Stock Target Price Upgrade
Comp: GMM Pfaulder CMP: `1,520 Tgt: `1,740
Post reduction of tax rates by the Government effective tax rate for GMM would
come down to 25.2% as compared to our earlier estimate of 33%. As a result EPS
gets upgraded from INR 67.8 to INR 75.6 for FY21. Therefore we upgrade our
target price to INR 1740 (23xFY21 EPS estimate) from INR 1570. We upgrade the
stock to a buy with a revised buy upto price of INR 1550.
News Analysis
Hero Cycles to invest around Rs 1,000 crore in e-cycles business
Hero Cycles is planning to invest around Rs 1,000 crore to support its e-cycles
business. The money will be utilised for strengthening global design and R&D and
for setting up a manufacturing unit. A part of the investment might also be used
for building a strong retail distribution network. Recently, the company partnered
with Japan’s Yamaha Motor Co Ltd to launch the 'Lectro E-cycle powered by
Yamaha', India’s first center motor E-cycle, which is priced at Rs 1.35 lakh, and
targets adventure e-cycling in India. The high performance E-cycle powered by
Yamaha is the latest addition to Hero Cycles' popular E-cycle range - Lectro. Lectro
EHX20 is the first branded E-cycle which is driven by a center motor. The E-cycle
can travel 60-70 km on a charge time of 3.5 hours.
The premium product is the first outcome of the three-way strategic partnership
formed last year between Hero Cycles Ltd, Yamaha Motor Co Ltd and Mitsui & Co
Ltd. The alliance, brought together by Mitsui & Co Ltd, is aimed at creating
technologically superior high performance products through collaboration
between Hero Cycles and Yamaha Motor's electric drive units, with go-to-market
sales, distribution & marketing support by Mitsui & Co Ltd, said Aditya Munjal,
Director of Firefox Cycles Limited and Hexi. The company is planning to sell
around 45,000 units of Lectro this year, with around 50 per cent to be exported to
the UK and EU. Hero Cycles will use its already existing distribution network
through UK-based Avocet Sports, which it acquired in 2015, to export and sell
Lectro in Britain and the EU. In the domestic market, the company is targeting
mainly metros and urban markets.
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Hero Cycles to invest around Rs 1,000 crore in e-cycles business