new large Indian bankruptcies or BFSI failures 2) War 3) USA and UK trade relations.
  • Longer term investors need to be fully invested and take advantage of the positive cycle over next 3-4 years.
  • Large caps will stay strong and lead the rally, and mid and small caps will follow.
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This document has been prepared by JainMatrix Investments Bangalore (JM), and is meant for use by the recipient only as information and is not for circulation. This document is not to be reported or copied or made available to others without prior permission of JM. It should not be considered or taken as an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. The information contained in this report has been obtained from sources that are considered to be reliable. However, JM has not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the same. Punit Jain is not a medical or covid expert. Neither JM nor any of its affiliates, its directors or its employees accepts any responsibility of whatsoever nature for the information, statements and opinion given, made available or expressed herein or for any omission therein. Recipients of this report should be aware that past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and value of investments can go down as well. The suitability or otherwise of any investments will depend upon the recipient’s particular circumstances and, in case of doubt, advice should be sought from an Investment Advisor. Punit Jain is a registered Research Analyst under SEBI (Research Analysts) Regulations, 2014. JM has been publishing equity research reports since Nov 2012. Any questions should be directed to the director of JainMatrix Investments at [email protected].

Hyper-Competition and its Effects

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Several sectors in India are in a hyper-competition phase. Some examples are Telecom Operators, Passenger Airlines and Mobile Phone Hardware sectors. Investors need to stay away from firms in this phase. 

What is Hyper-competition? Let’s see some examples.

  • Telecom: In Feb 2013, the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licenses in India. By Sept 2018, 5.5 years later, only 4 of 14-15 players survived. Given the high volumes and growing demand, it was expected that these 4 players would do well. However one player had different ideas. With its entry in Oct 2016, Reliance Jio aggressively grew market share by providing free voice and data, and later priced these services very low. Massively funded by strong group divisions, they created large 4G capacities, and soon stabilized networks and interconnectivity. The result? While mobile users and usage grew and Jio gained 30% revenue market share (Sept 2019), customer prices fell sharply, other industry players lost subscribers, degrew revenues and saw drops in profits.
    • In today’s scenario, while consumers and govt. are benefiting with low prices and high tax revenues and levies resp., network operators are under pressure on costs and profits. The 4 player structure should survive, and market shares may stabilize for all players, once prices correct. However this may take at least a year.
  • Airlines: Airlines are a difficult business due to high airplane costs (a duopoly), fluctuating crude prices (around 30-45% of costs) and govt. funded national airlines hiding losses. In India however the market has changed in 10 years from full service airlines to Low Cost Carrier (LCC) domination with Indigo, SpiceJet, GoAir and AirAsia growing market shares. Meanwhile the GoI plan is to double the number of airports to 250 from 102 currently. The market demand has grown 10.9% a year of Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) over the last 9 years, while capacity has grown by 8.3% of Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) – DGCA data. Also two airlines failed in this time, Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways. Air India continues to operate as a loss making airline with govt. funding. Adjusted for inflation, there are flat to falling average ticket prices in a high capacity growth scenario. The current fleet in Indian aviation is 566 commercial aircraft, and the carriers plan to increase their fleet to 1,300 in 1-2 years.
    • One possible outlet for the capacity adds are international flights, and several airlines have global ambitions.
    • If good infra is set up, India can have a few successful global airlines, a good domestic MRO industry and even a large Indian airport hub for global fliers.
    • Domestic connectivity is underserved by the alternatives of railways and roadways, so we can expect airline growth to continue for many years.
    • Consumers and govt. are benefited but in this industry only very efficient firms can stay profitable.
  • Mobile phone hardware: India is the world’s fastest growing smartphone market.
    • The value, mid-segment as well as premium segment continue to grow at high single digits QoQ. The Indian consumers are now spoilt for choice. However 41 smart phone brands exited India in 2018 while 15 entered owing to good growth prospects. TCL, Comio, Datawind and ACER are the well-known brands that exited in 2018. Lychee and Sony are likely to exit in 2019.

jainmatrix investments, hyper competitionFig 1 – Smartphone entry-exits/ Fig 2 – Marketshare of top 5. Source: ET, News 18

