Acutaas Chemicals Limited

FY2025 Q3

2025-01-29 Transcript PDF
Moderator

Thank you very much. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. Anyone who wishes to ask a question, may press ‘*’ and 1 on their touchtone telephone. If you wish to remove yourself from the question queue, you may press ‘*’ and 2. Participants are requested to use handsets while asking a question. Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait for a moment while the question queue assembles. The first question is from the line of Bharat Shah from ASK Investment Managers. Please go ahead.

ASK Investment Managers

Yes. Hi, Naresh Bhai, good morning. After all the efforts, finally, things seem to be settling in a right direction. I just wanted to understand, we have good visibility as far as our Pharma Intermediate and CDMO business is concerned for the next 2 years. But what are the steps we are taking to build growth engine intake after 2027? Next 2 years, as I understand the business, I think business is reasonably secured and clear. But after 2027, what are the initiatives which we’re building today in order to drive the growth engine ahead thereafter?

Nareshkumar Patel

Good morning, Bharat Bhai. Thank you very much for asking this question. As you know that our business model is divided into the originator business, our own generic business as well as first-to-file business. So, we have business security till 2040. We had already done developing molecules for generic application up to 2040, which will cater our steady growth up to 2040 with the customer also secure. So, in that sense, we are not worried about the business. Regarding to the growth, which is exponential growth, which is expected by everyone, which is coming from our New Chemical Entities business as well as CDMO and CMO business. In Pharma, which is going very well, we have lot of CMO and CDMO in pipelines. One is very major. That's why it is highlighted very well, but there are some others which are also moderately good in quantity and quality in a revenue point of view. And we already said that in FY '26, some of them are coming out. Similarly, there are several which is coming in FY '27, '28, '29. So, we have a good visibility in terms of CMO, CDMO, because there are some molecules which are in Phase-III, some are in later stage of clinical approval also. So, that will bring our future growth into the business as well. And that is the reason why we had built out this new facility, considering this modern requirement and latest policy requirement by the FDA as well.

ASK Investment Managers

So, apart from the generics where we have long-term visibility, are there further engines being built today for maintaining or accelerating growth beyond 2027?

Nareshkumar Patel

Yes, sir. Baba Fine Chem is one of the master investments, I can say because that has a huge potential to grow in semiconductor sector. We are already producing photoresist chemical, but we have several another backend packaging side, also some chemicals, which already developed and now these monomers and chemicals we are sending in Japan and Korea, which will be mature in the next couple of years. So, adding a new additional growth driver for our future - the Electrolyte Additives, we have only 2 in the past, but now we have more than 12 Electrolyte Additives now. And these all will be used by all the battery cell manufacturers. And we have already started qualification staging with existing customer as well as the new customer. And beauty is that we have right from beginning, we are in line with the Chinese price. So, whether IRA will be there or not there, it is not impacting us, because Chinese price is in line with us. It will be, in fact, beneficial for us if the IRA is not there, then we can have leverage of raw material sourcing from other cheaper nations, and that will also help us to have an addition in the margin as well. So, this is a good move for us in terms of positioning ourselves in electrolyte as well.

ASK Investment Managers

And on Specialty Chemicals, any insight you want to share?

Nareshkumar Patel

Specialty Chemicals segment is a highly commoditized segment, which is we acquired from Gujarat Organics. We've done a lot of development in that site. We sustain ourselves. With this highly price pressure, raw material drop-down, topline eroded by 30%, even though we are sustaining the market share so far. So, that is the reason till now in the last 3 years, we had not declined our revenue in Specialty Chemicals, with maintaining the EBITDA at a double-digit level. So, that is a good achievement for us. Now we had also done some good qualification in regulated market for specialty chemical as well, which is under validation right now. So, once it will go, then '27, it will also give a very good fruit in terms of specialty chemicals as well.

ASK Investment Managers

Yes. Thank you, Naresh Bhai, and all the very best.

Nareshkumar Patel

Thank you Bharat Bhai.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Krishan Parwani from JM Financial. Please go ahead.

Krishanchandra Parwani

Yes, hi Naresh Bhai, Abhishek Bhai. Congratulations on very strong set of numbers. 3 questions from my side. Firstly, on the margin front, I believe on account of higher CDMO contribution, EBITDA margins have jumped to almost like 25%. Do you think that with further ramp-up of CDMO business and solar power benefit, your margins could reach 26%, 27%? Or you think 25% is a peak for us?

