Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd. share price target

Revenues reached Rs. 696 crore, marking a 16% y-o-y increase and a 10% q-o-q rise, with
exports growing by 44% y-o-y.

Sudarshan Chemical Industries’ (SCIL) Q1FY25 print was slightly weaker than expected with pigment revenue growing only 10% YoY (down 8.4% QoQ on seasonality) while RIECO revenue dipped 38% YoY.

Sudarshan Chemical Industries’ (SCIL) Q1FY24 print showed recovery in margins (partly optical with drop in prices) on lower input cost. India demand was impacted from destocking in coating segment while plastics business has started growing. International business revenue was impacted from macro-headwinds.

Sudarshan Chemical Industries’ (SCIL) Q4FY23 print showed early signs of demand revival across categories. SCIL sees tailwinds from recovery in demand; it is receiving good response for its new products, which are niche chemistries; ramp up in new capacity to provide pigment segment revenue visibility of Rs30-33bn and softening raw material prices will help normalise margins.

Sudarshan Chemical Industries’ (SCIL) Q3FY23 print is far from positive – hurt as it was from weak demand across categories. India demand is expected to bounce back in Q4FY24 with restocking demand in plastics, and coatings sales to normalise. Exports looks challenging though opening-up of China market can exert a positive impact as local China demand recovers and competitive intensity in export markets reduces.

Sudarshan Chemical Industries’ (SCIL) Q2FY23 revenue grew 6.1% YoY which was largely driven by pricing, while volumes have declined.

Sudarshan Chemical Industries’ (SCIL) Q1FY23 EBITDA dipped 33% YoY, which was disappointing, due to lower revenue and higher opex.

dumping duty on natural mica-based pearl industrial pigments, excluding cosmeticgrade products. The duty will be ~US$2-3/kg and will be levied for five years. As per the initial document filed by the company, overall import volumes for mica pigment from key geographies is at ~2181 MT at an imported price of | 380/kg. The price undercutting is estimated to be ~20-30% as on inquiry date. Mica pigment currently contributes in low single digits to overall revenue of Sudarshan Chemical. Based on our calculation, sales volumes should be ~1300 MT against total capacity of ~3000 MT as per the pre-feasibility study report filed earlier. We expect potential earnings benefits due to price hike to be ~4-5% on FY21 PAT. We have not factored in any...

Strong volume growth drove H2 but sharp intermediate price increases impacted margins. However, the company expects to pass on most of the raw material inflation to end users. Despite pandemic, Sudarshan has almost competed | 600 crore of capex (revenue potential of | 1000-1200 crore), which gives strong visibility and management commitment towards future growth. The company's strong track record, with favourable macro factors and strong domestic demand are key catalysts for future course. Margins are also likely to improve due to backward integration and increase speciality...

The company's operations and demand from end users are reverting back to normal as the economy opens up. The company's H2 is also likely to benefit amid some pent-up demand. Owing to strong demand, the company is trying to expedite its growth capex plans of | 585 crore (which have been bit delayed amid Covid), which gives strong visibility and management commitment towards future growth. Sudarshan's strong track record, with favourable macro factors and strong domestic demand are key catalysts for it. Margins are also likely to improve due to backward integration and change...

Incorporated in 1952, Sudarshan chemicals established itself as largest pigment producer in India (~35% market share) and the fourth-largest producer in the world. At the beginning it manufactured only inorganic pigments however gradually, expanded its product basket to organic, inorganic and effect pigments, which cover classical azo pigments, specialized azo pigments, high-performance pigments, pearlescent pigments, pthalos and pigment dispersions. Company's products offered under the brands - Sudaperm, Sudafast, Sudacolor, Sumica and Sumicos are sold to...

Operating revenue in coming years is expected to show a marginal growth despite impact of pandemic, owing to healthy demand recovery seen from August onwards aided by higher exports as well as buoyant domestic demand. Q2 FY21 domestic business is up 70% as compared to Q1 FY21 which is reflective of the broader economy in India now coming back to normal. Further, company seeing good traction across the portfolio with coating, plastics and inks particularly doing well. Besides, global market position is expected to improve further...

Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited (SCIL) reported better-than-expected recovery in revenue at Rs. 429 crore (up 1% y-o-y versus our expectation of 4.9% y-o-y drop), led by better performance in the domestic business. EBITDA margin was in-line at 15.4% (up 75 bps y-o-y). Strong recovery was seen in August-September in the domestic business (up 70% q-o-q) across...

Q2 results were better than I-direct estimates on all fronts. The company's operations and demand from end users are reverting to normal as the economy opens up. Despite a challenging year, Sudarshan has reiterated its growth capex plan of | 585 crore (though delayed amid Covid), which shows its strong visibility and commitment towards future growth. Its strong track record, with favourable macro factors and strong domestic demand are key catalysts for it. Margins are also likely to improve due to backward integration, change in product mix towards margin accretive products. We...