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Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Q2 FY '24 Earnings Conference Call of Kamdhenu Group. 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 the 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. Satish Agarwal, Chairman and Managing Director of Kamdhenu Limited. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

S
Saurabh Agarwal
executive

Good afternoon. and a very warm welcome to everyone present on the call. Along with me, I have Mr. Harish Agarwal, Group CFO; Mr. Saurabh Agarwal, MD of Kamdhenu Ventures Limited and SGA Advisers, our Investor Relations advisers.

We have appropriate of our results and investor presentation for the quarter on the stock exchanges and company websites. Hope everyone had a chance to go through the same. We have delivered a strong performance for both the steel and paint in Q2 and H1 FY '24. Coming to our steel business first, that is Kamdhenu Limited. During H1 FY '24 [Audio Gap] of 3% on year-on-year. Total rent and lever for H1 FY '24 stood at INR 11,925 crores as compared to INR 10,225 crores in annual H1 FY...

Operator

Hello. Am I connected to Mr. David? Hello? Hello?

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

For their strength and durability, making an ascension for infrastructure development and real estate projects. Escalation continues to invest in modernization and building resilient restructure. The demand for TMT bars is expected to maintain its strong growth momentum. What distinguishes us from our competitors with our franchisee and a driven model. With a netback of 8,500-plus dealers, and a strong presence through our large number of franchisees.

Our reach continues to expand significantly while being asset-light. We also have a strong brand name when it comes to providing superior quality products. Further emphasizing the company's commitment to excellence. We have successfully navigated through short-term challenges by leveraging our capabilities while maintaining unwavering efficiency, and we'll continue to do so going forward.

Now I would like to hand over the call to Mr. Saurabh Agarwal to give you an update on the paint business. Over to you, Mr. Saurabh.

S
Saurabh Agarwal
executive

Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. I would like to give you a brief on the paints business that is Kamdhenu Ventures H1 FY '24. In H1 FY '24, we continue to see strong momentum in the pain business. Revenues grew by 7% year-on-year to INR 127.5 crores. EBITDA stood at INR 8.9 crores, a significant turnaround compared to minus INR 0.5 crores during the same time last year. This can be primarily attributed to our constant efforts to improve our sales mix with a large focus on premium products.

Demand for paint and steel health business witnessed remarkable growth in recent years. This surge can be attributed to several structures, including a booming real estate cap increased urbanization and a growing middle class population with higher disposable income. Additionally, the government's focus on infrastructure development and affordable housing schemes have further fueled the demand for pain. As consumers seek to enhance the adherence and longevity of their products, there is a growing preference of innovative and eco-friendly paint solutions with a deferred range of choices and the construction and renovation sector on the rise, the Indian paint industry is poised for continued attention in the years ahead.

Kamdhenu Ventures in H1 FY '24 has raised fund amounting to INR 65.25 crores through potential issuance of qualified institutional buyers. This fund raising endeavor serve the crucial purpose of ingesting capital into Kamdhenu Colour and Coatings Limited, our wholly owned subsidiary. A significant portion of the rate INR 57.76 crores has been invested in our subsidiary by the way of prescription of INR 57.76 laksh, 0.01% optional convertible enable referential shares of phase value of INR 100 per share of KCL. The funds have been utilized in several purposes, which includes meeting the working capital requirement of the paint business and the reduction in working capital debt. To further align with our commitment of recognition as regarding our shareholders, is the Board of Directors of the company had approved the issuance of fully paid up bonus equity shares of INR 5 each to the shareholders of the company in the proportion of 121. The bonus equity shares shall rank [indiscernible]. We at Kamdhenu Ventures continue to focus underserved smaller town through our extensive distribution network. As the economic growth and the cities start organizing the demand of pain-related products would rise with increased infrastructure full year.

Our strategy would be to 4 parasite dealers at end of our reach across several geographies in India. We would also continue to improve our sales mix total premiumization of our product portfolio by launching a larger area of higher quality, innovative and premium products while expanding into new agents. The company has strategic planning of forging partnerships with numerous new dealers across India, augmenting its production capabilities by adding new plants, testing under penetrated markets. premiumization of product portfolio through the launch of innovative products and expanding into new segments and expanding nationwide visibility. All together, Kamdhenu Paint has envisioned to become the preferred choice of customers. Our innovative and expansive product portfolio would be a key contributor to growth and help a lot further potential in this company for years to come.

