Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Budget 2010-11- Sectoral impact

Check how the budget will impact various sectors of the economy - an analysis of key announcements and their impact on stocks


Automobiles - Negative
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Hike in excise duty by 2% Negative for all manufacturers
Increase in ad valorem duty on large cars, MUVs and SUVs Negative for M&M, Tata Motors and luxury car manufacturers
Higher allocation to NREGS Positive for M&M, Hero Honda and Maruti
Higher deduction on expenditure incurred on in-house R&D from 150% to 200% Positive for automobiles and auto ancillary manufacturers
Hike in excise duty on petrol and diesel Negative for all manufacturers


What did not come?
Extension of accelerated depreciation for CVs Negative for Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland


Banking - Positive
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
New banking licenses for few private sector players and NBFC’s subject to meeting RBI’s eligibility criteria. Positive for NBFC’s such as Reliance Capital, IFCI, M&M Financial services.
Capital Infusion of Rs165bn for PSU banks in FY11 thereby enabling them maintain Tier I capital above 8% by March 31, 2011. Positive for small PSU Banks - Dena Bank, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank & United Bank of India.
Extension in repayment of the loan under the Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme for farmers by six  months to June 30, 2010 Positive for PSU Banks.
IIFCL to refinance bank lending towards infrastructure projects. Positive for banks as it would improve ALM and increase funding to the sector
FY11 net market borrowings of Government estimated at lower Rs3.45tn;  fiscal deficit for the year pegged at 5.5% of GDP Positive for the sector, with pick up in credit demand clarity over the borrowing programme will ensure adequate moves in interest rates, and leaving negligible impact on bank’s treasury book.
Extension of interest subvention scheme to March 31, 2011 on housing loans upto Rs1mn on property value upto Rs2m. Positive for Housing Finance Companies and Banks with home loan portfolio.
Interest subvention of 2% for farmers who repay their short-term crop loans on schedule. Neutral as long as the interest part waived is re-paid by the GoI to banks.
Impetus towards Financial Inclusion Positive for the sector in general as it aims at reaching unbanked areas thereby increasing the penetration levels of Insurance and other financial products.


Cement - Neutral
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Increase in rural infrastructure spending Positive as this will lead to higher consumption
Increase in IT slabs leading to surge in disposable income Beneficial as this will lead to higher private housing demand resulting into higher cement consumption
Upward revision in excise rate on cement and clinker Negative for the sector
Levy of Rs100/ton on coal mined in India Negative for the cement players as this would increase the power cost


What did not come?
Re-imposition of custom duty on imports Negative for all cement manufacturers
VAT on clinker and cement be brought down to 4% Negative for sector


Construction - Positive
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Rs1.7trn (46% of the total plan allocation) towards infrastructure development Positive for all Infrastructure development companies operating under PPP model
Allocation for road transport increased by 13% to Rs199bn Positive for road development companies like IRB, IVRCL, HCC and J Kumar Projects
Increased allocation to railways to Rs167bn Positive for wagon manufacturers, players laying transmission lines, railway sliding manufacturers, railway transformer manufacturers and other infrastructure companies
Increased IIFCL disbursement target to Rs200bn by March 2011, take out financing scheme to initially provide finance for ~Rs250bn over next three years Positive for all infrastructure companies
Allocated Rs480bn for rural infrastructure programmes under Bharat Nirman Positive for T&D & transformer manufactures like EMCO, Bharat Bijlee, Crompton Greaves, Indo tech, KEC international, Jyoti Structures


FMCG - Positive
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Continued spending on rural and social development Positive for all FMCG companies
Roll-back in excise duty reduction from 8% to 10% Negative for FMCG companies especially HUL as higher sales from non-excise free units. Neutral for Dabur
New excise slab of Rs669/100 sticks introduced in filter cigarettes under 60mm. Excise on other filter cigarettes raised by 9-18%, excise on non-filter cigarettes (>60mm but <70mm) increased by 11% Negative for cigarette manufacturers. Marginal impact on ITC (exited non-filter segment), has already increased prices of its Gold Flake brand and can take suitable price hikes to mitigate the impact
Government to set up five additional mega food parks Positive for food processing companies
Excise duty of 10% levied (earlier Nil) on baby & clinical diapers and sanitary napkins Negative for Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care
Excise duty on goods covered under the Medicinal and Toilet Preparations Act reduced from 16% to 10% Positive for HUL as deodorants and perfumes could get cheaper
Concessional customs duty of 5% presently available on specified machinery for tea and coffee plantation extended and excise duty exemption on these items is re-introduced upto 31.03.2011 Positive for tea and coffee plantations companies like Mcleod Russel, Tata Coffee
Increase in MAT rate from 15% to 18% Negative for Dabur and GCPL
Current surcharge of 10% on domestic companies reduced to 7.5% Positive for Nestle, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare


What did not come?
3 years accelerated depreciation of 200% on R & D for new units in Food Processing and Packaging Negative for food processing companies


Hotels - Positive
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Commencement of operations for 2-star, 3-star or 4-star hotels/convention centre in NCR constructed during 01/04/07 to 31/03/10 extended to 31/07/10 to be eligible for 100% deduction of profits for 5 years u/s 80 ID Would give more time for hotels slated to open in lieu of Commonwealth Games in Oct’ 10 so as to remain eligible for 100% deduction of profit for 5 years
Provide 100% deduction on capital expenditure (other than on land, goodwill and financial instrument) u/s 35AD to 2-star or above category of hotels irrespective of location; currently specified categories of hotels in NCR etc enjoy profit linked deduction under Chapter VI-A of IT Act Beneficial to all players who commenced new hotel operations post April 1, 2009; Indian Hotels and Hotel Leela key benefactors in our coverage


