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Automobile-Apr03 2023
Automobile-Apr03 2023
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Summary
Sector: Automobile
Led by pre-buying and seasonality, CV and tractor player reported strong growth on m-o-m.
View: Positive M&M outperformed its peers in domestic PV market.
Key surprises: (1) TVSM and MSIL reported 40.5 % and 75.0% increase in export sales on m-o-m basis
and (2) with 31.7% m-o-m growth, HMCL have reported volumes above 5 lakh units.
Coverage universe
Preferred Picks –
CMP
Company Reco PT (Rs) OEMs: Ashok Leyland, M&M, Maruti, TVS Motors and Tata Motors.
(Rs)
Auto Ancillaries: Amar Raja Batteries, Bosch, Greaves Cotton, Lumax Auto Technologies, Schaeffler
Alicon Castalloy India and Gabriel India.
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Amara Raja Batteries 587 BUY 696 OEMs clocked strong numbers in March as most players in our coverage reported volumes that
beat our estimates. CV and tractor players were expected to report strong volumes, while TVSM
Apollo Tyres 323 BUY 372 and MSIL have surprised in export volume performance. Further HMCL has reported volumes above
five lakh units after a gap of five months. We believe festive season during last 8-10 days of month,
Ashok Leyland 141 BUY 181 seasonality and pre buying before the implementation of BSVI phase 2 norms from April have
supported the wholesales in March, while retails have been partially impacted due to inauspicious
Bajaj Auto 3,994 BUY 4,151 period in beginning of the month (Holashtak) and unseasonal rains.
CV segment continue to outperform: The CV segments continue to report robust set of numbers,
Balkrishna Industries 1,942 Hold 2,163 given ALL, TML, VECV and M&M reported 28.8%, 28.1%, 63.3% and 6.9% m-o-m growth in volumes
respectively in March. The growth in CV volumes, supported by traction in core industry, partial
Bosch BUY 21,929 return of replacement demand and seasonality. Along with that, the anticipated price hike due to
19,264 implementation of BSVI phase 2 norms from April has drove pre-buying in CV segment.
Eicher Motors 3,002 BUY 3,579 M&M outperformed its peers in domestic PV market: Despite healthy demand as seen in the
robust order book the wholesales uptick in March was relatively at slower pace, given MSIL was
Escorts Kubota 1,872 Positive 2,278 facing production constraint in certain models. MSIL’s production came down by 3.6% m-o-m to
154,148 units in March 2023. Further dealers have been indicating for a slow movement in entry-
Exide Industries $ 180 BUY 215 level products and high waiting period in high end-products. In March, M&M has outperformed
its peers in domestic market. In domestic market while M&M and TML reported 18.6% m-o-m
Gabriel India 140 BUY 217 and 2.8% m-o-m increase in sales, MSIL reported 10.4% m-o-m decline in sales. While MSIL has
reported decline in domestic sales, it reported highest-ever monthly export volumes in March.
GNA Axles 804 BUY 1,121 MSIL reported 9.8% m-o-m decline in domestic volumes (including supper carry) and 75% m-o-m
increase in export volumes and hence its total volumes declined by mere 1.3% m-o-m.
Greaves Cotton 131 BUY 183 EV segment: Momentum continued: The legacy players continue to do well in EV segment. Most
of the players have been constructive on the growth prospects in the EV segment. This was the
Hero Motocorp 2,434 BUY 3,006 consecutive second month when TVSM has sold more than 15,000 electric scooters. In March
TVSM registered 1.0% m-o-m decline in electric scooter sales to 15,364 units. For Tata Motors,
Lumax Auto
278 BUY 288 this was the consecutive fourth month when it reported m-o-m increase in EV sales and now its
Technologies#
monthly EV volume surpassed 6,500 units. In March 2023 TML sold 6509 electric cars compared
M&M @ $ 1,172 BUY 1,550 to 5,318 units in February 2023.
