Sigachi Industries Limited ($SIGACHI)

Earnings Call Transcript · May 30, 2026

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Highlights from the call

Sigachi Industries Limited reported stable Q4 FY '26 results with total operating income of INR 121.89 crores, an EBITDA of INR 15.4 crores, and a net profit of INR 7.6 crores. The company maintained a focus on operational discipline and strategic expansion, with significant progress in its MCC and CCS projects at Dahej. Management provided strong guidance for FY '27, expecting revenues between INR 650 crores and INR 675 crores, with an EBITDA margin of 18% to 20%, driven by capacity expansions and improved product mix.

Main topics

  • Capacity Expansion: Sigachi is progressing with its 12,000 metric tonnes per annum MCC capacity project at Dahej, expected to increase total capacity to 30,000 metric tonnes by Q4 FY '27. The CCS facility at Dahej SEZ is also on track to support higher-value excipient categories.
  • Financial Performance: Q4 FY '26 operating income was INR 121.89 crores with an EBITDA margin of 12.63%. Net profit stood at INR 7.6 crores, translating to a PAT margin of 6.23%.
  • Guidance for FY '27: Management expects FY '27 revenue between INR 650 crores and INR 675 crores, with an EBITDA margin of 18% to 20%, supported by capacity expansions and a better product mix.
  • Insurance Proceeds: There is a delay in insurance proceeds from a previous incident, expected by the end of June. Discussions are ongoing.
  • API Segment Growth: API segment revenue is expected to grow significantly, with projections of over INR 100 crores in FY '27, up from INR 60 crores.

Key metrics mentioned

  • Revenue: INR 121.89 crores (Q4 FY '26)
  • EBITDA: INR 15.4 crores (12.63% margin)
  • Net Profit: INR 7.6 crores (6.23% PAT margin)
  • MCC Segment Revenue: INR 85.33 crores (Q4 FY '26)
  • O&M Segment Revenue: INR 14.63 crores (Q4 FY '26)
  • API Segment Revenue: INR 17.06 crores (Q4 FY '26)

Sigachi Industries is positioned for growth with strategic capacity expansions and a focus on higher-margin products. While operational challenges and delayed insurance proceeds pose short-term risks, the company's strong guidance and capacity projects provide a positive outlook. Investors should monitor execution on capacity ramp-up and resolution of legal and insurance matters as key catalysts for stock performance.

Earnings Call Speaker Segments

Operator

Operator
#1

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Akash, moderator for the conference call. Welcome to Sigachi Industries Limited Q4 and FY '26 Earnings Conference Call hosted by Go India Advisors. [Operator Instructions] Please note this conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand over the floor to [ Ms. Riddhi Shah ] from Go India Advisors. Thank you, and over to you, ma'am.

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#2

Thank you, Akash. Good afternoon, everyone. It's my pleasure to welcome you on behalf of Sigachi Industries Limited. Thank you for joining us today for quarter 4 and FY '26 earnings call. We have on the call Mr. Amit Raj Sinha, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer; Mr. O.S. Reddy, Chief Financial Officer; and Mr. Vivek Kumar, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer. Please note that today's discussion may include certain forward-looking statements and must, therefore, be viewed in conjunction with the risk that the company faces. I would now like to hand it over to the management for opening remarks. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Amit Sinha