    • From Fig 1 it is clear that smartphone player exits over the last 3 years have been much more than new entrants. Now there are some signs of consolidation with this market becoming an oligopoly with the winners continuing to gain market share (See Fig 2). However the market share gains have come at the cost of pricing power. Xiaomi Corp reported a 43.2 bn. yuan loss in 2017 and now the company has rebounded to profits in 2018. Competition is such that the Xiaomi India head had to justify pricing of few product models to its fans while capping the margin at 5%.
    • The Make in India program for electronics has been successful in attracting mobile assembly and manufacture to India for this industry. This was set up to cater to domestic demand, but policymakers would do well to channel manufacturers to make this a base for mobile exports. If this succeeds it would benefit all three – consumers, govt. and manufacturers.
  • Hyper competition is caused by very aggressive player(s) in a free market.
  • In a hyper competition scenario, the situation develops in the following way:
    1. The high competition causes loss of pricing power, and weakening of returns or ROE of current players. The smaller or higher cost players may get squeezed out, and fail or merge.
    2. Consumers benefit in terms of choices and low prices. The govt. too may gain in terms of taxes and levies.
    3. The threat of new entrants diminishes as the sector becomes unattractive.
    4. Market shares of top 2-3 current players soon stabilize and improve but timelines are unpredictable.
    5. With time, competitive intensity reduces and pricing power returns to the surviving players.

Conclusion

  • Investors need to recognize and stay away from hyper competitive sectors as most of the players suffer in this phase, profits fall and returns reduce. It’s possible to play these sectors through other means such as suppliers or consumer firms but that needs further analysis.
  • Once hyper competition ebbs away, the situation can reverse and surviving firms may see a multi-year profit and ROE rise.

Agree ? Any thoughts here? Provide your comments below ……..

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  2. A Telecom sector report (2014) 

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This document has been prepared by JainMatrix Investments Bangalore (JM), and is meant for use by the recipient only as information and is not for circulation. This document is not to be reported or copied or made available to others without prior permission of JM. It should not be considered or taken as an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. The information contained in this report has been obtained from sources that are considered to be reliable. However, JM has not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the same. Several firms are mentioned in this report, listed and unlisted, but we have not presented any investment thesis or specific recommendation. Neither JM nor any of its affiliates, its directors or its employees accepts any responsibility of whatsoever nature for the information, statements and opinion given, made available or expressed herein or for any omission therein. Recipients of this report should be aware that past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and value of investments can go down as well. The suitability or otherwise of any investments will depend upon the recipient’s particular circumstances and, in case of doubt, advice should be sought from an Investment Advisor. Punit Jain is a registered Research Analyst under SEBI (Research Analysts) Regulations, 2014. JM has been publishing equity research reports since Nov 2012. Any questions should be directed to the director of JainMatrix Investments at [email protected].

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Investment Outlook – Short Term Pain, Medium Term Gain

  • 22nd Nov 2016
  • Report Type: News Analysis

Recently the global markets have been very volatile and the same is being witnessed in the Indian markets as well. The Sensex has fallen around 12% from peak of 29,045 on 8th Sept, after a 26% rise since the 2016 budget. Here are the key events which have likely affected the mood of the market.

I) Demonetization:

The high value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 were demonetized on the 9th of Nov, 2016. Just overnight 86% of cash in INR has become obsolete. This measure was taken by the govt. to 1) tackle the widespread presence and hoarding of undisclosed (black) money and 2) destroy the counterfeit notes in the economy. A 50 day window till 30th Dec was given by the govt. to public to deposit or exchange these high value notes.

  • Per estimates about Rs 14.73 lakh crores is in the form of 500/1000 Re notes, and these will be replaced with new Rs 500/2,000 notes which are being distributed by bank branches /ATMs.
  • On 22nd Nov, the RBI eased NPA recognition norms as many SMEs, Agri and other business making cash based settlements/transactions could face repayment issues. RBI has given additional 60 day limit for Banks and NBFCs to recognize loans as NPA over and above standard regulatory limits for dues payable between 1st Nov – 31st Dec 2016 in cases where sanctioned limit is below Rs 1 crore.

