PIDILITIND Q3 FY25 earnings call.
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Revenue
₹3,369 Cr
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Revenue YoY
9.3%
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Pidilite reported Q3 FY25 volume growth of 9.7% with revenue growth of 9.3%, driven by strong B2B expansion at 21.7% offsetting consumer and bazaar growth of 7.3%. Gross margins expanded 100bps YoY on benign input costs (VAM at $884/ton vs $902/ton), though EBITDA margins contracted 80bps to 24.3% due to planned A&SP investments. Management shifted tone from optimistic to cautious, citing demand strain in both urban and rural markets, weak festive seasonality, and geographic slowdowns in Gujarat and Kerala. B2B growth was driven by projects business, advanced packaging for e-commerce, and pigment demand recovery. Management expects demand to remain muted through Q4 before potential improvement post-budget, with 2-3 year runway remaining for rural distribution expansion. Key risks include rupee depreciation, crude price volatility, and urban consumption weakness impacting recovery trajectory.
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Guidance to track
- Management expects demand to remain muted through Q4 FY25, with improvement anticipated in Q1 FY26 driven by budget impact and improved disposable income.
- VAM consumption expected to remain around $884/ton in Q4 FY25, give or take 1-2%, maintaining benign input cost environment.
- Margins expected to remain in the 20-24% range as management will invest incremental margin gains back into growth stimulation.
- Two to three-year runway remains before rural consumption reaches income-equalized urban levels, supporting continued distribution expansion.
Risks flagged
- Management explicitly acknowledged urban demand strain across categories, diverging from historical performance. Percy Panthaki from IIFL raised this concern directly, and Bharat Puri confirmed softness in both urban and rural markets.
- Gujarat and Kerala showing specific weaknesses—Gujarat impacted by diamond and textile industry issues; Kerala by state government fiscal constraints and remittance slowdown. This creates unpredictability in regional performance.
- Rupee depreciation and crude prices flagged as medium-term risks by management, with potential to impact margins despite current benign input environment.
- Electronics and EV adhesive opportunity requires 12-24 month specification cycles with contract manufacturers. Sudhanshu Vats noted this as a multi-year build with limited near-term revenue contribution.
Key quotes
- We are seeing a certain amount of strain in demand... Having said that, it is still positive... Hopefully, in the first and second quarters of the next financial year... post the budget, and therefore, the first quarter of next year, we're hopeful that things should improve.
- We always say that we would like to grow Core at one to two times GDP. It is nearer now, therefore, to GDP rather than twice GDP. And when we say Growth to grow two to five times, it is closer to two to three times rather than five times.
- If we see our margins at the higher end, we will look at further sets of actions to stimulate Growth in the first half of next year. So I would not go by that assumption as of now.
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