Azad Engineering Limited (AZAD) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary
May 22, 2024
Earnings Call Speaker Segments
Operator
operatorLadies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to Azad Engineering Limited Q4 FY '24 Earnings Conference Call hosted by ICICI Securities. This conference call may contain forward-looking statements about the company, which are based on the beliefs, opinions and expectations of the company as on date of this call. These statements are not the guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Amit Dixit from ICICI Securities. Thank you, and over to you, sir.
Amit Dixit
analystThanks, Manuja. Good morning, everyone. On behalf of ICICI Securities, I welcome all the participants for Azad Engineering's Q4 FY '24 Conference Call. At the outset, I would like to thank the management for giving us an opportunity to host this call. From the management today, we have with us Mr. Rakesh Chopdar, Chairman and CEO; Mr. Vishnu Malpani, Whole-Time Director; and Mr. Ronak Jajoo, Chief Financial Officer. We will have brief opening remarks from the management, post which we will open the floor for an interactive Q&A. Without much ado, I would hand over the call to Mr. Chopdar to take this forward. Thanks, and over to you, sir.
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveThank you, Mr. Amit. Good morning, everyone. This is Rakesh Chopdar, Chairman and CEO at Azad. I welcome and thanks for joining today on the annual earnings call. On this call, we are joined by Mr. Vishnu Malpani, Whole-Time Director; Mr. Ronak Jajoo, our CFO; and the team SGA, our Investor Relations advisers. The results and presentations are uploaded on the stock exchange and the company website. I hope everybody has had a chance to look at it. Now I wish to update on a few points on the IPO success and our financial performance. So this year, we embarked on a monumental journey with the successful completion of our IPO. This milestone was meticulously planned and executed at the perfect moment after years of preparation. I'd also like to take this opportunity to give you a quick overview of our financial performance, which will be covered in detail by my colleagues later in the call. Our dedication and hard work are now bearing fruits, and I'm thrilled to share that we have achieved our best ever performance, both quarterly and annually with a top line of INR 340.7 crores in FY '24 and INR 92.8 crores in Q4 FY '24. The initial plan for FY '24 and FY '25, the growth trajectory plan was around 25%, 30%. And I'm happy to share that FY '24 plan has been achieved, and we are on track to achieve the FY '25 numbers with a growth of 25% to 30% in the top line within our existing facility. The last leg of growth -- the next leg of the growth will come through our upcoming facility in -- from FY '26. Talking on the business vertical on the energy sector achievements, as you all are aware, our new manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, which will be 10x the capacity of our existing facility is under construction and development. We are building dedicated factories for our key clients within our boundaries. The first factory foundation stone was laid by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries team, and now we have more customers wanting to block capacity with us by requesting for an exclusive dedicated unit individually. In the meantime, we are running with full or almost no capacity and we'll do as usual business and are eagerly waiting for capacity expansion in our new facility for the next level of growth from FY '26. A significant highlight in the energy vertical was the foundation stone laying of our new lean manufacturing facility. It was an honor to have the Global President and CEO of GE Vernova Steam Power to facilitate this event. This facility represents a major step forward in our growth within the energy sector and demonstrate Azad's strategic importance in the global supply chain and the demand can be seen through the executed long-term contracts. Along with the above development, we secured a notable contract from GE Vernova Steam Power business. The Phase 1 of the program value was around $35 million for over 7 years for the supply of high complex rotating air coils for the nuclear industrial thermal power industries. We have signed another MOU for Phase 2. This large order underscores the scalability of Azad's business and our strong relationship with GE Vernova. Aerospace defense milestones, I would just like to mention on the aerospace defense sector. We achieved a significant milestone by securing a 7-year contract from Rolls-Royce for the defense and the military aircraft engines, as mentioned in our previous call. It's important to understand that a contract with Rolls-Royce extends beyond the contract value. This partnership opens a big door of opportunities and potential for us, marking the beginning of a long-term relationship with vast potential. In the coming years, by capturing more engine programs, very soon, we can anticipate such programs from the commercial civil aircraft engine as well. Additionally, we have signed key strategic nationwide contracts, demonstrating our commitments to contribute to national projects of importance and reinforcing our position as key industry player in aerospace and defense. For the oil and gas sectors, in the oil and gas sector, we have achieved substantial success with 2 major contracts from Baker Hughes. These contracts are expected to generate significant business value over the next 5 years. These orders not only enhance our current revenue stream, but also positions us well for future opportunities in this vertical. Venturing into this sector was part of our diversification strategy, and I'm happy to share that we are on track to achieve this goal. Most important, the infrastructure and capacity expansion. This point is very, very important for everyone to understand. Now let me take a moment to update you all on the infrastructure and capacity expansion efforts which were a key point during our IPO. We made ambitious promises, and I'm proud to report that we have not only met but exceeded those commitments. The foundation stone of the new lean manufacturing facility at the [indiscernible] IP Hyderabad is just the beginning. The state-of-the-art facility will include dedicated factories within the larger factory, tailored especially for our customers. Phase 1 is progressing well, aligning with our strategic vision for long-term growth. Our investment in infrastructure and capacities enhance our production capabilities and strengthen our ability to meet the increasing demand across our diverse business verticals. This expansion is crucial as we build a robust order book, providing clear visibility into our future revenue streams. The order book has increased significantly from approx INR 1,800 crores to INR 2,000 crores, which was in March '23. And today, it's INR 3,000-plus crores as on March '24. Hence, the upcoming facilities is of critical importance for the next level of growth. On the capability expansion, I'm excited to announce that we have expanded our capabilities through a strategic acquisition. We have integrated a special process and coating company in our portfolio by acquiring the assets of VTC Surface Technologies. This has led to a formation of new subsidiary around VTC, which will now cater to our captive special process and coating requirements as well as the global demand from other OEMs and suppliers. This is the first of its kind for Azad, and we are thrilled about the potential this development holds as this capability strengthen our supply chain and reduce dependability. This