Monday, January 25, 2010

Indraprastha Gas Ltd.


Entry Price: Rs.144
Target Price: Rs.161
EPS: 15.4 (FY10E)
P/E: 9.4 on FY10E EPS
Time Duration: At least one year
Rationale: Promising business model, robust growth in CNG vehicles and PNG customers in NCT of Delhi, timely expansion plans and low industry competition provides a long term & stable visibility to company’s future performance and growth trajectory. However, due to the supply side pricing constraints, margins are expected to remain under pressure.

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Friday, January 15, 2010

The off screen TRP war

The small screen is sizzling with TRP wars with the launch of myriad of new shows like Sach Ka Saamna on Star Plus, Is Jungle se Mujhe Bachao on Sony, Color’s India’s Got Talent and Rakhi ka Swaymvar on NDTV Imagine. While GECs are seriously fighting the war of one-upmanship to garner maximum TRPs; the off screen rating war among the rating agencies Television Audience Measurement (TAM) and Audience Measurement Analytics Ltd. (aMap) is raising the temperature of the TV town. aMap has partnered with Eurodata TV Worldwide (an international rating agency, which compiles viewership data of 2000 channels in 80 territories across five continents) to provide international TV ratings in India besides doling out Indian TV ratings across the world. This tie-up will strengthen aMap, which has not been able to gain much stranglehold despite being in the business since 2004, in this off screen TRP war. aMaps’ large sample size and quick data delivery (overnight) for events and shows gave it the initial kick. On the other hand, being in the industry for over a decade, TAM enjoys an edge as it is more like a TV rating currency. As the Indian economy is getting increasingly interwoven with the rest of the world, in the context of television, this means that there is greater international advertiser interest in the Indian market. International interest in the Indian culture is also increasing. Take for instance, Brazil’s latest hit show Caminho Das Indias (India’s Way) is about an Indian upper-caste girl falling in love with a Dalit boy. Driven by such trends, international broadcasting companies, content providers, et al, are all looking to do business in India. International broadcasters are looking to have a comprehensive data that gives them a hint of what works in the Indian market and this is where aMap will get a strong edge over TAM. “This move will give advertisers and broadcasters in India their first ever preview of the TV program performance around the world, an opportunity to study successful formats the world over and therefore to identify successful opportunities in India...” says Amit Varma, CEO, aMap. It’s time TAM bucks up, for it won’t be too long before aMap races ahead of it.

Pallavi Srivastava

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Not cheap! It’s economical…

Bajaj Auto’s over reliance on brand ‘Pulsar’ and increasing focus on the 125cc-plus motorcycle market garnered it a heavy loss in not only its market share in the two-wheeler segment, but also in its bottomlines. However, Bajaj Auto is revisiting its strategies and is now all set to make a comeback into the 100cc segment with its Discover DTS-Si, which will hit the showrooms from July 27 onwards. Interestingly, Bajaj Auto’s plan to reign in more market share in the 100cc segment is a bit different from the strategy formulated by the company in the first place. But will the discovery of Bajaj Discover be able to create the desired position in the executive segment for Bajaj Auto?

There is no denying that Bajaj Auto’s strategy riding on the superior technology and advanced designing fronts has been very successful to tap the consumer in the premium segment. The company is banking on the same pillars to replicate its success in the executive segment. If the words of Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Auto are to be believed, “In terms of sales and profits, this fiscal will be the best ever for Bajaj Auto.” Introduced as a 125cc model and presently selling in a 135cc version, Discover has been operating in the Indian market for over five years now and is well poised to take on Hero Honda’s executive model – Splendor and Passion by which the company plans to take the sales figure to around the 2,00,000-units mark. And if Bajaj is able to create a new category in the executive segment, the company may garner a healthy share of the entry level segment.

Pawan Chabra

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