Emkay Broker Research reports

Lupin delivered yet another quarter of earnings outperformance vs street as well as our estimates, with the beat in 1QFY26 being driven by a higher gross margin.

We reiterate BUY on Anant Raj, with an unchanged TP of Rs800. We visited the company’s new data center facilities in Panchkula (7MW capacity) and Manesar (21MW), in Haryana.

We maintain REDUCE, lowering our Jun-26E TP by 6% to Rs5,500, based on 48x P/E (revised from 50x, now aligned with the 5Y average forward P/E). Q1 results were in line, adjusting for the Phantom Stock Option Scheme expenses.

Not surprisingly, MMFS posted muted results in Q1FY26, with PAT at ~Rs5.3bn largely hit by elevated credit cost (~25bps higher than our estimate of ~1.9% of business assets), and YoY AUM growth of 15%/disbursement growth of only 1%.

One97 Communication (Paytm)’s Q1FY26 revenue was in line with Street estimates, while profitability significantly beat expectations.

Dixon logged a robust Q1, with revenue up 95% YoY (above consensus) led by the Mobile and EMS segment, on strong volume growth across customer brands.

LTF reported a steady Q1FY26, with overall AUM crossing the Rs1trn mark and registering a 15% YoY (~13.8% excluding Gold Loans) growth, resulting from strong disbursements across the retail segment (including MFI and GL).

JK Cement (JKCE) reported standalone EBITDA of Rs6.75bn (up 41% YoY, albeit down 9% QoQ), beating our estimate (Rs5.9bn).

YES Bank's core performance remained weak, with credit growth slowing to 5% YoY (down 2.1% QoQ), while margins remain low at 2.5%.

AU SFB reported weak core performance, with margins declining sharply by 40bps QoQ to 5.4%, although higher treasury gains and surprisingly lower nonstaff opex, amid bidding for a Universal Banking license led to a ~6% PAT beat, at Rs5.8bn/1.5% RoA.

FSOL has signed an agreement for acquiring Pastdue Credit Solutions (PDC) – a UK-headquartered debt collection agency serving UK’s several market-leading companies, including banks, utility firms, telecom players, and government bodies – for a cash consideration of £22mn (1.3x P/S on FY24 basis).

Despite slower credit growth and sharper margin contraction, RBL reported a 27% PAT beat at Rs2bn and 0.6% RoA, mainly due to higher treasury gains and contained provisions (50bps in Q1/2% annualized, including 6bps contingent provisions on JLG MFI loans).

ICICI Bank reported a resilient performance, with limited margin compression at 7bps QoQ to 4.34% (vs peers’ over 15bps drop) and nearly stable asset quality with headline GNPA ratio at 1.7%.

HDFC Bank is gradually stepping up credit growth, although margin slipped by 23bps QoQ from a higher base in 4Q due to swift rate cuts and lower interest on IT refund.

Following the slump in FY23, DLPL has registered revenue/EBITDA/PAT CAGR of 10%/19%/43%, respectively, over the last two years.

CEAT logged a healthy Q1 with 10.5% revenue growth led by 9%/1.5% volume/realization growth; overall vol growth was driven by a mid-20s/singledigit growth in OEM/replacement; realization was mostly muted due to headwinds for international business.

Route Mobile posted a mixed operating performance in Q1 – revenue missed expectations, while margin came ahead of estimates. Revenue declined 10.6%/4.8% QoQ/YoY, below our estimates.

The in-line NII and higher treasury income notwithstanding, Axis Bank reported a 10% miss on PAT (at Rs58bn) and 1.5% RoA, primarily due to significantly higher provisions as it tweaked its stress recognition policy on cash credit/overdraft (CC/OD) facility and owing to one-time settlement accounts.

Wipro reported steady operating performance in Q1, though one-off restructuring costs led to a miss on reported EBITM. IT Services revenue declined 0.3% QoQ to USD2.59bn (down 2% CC), in line with our expectations.

We maintain our long-term positive view on Marico with Jun-26E TP of Rs810 (on 50x P/E), given improved execution. However, the company’s near-term performance is likely to be impacted by the inflationary copra prices in both, India and Indonesia.