- Overall Performance:
- Impressive revenue growth of 19% year-on-year (YoY) and robust EBIDTA growth of 32% YoY.
- Profit after tax (PAT) growth at 40%, with improved margins.
- Notable impact due to elections and peak summer conditions at multi-location facilities.
- Successful completion of a 6-month trial for the 11.2 kW system, securing an order from Siemens for the Vande Bharat train.
- EV Business:
- ARAI approval for commercial production of a 1.0-ton, four-wheel light electric vehicle with fast charging capabilities (full charge in 20 minutes). Certified range of 127 km.
- Production set for Q2 2025, with an initial batch of 500 vehicles (primarily B2B).
- High localization (80%) makes it eligible for subsidies.
- Promising demand potential in the 1 to 3-ton category.
- BIPL (Wheel Set Business):
- Remarkable 5X revenue growth reported.
- Plans to sell wheel sets to Indian Railways, Vande Bharat, and metros.
- Ambitious goal of establishing a 100,000-wheel set facility by 2027 for both exports and domestic consumption.
- QIP funds utilized for building a forged wheel and axle plant, enhancing backward integration.
- Jupiter (Brake Business):
- Leveraging partnerships, design capabilities, and backward integration.
- Sustainable margins attributed to wheels and braking systems.
- Strong order inflow expected, with ongoing work on Lithium-Ion batteries.
- Wheel Set Segment:
- Wheel sets need replacement every 7 years.
- Demand: 500,000 wheel sets per year (aftermarket) and 100,000 wheel sets per year from OEMs.
- Initial capacity of 100,000 sets per year by 2027, with potential for expansion.
- Forged wheels are the future due to high-speed requirements.
- Different pricing for freight vs. high-speed wheel sets.
- Anticipated revenue of 200 to 250 crore in FY 2024/2025 with Stone India.
- Forging facility expected to contribute significantly, achieving revenue of 4,000 to 5,000 crore with margins exceeding 15%.
- Container Business:
- Focusing on enhancing capacity for containers used in data centres and battery applications (not marine containers).
- Higher margins in data/battery containers.
- Collaborating with major players like TATA, Reliance, and Schneider.
- Global Total Addressable Market for container solutions estimated at 5.0 gigawatts, with potential growth to 10 gigawatts.
- Guidance:
- A strategic shift: By 2028, more than 50% of revenue will come from non-wagon businesses.
Conclusion:
1. There are multiple levers of growth.
2. Margins are increasing continuously with commentary of further increase.
3. Non Wagon revenue going to increase to 50% by 2028.
4. 7000 cr. of order book give visibility for approx 1.5 years.
5. Wheels business will give stability to revenue as it is replacement as well as OEM product.
6. Strong partnerships.
7. Valuation are high.
D: Invested
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