Saturday, October 07, 2006

Kalindee Rail-Hi Speed Rail Links

Kalindee Rail Nirman: Building up the National Train Network
BSE 522259, CMP Rs 147
 
Delhi based Kalindee Rail is emerging as one of the most exciting infrastructural plays. With the GOI announcing huge outlay on enhancing the Railways network and Metro Rail expected to be set up in 4 more cities of Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, Kalindee could become a prime beneficiary. Kalindee has already executed 22 kms of ballast free tracks for the Delhi Metro and a large order flow is likely to come its way.
 
Financials
 
Consolidate Revenues of Kalindee Rail would exceed Rs 250 crore (Rs 90 crore), with after tax profits of Rs 12.6 crore (Rs 3.6 crore). Consequently, on the post-merger Equity of Rs 8.77 crore Kalindee will be able to report an EPS of Rs 14.3 (Rs 7.3). At the current price of Rs 147, the stock quotes at a PE of 10 based on near term projected earnings.
 
But this is just part of the story. With the orders in hand and under the bidding process FY08 Revenues will rise to Rs 400 crore and to Rs 700 crore in FY09. After tax profits will rise to Rs 24 crore and Rs 49 crore  in the same period.
 
Background
 
Indian Railways (IR), the world's second largest rail network having a network of 63,465 route km, in 2003, formed Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, a 100 per cent government-owned company, to execute all projects under the National Rail Vikas Yojana, which was initiated in 2002. These projects pertain to rail-port connectivity, developing multimodal corridors to the hinterland, construction of mega bridges and strengthening of the Golden Quadrilateral. The RVNL has already identified about 56 projects valued about Rs. 30 billion.
 
In 2005, the Committee on Infrastructure headed by the Prime Minister approved the Rs 600 billion freight corridor railway project. The Railway Budget 2006-07 also proposed the construction of the dedicated multimodal high axle load freight corridor with computerized control on the western and eastern routes at an estimated cost of Rs 220 billion in the first phase. The freight corridor, which will add 10,000 km to the existing rail network, is expected to change the dynamics of country's transportation sector.
  
Mass rapid transit system (MRTS) projects are gaining momentum. The progress of the Delhi MRTS project is notable. In all, 62.19 km of the Delhi metro is now fully operational and it is planned to extend its network outside the capital city. Recently, in March 2006, the cabinet approved the MRTS projects of Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. These projects are now in various stages of implementation.
 
The budget has projected an increase of 32 per cent in the annual plan outlay over the previous year to Rs 234.75 billion, excluding provisions for national projects.
  
Construction on the Rs 600 billion project is expected to commence in 2006. Once completed, the rail freight corridor project would add 10,000 km to the existing rail network. This is extremely significant considering that only 9,625 km has been added since 1950-51
  
This brings forth the extent of business potential lying ahead for the highly experienced company in Railway Sector like Kalindee in coming years.

Safe Harbor Statement:

Some forward looking statements on projections, estimates, expectations, outlook etc are included in this update to help investors / analysts get a better comprehension of the Company's prospects and make informed investment decisions. Actual results may, however, differ materially from those stated on account of factors such as changes in government regulations, tax regimes, economic developments within India and the countries within which the Company conducts its business, exchange rate and interest rate movements, impact of competing products and their pricing, product demand and supply constraints.
 
Investors are advised to consult their certified financial advisors before making any investments.

