Posts in category Value Pickr
Exide Industries (06-02-2024)
Investor Presentation uploaded today.
HDFC Bank- we understand your world (06-02-2024)
HDFC’s presentation uploaded yesterday for Institutional meetings
Green Hydrogen as a Fuel – Indian Companies leading the Green Revolution (06-02-2024)
Thanx LarryWink
(1) For both Hydrogen fuel Cell & Hydrogen ICE , the input is Hydrogen.
(2) However, in a ICE as the name suggest, Hydrogen as a fuel is burnt just like diesel petrol to give power.
(3) In a fuel cell vehicle, hydrogen is used in a fuel cell in combo with oxygen from air to produce electricity which drives the vehicle.As there is no burning or combustion involved, there would not be any exhaust gas or emission.
(4).Where as in Hydrogen ICE , there would be exhaust gas but with zero carbon emission. The only emission is NOx and steam. NOx can be very well controlled with proven technology
(5)Fuel cell parts components are expensive with recurrent cost involved in maintenance of fuel cell. there would be rate elements involved and we would be import dependant.
(6) The advantage of Hydrogen ICE is that the engine platform is same as diesel petrol engines with well known components like piston, connecting rod , crankshaft, cam shaft etc which are well developed with reputed auto ancillaries/ vendor base all around the country… in fact we export these components to other countries. So we are self dependent – made in India…
The existing Workshops /Servicing infrastructure can handle hydrogen ICE.
(8) So , logically speaking , both cost – capex and maintenance could be lower in hydrogen ICE.
The only challenge is the building hydrogen filling stations …which has already started at few cities.
(9) But we had the same challenge with EV charging stations a couple of years back , though it has improved with participation from many Pvt players.
we also had similar challenges with CNG filling station a decade back. But to day , CNG filling stations are everywhere.
Prakash Industries Ltd. (Prakash) (06-02-2024)
See it doesn’t matter whether u sell in open market or use yourself. The mine production capacity is well defined. And unlike iron ore, it’s not that easy to increase production of coal. So one need to assume they will produce at full capacity and sell the surplus. Benefit will remain the same
Sheetal Cool Products Limited (06-02-2024)
If you will look at previous quarterly results, their sales peak at quarter ending June and the reason for this could be peak summer.
This is how their sales is on quarterly basis:
FY Q1 > Q2 > Q3. Then Q4 is almost similar to Q3.
If you will results on year on year basis, their sales has increased. It is only single digits growth.
I think we need to wait for their upcoming quarter results specially Q1 of next FY.
Prakash Industries Ltd. (Prakash) (06-02-2024)
Sir, How big do you see the opportunity from selling the coal in the open market?
Prakash Industries Ltd. (Prakash) (06-02-2024)
One can assume between Rs1000-1500/t of coal as cost saving for the company.
52 week highs and all time highs strategy (06-02-2024)
EIH Associated Hotels (CMP 691.50) owns and operates luxury five star hotels under brand names Oberoi and Trident. Its a JV between Oberoi (EIH Ltd) and Rajan Raheja Group. Today EIH Associated Hotels came out with Q3 numbers which were good. They usually make most of their profits in Q3 & Q4. As the wedding season and travel and tourism industry has gathered momentum, the same is reflected in the stock price of EIH Associated Hotels as today it has hit a All time high of 714 rs and is at an interesting level. The chart below has formed a rounding bottom and its previous high was back in mid April 2018. The stock has come out of a 6 year consolidation.
Similarly EIH Ltd (CMP 344.25) is also hitting All time high on a daily basis, on the back of strong earnings. Also better Q3 & Q4 performance is expected due to revival of hotel industry and all Q3 performances by peers were good. In case of EIH Ltd the stock cleared its previous peak of 240 which was created back in Jan 2008 and has come out of 16 year consolidation.
Sector usually trades at 60 PE X.
Disclosure : Invested in both stocks. (not a recommendation, anyone contemplating investing needs to do their own diligence).
Thirumalai Chemicals – A chemical Company (06-02-2024)
Thirumalai Chemicala fits under the framework of under-earnings.
Couple of reason for under-earnings
Fall in end product prices (P.A)
Chinese players dumping lower grade of P.A
These reason have resulted in fall in margins.
Over, last decade avg EBITDA margins have been 14%, bottom margins 4%, peak margins have been 22%. On TTM EBITDA margins are at 4%.
Now, prices have seen some recovery, Chinese dumping was also expected to stop by Q3FY24. So if prices now starts to recover we can see margins expanding going forward by FY25.
Overall, these are my thesis for investment in Thirumalai. Thanks to SOIC for the framework of Under-Earnings.