Stock Picks Today: TCS, Nykaa, DMart, Lenskart And More On Brokerages' Radar

TCS, Lenskart and DMart operator Avenue Supermarts are among the counters that have drawn commentary from top brokerages on Wednesday.

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Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Lenskart Ltd., Avenue Supermarts Ltd. and Tata Motors PV Ltd. are among the counters that have drawn commentary from top brokerages on Wednesday. Here's a quick look at them:

CLSA On Tata Consultancy Services

  • Maintain 'Outperform'; target price of Rs 3,593 (29% upside).
  • Narratives aside, SaaS implementation remains key growth driver.
  • TCS partners ServiceNow to accelerate AI adoption, highlighting the continuing role of System Level Solutions .
  • ServiceNow has grown 20.5% YoY CC in FY25, implying similar growth for SLS around SaaS implementation.
  • Tech Mahindra has the strongest ServiceNow capabilities across Indian and global peers.
  • Build-in an Rs35 dividend in 4Q & possibility of  buyback over next few quarters given recent changes in budget.

Jefferies On Adani Enterprises (Non-deal roadshow)

  • Maintain 'Buy', TP of Rs 2750.
  • FY27 as key ramp-up year.
  • Led by scale up at airports (particularly Navi Mumbai Airport). 
  • Copper (smelter utilisation) and roads (Ganga Expressway).
  • New industries will focus on solar manufacturing expansion. 
  • Recent capital raise will strengthen balance sheet. 
  • Data Centre-Targeting 210 MW capacity over 18-20 months.  
  • Playbook remains incubate to scale using operating leverage.

Jefferies On Nykaa

  • Maintain 'Buy', TP Rs 315.
  • Management highlighted mid-20% user growth in beauty segment.
  • Improving margins driven by mix, own labels and disciplined cohort acquisition. 
  • Offline, luxury formats and fashion remain strategic. 
  • Execution and governance stay tightly separated across businesses. 

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CLSA On Avenue Supermarts

  • Maintain 'High Conviction Outperform';TP of Rs 6185.
  • Store additions have started accelerating.  
  • New store additions requirement now below March 2025 additions. 
  • Requirement is to add 23 stores before March end to reach CLSAs target of 60 stores. 
  • D-Mart opened has opened 10 stores so far this year. 

Macquarie On Lenskart

  • Maintain Outperform-TP Rs 500.
  • Beneficiary of potential AI smart glass adoption. 
  • Has a wide distribution network (3100 stores across 430+ cities in India). 
  • Becomes an important player for go-to-market strategies for any AI smart glass player. 
  • Alert: In March Lenskart had launched its smart glass portfolio. 
  • See more legs of realisation growth-especially through adoption of myopia control lenses. 
  • Ebitda growing 3.5x over FY25-28E.

Emkay On Tata Motors PV (From Mercedes Benz Management Meet)

  • Positive readthrough for Tata Motors PV.
  • Robust domestic PV momentum. 
  • Global luxury PV demand momentum healthy across major markets, ex-China. 
  • Worst now behind for JLR. 
  • Normal production from mid-Nov '25, low 13% China exposure. 
  • concentration of Chinese OEMs in the mass-market segment. 

Macquarie On Zomato Vs Swiggy (Food delivery Business) 

  • Swiggy lags Zomato by 150 bps in terms of net take rates since FY23. 
  • Consensus estimates current duopoly structure holds along-side no take rate deflation. 
  • EBIDTA margins for Zomato at 6% vs 5% for Swiggy.  
  • Zomato's food delivery business street ascribes $12-14 billion valuation. 
  • Fair value is 30-35% below consensus for both business. 
  • Maintain underperform on both Eternal and Swiggy. 
  • Alert: Take rate in food delivery is the percentage of the Gross Merchandise Value (GMV)—total order value. It represents the commission fee charged to restaurants.

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