Avro India
Q2 FY23 Earnings Call Analysis
Consumer Durables
fundraise: Yescapex: Yesrevenue: Category 2margin: Category 3orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- The company is exploring various funding options for capital expenditure (capex) to scale up operations.
- They acknowledge the need for significant capital to expand recycling capacity and potentially set up a large greenfield plant.
- Sources of funding mentioned include internal accruals and access to debt.
- The company is open to leveraging external capital if available, including potential equity or large capital infusion.
- There was a mention of a small earlier IPO, but current plans require much larger funding.
- They are open to ideas and support from investors and stakeholders regarding funding.
- Overall, the company is in an investment phase and actively scouting for capital to accelerate growth.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- Current capex focus on debottlenecking and expanding recycling capacity from 260 tons to 600 tons per month, aiming eventually for 1,000 tons.
- Planned incremental capex of approx. INR 10 crores to add machines and molds primarily in furniture manufacturing, targeting doubling turnover by FY ’26.
- Exploring large-scale Greenfield plant setup for significant capacity expansion, possibly within next 6 months to few years depending on capital availability.
- Capex aimed at boosting in-house post-consumer plastic processing to reduce dependency on external suppliers and optimize costs.
- Gradual organic scaling alongside potential bulk capex deployment to increase production 5x-10x.
- Capex funding through a mix of internal accruals, debt, and possible external capital infusion.
- Strategic investments in new product molds and SKUs to refresh product portfolio and capture new markets.
- Investment in manpower and marketing resources to support growth and pan-India expansion.
Overall, the focus is on scaling production and recycling capacities with both stepwise and big-bang capex options.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Target to double turnover by FY 2026, or possibly earlier, depending on capex deployment.
- Plan to increase plastic furniture sales from 25 lakh pieces to 50 lakh pieces over the next 2-3 years.
- Aim to increase recycling capacity from current ~260 tons per month to 600 tons through debottlenecking.
- Ambition to raise in-house plastic manufacturing capacity from 8,000 tons to 12,000-15,000 tons in the next few years.
- Long-term vision includes setting up a large Greenfield recycling plant to significantly scale up operations.
- Focus on expanding regional presence across India, currently in 18 states, with plans to deepen distribution.
- Expect organic growth of about 15% in the plastic furniture market.
- Plans to introduce new product categories to excite customers and drive volume growth.
- Marketing spend to increase gradually aligned with scale and volume growth.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Avro India plans to double its turnover by FY 2026 or earlier, depending on the speed of capex deployment and scaling operations.
- EBITDA margin currently around 10%, considered low for manufacturing, with scope for improvement through achieving critical mass and operational scale.
- Earnings growth expected from increased in-house recycled plastic production capacity, aiming to rise from current 8,000 tons to 15,000 tons in the next couple of years.
- Expansion in plastic furniture market with 15% organic growth across India provides strong demand potential.
- Investment in product innovation and expansion of distribution channels (currently in 18 states) to drive increased revenue.
- Focus on cost optimization via backward integration and recycling plant to improve margins and profitability.
- Overall, management is confident of exponential results in earnings and profits from FY24 onwards as scaling and market expansion accelerates.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- The transcript does not explicitly mention the current or expected order book or pending orders with specific figures.
- However, it indicates a healthy demand with approximately 36,000 orders being served across 6,500 zip codes in India on a B2C model.
- The company is steadily increasing volumes and aiming to double sales over the next three years.
- Expansion is ongoing, with orders coming from newer markets like Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, and West Bengal.
- The company is focusing on scaling up production capacity and debottlenecking manufacturing processes to meet growing demand.
- Growth is expected organically over the next few quarters, with plans for potential large capex to scale production further.
- Overall, the company shows strong order inflow and expanding market acceptance without specific backlog details provided.
