Brief Equities Bottom-Up: Garden Reach Shipbuilders: India's Warship Builder Enters Its Orderbook Supercycle and more
In this briefing: Garden Reach Shipbuilders: India's Warship Builder Enters Its Orderbook Supercycle MEC CO., LTD (4971 JP): RESEARCH UPDATE Primer: Venture Corp (VMS SP) - Mar 2026 What's news in Amsterdam - 10 March (Shell Oryzon Genomics — Refreshed outlook with near-term catalysts 1. Garden Reach Shipbuilders: India's Warship Builder Enters Its Orderbook Supercycle Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE IN), India's premier warship builder with 115 warships delivered, is a direct play on the country's accelerating naval modernisation and Aatmanirbhar Bharat shipbuilding mandate. With NGC signing expected in FY26 and smaller incremental orders, the orderbook could reach INR 40,000-50,000 cr by FY27 from current 18500 Cr, supporting a 22-26% revenue CAGR through FY28. Key risks include NGC contract signing delays, fixed-price margin pressure on long-duration defence projects, and a potential revenue gap post-FY27 if new orders are not formalised in time. 2. MEC CO., LTD (4971 JP): RESEARCH UPDATE MEC (4971 JP) reported FY25 (Dec year-end) OP of ¥5,748mil (+26.0% YoY) on sales of ¥20,947mil (+14.9% YoY), surpassing the firm’s guidance of OP of ¥5,500mil (+20.5% YoY) on sales of ¥20,300mil (+11.3% YoY).