Executives
#3

Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Q4 FY '26 Earnings Conference Call of Sigachi Industries Limited. The financial results and investor presentation have been uploaded on the stock exchanges. I hope everyone had had opportunity to review them. FY '26 was a year of challenge, reflection and decisive action for Sigachi. For the past several quarters, our focus has remained firmly on execution, operational discipline and reinforcing the foundations required for sustainable long-term growth. Today, the company is operating with stable business continuity, continued customer engagement and steady progress across its strategic priorities. The efforts undertaken over the course of the year have been directed not only towards maintaining operational continuity, but also towards strengthening the organizational structurally through sharper oversight, stronger systems and greater execution discipline across functions. These remain important priorities for us as we continue to build a more resilient and future-ready organization. During Q4, our operations remained stable and customer engagement continued to be healthy across geographies. Our cellulose-based excipient sale quantity stood at 14,857 metric tonne with nearly 82% capacity utilization. The 12,000 metric tonnes per annum MCC capacity project at Dahej continues to progress in line with planned time lines and upon commissioning is expected to increase our total cellulose-based excipient capacity to 30,000 metric tonnes per annum by Q4 FY '27. In parallel, the 1,800 tonne CCS facility at the same location, Dahej SEZ, is also progressing steadily and will support our strategy of expanding into higher-value excipient categories and strengthening our overall product mix. The API R&D center continues to strengthen our development and regulatory capabilities while progressing on the CEP filing supports our long-term expansion into the regulated markets. Our O&M vertical remains a steady contributor and continues to evolve as a scalable service platform aligned with long-term growth priorities. We have also continued to strengthen our organizational leadership and people capabilities. During the quarter, we welcomed Mr. Atul Dhavle as the Chief People Officer, whose experience in building scalable organizations and leadership systems will support Sigachi's next phase of growth. As we move into FY '27, our priorities remain centered around operational discipline, execution of key expansion projects, strengthening our product portfolio and improving profitability through consistent and focused execution through our employees, customers, partners, lenders and shareholders. Thank you for your continued trust and support through a demanding year. Your confidence in this organization has been important to us, and we are committed to honoring it through what we deliver in the quarters ahead. With that, I now invite our CFO, Mr. O.S. Reddy, to take you through the financials and operational highlights for Q4 FY '26. Thank you.

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#4

Thank you, sir, and good afternoon, everyone. During Q4 FY '26, Sigachi reported total operating income of INR 121.89 crores, EBITDA for the quarter stood at INR 15.4 crores with a margin of 12.63%. Net profit came in at INR 7.6 crores, translating to a PAT margin of 6.23%. The MCC segment contributed INR 85.33 crores, while the O&M and API segments recorded revenues of INR 14.63 crores and INR 17.06 crores, respectively. Guidance for FY '27. We expect revenue to be in the range of INR 650 crores to INR 675 crores with an EBITDA margin of around 18% to 20%, supported by incremental capacities from Dahej and Jhagadia and an improved product mix through the year. That concludes my updates. Now we can open the floor for questions. Thank you.

Operator

Operator
#5

[Operator Instructions] The first question comes from the line of [ Mr. Darshil Jhaveri from Crown Capital ].

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#6

Firstly, congratulations on a great set of results, sir. Sir, just wanted to understand, we've given a very clear cut guidance for FY '27. But in FY '27, our CapExes are not coming online in the start of the year, right? It's going to come towards the end. So how do you see FY '28 going forward when we have the full capacity of Dahej and the CCS coming online. So what do you can see in terms of extra revenue coming in, sir?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#7

Yes. Thank you, Darshil. The additional revenues comes from Dahej and Jhagadia, the enhanced capacities. And also API, we are expecting a good growth and also the continued O&M expansion every year, it is giving a good growth. This year, that's why we not -- that is only around 650 to 675 only is the range we expected because the capacities -- expanded capacities of 12,000 metric tonnes from Dahej 2, that is a new facility, which is expected to come by end of the FY '27, though in meanwhile, the existing Dahej and Jhagadia capacities are going to increase and also API and O&M because of that we can achieve.

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#8

Yes, yes, yes. So sir, I just wanted to understand, so next year, once the full thing comes in, like so we're going from current 18,000 to additional 12,000 capacity we're adding. So can we see like in terms of 65% ramp-up, I think we are targeting, right? So that would also mean -- hello? Yes, around the 40% growth in this volume tonnage. So can we see a corresponding growth in revenue in FY '28, sir?

Amit Sinha

Executives
#9

Darshil, yes, of course, we will see that. But I would just like to tell you that the first quarter of the next financial year, the ramp-up will not be at absolute 100%. The capacity utilization gradually moves up quarter-on-quarter. So the Q1 will probably be at 30%, Q2 will gradually probably move at 40%, 45% or 50% and likewise, for the last 2 quarters for the new facility?

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#10

Okay. Okay. Fair enough, sir. And sir, just wanted to understand like in our current year FY '27, sir, do we have any seasonality because how do you see our revenue like in terms of H1 and H2? Because usually, we have a very steady run rate. So we can expect the INR 650 crores to be very steady, sir?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#11

In the second half, that would be more. Q2 is more than Q1. Q2 always -- sorry, H2 is always higher than H1, slowly it will ramp up, yes.

