ICICI Securities Limited Broker Research reports

NCC has a strong orderbook at INR 701bn with book-to-bill ratio of 3.7x TTM revenue – one of the highest in the industry. It has already bagged orders worth INR 65bn in FY26-YTD with guidance of INR 220bn OI for FY26.

In Q1FY26, PVR Inox’s revenue grew 23.4% YoY/ 17.5% QoQ, driven by successful Bollywood and Hollywood releases as well as initiatives like Blockbuster Tuesday and F&B combo offers.

CONCOR’s Q1FY26 EBITDA of INR 4.26bn missed consensus estimates by ~9%. Overall volume grew 11.3% YoY (EXIM- 12% and domestic- 9.1%), EBITDA was impacted due to volume discount reconciliation and increase in employee cost (one time performance bonus) of INR 180mn.

Bajaj Auto’s (BJAUT) EBITDA margin at 19.7% was in-line with I-Sec estimate. Demand in international market has been driving the growth momentum and the company has guided for 15-20% YoY volume growth in exports in nearto-medium term.

Prudent Corporate Advisory Services (Prudent) has progressed well in terms of AUM growth aided by MTM, traction in SIP and growth in MFDs. AUM/gross SIP flows/MFD count clocked CAGR of 40%/20%/19% between FY20–25 and grew 13.9% QoQ / 27.7% YoY /12.8% YoY in Q1FY26, respectively.

Lupin’s Q1FY26 result was largely in-line with our estimates. Launch of Tolvaptan in US (180 days exclusivity) helped Lupin offset the impact of price erosion in its US portfolio and a muted performance in India.

Bharti Hexacom’s (BHL) Q1FY26 print was weaker than expected due to lower roaming revenue on seasonality, and external events impacting number of inroamers; and higher other expenses on certain USOF site related cost, partly offset by employee cost provision reversal.

Bharti Airtel (Bharti) delivered an impressive performance yet again, with steady market share win, strong incremental EBITDA margin, disciplined capex, and consequently, FCF (after finance cost) of INR 145bn; in parallel, net debt ebbed INR 130bn in Q1FY26.

In Q1FY26, Blackbuck’s core business growth accelerated to ~40% YoY vs. I-Sec est. of 33% YoY. This was driven by higher uptake in value-added services in payments and growth in telematics (regulatory tailwinds).

Weak power demand impacted Torrent Power as it reported subdued Q1FY26 result. Gas based capacity forms 56% of the total installed capacity.

Siemens Energy India (SEI) is operating in one of the best plays in energy transition – the ongoing grid expansion. It is amongst the leading players providing transmission equipment.

Alembic Pharma’s (Alembic) Q1FY26 result was in line with our expectations. Revenue growth was mainly driven by US (13% YoY) and ex-US international business (21% YoY). India growth was tepid at 4.7% YoY due to challenges in specialty portfolio (up 1% YoY) and slowdown in acute market.

HealthCare Global Enterprises’ (HCG) Q1FY26 result was in line with our expectations. Revenue grew 16.7% YoY driven by new centres in Mumbai (+28% YoY), Kolkata (+17% YoY) and Ahmedabad (+22% YoY) while key cluster of Karnataka and East India grew at a moderate pace.

ABB India (ABB) reported disappointing numbers in Q2CY25 on both ordering and financial fronts. While the orderbook (OB) was healthy at INR 100.6bn as of Jun’25 (book-to-bill of 0.8), order inflow (OI) fell 12% YoY.

LIC Housing Finance (LIC HF) continues to feel the heat from increasing competition, as reflected in AUM growth remaining subdued at 7% YoY / 1% QoQ and asset yield reducing 20bps YoY / QoQ to 9.6% in Q1FY26.

Shree Cement’s (SRCM) Q1FY26 volume declined 7% YoY, yet the EBIDTA surged 34% YoY led by price hikes. With blended realisation rising ~4% QoQ (up 10% YoY), EBITDA/t catapulted 44% YoY (down a mere 2% QoQ) to INR 1,373.

GR Infra reported a steady quarter in Q1FY26 with revenue at INR 18bn (-4% YoY), EBITDA at INR 2.3bn (-6% YoY) and margin at 12.7% (-35bps YoY). Adj. PAT stood at INR 2.1bn (+7% YoY).

Ajax reported a muted set of numbers in Q1FY26 with revenue and volume flat YoY. Sale of slipform pavers (~5% of revenue) in base quarter aided EBITDA margin of 17.1% in Q1FY26 (vs. 15.6% in FY25).

PB Fintech’s (PBF) Q1FY26 tick marked all important growth parameters (65% in new health, 42% in core premium ex of savings, 47% in renewal revenue—all on YoY basis).

Power Grid is riding on transmission tailwinds, as India is augmenting its transmission infrastructure to integrate renewables into the grid. It racked-up projects worth >INR 1trn in FY25; it won 24 transmission projects in bids with estimated cost of INR 920bn.