BSVI phase 2 norms implemented from April: The implementation of BSVI phase 2 norms
Mahindra CIE
361 Positive 457 from April 2023 would increase manufacturing cost for OEMs, which they are passing on to the
Automotive
customers. Effective from April 2023 (1) TML is increasing prices by 5% in CV segment, (2) HMCL
Maruti Suzuki 8,500 BUY 10,965 is increasing prices upto 2% and (3) MSIL is increasing prices by 0.8%. While the implementation
of new norms is translating into a cost pressure for OEMs, it would enhance growth opportunities
Ramkrishna Forgings 282 BUY 329 for powertrain solution players such as Bosch on possible increase in content per vehicle. It is
estimated that Bosch would have an opportunity to increase content per vehicle by 1.6x/1.8x in
Schaeffler India 2,902 BUY 3,328 MHCV/ LCV segment on implementation of BSVI phase 2 norms compared to the content per
vehicle during BSIV emission norms.
Sundram Fasteners # 993 BUY 1,110 Sector view
Suprajit Engineering # 345 BUY 403 Despite challenges in the rural segment, unseasonal rain and price hikes OEMs have reported strong
numbers in March 2023. Maruti and TVSM surprised on export volumes front, while HMCL reported
Tata Motors # 424 BUY 516 total volumes above 5 lakh units after September 2022. Going forward the rural recovery is key things
to watch out as rural segment drives the performance of the domestic motorcycle segment. While
TVS Motors $ 1,085 BUY 1,303 tractor segment has been registering strong volume growth trend, the growth is likely to moderate
in coming year due to high base. Similarly, OEMs are guiding for a 5-7% growth in PV segment in
VST Tillers and FY24 due to high base. A focused and balanced approach towards EV projects is helping the legacy
2,394 Neutral 2,445
Tractors Limited players in building up a markable presence in EV segment as most of the listed OEMs are preparing
@ MM & MVML; # Consolidated; vigorous plans for EV segment, which can survive even on withdrawal of the subsidy support. Export
$ core business valuation; UR Under Review volumes are expected to improve from Q1FY24 onwards.
Source: Company data, Sharekhan estimates Preferred picks: Among OEMs, we largely prefer four-wheeler over two wheelers as two-wheeler
space is still at the improvement stage. Ashok Leyland is expected to benefit from the ongoing upsurge
in CV segment. While historically M&M’s growth was largely driven by the tractor segment, however
Price chart now the automotive segment is also contributing significant portion to the operating performance.
Maruti is expected to regain its market share on successful launch of new products. Despite weakness
180.0 in export volume, we believe increasing traction in its EV business augurs well for TVS Motor. Tata
160.0 Motors is assumed to register improvement in all three key segments (domestic PV, CV and JLR) on
improvement in semiconductor chip supplies. We like Bosch due to its technology leadership and rise
140.0 in content per vehicle on implementation of new emission norms. Amara Raja is expected to be a key
beneficiary of improvement in replacement demand in battery segment and probable value unlocking
120.0
in its EV related projects. The performance of Greaves Cotton in expected to improve on revival of
100.0 its EV business. Lumax Auto Technologies is expected to be benefitted from its new acquisition and
likely increase in its revenue mix. Schaeffler India is improving its export revenue mix and increasing
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localization to improve overall profitability. We like Gabriel India due to its focus on EV projects and
inorganic growth opportunity.
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Source: NSE India, Sharekhan Research
Our forecasts can be affected if semiconductor chip shortage (in premium segment) and geopolitical
situation aggravates or gets delayed along with deterioration in macros.
Ashok Leyland (ALL): Volumes – March 2023 – above estimates: ALL reported 18.9% y-o-y and 28.8%
mom increase in volumes to 23,926 units (against estimate of 19,500 units).
Eicher Motors: Volumes- March 2023 - RE: in line with estimates, VECV : above estimates: Royal Enfield
reported 6.7% y-o-y and 1.0% mom increase in volumes to 72,235 units (against estimate of 72,000 units).
VECV reported a 103.3% y-o-y and 63.3% mom increase in volumes to 11,906 units (against an estimate of
7,800 units).
Escorts Kubota (EKL): Volumes- March 2023 - above estimates: EKL reported 2.3% y-o-y and 31.9% mom
increase in total volumes to 10,305 units (against estimate of 7,900 units).
