Updates:
β’ Strong recovery in branded generic market
β’ Doctor spending time in clinic increase
β’ Growth in Chronic segment improved
β’ Share of Chronic and sub chronic in 77% which was 71% in last year same quarter
β’ Company is Continue to gain market share in cardio vascular space.
β’ Company is trying reducing focus on tender business. Other from tender business has seen 10% growth.
β’ In Q3 company launching new brands.
β’ US growth was impacted due to price erosion , and other factors
β’ Domestic growth for quarter is 1 percent
β’ Geographic revenue share updates in image.
β’ Business Segment growth:
- 5% chronic
- 6% sub chronic
- (-9%) in acute segment
β’ Brandwise growth is expected to perform well
β’ Market growth in chronic is more than market and few branded drugs are seeing incremental growth.
β’ Price erosion impact was lot. This mainly came from high competition.
β’ Q1 has some higher cost, and few items which are non recurring like of forex loss, donation to PM care.
Impact on Gross Margin:
Inventory is higher because the uncertain which segment will pick, hence higher provision taking for the same.
Higher provisioning impacted in gross margin
Product Launches:
β’ Current year launches is 9 and more 4-5 are expected to come in this year.
Brazil Market: Company feels no problem in market.
β’ It's double digit growth market
β’ Currency shows bit problem
β’ Working Capital: Working expect to get normalized in coming period and there has been no structural change in industry.
Q: Cost of Finance of Co. is high compare to competitor
Mgmt: This is mainly because of domestic and foreign loan. Co. take loan mainly domestically, while other have foreign loan as well.
While main focus of company is to hedge receipt side. Company has hedge 100% of receivable.
Staff Expense: There has been little growth of labor on the basis of YoY, and this would be base now.
In Brazil employee expense is high, however due to currency translation, the expense came down in this quarter.
Inventory: Inventory and Payable is bit higher.
β’ Increased API inventory to 6-7 months to 12 moths
β’ Couple of quarters will take to get normalize if second phase of COVID comes there may be issue.
β’ While inventory was rolled up due to budget crunch from government
Inventory write off: There was budget crunch from government.
Government usually gives order but due to budget crunch, the order was cancelled this year, and they are allowed to cancel the order as well. While if company didn't supplied the medicine on time there is margin cut.
β’ Branding and promotional activities are up.
β’ Patience footfalls have gone up.
β’ Improvement in clinic business can lead the business.
Conclusion: Business is showing slight recovery.
β’ Margins was impacted a lot due to health competition.
β’ Slow growth in clinics and patients footfalls.
β’ Next round of covid can hurt as well.
β’ Company is slowly moving from tender business.
β’ More 4-5 launch this year.
Refer our recent FY 2021 Concalls here πππ
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
β’ Product portfolio includes around 20 major products
β’ Creditors levels remains less than 1 month since 2013
β’ 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.
- 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
Updates:
β’ Key focus will be now brand recognition.
β’ Now co. has low concern of labour.
β’ Tier 1 and Tier 2 see health double digit growth.
β’ Sequential basis saw good recovery after COVID.
β’ Quarter 2 had saw New infra investments.
β’ Metro, Power, Infra are also starting working fast, hence kicked on new quarter with positive note.
β’ B2B wire and cable saw on recovery
β’ Company has be continue participating in TV Media.
β’ Finance cost lowered by 14%
β’ Other income was mainly due to forex gain
Updates:
β’ Large account of sales this time gave profitability
β’ Power and fuel cost were in line
β’ Further margins to improve because of new electricity plant at Gujarat
β’ In terms of export and proprietary business, planned strategy is fully getting implemented
β’ Order on hand: At around 350 crores. As this order gets shipped, management feels to get more profitability in terms of margins.
β’ Pharma and chemical sector are looking very very strong
β’ Most of the demand from pharma and chemical is new demand.