Information Technology - Neutral
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
MAT rate increased from 15% to 18%

Negative for all IT companies, more so for medium and small sized entities
Calculation of tax exemption for SEZs under the revised formula has been made effective FY07 Positive for large software companies due to their material SEZ presence
Levy of service tax on IT software under all cases irrespective of the end usage  Negative for all software services companies
Pre-packaged IT software exempted from service tax Positive for product companies
Significant increase in plan allocation for school education Positive for education companies such as Educomp, Everonn, Aptech, etc
Approval of three new projects under National Skill Development Corporation worth ~Rs450mn

Positive for education companies having presence in vocational segment such as Educomp, Everonn, Aptech, etc
Process of refund of accumulated credit for service tax made easy for exporters of IT and BPO services Positive for IT and BPO companies having significant international business


What did not come?
Extension of tax holiday for STP units and EOUs

Negative for all IT companies, more so for medium and small sized entities


Metals and Mining - Neutral
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Increase in infrastructure spending Positive for the sector as this will lead to higher domestic consumption 
Increase in excise duty by 2% Companies will not be able to pass on the complete rise in cost, marginally negative for steel manufacturing companies
Increase in MAT from 15% to 18% Will be negative for companies like JSPL and Sterlite as tax rate for their power subsidiaries would increase
Levy of Rs100/ton as clean energy cess on coal mined and imported into India Negative for the metals companies as this would increase the cost of coal consumed
Decrease in surcharge on domestic companies from 10% to 7.5% Positive for all the companies, will lead to lower tax outgo


What did not come?
Removal of customs duty on steel products Positive for steel manufacturers, as the difference in domestic and international prices will not reduce
Increase in export duty on iron ore Positive for Sesa Goa as exports constitute 93% of total revenue, Marginally negative for steel manufacturers who don’t have captive mines


Oil and Gas - Negative
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Hike in customs duty on crude oil from 0% to 5% Positive for ONGC and Cairn
Hike in custom duties on petrol and diesel from 2.5% to 7.5%. Hike in excise duty by Re1 on petrol and diesel. Negative for ONGC & GAIL (upstream companies bear losses on auto fuels). However petrol and diesel prices have been raised to offset the impact


What did not come?
De-regulation of petrol and diesel pricing Negative for OMCs as ambiguity continues to stay on subsidy sharing pattern
Clarification on 80-IB benefit for gas exploration Negative for RIL and ONGC


Real Estate - Negative
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Service tax levied on additional services provided by a builder to buyers for extra charge like preferential location, internal and external development of complexes Negative for all
Renting of property, rent of vacant land under agreement to undertake construction of building or other structures to be charged service tax Negative for all
Increase in personal income tax slabs, higher allocation under Indira A\was Yojana and other rural development/infrastructure schemes Positive for all
Extension of interest subvention scheme to March 31, 2011 on housing loans upto Rs1mn on property value upto Rs2m Positive for companies focusing on affordable housing
Pending housing projects to be completed within a period of five years instead of four years for claiming a deduction of their profits Positive for all


Telecom - Neutral
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Full exemption from basic customs duty and CVD extended to parts for manufacture of battery chargers and hands-free headphones; exemption from 4% special additional customs duty on parts used to make mobile phones extended till 31/03/11 Would encourage manufacture of mobile phones accessories
FY11 3G auction revenues budgeted at Rs350bn, which is carried over from the current fiscal as proposed auctions would now be conducted in April 2010 Telecom operators may not bid as aggressively given the current state of sector leading to shortfall in budgeted 3G revenues. 


Utilities - Positive
Key announcements Impact
What came in?
Plan allocation for the sector excluding RGGVY doubled to Rs51bn Positive for power ancillary companies like KEC International, Kalpataru Power, Jyoti Structure, EMCO, Crompton Greaves, Bharat Bijlee
Set up a Coal Regulatory Authority to create a level playing field in the coal sector Positive for power generators as it will accelerate coal mine allocation and mining process
Plan layout for renewable energy increased by 61% to Rs10bn Positive for Suzlon, Websol Energy, Moser Baer
Full exemption from excise duty on additional specified raw material for manufacturing of rotor blades for wind operated electricity generators Positive for Suzlon
Full exemption from central excise duty to goods supplied to mega power projects for which power supply has been tied up through tariff based competitive bidding Positive for electrical equipment manufacturers and players setting up mega power projects as it will reduce capex
Rs100/ton levied as clean energy cess on coal and lignite produced and imported into India Negative for merchant power producers like Tata Power, GVK, Lanco, Adani Power, JSPL, Sterlite Energy and Reliance Power. No impact on players governed under regulatory tariffs as all costs are pass through
Service tax on service provided by electricity exchanges Negative for Power Exchange of India and Indian Energy Exchange, also negative for power traders like PTC, NTPC, Tata Power, Reliance Infrastructure, JSW Power Trading,  Lanco, GMR as cost of trading will increase
Transmission of electricity will now be exempted from service tax Positive for Power Grid, Reliance Infrastructure, Tata Power, CESC


What did not come?
Impose import duty on power plant equipments Negative for domestic equipment manufacturers like BHEL, L&T, Siemens
Positive for generating companies like Reliance Power, Tata Power, CESC and Sterlite Energy using imported equipments

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