Nitin Spinners Ltd
Q1 FY24 Earnings Call Analysis
Textiles & Apparels
fundraise: No informationcapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3margin: Category 3orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- For FY25, Nitin Spinners does not plan to add any new loans to the company's balance sheet. Growth plans are expected to be funded through internal accruals.
- The company will be repaying normal debt of approximately INR150 crores next year, which will reduce overall debt.
- Current debt-to-equity ratio is maintained at a reasonable level of 1 to 1.2, with debt cost at subsidized rates (~5.5%).
- There is no indication of any immediate equity fundraising mentioned in the call.
- Interest subsidies on new loans (INR650 crores) are awaited approval due to election delays but expected soon.
- The company plans to maintain debt interest costs at 2.5% to 3% of revenues, implying cautious leveraging without aggressive new debt raising.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- Total capex done over the last 1.5 years is about INR 840 crores (INR 340 crores capital work in progress at last balance sheet plus INR 500 crores added in the last year).
- Approximately 30% of this capex is for value-added portion like weaving, processing, and knitting; the rest for spinning including value-added yarns.
- The company has added about 35% of its capacity in the last six months alone.
- Utilization is near top levels, with limited capacity left for spinning but scope to improve fabric utilization.
- Future capacity expansions are under evaluation; plans include optimizing existing infrastructure and possibly adding new capacity aligned with product mix changes.
- No immediate plans for adding new loans for capex next year; internal accruals expected to fund growth.
- Solar power investments around INR 100 crores over three years aimed at reducing power cost.
- Continuous exploration to improve power and fuel efficiency as part of operational cost control.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Company is near full capacity utilization with yarn capacity utilization about 91,000 tons against a rated 110,000 tons; expects about 10% volume growth from current levels going forward.
- Recently added around 35% of capacity in last six months; further capacity expansions are on the drawing board and will be shared in due course.
- Fabric business has scope to improve capacity utilization by 7-8%, and knitting by a smaller margin.
- Revenue for FY24 was INR2,905.65 crores, up 21% YoY; Q4 FY24 revenue was INR800.71 crores, up 7% QoQ.
- With new capex of around INR850 crores, top-line is expected to increase by about INR900 crores, potentially pushing total revenue to INR3,200-3,300 crores.
- Company aims for volume growth plus realization improvements as demand stabilizes and expands globally, with exports expected to be stable around 55-60%.
- Demand improvements anticipated over next 5-6 months, with production ramp-ups expected to follow.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Nitin Spinners is targeting to maintain or improve EBITDA margins from the recent 14.5% quarterly level, up from ~13% annual margins.
- Revenue growth is expected driven by ramping up new capacities, with top-line projected to reach INR3,200-3,300 crores from INR2,400 crores previously.
- Capacity utilization is near peak in spinning (~90%), with some scope for growth in fabric and knitting segments.
- The company plans measured capacity expansions, focusing on value-added products, which currently form about 38-40% of revenues and expected to exceed 50%.
- Stable cotton prices and improving export demand support margin expansion outlook.
- Debt levels expected to reduce by INR150 crores next year, with no additional debt planned for FY25.
- PAT for FY24 was INR131.52 crores; gradual profitability improvement expected as margins and capacity utilization improve.
- Long-term margin target is 16-20%, up from current ~13-14%, driven by better spreads and operational efficiencies.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- The transcript does not explicitly mention the current or expected orderbook or pending orders details for Nitin Spinners Limited.
- However, there is discussion related to capacity utilization and demand outlook:
- The company is operating near top capacity with little remaining unused capacity.
- Recent capital expenditure has increased capacity by about 35% over the last six months.
- Utilization levels for yarn capacity were about 91,000 tons last year, close to rated capacity of 110,000 tons.
- Exports are stable and expected to remain so for the next 6 months.
- Demand recovery is gradual with expectations of improvement over 5-6 months or potentially 6-9 months.
- No specific orderbook or pending orders numbers were disclosed during the Q4 FY24 earnings call.
