Noida Airport Delay – JP Associates impacted

The indefinite delay in taking off of Greater Noida International Airport has impacted the Land Bank of JP Associates and its Yamuna Expressway project. JP Associates has around 3750 acres of land bank along the Yamuna Expressway around the proposed airport. Adding to JP Associates’ woes is the weakening property prics in the NCR region. Merill has thus taken off the value of land bank in sum of parts valuation of JP Associates. (more…)

HCL Tech – Axon Bid Analysis

We first reported about HCL Tech’s bid for Axon on the 4th of Sept. However, subsequently the company denied but we knew from our sources that it was only negotiating with the bankers.

HCLT intends to fund the all-cash GBP441mn ($818mn) deal through a GBP400mn loan and rest from internal cash. If all goes well, the process should complete by 1Q CY09. (more…)

Realty Stocks – Worst Performers

The benchmark Indian indices Sensex and Nifty have corrected ~37% from their peak. However, the BSE Realty Index has fallen by 70% and some stocks in the property index have fallen more than that. Property prices have started correcting every where, Residential was the first one to be hit followed by Commercial and Retail now. Worli and Bandra Kurla Complex have seen big fall in rental values. We present to you the performance of Realty Stocks in the past 9 months. (more…)

Suzlon Energy Rights – Negative Surprise

Suzlon Energy will hold a board meeting on Sep 27, 2008 to consider a rights issue of equity shares to the extent of Rs18bn.

The target ceiling amount of Rs18 bn from the proposed rights issue corresponds to the 270 mn pounds consideration payable to Martifer by Dec 15, 2008 for acquiring its ~22.5% stake in REpower. Suzlon’s management had then indicated that the company had secured an in-principle tie-up for euro-denominated funding for the transaction. Accordingly, we view the decision to raise funds via any form of equity offering as a negative surprise.

Further, Suzlon Green Power (100% owned by the Tanti family), has committed to set up 3,500MW requiring investments of US$5bn in green assets over five years, in India and China. One has to view these developments cautiously as it might not be very easy for Suzlon Green Power/Honiton Energy to raise funding for investments in wind farms under the backdrop of the global credit crisis.

Axis Bank to Double in 2 Years – Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs [GS] in a report has released few stocks in the Asia-PAC region which have the potential to double within the next 2 years from current levels and Axis Bank from India has made it to the list.

According to GS strong consumer and corporate banking franchise, the latter to be driven by branch expansion, Axis is poised to emerge as a key competitor within Indian financial services. Corporate Banking will see strong capitalization, breadth of products, and cost competitiveness as key advantages. (more…)