Corporate News

Freshtrop Fruits members approve declaration of final dividend
Freshtrop Fruits Ltd has informed that the members at the 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 29, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of the Profit & Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2006, the Balance Sheet as at that date and the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon.
2. Declaration of final dividend of 20% on the paid up equity share capital of the Company.
3. Re-appointment of Mr. Ramchandra Joshi as a Director of the Company.
4. Re-appointment of M/s. Mayank Shah & Associates, Chartered Accountants, as Auditors of the Company upto the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, on remuneration, terms & conditions.
5. Re-appointment of Mr. Ashok Motiani as Managing Director of the Company for a period of 5 years w.e.f. August 01, 2006, on remuneration, terms and conditions.
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Uniflex Cables Board Meeting updates
Uniflex Cables Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on October 06, 2006, inter alia, has passed the following resolutions:
1. To offer, issue and allot the following Equity Shares, Fully Convertible Debentures and Equity Warrants, on a preferential basis, to the parties given below, in one or more tranches and on such terms and conditions as may be deemed appropriate by the Board or Committee thereof, subject to the approval of Shareholders:
a. Upto 5,33,000 fully paid-up Equity Shares of a face value of Rs 10 per share at a subscription price of Rs 25/- per equity share, inclusive of premium of Rs 15/- per share, aggregating to Rs 1,33,25,000/- to Promoter / Promoter Group/s (Promoters)
b. Upto 2,67,000 fully paid-up Equity Shares of a face value of Rs 10 per share at a subscription price of Rs 25/- per equity share, inclusive of premium f Rs 15/- per share, aggregating to Rs 66,75,000/- to Brescon Corporate Advisors Ltd (Brescon), Mumbai.
c. Upto 29,50,000 Fully Convertible Debentures of Rs 25/- each aggregating to Rs 7,37,50,000 to The ADM Maculus Fund II L P (Maculus II), an entity duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Cayman Islands, having its registered office at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, a fund managed by Asia Debt Management Hong Kong Ltd, an asset advisor based in Hong Kong. The entire amount of Rs 7,37,50,000 will be converted compulsorily and automatically within a period not exceeding 18 months from the date of allotment, into 29,50,000, fully paid-up equity shares of Rs 10/- each of the Company at a conversion price of Rs 25/- per equity share. The FCDs would have a coupon rate of 12% p.a., payable yearly till conversion.
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Advani Hotels members approve re-appointment of Statutory Auditors
Advani Hotels & Resorts India Ltd has informed that the members at the 19th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 26, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of Audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2006, Profit & Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2006 and the Reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon.
2. Re-appointment of Mr. K Kannan and Mr. Prakash V Mehta as Directors of the Company.
3. Re-appointment of M/s J G Verma & Co., Chartered Accountants as the Statutory Auditors of the Company from conclusion of this Annual General Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.
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Lokesh Machines members sanction declaration of final dividend
Lokesh Machines Ltd has informed that the members at the 22nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 27, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of the Audited Balance Sheet of the Company as at March 31, 2006, the Profit & Loss Account for the year ended on that date, and the Reports of the Auditors & Directors thereon.
2. Declaration of final dividend of 10% on the expanded equity share capital of the Company on Equity Shares of Rs 10/- each.
3. Re-appointment of Mr. B Kishore Babu & Mr. B R Mahesh, as Directors of the Company.
4. Appointment of M/s. Brahmayya & Co., Chartered Accountants, as Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of this Meeting to the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, on remuneration, terms & conditions.
5. Appointment of Dr. Y Satyanarayana, Mr. R Mohan Reddy & Mr. Y Venkata Rao, as Directors of the Company.
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Jayant Agro members approve re-appointment of Directors
Jayant Agro Organics Ltd has informed that the members at the 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 26, 2006, inter alia, have also accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2006 and the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2006 and the Directors Report and the Auditors Reports thereon.
2. Re-appointment of Mr. Hemant V Udeshi & Mr. Gordhandas H Mulani as Directors of the Company.
3. Re-appointment of M/s. Ostwal Desai & Kothari, Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, on remuneration, terms and conditions.