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#12

Okay. Okay. Yes. And sir, with regards to margins, sir, when we are saying 18% to 20% right now, I think we are around 7%. So again, H2 will be towards the higher end of margin or at least the margin we can start seeing from Q1 itself, sir?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#13

In H2, that will be more. Even if you observe Q4, Q4 margins are better, around 13%, 14% is there. Yes, that will -- in Q1 of FY '27, Q2, gradually, it will move on. It will increase. At the end, we are expecting around 18% to 20%.

Operator

Operator
#14

The next question comes from the line of [ Mr. Sajid Nawaz ], an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#15

Sir, I have questions regarding the insurance proceeds for Sigachi. In the last earnings call, I guess, we were informed that the insurance proceeds will be processed by March 31. So what is the status on the insurance claims? And how is it going?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#16

Yes. Thank you, Sajid Nawaz. This, we expected in -- during by March, but there is a slight delay in the procedure. And now it is -- in the moment, some discussions are going on. By end of maybe around 25th or 30th of June, we are expecting some ad hoc amount. And later on, that will be settled. Now discussions are actively on.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#17

Okay. Another question that I have is regarding the API thing which happened for cystic fibrosis. So the target was originally that by Q4 FY '27, this would be operational and we will see revenue coming from this aspect as well. So what is the status on that project, sir? If you could help guide us with that, please?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#18

Yes. Yes. The cystic fibrosis, this is -- during this year, we thought of the filings. And anyway, this patent is going to -- patent is under till 2039 by the innovator. And we have cracked the chemistry and the application that this year, we can file -- go for the filing this current year.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#19

Okay. So will the production start this year only? Or how is it going to be?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#20

The R&D level, it's over. And then after filing, then we'll discuss with the innovator and then that we'll come to know exactly when we'll start.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#21

Okay. All right. And also last question, sir, regarding the normalcy in the margins and all because before the accident happened, the margins were in the range of 15% to 20%, EBITDA margins I'm talking about. So by what time can we expect the normalcy to return in the business? Because it was very unfortunate that it happened, but for the future course, what do we think like what would be the duration by when we can attain the same numbers again?

Operator

Operator
#22

Sorry to interrupt, Sajid sir, we would request you to join back the queue for more questions, sir. We have the next question from [ Mr. Vasth Jain ], an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#23

I had a few questions regarding the API facility. So for FY '26, what is the current utilization level of the Trimax API facility?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#24

Around 65%, 70% is there.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#25

Okay. Another question I had. How does the management is planning to fund the robust CapEx initiatives, like it would be an internal or an external fundraising?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#26

Some internal accruals and also the fundraising also just under -- it is under discussions, either we go for fundraising fresh or otherwise, we go for the term loan.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#27

Okay. Do we have any guidance around that?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#28

Yes. At appropriate time, we'll disclose it. Right now, that is in fluid stage.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#29

Okay. And another question I had. So when is the CCS facility expected to be commercialized?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#30

CCS facility is expected to be commercialized by maybe the first quarter of FY '28.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#31

Okay. Do we have any specific time line around that, maybe quarter-on-quarter thing or H1 time?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#32

This quarter-on-quarter -- that is expected in FY '28 first quarter. And then the commercialization also, it happens immediately. The revenue is also expected to achieve it from that. And by end of FY '27, we are going to -- the COD will come for MCC 12,000 metric tonnes capacity.

Operator

Operator
#33

The next question comes from the line of Mr. Avnish Burman from Vaikarya.

Avnish Burman

Analysts
#34

Amit, just a couple of questions. One, your FY '27 guidance seems to be pretty strong at about 35% growth. Out of this, what kind of growth are you expecting from MCC?

Amit Sinha

Executives
#35

Yes, yes, I understood that. So I think currently, the capacity utilization is at around 60%. I believe we should be able to take it to a comfortable near 95%, 97% on this. Rest of the growth would come in from the API, the O&M and the other verticals of food and nutrition.