The Cash categories are:

  1. Daily cash for individuals and businesses: There is a short term pain as people have to wait in queues outside banks and ATMs to deposit, withdraw or exchange money. We expect this to continue in urban areas for 10 days and semi-urban/ rural for another 2 weeks. Already limits are being raised for individuals & businesses. Online /mobile payments are gaining acceptance. New bank accounts will grow; usage of Jan Dhan Yojana accounts has begun.
  2. Black/ undisclosed cash: Over many years, cash has become a massive store of wealth in India. The reasons were convenience and lack of bank accounts on one side, and to avoid tax, under-declare property values, run illegal business, naxalite movement, etc. on the other. It is estimated that 25-40% of above 14.73 lakh crore of cash is undisclosed. This money is expected to either 1) be deposited in bank accounts and declared, accruing taxes and converting to white, 2) Some of this may leak out to other asset classes like currency, gold, real estate, forex and other people’s bank accounts 3) Be destroyed so as not to leave a trail.
  3. Counterfeit / fake currency: There is a reported presence of fake currency in the system, which is debasing the banking operations. By collecting all high value notes and issuing new ones, these will be flushed out of the system. It’s difficult to estimate this type of cash.

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Fig 1: Ring out the Old, Ring in the New

Impact: For individuals and in business, there will be some disruption before we limp back to normalcy. This will be worse in rural areas with poor banking penetration.

  • But 30 years of cumulative black money will in one stroke be converted or destroyed.
  • This cash exchange, coupled with GST, may radically alter consumer behavior. Bank accounts usage will multiply, as also money transfer facilities and transparency.
  • The govt. is trying to switch from equilibrium in Tax Non-compliance to one in Compliance. In other words break a vicious circle of saving in black money to a virtuous circle of white money.
  • The market sentiment in the short term is affected as several cash oriented sectors may be impacted. Real estate, jewellery, microfinance / NBFC and retail operations may be affected. However the new 22nd Nov rule will ease liquidity for NBFCs and allow operations to stabilize.
  • Data available today indicates the money deposited with banks by customers crossed Rs 6 L crore from Nov 10, after demonetization. Withdrawals, including exchange of old notes, were above of Rs 1.35 L crore (per IBA). We estimate that in another 10 days, the depositing should be complete. The withdrawal / exchange of notes may take 2-3 weeks more to meet daily cash needs.

II) US election results:

Donald Trump won the 45th US Presidential elections on the 9th Nov, 2016. This was against the market consensus of various polls indicating a win for Hillary Clinton, thus shocking many Americans and investors worldwide. After the initial surprise, the US markets stabilized.

Impact: We expect the US policies to change once Trump takes over presidency in Jan 2017. The immigration, foreign business treaties, tax rates and a host of domestic policies may change. The impact on Indian investors too will unravel over 6 months. There is a higher uncertainty in US markets. Some FIIs are pulling out funds from Emerging Markets in a Risk off move. However after an initial knee-jerk reaction, this may not continue.

III) Tension along the India – Pak Border:

Indian stock markets fell almost 2% on 29th Sept, 2016 after the Indian army conducted “surgical strikes” on terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir amidst rising tensions between India and Pakistan. Thus the Indian side has taken a firm stand against terror from Pakistan. This event has been followed up with many incidents of firing on both sides and disruptions along the border.

Impact: We feel that there will be ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. However a war like situation might not come up. Though the issues are unlikely to be solved soon, negotiations and dialogues should happen. Any aggressive attacks from either side could lead to a short term fall in markets. There is a higher uncertainty.

IV) Tata Group Clash:

The Chairman of the Tata Group, Cyrus Mistry was ousted from his post. The past Chairman Ratan Tata took over and will appoint a new Chairman within 2-3 months. The main reason for this was stated to be a loss of confidence in Mistry. This sounded like a painless coup for investors but the spat between the two has gone public, and it may be some time before the changes are rolled out across the group.

Impact: We feel that the operations of most companies will not be affected in the near term. Some strategic direction may be changed. The aggressive and combative stand of Tata group seen in recent cases like Tata Corus and Tata Docomo may soften in line with group philosophy.