With this, I would hand over the call to our group CFO, Mr. Harish Agarwal, for the financial. Thank you all.

Operator

Participants, please hold on. We have got the line disconnected with the management. Please hold on. I'm trying to reconnect back with them.

Yes, sir, we can move ahead. Participants, we have the management on the line. Sir, we can go ahead.

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

Thank you, sir. First, I would like to take you through the financials on the steel business. Now I would like to share the highlights for Q2 FY '24.

Over steel volume from franchisee route has stood at 7.5 lakh metric tonne in Q2 FY '24 as compared to 6.82 lakh metric tonne in Q2 FY '23, a year-on-year growth of 10%. Our P&P volume from home facilities stood at 29,398 metric tons in Q2 FY '24, registering a growth of 10% year-on-year. Total rent turnover for Q2 FY '24 is INR 5,800 crores as compared to INR 4,916 crores in Q2 FY '23, witnessing a growth of 18% year-on-year.

Royalty income through franchisee stood at INR 29.6 crores in Q2 FY '24 as compared to INR 26.2 crores in Q2 FY '23, a growth of 13% year-on-year basis. Revenue from own facilities stood at INR 155.4 crores in Q2 FY '24 as compared to INR 155.8 crores in Q2 FY '23, having almost same level. Total revenue stood at INR 185 crore in Q2 FY '21 as compared to INR 191.3 crore, registering a degrowth of 3% year-on-year, mainly on account of reduction in B2B sales. However, EBITDA excluded INR 13.3 crore in Q2 FY '24, hence, compared to INR 12.2 crore in Q2 FY '23, a growth of 9% year-on-year. Profit after tax stood at INR 10.2 crores for Q2 FY '24 as compared to INR 8.2 crore in Q2 FY '23, a growth of 24% year-on-year.

Now I would like to share the highlights for H1 FY '24. Our steel volume from franchisee route has stood at 15.68 lakh metric tonne in H1 FY '24 as compared to 14.12 lakh metric tonne in H1 FY '23, a growth of 11%. Our P&P volume from owned facility stood at 61,491 metric tonne in H1 FY '24, registering a growth of 20% year-on-year. Total [ brent ] cutover for H1 FY '24 stood at INR 11,975 crores as compared to INR 10,225 crores in H1 FY '23, a growth of 17% year-on-year. Royalty income through franchisee stood at INR 6.5 crores in H1 FY '24 as compared to INR 53.7 crores in H1 FY '23, a growth of 15% year-on-year. Revenue from owned facilities stood at INR 331.6 crores in H1 FY '24 as compared to INR 308.4 crore in H1 FY '23, registering a growth year-on-year.

Total revenue stood at INR 393.6 crore in H1 FY '24, registering a growth of 3% year-on-year. Our EBITDA stood at INR 29 crores in H1 FY '24 as compared to INR 27.6 crores in H1 FY '23, a growth of 5%. Profit after tax stood at INR 22.2 crores for H1 FY '24 as compared to INR 18.2 crores in H1 FY '23, a growth of 22% year-on-year basis.

Let us go through the numbers of Kamdhenu Venture Limited now. Kamdhenu Ventures reported strong performance during the second quarter and half year ended fiscal '24. First, to give you the highlights from Q2 FY '24. Revenue for the quarter stood at INR 65.8 crores as compared to INR 64.4 crores in Q2 FY '23, a growth of 2% year-on-year. EBITDA stood at INR 4.9 crores as compared to INR 0.7 crores last year in large increase due to an improved [indiscernible] mix coupled with improving operational efficiencies. Our debt has turned positive to INR 3.4 crores in Q2 FY '24. Coming to the highlights for H1 FY '24. Revenue for H1 FY '24 stood at INR 127.5 crores as compared to INR 119.1 in H1 FY '23, a growth of 7% year-on-year EBITDA INR 8.9 crores as compared to minus INR 0.5 crore last year, indicating turnaround in the paint business. Our trade stood at INR 5.6 crores, which was minus INR 5.5 crores in H1 FY '23. Average selling price per liter for H1 FY '24 stood at INR 88. Water-based product contributed 83%; overlays product, 6%; and solvent based, [indiscernible].