move of Azad has given a lot of comfort and confidence to our customers on the timely delivery. Over on the business performance and future outlook since inception of 16 years ago, Azad Engineering has made tremendous strides across all sectors. Our relentless pursuit of excellence has positioned us as leaders in the industry with a solid portfolio of high complex components, meeting stringent precision requirements. We have grown sustainably from INR 122 crores in FY '21 to INR 340 crores in FY '24, representing 2.8x in 3 years at a CAGR of 41% in top line. Similarly from PAT of INR 11.5 crores in FY '21 to INR 58.6 crores in FY '24, representing a 5x in 3 years at a CAGR of 72.1%. Our growing business is supported by a solid order book of over INR 3,000 crores plus, providing clear visibility into future revenue streams. The strength of our balance sheet bolstered by the IPO has enabled us significantly to improve profitability. During the year, we delivered revenue growth of 35% with a sixfold jump in the PAT. This quarter's results reflect our strong financial performance with ample room for further margin improvement. On a long-term basis, our EBITDA is expected to be in the range of 33% to 35%, depending on the product revenue mix. In conclusion, the journey of Azad is one of [indiscernible] innovation and growth. We remain committed to delivering exceptional value to all the stakeholders, and I'm confident that the best is yet to come. Thank you. And now I hand over to Mr. Vishnu Malpani, our Whole-Time Director, to take this conversation further.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveThank you, Mr. Chopdar, and we welcome everyone for this earnings call for -- annual earnings call. I want to begin by giving you a quick recap of our product portfolio. It is a basket of very niche project and life critical products. Broadly speaking, the market for our key products is highly regulated and has a TAM of over $28 billion. With a valid share -- with a wallet share of below 1% of this TAM, there is a lot of scope for us to grow further. Our recent order wins that Mr. Chopdar spoke about are a reflection of Azad's readiness to grab a larger piece of this TAM in every sector that we are operating in, whether it's power generation, aerospace and defense or oil and gas. As a result of our continuous business growth, our product mix is evolving as well. And you can see that with the diversification amongst our business verticals, Energy segment where we had a head start contributed to 72% of our revenues in Q4 '24, whereas Aerospace and Defense segment, which has delivered significant growth this year, contributed to about 16% of our top line in total. Starting Q4 '24, we are seeing some revenues coming in the oil and gas sector as well. During the fourth quarter, this contributed to about 5% of our top line. This is just the beginning of Azad in both aerospace, defense and oil and gas sectors. We are confident that we have built in our business the momentum, and we will continue to deliver 25% to 30% revenue growth annually over the next few years sustaining. We have a robust pipeline of products under discussion for which qualifications and approvals are awaited. The pipeline continues to add our order book and revenues on a regular basis. With the shift in our business mix, we anticipate an improvement both in our working capital and as well as ROCE. Further, following the IPO, our balance sheet has strengthened significantly, and this has helped us to reduce our finance cost largely. Our finance cost, which was INR 47.3 crores in FY '24 is expected to come down drastically in FY '25. Going forward, the total interest costs would be to the tune of approximately INR 3 crores a quarter, which is in line with our Q4 recurring finance cost. This would be a fair representation of our financial performance going forward, both in terms of profitability and returns profile. Now I hand over the call to Mr. Ronak Jajoo to talk further about our financial performance. Ronak, over to you.
Ronak Jajoo
executiveThank you, Vishnu. Firstly, let me talk about consolidated financial highlights for the full year. Revenue from operations grew by 35% to INR 340 crores, ever our highest performance annually in our company. As explained by Vishnu, this was led by substantial growth in the energy and oil and gas segment, which increased to INR 285 crores in FY '24 to INR 219 crores in FY '23, thereby increasing 30% year-on-year basis. The Aerospace and Defense segment reported a robust growth of 95% in FY '24. The revenue increased from INR 23 crores in FY '23 to INR 44 crores in FY '24. During the year, our EBITDA margin has expanded on account of operating leverage and process efficiencies, resulting in adjusted EBITDA margin improved from 31.6% in FY '23 to 34.3% in FY '24, and this is the highest level of EBITDA margin we have achieved during our history. Going forward, we continue to maintain healthy EBITDA margins in the range of 33% to 35%. We are working on various initiatives such as local sourcing as I told you last time, process improvement, further qualifications of new products, especially in aerospace and the oil and gas segment, where we have recently signed a long-term contract with the global OEMs. With our investment towards the special process into the Azad [Engineering] Private Limited, which we have announced recently, which will help to reduce the job work charges from H2 FY '25 and onwards. And also it will help us to smooth our logistics because whenever we send the parts outside for job work, it takes the logistics happen. The company has reduced its debt significantly during the year, and I'm glad to share that in quarter 3 FY '24, our past CCD investor, namely Piramal has converted their CCD's into equity worth INR 160 crores utilizing the IP process and internal accruals, we have redeemed our term loan to the tune of INR 72 crores till date in FY '24. As a result of our total finance cost for the year, including -- includes INR 29 crores of nonrecurring cost towards interest and on CCD and the onetime impact of INDS on term loan closures where we have closed -- short closed the loans. The nonrecurring interest cost is largely expensed is neutralized by onetime income of INR 27 crores pertain to sales of the sales of land, INDS impact of loans and loan closures. A large portion of these nonrecurring items which come in quarter 3 FY '24 numbers, I'm glad to share that adjusted PBT, excluding the impact of these nonrecurring items grew by 68.7% to INR 83 crores during the year. PAT for the year stood at INR 59 crores with 17.2% margin. We expect PAT margin to improve from H2 of FY '25 onwards on account of lower finance costs and improving our efficiency. Looking at the quarterly number, revenue stood at INR 93 crores, which is a 9% growth on a year-on-year basis. This growth is led by strong sales in both energy and aerospace segment. The consumption has slightly increased from 12.5% to 17% due to change in product mix and revenue mix. Employee cost has decreased during the quarter, as I mentioned last quarter also that we are working on various initiatives, and this has decreased by 2.7% in quarter 4 compared to quarter 3 FY '24. Operating expenses was in line with the business. During the quarter, EBITDA stood at INR 31 crores with 33.8% margin. Depreciation has slightly increased as we have done CapEx during the year, resulting into increase in sales and capacity. PAT for the quarter stood at INR 15 crores with 16% margin, which is our long-term ambitions, and we try to improve it further during the quarter. With this, I conclude our presentation and open the floor for question and answers.