Abhishek Patel

So, on the margin side, as you know that we have improved GM by 281 basis points in this financial and EBITDA of 5%, and we expect quarter-on-quarter improvement going forward in next financial year also. It will be always a sequential improvement in next financial year on the revenue as well as on the margin side. But on a blended side, we can expect that we will cross the EBITDA margin for the full year of the highest peak EBITDA margin of more than 23.5%, which we recorded our highest margin. But obviously, these margins are sustainable and the way the business is going, these are definitely a sustainable margin.

Krishanchandra Parwani

Got it. Got it. And on the second CDMO contract, are we on track to start the supplies from 4Q FY '25 as indicated, I think Naresh Bhai had indicated during the last call?

Nareshkumar Patel

Yes. It is – the validation is under review, and it will be definitely start from FY '26, the commercial supply from second CDMO, from Block 2 of Unit-2.

Krishanchandra Parwani

Okay. Okay. And last bit, so how is the demand visibility from apixaban and rivaroxaban intermediates?

Nareshkumar Patel

As everybody knows that it is publicly available, the apixaban is expiring in '26. So, the demand already started for API and API manufacturing. And we already have a ramp-up in this Q3 as a small quantity, Q4, it will be a little bit higher. And by FY '26, we are expecting to go at a very moderate level against the very minimized in last couple of financial years. Rivaroxaban has an expiry in FY '26, '27. So, it will be ramp up by end of this year. But still, we are selling some quantities to our partners in Europe as well as in India.

Nareshkumar Patel

Thank you, sir.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Sundarshanadmanabhan from JM Financial PMS. Please go ahead.

Sudarshan Padmanabhan

Yes, thank you for taking my questions. Sir, quite happy to see the ramp-up in the Pharma Intermediates being much, much faster than expected, thanks to the CDMO. Sir, my question is today, what is the capacity utilization, and whatever the CAPEX that we have done in the past. Given that the existing product itself is doing well for us, and there are multiple products that are there, do we have capacities in place to cater the kind of growth that you talked about to the INR 1,000 crores? Or do you think that we will have to acquire more land? Can you give some colour?

Abhishek Patel

From a capacity front, let me update that at Unit-1 Sachin, capacity is more than 70% utilized. At Unit-2, 50% capacity utilization we have achieved in Block 3, which is already capitalized. And at Unit-3, the capacity utilization is 50%. So, we have room available for Pharma Intermediate business at Unit-2, and the next block is already inaugurated block #2 and block #1 is also expected to get commercialized by end of this March quarter. So, it will cater largely our capacity requirement for next 2 to 3 years requirement. And for Spec-Chem business, the capacity is already at 50% utilization at 50% level. So, that will also cater our capacity requirement for next 3-year time. For the new business of Electrolyte Additive, you already know that CAPEX is going on, which is expected to get completed by H1 FY '26, and that will again secure our revenue requirement for next 3 years. So, this way, we are quite very well placed to support our growth for next year. And of course, it's an industry cycle. So, as and when it's required, maybe 1.5, 2 years in advance, citing the new next level of revenue growth, we will have additional land acquired as and when required. Even today also, we have one 8,000 square meter land available at Sachin GIDC, which can be used for some additional requirement. But for high CAPEX, we can have additional land in future.

Sudarshan Padmanabhan

Sure, sir. Sir, if I split the 2 businesses, you usually give the margins across the 2 businesses, I would assume that if I look at the overall margins of 25%, the Pharma Intermediates in this quarter should be north of 30%. Is that right? If you can give some colour on that?

Nareshkumar Patel

Come again?

Sudarshan Padmanabhan

The margins between the Specialty and the Pharma...

Bhavin Shah

So, Advanced Pharma Intermediate margin for the quarter is 26.4% and Specialty is 15.16% blended.

Sudarshan Padmanabhan

So, both has increased. Sir, just taking forward the previous participants, the margins today is at 25% with around 50% to 60% utilization across both the plants. Intuitively, as the CDMO proportion increases, from the current products and the new products, I am not talking about next year, say 3 years down the line. Should we be looking at, say, a margin closer to, say, 30%, which is also something a lot of CDMO players are doing, and it's not very different. So, just wanted to understand a bit about how much of operating leverage as you scale up your business environment.

Abhishek Patel

So, as you know that CDMO business has just ramped up in this Q3 FY '25. And with commercialization of other 2 block also, our operational efficiency will again kick in. And it will definitely go beyond the 25% mark, no doubt on this. It can reach to, let's say, 27% to 30% also. But you have to understand that this is a CDMO business, not the API, it's an intermediate business. So, that industry, other player, we maintain ourselves a little conservative as against others for guiding EBITDA margins.

