Alicon Castalloy Limited — Q3 FY26
Alicon Castalloy reported Q3 FY26 revenue of ₹430 crore, up 10% YoY, but EBITDA margin contracted to 10.9% (down 200bps QoQ) due to product mix shift, higher employee costs, and...
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Revenue growth potential without increasing global exposure and at 85-90% utilization.
Asked by Ji Singh, Ahan Capital Markets Limited
Gave a range but said it depends on product, not a clear answer.
no direct correlation givenconditional on product mix
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domestic revenue which is still 81% of mix. So how much increment growth can be driven without increasing global exposure... And another on the plant that are operational around 75% utilization. So what revenue potential exit at a 85 to 90% utilization without any major capex
Management (unidentified)
in aex utilization you can cannot directly correlate with the revenues with the capacity utilization here... we can even 150 200 re this revenue we can generate 200 cr from their existing facilities but depending completely on the product.
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Incremental domestic revenue growth expected without global exposure.
Asked by Ji Singh, Ahan Capital Markets Limited
Provided a specific percentage range for Q4 growth.
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on the domestic revenue side, no main is the domestic revenue we're talking about. That is 81% of mix. So how much incremental growth we are talking about going forward without global exposure?
Management (unidentified)
we are expecting in this quarter you're talking about the quarter four so approximately we can say 10 to 12% further improvement in the quarter four.
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Plans for diversification into non-auto segments beyond current 4%.
Asked by Ji Singh, Ahan Capital Markets Limited
Acknowledged efforts but gave no concrete plans or timelines.
no specific targetsearly stage
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lot of our peer and industry player they are doing diversification more on the non-auto side which is still currently for us 4%. So are we planning any more diversification or any strategic priority further to reduce cyclicity?
Management (unidentified) and Manish
we already in discussion for the this our project of DAR that is one but you know that this defense side or railway side it needs more time... we are also started looking for the new product profiles maybe some different additional processes
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Impact of India-US trade deal on Alicon's business.
Asked by Yash, Chushi Finance
Described trend but gave no specific impact estimate.
no quantitative impactvague timing
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what will be the impact of this recent India US trade deal for Alicon going forward?
Management (unidentified)
after having the new tariff those were imposed. So in the couple of quarters we were seeing there almost study there was no inquiries everything stopped... after this at least movement have seen that now some inquiries have started.
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Reason for subsidiary loss in Q3.
Asked by Yash, Chushi Finance
Explained specific reasons: cyber attack, sales decline, one-time costs.
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a subsidiary has shown loss in Q3. Is there any reason for this?
Management (unidentified)
there is a decline in the sales and on other side the sales mix is also there... due to the cyber attack all these were stopped... one time additional manpower cost... that was the major reason there
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Annual revenue ramp-up profile from unexecuted order book of ~8,000 cr by FY29.
Asked by Yash, Chushi Finance
Confirmed exit revenue but did not provide annual ramp-up details.
no annual breakdown given
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the unexecuted order book for new parts is around 8,000 crores by FY29. So that means the exit revenue for FY29 will be close to 3,500 crores. Is that correct? Could you help us understand the annual revenue ramp up profile?
Management (unidentified)
I think you have a good calculation that based on this 9,000 order book definitely as per our calculation. So the exit will be around 3,500 K by 29.
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Impact of one-off write-offs and management transaction costs.
Asked by Yash, Chushi Finance
Provided specific cost figures for impairment and manpower.
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in the presentation has mentioned certain oneoff the write offs as well as management transaction cost. What is the impact of this exactly?
Management (unidentified)
approximately 1 and a2 cr that cost has happened where we have there is impairment of some assets has happened... around 2 crores additional cost has happened in quarter three and overall so you can see for full year we're expecting there is a impact of around 10 crores.
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High priority
Reason for margin impact this quarter and anticipated margin band.
Asked by Dwanga, All West Investment Managers Private Limited
Explained past impact but did not provide a forward margin band.
no forward margin band given
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this quarter we have seen some kind of impact in the margin. So that is related to a product mix and what kind of margin we are anticipating looking forward? I want to have some kind of margin band.
Management (unidentified)
impact has come in the gross margins by around 1.67% that we have compared with the quarter 2... metal prices have started going up... sales mix... decline by 2% from the compared to the last quarter.
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High priority
Margin trajectory and guidance going forward.
Asked by Dwanga, All West Investment Managers Private Limited
Provided specific margin expectations for Q4 and full year.
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what kind of trajectory we can anticipate as far as margin guidance are concerned going forward.
Management (unidentified)
in the quarter two it was around 12.9% the margins we were having in quarter four we are also expecting between 12 and a half to 13% margins. So then overall at least around 12 to 12.5% margins we will close for this full year
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Order inflow guidance for FY27-28 and whether order book will remain ~8,500 cr.
Asked by Dwanga, All West Investment Managers Private Limited
Did not give order inflow numbers; only said growth expected next year.
no specific guidancedeferred to future
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what would be the order inflow guidance that you expect in FY27 or 28 kind of thing will the order book remain somewhere close to 8,500 to 9,000 cr what kind of addition is going to be?
Management (unidentified)
due to this US... we had a issue of that there were no inquiries from the US side... hopefully that this order book will start growing maybe from the next year.
Quantitative claims vs filed numbers
| Claim | Management said | Filing | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can generate 200 cr revenue from existing facilities. | ₹200 cr | ₹430 cr | Understated vs filing |
| Expect 10-12% improvement in domestic revenue in Q4. | 11% | 10% | Matches filing |
| Exit revenue for FY29 will be around 3,500 crores. | ₹3,500 cr | ₹430 cr | Overstated vs filing |
| Gross margin declined 1.67% compared to Q2. | 167 bps | -200 bps | Overstated vs filing |
| Q2 EBITDA margin was 12.9%. | 12.9% | 10.9% | Overstated vs filing |
| Expect Q4 EBITDA margin between 12.5% and 13%. | 12.75% | 10.9% | Overstated vs filing |
| Full year EBITDA margin around 12-12.5%. | 12.25% | 10.9% | Overstated vs filing |
Filed figures sourced from Screener.in. Claims within a small tolerance of the filing are marked “matches filing”.