Stocks in news: L&T, HDFC, Guj Alkalies, Geojit BNP, Zuari Agro

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Results today: HDFC, Shree Cements, Tech Mahindra, Grasim

L&T Q3-Standalone net profit up 24.2 percent at Rs 954.17 crore versus Rs 768.37 crore (YoY)-Standalone total income up 0.5 percent at Rs 15,946.20 crore versus Rs 15,868.18 crore (YoY)-Standalone EBITDA up 52 percent at Rs 1,351 crore versus Rs 889 crore (YoY)-Standalone EBITDA margin 280 at 8.4 percent versus 5.6 percent (YoY)-Consolidated net profit up 38.8 percent at Rs 972.4 crore versus Rs 700.34 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income up 1.4 percent at Rs 26,286 crore versus Rs 25,928.07 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA up 18.7 percent at Rs 2,522 crore versus Rs 2,125 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA margin at 9.6 percent versus 8.2 percent (YoY)-Consolidated fresh order inflow at Rs 34,885 crore as on December 31, 2017-Consolidated order book at Rs 2.58 lakh crore as on December 31-Consolidated order book up 1.4 percent YoY-Infra revenue at Rs 12,735 crore versus Rs 12,121 crore (YoY)-Infra EBIT at Rs 879.3 crore versus Rs 778.87 crore (YoY)-Power revenue at Rs 1,632.96 crore versus versus Rs 2,116.46 crore (YoY)-Power EBIT at Rs 11.90 crore versus Rs 104.27 crore (YoY)-Heavy engineering revenue at Rs 870.33 crore versus Rs 929.30 crore (YoY)-Heavy engineering EBIT at Rs 126.17 crore versus EBIT loss of Rs 11.82 crore (YoY)-Developed projects EBIT loss at Rs 110 crore versus EBIT profit of Rs 72.47 crore (YoY)L&T says-Maintains EBITDA margin guidance-Cuts order inflow guidance to 10 percent versus 15 percent earlierGranules India Q3-Consolidated net profit up 33.8 percent at Rs 39.06 crore versus Rs 29.20 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income up 10.6 percent at Rs 359.5 crore versus Rs 325 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA up 16.8 percent at Rs 76.33 crore versus Rs 65.34 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA margin at 21.2 percent versus 20.1 percent (YoY)

Bharat Electronics Q3-Standalone net profit up 33.3 percent at Rs 373.5 crore versus Rs 280.1 crore (YoY)-Standalone total income up 37 percent at Rs 2,191.3 crore versus Rs 1,599.7 crore (YoY)-Standalone EBITDA up 74.2 percent at Rs 482.8 crore versus Rs 277.2 crore (YoY)-Standalone EBITDA margin at 22 percent versus 17.3 percent (YoY)-Board approves splitting each share of Rs 10 into Re 1

Just Dial Q3-Net profit up 5.8 percent at Rs 27.4 crore versus Rs 25.9 crore (YoY)-Total income up 8.5 percent at Rs 180.3 crore versus Rs 166.2 crore (YoY)-EBITDA down 18.6 percent at Rs 25.8 crore versus Rs 31.7 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 14.3 percent versus 19.1 percent (YoY)

Electrosteel Casting Q3-Net profit up 32.6 percent Rs 24 crore versus Rs 18.1 crore (YoY)-Total Income down 8.9 percent at Rs 453.02 crore versus Rs 497.40 crore (YoY)-EBITDA up 3.8 percent at Rs 80.6 crore versus Rs 77.7 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 17.8 percent versus 15.6 percent (YoY)

Tata Coffee Q3-Consolidated net profit down 3.5 percent at Rs 41 crore versus Rs 42.5 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income up 2.7 percent at Rs 413.2 crore versus Rs 402.5 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA down 7.5 percent at Rs 83.2 crore versus Rs 89.9 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA margin at 20.1 percent versus 22.3 percent (YoY)

India Nippon Q3-Net profit up 10.6 percent at Rs 9.4 crore versus Rs 8.5 crore (YoY)-Total income up 0.8 percent at Rs 98.2 crore versus Rs 97.4 crore (YoY)-EBITDA down 0.9 percent at Rs 10.8 crore versus Rs 10.9 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 11 percent versus 11.2 percent (YoY)

Geojit BNP Paribas Q3-Consolidated net profit up 82.9 percent at Rs 15 crore versus Rs 8.2 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income up 16.7 percent at Rs 67 crore versus Rs 57.4 crore (YoY)

Zuari Agro Q3-Net profit at Rs 22.3 crore versus Rs 1 crore (YoY)-Total income down 14.8 percent at Rs 949.9 crore versus Rs 1,115.4 crore (YoY)-EBITDA at Rs 84.6 crore versus Rs 39.9 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 8.9 percent versus 3.6 percent (YoY)

Oriental Veneer Q3-Net profit up 58.3 percent at Rs 1.9 crore versus Rs 1.2 crore (YoY)-Total income down 3 percent at Rs 19.5 crore versus Rs 20.1 crore (YoY)

Avanti Feeds Q3-Consolidated net profit up 12.6 percent at Rs 41.1 crore versus Rs 36.5 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income up 35.2 percent at Rs 558.6 crore versus Rs 413.1 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA up 24 percent at Rs 68.8 crore versus Rs 55.5 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA margin at 12.3 percent versus 13.4 percent (YoY)

