Pharmaceuticals company Solara Active Pharma Sciences announced Q4FY25 & FY25 results Q4FY25 Financial Highlights: Q4 Revenues at Rs 2,790 million; Q4 Gross Margin at Rs 1,605 million (57.5%); Q4 EBITDA at Rs 510 million (18.3%); FY25 Financial Highlights: FY25 Revenues at Rs 12,921 million vs Rs 12,943 million in FY24; Flat YoY FY25 Gross Margin at Rs 6,649 million (51.5%) vs Rs 4,891 million (37.8%) in FY24; improvement by 1,370 bps YoY FY25 EBITDA at Rs 2,138 million (16.5%) vs. negative Rs 917 million (-7%) in FY24; significant improvement by 2,360 bps YoY Sandeep Rao, MD & CEO stated: "FY25 was a Reset year for Solara. While we regrettably missed our guidance both on Revenues and EBITDA, we continued to focus on profitable high margin and high quality business which led to Gross Margin expansion from 37.8% in FY24 to 51.5% in FY25 and EBITDA margin expansion from -7.1% in FY24 to 16.5% in FY25. The miss on the Revenue and EBITDA guidance is attributable to intense competition on the Ibuprofen range of products. We continued to do better than expected on the remainder of our portfolio. Our product mix continues to be healthy with a majority of Revenues coming from the Regulated markets. Going ahead, we will continue our ongoing actions on improving profitability through cost improvement programs, operating cost optimization, optimizing working capital and debt as we pivot the organization from reset to growth." Result PDF
Pharmaceuticals company Solara Active Pharma Sciences announced Q3FY25 results Gross Margins at 55%; at historical levels Revenues at Rs 3,018 million; +21 % YoY Muted QoQ Revenue growth with a strong focus on margin expansion EBITDA margins at 19.6%, up by 180 bps QoQ and significant improvement YoY Maintaining full year FY25 EBITDA guidance of ~Rs 2,300 to Rs 2,600 million Poorvank Purohit, MD & CEO of the Company, remarked, “We are pleased with our Q3 performance. While our Revenues are muted for the quarter, our relentless focus on profitable growth resulted in Gross margins of 55.4% reaching the historical levels. This initiative includes letting go off certain non-profitable businesses which were bringing down our margin profile. As an outcome of course correction measures, the Company is pleased to report an improved EBITDA margin of 19.6% inching closer towards the Q4 exit quarter guidance. Our ongoing actions on improving profitability through cost improvement programs, operating cost optimization, enhancing R&D; productivity, optimizing working capital and debt will continue to yield benefits. Our Regulated market revenues continue to be at 76% of total revenues. We are confident in continuing the growth momentum and are on track to continuously improve the quality of our earnings while strengthening our balance sheet.” Result PDF
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Pharmaceuticals company Solara Active Pharma Sciences announced Q2FY25 results Solara reports Q2FY25 Revenue at Rs 3,472 million. Gross margins at 50.5%; Significant improvement in Gross margins by 620 bps YoY and 600 bps QoQ returning to historical levels. EBITDA at Rs 616 million; with a growth of 46% QoQ and 61% YoY. Positive PAT at Rs 80 million. Poorvank Purohit, MD & CEO of the Company, said: “We are pleased with the positive outcomes of the course correction measures which we had initiated for the Company. The stated plan to return to growth, enhance profitability and reduce debt has made significant headway. Our efforts on the course correction measures are leading to favourable outcomes resulting in significant margin expansion, in line with the management outlook. The Company reports a strong growth of 46% QoQ and 61% YoY on EBITDA with an improved EBITDA margin of 17.7%. While our Revenues are down by 5% QoQ, our relentless focus on profitable growth resulted in Gross margins of 50.5%. Our Regulated market revenues continue to be at around 75% of total revenues. We are confident in continuing the growth momentum and are on track to continuously improving the quality of our earnings while strengthening our balance sheet. Our ongoing actions on improving profitability through cost improvement programs, operating cost optimization, enhancing R&D; productivity, optimizing working capital and debt will continue to yield benefits in the coming quarters. We reaffirm our FY25 outlook for Revenue of ~Rs 15,000 million & the full year EBITDA of ~Rs 2,300 to Rs 2,600 million & Q4FY25 exit quarter Revenue ~Rs 4,000 million & EBITDA of ~Rs 800 to Rs 900 million with EBITDA margins of 20-22%". Result PDF
