Themis Medicare Ltd
Q1 FY23 Earnings Call Analysis
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
fundraise: No informationcapex: Yesrevenue: Category 2margin: Category 1orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- The company has taken on additional long-term borrowing (an increase of INR5 crore) in the form of a term loan from current bankers.
- This borrowing is meant to fund the ongoing capex plan, including facility upgrades in Haridwar, setting up R&D labs, and construction activities.
- There is no explicit mention of any planned new equity fundraising.
- The focus appears to be on organic growth supported by internal capex and operational improvements rather than fresh equity infusion.
- No specific details were shared about future debt or equity fundraising beyond the current term loan for capex.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- FY23 capex totaled around INR 29 crores (net of depreciation), invested in:
- Upgrading Haridwar facility (~INR 14.65 crores) for EU GMP compliance and additional injectable lines.
- Enhancing Vapi factory capacity (~INR 11 crores).
- Increasing R&D base in Hyderabad and setting up a new R&D lab in Baroda (~INR 1.17 crores).
- Plant and machinery additions and building construction for refinement projects.
- Capex funded partly through increased long-term borrowing (~INR 5 crores term loan).
- Focus on strategic investments to support growth areas:
- Injectable line upgrades and obtaining UDMP certification to open export opportunities.
- Building critical care product portfolio aligned with hospital business focus.
- Strengthening R&D with skilled manpower and infrastructure to drive future product development.
- Future investments expected to support expansion in hospital and API businesses, with a cautious approach to fixed costs.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Themis Medicare expects a 35% CAGR growth over the next 2-3 years, driven primarily by hospital business expansion.
- Growth in hospital business is supported by building and adding specialized sales teams focused on hospitals.
- New product launches, including generics for emerging markets and new drug delivery systems, are planned but will take time due to regulatory approvals.
- The critical care portfolio is being developed steadily, with plans to introduce more teams and products over the next 3-4 years.
- Export markets remain a focus, targeting 40+ emerging markets with high-value generics.
- API business is expected to show improvement with a new manufacturing process.
- Domestic formulation business aims for first-launch opportunities with improved margins.
- Overall growth will leverage increased productivity without a significant rise in fixed sales force costs.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Themis Medicare expects a 35% CAGR growth over the next two to three years, driven primarily by hospital business expansion and improved productivity.
- EBITDA margin target is above 25%, up from the current ~19%; management anticipates achieving this as new teams become productive without a significant increase in fixed costs.
- PAT margin was 16.06% for FY23, with expectations for improvement as operational efficiencies and margin management improve.
- EPS for FY23 stood at Rs.61.83, with growth expected alongside revenue and margin expansion.
- Revenue growth is anticipated to pick up after a COVID-related high base in the previous year, with recovery to 20% EBITDA margins expected by H1 of the financial year.
- Margin improvements will also come from better API cost structures and hospital business scaling.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- The transcript does not provide specific figures or qualitative details about the current or expected order book or pending orders for Themis Medicare Limited.
- It mentions significant COVID-related orders in the previous year (FY22), amounting to around INR 60 crores, which were not present in the current year (FY23).
- The company expects growth driven by hospital business expansion and new product launches.
- Management is focusing on building the hospital business and increasing sales productivity but no direct reference to order book size or pending order values is provided.
- Incremental margin improvement is expected primarily from improved sales productivity rather than increased order volume disclosed.
- Overall, no explicit current or expected orderbook or pending order quantifications are shared in this transcript.
