Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd
Q2 FY24 Earnings Call Analysis
Realty
fundraise: Yescapex: Yesrevenue: Category 2margin: Category 3orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- The company is actively looking to raise platform funding through private equity to scale up its residential portfolio and possibly commercial portfolio in the future.
- There are no plans for any public equity fundraising in the near future.
- Any equity fundraising will happen at the project level, not at the parent company level (Century Textiles).
- Debt levels might increase, potentially crossing INR4,000 crores consolidated by year-end, depending on new projects signed.
- Future financing will primarily come from subsidiaries via undrawn construction finance plans rather than parent company borrowings.
- Overall, raising funds, both debt and private equity, is not expected to be a challenge for the company given its active project pipeline and operations.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- The company is actively looking for lucrative deals in real estate, focusing on joint ventures (JV/JDA) or outright purchases depending on the quality of the deal.
- Recent acquisitions include 13.27 acres in Gurugram (GDV INR 5,300 crores) and 16.5 acres in Manjri, Pune (GDV INR 2,500 crores).
- Planned launches for FY '25 include projects in Bengaluru (RR Nagar, Sarjapur Road), Gurugram (Birla Navya last phase), Pune (Sangamwadi, Manjri), and Thane, totaling around INR 12,000 crores in GDV.
- The company is raising private equity funding at the project level to scale residential and commercial portfolios but not planning public fundraising in the near term.
- Construction finance remains undrawn for some projects like Niyaara, indicating potential capex deployment aligned with project schedules.
- Working capital is expected to normalize over next three quarters after a peak due to coal linkage in paper business, with no major financing issues anticipated.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Expecting a very positive and strong real estate cycle for the next few years with sustained demand driven by GDP growth, urbanization, and premium segment demand.
- Targeting launches of INR15,000 to INR20,000 crores GDV per year to fuel growth.
- Plan to add about INR15,000 to INR16,000 crores GDV annually in new projects.
- Sales booking grew 27% YoY with strong collections (INR488 crores in Q1 '25).
- Aim to scale residential portfolio through private equity funding at project levels.
- Focus on completion and sale velocity, anticipating 3-4 apartment sales per month in key projects like Niyaara Tower 2.
- Confident in maintaining volume and sales guidance despite market slowdowns, if pricing, product design, and location remain attractive.
- Limited group property launches; growth mainly through acquisitions and JV projects in prime locations.
- Overall growth balanced with emphasis on quality, customer centricity, and timely delivery alongside scale.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Century Textiles anticipates sustained growth with a 28% YoY increase in consolidated turnover for Q1 FY'25.
- Real estate segment showed over 800% YoY revenue growth, driven by strong deliveries and bookings.
- The company targets INR15,000-20,000 crores in project launches this year to fuel growth and improve cash turnaround.
- Margins in real estate projects are maintained around 25-30% EBITDA with IRRs of 20%+ for joint development projects, supporting profitability.
- Cost reduction initiatives in the paper segment aim to improve EBITDA margins (~INR12/kg target).
- Despite short-term EBITDA decline in paper due to market softness, improved NSR and demand recovery are expected.
- Corporate overheads will rise moderately, capped at ~3-4% of bookings, enabling scale without compromising quality.
- The textile JV with Grasim is expected to start showing profits next year, contributing to future earnings growth.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- Birla Estate has a GDV pipeline of about INR 54,000 crores.
- For FY '25, the company plans launches amounting to INR 15,000-20,000 crores in GDV.
- Recent land acquisitions include:
- 13.27 acres in Gurugram with a GDV of INR 5,300 crores (60% share).
- 16.5 acres in Manjri, Pune with GDV of INR 2,500 crores.
- The company plans phased launches in Q2-Q4 FY '25 including RR Nagar, Trimaya, Walkeshwar, Sarjapur Road, Gurugram (Birla Navya), Sangamwadi, Thane, and Manjri.
- Delhi launches expected from Q1 FY '26 due to approval delays.
- The total launched GDV till date is about INR 12,849 crores, with bookings of INR 9,428 crores. Unsold inventory is approximately INR 3,000 crores.
- Inventory sold ratio: NCR ~100%, Bangalore ~95%, Mumbai ~87%.
- The company expects to maintain healthy project margins (30%+), IRRs of 20%+ for JDA projects and 16-17% for outright projects.
