Brief India: NALCO — Margin Peak Sustained, Volume Upside from FY27 and more
In this briefing: NALCO — Margin Peak Sustained, Volume Upside from FY27 Asian Equities: Earnings Estimate Upgrades Climbing, but Slowly and Selectively Humanoid Robots Won't Take Your Job, We've Just Decided Not To Give You The Job In The First Place. Primer: Just Dial Ltd (JUST IN) - Nov 2025 APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 9) – Celltrion, Dong-A ST, Hanmi Pharm, Boan Bio, Eisai, Otsuka 1. NALCO — Margin Peak Sustained, Volume Upside from FY27 Record margins sustained: Q2 FY26 EBITDA ₹1,932 cr; full-year margins near 49% on captive coal and lower caustic costs. Growth visibility: 1 Mtpa 5th-stream alumina refinery to commission by Jun 2026; Pottangi mine start by FY27. Valuation gap: Trades at ~4× EV/EBITDA vs 6–7× peers, with ₹7,900 cr cash and 4.5% yield supporting 25–30% re-rating potential. 2. Asian Equities: Earnings Estimate Upgrades Climbing, but Slowly and Selectively Midway through the 3Q25 result season, eighteen Asian market-sectors have reported consensus EPS estimate upgrades over past one, three and six months.