Emkay Global Financial is bullish on NTPC has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 122 in its research report dated August 17, 2020.
Emkay Global Financial's report on NTPC
Availability (PAF) improved by 470bps yoy across coal-based plants to 95.8% in Q1FY21 (highest in past 4 years) due to low generation amid subdued demand and high coal availability from better supply by CIL. Q1 saw nil under-recovery vs. Rs1.1bn last year. NTPC reported a strong quarter despite Covid-19-related disruptions. EBITDA grew 11.5% to Rs72bn, driven by a fall in fuel costs. NTPC recognized a one-off discount of Rs8.0bn to the discoms. Adjusting the discount, PAT rose 20.1% yoy to Rs31.4bn. NTPC added 660MW Khargone capacity to its commercial capacity and targets to add ~5GW capacity p.a. over FY21/22/23E. We expect NTPC’s standalone regulated equity to increase at a CAGR of 10.2% over FY20-FY23E to Rs782bn.
Outlook
We maintain our Buy rating on NTPC with an unchanged TP of Rs122, backed by its riskaverse regulatory business model, historic low valuations of 0.7x FY22E P/BV and the dividend yield of ~5%-6%. NTPC is also considering a share buyback in FY21.
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