Avnish Burman

Analysts
#36

Okay. Just help me understand this, please. So after the accident, I would have assumed that some of your customers would have shifted to the competition. And also, in my understanding, this was a very sticky business because the cost of the [ equipment ] as a percentage of the cost of, let's say, the tablet is very, very low. So unless you have a really good reason to shift to another supplier, the customer doesn't really want to shift. It's a bit of a headache for him to shift. Now because of the accident if some of the -- your customers have shifted to the competition, the guidance seems that you're very confident of getting those customers back. So how is that happening? If you could just give some qualitative color on that?

Amit Sinha

Executives
#37

So see, I'll tell you the catch point here is that the customers are definitely sticky. There's no second thoughts on that. However, because this is a very small percentage of the total purchase for a formulation mix, the API is probably a bigger chunk, 60% to 70% of the cost, the formulation guys always have vendor 1, vendor 2, vendor 3. And the second and the third vendors are usually kept dormant. And when there's a situation across the supplier, they kind of reactivate the vendor 2 and the vendor 3. So what has happened is that we continue to be the approved supplier across our customers. Among some of them where the demand continues to be high, they have moved on to vendor 2 because we have not been able to supply them because of loss of capacity. But I believe because of the kind of relations we maintain, because of the kind of the length of relations, which is there with them, the moment we have our products back on track, we will be among the preferred vendors and we will get back on volumes.

Avnish Burman

Analysts
#38

So what you are -- how I'm understanding is that because of the non-supply, you move to vendor 2. But as soon as your supplies will come back, you will be given a priority to be moved back to vendor 1 because of your relationship. Is that how we should see this?

Amit Sinha

Executives
#39

Yes, Avnish, that's right.

Operator

Operator
#40

We have the next question from [ Mr. Ganesh Prasad ], an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#41

[Foreign Language]

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#42

No, it's -- Ganesh, this is -- there is no under-insurance, that is perfectly insured.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#43

[Foreign Language]

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#44

It takes time.

Amit Sinha

Executives
#45

[Foreign Language]. Our focus is not that because we have land available. We focused everything back on the other facility where in [Foreign Language], we are already building up on the 12,000 metric tonnes capacity, double of the Hyderabad capacity. Because it is under legal issues, we didn't want to really delay it because in case we get -- we pump in money and it gets stuck on some legal issue, unnecessarily, time and resources will be wasted. So Sigachi had land in Dahej SEZ and the project has already commenced some time back.

Operator

Operator
#46

The next question comes from the line of [ Mr. Vasu Goenka ], an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#47

So I have 2 questions primarily. One is that what is the API revenue bifurcation for next year? How much we are expecting that the API revenue will be?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#48

PIL. Thank you, Vasu Goenka. Around another INR 10 crores we are expecting in next financial year, INR 8 crores to INR 10 crores. It depends...

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#49

And what is the growth rate we are expecting?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#50

Growth rate in PLI, you're asking, production linked...

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#51

Not the PLI, API, the API segment.

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#52

Yes. API, we are expecting around -- this year, we have achieved around INR 60 crores. Next year, we are going to achieve around nearly INR 100 crores -- more than INR 100 crores.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#53

Great. Okay. And my second question is regards to the promoter shareholding. The promoter shareholding has been declining for the last like 2 years almost. So is there any chance that this number will ramp up soon?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#54

Yes. We are expecting promoters are intended to increase their shareholding. It will not come down at least. And gradually, it will go up.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#55

So will it be back to the accident time lines like the same 48%, 49%?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#56

Yes, yes, that is the intention of the promoters. Gradually, it will go up.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#57

Okay. And my last question is, is there any legal repercussion which is from the Hyderabad plant, which is like -- which we expect that something out of the blue can happen on that proportion?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#58

For Hyderabad production, anyway, it takes some time. Anyway expansion also, we have taken up at our Dahej facility. This will take in near terms -- maybe after 6 months, we'll get clarity on that.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#59

But my question is on the legal repercussions. Will there any kind of penalty or something like that?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#60

Yes. Anyway, that is under court and it is -- the matter is under sub judice. We don't expect any...

