26/07/2018
🏗🚇🛣Infrastructure and engineering conglomerate Larsen and Toubro Ltd put out a robust performance in the June quarter Q1FY19, reporting *good order flow growth* and *stable financial performance*.
📌 Given that infrastructure accounts for the largest part of the company’s business and hinges on government ordering, the order flows increased by a robust *37% year-on-year to ₹36,142 crore*. Domestic orders rose by 45%, mainly from the *infrastructure and hydrocarbons segment*.
📌 The key takeaway is that while the private sector capex is yet to pick up, *infrastructure sector is seeing growth*.
📌 Efforts to drive up capital efficiency and cut debt by selling non-core businesses, will also help in *improving return ratios for the company*.
We are happy to share that we this quality company is present across our focused funds namely: *ABSL FEF, Equity Hybrid’95, Focused Equity, Equity Advantage, Equity, Tax Relief’96 and Balanced Advantage*. Market value of our fund house exposure to this stock stands at *Rs. 17.14 billion* (As on June 2018, Source: Bloomberg)P