- Revenue and exports grew more then 20%
- 55% of the growth was mainly due to volume in API
- API contributed 88% and formulations 12%
- Under API 56.17% revenue came from export
- Company maintained efficiencies and costs
- D/E reduced due to strong internal accrual
- Good growth in formation exports
- Scaled up anti-inflammatory capacities
- Working on backward integration and API capex
Prices:
- Maximum prices were there in June bcz of supply shortages
- Margins should continue in Dec also
Beneficial Factors:
- China plus and other policies have given positive outlook
- GOI providing benefits resulting in improved Indian presence globally
- Macro factors are very good for coming future
Markets & Strategies:
- Formulations - exports performing well
- Investing to create IPs, working in emerging markets like Latin America, Asia and Canada as well.
- Margins and sales growth as per our expectations
- Strategy to own IPs and manufacturing
- current utilization is 75-80%
- Major capex would be on R&D and IPs.
- capex plans are in line
- 60% of the projects are API based in anti biotic and skin care areas and couple of intermediate as well
- internal accruals have been very strong and D/E wont go beyond 0.7
Capex:
- 1 phase of major capex 18-24 months
- 2 phase in 3-4th year
- acquired 9 acre land in last quarter adjusting to their existing facility (biggest contributing capacity)
- Next they are expanding in Gujarat with some capital investment scheme and PLI scheme
china supply:
- 15-20% R&D consumption WAS from China and trying to shift to domestic vendors
- Going towards backward integration
Prices:
- In June quarter they already had hiked prices of API
- margins should continue in dec, mar will be difficult to say
Inorganic growth:
- looking opportunities in inorganic growth
World leader in anti biotic and anto protozol
Bcz of lockdown, spread of infectious disease was very low which hindered these segments
Debottlenecking:
- Next year more incremental growth more debottlenecking
- current capacity can give a revenue of 2500 cr
- debottlecking projects can add 200-300 cr
Out of 600cr capex most are backward integration
China factor a temporary thing before but now looks like a structural change
Key strengths of bulk productions:
- Lower cost
- Not afraid on volume competition
major revenue increase was due to exports , now volumes have also picked up.
Increasing volumes on 3rd party side
Other Insights:
- In about 2 years our revenue to 350+
- new projects asset turnover is 2-2.3
- sales increased in first 2 quarters were the main reason for the cashflow jump
- Credit period is around 90 days
- if particular quarter does over well then debtors increase suddenly
- Customer mix is more or less the same
- Material shortages, supplier got money quicker or price goes up
- Cost is passed on to customers
- raw materials are at lower prices except the materials which had chinese monoploy
- prices are driven by RM prices to service good mark up
In top 10 products, company is in top 3 rankings
Competition:
-Competition is from domestic and china markets
- Metformin had done great for company (double digit growth)
- 3000 tons will be done in 2 phases in near term
- sulphonated and chlorosulphonated projects expansion
API industry outlook and guidance:
- As compared to FY20 future of API looks much better
- Short supply form china, Demand down , pollution drove in India in last 7-8 years and now India has done well
- Govt policies are in & from all perspective API will do well in upcoming yrs
- Pricing growth 45%
- As of today there is no thought that prices will fall they are looking to be stable
- Most of contracts are for long term
- Pricing are for monthly basis
Product pipeline:
Most of them are above 100 cr they are eyeing for 300 cr+ revenue for annum in API
For formulation - now targeting blockbuster molecule going off patent
Potential is very high (multi million product)
Company Intro: Stylam started in 1991 and is the fastest growing laminate company and has diverse product portfolio. Company has has the manufacturing facilities for Solid Acrylic Surfaces and Panels
Laminate manufacturing capacity is 14.3 mns sheet and spreaded across 44 acres
• Product portfolio includes around 20 major products
• Creditors levels remains less than 1 month since 2013
• Export: Good order book in hand and mainly it was export driven.
Domestic: Domestic Demand decreased due to COIVD. However festive season is picking the demand.
Updates:
• Strong recovery in branded generic market
• Doctor spending time in clinic increase
• Growth in Chronic segment improved
• Share of Chronic and sub chronic in 77% which was 71% in last year same quarter
• Company is Continue to gain market share in cardio vascular space.
• Company is trying reducing focus on tender business. Other from tender business has seen 10% growth.
• In Q3 company launching new brands.
• US growth was impacted due to price erosion , and other factors
Updates:
• Key focus will be now brand recognition.
• Now co. has low concern of labour.
• Tier 1 and Tier 2 see health double digit growth.
• Sequential basis saw good recovery after COVID.
• Quarter 2 had saw New infra investments.
• Metro, Power, Infra are also starting working fast, hence kicked on new quarter with positive note.
• B2B wire and cable saw on recovery
• Company has be continue participating in TV Media.
• Finance cost lowered by 14%
• Other income was mainly due to forex gain
Updates:
• Large account of sales this time gave profitability
• Power and fuel cost were in line
• Further margins to improve because of new electricity plant at Gujarat
• In terms of export and proprietary business, planned strategy is fully getting implemented
• Order on hand: At around 350 crores. As this order gets shipped, management feels to get more profitability in terms of margins.
• Pharma and chemical sector are looking very very strong
• Most of the demand from pharma and chemical is new demand.