Polycab Ltd, conducted their conference call on 7th June 2021.
" Target to attain more then Rs 200 Bn sales by Fy2026 "
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Business Report
- Company has generated positive growth this period as well.
- They now command about 20-22% share of organized wires and cables market of India.
- There is a strong momentum around housing wires.
- They still have strong B2B scale-up.
- With upcoming position in B2C strong business is expected.
- Company has increased its focus to leveraging digital to transform business model.
- Distribution levels and retail has reached a good scale to 17% and 32%.
- New concept are been planned and worked upon.
- Employees are been provided all types of knowledge and professional support to grow and help business attain it's multi year transformation.
- They will keep adding value for business growth.
Products
- Companies wire and cables business delivered a strong growth on qoq scale due to healthy pickup of infra and other industrial project's.
- International business was hit hard but has shown decent sign of recovery.
- Under FMCG, There was a huge jump in the revenue and EBIT margins on both yoy and QoQ scale.
- This was due to healthy customer demand, distribution and strong execution.
- In it, light growth segment got almost doubled. Their Switches and Switchgears grew by almost 2.5x.
- There is further improvement in the product mix and other initiatives are been taken by them to be more profitable.
- Other segment product, like EPC business were hit very hard by covid and had delivered poor yearly performance.
But There is a strong receive on QOQ basis.
- Copper backward integration has helped Company to maintain their margins.
- Company do its best in terms of change in prices to avoid any reduction in our margin levels.
- This Strong opportunity came from private sector.
Financials and Investments
- On Yearly scale, PAT levels have seen a huge jump of about 16%.
- Revenue and EBITDA grew by about 9% & 12% on QOQ basis. It was due to improving share in B2C business and availing leverage benefits along with cost savings.
- Business didn't grew much due to Covid-19 impact on yearly scale.
- Companies expense on advertisement has reduced a lot compared to previous year and it has does impacted their sales.
- Capex expenditure in Fy21 was around 700 cr and as looking recovery this will increase.
- Currently Company has an increasing net working capital on yearly scale.
- The Company has increased its dividend % this year.
- And The management has seen shift in its members as well.
- They are bullish on their cash conversion cycle and will take inorganic growth later.
- They have a Capex plans of around 300 cr for new period. This will majorly go to FMCG and rest in cable and wires
- Their cost optimisation project udaan has done well as they have been able to save about 200 points in cost and expect further.
- To attain their 200billion rs mark in next 5 years, Company has a broad picture but they don't have specifics right now, but this information will definately come by next quarter.
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Business Update:
β’ Q4 was the best quarter for century in history of co.
β’ Laminate has shown very good performance with increasing margins.
β’ Q1 FY22 has been affected due to covid, however things have improved now.
β’ Strengthen the balance sheet and net debt near to 0.
Capacity Utilization & CAPEX:
β’ Plywood capacity has been ramped up and now is 100%+. Capacity would be increased here, with CAPEX spent.
β’ Laminates: Current utilization is low. Hence capex can be in next year. Laminates can add another 15-16%
Cera Sanitaryware Ltd, conducted their today at 10:30 AM.
"Co. expects to double itself after every year"
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Business Updates:
β’ Macro Outlook and increasing demand drives growth for the company.
β’ Company has been back to pre covid level growth, and mgmt expect overall demand to exceed supply.
β’ Working capital has been improved with improvement in receivable days.