4. Appointment of Mr. Vijay Kumar Bhandari, Mr. Mukesh C Khagram & Mr. Deepak V Bhimani as Directors of the Company, liable to retire by rotation.
5. Re-appointment of Mr. Hemant V Udeshi as Managing Director of the Company for a period of 5 years commencing from July 01, 2006 on remuneration, terms and conditions.
6. Payment of remuneration to Non Executive Directors of the Company by way of commission for a period of 5 years from the financial year ending March 31, 2006 as determined in accordance with provisions of Sections 198, 349 and 350, on terms & conditions.
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NIIT Technologies allots shares under ESOP
NIIT Technologies Ltd has informed that the Share allotment Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company on October 06, 2006 has allotted 1,000 equity shares of Rs 10/- each to 4 employees of the Company in accordance with the terms of ESOP 2005.
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Jammu & Kashmir Board to consider Q2 results
Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank will be held on October 13, 2006, inter-alia, to consider and approve the Un-audited Financial Results for the quarter & half year ended September 30, 2006 (Q2).
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Shrenuj & Company members sanction declaration of dividend
Shrenuj & Company Ltd has informed that the members at the 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 15, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of the Audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2006 and the Profit & Loss Account for the year ended on that date together with the Directors and Auditors Reports thereon.
2. Declaration of dividend @ 35% i.e. Re 0.70 (Paise Seventy only) per share on equity shares of Rs 2/- each fully paid up for the year ended March 31, 2006.
3. Re-appointment of Shri. Suresh N Talwar & Shri. Pinakin D Desai as Directors of the Company.
4. Appointment of M/s. Rajendra & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, as Auditors of the Company for the financial year commencing on April 01, 2006 to hold office as such from the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, on remuneration, terms & conditions.
5. Payment of remuneration to Shri. Nihar Nitin Parikh, Executive Director of the Company from April 01, 2006 to March 31, 2009, on terms & conditions.
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Geodesic Information allots Equity Shares
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on October 06, 2006, has discussed and decided on the following:
Allotted 15,175 Equity Shares of Rs.2/- each, upon exercise of 15,175 options by Optionees under the Geodesic Employee Stock Option Plan 2002 granted in 2004 and 2005. Consequently, with effect from October 06, 2006, the issued, subscribed and paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company stands increased to Rs 11,74,30,022/- divided into 5,87,15,011 Equity Shares of Rs. 2/- each.
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Century Textiles Board to consider Q2 results
Century Textiles & Industries Ltd has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on October 27, 2006, to consider and take on record the Unaudited Financial Results of the Company for the Second Quarter (July to September) ended September 30, 2006 (Q2).
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IT People members approve re-appointment Ketan Sheth as Director
IT People India Ltd has informed that the members at the 6th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 27, 2006, inter alia, have unanimously passed the following resolutions:
1. Adoption of audited Balance Sheet as on March 31, 2006, Profit and Loss Account for the year ended on that date and Auditors arid Directors reports thereon.
2. Re-appointment Mr. Ketan Sheth as a Director of the Company.
3. Re-appointment of M/s. Gadgil & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, as Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
4. Appointment of Mr. Adi Cooper, Mr. Kishor Hegde & Mr. H R Shah as Directors of the Company, liable to retire rotation.
6. Authorises the Board of Directors to borrow from time to time any sum or sums of money not exceeding at any time the sum of Rs 100.00 crores.
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Aro Granite Board to consider issue of Convertible Warrants
Aro Granite Industries Ltd has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on October 14, 2006, inter alia, to consider & take on record the Unaudited (Provisional) Financial Results for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 and consider issue of Convertible Warrants on preferential basis.
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Pearl Global - Honourable HC, Delhi sanctions Scheme of Merger
Pearl Global Ltd has informed that on October 06, 2006, the Honourable High Court (HC) of Delhi has approved the Scheme of Amalgamation at Pearl Styles Ltd and City Estates Pvt Ltd with the Company. The appointed date for the Scheme of Amalgamation is April 01, 2005.
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IDFC allots equity shares under ESOS
Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd (IDFC) has informed that on October 06, 2006 the Company has allotted 77,573 fully paid up equity shares of Rs 10/- each to eligible employees of the Company in terms of the Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOS).
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Sanra Software postpones EGM
Sanra Software Ltd has informed that an Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the members of the Company that was to be held on October 06, 2006 is adjourned due to want of further information and the Board shall meet and decide the date accordingly.
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Suraj Products members approve re-appointment of Directors
Suraj Products Ltd has informed that the members at the 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 30, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of the audited accounts of the company for the year ended on March 31, 2006 along with Auditors Report and Directors Report thereon.
2. Re-appointment of Mr S N Kabra, Mr. R P Agarwal, Mr. D K Agarwala & Mr. Gagan Goyal, as Directors of the company, liable to retire by rotation.
3. Re-appointment of M/s Rustagi & Company, Chartered Accountants, Kolkata, as auditor of the company to hold office from this Annual General Meeting to next Annual General Meeting on remuneration, terms and conditions.
4. Re-designation of Mr. Y K Dalmia, Managing Director as Chairman of the company, on terms and conditions.
5. Appointment of Mr. Gagan Goyal, as Executive Director for a period of five years, with effect from August 01, 2006 on remuneration, terms and conditions.
6. Alteration in the Object Clause of the Memorandum of Association of the Company by inserting the new sub-clauses after the existing sub-clause 3 of Clause III A of the Memorandum of Association.
7. Authority to the Board to borrow any moneys from time to time, on such terms and conditions and with or without security, as the Board of Directors may in its sole discretion thinks fit, notwithstanding that the money or monies to be borrowed together with the monies already borrowed by the Company (apart from temporary loan obtained from the Company�s bankers in the ordinary course of business) may exceed the aggregate of paid up share capital and free reserves of the Company, i.e. reserves not set apart for any specific purpose, provided however that the total borrowings at any time including monies already borrowed shall not exceed the sum of Rs 100 Crores subject to necessary provisions and approvals.
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Lakshmi Overseas nominates Additional Director
Lakshmi Overseas Industries Ltd has informed that Maj. Gen. A L Suri AVSM (Retd.) has been appointed as Additional Director of the Company in the Board Meeting held on October 04, 2006. He brings with him rich experience and will be involved in the implementation of power project of the Company.
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iGate Global allots Equity shares on exercise of stock options
iGate Global Solutions Ltd has informed that the Share Transfer Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on October 06, 2006, has allotted 49802 Equity shares of par value of Rs 4/- per share to the individual optionees pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the Companies Employees Stock Option Plan, on receipt of payment of the subscription monies in respect of the said shares aggregating to Rs 5038250.00.
The grant price for 47927 shares was at Rs 100.00, 125 shares at Rs 101.70 and 1750 shares at Rs. 133.05.
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Suryajyoti Spinning members approve declaration of Dividend
Suryajyoti Spinning Mills Ltd has informed that the members at the 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 29, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of the audited Balance Sheet of the Company as at March 31, 2006 and the Profit & Loss Account of the Company for the financial year ended on that date together with the Schedules and Notes, Cash Flow Statement attached thereto along with the reports thereon.
2. Declaration of Dividend of Re 1.00 on the Equity Share Capital of Rs 10/- each fully paid-up for the year ended March 31, 2006.
3. Re-appointment of Sri. Sanjeev Mitla as Director of the Company, liable to retire by rotation.
4. Re-appointment of M/s. Brahmayya & Co., Chartered Accountants as Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting of the Company until the Conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, on remuneration, terms & conditions.
5. Appointment of Sri. K Harishchandra Prasad as Director of the Company, liable to retire by rotation.
6. Appointment of Sri. Arun Kumar Agarwal, Executive Director for a period of 5 years with effect from August 16, 2006, on remuneration, terms & conditions.
7. Revision in the remuneration to Sri. R K Agarwal, Managing Director for the remaining period of the term of his employment i.e. from August 01, 2006 to July 31, 2008, on terms & conditions.
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ABG Heavy members approve payment of dividend
ABG Heavy Industries Ltd has informed that the members at the 22nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 30, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following resolutions:
1. Considered and approved the Audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2006 the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended as on that date together with Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.
2. Approved the payment of dividend @ Rs 2.50 per Equity Share of Rs 10/- each.
3. Re-appointment of Mr. Kamlesh Agarwal and Mr. R G Govindrajpuram, as Directors of the Company.
4. Re-appointment of M/s. M M Chaturvedi & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, as the Auditors of the Company, to hold the office upto the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, on remuneration, terms and conditions.
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Tata Chemicals to hold Board Meeting on Oct 30
Tata Chemicals Ltd has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on October 30, 2006, inter alia, to consider and take on record the unaudited financial results for the second quarter (Q2) / half year ended September 30, 2006.
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National Fertilizers Board to consider Q2 results
National Fertilizers Ltd has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on October 18, 2006, inter alia, for consideration and taking on record the un-audited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 (Q2).
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Rajasthan Tube Manufacturing members sanction re-appointment of Sunil Kumar Jain as Director
Rajasthan Tube Manufacturing Company Ltd has informed that the members at the 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 30, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of the Audited Profit & Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2006 and the Balance Sheet as at that date, and the Report of the Directors and the Auditors thereon.
2. Re-appointment of Shri. Sunil Kumar Jain as a Director of the Company.
3. Re-appointment of M/s. Pramod & Associates, Chartered Accountants as the Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this Meeting to the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company on remuneration, terms & conditions.
4. Authority to the Board to create, offer and issue to the holders of equity shares of the Company 30,00,000 equity shares of the Company of the face value of Rs 10/- each at a price determined in accordance with SEBI Guidelines, as amended from time to time for subscription for cash, in one or more tranches and at such premium/s per share and in such ratio as may be fixed and determined by the Board prior to the issue on such other terms and conditions, if any, in respect of such issue, to such extent as may be, then permissible, and at such time or times as the Board at its absolute discretion and in the best interest of the Company my deem fit, subject to necessary provisions & approvals.
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Gontermann Peipers members approve adoption of Directors Report
Gontermann Peipers India Ltd has informed that the members at the 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 27, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of the Audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2006 and the Profit & Loss Account of the Company for the year ended on that date together with Reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon.
2. Re-appointment of Mr V K Mittal and Mr M Trivedi, as Directors of the Company.
3. Re-appointment of M/s V Malik and Associates, Chartered Accountants, as Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, on remuneration, terms and conditions.
4. Appointment of Mr S K Pal, as Director of the Company, liable to retire by rotation.
5. Appointment of Mr S K Pal, as an Executive Director of the Company, liable to retire by rotation, for a period of five years with effect from August 01, 2006, on remuneration, terms and conditions.
6. Reduction in the Paid-up Preference Share Capital of the Company from Rs 7,46,07,000 to Rs 1,31,87,000 consequent upon conversion of Cumulative Optionally Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares (COCRPS) aggregating to Rs 6,14,20,000 consisting of 6%, 43,82,000 COCRPS of Rs 10/- each fully paid up and 0.1% 17,60,000 COCRPS of Rs 10/- each fully paid up privately placed / allotted to IFCI Ltd info Term Loan with effect from March 31, 2006, subject to necessary provisions & approvals.
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Hotline Teletube members sanction appointment of Anuj Gupta as Director
Hotline Teletube & Components Ltd has informed that the members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on September 30, 2006, inter alia, have accorded to the following:
1. Adoption of the Audited Annual Accounts as on March 31, 2006, together with Auditors Report thereon.
2. Re-appointment of Mr. D C Mathur & Mr. Amrajit Chopra as Directors of the Company.
3. Re-appointment of M/s S S Kothari Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi as the Auditors of the Company to hold office till the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
4. Appointment of Mr. Anuj Gupta as Director of the Company, liable to retire by rotation.
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Economy and Industry with FII Activity