Operator

Operator
#61

[Operator Instructions] We have a question from [ Mr. Paramjit Singh ], an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#62

Sir, my question is regarding your Hyderabad facility. Do you still have any liability with respect to that? Do we see some exceptional losses coming up because of that facility in FY '27?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#63

Yes. Thank you, Paramjit. As far as we -- our expectations, we have provided -- we have fully provided provision. In fact, some reversal would be there. And we hope there would not be any additional surprises or expectations. We have provided full provision.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#64

Okay, sir. And in future, do you have any plans to restart that plant? I know it is under -- matter is sub judice and it may take its own time. But do you have anything like come 1 year down the line, we will restart this plant or you're trying to shut down this facility?

Amit Sinha

Executives
#65

We will -- Mr. Paramjit, we will take the appropriate decision once the matter is cleared by the court. Till the matter is in the court, we can keep having thoughts, but it might not really turn around the way we want it. So we are just waiting for the matters to get cleared from the court. Once it is cleared from the court, I think we will see in the bigger interest of the long-term growth as to what is the best options available, and we will go ahead with that option.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#66

Okay. Okay. All right. Got it. As sub judice matters in the court typically takes -- I mean, what is your updates and analysis, sir, I mean, will it be kind of fully cleaned and clear in 1 year's time? Or you have some updates on that?

Amit Sinha

Executives
#67

Paramjit sir, the matter is sub judice, so I think less spoken, the better, sir.

Operator

Operator
#68

The next question is a follow-up question from Mr. Vasu Goenka, an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#69

Yes. So my another question is in regards to the current debt obligation. It stands at INR 145 crores as of now. So do we see that this debt repayment? And what will be the structure on the same?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#70

Yes. Thank you, Vasu. As of now, we don't have any long-term debt. This is only towards the working capital debt only. Other than that, we don't have any long-term debt.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#71

Okay. And lastly, how about the current capacity utilization for MCC? Is it like -- earlier it was upwards of 75%, 80%? How is it going now?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#72

Now also -- as of now, as on 31st March, it is around 75%, 80% only. But going forward, it will increase in this year -- in this quarter already started, already that will increase. And also further at the end of the year, we are expecting another 12,000 metric tonnes.

Operator

Operator
#73

The next question comes from the line of Mr. Ravi Kumar Kantipudi from Indian Overseas Bank.

Ravi Kumar Kantipudi

Analysts
#74

Sir, what is the percentage of exports in our total turnover and to how many countries, sir? And what is the prospectus that our products to export -- export turnover, how much?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#75

Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Kumar. The export turnover for FY '26, it is around 65%. And we are exporting total in our portfolio around 60-plus countries are there. Actively, we'll supply -- the major chunk, it will go to U.S.A. and the neighboring countries and European and other countries also. Around total 60 countries are there in our portfolio.

Ravi Kumar Kantipudi

Analysts
#76

Okay, sir. Okay. But our performance is not reflecting in the market seeing, why?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#77

Yes, yes, because of this disturbance in June, the Hyderabad incident after that there are even -- because of -- in last quarter, geopolitical situations also, the exports didn't happen. That's why the exports percentage also, it has come down for the entire year. Last year, it was around 72%. It has come down to around 65% because in February and March, the exports didn't happen. And domestically, we have sold. That is one of the reasons for reduction. And after -- post incident, there was additional expenditure we have incurred because of that the profitability has come down and the business also, it has come down a little. But again, we expect that it will go again back to normalcy, we'll ramp up.

Operator

Operator
#78

The next question is a follow-up question from Mr. Sajid Nawaz, an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#79

Sir, I have the question regarding the normalcy in business. So basically, as I previously mentioned that before the incident happened, the margins were at the range of 15% to 20%. And after the incident, again, the margins fell down to single digits. So when do we expect this normalcy to come back in the business? And yes, basically, when would we get to see the same operating margins and the net profit margins again?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#80

Yes, yes. Gradually, it is increasing. The main reason for reduction in profits post incident is we have the safety audits and internal audits, external audits and customer audits and safety precautions taken. And because of that, some of the production overheads increased and production also didn't increase. Because of that, there was a drop in the margins. But gradually from this year, it will go up. And maybe we are expecting by FY '27 or mid of FY '28, it will come to complete normalcy.

