HPCL rating: Reduce | Marketing woes will continue to hurt
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation’s (HPCL’s) Q1FY23 performance was the worst in memory, with an Ebitda loss of Rs 125 bn and net loss of Rs 102 bn (Q1FY22 Ebitda/PAT at Rs 32/18 bn), well below I-Sec estimates of Rs 54.6 bn operating loss and Rs 63.6 bn net loss. The weakness in Q1 was almost entirely …