Buy ABB India, target price Rs 4100: JM Financial

JM Financial has buy call on ABB India with a target price of Rs 4100. The current market price of ABB India is Rs 3810.

ABB India, incorporated in the year 1949, is a Large Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 80844.10 Crore) operating in Engineering sector.

ABB India key Products/Revenue Segments include Switch Gear Items, Motors/Alternators/Generators, Others, Electronic Control And Supply Units For Variable Speed Drives, Erection & Other Services, Other Operating Revenue, Scrap for the year ending 31-Dec-2022.

Financials
For the quarter ended 30-06-2022, the company has reported a Consolidated Total Income of Rs 2123.15 Crore, up 5.50 % from last quarter Total Income of Rs 2012.46 Crore and unchanged .00 % from last year same quarter Total Income of Rs Crore. Company has reported net profit after tax of Rs 145.67 Crore in latest quarter.

The company’s top management includes Mr.Adrian Guggisberg, Mr.Sanjeev Sharma, Mrs.Carolina Yvonne Granat, Mr.V K Viswanathan, Ms.Gopika Pant, Ms.Monica Widhani. Company has BSR & Co. LLP as its auditors. As on 31-03-2023, the company has a total of 21 Crore shares outstanding.

Investment Rationale
The brokerage remains positive on the growth story given expansion in lower tier cities to pace up the growth, utilisation of robust cash balance (c.INR40bn) for organic and inorganic acquisitions and improvement in margins over the past few quarters to c.12% (1QCY23) vs average range of 6-8% in CY18-20. Further, ABB Global reported healthy order inflows growth (+9% YoY on a comparable base) and anticipates growth of 10% in CY23 with improvement in EBITDA margins.

Promoter/FII Holdings
Promoters held 75 per cent stake in the company as of 31-Mar-2023, while FIIs owned 8.45 per cent, DIIs 8.92 per cent.