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Revenue
₹4,158.4 Cr
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Revenue YoY
17.3%
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Bosch Limited reported Q1 FY24 revenue of INR 4,158 crore, up 17.3% YoY, driven by growth in mobility solutions (13.6%) and beyond mobility (21.5%). PAT rose 22.4% YoY to INR 409 crore, aided by higher other income. However, operating profit declined 2.3% due to increased other expenses from new business spending and higher service-related costs. The mix shift towards traded goods (54.4% of revenue vs 51.3% last year) pressured margins. Management expects margins to stabilize as localization of exhaust-gas treatment and injectors progresses over 2-4 years. Guidance includes capex of INR 490 crore for FY24. Key risks include sustained high traded goods mix and sluggish two-wheeler export markets.
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Guidance to track
- Capital expenditure planned for the current year is approximately INR 4.9 billion, mainly for plant machinery and equipment.
- Management plans to localize production of exhaust-gas treatment components and injectors for commercial vehicles to improve margins.
- Employee cost as a percentage of revenue is expected to be around 8% for the financial year, normalizing after provision reversals.
Risks flagged
- Traded goods as a percentage of revenue increased to 54.4% from 51.3% last year, and management expects this to persist until localization ramps up over 2-4 years.
- Two-wheeler exports remain sluggish and entry-level domestic demand is weak, which could impact Bosch's two-wheeler business growth.
- Bosch is still aligning its global eAxle portfolio to local requirements, and management declined to provide market share or revenue projections, indicating early stage and competitive risk.
Key quotes
- The timing is right for us. Also, there have been some shifts of our production out of Russia, so a lot of spark plugs, which were earlier made in our Russian location, have moved out, and they've been relocated into India.
- If you look at the margins in the ICE business for manufactured goods here in India, we are seeing actually that we have for the self-manufactured goods, quite good margins on the market.
- We are in the process of aligning the portfolio. I don't see a gap, but this would take time before we are able to bring together the specifications of the global platforms and the local requirements.
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