Inflation increases to 4.77%
Inflation moved up to 4.77% for the week ended September 23 from 4.56% in the previous week, mainly due to spurt in prices of pulses, wheat and iron ore. The wholesale price index (WPI) was at 4.34% during the corresponding week last year.
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Australian delegation to visit India
A business delegation from South Australia, led by the Premier of South Australia, Mr Mike Rann, would be visiting India towards the end of October this year. The delegation would look to promote trade and investment between the two regions in areas such as education, sports, agri-business and films. They were in Chennai to launch the South Australia month in India, which would include a number of high level political visits, business delegations.
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India, EU likely to sign trade agreement next week
India and the European Union are all set to sign a bilateral trade and investment promotion agreement to liberalise trade in goods, services and investment far quicker than expected. The high-level trade group constituted to look into the possibility of such an agreement has given its green signal. The time period for completion of the negotiations and implementation of the agreement will be two years, a timeframe much shorter than any other trade pact that India has entered into so far. The seriousness with which both the EU and India are treating the proposed agreement spells a bonanza for the Indian service industry, which is expected to be a major beneficiary of the agreement.
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Infrastructure sector witnesses 6.7% growth rate for April-Aug quarter
The growth rate of the infrastructure sector has jumped to 6.7% for the April-August quarter of 2006-07, compared with a growth rate of 6.1% in the corresponding period of previous fiscal. The six core infrastructure industries namely crude petroleum, petroleum refinery products, coal, electricity, cement and steel have, however, registered a growth rate of 5.5% in August, less than the 5.8% rate for the same month last year. The performance of the infrastructure sector often has a strong impact on the industrial sector, as this sector has a weight age of 26.7% in the overall index of industrial production.
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EnterpriseDB sets up development centre in Pune
New Jersey-headquartered EnterpriseDB, a player in the $300 million open source database market, announced recently the opening of a software development centre here. The company also has an enterprise performance centre in the UK. They are looking at developing the Pune centre into a very specialised resource centre for database internals development. With 130 employees globally, the company plans to grow to a 200-people company by June 2007. Pune will have 50 people and account for 25 per cent of our overall employee count of 200 by middle of next year. Closer home, some industry estimates have pegged the growth of this market in the small & medium business (SMB) segment alone at 70 per cent. The two-year-old company has raised more than 28.5 million dollar to date with leading venture capitalists like Charles River Ventures, Fidelity Ventures, Sony Online Entertainment, and Valhalla Partners accounting for 20 million dollar of the finances.
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IT stocks cheerful on Q2 no expectations
Expectations that the second quarter results of the Indian IT services sector would be healthy and that top-tier Indian software companies would continue to report strong volume growth, have been driving interest in software company stocks on the bourses. The BSE-IT Index outperformed other indices on Thursday, with huge buying seen in Moser-Baer, Infosys, Wipro, Satyam, Patni Computer, MphasiS BFL and TCS. The first quarter this fiscal was an exceptional one, aided by good volume growth as well as a weaker rupee. They expect volume growth to be the major driver of the topline growth in Q2 FY 07, as the impact of the rupee this time around may not be as significant as it was in the first quarter.
The Nasscom and Booz Allen Hamilton report estimating a 40-billion dollar opportunity for India by 2020, from offshoring of engineering services alone, is yet another positive trigger for the sector. This can be seen from growth in export revenues of the Indian IT services. The services export revenues of the Indian IT sector have grown at an impressive CAGR of 35.2 per cent over FY 2003-06 to 17.3 billion dollar. Tier I vendors with scale, wide service offerings, domain expertise, and large in-house trained manpower are well poised to grab the offshore demand. Software major Infosys kickstarts the earnings season on Oct 11.
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BPO industry urges fraud numbers are negligible
In response to the sting operation conducted by UKs Channel 4 on data theft occurring in Indian call centres, the President of the Call Centre Association of India, Mr Sam Chopra, said, Frauds in the Indian BPO industry account for a fraction of a per cent of data theft. Data security is a matter of concern, however such cases exist in minuscule numbers across all industries and any generalisation on the entire industry based on a particular incident would be unfair.
There is a definite need for stronger data protection laws in the country. However, in comparison to the US and UK, the cases of fraud in Indian BPO sector are much less. The companies on their part need to ensure adequate safeguards and educate their workforce. Dell has already asked its employees to register themselves under the National Skills Registry programmes undertaken by Nasscom and expects a majority to register. The Nasscom President too had dismissed concerns about data protection, saying that the numbers were too small, but the issue was being addressed with all seriousness.
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SanDisk plans expansion in India
SanDisk Corp, the worlds leading maker of flash memory data storage cards, plans to distribute its products through 2,000 stores in India in coming weeks. It plans to start with 2,000 stores in the coming weeks and increase to 14,000-plus by the end of 2007.
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Post Session Market Commentary
The markets witnessed volatile trade and ended flat. The participants showed buying interest in some of the selective index pivotal like Capital goods, Metal and Oil & gas. Overall market breadth was positive as 1592 stocks advanced and 933 stocks declined. All the BSE sectoral indices ended mixed. Among the sectoral indices, BSE metal index was the top gainer up by 97.44 points to close at 8686.62. Other gainers were: BSE Capital goods index up by 76.66 points to close at 8238.98, BSE Oil& Gas index up by 51.96 points to close at 5815.25, BSE Auto index up by 12.17 points to close at 5472.17 and BSE PSU index up by 34.06 points to close at 5863.66. Whereas, BSE FMCG was down by 24.08 points to close at 2027.64, BSE Bank index was down by 16.25 points to close at 6080.17. BSE Health index was down by 15.64 points to close at 3622.99. Today, BSE mid cap and small cap were also roaring throughout the trading session. BSE mid cap was up by 35.19 points to close at 5264.24 and BSE small cap was up by 67.08 points to close at 6328.97 . BSE Sensex closed at 12,372.80 down by 16.60 points while Nifty closed at 3,569.70 up by 4.80 points. Top gainers at BSE Sensex: Hindalco Rs 176.20 (2.12%), Reliance comm. Rs 353.75 (1.56%), Guj Ambuja Cem Rs 121.95 (1.04% ) and Reliance Rs 1163.05 (0.69%). Top Losers: HLL Rs 245.30 (1.86%), HDFC Rs 1430.60 (1.54%), ITC Rs 184.70 (1.44%) and Wipro Rs 513.65 (1.39%).
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FII Activity
The gross equity purchased was Rs.1,648.20 (in crores), and the gross debt purchased was Rs.304.80 (in crores). The gross equity sold was Rs.2,067.60 (in crores), and the gross debt sold was Nil. The net investment of equity was Rs.(-) 419.40 (in crores), and the net debt investment was Rs.304.80 (in crores).
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Friday, October 06, 2006