Kewal Kiran Clothing Q3-Net profit down 13.1 percent at Rs 9.3 crore versus Rs 10.7 crore (YoY)-Total income up 2.4 percent at Rs 98.5 crore versus Rs 96.2 crore (YoY)-EBITDA down 33.7 percent at Rs 11.4 crore versus Rs 17.2 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 11.6 percent versus 17.9 percent (YoY)

Gujarat Alkalies Q3-Net profit at Rs 47.3 crore versus Rs 14.4 crore (YoY)-Total income up 3.8 percent at Rs 542.4 crore versus Rs 522.5 crore (YoY)-EBITDA up 74.5 percent at Rs 85 crore versus Rs 48.7 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 15.7 percent versus 9.3 percent (YoY)

VTM Q3-Net profit down 38.1 percent at Rs 1.3 crore versus Rs 2.1 crore (YoY)-Total income up 7.5 percent at Rs 38.7 crore versus Rs 36 crore (YoY)-EBITDA down 50 percent at Rs 1.9 crore versus Rs 3.8 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 4.9 percent versus 10.6 percent (YoY)

Shanthi Gears Q3-Net profit up 2.2 percent at Rs 4.7 crore versus Rs 4.6 crore (YoY)-Total income up 7.3 percent at Rs 51.2 crore versus Rs 47.7 crore (YoY)-EBITDA up 11.4 percent at Rs 8.8 crore versus Rs 7.9 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 17.2 percent versus 16.6 percent (YoY)

Kiri Industries Q3-Net profit at Rs 21.2 crore versus Rs 1.76 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 226.4 crore versus Rs 250.3 crore (YoY)

Maruti Suzuki-Hikes prices by Rs 1,500-8,014 across models from January 27-Hike in car prices due to increase in commodity, transport & admin costs

JHS Svendgaard says-Entered into two agreements with HT Media-To allot 18.60 lakh shares at Rs 43/share to HT Media on preferential basis-To place advertisements worth Rs 10 crore with HT Media in next 5 years

SRS says-Board has decided to sell investment in unit SRS Worldwide, UAE-Co is yet to find an appropriate buyer for SRS Worldwide, UAE-To sell UAE unit to focus majorly on operations in India

Prakash Industries-Secures long-term coal-linkages for sponge iron-Secures coal-linkages of 6.49 lakh million tonnes per annum for next 5 years

Other stocks and sectors that are in news today:-JSPL secures long-term coal linkage of 0.5 mtpa for 5 years from Coal India-GMR Infra signs MoU for 2700-acre manufacturing unit in Kakinada SEZ, Andhra Pradesh-Ranbaxy gets US FDA nod for Triamcinolone Acetonide spray (used to relieve skin inflammation, itching)-Swaraj Automotives offer for sale on January 30 and 31 at floor price of Rs 160 per share-Bhandari Hosiery Exports to list shares on NSE, to be added to B group-Kushal Tradelink added to T group-Mercator to list QIP shares-Universal Cables: CARE upgrades long term rating from BBB+ to A--Suzlon: CARE assigns provisional long term rating of A--Apollo Tyres board meeting on February 1 to consider issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs)-Gokaldas Exports entered into MoU with Government of Andhra Pradesh to set up 4 manufacturing units for Rs 200 crore-L&T approved amalgamation of Spectrum Infotech with itself-HPCL & GAIL sign MoU with Government of Andhra Pradesh for greenfield standalone petrochemical complex-Welspun Enterprises converted all global depository receipts into equity-Archit Organosys board meeting on February 1 to fix price for rights issue-Ashapura Intimates Fashion approved amalgamation of Momai Apparels with itself-Balaji Amines board meeting on February 6 to consider amalgamation of Balaji Greentech Products & Bhagyanagar Chemicals with itself-Globus Spirits - Government of Bihar will not renew existing liquor licenses from FY18-Jubilant Lifesciences issued NCDs worth Rs 495 crore-Kumar Mangalam Birla ups stake in Aditya Birla Nuvo ahead of merger with Grasim: ET-Gujarat Fluorochemicals' subsidiary, Inox renewables in talks with Leap Energy for an enterprise value of Rs 1,200 crore: ET-Odisha government sends notice seeking withdrawal of fiscal incentives given to IOC’s Paradip refinery: PTI-RBI expected to extend deadline for asset quality review (AQR) of lenders by a few months: PTI-BSE to list on NSE on February 3: PTI sources-Maruti discontinues sale of lower variants of S-Cross due to low demand: PTI-DCB Bank to raise up to Rs 400 crore in H2 of next fiscal year-Nestle India CMD Suresh Narayanan to PTI: Maggi Noodles has now cornered close to 60 percent market share in India-Energy Efficiency Services signs pacts worth Rs 24,700 crore with Andhra Pradesh for energy efficiency & solar projects: PTI-Om Metal-SPML JV wins order in Rwanda for USD 16.58 million-Gujarat Alkalies to establish 32,000 TPA poly aluminium chloride plant at Vadodara for Rs 22 crore-United Breweries says taking legal advice on next course of action w.r.t SEBI order in United Spirits case-Balrampur Chini to sell entire stake in Indo Gulf to Ganesh Explosives for Rs 20.65 lakh-Kalindee Rail wins order worth Rs 197 crore for eastern dedicated freight corridor-Mphasis appoints Nitin Rakesh as CEO-Indoco Remedies' finished dosage unit at Baddi & Goa completed UKMHRA inspection during quarter-GPT Infra bags order worth Rs 90.5 crore from IRCON International