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Revenue
₹1,954 Cr
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Revenue YoY
7.6%
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EBITDA
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Kansai Nerolac reported a 7.6% standalone revenue growth in Q4 FY26, with PBDIT up 21% YoY, driven by improved product mix in decorative and double-digit auto demand. Decorative growth was mid-single digit, with a focus on premium products and new launches like Excel Sheen and XL Everlast. Industrial grew in higher single digits, with auto strong but other segments moderate. Management guided for 13-14% EBITDA margin, assuming raw material stability, and has taken cumulative price hikes of high single digits in decorative. Risks include prolonged West Asia crisis, crude volatility, and rupee depreciation. The company remains cautious on demand visibility due to inflation but sees green shoots from the past five months.
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Guidance to track
- Management reiterated its endeavor to maintain EBITDA margin in the 13-14% range, assuming raw material costs stabilize.
- Price increases of ~2% in March and 5-6% in April/May, totaling high single digits, to offset input cost inflation.
- Management aims to grow the performance coatings segment in double digits, driven by infrastructure spending.
Risks flagged
- Geopolitical tensions have caused crude price surges and supply chain issues, impacting raw material costs and availability.
- Sharp rupee depreciation has raised the cost of imported raw materials, pressuring margins.
- Management described demand visibility as 'wait and watch' given the inflationary scenario, with potential impact on consumption.
- Analyst raised concern about aggressive pricing by new entrants; management noted freebies may have been withdrawn but advertising intensity remains high.
Key quotes
- Our focus is very clear we'll be focusing on select market where you want to gain market share and concentrate second thing is profitable mix is very very important so we have cautiously curtailed our sale into items which are not profitable.
- I think it's important to deploy resources carefully and it's a time where actually resilience will matter and I think if we pass through this I think future is very bright for decorative paint as far as companies concerned.
- If this war gets over soon then there should not be any impact as the overall year is concerned but of course if this gets dragged on then it starts impacting our delays in terms of fuel increase and all those other costs going up then it is anybody's guess.
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