Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
Q1 FY24 Earnings Call Analysis
Electrical Equipment
fundraise: No informationcapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3margin: Category 3orderbook: Yes
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- BHEL has formed corporate central procurement cell in Noida to streamline vendor management and improve procurement processes.
- The company is focusing on bringing back vendors who left and onboarding new vendors to support execution capacity, especially in EPC balance of plant projects.
- Strategic partnerships include a joint venture agreement with Coal India Limited for setting up a coal to Ammonium Nitrate plant (2,000 TPD capacity).
- Partnership with M/s HIMA Middle East for addressing railway signaling business.
- Defense sector focus with development of strategic equipment for the Indian Navy and alliances such as an SPV/JV with Germany's Rheinmetall.
- Exploring battery energy storage system opportunities with initial execution of BESS projects in collaboration with TERI and plans to expand EPC packaging for these systems.
- Capacity addition plan includes year-on-year execution capacity of around 10 GW in power sector.
- Emphasis on improving execution and vendor support rather than direct capacity expansions in-house for balance of plant.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- BHEL targets a 12% to 15% CAGR growth in revenue year-on-year, based on the execution of its large existing order book (Page 9).
- Expectation to execute around 10 GW of capacity addition annually, with previous demonstrated capacity up to 12 GW (Page 14).
- Order inflows are strong, with 27 GW under construction and an additional 10 GW tendered, expecting annual orders of 10-12 GW in the near future (Pages 9 and 15).
- Focus on diversification with plans to achieve a 50:50 order split between power and industry sectors over the long term, with key growth areas including transmission, transportation (including railways), and defense (Page 7).
- Revenue growth is supported by timely project execution and improved payment terms, expected to enhance cash flows and profitability going forward (Page 14).
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- BHEL is targeting a 12% to 15% CAGR in revenue year-on-year for FY'25 and beyond, based on the large order book and execution potential.
- Profit After Tax (PAT) for FY'24 was Rs. 260 crores, with expectations of profitability improvement as legacy fixed-price contracts are completed.
- Gross margin has been declining over the past seven years but is expected to improve due to better supply chain management, new vendor onboarding, and improved execution.
- Timely execution and improved payment terms are key drivers for increased profitability and cash flow.
- Legacy order book of around Rs. 50,000 crores (mostly with pass-through) is expected to finish by next financial year, resulting in margin improvement.
- BHEL aims to balance order inflow between power and industry sectors (50:50) to diversify revenue and profitability.
- No specific EPS guidance shared; management emphasizes execution quality and operational efficiency for future earnings growth.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- As of April 1, 2024, BHEL's total order outstanding is approximately Rs. 1,31,600 crore.
- Out of this, about Rs. 92,559 crore is from the power sector and Rs. 31,000-32,000 crore from the industrial sector.
- Around Rs. 52,000 crore of power sector orders were received in FY'24, with old legacy orders totaling Rs. 40,000 crore.
- Approximately Rs. 50,000 crore of legacy orders remain pending, excluding defense, nuclear, and Vande Bharat projects, expected to be completed by next financial year.
- The executable order backlog stands at around Rs. 1,24,000 crore after excluding roughly Rs. 7,000-8,000 crore non-moving orders.
- BHEL targets balanced order inflow from power and industry sectors in the long term with a shift towards 50:50 ratio.
- Notably, about 10 GW of new power projects are expected to be tendered or awarded in the near term, contributing to order inflow.
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
The provided transcript from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited's Q4 FY'24 Earnings Conference Call does not mention any current or planned fundraising through debt or equity. There were no discussions or disclosures related to:
- Raising funds via equity issuance
- Plans for debt financing or bond issues
- Capital raising strategies or objectives
Hence, based on the available information, BHEL has not indicated any fundraising activity through debt or equity either currently or in the near future during this call.
