** Shares of Ircon International IRCN.NS up 4.17% after
Antique Stock Broking initiates coverage on construction co with
"buy" and PT of 176 rupees
** Brokerage's PT implies 24.4% upside to stock's last close
of 141.45 rupees
** Railway expenditure to drive co's order backlog, IRCN has
"first mover advantage" in high-speed rail - Antique
** Co's strategy of considering high-value projects will
improve scope of gross profit, aid economies of scale - note
** However, Antique flags competition, infra delays, poor
capital allocation as risks
** Stock currently up 3%, taking YTD gains to 144%
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Hritam.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com;))