Rolex Rings Ltd
Q2 FY24 Earnings Call Analysis
Auto Components
fundraise: Nocapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3margin: Category 3orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- The company has no plans for further borrowing or restructuring of debt currently.
- They are resolving past borrowing issues related to ROR (right of recompense) amounting to around ₹32 crore, with updates expected in the next quarter.
- The company is a net-negative debt or zero debt company as of now, with a net cash balance touching ₹195-200 crore.
- There is no indication of any immediate or future fundraising through equity or fresh debt in the disclosed discussion.
- Any new lending or borrowing with banks would be selectively done at better rates if required in the future, but no active plans are stated.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- The company has already spent around ₹10-11 crore in plant, machinery, and solar power in Q1 FY25.
- The total CapEx for the current fiscal year is expected to be ₹40-45 crore.
- For FY26, the CapEx is expected to remain in the range of ₹40-50 crore.
- A new 12 MW solar power plant is expected to be operational by March 2025, which will reduce power costs by an additional 7-8%.
- After commissioning the solar plant, renewable power capacity will cover around 35-40% of total power consumption.
- No major restructuring or new borrowings are planned; the company aims to close earlier credit arrangements in the next quarter or two.
These investments focus largely on capacity expansion and operational cost reduction through renewable energy.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Ramp-up of new order wins expected to begin in the second half of FY25, though some volume reductions have delayed full impact.
- Growth guidance for FY26 and FY27 is a high teens to 20% year-on-year increase in revenue, based on advanced-stage order negotiations.
- New customers in Europe and the US are gradually increasing volumes; some US-based customers started orders in May 2024 and expected growth in subsequent quarters.
- Exports and auto components segment are expected to recover and grow, with domestic auto components showing positive traction.
- Sales tonnage showed marginal growth in Q1 FY25 compared to the previous year, indicating volume improvement.
- Bearing ring business expected to rebound in Q3 and Q4 FY25 and cross 50% of total revenue.
- Incremental outsourcing from global customers supports longer-term volume growth in the bearing rings and auto components business.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- The company expects high teen to 20% revenue growth year-on-year for FY26 and FY27, supported by orders in advanced stages of negotiation (Page 13).
- EBITDA margins showed slight improvement due to solar power plant operationalization, positively impacting margins by around 0.6% (Page 2).
- Profit before tax is expected to be stable or show moderate growth, with current quarter PAT at ₹50 crore and expectation to maintain or improve (Page 2, 4).
- New customer additions in Europe and the US for auto components and ramp-up in volumes anticipated to boost future revenue (Pages 11, 12, 13).
- Recovery expected in the bearing ring segment in Q3 and Q4 of FY25, potentially increasing its contribution above 50% of overall revenues (Page 11).
- Incremental revenues from solar power cost savings also support operating margins going forward (Pages 6, 2).
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- For FY26 and FY27, Rolex Rings expects high teen to 20% year-on-year revenue growth based on the current order book and negotiations.
- The company is in advanced stages of negotiations with a couple of customers, expecting to receive orders and nominations around December.
- Some new orders have seen a volume reduction but have started ramping up, with new customer revenue increasing from about 14-16 crore last quarter to over 20 crore in the current quarter.
- A key US-based customer order, initially planned to start in Feb-Mar 2024, began in May 2024 and is expected to pick up further in Q2 and Q3.
- Gradual addition of new customers is expected over the next 2-3 months, contributing to growth by the end of the fiscal year.
