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India's engineering and capital goods companies have dealt with various obstacles over the past year four quarters of FY09. In the early part of the year, concerns regarding rising commodity prices hit companies' directly and indirectly. Directly, as their margins were impacted (higher input costs). Indirectly, as their clients lowered or delayed their investments on account of rising input costs.
The launch of Tata Nano has been well received by all. The vehicle has created a big hype and as a result of such, bookings are expected to fly off the charts. However, a few days back a leading business daily reported that dealers of Tata Motors' small vehicle have been offered margins of only 2% to 2.5% as compared to the typical dealer margins of 3% to 3.5% on the value of the bill.
The third quarter of FY09 did not bring about any stark difference in the performance of Indian engineering companies when compared to their performance in the previous quarter (2QFY09). In 3QFY09, while revenue growth remained good, profits were under pressure for most of the companies.
The BSE Capital Goods index has been at the receiving end the year till date. The index is down by nearly 64% from its 52-week high as compared to the BSE Sensex, which is down by 54%. In this article, let us have a look at how few of the sector companies have performed during the quarter ended September 2008 on an aggregate basis
In a growing economy like India, companies across sectors are bound to invest for their future growth. The fact that India lacks basic infrastructure still persists. As such, companies from across the sectors are willing to exploit the opportunities based on the same.
There is no doubt that Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is the emperor in the offshore, process and infrastructure E&C segments. Punj Lloyd (PUNL) on the other hand, is one of the largest and experienced players in the pipeline and storage tanks terminal business.
In our previous article, we covered the various segments in which Punj Lloyd operates. In this article we will analyse the financials of the company and understand the reasons behind the past underperformance as well as the future prospects of the company.
Punj Lloyd Ltd. (PLL) is one of the largest engineering construction companies in India providing integrated design, engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and project management services for energy industry and infrastructure projects. To augment its engineering and project management skills and transform itself into a complete EPC player, the company recently acquired Singapore based SembCorp and its UK based subsidiary Simon Carves.