Operator
operator[Operator Instructions] The first question is from the line of Bala Murali Krishna from Oman Investment Advisors.
Bala Murali Krishna
analystFirst of all, I have 2 bookkeeping questions for this nontrading finance cost. So when we can expect it to be 0? And one more thing is the receivable side, I think trade receivables are almost at 50% of the FY '24 revenue. So is it a normal scenario? Or do we have any one-off for this kind of trade receivables in this quarter?
Ronak Jajoo
executiveYes. So onetime income has already been finished because we have repaid all the CCDs and there is no Piramal impact going forward. So going forward, you see the normalized mix cost from quarter 1 onwards and the same is also reflecting in this quarter. Coming to the receivables part, we have a normal cycle of around 120 to 150 days carried to our customers. And if you see we have done almost around INR 180 crores of sales in H2 that was reflecting into our receivables.
Bala Murali Krishna
analystOkay. Understood. And second on the deals which we have won with Rolls-Royce and 2 more deals. On one deal, we have disclosed the contract value. And the remaining 3 deals on a broad basis, what would be the potential of these 3 deals like we have in this last deal, we have around INR 300 crores potential. So what would be any combined revenue potential of the 3 deals, which you have won since January?
Vishnu Malpani
executiveSo I'd like to say that during the call, Mr. Chopdar briefed that our total order book is upwards of over close to about INR 3,000-plus crores. So if that is what you're asking. So all of these contracts put together that we are signing with our customers have a total cumulative value of over INR 3,000 crores. Now these contracts have to be executed over 3 years, 5 years, 7 years or 10 years depending on the duration of the contract. These are long-term contracts.
Bala Murali Krishna
analystOkay. Understood. So whether we are developing any new products to grab more wallet share from the existing customers. Can you throw some light on that? And lastly, on this new facility, when we can expect it to be on the commissioned stage?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveYes. So as we mentioned, like let's take an example of Rolls-Royce. Now Rolls-Royce is one of the key customers to us. And we are very proud to say that we got this very critical components of engine to India, right? And if you see there are 2 aspects in this. One, getting the foot in the door, right? So there are so many engines being manufactured by Rolls-Royce in the military application, defense applications. So we got a chance for the first to enter in the engine programs. Now example, just give you an example of, say, example, they've got 10 engines and they've given us 2 engines to participate and start the production cycle of that, development and production. So as we develop, as we produce, the doors were open for 10, not for 2. So if you see a look at a longer picture, it is very, very good to see for the longer picture, not just for this one contract. There are many more which are in the pipeline. Then comes the civil, the commercial aircraft engines. So this is a step -- first step which got our foot in the door. That was the most important. And now it is all that we start producing parts and the qualification goes on, and you can see the revenues coming from FY '25 from this and the new facility which is coming up, which we are anticipating to get the FY '26 revenues out of it.
Bala Murali Krishna
analystOkay. Understood. Lastly, on this Baker Hughes, they are our existing customer or they are new customers to us?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveSo see, in oil and gas, as we penetrated 2020, we were trying to build this as a diversification. And again, there are very critical parts in the oil and gas division, right. The facility what we have, the equipment what we have very fungible and we just picked up the parts which are required as a very high specialized components. So in oil and gas also, we found that there are certain components which are very high critical in application. And this facility can be utilized the best way to produce those parts. So it was a strategic call of picking up Baker Hughes for coming up. And as we entered with them, the audit cleared and all the leadership meeting happened and then we entered in a very long-term agreement. So it was a strategic call. It was very well planned.
Operator
operator[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Kamlesh Jain from Lotus Asset Managers.
Kamlesh Jain
analystCongrats for the excellent performance on financial year. And sir, just one question on the part of the order book. how long or what period this order book is executable over next 3 years, 4 years?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveYes. So major, if you see, it can be from 3, 5 to 7 maximum. These are the years in which we sign up these order books. And this, as I mentioned in the previous question also, as we -- we are just adding up that. Now as I told you in Rolls-Royce, we got 2 engine programs, we can expect another 6 or 8 or 10 engine programs. So these are certain things we are blocking the capacity with these contracts.
Kamlesh Jain
analystAnd sir, like how much would be the CapEx we would be spending like over the next 4, 5 years? Because spending on CapEx would result in this revenue getting -- or order book getting executed. And as you have mentioned earlier as well that you have asset turn. So how much CapEx would be doing for next 5 years?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveFor this year, we have planned to deploy INR 120 crores, okay? And as the equipment are very specialized, right, as we all know that we are in a very specialized thing, we have deployed the proceeds of IPOs from the first quarter of this year. So as I mentioned earlier also, the FY '24, '25 was very well planned that we will have a 25%, 30% growth these 2 years, which we have successfully picked up '24 and on track of '25. Now whatever the CapEx which have planned is for -- it will be incremental from FY '26. So this CapEx, if you see the effect, it will come from FY '26 from the new facility.