Pharmaceuticals company Solara Active Pharma Sciences announced Q1FY25 results: Solara reports an improved Q1FY25 performance with a Revenue of Rs 3,641 million with a growth of 21% QoQ and 3% YoY Adjusted EBITDA at Rs 502 million with a growth of 33% QoQ and 151% YoY Reported EBITDA at Rs 421 million with a growth of 276% QoQ and 111% YoY Company reaffirms FY25 guidance of Revenue ~Rs 15,000 million & the full year EBITDA ~Rs 2,300 to 2,600 million with Q4FY25 exit quarter Revenue ~ Rs 4,000 million & EBITDA of ~Rs 800 to Rs 900 million (EBITDA margins of 20-22%) During the quarter, Gross debt reduced from Rs 9,994 million to Rs 8,333 million; a reduction of Rs 1,661 million partly from the Rights issue and balance from Operations Partly paid-up Rights issue was fully subscribed during the quarter Company has strong focus on course correction measures including right sizing of inventory, free cash generation, cost optimization and improved gross margins. Our Net Debt to EBITDA guidance is ~3 times by Q4FY25. The Company is confident of beating the Net Debt to EBITDA guidance. Manish Gupta joins Solara Board as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director Commenting on the financial performance, Poorvank Purohit, MD & CEO of the Company, remarked, “We are pleased with the course correction measures initiated for the Company, leading to favorable outcomes for Q1 with much improved EBITDA margins. We see growth both on a QoQ and YoY basis. The Company reports an improved performance in Q1FY25 with Q-o-Q Revenue growth of 21% and Reported EBITDA growth of 276%. Adjusted for the one-off costs which will not continue in H2’25, our Adjusted EBITDA stands at Rs 502 million with EBITDA margins of 13.8%. Our Regulated market revenues have reached its historical levels of around 75% of total revenues. Our Gross margins are slightly depressed but this is more on account of aggressive inventory reduction to improve our free cash generation and will normalize in H2’25. While we report an improved Q1 performance, we are confident that our ongoing actions on improving profitability through cost improvement programs, operating cost optimization, enhancing R&D; productivity, optimizing working capital and debt will yield benefits in the coming quarters. Another important highlight for the quarter was our partly paid-up Rights issue which was fully subscribed during the quarter. Furthermore, during the quarter, we reduced our debt from Rs 9,994 million to Rs 8,333 million; a reduction of Rs 1,661 million. We reaffirm our FY’25 guidance of Revenue of ~Rs 15,000 million & the full year EBITDA of ~Rs 2,300 to Rs 2,600 million & Q4FY25 exit quarter Revenue ~Rs 4,000 million & EBITDA of ~Rs 800 to Rs 900 million with EBITDA margins of 20-22%” Result PDF
Pharmaceuticals company Solara Active Pharma Sciences announced Q1FY24 results: Q1FY24 Revenues at Rs 3,544 million up 5% YoY; Reported EBITDA at Rs 200 million up 11% YoY; Gross margins at 45.5% in Q1FY24 versus 41.0% in Q1FY23; YoY Improvement in Gross margins by 445 bps Reported EBITDA at Rs 200 million, EBITDA margins at 5.6%; YoY Improvement in EBITDA margins by 20 bps Reduction in under-recoveries at Vizag Commenting on the financial performance, Poorvank Purohit, MD & CEO of the Company, remarked, “We are delighted to start FY24 on a positive note, after having accomplished many of the goals we set for ourselves at the beginning of the previous year. Our current priorities are to stay focused and move forward from what we had achieved in the last fiscal year. We continue to work on our key strategic priorities, which included resetting and concentrating the base business, restoring R&D; velocity, addressing under-recoveries at our newly commissioned Vizag site, and expanding into new products and geographies. We are happy with the outcome of the USFDA inspection at our Cuddalore facility with Zero 483 inspectional observations. The result of these inspections demonstrates our commitment to regulatory excellence at our global manufacturing sites and our relentless focus on world-class quality and compliance. Coming to the Q1FY24 performance, I am pleased to report that we achieved 5% YoY growth in Revenues and 11% YoY growth in EBITDA. Our order book continues to be strong. We are pleased to note the increase in demand for Ibuprofen and Ibuprofen derivatives. We continue to focus on Operating cost reduction, continuous improvement program (CIP), and inventory management. With a Strong order book position, expansion in margins, and reduced under recovery at Vizag, we have a visible growth momentum for the forthcoming quarters.” Result PDF