Read more about RJio details, GRMs, capex: What to watch out for in RIL's results today on Business Standard. Reliance Industries is expected to report night straight quarter of PAT growth

1. The market watchers are keenly awaiting Reliance Industries Ltd’s March quarter
results, which the oil & gas major will announce later in the day. While the
company is expected to report strong overall numbers amid growth in the refining

2. and petrochemical segment, all eyes will be on RIL’s commentary on Reliance Jio
Infocomm, the group’s telecom venture.
RIL, now an oil-to-telecom conglomerate, has reported growth in profit after tax
(PAT) for eight straight quarters, and beaten consensus PAT estimates in six
quarters in a row.
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"We expect strong earnings, driven by refining and petchem (higher volumes,
improved margins). Despite increased losses in domestic E&P (exploration and
production), we expect RIL to report a ninth straight quarter on quarter stand-
alone PAT growth," analysts with Nomura Research wrote in an April 7 report.
"Reliance Industries’ (RIL) grandiose $20 billion core capex is seeing fruition,
which unlike the uncertainties associated with RJio, will instantly bolster earnings,"
said brokerage Edelweiss Securities in an April 20 research note.

3. Meanwhile, in a Bloomberg poll, 16 analysts estimated the company’s March
quarter revenue at Rs 67,476 crore and profit at Rs 8,016 crore at a standalone
level.
For the March 2016 quarter, the company had reported a net profit of Rs 7,320
crore and revenue of Rs 54,189 crore on a standalone basis.
The market capitalisation of RIL hit a record high last week, briefly beating TCS
to become the most-valued Indian company.
Edelweiss Securities, which expects RIL's profits to double in five years, reiterated
‘BUY/SO’ on the stock with a revised target price of Rs 1,600, from Rs 1,452
earlier.(READ MORE)