Greenply Industries Ltd. share price target

Key takeaways from our interaction with the management of Greenply Industries (GIL).

Gabon to recover faster. The Gabon operation was closed for only a week `in Apr'20 and is now ramping up well with face veneer supplies to Europe, the Mid-East, and India. Management expects a rise in face-veneer volumes in...

Greenply Industries' (GIL) consolidated Q1FY21 revenue declined 62% YoY as India sales dropped 65% due to the lockdown and Gabon subsidiary revenue fell 43%.

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Key takeaways from our roadshow with the management of Greenply Industries (GIL).

Greenply Industries' (GIL) consolidated Q3FY20 revenue slipped 1% YoY, coming in below estimates.

In the plywood business, GIL's market share was at 26% of the | 4,500 crore organised plywood market (total plywood industry size: ~| 19,000 crore) with a pan-India network of 1,870 distributors/stockists, 6,000 retailers serviced by 27 branches. Currently, its product portfolio consists of 64%, 36% premium, mid-to-low segment plywood in volume terms (72%, 28% in value terms), respectively. To gain market share by increasing presence in the mid-to-low segment, GIL had earlier launched plywood under Bharosa & Jansathi brands. Going ahead, the management is aiming at premium, mid...

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In our recent meeting, Greenply Industries' (GIL) management outlined the following targets for FY20: (1) India plywood business to grow 8-10% despite a challenging market, (2) India operating margins to expand 100-150bps to 10.5-11%, and (3) Gabon operations to ramp up substantially to ~Rs 2bn in revenues (+60% YoY) with ~18% (+200bps) operating margins.

Aims to achieve further growth through outsourcing Plywood sales volumes grew 4.1% YoY to 13.57 MSM (premium category contributed 64%) in Q1FY20 while realisations improved 3.3% YoY to | 222/sq mt. GIL's own manufacturing facility is operating at 139% utilisation as of Q1FY20. With capacity constraints in place, it plans to achieve further growth via outsourcing. It has already entered into a JV (30% ownership) for premium-end products (11 MSM plant capacity) that is expected to commence production by Q3FY20E & could ensure revenue worth | 100115 crore at peak utilisation for GIL. It is also planning to enter another JV...