Kamlesh Jain
analystBut, as we want to reach like INR 4,000-odd crores top line in next 5 years, then we need to spend roughly around, say, roughly around INR 1,800-odd crores CapEx. So are we on that part? If we want to achieve incremental turnover of INR 3,600 crores over next 5 years, we need to spend roughly around INR 1,800 crores CapEx. So how [indiscernible].
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveNo, not necessarily, Mr. Kamlesh. That depends on the product. That depends on the product mix. So what we have done is we -- whatever orders and contracts we have committed and we have taken and we have already committed to our customers, the CapEx is planned only specific to the contracts what we already have, right? This is nothing called future. Whatever we have signed up, whatever orders we have, the CapEx is very well planned for that particular thing. As and when the product mix changes, as and when we go and see like we are into military and defense now. In commercial aspect, we will have a different kind of investments. Then if you go in oil and gas, there is a different kind of investment. So we are well diversified, and we try to take the most advantage of the facility what we have, which can cater to all the 3, 4 segments which we are in. We are not depending on one particular -- the whole facility doesn't depend only on one particular vertical. All the 4 can be -- this facility can utilize all the 4 verticals. So that was the original plan.
Operator
operatorThe next question is from the line of Mahesh [Bendre] from LIC Mutual Fund.
Unknown Analyst
analystSir, you mentioned that the new facility expanded facility, which is like a 10x in terms of manufacturing capacity compared to what currently will operation in FY '26. So FY '26 could be the year when it will start contributing? Or is it FY '27 when the contribution will come?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveThank you for your question. From day 1, we have been past when we -- I remember I recollect my the sales when we started that FY '24 and FY '25 what existing capacity we have with a growth of 25%, 30% per annum. That is what we have projected. And all this planning and the proceeds what we are utilizing is incremental from FY '26. And if we have got into 10x, if you look at the order book, this is -- we have it as on date, right? And there are many more which are lined up. There are many more, as I mentioned, from defense, we are going into civil, we are going to commercial, we are going in many directions. So the growth is very big massive. So to cater that, then we have a plan because factories cannot be built now and then when we have already visualized 10x size. So there is a basis behind it why we have chosen to go 10x. So the incremental will come from FY '26.
Unknown Analyst
analystAnd sir, what is the current capacity utilization of existing facility?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveIt's around 80% to 85%.
Unknown Analyst
analystOkay. So still, we are expecting 25% growth in FY '25?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveYes, yes, yes. This was the plan. This was the plan from day 1. This was the plan from FY '24. We had a thing that we will grow 25% to 30%, but luckily, we grew 35%. The same thing with FY '25, we are on track.
Unknown Analyst
analystSo FY '26 and '27 could be a quantum year for us in terms of...
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveYes, you can see a big -- I think you can notice a shift and a movement, I should say that from FY '26.
Operator
operatorThe next question is from the line of Jeevan Patwa from Sahasrar Capital.
Jeevan Patwa
analystCongratulation for good set of numbers. So I just want to understand what is the composition of the order book? How much is it from the aerospace and defense and how much is from power and how much is from oil and gas?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveYes. So I can give you some tentative numbers, right? And I can just -- just a minute, I'll just open the page. So if you notice, we have around oil and gas and energy, if I [indiscernible] this both, that's amounting to around INR 1,500 crores and around INR 1,700 crores from the aerospace and defense. These are all fine.
Operator
operatorThe participant got disconnected. Next question is from the line of [indiscernible] Gandhi from Anand Rathi.
Unknown Analyst
analystSir, just one question from my end. So on a segment-wise basis, could you give a bit more color to your revenue guidance? You have guided for a 25%, 30% growth, but could you give a segment-wise guidance on how you are seeing growth in each segment?
Unknown Executive
executiveYes. So okay, happy to do that. So overall, as a business, like Mr. Chopdar was saying, when we -- so you would have seen that we've grown from about INR 122 crores in FY '21 to about INR 340 crores in FY '24, right? So this has been the growth. Now we anticipate the blended growth for the business is going to be 25% to 30% even this year, right? But if you look at each of our segments, so energy business will continue to grow at 25% to 30%. Aerospace also has a larger growth, but you can assume that it will grow at least about 35% to 40%. Oil and gas, because the base is smaller, it would potentially grow 2x or 3x also.
Operator
operatorThe next question is from the line of Dipak Saha from K.R. Choksey Shares & Private Limited.
Dipak Saha
analystSo first of all, congrats on a good set of numbers for FY '24. My first question on the inventory side. So if you kindly share the breakup, you have INR 132 crores worth of inventory. So how much would be your raw material work in progress and finished goods?
Unknown Executive
executiveYes. I will take -- so you have to understand this inventory into 2 parts. One is the inventory, as we mentioned that this is for the long term, where we are using this particular inventory for the part where we have to order the minimum order it has to be kept for longer period of time. And to be very precise official, we have raw material to the tune of around INR 52 crores to INR 53 crores, work in progress to the tune of INR 61 crores and balance are other consumables and inventory to the tune of around INR 15 crores, INR 16 crores. And also, we have signed long-term contracts with the DE this year, as we have mentioned in our press release. So we are keeping some stock for those particular contracts. That's why the inventory is looking slightly higher at the end of March end.
