ASHOKLEY / Q1-FY26 / claim-ledger

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PositiveQ1-FY26 · 2025-08-07Back to quarter ↗

Questions audited

11

Answered directly

77%

Numeric claims

2

Consistency

contradicted

Question ledger

What was answered, and how?

Gunjan Prithyani · Bank of America

direct

Key drivers for stable gross margins despite commodity and AC regulation costs.

To our surprise, actually, there is a huge amount of traction that we have seen in our customer base to adopt air conditioning. ... we could pass on the complete cost impact of AC. Beyond that, we were also able to improve our pricing and, to some extent, our model mix as well.

Gunjan Prithyani · Bank of America

partial

Timeline for Hinduja Leyland Finance restructuring and CV financing asset quality.

It will take a minimum of two, three quarters, in my guess. I don't want to hazard a guess because, I mean, whatever time it takes, it takes.

Kapil Singh · Nomura

direct

What is holding back replacement demand for MHCV and full-year outlook?

Full-year, the outlook remains the same, which is mid-single-digit growth for MHCV and slightly higher than that for LCV, but still mid-single.

Kapil Singh · Nomura

partial

Capital requirement for OHM bus fleet and monetization plans.

Previously, we had invested INR 300 crore. Now we are investing INR 300 crore more. This will be sufficient to take care of OHM's buses and OHM's operations up to March of 2026.

Chandramouli Muthiah · Goldman Sachs

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Capacity utilization and expansion plans for medium-term volume growth.

Overall capacity utilization is still at around 70% or so. ... we are expanding capacity for fully built buses from 950 to 1,650 buses per month.

Chandramouli Muthiah · Goldman Sachs

direct

Impact of competitor's acquisition of Iveco on Ashok Leyland's technology sourcing.

Right now, there is no existing relationship for the last many years of any kind, whether it's technology or product platform sharing or any other kind.

Pramod Kumar · UBS Securities

partial

Carrying value and latest financials of Hinduja Leyland Finance and Hinduja Housing Finance.

Currently, prior to this investment of INR 200 crore, Pramod, in Q4 of last financial year, our holding position was about INR 60. Now it has gone slightly up, at around INR 64 per share.

Pramod Kumar · UBS Securities

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Margin outlook if volumes do not improve; implications for EBITDA margin.

Margins are not simply relatable to the volumes per day. There are many other factors which are involved in it... it is very difficult to say what will be the margin outlook on a full-year basis now, Pramod.

Raghunandhan NL · Nuvama Research

direct

Mix outlook for heavy vs intermediate trucks for the rest of the year.

We definitely think the heavy-duty trucks will do much better after monsoon storms... In the second half, we think skippers will do very well. We think trailers will do very well. We also think that multi-axles will also do well.

Raghunandhan NL · Nuvama Research

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Defense order book size and growth expectations.

We have about INR 1,000 crore + of orders in hand. We also have one tender, the value of which is INR 2,000 crore +, for which we are awaiting the orders.

Raghunandhan NL · Nuvama Research

direct

Q1 defense revenue decline and catch-up expectation.

400 to 150, roughly. ... INR 400 crore to roughly INR 150 crore.

Raghunandhan NL · Nuvama Research

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Investment plans for FY26 including OHM and Hinduja Leyland Finance.

Incremental funding on HLFL, we will not be doing anything this year. ... Other than that, we don't see any major investments in Q2 or Q3. We will decide it in Q4.