L&T Q3 preview: Cons PAT may surge 39% YoY on strong execution; FY24 guidance eyed

Hindustan Unilever is set to reveal Q4 2018 revenue growth led by price hikes with volume growth driven by mid single-digits in the skin cleansing sector. Despite an anticipated dip in margins due to a hike in ad-spend and a 30 bps royalty impact, Jefferies suggests the YoY margin decline will be around 60 bps versus 100-200 bps seen in the nine months ending December 2017. Gross margins are expected to rise quarter-on-quarter while the company could see continued strength in home care revenue growth due to increases in laundering prices.

Tata Motors Q2 Preview: Tata Motors reported a higher-than-expected net profit of Rs 3,203 crore for the quarter ended June, and revenue from operations increased 42% to Rs 1.02 lakh crore.

Avenue Supermart is expected to report healthy growth in its consolidated revenues, with revenue for the quarter ended December estimated to grow 17-18%. Net profit is likely to rise around 23% YoY. Analysts expect DMart to report a gross margin of 14.1% and an EBITDA margin of 8.4%. Revenue growth for Dmart in Q3 is estimated at 17.2%.

Britannia Q3 Results Preview: The company is seen reporting a moderate 1.2% year-on-year (YoY) growth in consolidated revenue for the December quarter due to flat growth in volumes, according to the average of estimates given by 10 brokerage firms.

FMCG major ITC is seen reporting a nearly 5% YoY growth in revenue for the quarter ended December to Rs 17,016 crore, according to the average of estimates given by eight brokerages. The company's EBITDA is likely to increase 2.5% YoY to Rs 6,378 crore, and the profit may grow 2% to Rs 5,137 crore

EBITDA margins are likely to expand by a modest 63 basis points YoY owing to higher ad-spends, offsetting gross margins expansion of 150 bps YoY, according to analysts.

​​Reliance Q3 Results: The profit figure was higher than an ETNow poll of Rs 16,944 crore. Consolidated revenue from operations rose 3.6% YoY to Rs 2.28 lakh crore, a tad lower than the estimated Rs 2.36 lakh crore. EBITDA grew nearly 17% YoY to Rs 44,678 crore, led by growth across all business segments.

RIL Q2 Preview: Net profit for the September quarter is likely to show a solid growth of around 25% year-on-year, according to an average estimate of three brokerages. Revenue from operations, however, is likely to grow marginally (2-3%) or even decline by 2% to 2.25 lakh crore.

Nestle India is expected to have double-digit revenue growth between January to March 2022, however, it is anticipated that price hikes will be the main contributor, whilst the underlying volume growth remains slow at 3%. Despite the positive figures, gross and EBITDA margins are expected to fall due to a rise of inflation on essential input prices compared to the previous year. Analysts have predicted the company's revenue growth at 14.5% with an EBITDA margin of 22.8%. Nestle India will report its Q1 results on April 25.

Analysts said the IT sector's overall tepid performance could be attributed to the delay in discretionary tech spending