Sanwaria Consum.
Q4 FY20 Earnings Call Analysis
Food Products
fundraise: Yescapex: Yesrevenue: Category 3margin: Category 1orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- Sanwaria Consumer Limited is not seeking bank financing currently; they prefer equity investment from institutions.
- An enabling resolution allows raising up to $100 million over the next 2-3 years, to be done in stages.
- The funds will primarily be used for CAPEX (~250 crores) and working capital (~250 crores) over the next two years.
- The company aims to attract big institutional investors and is optimistic about onboarding a major investor soon.
- They have reduced debt but continue to carry around 850 crores in working capital loans from public sector banks.
- There is no defined deadline to become debt-free; debt as a percentage of turnover is expected to decrease as turnover grows.
- They are also open to raising funds through ADR, GDR, and share warrants apart from QIP.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- The company plans to raise funds primarily for CAPEX, with a total fund requirement of around 500 crores in the next two years, split as 250 crores for working capital and 250 crores for CAPEX (Page 11).
- CAPEX will focus on increasing existing capacity and establishing new product capacities, such as maize capacity (Page 11).
- The funding requirement of approximately $100 million (enabling resolution) is planned to be raised in stages over the next 2-3 years to support these investments (Pages 9, 14).
- There is interest from multiple institutional investors for equity investment to support growth (Page 14).
- Export plans to the US are in initial stages and could scale, requiring strategic handling of working capital and regulatory approvals like US FDA (Pages 10-11).
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Company is focusing on expanding retail network significantly, especially in Maharashtra.
- Plans to open around 75 new stores in the current year and 100 stores in the first quarter of the next financial year.
- Store sales targeted around Rs. 100 crores for the year; stores mainly sell exclusively Sanwaria brands.
- E-commerce business is at a nascent stage; primary focus remains on retail stores.
- Retail sales are increasing rapidly, now contributing around 20% of total sales.
- Bulk sales are being converted into retail sales, supporting EBITDA margin expansion.
- Targeting double-digit EBITDA within next two years, with current EBITDA around 6%.
- Plans for export focused on Basmati rice to the US, but exports are in early stages with potential scalability.
- Considering marketing strategies including possibly targeted Facebook and Google ads to improve sales growth.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- The company achieved 6% EBITDA in the recent quarter.
- Targeting to reach double-digit EBITDA within the next two years.
- Net profit increased by 70.6% year-on-year to Rs. 42.80 crore.
- Earnings per share (EPS) improved to Rs. 0.58 per share from Rs. 0.34 in the previous year.
- Focus on converting bulk sales to higher-margin retail sales to support EBITDA expansion.
- Plans to increase revenue through retail store expansion and e-commerce presence.
- Dividend payments expected to start this financial year, indicating profitability.
- Fundraising of approximately $100 million intended for capacity expansion and working capital to support growth.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- There is no specific mention of the current or expected order book or pending orders in the provided text.
- The discussion primarily revolves around sales performance, marketing efforts, retail expansion, and financial performance.
- Bulk sales are directed mainly to other brand owners, intermediates, and wholesalers.
- The company is focusing on converting bulk sales into retail sales, which currently contribute about 20% of total sales.
- Expansion efforts include increasing the retail network in Maharashtra and diversifying product ranges.
- There is mention of overseas export plans, including to the US and China, but no specific order volumes or pending orders disclosed.
- Financial strategies involve raising funds through QIP and institutional investors to support growth.
- Overall, no quantitative order book or pending orders details are provided in this excerpt.
