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₹1,350 Cr
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Revenue YoY
18.4%
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Century Plyboards delivered a strong Q3 FY26 with consolidated revenue of ₹1,350 crore, up 18.4% YoY, driven by broad-based growth across plywood, MDF, laminates, and particle board. EBITDA margin (ex-forex) improved to 12.6% from 10.7% last year, aided by operating leverage and cost optimization. Plywood revenue grew 14.9% YoY to ₹710 crore, while MDF revenue rose 19.1% YoY with margin expansion to 12.1%. The company announced a massive ₹1,100 crore capex for a greenfield MDF and plywood plant in Uttar Pradesh, targeting long-term growth. Management guided for continued momentum, with MDF margins expected to recover to 15%+ as capacity utilization improves and raw material costs soften. Key risk: potential pricing pressure from industry capacity additions could delay margin recovery.
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Guidance to track
- Management expects MDF EBITDA margins to reach 15%+ as capacity utilization improves and raw material costs soften.
- Laminates segment is expected to achieve double-digit EBITDA margins in FY27, up from current ~7.7%.
- Hosharpur (30,000 CBM) and Chennai (150,000 CBM) plywood expansions to be operational by Q3 FY27.
- 70,000 CBM capacity addition at Andhra plant via line extension to be completed in Q1 FY27.
Risks flagged
- Aggressive capacity additions by industry players could lead to pricing wars and margin compression, similar to telecom industry.
- While management expects raw material prices to decline due to increased plantation, timing is uncertain and could impact margins.
- The ₹1,100 crore UP capex is contingent on land acquisition and funding plan, which management has not yet finalized.
- CFS segment EBITDA margin dropped to 18.8% from 19.9% YoY despite 43.3% revenue growth, with management unable to explain the cause during the call.
Key quotes
- We are planning for next 50 years. If you look at short term you cannot plan.
- Prices have bottomed. Nobody is talking, there is nothing happening in the market, and still we are selling and there is an EBITDA. That itself is the proof.
- We keep on doing something new. Some new experiments are always on and we actually fail more than we succeed, but out of five experiments even if one succeeds it gives us the growth.
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