Indices movements: Sensex, Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Dow Jones

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Fig 2 – Index movements – 1 year

  • We can see that there has been a fair correlation between Indian and USA markets over 1 year.

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Fig 3 – Index movements – 1 week

  • But over the last week, perhaps thanks to demonetization and the Trump election, Sensex has fallen relative to other markets.

Conclusions

  • There has been a sharp fall in Indian indices and many stocks from recent peaks. The fall reflects a break in the positive run, an increase in uncertainty and sudden unexpected events. It’s not all bad news. We feel that most of the events are short term disruptions, with a recovery possible in a period of 2 weeks to 3 months.
  • This is a correction in an overall bull run as we are seeing a lowering of interest rates, positive moves on GST and 7th pay commission and until recently, steady investments from FIIs and domestic retail. The IPO market too has been euphoric with a lot of pent up demand from retail investors.
  • This short term fall is a buying opportunity if you have a time horizon of a period longer than 3 months.

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This document has been prepared by JainMatrix Investments Bangalore (JM), and is meant for use by the recipient only as information and is not for circulation. This document is not to be reported or copied or made available to others without prior permission of JM. It should not be considered or taken as an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. The information contained in this report has been obtained from sources that are considered to be reliable. However, JM has not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the same. Neither JM nor any of its affiliates, its directors or its employees accepts any responsibility of whatsoever nature for the information, statements and opinion given, made available or expressed herein or for any omission therein. Recipients of this report should be aware that past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and value of investments can go down as well. The suitability or otherwise of any investments will depend upon the recipient’s particular circumstances and, in case of doubt, advice should be sought from an independent expert/advisor. Punit Jain is a registered Research Analyst and compliant with SEBI (Research Analysts) Regulations, 2014. Any questions should be directed to the director of JainMatrix Investments at [email protected].

JainMatrix Investments presents the Outlook for 2016

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Date – 21st Dec 2015

At JainMatrix Investments, we expect the following to happen, in the rest of 2015 and 2016:

  • US Fed to start raising interest rates. The US Fed has to get off the floor in terms of interest rates, and try to restore normalcy in its outstanding debts, asset prices and liquidity. Painful but necessary.
  • Crude Oil prices to stay depressed. Crude oil production is not slowing down. OPEC is happy to boost volumes. Low prices boost savings and wealth in India. On the other hand, growth in the economies of Europe, Japan and China are flat or worse. The surprise may be renewables, where new power generation capacities may match fossil fuels in terms of (unsubsidized) power costs, crossing an economic tipping point.
    • Sectors such as paint, tyres, FMCG, airlines and lubricants are gaining from lower costs.
    • Indian Oil and Gas – Exploration and Production firms will need to get used to lower profits.
  • GST to see the light of day but in a diluted, trial fashion. After a decade of parry and thrust, the law makers may have to bow to the inevitable. GST should roll out in 2016. However it will have to be introduced in a calibrated fashion so that States are able to handle the losses & gains across sectors.
    • We feel that FMCG, pharma, power sector, logistics and auto & auto ancillaries would be the sector gainers from GST implementation.
  • Structural reforms to continue in India, capex cycle to revive. The fall in costs across crude, fuels, metals and agro commodities will continue to boost the economy for 2-3 years. Flush with both funds and purpose, the Govt. of India will spend its way out of slow growth. Subsidies and inefficient expenditures may reduce, while investments in infrastructure, urban development, transportation and government reform look likely.
    • In the private sector, our positive sectors are infrastructure, capital goods, consumption, pharma, exports, IT, textiles, autos and auto ancillary.
    • Several profitable PSUs will also be operationally freed up, and even undergo disinvestment.
    • The dynamic firms in BFSI will gain a lot but others will weaken and see some M&A.
  • India to continue as an emerging markets leader. With some financial stability controlled by a visionary RBI, India could top growth rates among large and emerging economies for many years. The current economic cycle uptick will also attract global funds.
  • In the telecom sector the Reliance Jio launch will see incumbents face off with this new player.
  • The sectors to avoid are Oil & Gas (E&P), metals and telecom. The real estate industry may grow even as prices remain depressed.

 

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