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Century Plyboards' Q2FY26 performance was above expectations. Revenue grew 17% YoY to Rs14bn, driven by strong growth in MDF (+28% YoY), Plywood (+15% YoY), and Laminate (+17% YoY), despite a decline in Particle boards (-18% YoY). EBITDA margin expanded by 320bps YoY to 12.6%, supported by margin improvement across MDF and laminates segment. Additionally, the new plywood facility at Hoshiarpur (capacity: 50,000 CBM), commenced operations, taking its plywood capacity to 3,94,800 CBM. Further, new plywood capacity expansion at Puttur has been initiated and is expected to commence operations...

Greenply's Q2FY26 profitability was below expectations. Revenue grew 8% YoY to Rs6.9bn, driven by robust growth in MDF segment. EBITDA decreased by 2% YoY to Rs568mn, with EBITDA margin contracting by 75bps YoY to 8.2%, dragged down by planned shutdown for MDF expansion, a higher contribution of midpremium plywood and liquidation of slow moving MDF inventory at high discounts. PAT declined by 9% YoY to Rs160mn. Net debt decreased by Rs280mn to Rs5.1bn, driven by liquidation of excess inventories, and is expected to reduce further in H2. The management attributed margin contraction to one off event and expects a strong rebound in volumes and margins in H2FY26. We cut...

Century Plyboards is undertaking capacity expansions across segments to drive growth. The laminates business has shown early signs of recovery in terms of revenue growth and EBITDA margins, and the company remains optimistic about coming quarters.

Far better realizations led to Stylam’s Q1 revenue surging 16.7% y/y to Rs 2.8bn, even as offtake was lower. Gross profit rose 16.8% y/y to Rs1.3bn.

Greenpanel's Q1FY26 performance was significantly below our expectations, with revenue declining by 10% YoY to Rs3.3bn due to weak performance across segments. A consolidated EBITDA loss of Rs 158mn was reported, impacted by an EUROINR forex loss of Rs 275mn out of which Rs 41mn was classified under finance costs and Rs 234mn under other overheads. Despite the weak performance, management remains ambitious, maintaining MDF volume guidance of 550,000 CBM as they realign their strategy to regain market share through pricing and cost control. We cut our FY27E EPS estimates by 10% and...

Greenply’s Q1 revenue grew 2.9%y/y to Rs6bn. Easing input costs pushed the gross margin up 205bps y/y to 42.8%. Higher employee and other expenses restricted the EBITDA margin improvement to 34bps y/y, to 10.3%. Adj. PAT fell 27.6% y/y to Rs240m.

Century Plyboards (CPBI) reported Q4FY25 consol. revenue growth of 13% YoY. Plywood/laminates/MDF and allied revenues grew 9.6%/ 1.3%/37.2% YoY with volumes up 6.8%/0.5%/39.2% YoY (6-year CAGRs of 10.2%/2.7% / 16.3%), respectively.

incentives of Rs350mn and expect Rs510mn over FY26/27. The company expects MDF/plywood margin of 12%/7-8% in FY26. We had considered consolidated EBITDA margin of 11.8% with 1) steep increase in timber prices, 2) higher OEM vol in the MDF segment, 3) lower domestic volumes, and 4) lower realization with competition in MDF. Timber prices will continue to impact margins in coming quarters. The management has indicated moderation in...

Century Plyboards (India) Limited (CPIL) reported robust revenue of Rs 1,140.5 crore (+21.7% y-o-y) in 3Q FY25, driven by volume expansion in MDF (+19.0% y-o-y) and Plywood (+16.0% y-o-y). The Particle Board (1.2% y-o-y) and Laminates (-9.4% y-o-y) segments witnessed volume de-growth.

CPBI beats our estimate on strong plywood sales volume and sharp sequential improvement in MDF margin

Greenply’s Q3 revenue/gross profit/EBITDA grew 5.6/5.8/7.2% y/y to Rs6.2bn/2.5bn/540m. Adj. PAT was up 26.5% y/y to Rs244m. Despite higher revenue, input cost pressures restricted the gross margin to 40.1%.

Broadly in-line operating performance; sharp beat in APAT by 53% in Q3 due to lower interest expense on account of forex gain

MDF industry margin to remain under pressure in the near future on supply-side pressure and steep rise in timber prices

CPBI's topline beat; EBITDA missed our estimates sharply on margin pressure across segments except plywood