ABC Bearings-Smooth Tapered Bearings

ABC Bearings-Smooth Rolling

BSE 505665, CMP Rs 165

 

Shares o/s: 11.5 mn

EPS FY06: Rs 13.6

EPS FY07 e: Rs 18

PE on FY06 : 12.5

PE on FY07 e earnings: 9

 

ABC bearing's 1QFY07 net sales grew by 31% YoY to Rs 56 crore. Ramp up in sales was mainly due to strong growth in all the serviced segments viz cars (including a resurgence in supplies for the Toyota models like Innova), commercial vehicles and the tractors segment. Higher volume growth also became possible as additional capacities created in Q4 FY06 at Bharuch began to contribute to the top and bottomline.

 

During the first quarter of FY07 ABC has grown to become the Number 1 in India for Automotive Tapered Roller Bearings. 

 

With capacity expansions in place, ABC is likely to consolidate its position by showing much higher growth than the industry growth in the current financial.

 

ABC continues to focus on achieving the growth in profitability through continuous cost reduction measures, Kaizen, OEE improvement and optimum utilisation of resources.

 

While ABC continues to remain strong in the OE business, the after market segment has shown substantial growth as a result of increased dealer network and improved services.

 

The proof lies in the numbers

 

Q1 Revenues were placed at Rs 56 crore (Rs 42 crore), with after tax profits at Rs 5.3 crore (Rs 3.5 crore). Q1 EPS rose to Rs 4.7 (Rs 3). These numbers compare favourably with FY 06 Revenues of Rs 176 crore (Rs 149 crore), PAT of Rs 15.7 crore (Rs 11.5 crore) and EPS of Rs 13.6 (Rs 9.98).

 

Outlook and valuations

 

The outlook for the auto ancillary sector remains buoyant. ABC Bearings with its strong technical collaboration with NSK Japan is well positioned to leverage global opportunities and improve its competitiveness in the domestic automobile market.

 

With robust performance from the company and better outlook going forward Revenues are expected to cross the Rs 210 crore mark in FY07, with after tax profits closer to the Rs 21 crore mark.

 

At the current market price of Rs170, the stock trades at 12.5x and 9.0x earnings FY06A and FY07E respectively. 

 

The stock could attain a price target of Rs 225 in a year.

Power of Compounding

Example to understand the power of compounding...

If you invest Rs. 1 lakh on Oct-2006 and assume that you are getting 20% gain each time for 6 transaction in a year (Ofcourse it is difficult but possible on good market sentiments and selection of good stocks / sectors ).

Continue to re-invest the capital + profit and do this for 5 years till Oct-2011.

At the end of 5 years you will be having a whopping 2,37,37,631.

 

 

Assuming 20% gain for every transaction

 

 

 

1

100000

120000

1

Oct-06

2

120000

144000

 

 

3

144000

172800

 

 

4

172800

207360

 

 

5

207360

248832

 

 

6

248832

298598

 

 

7

298598

358318

2

Oct-07

8

358318

429982

 

 

9

429982

515978

 

 

10

515978

619174

 

 

11

619174

743008

 

 

12

743008

891610

 

 

13

891610

1069932

3

Oct-08

14

1069932

1283918

 

 

15

1283918

1540702

 

 

16

1540702

1848843

 

 

17

1848843

2218611

 

 

18

2218611

2662333

 

 

19

2662333

3194800

4

Oct-09

20

3194800

3833760

 

 

21

3833760

4600512

 

 

22

4600512

5520614

 

 

23

5520614

6624737

 

 

24

6624737

7949685

 

 

25

7949685

9539622

5

Oct-10

26

9539622

11447546

 

 

27

11447546

13737055

 

 

28

13737055

16484466

 

 

29

16484466

19781359

 

 

30

19781359

23737631

5 years end

Oct-11