Moderator

Sorry to interrupt, sir. Sorry to interrupt. I would request you to rejoin the queue for your follow- up question. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, in order to ensure that the Management is able to address questions from all the participants, please limit your question to 2 per participant. If you have a follow up question, I would request you to rejoin the queue. The next question is from the line of Nikhil Mathur from HDFC Mutual Fund. Please go ahead.

HDFC Mutual Fund

Good morning, all. Many congratulations to Naresh Bhai and team for such great execution. My first question, Naresh Bhai, is on your management commentary that the pipeline of CDMO projects is progressing well. So, just wanted to understand, are you talking here about the current couple of patented products which are kind of scaling up? Or you're also talking about projects which are beyond, let's say, FY '27, '28, which will kind of progress to Phase-II, Phase-III in the next 12 months, and you will get visibility over the next 12, 15 months or so. So, I just wanted to understand if you can split between the next 12, 15 months, and beyond that as well, what is the visibility you're getting on some of the patented projects that you would be working on?

Nareshkumar Patel

Thank you, Nikhil Bhai. Due to confidential nature of the agreements, and because it's clinical trials, I can't disclose more on that, but you are rightly saying that I am talking about the existing as well as the new CDMO, CMO, which will be matured in '27, '28, '29. So, these all are moving very good, and it's a strong robust pipeline we have, with multiple application in terms of pharmaceutical final dosage form. So, several are moving from Phase-II to now Phase-III, some are Phase-III to the approval stage. So, that will be coming in '27, '28 like that.

HDFC Mutual Fund

So, can we extrapolate, sir, that the current success that you are seeing on the patented side, that is leading to better and more inquiries ever since this success has been visible to other customers as well? Can it be assumed?

Nareshkumar Patel

You can say like that. But for me, I can say that I started my career in this Company on clinical trial only, and then I move on to the Generic. So, we have a lot of molecules which we supply sometimes in a very early-stage development or some are in the later stage development. But whoever the customers who are big names in Europe or U.S. or in Japan originators, they now also realize that we are fully capable enough to execute at a very large-scale production for any kind of requirement in terms of regulatory as well as in terms of supply chain, without any deviation or without any hurdle. So, that is one of the things which gives us the confidence. Definitely, you say is one of the right thing that, yes, with the success of this current project gives a lot of confidence to our buyer, and that also encouraging them to give us more project to us as well.

HDFC Mutual Fund

Got it. Sir, another question I had was a slightly longer-term horizon. The peptide-based development is kind of gaining, it always has been in prominence, but it is only going up and will go up in the coming 10, 15 years as well. We talk about GLP-1, but at a very broad level, peptides are finding or they are getting tested and tried for multiple other indications as well. And hence, an assumption that next 10, 15 years, a company which is on the chemistry side will have to be in the larger molecules and essentially on the peptide side as well. So, any broad thoughts you can share on how Ami Organics is placed to latch on to this tailwind, maybe not in the next 2, 3 years, but beyond that. Is that something which we can look forward to from Ami Organics standpoint as well?

Nareshkumar Patel

Ami Organics is chemistry-driven company, and we are very strong in chemistry. This is our core strength. And based on that, we had nurtured our business in a horizontal manner. Peptide is the future, definitely, but it is not solution for all the disease. That is definitely peptide is used for some disease, but it is not future for all the disease. Synthetic chemistry or synthetic drug will never phase out in the system, right? And there is a huge potential available for us. In fact, in peptide also, synthetic chemistries are required, and there are also opportunity available for us, and we are already catering this kind of small opportunity what we have, we are getting it. But it's not our core area of bio. People are rushing towards the gold. I don't want to put myself into the same rush, because by this way I am risking my existing infrastructure as well as my future of my company. So, we are a highly focused company, we know our strength and weaknesses, and we are focusing on that area only. So, peptides may be good for someone, but it is not that great for me for today or for the future.

HDFC Mutual Fund

Understood, sir. And just one final question, if I may please squeeze in. On the base intermediate portfolio, which is on the generic side, can you give some sense, sir, how EBITDA per tonne or if you can talk about margins, how margins have played out in last 12 months or so? And if there is a recovery at some point in time, maybe not this year, but let's say, in FY '27 or sometime, can there be a big reversal in EBITDA per tonne or margins, whichever you want to talk about?