Dipak Saha
analystOkay. Okay. So sir, what I was trying to understand out of it for the qualification sale, as you said, you need to take a lot of inventory. So how much out of this would be for the qualification?
Unknown Executive
executiveTotal, it will be around INR 35 crores -- roughly INR 30 crores to INR 35 crores number you can take for the qualification part.
Dipak Saha
analystINR 30 crores to INR 35 crores.
Unknown Executive
executiveYes.
Dipak Saha
analystOkay. And second question is earlier, you alluded to the fact that we are targeting for indigenization of raw materials to normalize the working capital to much better numbers. So what is the progress on that?
Unknown Executive
executiveSo we have done quite a good progress in quarter 4 of this year where we have got 2 of our key raw material qualified with the Indian partner. And we are on the track and probably in FY '25 and FY '26, you will see the impact on the inventory side because whatever we have to purchase, we have already placed order based on the previous orders and previous order book and the further increase the incremental purchase what we do, we start from FY '25 onwards, because they have just got qualified and we can't place orders right now because we have already placed on the existing supplier as the lead time for these inventories are a bit higher.
Dipak Saha
analystOkay. And one last thing from my end, sir. So you have delivered decent 35-odd percent growth in FY '24. We are talking 25%, 30% sustainably for the next few years, right? And we have INR 3,000 crore order book. And when we look at your balance sheet, specifically on the freight side, we are seeing those numbers going down. So creditor days are kind of going down. So when we are targeting this kind of growth on the other side, our creditor days going down and debtor days are also kind of elevated. So will we be able to sustain at this level of debt levels that we hold right now or we might resort to higher level of debt going ahead to manage the working capital.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveNo, I think -- so Vishnu here, I'm just trying to understand, I think the number of trade payables or the number that you're sharing, can you just expand on that because we didn't quite catch that.
Dipak Saha
analystSo full year payable on FY '23 was INR 576 and for FY '24, it's around 396, right? So as an effect, if you compare with COGS, then your cash conversion cycle is going up for FY '24. So how we are going to manage this? Is there any change with the trader days or terms that we are getting less number of deals as far as this thing is concerned from the suppliers? So that's why I was trying to understand how it will impact us to manage the working capital for FY '25 and FY '26? How does it work? If you can share some color.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveYes. So if you see my strategy today, it's around INR 70 crores plus in my balance sheet, and we have enough cushion available to manage the FY '25 numbers. And for FY '26, as we mentioned that we have already have a proceeds from IPO plus we can take the additional working capital lines from the bank as my current debt is close towards working capital debt is 0 and there is a term debt hardly of around INR 25 crores to INR 30 crores in my books at this junction of time. So we have a sufficient cushion available for the growth, and that should not be a problem for us going forward.
Operator
operatorSorry to interrupt sir, I will request you to rejoin the queue for your followup. [Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Vishal Singh from Makrana Capital.
Unknown Analyst
analystThis is Micky here, not Vishal. Congratulations on a good set of numbers. I specifically had 2 questions, guys. So number one, assuming in fiscal '25, you grow at 30%. And I clearly remember you had said that for you, fiscal '24, '25 was the year where capacity is going to be constrained. So given that you were at INR 340-odd crores for fiscal '24, I slap in by 30%, that gets you for fiscal year '25 at approximately INR 445 crores given that we are long-term investors and you mentioned that starting fiscal year '26 will be the inflection point. I mean what kind of revenues are you guys projecting for fiscal year '26 to demonstrate that it is really an inflection point from a revenue perspective? That's my first question.
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveYes, Micky, I think you're right, and thanks for the question. And we -- right from day 1, we have been saying '24, '25 is been very well planned, and we have achieved FY '24 as per the plan and on track for FY '25. So we are quite happy with what we have planned we achieved in FY '24 and we'll be achieving in FY '25. There are no constraints in that. Now if you see that we are deploying around INR 120 crores this year, and this is incremental to whatever we are doing for FY '26 -- FY '25, this will be seen from FY '26. So this is a continuous process. As you noticed that these machines, equipment, they are not on the shelf, right? They have certain delivery times and it will come in phased manner. And you can see the deployment of these revenues, we can -- if you -- Vishnu can take you more in detail if you try to see the asset turn what we have been talking and based on the asset turn, more and more equipment as quickly as possible, we try to get in the facility. Today, we have massive order book. We have massive customer base, and we are really coming up in a very, very great show. You could see April 24, the President and CEO of GE Vernova coming in blocking the capacity. That gives a big, big gesture to our business and to India that she came in all the way, did the ceremony, flew back in 6 hours. That means they want us to raise this facility as soon as possible. Now it depends on various factors on the equipment. Now these equipment are majorly imported, right? And we have -- they have a long-term deliveries. So we are now very, very desperate to get this facility up and running as we have to execute and deliver these contracts. So it is that quickly -- the more quickly the equipment comes in, more performance you can see in this case.
