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Gearing up for festival season
For September 2012, automakers posted poor yoy sales; however, yoy comparison renders meaningless in view of the shift in festival season to October-November this year as against October in 2011. Sequentially, automakers registered a healthy growth (ex Hero MotoCorp) which surprised us positively. While momentum in the sales of light commercial vehicles (LCV) and utility vehicle (UV) was maintained, medium and heavy commercial vehicles (MHCV), tractors and two-wheelers sales continued to witness a challenging environment due to demand slowdown. Among auto majors, Mahindra and Mahindra (MM; automotive division), Maruti Suzuki (MSIL) and Ashok Leyland (AL) reported a significantly better-than-expected growth; Hero MotoCorp (HMCL) registered a sluggish performance led by build-up in inventory. Going ahead, we remain cautiously optimistic on auto sales as we expect demand to revive partially led by festival season buying. Tata Motors (TTMT) reported marginally better-than-expected volumes led by a strong 15.2% yoy (11.4% mom) growth in LCV sales. Total volumes however, registered a fall of 3.8% yoy (up 5.5% mom) as passenger vehicle (PV) sales declined by 17.2% yoy (2.8% mom). Commercial vehicle (CV) sales posted a modest growth of 3.2% yoy (9.4% mom) due to a 16.6% yoy (up 5.3% mom) decline in MHCV sales which were impacted by slowdown in industrial activity. AL registered a 20.7% yoy (12.6% mom) growth during the month on the back of strong momentum in its small commercial vehicle, Dost. Total volumes ex-Dost registered an 11.7% yoy (up by a strong 15.1% mom) decline on account of sluggish MHCV demand led by slowdown in economic activity. MSIL posted a better-than-expected sales growth of 9.8% yoy (73.6% mom) as production at Manesar plant continued to improve post the lock-out. Volumes during the month also benefitted from a ramp-up in production at the Gurgaon plant ahead of the festival season. While domestic sales increased 12.7% yoy (77.1% mom), exports sales were down 23.1% yoy (up 28.9% mom). The sales in the mini segment, which had been on a declining spree since the last one year, turned positive during the month registering a 4.9% yoy (77.5% mom) growth. MM continued with its strong sales momentum in the automotive segment (aided by XUV5OO and new Verito) registering a 9.5% yoy (5.5% mom) growth in volumes, which was ahead of our estimates. Total volumes however, registered a 0.6% yoy decline (up by a robust 15.8% mom) led by an 18.6% yoy decline in tractor sales. On a mom basis, however, tractor volumes recovered 51.8%. During the month, MM launched a compact sports utility vehicle, Quanto at an attractive price point of `5.8lakh (ex-showroom Thane). Two-wheelers and three-wheelers: Bajaj Auto (BJAUT) reported volumes in line with our estimates, though; total volumes posted a decline of 13.8% yoy. On a mom basis though, total volumes improved 4.4% led by new launches - Pulsar 200NS (~9,000 units) and Discover 125ST (~35,000 units). HMCL posted extremely weak volumes for September 2012 as total sales declined by 26.4% yoy (8.8% mom) led by slowdown in retail sales. TVS Motor (TVSL) posted marginally better-than-expected sales (up 10% mom) driven by a sharp sequential jump in motorcycle (up 18.9% mom) and three-wheeler (28.1% mom) volumes.
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Tata Motors
TTMT registered better-than-expected volumes driven by strong growth in the LCV segment TTMT reported marginally better-than-expected volumes for September 2012 led by a strong 15.2% yoy (11.4% mom) growth in light commercial vehicle (LCV) sales. Total volumes however, registered a decline of 3.8% yoy (up 5.5% mom) to 75,773 units as PV sales declined by 17.2% yoy (2.8% mom). The weakness in the PV segment was on account of a sharp fall in Indica (down 23% yoy), Indigo (down 52% yoy) and utility vehicle volumes (down 15% yoy). Nano volumes on the other hand jumped 87% yoy during the month. Commercial vehicle sales volumes recorded a modest growth of 3.2% yoy (9.4% mom) mainly on account of a 16.6% yoy (up 5.3% mom) decline in MHCV volumes which continued to be impacted by slowdown in industrial activity.
September September % chg 2012 2011 75,773 16,332 37,007 53,339 4,640 17,794 22,434 5,441 78,783 32,118 51,701 (3.8) 15.2 3.2 19,583 (16.6)
YTD FY2013 409,864 82,639 192,662 275,301 25,690 108,873 134,563 27,749
YTD % chg FY2012 399,470 166,886 270,440 22,630 106,400 129,030 2.6 15.4 1.8 13.5 2.3 4.3 103,554 (20.2)
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Ashok Leyland
Demand pick-up in the southern market and sales momentum in Dost enabled AL to post strong better-than-expected sales ALs sales for September 2012 were better-than-expected. Sales of Dost surged to all time high levels which helped the company to post a strong growth of 20.7% yoy (12.6% mom) in volumes to 10,623 units. Total volumes ex-Dost registered an 11.7% yoy (up by a strong 15.1% mom) decline to 7,596 units on account of sluggish demand led by slowdown in economic activity. Dosts sales continued to be strong at 3,027 units, up 6.8% mom.
