KEC International: Quarterly Result update
05-08-2022

KEC International | Market Cap : Rs. 11,029 Cr

CMP 429 | P/E 23x FY23

Results

(Rs. Cr)

Y-o-Y Growth

Comments

Revenue

3,318

30.6%

Strong execution of order in hand

EBITDA

168

5%

Higher raw material prices, higher freight costs and continued SAE losses

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Key highlights:

  • Revenue increased due to sharp jump in civil segment and improved execution across other segments
  • The company was able to make nearly double-digit margins in both civil and railways while margins remained weak on T&D due to fixed price nature of contracts and losses at SAE.
  • Interest cost moved up sharply on higher borrowing, which was led by continued support to SAE, higher working capital and pending receivables from Afghanistan
  • Order inflow for year to date was Rs. 3,500 Cr, resulting in 16% improvement in order book to Rs. 23,700 Cr.
  • Civil segment inflow was healthy and the company is L1 in projects across water, industrial, residential, data center. T&D pipeline is also healthy across both domestic and international projects.

Management Outlook

  • KEC is eyeing a prospect pipeline of Rs. 1.10 lakh Cr spread across segments with larger proportion coming from T&D – domestic as well as international, civil, projects from MENA region and technologically advanced projects from railways.
  • For railways, the company is targeting projects on speed upgradation, train collision avoidance system and is also targeting international projects.
  • The company has witnessed a sharp increase in working capital and correspondingly higher debt. It expects working capital to come down on release of milestone-based claims from railways and T&D projects by 2HFY23, release of GST related claims worth Rs2.5 bn from government, and progress on discussions with ADB and World Bank on pending receivables from Afghanistan.
  • Overall, KEC expects order inflows to grow by 15% for FY2023. It expects margins to inch up to double digit by FY2024 and expects working capital to start coming down from 2HFY23
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