Operator

Operator
#81

The next question comes from the line of Mr. Vasth Jain, an individual investor, it's a follow-up question.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#82

Just had another question. Like what is the status of JV in the Middle East? And like are we getting any revenue from that? Any guidance from management on that?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#83

Yes. Thank you, Jain. Because the present -- keeping of the present global situation, sir, we just kept it on hold. Maybe after it comes to normalcy, the global war and all international situations, maybe after 6 months, we'll come to some clarity. Right now, we have kept it on hold.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#84

Okay. Okay, sir. So like what time line can we expect it to resume?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#85

Maybe another 6 months.

Operator

Operator
#86

Next, we have a follow-up question from Mr. Vasu Goenka, an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#87

Probably sir, I just want to understand, as earlier informed, the API is -- the number was INR 100 crores. Can you specify the percentage of the total revenue? Earlier, it was mentioned it will be 12%. So are we still aligning for 12% or more than that?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#88

It will go. This year, the percentage of API is 14% and MCC contributed 70% and O&M contributed 12%, API 14% and other 4%. This year, API contribution, it will go up maybe around 18% up to nearly 20%. It will go up.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#89

All right, sir. Okay. And lastly, is there an option available to get the physical annual report, a hard copy.

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#90

Yes. Okay. We'll -- anyway, the soft copy is available, but okay...

Amit Sinha

Executives
#91

You can send in an e-mail -- Vasu, you could send in an e-mail on the [email protected] and with your address, of course, and the needful would be done, not at all an issue.

Operator

Operator
#92

We have a follow-up question from Mr. Paramjit Singh, an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#93

My question is what are your CapEx plan for FY '27 and the distribution of the same?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#94

Thank you, Paramjit. This CapEx, MCC 12,000 metric tonnes capacity expansion is going on at Dahej 2 and also the CCS, MCC 12,000 metric tonnes, the CapEx is INR 106 crores and CCS total project cost is around INR 90 crores.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#95

And this would all be done this year or some of it is already kind of taken care of?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#96

Yes, already this year and next year, maybe first quarter also, some of the amount will be there, CCS.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#97

Okay, sir. And like the way you are expanding, is it kind of okay to expect, let's say, INR 1,000 crores turnover in FY '28?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#98

Not in FY '28. Okay. Anyway, this is futuristic. But next year, we'll get more clarity. But definitely, we'll reach INR 1,000 crores in -- not in FY '28, I mean maybe FY '29 or so, we hope...

Operator

Operator
#99

The next question comes from the line of [ Mr. Raj Bora ], an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#100

Sir, congratulations for the results. I wanted to know one thing that what are the plans for debt reduction of the management?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#101

Debt reduction? Debt reduction already now it is showing as around 4 crores shares were pledged, but the debt outstanding is around 13 crores or so is there. Gradually, it is coming down and then that will come down further by end of this year. And then gradually, as and when there is a need, then they will. So they will bring the funds and then that can be paid off.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#102

Okay, sir. And also recently, there was a degrade in the credit rating. So what were the management plans and opinions on the same?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#103

Yes. Post incident, there is a reduction in profit. That's why all of sudden, there was a reduction in this thing, degrading of -- downgrading of the rating. But gradually, we hope that will go up again. This year, Q4 profits are good. And even we are expecting in coming quarters, the profits will be good and the performance also, we are expecting it to be. And then we expect that some rating improvements.

Operator

Operator
#104

We have a follow-up question from Mr. Avnish Burman from Vaikarya.

Avnish Burman

Analysts
#105

Amit, 2 questions again. One on the CCS, if you can give some color on the time line that we hope to commercialize? And also, if you just by giving your competitors balance sheet that is a higher margin product. So do you make much higher margins here? Or do you think you have to be a little aggressive on the pricing to pull in some customers? And then -- I mean, what kind of margins would you make on this CCS?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#106

Avnish, this CCS it is -- but it gives higher profits, superior excipient. And the prices when we compare it to MCC, almost 2 to 3x higher than the MCC and margins also on higher side. We expect -- there is -- even now also, we are receiving inquiries and some of the customers asking us to dispatch the CCS along with MCC. We are seeing a good demand for this also. And it gives good top line as well as the bottom line also. Margin contribution will be -- we are expecting that it will be...

