CMS Info Systems Ltd
Q1 FY24 Earnings Call Analysis
Commercial Services & Supplies
fundraise: No informationcapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3margin: Category 3orderbook: Yes
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- Rajiv Kaul mentioned that the company is working on inorganic opportunities, including potential M&A deals, but did not provide any specific timelines or certainty about closures.
- No explicit mention was made about any current or planned fundraising through debt or equity in the provided text.
- The company focuses on deploying capital efficiently, generating high returns on capital, and reinvesting earnings into growth and new businesses.
- ESOP costs will gradually reduce over time, indicating no immediate large equity dilution planned.
- Overall, no direct guidance or announcement related to new fundraising via debt or equity was given in the discussed sections.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- FY24 CAPEX was Rs. 99 crore, down from prior years due to project delays and deferred order placements.
- FY25 CAPEX expected to be higher to compensate for under-spend in FY24, targeting around Rs. 200 crore annually on average.
- Capital deployment mainly linked to order book; about two-thirds of the order book requires capital investment.
- CMS focuses on high-return capital deployment, cautious about transaction-linked BLA ATM business due to lower returns.
- Strategic investments include incubating new businesses in specialized logistics and collection services, with incremental operating costs of Rs. 8-10 crore.
- The company is working on inorganic growth via M&A and partnerships, with several opportunities actively pursued but timing uncertain.
- Investment continues in technology upgrades such as AIoT remote monitoring solutions and network compliance expansion.
- CMS aims to maintain high ROCE while investing to support growth and new business lines.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- CMS Info Systems aims to achieve 2x revenue growth from FY21 to FY25, targeting Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 2,700 crores in revenue.
- The company expects Retail Cash solutions to grow substantially higher than other segments over the next three years.
- Their AIoT remote monitoring business is poised to double in scale over the next three years.
- Integrated Managed Services solutions, including software and fixed price contracts, are building out strongly.
- Cash Logistics business projected to grow at a midterm CAGR of 10%-13%.
- Managed Services to grow faster than cash business; overall strong growth across both segments anticipated.
- The opportunity size (TAM) is approximately Rs. 22,000 crores by FY27, providing significant headroom for growth.
- Order wins have increased from INR 900 crores in FY23 to INR 1,850 crores in FY24, indicating strong order momentum.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- CMS Info Systems targets a revenue of Rs. 2,500 - 2,700 crores in FY25, aiming to maintain upper-end confidence.
- PAT growth has been consistently above 20% YoY for five consecutive years, with a 23% growth in the latest year despite incremental investments.
- Operating margins have improved from 17-18% (pre-COVID) to over 25% currently, expected to remain stable.
- Incremental ESOP costs are forecasted to reduce gradually quarterly from Rs. 10 crore to Rs. 3 crore.
- New business incubations and investments may temporarily impact margins but are managed to avoid significant losses.
- Order wins doubled to Rs. 1,850 crores in FY24 with revenues spread over 5-7 years, supporting sustainable growth.
- Mid-term cash logistics business growth projected at 10-13% CAGR; managed services expected to outpace this.
- Focus on market share, revenue growth, and balancing margins continues to be the strategy.
- ROCE improved to 27.4%, reflecting strong capital efficiency and profitability.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- FY23 order wins: approx. INR 900 crores.
- FY24 order wins: approx. INR 1,850 crores, nearly doubling from previous year.
- Most of FY24 order wins will be deployed in FY25 with revenues spread over 5-7 years.
- Company aims to maintain healthy order win ratio to build annuity business aligned with growth targets.
- Order book includes about two-thirds requiring capital deployment with varied payback periods.
- Transaction-linked brown label ATM (BLA) business forms less than 25% of order book, with high capital returns focus.
- Market share gains in ATM Cash segment from 39% to 49% over last four years indicate growing order book strength.
- Management cautious about predicting exact order book growth given market and bidding uncertainties.