Unknown Analyst
analystOkay. And then my second question is, like just from a quarterly perspective, how does one -- like I know you guys think a lot from a yearly perspective, but listen, you are a public company now. So like from a quarterly perspective, in terms of your revenue and numbers, like how should one project this? Is there seasonality? There's no seasonality. Obviously, there has been a little bit slowdown in your Q3 to Q4. So I'm just trying to figure out like from a public company now that you have to give out quarterly results, how should one factor the growth in.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveSo thanks, Micky, for the question. Vishnu here. I'd like to say that, first of all, in our business, there's no seasonality. I think this might be arising -- this question probably, I'm guessing, might be arising out of a smaller growth that you would have seen from FY '23, Q4 to FY '24 Q4. But I would like to clarify that when we are looking at, say, a 9% growth from FY '23, Q4 to this year, there was the base that was taken, the base quarter. If you look at our 4 quarters for last financial year, we were doing on an average of about INR 55 crores in quarter 1, quarter 2, quarter 3. While we were able to add some capacity last year, the quarter's actual capacity was closer to INR 75 crores, but because some deliveries had pushed to Q4, the quarter had become elevated to about INR 84 crores. If you normalize it, it should have been about INR 70 crores for FY '23, Q4. Now when you compare ourselves from a INR 70 crores normalized quarter from last year to, say, INR 92 crores of quarter, you will be able to see a growth that we have been talking about, which is about 30%, right? So that is one. So the elevated base, which wasn't normalized for last year is actually leading to this wrong growth number that is coming out. But ideally, if it is about INR 70 crores for last year's quarter and about INR 92 crores, which is about 30% growth. However, the other thing that I want to say is quarter-on-quarter in our business, there are sometimes shipments based on the customers requirements are either pulled or pushed out. right? So that's why when you're evaluating our business, I would say that you look at a longer period, maybe last 2 quarters or look at a longer horizon because we are constantly growing at this rate, and that's why it's important. So we have 0 seasonality and the elevated base of last year would have led to, say, possibly smaller growth. But if you have to evaluate for us for FY '24, I would recommend that look at FY '24 over, say, the next 2 quarters. Maybe you can look at the June quarter and the next quarter put together to see how we are able to grow at this rate. I hope -- I mean, I'm able to answer.
Unknown Analyst
analystNo, no, absolutely. And just one last question from a margin perspective, obviously, there has been some variability. So both at a gross margin level and at an EBITDA margin level, like what is the variability that we should be factoring in for fiscal year '25 and '26?
Vishnu Malpani
executiveI mean, I wouldn't say that there has been a lot of variability in our business. I think for us, the change in the variability is because of the product or the revenue mix, right? Whenever there is -- and -- but even if the product and the revenue mix changes, the range would be anywhere between 33% to 36% to 37%. That's it. So this is the only range that our EBITDA margin is going to be at. And our gross margin, despite the change in revenue mix, et cetera, will always be between 82% to 86%.
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveAnother one point I would like to add here, Micky, is these numbers, what we are telling you is like we have already signed the contract. So these numbers are already secured. All the value order book, what we have taken is all secured. So that's one big advantage.
Unknown Analyst
analystThese numbers also include for fiscal year '26 and beyond, which is an inflection point, correct?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveAll the order book, all the order book what we have in hand. We have a strategy. We follow the same for everyone, right? So all the order book signed has this number.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveI mean I'd just like to expand this a little further. So if you look at it from FY '21, right, our EBITDA margin was closer to 30%. If you look at this year, we've delivered the highest -- one of the highest ever EBITDA margins for us in the year. We were internally projecting -- we were targeting about INR 110 crores, but we've been able to deliver about INR 117 crores which is overdelivery on what -- because of certain margin expansion that has happened on operating leverage that we were able to get. If you look at our revenue numbers also, we -- our internal target was to hit INR 340, and we were successfully able to do it. Now we are on to -- along with the revenue numbers, I think one of the important things that we should all be focusing on is, okay, while we've hit our numbers and we have met our targets, there are a lot of qualitative developments that have happened in the business. We've placed our [indiscernible]. We signed 2 additional contracts with Baker Hughes. We are doing strategic defense contracts. There is a lot of improvement. We've done an acquisition for Azad BDC, which will improve our margins further. So there is a lot of developments that are probably not visible in the numbers that have been showcased, but there's a lot of work that has happened in this year, which should probably help us in FY '25, '26 and going on further.
Unknown Analyst
analystI agree with everything you're saying. All I'm just saying starting fiscal '26 is going to be a big inflection point in terms of the capacity and the revenue, given all the internal developments you have done...
Operator
operatorSorry to interrupt, Mr. Vishal. I request you to rejoin the queue.
Unknown Analyst
analystMargins should be able to be sustained, right?
Vishnu Malpani
executiveAbsolutely.
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveYes, yes, absolutely.
Operator
operatorThe next question is from the line of Abhijit Mitra from [indiscernible] Alpha Investment Management.
Unknown Analyst
analystSo just to understand, I think one of the previous participants tried to probe on this, your current working capital days is INR 206 crores or INR 210 crores in that range. And when you are talking about 10x revenue over, say, a 4-year period or a 5-year period, that's an incremental revenue of almost INR 3,500 crores and incremental working capital...
Vishnu Malpani
executiveWe're talking about 10x capacity addition. We're not talking about 10x growth in the next 3 years.
Unknown Analyst
analystYes. So essentially, the INR 4,000 crores revenue target is by which year, sorry, if you can...
Vishnu Malpani
executiveNo, no. So I'd just like to clarify that we are talking about -- so currently, our business is constrained for capacity. We have limited capacity. And with the contracts and the demand that we're seeing for our customers, we are coming up with a facility which will add 10x more capacity. Now this 10x more capacity is obviously going to -- it's going to be made over a staggered period and will be filled over time. We don't mean that it will be filled over the next 4 years or 5 years, right? Our business will continue to grow at 25%, 30% this year. And then once we are at an inflection point in FY '26, you will see that the growth rate improves from 30% to a higher number, and it will continue at that rate for a few years.
Unknown Analyst
analystGot it. Got it. That's very clear. And secondly, just to understand the nature of this working capital as you sort of scale up, you'll have to maintain this nature of working capital intensity or you can improve on it?