Avnish Burman

Analysts
#107

So can we expect a much higher EBITDA margin at 20% that you...

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#108

Yes, yes, even this CCS, that would be even higher than that, around more than 20%.

Avnish Burman

Analysts
#109

More than 20%, right?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#110

Yes.

Avnish Burman

Analysts
#111

And what are the time lines? When do you expect to commercialize?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#112

Q1 of FY '28.

Avnish Burman

Analysts
#113

Q1 of FY '28. Yes, fine, that answers the first question. Second, as for the guidance of FY '27, the revenue and the margin guidance that you've given, I just wanted to know -- the level of that. Is it based on [indiscernible] or is it -- like how does it work? I mean, do the POs get signed for 1 year and hence, your confidence level is very, very high on achieving that INR 650 crore number? Or you are hoping to maybe get there during the course of the year?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#114

Yes. During -- already, we have some plans, some business talks are there. And also, we are expecting the additional contributions from API and the capacities from Dahej and Jhagadia will be increased [indiscernible]. We expect that from all these activities, we hope we'll achieve that INR 650 crores to INR 675 crores top line with EBITDA margins of around 18% to 20%. Yes, the major contributors are API is there, O&M is there and also the expanded capacities from Dahej and Jhagadia. And of course, the 12,000 metric tonnes, it comes in the last quarter. But all this put together, we can...

Operator

Operator
#115

The next question comes from the line of [ Mr. Raghav Rathi from Quadrant Holdings ].

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#116

First of all, I'd like to appreciate the management in taking initiatives and steps to getting back to normalcy after the fire incident. So my question is in the coming 2 to 3 years, what I understand from the market is the demand for our product is always more than what we can produce. So are we going to be doing CapEx continuously for the next 2, 3 years where we can get to a capacity of MCC to around 50,000 to 70,000 metric tonnes?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#117

Thank you, Raghav. As we keep on -- gradually, we keep on increasing the capacities. Anyway, market demand is there. And so long as demand is there, we have to increase the capacities. We are in the plans of increasing the capacities.

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#118

How much CapEx is required to take our capacities to somewhere like around 50,000 metric tonnes? And do we have enough land for it? Or do we have plans that we are taking up to reach there?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#119

Yes, yes, yes, Raghav. This 12,000 metric tonnes capacity at Dahej 2, there is a CapEx of around INR 106 crores. In Dahej, we have 20 acres of land is available. And in Kurnool, we have 25 acres of land is available. There is enough land available. And going forward, we keep on increasing the situation depending upon the requirement. And we also analyze the market...

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#120

And what will be our vision for -- like where do we see our revenue and capacities by '28 or '29, probably after the next 2, 3 years?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#121

Yes. For the next 1 year anyway, this 12,000 metric tonnes MCC and CCS also with INR 90 crores CapEx, it is coming up. And later on, we'll announce at appropriate time what is the next expansion, but we expect there is expansion plans are there.

Operator

Operator
#122

The next question comes from the line of Mr. Darshil Jhaveri from Crown Capital. It's a follow-up question.

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#123

Sir, just wanted to know like I think total around you're doing INR 200 crores CapEx, right? So you said we might do a fundraise and some debt. So do we have any rough mix of how much we want to fundraise, how much we want to do from debt, like how much we want to increase our debt level, sir?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#124

Yes. Right now, as I have already indicated that is, what is the portion of fundraising through equity or debt. Some, it is -- it may be a combination, but we'll announce at the appropriate time. And now that is in a fluid stage, some internal accruals and some -- the term debt would be the -- term loan would be there. The other one may be the -- from equity. We'll announce it once we form our relationship.

Unknown Analyst

Analysts
#125

Yes. So just wanted to understand like once the full capacity of [ CCPS and NCP ] come into play, what's the peak revenue we can generate from this?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#126

Yes. This 12,000 metric tonnes, almost around INR 200 crores plus, INR 220 crores or so the revenue it is expected. And from CCS, it is around INR 100 crores revenue we can expect. And further, there are other plans also are there to increase revenues apart from this existing.

