Astral Poly Technik Ltd. has announced its foray in to the business of manufacturing /trading of plastic water storage tanks and adding new capacity

With outstanding performance in H1FY21, we have re-worked our estimates for the rest of the year and FY22. We have revised our estimates upwards with change in business sentiments and opening of economy, and expect the company to post Revenue/PAT growth at CAGR of 13%/20% respectively over FY20-22

Adhesive segment demand recovery was impressive post easing of restrictions with ~30% sales growth in Q2FY21. Low base, completion of its distribution realignment strategy yielded a better-than-expected performance. On the piping front, strong demand recovery was seen from September 2020 onwards, which continued in October as segment sales growth for September, October was as high as 30%, 85% YoY, respectively....

Astral Poly Technik's (ASTRA) consolidated revenue grew 10% YoY in Q2FY21, aided by 31% growth in the adhesives segment whereas pipes grew 4% (volumes up 2%).

Astral Poly Technik (ASTRA) Q2FY21 numbers were above our estimates on revenue front and profitability front. Volume growth of 2.2% YoY and 62.4% QoQ in pipe segment as end markets opened up and company had inventory ready and robust distribution network. Pipes business showed a positive growth YoY from Sep'20 onwards. Adhesive segment from the month of July showed a positive growth after a subdued previous quarter. Margins on a full year showed growth as structural changes of eliminating stockists was undertaken....

On a consolidated basis, Revenue/EBITDA/PAT for the quarter grew by 10.1%/20.7%/11.9%

On a consolidated basis, Revenue/EBITDA/PAT for the quarter de-grew by 33.4%/41.7%/57.7% which above of our estimates.

Astral Polytechnik reported a relatively tepid Q1, with revenue down to Rs 404 cr (33% YoY decline) as the company sold 21784 MT pipes (?31% YoY against our expectations of almost 50% decline). We retain SELL rating on Astral Poly with target price of Rs 758/-.

Piping segment demand recovery was led by semi urban, rural areas that were less impacted by pandemic. Astral recovered ~90% of piping sales volume in May-July 2020 despite nominal sales from metro regions. Further, opening of metro regions coupled with its plan to enhance dealer networks across semi urban and rural regions would help in a faster sales recovery from H2FY21E onwards. On the adhesive side, the demand recovery was impressive post ease in restrictions with ~26% sales growth in July 2020. Low base and completion of its distribution realignment strategy yielded a...

Astral Poly Technik's (ASTRA) Q1FY21 consolidated revenue declined at a slower pace than expected, posting 33% YoY contraction as the lockdown induced a 31% drop in pipe volumes.

We initiate coverage on Astral Polytechnik with a SELL recommendation and price target of Rs 758/-. India's Real Estate (esp. residential) was struggling prior to Covid-19 and has been further pushed to brink due to Covid-19 induced circumstances, viz., migration of labourers

Astral Poly Technik's (Astral) Q4FY20 result was better than our forecast. While revenue came in-line with our estimates, EBITDA and PAT were higher owing to decline in raw material prices and lower tax outgo. Revenue declined by 18.8% to Rs6.2bn, EBITDA was down by 5.3% YoY to Rs1.1bn and adjusted PAT was lower by 19.3% YoY to Rs516 mn. The management has reiterated their positive stance on both businesses and is confident to overcome this crisis with improved operational efficiency. We believe impact of COVID-19 on real estate and infrastructure would dent demand for pipes in FY21E. We have cut our FY22E net sales/EBITDA/PAT estimates by -11.7%/10.6%/-14.6% respectively. Maintain BUY with a TP of Rs1,093 (from earlier TP of Rs...

Weekly Wrap: Global data shows world economy improving. ASTRA: Volumes hit due to lockdown, maintain REDUCE

Strong volume gain in January-February wiped out in March During the first two months of Q4FY20 (i.e. January-February before the lockdown) the piping segment reported strong growth in volume, value by 19%, 17% YoY, respectively. However, volume shortfall during March 2020 (down 53% YoY due to lockdown) led the overall piping segment volume to decline ~13% YoY in Q4FY20. On the other hand, ~28% drop in revenue of adhesive segment in Q4FY20 was mainly due to ~60% revenue decline in March 2020. While major urban areas are still under partial lockdown, the...

On a consolidated basis, Revenue/EBITDA/PAT for the quarter de-grew by 18.8%/5.3%/20.1% which fell short of estimates by 25.3%/16.2%/33.6%.

Astral Poly Technik's (ASTRA) Q4FY20 performance was disappointing, with consolidated revenue dropping 19% YoY and pipe volumes down 13%.

Astral Poly Technik (ASTRA) Q4FY20 numbers below estimates on revenue front as last 12-14 days of March was lost due to lockdown, there was a pile up of inventory at depots and sales was lost due to logistics constraints and weakness in adhesives business and in line with estimates on operating profitability parameters. Adhesive segment margins on a full year showed growth as structural changes of eliminating stockists was undertaken. Stockist margins of 68% was removed which directly benefited the Company. ASTRA has plans for expansion and have acquired adjacent land at...

Our interaction with managements and dealers indicates significant prebuying activity of consumer goods during January-February 2020 on fears of supply related issues from China. While companies have secured supplies to avoid any disturbance in sales in Q4FY20, demand was negatively impacted in March 2020 owing to holiday and post that lockdown across countries. We also believe a late recovery in demand for consumer goods will also impact Q1FY21 performance due to 1) shortage of workers (due to heavy migration), 2) shift in focus on essential goods compared to discretionary products and 3) streamlining of supply chain....