With this, I would like to open the floor for the question and answer.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The first question is from the line of Ms. Priyanka Singh from Atidhan Securities.

P
Priyanka Singh
analyst

So I had some questions on the steel business. Firstly, how about you planning to increase our franchisee and dealer network?

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

We have planned to increase the capacity through the franchisee route, which is at present, we have 40 lakh metric tonne capacity of TMT bar, which we are going to increase to 40 lakh metric tonne very soon. And we are continuously increasing our dealer network across India by appointing new dealers.

P
Priyanka Singh
analyst

Okay. And what are our plans to increase our penetration in South and West regions?

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

Can you repeat the question?

P
Priyanka Singh
analyst

So basically, what are our plans to increase our penetration in South and West regions?

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

Yes. We have no plan to increase the capacity of the franchisee unit and we are also looking for the other franchisee unit to add the capacity in that reasons.

P
Priyanka Singh
analyst

Okay. Okay. And why was there been increase in the short-term debt in the balance sheet?

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

No, it's a INR 1 crore means the FDR.

P
Priyanka Singh
analyst

Sorry, sir, INR 1 crore?

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

Kamdhenu Limited steel company is a 0 debt company. There is no term loan. There is no working capital. But in a balance sheet, you are seeing a limit of borrowing of INR 1 crore. This is against the FDA. [indiscernible] limit against the FDR.

P
Priyanka Singh
analyst

Okay. And lastly, what would be the target brand turnover for FY '24?

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

We are targeting brand turnover of around INR 25,000 crores in FY '24.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Mr. Pankaj Jain from Mahavir Investments.

P
Pankaj Jain
analyst

Sir, my first question is with the overall slowdown in the overall spending and the weak demand environment across the factory, what are the strategies that the company has adopted to address the same?

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

Paint or business? Paint or steel?

P
Pankaj Jain
analyst

Steel.

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

P
Pankaj Jain
analyst

Sir, majorly paint business.

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

P
Pankaj Jain
analyst

[Foreign Language] of around INR 1,000 crores for FY '24 in paint business [Foreign Language] How do you plan to reach that INR 1,000 crores of revenue by FY '28?

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

P
Pankaj Jain
analyst

Sir, lastly, [Foreign Language] new entrant which are trying to hold food like gratings, they are also entering the paint business with aggressive pricing and strategies [Foreign Language] why will one prefer our paint over the others?

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

P
Pankaj Jain
analyst

Sir, last thing is [Foreign Language]

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Ms. Payal Shah from Investor.

P
Payal Shah
analyst

My questions are related to the paint business. So my first question is, even though oil prices have gone up, our raw material costs have declined on a Y-o-Y basis. So could you please comment on the same, like -- yes.

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

P
Payal Shah
analyst

[Foreign Language] for this particular business?

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

P
Payal Shah
analyst

[Foreign Language]

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

P
Payal Shah
analyst

[Foreign Language]

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language] I think this will look good.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Mr. Rajiv Mehta from AC Capital.

U
Unknown Analyst

Yes. So I want -- I had a couple of questions. So sir, could you throw some light on the demand scenario for the steel production kind of paying the business? And also how has been the trend in the prices of the raw material?

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

U
Unknown Analyst

Okay. Okay. And sir, so [Foreign Language] we've seen negligible contribution. So how do we expect it to continue going forward?

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

U
Unknown Analyst

Yes. Steel business.

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

U
Unknown Analyst

Yes.

S
Satish Agarwal
executive

[Foreign Language]

Operator

[Operator Instructions] As there are no further questions, I would now like to hand the conference over to the management for closing comments.

H
Harish Agarwal
executive

I would like to thank everyone for being part of this call. We hope we have answered your questions. If you need more information, please feel free to contact us or Mr. Deven Dhruva from our Investor Relation adviser. I would also like to extend my heartfelt wishes for Diwali and the upcoming festive season. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you, sir. On behalf of Kamdhenu Limited, that concludes this conference. Thank you for joining us. And you may now disconnect your lines.

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