Q&A Insights: Harsh Shah of @lntmutualfund asked about full year revenue growth breakdown in terms of volume and value. Pratik Bora CFO said most of the growth came from volume. For BHA, the most margin-accretive product in portfolio, witnessed around 50% volume growth.
Q&A Insights: Harsh Shah of @lntmutualfund enquired about overall client additions. Siddharth Sikchi ED said it first added 2 new products; para benzoquinone and TBHQ. In products like BHA, added some new customers in LatAm.
Q&A Insights: Sanjesh Jain of @ICICI_Direct enquired about other expenses rising sharply. Pratik Bora CFO answered that coal prices have increased 77%, which in turn has led to power and fuel cost increasing by around 106% on YonY.
Q&A Insights: Ankur Periwal with @AXIS_Capital asked about the price differential vs. competition on the existing portfolio. Siddharth Sikchi ED replied that competitors are unable to price higher than CLEAN. And CLEAN’s prices are in a range where it is still making decent money
Q&A Insights: Abhijit Akella from @kotaksecurities asked about margin outlook for FY23. Siddharth Sikchi ED answered that business looks robust and is seeing volume growth across all segments. However, it's difficult to predict raw material prices going forward.
Q&A Insights: Rohit Nagraj of @EmkayGlobal asked that since 70% of sales are exports, how much are yearly contracts. Siddharth Sikchi ED answered that yearly contracts are rare and then comes half yearly and quarterly. In India, it is a monthly basis. CLEAN is with all contracts.
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Q&A Insights: Nitin Gandhi of @KifsTrade asked about reason for volatility in EBITDA margin. Udit S Director said it's because of demand supply imbalance due to COVID for last couple of qtrs. The volatility is expected to continue for a while, though a bit of moderation is seen.
Q&A Insights: Nitin Gandhi of @KifsTrade also asked about nature of huge loans extended in 2022. Udit Sethia Director said that these are loans given by INTLCONV under the respective approvals and are given under market ICD rate, which will give market rate return to the company.
Q&A Insights: Vivek Subbaraman of Ambit Capital asked if company's current balance sheet allows it to bid for IPL at all. Punit Goenka MD replied that it does and ZEEL can participate on its own. ZEEL has zero debt and has qualification to participate in the tender.
Q&A Insights: Vivek Subbaraman of Ambit Capital also enquired if ZEEL is contemplating taking on debt to bid for IPL rights. Punit Goenka MD said it's currently studying all options. There is no need to pay a large sum upfront. Only when the rights start, it will have to pay.
Q&A Insights: Gagan Thareja of @ASK_WM asked if growth would get constrained due to lack of capacity for first 3 qtrs of FY23. Rohan D Director said it is currently at 80% utilization and is constantly debottlenecking plants to increase capacity. Expects to reach 90-92% in FY23.
Q&A Insights: Gagan Thareja of @ASK_WM enquired about breakdown of sales growth into volume growth and price of sales mix for FY22. Rohan Desai Director replied that price increased by only 1.5-2% on an avg. overall, therefore whole growth in FY22 was due to volume.
TWL said the company backed the highest ever wagon order placed in the history of Indian Railways for a basic value of about INR7800 crore and a total value of INR9000 crore plus, taking the order backlog to INR10,00 crore for the Indian operation.
Q&A Insights: Abhijeet Dey of Equentis enquired about the avg. blended margins over 3 years for the Indian Railways order. Umesh Chowdhary MD said that avg. blended margin at EBITDA level in TWL’s business is 8-10%. And with the Indian Railways order, it expects the same guidance
Despite two COVID waves, AFL grew revenues 32%, and reduced net debt by more than INR525 crores in the year. Expects retail and online channels to continue to drive growth and account for 60% to 65% of overall sales.
Q&A Insights: Nishit Rathi of CWC asked if US Polo, Tommy, Arrow, and Flying Machine, those will reach double-digit. Shailesh Chaturvedi MD said AFL’s guidance is that it should hit total portfolio double-digit pre-IndAS EBITDA in 12 to 18 months.
Q&A Insights: Gaurav Jogani with @AXIS_Capital asked if the company took any price increase beyond the price increase announced in Dec. VS Ganesh CEO replied that the company didn’t have any further price increase other than the one it had in Dec.
Q&A Insights: Gaurav J of @AXIS_Capital asked that given the raw material stock PAGEIND has, if further price increase will be needed given the higher cotton prices. VS Ganesh CEO said it is closely monitoring the situation. If there is a need, PAGEIND will be touching the prices