Operator

Operator
#127

We have a follow-up question from Mr. Paramjit Singh, an individual investor.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#128

Yes, sir. One more question that I have is what is your CCS utilization across Dahej and Jhagadia plant in Q4?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#129

CCS utilization, you are talking about? CCS, it's yet to come up in Q1 of FY...

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#130

No, sorry, sorry, MCC, I mean.

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#131

Yes. MCC, now the utilization is around 75% to 80%.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#132

Okay. Sir, maybe -- I may be missing something, but you had your plant in Hyderabad getting shut down and whatever were the requirements, obviously, you would like to push it to your other plant in Dahej and Jhagadia for MCC, but still your utilization was 75%, right? I mean any specific reason or constraints that helped you not to move that utilization to 90%, 95%? And what makes you think that this year, it can become 90% to 95%?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#133

Yes, yes, yes. Post accident, we had more concentrated on safety norms and safety protocols, safety equipment and internal audit, safety audits, internal and external audits, we concentrated more on that. That is the reason the production side, it is under utilization is there. But from this quarter onwards, it will go up. We concentrate much on different side.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#134

So this year, you are confident, sir, that utilization will be north of 90%?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#135

Yes, yes, it will go.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#136

Okay. One more thing, sir, give us a color of your EBITDA margin across your different revenue streams that you have, including the API, O&M and everything. How is the EBITDA margin profile across different revenue streams?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#137

Yes. This EBITDA margins more steadily, it is around 21%, 22%. And the MCC, it is -- this time, it has come down post accident. Otherwise, it will give -- from API, we are expecting more from this year, around 20-plus. But MCC, it will -- gradually, it will increase. Right now, this quarter, we had achieved around 13%, 14%. Including other income, everything put together around 14.58%. If we separate the other income, then it is around 12.5%, 13% is there. And MCC also, it will go up gradually. And API, we are expecting good. O&M, as I said, that is around 21%, 22%. This year, we are expecting that O&M income -- from O&M also, it will increase further.

Operator

Operator
#138

The next question is from Mr. Vasu Goenka, an individual investor. It's a follow-up question.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#139

Just want to understand that is there any PLI scheme again coming up for the concerned MCC?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#140

Which one? Can you please repeat? I missed.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#141

So there was a PLI scheme, which -- the income which you have received last year, is there any proceeds available for this year as well?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#142

Yes, yes, this year also we are expecting around INR 8 crores to INR 10 crores it is expected to receive.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#143

Okay. And secondly, I was basically looking after the statement. So there were some assets which is declining, the other asset section, and it has declined by a good percentage. So can you specify this?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#144

The assets because the insurance after the accident, we have written off those assets. And anyway, however, we are expecting insurance for that.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#145

Okay, sir. And regarding this insurance thing, is there any caveat out there that there are certain degrees that the amount was of INR 60 crores. So is that amount is still INR 60 crores? Or is there chances that this number will decrease?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#146

Yes, total around INR 49 crores towards the asset class -- fixed asset class and inventory loss of around INR 4 crores, INR 4.5 crores, total INR 53.5 crores. And also apart from this, we are expecting business interruption loss. We have a policy for INR 25 crores, and we are expecting around INR 16.5 crores. This starts after the end of 12 months after 30th June FY '26, they will review.

Unknown Attendee

Attendees
#147

Okay. So there is no caveat on to it. Any other claim unclaimed issues?

Subbarami Oruganti

Executives
#148

Yes. Right now, it is expected to receive and well, it is...

Operator

Operator
#149

That will be the last question for the day, sir. Now I hand over the floor to the management for closing comments.

Amit Sinha

Executives
#150

Thank you. As we conclude, I would like to reiterate that Sigachi enters FY '27 with stable operations, expansion projects progressing in line with the plans and an organization that has been meaningfully strengthened over the course of the past 1 year. Our strategic direction remains unchanged, expanding capacity, improving our product mix and delivering consistent and profitable growth through disciplined execution. We look forward to updating you on our progress next quarter. Thank you.

Operator

Operator
#151

Thank you, sir. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes your conference for today. Thank you for your participation and for using Door Sabha's conference call service. You may disconnect your lines now. Thank you, and have a pleasant evening.

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