Adani Enterprises Ltd
Q4 FY26 Earnings Call Analysis
Metals & Minerals Trading
fundraise: Yescapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3margin: Category 3orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- No immediate specific need for new equity fundraising in FY'26 as per current capex and financing plans; existing approvals for equity raise will be renewed if required.
- Adani Wilmar transaction expected to conclude in FY'26, generating post-tax equity proceeds of approx. INR 14,200 crores, which will enable up to INR 70,000 crores investment in core infra.
- $2.5 billion raised so far via QIP and other sales; potential room for additional $1 billion but no fixed timing.
- Debt plan includes INR 70,000 crores possibly funded through debt next year.
- Short-term debt is limited; upcoming loan repayments (e.g., ~INR 3,300 crores in airports) covered by cash on balance sheet (~INR 5,800 crores).
- Overall, financing needs are largely in place with no urgent plans for fresh capital raising beyond existing frameworks.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- ANIL ecosystem capex (Green Hydrogen, solar modules, wind turbines) ongoing; slight timing shift expected with INR 4,000 crores delayed to next year; total ANIL capex ~INR 28,000 crores next year.
- Navi Mumbai Airport capex of INR 11,000-12,000 crores will be booked next year post-completion in April.
- Copper business capex mostly completed; ramp-up expected next financial year.
- No significant new capex for data centers and Carmichael (capex already done).
- Total capex guideline for FY'25 revised from INR 80,000 crores to ~INR 69,500 crores due to timing differences.
- Equity fundraising (~$2.5 billion) linked to Adani Wilmar stake sale supports INR 70,000 crores investment in core infra businesses.
- Capex for FY'26 and FY'27 to be updated in May post annual planning; likely INR 30,000-35,000 crores per year.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- ANIL ecosystem’s EBITDA grew 121% in nine months; module sales at a run-rate of 1 GW per quarter (Page 2).
- Target of 10 GW solar module capacity by FY28; 4.5 GW expected by FY27/FY28 (Page 11).
- Wind turbine manufacturing income at INR 1,700 crores with over 100 turbine sets supplied in nine months (Page 6, 9).
- Data center capacity: 270 MW under construction, 210 MW order book, 30 MW commercialized; projects on track (Page 12).
- Airport business growing with passenger volume at 69.7 million for nine months, run-rate roughly 90 million per year; EBITDA up 43% (Page 2, 6).
- Mining services dispatch volume increased 55%, revenue up 67%, EBITDA up 148% in quarter, driven by production ramp-up (Page 4).
- Copper business expected to reach peak utilization next financial year (Page 10).
- Capex plans ongoing with INR 28,000 crore for ANIL ecosystem and INR 11,000 crore for airports next year, indicating growth investments (Page 8, 9, 11).
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Emerging core infra businesses delivered strong 9-month results:
- ANIL (Green Hydrogen Ecosystem) EBITDA increased 121% to INR 3,666 crores.
- Module sales at 1 GW per quarter run-rate.
- Wind business supplied 100+ turbine sets in 9 months.
- Adani Airports EBITDA up 43% to INR 2,527 crores with passenger volume growing 7% to 69.7 million (run rate ~90 million annually).
- Incubating businesses’ 9-month income rose 47% to INR 25,170 crores; EBITDA up 27% to INR 7,674 crores; PBT up 114% to INR 4,016 crores.
- Consolidated 9-month income up 6% to INR 72,763 crores; consolidated EBITDA jumped 29% to INR 12,377 crores.
- Post Adani Wilmar stake sale, equity proceeds (~INR 14,200 crores) enable investments up to INR 70,000 crores, expected to enhance EBITDA by INR 11,000 crores and cash after tax by INR 5,000 crores.
- Overall strong earnings growth and profitability expected driven by ramp-up in green hydrogen, airports, and infra businesses.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- Data Centers: Current commercial capacity is around 30 MW.
- Under construction capacity: Approximately 270 MW.
- Order book: Approximately 210 MW of confirmed orders.
- All contracts for the data center segment are customer-driven and actively ongoing with no changes planned.
- Solar manufacturing and wind turbine businesses are operating as per planned schedules with 10 GW capacity target by 2028 (not preponed).
- The sequential changes in solar module exports and order schedules are customer-dependent and expected to normalize.
- No specific update on other segments' order books was given in the provided transcript.
