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₹2,316 Cr
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Revenue YoY
4%
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Cummins India reported Q1 FY25 revenue of INR 2,262 crore, up 4% YoY, driven by strong domestic demand (up 12% YoY) while exports declined 22% YoY. Domestic industrial segment surged 57% YoY, led by construction, rail, and mining. Power generation saw a transition to CPCB IV+ norms, with channel inventory of CPCB II fully depleted. Gross margins hit a five-year high of 37.8% due to pricing, mix, and cost gains, though management cautioned this may not be sustainable. Management maintained guidance of double-digit growth (12-14%) for FY25, in line with 2x GDP ambition. Exports appear to have bottomed, with Middle East and Africa showing recovery. Key risk: geopolitical uncertainty could delay export recovery and intensify competitive dumping.
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Guidance to track
- Management expects full-year revenue growth of 12-14%, in line with 2x GDP growth ambition.
- Channel inventory of CPCB II is zero; from Q2 onwards, only CPCB IV+ sets will be sold.
- Management sees distribution business growing at >20% CAGR for at least a decade, driven by service and parts.
Risks flagged
- Ongoing crises in Middle East and other regions could delay export recovery and increase competitive dumping.
- As CPCB IV+ competition intensifies and commodity prices (copper, aluminum) rise, gross margins may compress from current high levels.
- Analyst questioned whether export growth will resume in 2-3 quarters; management noted difficulty predicting due to successive crises.
Key quotes
- When you need power, you need power. Then you don't ask yourself that, you know, did I pay 15% more or 20% more when I bought the genset.
- We think this is not a three-year, five-year kind of cycle. We think we can sustain this kind of growth for, you know, at least a decade.
- We remain cautiously optimistic about the short term, but quite optimistic about medium and long-term outlook.
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