Hero MotoCorp (HMCL): Volumes- March 2023 - above estimates : HMCL reported 15.4% y-o-y and 31.7%
mom increase in total volumes to 519,342 units (against estimate of 420,000 units).
M&M: Volumes – March 2023 – above estimates: Automotive segment reported 21.0% y-o-y and 12.4%
mom increase in sales to 66,091 units (against estimate of 62,350 units). Tractor segment reported 17.6%
y-o-y and 35.8% mom increase in sales to 35,014 units (against estimate of 29,000 units).
Maruti Suzuki (MSIL): Volumes- March 2023 - above estimates: MSIL reported 0.2% y-o-y and 1.3% mom
decline in total volumes to 170,071 units (against estimate of 157,000) on the back of robust performance
in export volumes. While domestic volumes declined by 2.7% y-o-y and 9.8% mom, the export volumes
increased by 13.7% y-o-y and 75.0% mom.
Tata Motors (TML) : Volumes – March 2023 – above estimates: TML reported 1.7% y-o-y and 14.2% mom
increase in volumes to 91,048 units ( against estimate of 84,800 units). PV segment registered 4.1% y-o-y
and 2.5% mom increase in volumes to 44,225 units, while CV segment registered 0.5% y-o-y decline but
28.1% mom increase in volumes to 46,823 units.
TVS Motors (TVSM) : Volumes- March 2023 - above estimates: TVSM reported 3.0% y-o-y and 14.8%
mom increase in volumes to 317,152 units (against an estimate of 280,000 units) led by strong recovery in
export volumes on a mom basis. Domestic sales increased by 22.1% y-o-y and 8.7% mom. Export declined
by 31.6% y-o-y but increased by 40.5% mom.
CV segment - volumes
Company Mar-23 Mar-22 YoY (%) Feb-23 MoM (%)
Ashok Leyland 23,926 20,123 18.9 18,571 28.8
Tata Motors 46,823 47,050 -0.5 36,565 28.1
Eicher (VECV) 11,906 5,856 103.3 7,289 63.3
M&M 22,282 19,837 12.3 20,843 6.9
Source: Company; Sharekhan Research
Total Sales 1,70,071 1,70,395 -0.2 1,72,301 -1.3 19,66,144 16,52,653 19.0
CVs & 3W 27,979 23,880 17.2 26,193 6.8 3,07,106 2,07,196 48.2
Total Dom 63,976 51,483 24.3 56,551 13.1 6,66,359 4,33,091 53.9
Total Auto 66,091 54,643 21.0 58,801 12.4 6,98,466 4,65,601 50.0
Total Sales 1,01,105 84,406 19.8 84,592 19.5 11,06,011 8,16,916 35.4
Tata Motors Mar-23 Mar-22 YoY(%) Feb-23 MoM(%) FY23 FY22 YoY(%)
Total Sales 91,048 89,516 1.7 79,705 14.2 9,54,702 7,27,406 31.2
Escorts Kubota Mar-23 Mar-22 YoY(%) Feb-23 MoM(%) FY23 FY22 YoY(%)
Total Sales 10,305 10,074 2.3 7,811 31.9 1,03,290 94,228 9.6
Ashok Leyland Mar-23 Mar-22 YoY(%) Feb-23 MoM(%) FY23 FY22 YoY(%)
Total Sales 23,926 20,123 18.9 18,571 28.8 1,92,205 1,28,326 49.8
Eicher Motors Mar-23 Mar-22 YoY(%) Feb-23 MoM(%) FY23 FY22 YoY(%)
2W Royal Enfield 72,235 67,677 6.7 71,544 1.0 8,34,895 6,02,268 38.6
Hero Motocorp Mar-23 Mar-22 YoY(%) Feb-23 MoM(%) FY23 FY22 YoY(%)
Total Sales 5,19,342 4,50,154 15.4 3,94,460 31.7 53,28,546 49,44,150 7.8
TVS Motors Mar-23 Mar-22 YoY(%) Feb-23 MoM(%) FY23 FY22 YoY(%)
Total Sales 3,17,152 3,07,954 3.0 2,76,150 14.8 36,84,563 33,09,578 11.3
Source: Company data, Sharekhan estimates; ^ Monthly runrate
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