Broking house, P-Sec recommended hold rating on Thermax.

P-Sec report on Thermax:

Thermax reported a growth of 107% yoy and a bottom line growth of 103% yoy. The results bettered our expectations with a big margin, the EBITDA margins sank by 38 bps yoy. The management had given a rich guidance of 40% yoy growth for FY08 and have maintained there position of stable to better margins.

The current order book stands at Rs. 36.72bln (0up by 66%yoy) that is 1.42x net sales of FY07 offering visibility for future growth.

The energy segment forms around 90% of total order book. At current levels, the stocks trade at 27.1x FY08P and 20.4x FY09P.