Vishnu Malpani
executiveNo. So the working capital intensity of the business is a function of what is your qualifications that you're doing. Qualification in our business is where the working capital gets stretched because you're supposed to stock material, you're supposed to buy minimum order quantity, whereas it takes a couple of years to get your product qualified. So basis this, once the product qualification is there and your production ramps up, you will see that progressively the working capital comes down. Ideally, we expect our business' working capital on a blended level to be anywhere between 140 to 150 days of cash to cash. And our energy business vertical was already at that point, right? Now with some of the stocking programs that we're doing to improve our relationship and business with our customers, it could look like it is stretched a little. But the ideal business working capital cash-to-cash conversion cycle should be anywhere between 140 to 150 days overall, which you will eventually see.
Unknown Analyst
analystGot it. And last question is the margin guidance which you are giving, 33% to 36%. I mean, what are the risks to that margin guidance? Is there any open-ended clause on the commodity or on the currency or anything else that you feel can impede this guidance?
Vishnu Malpani
executiveSo we -- if you look at our historical numbers, we've always sustained these margins. These margins have been able to sustain because when we sign up with our customers over a longer period contract or a long-term contract, these prices have been fixed agreed upon. And over time, we are only bringing more operating leverage, which helps us improve our margin further. During the process when we are taking an order for our customer, our margins are fixed. So we do not take an order where we do not meet our margin criteria. And over time, we only help improve the margin further through our operational excellence and operating leverage in our business. So 33% to 36%, 37%, the range which I've shared will be sustained for a longer period of time.
Operator
operatorThe next question is from the line of Alisha Mahawla from Envision Capital.
Alisha Mahawla
analystSir, the CapEx that we are doing in Hyderabad for 10x of capacity, is the total CapEx only INR 120 crores?
Vishnu Malpani
executiveNo. Let me clarify this. So we are coming up with a 10x capacity, right? INR 120 crores is the deployment that we're going to be doing in FY '25, which will result -- which will improve our revenues for FY '26. See, the longer -- see these machines that we deploy in our business, these are high-end especially ordered CNC machines, they have a longer duration for deployment and production, right? So when we order these machines, so we are going to be investing INR 120 crores in plant and machinery only. I want to be specific, for the infrastructure development, yes, we're going to be deploying about INR 80 crores to INR 100 crores. So INR 80 crores to INR 100 crores will develop the infrastructure, whereas this financial year, INR 120 crores will be deployed in plant and machinery. And over time, whenever we have to build capacity, it does not make sense for us to deploy INR 500 crores and create a capacity because obviously, there has to be a progressive way that this plant and the ecosystem is developed. So right now, the initial start will be INR 120 crores in the current year and then next year would be further, and we will continue to do that.
Alisha Mahawla
analystUnderstood. So in a phase-wise manner, every year about INR 100 crores, INR 120 crores will go in plant and machinery, but the infra spend of INR 80 crores to INR 100 crores will probably also be incurred in this year only for the plant to be ready in '26.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveYes. We've already started deploying that from last year because infrastructure was started. So there will also be deployment in infrastructure this year, but plant and machinery will roughly deploy about INR 120 crores.
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveAnd one more point I would like to be clear is this is not just for FY '26. It's from FY '26, right? The infra which is getting built is just not for FY '26. It's a massive plant, which is coming up, right? And we can't build factories one by one. So there are a lot of plans, which I'm happy to -- if you could -- if you travel to Hyderabad, we can show you all the plans in detail.
Alisha Mahawla
analystAnd tentatively, in FY '26, by when do we expect this first phase to be ready?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveFrom FY '26, ma'am.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveSo you will be -- so you'll be able to see incremental revenue of FY '26 coming out of the new facility. So whatever growth, say, we are -- when we do 25% to 30% growth in FY '25 and say, let's say that number is x. On x any incremental revenue that we are targeting for FY '26 will come out of the newer facility, which will be our inflection point. And then you'll be able to see that the rate of growth for us in our business will be faster. See, our business has a sustained growth of 25%, 30% because the market is very large, and we can continue to grow at this rate for a very, very long period of time with sustained margins and the top of the line clientele and product line. So I think the way to look at business would be on these lines.
Alisha Mahawla
analystUnderstood. And just last question. The contract that we signed with Rolls-Royce, GE Vernova, Baker Hughes, et cetera, will these also start from FY '26 from the new capacity?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveYes, ma'am. As you can notice, they are 5 and 7 years, right? So that covers in that period of time.
Alisha Mahawla
analystYes. But are they starting in FY '25 or are they...
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveNo. A few of them can start from next year also FY '25 also. So there are certain parts which have both from FY '25, some are required from FY '26. So it's a very staggered plant, and these contracts are not signed just today. There is a hard work of last 1 year in negotiating with them. And as we show them capacity, right, this is not just -- they'll just give you a contract just like that. So we showed them plan, we are raising money. We -- this is our factory coming up. This is the plant which is coming up and all it happens, they come, they watch, they see and then only the contracts are signed. We would have taken this contract last year, but we told them we are like we are raising money. So we need all the strong capital to execute all this. So all this has been -- it just doesn't come like that, ma'am. These companies are large companies. They see each and every corner and then only sign up with you.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveAnd there are -- I mean, we have delivery commitments. So whenever a customer signs a contract, they agree on what needs to be delivered at what time. So there are -- there is a very, very detailed schedule, which has been agreed between our customers and us, and we work towards it on a similar basis for every contract.
Alisha Mahawla
analystUnderstood. And this CapEx of INR 120 crores, INR 60 crores we raised in IPO and for the balance, are we going to now again need some debt because there's going to be at least INR 100 crores, INR 120 crores every year plus infra.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveYes, we have to take the incremental debt. As right now, there is no debt hardly around INR 33 crores in the balance sheet. So we have sufficient room available for this new debt.
