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Cement companies are likely to report healthy volume growth in Q4 FY26 on strong demand and capex push, but rising fuel and packaging costs may weigh on profitability and margins
Despite the two-day rally, in the past one month, cement companies stocks have underperformed the market by falling up to 17%, as against 8% fall in the BSE Sensex.
Among stock preferences, UltraTech Cement remains its top pick in the large-cap segment for Motilal Oswal, while it maintains a positive view on JK Cement and Dalmia Bharat in the mid-cap space
On-going escalation of the Iran-Israel-US conflict tends to spike global crude oil prices, which in turn drive up petcoke and diesel prices, affecting cement manufacturers margins, say analysts.
Analysts at Centrum Research estimated aggregate industry volumes rose about 13 per cent Y-o-Y and 12 per cent sequentially, aided by a rebound in non-trade demand
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In its latest note, Choice Institutional Equities reaffirmed its 'Buy' rating on JK Cement, assigning a target price of ₹7,200, implying major upside from prevailing levels.
JK Cement Ltd on Saturday reported an 8.56 per cent decline in consolidated profit to Rs 173.61 crore during the December quarter. It had posted a profit of Rs 189.87 crore in the year-ago period, JK Cement Ltd (JKCL) said in a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations was up 18.18 per cent at Rs 3,463.07 crore in the December quarter. It was at Rs 2,930.28 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. JKCL's total expenses were Rs 3,192.91 crore, up 18.42 per cent in the December quarter. JKCL's total income, including other income, was Rs 3,509 crore during the period under review, up 17.95 per cent. It has reported a 23 per cent volume sales growth on grey cement on a year-on-year basis to 5.36 million tonnes. Its EBIDTA per tonne was Rs 928 as against Rs 1,022 in the quarter. JKCL has a production capacity of 28.26 MTPA grey cement, 3.05 MTPA white cement and wall putty.
Q3FY26 company results: Firms including Punjab & Sind Bank, UCO Bank, IDBI Bank, RBL Bank, Oswal Yarns, and Netweb Technologies are also to release their October-December earnings reports today
JM Financial expects companies under its coverage to deliver robust growth of around 10 per cent Y-o-Y on a comparable basis in the third quarter
Cement companies are expected to report robust topline and volume growth amid weak pricing power during the third-quarter of the financial year 2026
The brokerage has an 'Accumulate' rating on JK Cement for a target of ₹6,173 per share; 'Buy' rating on both JK Lakshmi and JSW Cement with a target of ₹891 and ₹143, respectively
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At 12:26 PM, the BSE Sensex was up 0.21 per cent as compared to 0.22 per cent decline in the BSE Midcap index and 0.29 per cent fall in the BSE Smallcap index.
Low base, premium mix and new capacity supported gains
Choice Broking upgrades JK Lakshmi Cement to 'Buy' with a ₹7,200 target, citing strong expansion, earnings growth, and 25% upside potential
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