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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.
We initiate coverage of Greenply Industries Ltd (GREENPLY) with a BUY recommendation and TP of 385/share, implying an upside potential of 26% from the CMP.
More volumes pushed up Stylam’s Q4 FY25 revenue 10.6% y/y to ~Rs2.7bn, though blended realisation were soft. High input costs and product-mix changes pulled gross profit down 7.1% y/y to Rs1.1bn.
Greenply's Q1FY26 Revenue grew 3% YoY to Rs6bn, driven by healthy growth in MDF segment. EBITDA increased by 6% YoY to Rs616mn, with EBITDA margin expanding by 34bps YoY to 10.3%, driven by improved margins in the MDF segment. Adj. PAT declined by 28% YoY to Rs204mn, (excluding Rs 44.3mn received on liquidation of 30% stake in GMEL-Dubai). Net debt increased by Rs74mn to Rs5.4bn, due to inventory build-up in preparation for MDF plant capacity extension in the month of Aug'25. Also, Greenply plans to set up PVC & WPC windows facility with a capex of Rs 550mn, which can achieve revenue of...
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.
It has MDF boards business with manufacturing at Vadodara, Gujarat of 1000 CBM/day. It is adding capacity in plywood segment at plant in Odisha which will take total capacity to 66.3 Mn SQM/annum. Q2FY26 Performance: Revenues grew 7.5% YoY to 688.6 crore in Q2FY26. The MDF segment revenue at 146.8 crore, was up 15.9% YoY, with volumes of 47,018 CBM (+15.9% YoY) with flat realisation. The plywood segment reported revenue of 541.7 crore, up 5.4% YoY, while volumes up 7.2% YoY to 21.7 MSM. EBITDA stood at 57 crore, with EBITDA margins of 8.2% (down ~75 bps YoY), impacted by lower...
expected at 12-14%/8-10%/15%/low single digits. We believe Plywood will continue to see healthy volume growth and better realizations as the company took a price hike of 2% in Q1FY26. Also the company highlighted during the call that Jul'25 saw the highest volume growth in its history, and improvement in Laminate and MDF segments. We expect overall revenue/EBITDA/PAT CAGR of 13.2%/26.1%/47.8% with Plywood/Laminate/MDF/Particleboard volume CAGR of 11.1%/14.0%/19.0%/15.6% over FY25-27E. We maintain our rating of...