APL Apollo Tubes’ (APL) Q1FY24 EBITDA missed consensus estimates by 10% though it was broadly in line with ours. Key points: 1) destocking in Q1FY24 impacted margins with EBITDA/te declining 6.5% QoQ to INR4,645; 2) sales volume was up 56.8% YoY (1.8% QoQ) at 662kte; and 3) volume from Raipur plant was at 75kte, slightly up QoQ. Going ahead, management expects growth to be largely volume-driven with capacity rising to 5.0mtpa by end-FY25.