Nitin Spinners Ltd
Q1 FY26 Earnings Call Analysis
Textiles & Apparels
fundraise: Yescapex: Yesrevenue: Category 2margin: Category 3orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- The company expects total debt to be maxed out at around INR 1,900 crores to INR 2,000 crores, including working capital exposure, post-capex.
- Average cost of borrowing is approximately 5.6%, with working capital cost below 7%; blended around 6.5%.
- Additional capex of about INR 230-240 crores was undertaken recently on the energy side, funded partly by internal accruals and debt.
- No concrete numbers or details on future capex or additional fundraising are available at the moment; management is exploring various avenues but cannot comment yet.
- Peak debt will depend on working capital requirements but is expected to remain below INR 2,000 crores.
- No mention of new equity fundraising was made during the call.
In summary, the company is largely relying on existing debt capacity and internal accruals for current and near-future funding, with no confirmed plans for new debt or equity issuance disclosed.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- Ongoing capacity expansion of nearly INR 1,100 crores expected to commercialize in H2 FY '27.
- Will add 35 million meters to fabric capacity (corrected to 75 million meters in transcript) and 22,000 tons to spinning capacity (total ~130,000 tons).
- New expansion is fully integrated, focusing on finished woven fabrics.
- Additional INR 230-240 crores capex done recently on energy side (renewable energy).
- Renewable power additions of about 75 MW expected operational by Q3 FY '27, nearing 100 MW total, catering to ~50-55% power requirement.
- Capex mostly funded through internal accruals and debt, total debt expected to max at ~INR 1,900 crores.
- No concrete number shared for future capex beyond this, but multiple plans are in the drawing board.
- Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme benefits applicable on new capex, offering capital and interest subsidies plus other rebates.
Overall, significant capex underway focusing on capacity expansion and renewable energy to improve competitiveness and margins.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Capacity expansion of nearly INR1,100 crores expected to add over INR1,000 crores to top line.
- Normalization of yarn prices anticipated to contribute 5% to 7% additional turnover.
- Overall, a 30% to 35% increase in existing revenue expected going forward.
- Export demand projected to grow by 10%, driven by increased orders from China and diversification from other countries due to FTAs.
- Domestic and international demand improvement noted in Q4 FY26.
- New fabric and yarn capacities to commercialize in H2 FY27, enabling wider product range and serving new geographies.
- FTAs with UK and Europe expected to boost export orders, especially in fabrics.
- Knitted fabric production expected to recover to 65%-70% utilization in 1 to 1.5 years, improving revenue.
- Continuous geographic expansion planned to offset demand volatility.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Nitin Spinners expects to add 30% to 35% to existing revenue through capacity expansion and normalization of yarn prices (Page 16).
- Capacity expansion of over INR1,000 crores is underway, projected to increase top line by more than INR1,000 crores (Page 16).
- Fabric capacity will increase by 35 million meters (to 75 million meters annually), spinning capacity by 22,000 tons (to 130,000 tons), enhancing product range and value-added products share (Page 4).
- The company targets EBITDA margins in the range of 16% to 20%, aiming to maintain this level in FY '27 (Page 7).
- Operational efficiency, improved demand, and cost-saving initiatives have already resulted in margins expansion in Q4 FY '26 (Page 3).
- Renewables and value-added products expected to further enhance competitiveness and margins (Page 6).
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- The management did not provide specific numbers regarding the current or expected order book or pending orders.
- They acknowledged that there are many new initiatives and opportunities "on the drawing board" but refrained from sharing concrete details at this time.
- The company is actively engaging in expansion plans and expects demand growth supported by FTAs with regions like New Zealand, Australia, Europe, and the UK.
- Export demand is steady with a potential 5-10% increase, especially due to increased exports to China.
- Utilization levels for yarn are expected to remain high (97-98%) and fabric over 90% in the near term, indicating strong order flow before new capex is commissioned.
- The management committed to sharing updates once concrete order details materialize.
