Rushil Decor Ltd
Q2 FY23 Earnings Call Analysis
Consumer Durables
fundraise: Yescapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3margin: Category 3orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- Currently, Rushil Decor Limited has no specific plans for new debt reduction except for normal scheduled repayments.
- For FY24, the company plans scheduled loan repayments in the range of INR 55 crores to INR 60 crores, with INR 17 crores already repaid in Q1.
- Regarding equity fundraising, the company recently completed a rights issue raising INR 107.49 crores, which helped reduce promoter loans by INR 55 crores.
- For the new laminate facility, the company has finalized land and is completing feasibility studies; debt requirements, if any, will be clearer by next quarter.
- There is no mention of any planned new equity fundraise at present.
- The company is focused on maintaining current financial discipline without plans to dilute equity further.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- Rushil Decor is focused on laminate capacity expansions, with internal discussions ongoing but no final conclusions yet (Page 18-19).
- Recently finalized land in Mansa near the existing laminate plant to commence production by Q1 end, FY24 (Page 12).
- Capex of around INR 60 crores planned for adding machinery for value-added laminate products (Page 12-13).
- New laminate facility feasibility is being finalized, with exact debt and details expected to be known by next quarter (Page 13).
- The jumbo board project is underway, expected to start production in the second quarter of next financial year, with initial capacity utilization at 50%-60% (Page 17).
- Management targets increasing revenue and profitability from the new projects in the next 2-3 years (Page 17-18).
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Focus remains on laminate business expansion, with new projects underway aiming for production commencement by Q1 FY25.
- Targeting MDF volume growth of 7%-10% year-on-year.
- Domestic MDF volume target is approximately 35,000-40,000 CBM per quarter, aiming to reach 55,000-60,000 CBM combined from both plants.
- Export volumes for MDF aimed at maintaining 12,000-15,000 CBM per quarter.
- Laminates expected to grow around 10% overall in FY24, with further acceleration post new project ramp-up.
- New jumbo board project expected to increase revenue and margins to more than 10% over next 2-3 years.
- Emphasis on higher value-added products to improve realizations and margins.
- Export to domestic sales ratio targeted around 30:70, adjustable based on market dynamics.
- Capacity expansions in laminates and MDF are priorities, but certain new projects are still under internal discussion with no final decisions yet.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Management aims to achieve a 7% to 10% increase in overall volume for FY24, with value-added MDF products targeted to reach 40% of total production.
- Laminates business is expected to grow around 10% in FY24, with a new jumbo board project commencing production in Q2 FY25, which should boost revenues and margins to over 10% in 2-3 years.
- EBITDA margins target to maintain around 17% for FY24, building on last year's performance despite Q1 being seasonally weak.
- MDF margins are stable around 19%-20%, and laminate margins are expected to improve from 6%-7% to 8%-9% with raw material price stabilization.
- Export margins are low but improving due to new markets and increased value-added product sales.
- Debt reduction planned through scheduled repayments, with interest expenses forecasted at INR 26-27 crores for FY24.
- Management is optimistic about operational efficiencies, export growth, and market recovery post SAP implementation and festive season.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- As of June ending, Rushil Decor Limited has a pending export obligation of around INR 73 to 74 crores.
- The company has time up to December 2024 to fulfill this obligation.
- The management expressed confidence in comfortably meeting this obligation, considering increased export volumes in recent quarters.
- Regarding the value-added product export order book for the quarter, it is described as very interesting with an expected increase of around 10% or more.
- No specific detailed numbers for the entire order book beyond these export obligations and value-added export orders were disclosed.
