RSWM Ltd
Q1 FY24 Earnings Call Analysis
Textiles & Apparels
margin: Category 3orderbook: No informationfundraise: Nocapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- RSWM Limited is **not planning any big expenditure related to risk management or other areas** except for ongoing environmental improvements via ETPs and STPs CAPEX.
- Regarding **debt management and capital allocation**, there is currently **no plan for major new fundraising through debt or equity**.
- Investments made recently amount to around ₹725 Cr over two years for capacity expansions, but no new large fundraising is indicated to fund these.
- No mention of planned equity issuance or large debt raising in the transcript for FY25 or upcoming quarters.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- RSWM has made a total investment of ₹725 Cr over the past two years:
- ₹155 Cr in Melange yarn segment (30,000 spindles)
- ₹155 Cr in Denim
- ₹85 Cr in Knitting (Mordi, Banswara)
- ₹315 Cr in Kaapas, Lodha project
- Additional investment proposals under consideration for modernization of the recently acquired Ginni Filament Chhata spinning plant machinery (25-30 years old), pending board approval.
- No major new CAPEX planned besides environmental improvements (ETPs and STPs) for addressing environmental risks.
- Focus on optimizing existing operations and new product development to improve margins.
- Kaapas project at Lodha started in Oct 2023, running profitably and expected to contribute significantly going forward.
- No large-scale debt management or other capex indicated currently.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- RSWM expects FY25 turnover around ₹5,000 crore, up from ₹4,057 crore in FY24 (±5%).
- Volume growth for FY25 is projected around 2,000 metric tonnes, including combined production from Chhata and Kaapas units.
- Kaapas unit expected to generate ₹500-600 crore revenue, contributing significantly to growth.
- Full capacity utilization at 80,016 spindles achieved, though some modernization investment is planned for quality improvements.
- Stable yarn prices anticipated in FY25 with reduced dumping of cheap polyester yarn benefiting domestic market.
- Denim production capacity utilization expected to improve, enhancing competitiveness.
- Knitting business with new Chhata unit close to Jewar Airport poised for growth, especially in export sales.
- Overall, management hopeful of better profit margins in H2 FY24, signaling positive future growth prospects.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- RSWM expects profit margins to improve, aiming for margins in FY25 to be better than H2 FY24, supported by rejuvenation of the New Product Development segment and continuous cost optimization.
- The Kaapas project at Lodha, Banswara, is running well with better profitability, contributing higher value addition (~₹6-8/kg more than peers), and is expected to boost earnings further.
- The acquisition of Ginni Filament's Chhata unit will increase yarn output by 55 tonnes per day, adding capacity and contributing positively to turnover (~₹500-600 Cr) and profitability from FY25 onwards.
- Volume growth for FY25 is estimated around 2000 metric tonnes from acquired units, with overall plant utilization running at high 90%.
- Capex focused on modernization and environmental improvements is expected to support operational efficiency.
- Unrealized mark to market gain of ₹138 Cr from Bhilwara Energy investment provides exceptional income impacting current earnings positively.
- Overall, EPS is expected to improve with operational growth, acquisition synergies, and better product mix.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
The transcript does not explicitly mention the current or expected order book or pending orders for RSWM Limited. However, inferred points related to demand and enquiries are:
- There is a positive flow of enquiries for export sales in the Knitted fabric segment.
- Conversion rate to bulk orders is currently very low due to pricing challenges.
- Premium cotton product "Kaapas" has strong demand with repeat orders indicating customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Overall yarn and textile demand show a recovery with yarn prices expected to remain stable.
- Reduced imports of cheap polyester yarn are expected to bolster domestic market volumes and realizations.
- The company is working to liquidate stock levels, which reduced from 12,000 MT to 5,200 MT in Q4 FY24.
- Acquisition expansions (Chhata, Lodha) will add capacity and support future sales growth.
No specific quantitative order book or pending order numbers are disclosed in the transcript.
