- Total revenue registered a y-o-y growth of 23% to Rs. 1,190 cr from Rs. 965 cr, but down 25% q-o-q from 1595cr.
- Degrowth in EBITDA was 40% to 126cr in Q1 23 from 210 cr in Q1 22. Margins also dropped to 11% from 22%. Reasons for fall in EBITDA were because of Weak agri demand and inventory losses due to fall in PVC prices.
- PVC Pipes & Fittings volume grew 29% y-o-y to 71,960 MT and for PVC Resin volume registered a y-o-y growth of 25% to 62,746 MT. Volume for CPVC was 3600 MT with revenue of about 150 crores.
- PVC Pipes & Fittings segment grew by 34% y-o-y to 1132.01 whereas PVC resin grew by 25.1% to 784.58 cr. PVC Pipes & fittings EBITDA stood at Rs 125.91 Cr for Q1FY23 – down 39.9% against Rs 209.51 Cr for Q1FY22. PVC resin EBIT dropped 54% to 72.9 cr from 157.8 cr.
- Agri demand has been lower for the past two years post covid because of budget constraints for farmers and High PVC prices. Demand in the segment to remain low in the current quarter because of Monsoon. With corrections in PVC prices it is expected that the demand will rise in next quarter.
- PVC prices have seen a sharp drop from 1450$ per tonnes to 1050 $. Also EDC and VCM prices have dropped from 670$ to 520$ and from 1170$ to 880$. Reduction in PVC prises is mainly in Asian market because of construction slowdown in china, lockdowns and also lower demand in domestic market.
- Fall in PVC prices have led to inventory losses for the company, leading to margin contraction.Company expects to continue incurring such losses in coming quarter. Inventory losses is more for Finolex compared to others as they are the only company with backward integration.
- Agri Non-Agri Mix improved to 64:36 from 68:32. Non agri Segment is up 20% from pre covid Levels. Agri demand is yet to pick up.
- Capex for the year will be 250 crores. 50 cr of which will be spent on maintenance Capex. Remaining will be spent on mouldings, extruders and majorly on Fittings. Company is planning to give more focus on plumbing and sanitation.
- PVC resin industry has seen not seen any expansion for the past decade. Now many companies are expanding their capacities and also some new entrants are entering the industry. Company also have some sizeable expansion plans.
- The company continue to have strong balance sheet with a net cash surplus of 1300 crores.
- Company’s other expenses were significantly higher for the quarter. This rise was due to forex losses which company incurred with currency depreciation against dollar. Another reason was increasing fuel cost. Coal prices have gone up to 110$ from 45-55$ range.
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