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MSIL recorded better-than-expected volumes led by ramp-up in production at its plants ahead of the festival season MSIL posted better-than-expected sales growth of 9.8% yoy (73.6% mom) to 93,988 units as production at Manesar plant continued to improve post the lock-out. Volumes during the month also benefitted from a ramp-up in production at the Gurgaon plant ahead of the festival season. While domestic sales volumes increased 12.7% yoy (77.1% mom) to 88,801units; export sales at 5,187 units were down 23.1% yoy (up 28.9% mom). The sales in the mini segment, which had been on a declining spree since last one year, turned positive during the month registering a 4.9% yoy (77.5% mom) growth in volumes to 39,150 units. The super compact segment sales volumes also grew strongly by 24.3% yoy (279.1% mom) driven by the Dzire. Utility vehicles on the other hand posted a 5% sequential growth led by continued momentum in Ertiga volumes.
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September September 2012 2011 93,988 85,565 39,150 17,813 11,694 288 12 68,957 7,224 12,620 88,801 5,187 37,324 19,722 9,411 196 14 66,667 11,737 78,816 6,749
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YTD YTD % chg FY2013 FY2012 9.8 526,272 533,833 (1.4) 4.9 185,023 234,900 (21.2)
(9.7) 112,617 100,515 24.3 46.9 (14.3) 73,150 2,861 35 40,366 59,166 53,054 45,383
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9,909 (71.1) 171 (79.5) (4.4) 3,846 949.6 78,365 (24.5) 0.0 60,744 (12.7)
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During the month, MM launched a compact sports utility vehicle, Quanto at an attractive price point of `5.8lakh (ex-showroom Thane). Since its launch, Quanto has received 3,200 bookings.
September September YTD YTD % chg % chg 2012 2011 FY2013 FY2012 68,427 68,810 (0.6) 308,257 272,161 13.3 22,008 14,417 6,048 1,800 990 3,079 48,342 18,908 1,177 20,085 17,887 13,419 1,560 968 3,001 44,137 1,165 23.0 7.4 15.4 2.3 2.6 99,095 68,366 24,968 6,251 5,133 15,111 84,450 4,883 89,333 74,043 57,091 25,847 5,231 9,955 88,002 4,845 92,847 33.8 19.7 (3.4) (1.9) 51.8 22.1 (4.0) 0.8 (3.8)
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Bajaj Auto
BJAUT reported in-line volumes benefitting from new launches and gradual recovery in export volumes BJAUT reported volumes in line with our estimates for September 2012. Total volumes posted a decline of 13.8% yoy to 360,152 units. On a sequential basis though, total volumes improved 4.4% driven by new launches - Pulsar 200NS (~9,000 units) and Discover 125ST (~35,000 units). While motorcycle volumes registered a decline of 15.1% yoy (up 3.6% mom) led by weak domestic demand and base effect; three-wheeler volumes fell by 3.5% yoy (up 10.6% mom) mainly due to weakness in the export markets. The company is seeing normalcy in its operations in both, Sri Lanka and Egypt, with three-wheeler sales in Sri Lanka expected to clock ~8,500 units monthly. Exports too declined by 6.1% yoy (up 1.3% mom) to 133,222 units led by lower dispatches to Sri Lanka.
417,686 (13.8) 2,128,179 2,256,952 371,208 (15.1) 1,911,147 1,990,408 46,478 141,913 (3.5) (6.1) 217,032 805,930 851,498
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HMCL reported lower-than-expected volumes led by rising inventory at dealer level HMCL registered extremely weak volumes for September 2012 as total sales declined by 26.4% yoy (8.8% mom) to 404,787 units. Decline in volumes during the month was larger than expected and was a result of slowdown in retail sales. On account of this, there has been pile-up of inventory at the dealer end.
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TVSL volumes improved sharply on a sequential basis driven by uptick in motorcycle and three-wheeler sales TVSL posted marginally better-than-expected volumes (up 10% mom) for the month, driven by sharp sequential jump in motorcycle (up 18.9% mom) and three-wheeler (28.1% mom) volumes. Total volumes however witnessed a decline of 22.5% yoy to 170,097 units as total two-wheeler volumes fell by 23.5% yoy. All the product segments of the company (ex three-wheelers) registered a sharp fall in volumes on a yoy basis with motorcycle and scooter sales declining by 29.7% and 28.3% yoy, respectively. Export volumes too plunged sharply, reporting a 27.5% yoy decline. However, TVSL registered its highest ever monthly three-wheeler sales volume in September 2012 at 5,005 units, up 36% yoy. During the month, TVSL launched a new 125cc motorcycle, Phoenix, which could provide impetus to companys volumes going into the festival season.
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Outlook
We believe the long-term structural growth drivers of the Indian automobile industry such as GDP growth (leading to increasing affluence of rural and urban consumers), favorable demographics, low penetration levels, entry of global players and easy availability of finance are intact, which should support a 10-12% CAGR in auto volumes over FY2012-14E. As such, we prefer stocks that have strong fundamentals, high exposure to rural and export markets and command superior pricing power. We remain positive on AL, HMCL, MM and TTMT.
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Source: Company, C-line, Angel Research; Note: Price as on October 3, 2012; *Consolidated financials
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