Stocks to watch, May 5: Tata Motors, Azad Engineering, Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI, M&M, Marico, Avenue Supermarts and more

Stocks to watch: The Indian stock exchanges are expected to open in the positive territory on Monday, May 5.

The GIFT NIFTY is trading 0.45% higher at 24,512.50.

Stocks to watch on May 5; check list

• Q4 results today: At least 47 companies will declare earnings on Monday, May 5. This includes Mahindra & Mahindra, Indian Hotels Company, Coforge, Computer Age Management Services, Capri Global Capital, OneSource Specialty Pharma, DCM Shriram, Jammu and Kashmir Bank, CCL Products India, Ethos, Epigral, Cigniti Technologies, Kalyani Steels, Jash Engineering, Prataap Snacks, and Zee Media Corporation.
• Kotak Mahindra Bank: The private sector lender recorded a 14% fall in standalone profit after tax (PAT) to ₹3,552 crore for Q4 FY25, compared to ₹4,133 crore in the March quarter of 2023-24. The bank's total income climbed to ₹16,712 crore in the quarter under review from ₹15,285 crore in the same period a year ago.
• State Bank of India: The state-run bank's net profit declined 9.93% on a standalone basis to ₹18,642 crore in the fourth quarter of FY25 from ₹20,698 crore a year back. The lender's net interest income (NII) came in at ₹42,774.63 crore compared to ₹41,655.19 crore in Q4 FY24. Whole bank net interest margin (NIM) stood at 3%.
• Avenue Supermarts: The DMart operator posted a 2% year-on-year (YoY) slump in its consolidated PAT to ₹551 crore for the fourth quarter of FY25 as against ₹563 crore in the same period a year earlier. Its revenue from operations was ₹14,872 crore in the latest March quarter, up 17% year-on-year (YoY) from ₹12,726.6 crore.
• Marico: The homegrown FMCG firm reported a 7.81% increase in consolidated net profit to ₹345 crore in the reporting quarter compared to ₹320 crore a year back. Revenue from operations ascended 19.84% to ₹2,730 crore from ₹2,278 crore.
• Indian Bank: The state-owned lender reported a 32% jump in PAT to ₹2,956 crore for last quarter of of 2024-25 due to decline in bad loans and a rise in core income. A year ago, the Chennai-based bank had posted a net profit of ₹2,247 crore. Interest income climbed to ₹15,856 crore in Q4 FY25 from ₹14,624 crore in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year.
• Azad Engineering: The precision engineering firm has signed an agreement worth $53.5 million with GE Vernova's Steam Power Services business arm for the supply of air foils for nuclear and thermal power industries.
• Tata Motors: The company's board has approved the issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) aggregating up to ₹500 crore.