Relaxo Footwears Ltd
Q1 FY24 Earnings Call Analysis
Consumer Durables
margin: Category 2orderbook: No informationfundraise: No informationcapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- In FY24, Relaxo Footwears incurred a total CapEx of Rs. 248 crores, including the purchase of a 30-acre land parcel in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, worth Rs. 127 crores for future manufacturing capacity expansion.
- Current capacity utilization is around 65%, with the newly acquired land keeping future growth in view, as building factories and expansions are time-consuming.
- No immediate plans for capacity expansion, as the company already has sufficient capacity.
- Routine machinery purchases in the range of Rs. 30-40 crores are made for back-end support, including a manufacturing plant for PU category added recently.
- The company plans to add 50-60 new Exclusive Brand Outlets (EBOs) this year, increasing from more than 400 currently.
- Strategic initiatives like implementing apps for retailer and market connect indicate focus on operational improvements alongside physical expansions.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Relaxo aims for double-digit sales growth in the next two to three years.
- Recent strategic initiatives like DMS implementation and retailer engagement app (covering 50,000 outlets, targeting 1 lakh) aim to boost market penetration.
- Focus on expanding exclusive brand outlets (EBOs) by adding 50-60 more this year (currently 400+).
- Growth in closed footwear expected to accelerate, with current capacity utilization at 55%.
- Sports/closed footwear segment growing faster than open footwear; Sparx brand (60% closed footwear) is a key growth driver.
- Premium product portfolio including Sparx to increase its revenue share beyond current one-third.
- E-commerce channel contributes about 9-10% of sales, with efforts to stabilize and grow via business-as-seller models.
- Market competitive intensity expected to consolidate, enabling market share gain.
- Capacity expansion plans are future-focused; land acquired for longer-term growth.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Management targets double-digit revenue growth for the next 2-3 years. (Page 16-17)
- Expectation of improved EBITDA margins to around 15%-16% in the medium term, with 16% EBITDA achieved in the latest quarter. (Page 7-8)
- PAT margin and profitability expected to improve due to raw material price stabilization and other strategic initiatives. (Page 3, 7, 16)
- Focus on sales transformation, digital initiatives (DMS, BAS, retailer app), and better market penetration to drive growth. (Page 6, 16)
- ROE currently at 8%-10%, expected to improve as profit pressure eases and growth resumes. (Page 5)
- No explicit long-term EPS guidance disclosed, but overall profitability and cash flow expected to strengthen alongside revenue growth. (Page 17)
- Raw material volatility remains a risk, which may impact near-term profitability and pricing. (Page 17)
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
The transcript does not provide specific details on the current or expected order book or pending orders for Relaxo Footwears Limited. However, some related insights include:
- The company is focusing on growing all sales channels, including EBOs, e-commerce, general trade, and exports.
- They have implemented a retailer app covering around 50,000 outlets, aiming to increase it to 100,000 outlets to improve market reach and demand forecasting.
- Inventory levels are reported to be normalized with no significant issues.
- The company is targeting double-digit growth in revenue for the next 2-3 years, indicating confidence in order inflows.
- There is no explicit mention or quantification of an existing order backlog or pending orders in the discussion.
Hence, no explicit orderbook or pending orders data is disclosed.
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- There is no mention of any current or future fundraising through debt or equity in the provided transcript.
- The company stated that it remains a net debt-free company as of FY24.
- CapEx of Rs. 248 crores was funded internally, including Rs. 127 crores for land purchase.
- Management emphasized strong operational cash flow supporting investments.
- No indications or plans for raising external capital via equity or debt were discussed during the call.