Operator
operatorThe next question is from the line of Chirag from NEO Multifamily Office.
Unknown Analyst
analystSo if you can give me a breakup of your margins in terms of segment-wise. So let's say, currently, you are getting revenue contribution from aerospace and defense of around 20%, 30%. So how much could that go up to, let's say, next 4 to 5 -- 3 to 4 years or so? And how -- what impact would it have on your margins?
Vishnu Malpani
executiveSo we don't look at margins on a vertical level. So if you look at our business, right, this year, we've delivered some level of diversification or if you have to say 82% of our revenue this year was from energy and 12.9% was from aerospace. And until last year, it was about 87%, 88% from energy. So we were never looking at margins at a segment level. We always looked at it blended because the way we quote for our parts is also similar in both the verticals. However, going forward, our plan is that once we are able to scale aerospace and defense to the level of upwards of INR 75 crores, INR 80 crores, we would start tracking the margins separately for the business as well because until then, large part of our focus is towards qualification, which optically might not give you the right indication for margins at the segment level because qualification is a 0 revenue business. You have to invest a lot in terms of manpower, your resources, et cetera. So until we are able to reach a scale where the business reaches upwards of INR 70 crores, INR 75 crores, it does not make sense for us to look at margins at a segment level. However, we don't see that number far off. So maybe in a year's time or so, we should be able to track segment level revenues. But again, we will not be able to track this for oil and gas because oil and gas is now very, very small. It is blended with energy. When oil and gas also reaches a point where we start delivering and the quantum of qualification versus revenue is comparable, then we will start doing it separately. But to give you some comfort, our blended margins are always going to be in the range of 33% to 36% despite any change in revenue mix or segment mix whatsoever.
Unknown Analyst
analystAnd you currently have a wallet share of roughly 1% in your existing TAM. So what are the opportunities and challenges that you see in terms of growing your wallet share? And how much could it grow to over the next few years?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveSure. Yes. So I'll take this answer. If you notice when we say the TAM, under wallet share, signing contracts and getting these orders, right? That is evident to show that we are now ready to take up. And now the customer believes us and now is where they give us the complete program of allotting these orders to us for the long term. So this comes step by step. As I mentioned, in 2022, we were sitting at around -- '23, we were sitting at INR 2,000 crores. This year, we did INR 3,000 crores order book. This INR 1,000 crores comes from certain developments which we did this year and so on, which will keep on continuing. So when we say 10x capacity, so you can imagine what order book we will be sitting after next year and following year.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveAnd just to add to what Mr. Chopdar was saying, I think for us, what are the ingredients that you need for an organization to scale up. You look at capital, you look at contracts, you look at customers, you look at capability and then you look at capacity. Today, as an organization, we have all the 4 boxes that we have checked and capacity is coming up. So that is going to lead us to a higher expansion in our wallet share. It is not a function of reduced demand. We have more demand than what we can supply. Even if we were to set up capacity immediately, it is going to get consumed. You can see how our customers have been growing and how each of these segments or industries are growing. So we work with the top customers in every sector. Every sector is having tremendous growth. Our customers are growing. So for us to grow, we only need to add capacity. And that's why one of our questions that had come up is once the new capacity comes up, that is going to be an inflection point. Having said that, growing 25%, 30% since '21 till today, we've grown at 40%. Hopefully, this growth will continue. when you see the inflection point as well. So that's something that I would say. It's only capacity that needs to be added.
Unknown Analyst
analystSo do you foresee any risk in terms of competition or any other risk in achieving your goals of increasing wallet share?
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveCompetition, we have competition in China, Europe, Japan and America. That's our competition. So if we compete, we compete these 4 regions -- 4 countries, I would say.
Vishnu Malpani
executiveAnd we don't see any risk from that perspective because our revenues for the next few years have been signed up already. So we don't have to look for, for example, the numbers that we're targeting in FY '25, we already have the purchase orders under contract with us. So that is committed. So we don't see a risk from that perspective. See, that's why I was saying, coming back to this like in my previous answer, I was saying for us to grow, we need customers, contracts, orders, which is there with us. These products have been qualified. The only thing that is needed to be added is capacity. And for us to add capacity, we needed capital, which we've raised and now we're deploying that. So we don't see any risk in execution from that perspective.
Operator
operatorDue to time constraints, that will be the last question for the day. I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Amit Dixit from ICICI Securities. Thank you, and over to you, sir.
Amit Dixit
analystYes. Thanks, Manuja. I would like to thank everyone for attending the call and fruitful discussion we had today. I can see that there is a long queue still over there, so you can get in touch with the management or SGA for your queries. I would now like to hand over the call to Mr. Chopdar for any closing comments. Over to you, sir.
Rakesh Chopdar
executiveThank you. Thank you, Mr. Amit. Thanks, everyone, for joining this call. And what I believe is like -- as I mentioned before, the plan, what we are planning, '24, '25, '26, '27, we are perfectly on track, and we expect and we -- as we prove that FY '24, we would achieve as per the plan and on track for FY '25 and on track on FY '26. So we have all the ingredients. It's just the capacity. We are very eagerly waiting to add the capacity. We have enough orders. We have big, big demand in the global supply chain. Even now, there are so many customers sitting in next door and asking us when are you going to add the capacity, contracts are orders in place, capital in place. So I think it's a very beautiful journey going ahead. And there is a lot of excitement coming weeks and things, and you will listen what's going -- what's best is yet to come. So that is what I wanted to give a last message. It's really, really a wonderful journey we covered, and there's a long way to cover up.
Operator
operatorThank you. On behalf of ICICI Securities, that concludes this conference. Thank you for joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines. Thank you.
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