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Industry Research Template Two Wheelers
Industry Research Template Two Wheelers
Any financial research, or research for that matter, is a series of questions. A good researcher should be able to ask the right s
would automatically follow. This template tries to build a question framework, which can be used and mastered over a period o
do.
Try and find answers to the first set of questions, and then move to the next set. As your keep answering all these, you will
understanding of the industry and its companies would improve considerably.
Try it out, and spend a couple of hours on this. Maybe form a group, and then do it. It should be fun. Needless to say, if you ge
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ndustry, we get stuck in terms of not being able to
solve that problem.
Production Capacity
Sales Figures
Export % of Sales
Export to Countries
% Increase in Exports
Cost Structure
Raw Material
Salary
Advertising
Interest
Currency Hedging Cost
R&D
Company Details
New Products to be Launched
Success Rate
Cannibalization of Old Moter %age
Sales Forecast of New Model
Capex Requirment, if any for New Model
Dealers
Dealership Network
Dealership Benefits provided (margins etc.)
Market Analysis
Gulf
South East Asia
Asia Pacific
Eurasia
North America
Africa
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Questions to be answered
1. Who are the major players?
2. Do you have the company and financial details about major players?
3. Is there any market regulator overseeing the business?
4. Do you know what kind of products companies in this industry offer?
5. How do they make money?
6. What do you think will be major costs for this industry?
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Questions to be answered
1. In India, how big is this industry?
2. Globally, how big is the industry?
3. Contribution of this sector to GDP in India vis-à-vis other countries?
4. People employed?
5. What is so different in India compared to world in numbers? (any metric suggests that)
6. Can you reach to potential growth in India?
7. Rationale for growth?
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Questions to be answered
1. What is the sales number of each major company?
2. What is the profit number of each major company?
3. What is the debt number of each major company?
4. What is the sales number growth of each major company?
5. What is the profit number growth of each major company?
6. What is the debt number growth of each major company?
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Questions to be answered
1. Where is the sales coming from for each company?
2. Various cost contribution to sales for each company?
3. Profit margin for each sales generating segment?
4. Companre sales and cost for each company and identify trend
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Questions to be answered
1. What are the variables for sales?
2. What are the variables for cost?
3. Is business regulated? If yes, then the major policy effects?
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Questions to be answered
1. Calculate major ratios?
2. Identify trend?
3. Competition analysis from outside the Industry (example: for Airline it is Railways)
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Questions to be answered
1. Calculate major ratios?
2. Identify trend?
3. Share of Other Income in Total Sales?
4. Interest Cost as a % of Operating Profit?
5. Other Income is recurring or one time?
6. Why interest cost is high?
7. Why debt is high?
Reason for Ratio movement and link to Business and it's impact on BS and P&L
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Questions to be answered
1. Cash from Operating Activity (CFO)
2. Capex (NFA+WIP change+Dep)
3. Total Debt (D)
4. Cash + Investments (CI +NCI)
5. FCF (Free Cash Flow)
6. Total Div 10 Yrs
7. FCF/CFO
8. SG to Capex
Reasons for each one to go up or down and try to link to Balance Sheet or P&L
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