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Essel Propack: Input costs weigh down profits
Essel Propack has announced its second quarter results for the financial year 2011-2012(2QFY12). The company has reported a 7.5% YoY growth in sales but a 32% YoY decline in net profits. Here is our analysis of the results.
Essel Propack: Input costs weigh down profits
- Consolidated revenues for Essel Propack grew by 7.5% YoY during the quarter. For the half year ended September 2011 (1HFY12), net sales grew by 7.9% YoY.
- Operating margins declined by 2.6% YoY to 15.9% as compared to the 18.5% seen during the same period last year. This was due to higher input costs (as a percentage of sales). For 1HFY12, operating margins declined to 16% as compared to 17.8% seen during the same period last year.
- Net profit declined by 32% YoY during the quarter. This was largely on account of lower operating margins as well as the sharp decline in other income during the quarter. For 1HFY12, net profits declined by 16.7% YoY.
| (Rs m) | 2QFY11 | 2QFY12 | % change | 1HFY11 | 1HFY12 | % change |
| Net sales | 3,687 | 3,963 | 7.5% | 7,010 | 7,563 | 7.9% |
| Expenditure | 3,004 | 3,332 | 10.9% | 5,763 | 6,356 | 10.3% |
| Operating profit (EBDITA) | 683 | 631 | -7.6% | 1,246 | 1,207 | -3.1% |
| EBDITA margin (%) | 18.5% | 15.9% | 17.8% | 16.0% | ||
| Other income | 7 | 3 | -65.3% | 17 | 10 | -43.8% |
| Interest | 155 | 140 | -9.8% | 295 | 284 | -3.7% |
| Depreciation | 269 | 273 | 1.8% | 536 | 544 | 1.5% |
| Forex gains/(losses) | (17) | (33) | (34) | (38) | ||
| Profit before tax | 250 | 188 | -24.8% | 398 | 351 | -11.8% |
| Exceptional Items | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tax | 116 | 99 | -14.9% | 175 | 167 | -4.6% |
| Profit after tax/(loss) | 134 | 89 | -33.5% | 223 | 184 | -17.5% |
| Share of profits from associates | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Minority interest | (4) | (4) | (12) | (10) | ||
| PAT | 135 | 92 | -32.0% | 221 | 184 | -16.7% |
| Net profit margin (%) | 3.7% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 2.4% | ||
| No. of shares (m) | 157 | 157 | ||||
| Diluted earnings per share (Rs)* | 2.8 | |||||
| P/E ratio (x)* | 13.4 |
What has driven performance in 2QFY12?
- Consolidated sales for the company clocked a growth of 7.5% YoY during the quarter. This was driven by volume growth for the tubes business across all the regions except for EAP (East Asia Pacific) region. Volumes for EAP declined due to a temporary reduction in off-take from one of the customer.
- On a geographic basis, growth was driven by the 12.8% YoY growth from the AMESA (Africa, Middle East and South Asia) business. Sales from Europe and Americas increased by 8.4% YoY and 7.6% YoY during the quarter. However, sales from EAP witnessed a decline of 9.2% YoY during the quarter. This was on account of lower offtake by one of the customers in China. This was on account of some branding issues related to one of the variants. However, the management expects these issues to be resolved soon and the sales to resume from December onwards.
Geographic breakup (Rs m) 2QFY11 2QFY12 % change AMESA* 1,684 1,900 12.8% EAP** 1,068 970 -9.2% Americas 855 920 7.6% Europe 349 379 8.4% * Africa, Middle East and South Asia, includes India, Nepal & Egypt
** East Asia Pacific includes China & Philippines
- Operating margins for the company declined to 15.9% during the quarter from 18.5% seen during the same period last year. This was on account of higher raw material costs (as a percentage of sales). In addition to this, the margins were also negatively impacted by higher power costs in India.
- The net profits declined by 32% YoY during the quarter. This was on account of lower operating margins as well as lower other income during the quarter. Net profits were also negatively impacted by the adverse movement in foreign exchange rates during the quarter.
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