Nareshkumar Patel

To be very honest, due to the nature and sensitivity of some agreements as well as commitment, we have stopped doing this bifurcation and all because it is impacting on our future contracts as well. So, yes, we are committing to improve ourselves, and that you can see in last 10 quarters, 12 quarters.

HDFC Mutual Fund

Sir, I am talking about the portfolio where there is pricing pressure last couple of years, due to demand or Chinese dumping.

Nareshkumar Patel

As I told you every time that Chinese pressure is not directly impacting us. It is impacting to my manufacturer. You can see my all last 4 quarters where I did the commentary, you can get your answer from that as well, and then we find out the way to how to maintain our margin there as well.

HDFC Mutual Fund

Understood sir. Thank you so much and all the best.

Nareshkumar Patel

Thank you, sir.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Rohit Nagraj from B&K Securities. Please go ahead.

B&K Securities

Thanks for the opportunity, and congrats on a very good set of numbers. So, first question is on the Pharma Intermediates front, excluding the CDMO part. So, this is just the beginning of 2025. So, how are we expecting the pricing environment from our customers, given that the last couple of years have been relatively benign, although it is stable. But given that hopefully, the inventory situation, et cetera, has been managed, whether there is an improvement as far as the 2025 contracts are concerned? So, your views from the customer interactions. Thank you.

Nareshkumar Patel

Apart from the CDMO patented product agreements, raw material prices is stabilized. Our topline is also now stabilized. In the past, when the problem arise for our end user, we changed our contracts to the spot basis and now we return back to the contract. And this contract is now very well executed and that contract also and rolling forecast also giving us a good visibility for us for the next 1 year, 1.5 years. So, that's why we are very much confident about our margin claim, whatever we are announcing, even our incremental forecast, the revenue forecast for this quarter also based on these contracts as well as the visibility, which is provided by the generic uptake in manufacturers from us only.

B&K Securities

That's helpful. Second question on the Battery Chemicals and Semiconductor. So, here, still, we are at initial stage in terms of commercialization of the plant as well as qualifications. Maybe in FY '27, '28, when we will start the supplies, what is the kind of revenue potential that we are looking at, and whether the margins also will be in a similar range of CDMO or there will be change in terms of the margin profile for these 2 particular products? Thank you.

Nareshkumar Patel

In terms of the capacity point of view, we already announced that we are putting a plant for 4,000 metric ton inclusive of all additives, which will give you the guidance about the revenue as well as the margin right from beginning. When we develop, we always said that the margin will be better than Specialty, but lower than Pharma. So, this is the same thing which is right now is applicable for us in terms of Electrolyte Additives as well.

B&K Securities

And the same goes for Semicon as well?

Nareshkumar Patel

No. Semicon is a very different ball of game, where we are the only company in India, who are right now have a good situation and position ourselves in this basic chemical supply, where the margins are much higher than the Pharma as well as CDMO, which it may vary from 40% to 65%, depends on which product at what scale and this all depends on customer to customer as well. So, it is not a low-margin product at all, because it's a very high purity molecules, which we are making, which is a very unique strength of Baba Fine Chem, which is they know the know-how how to produce this kind of molecule.

Moderator

Ladies and gentlemen, we have lost the connection for the current participant. We will move on to the next participant. The next question is from the line of Prashant Nair from Ambit Capital. Please go ahead.

Ambit Capital

Yes, good morning, everyone. Naresh Bhai, just one clarification. When you say CDMO, are you referring to all sales that you make to innovator pharma companies? Or is there any other way you're splitting the business?

Nareshkumar Patel

See, mostly, Ami Organics is doing the CDMO only for the innovator pharma company or the innovator pharma company’s toll manufacturer based in Europe or in India. So, we don't do the generic CDMO or CMO, because we are way beyond of these kind of things. So, it's a small company, very initial company, they can do this kind of big CMO, but we are doing only CDMO, CMO for originators, either directly or supplying to the toll manufacturer of the originators based in Europe, China or in India.

Ambit Capital

Right. And that is the business which you expect to get to INR 1,000 crores by fiscal '28, right?

Nareshkumar Patel

Yes.

Ambit Capital

Yes. And just a follow-up on this. Would you be able to give a split of the supplies you make to innovators or their toll manufacturers, currently, what proportion would be for products that are off-patent versus, say, those that are under patent or those are still in development? Can you give that split?

Nareshkumar Patel

Prashant Bhai, if I will be 2 years back, I would love to do this, but this has brought a lot of problem to my marketing team. So, we have now stopped this kind of sharing, because we are generating our own competition. So, we don't want to discuss these kind of things on a call or on one-on-one anywhere.

Ambit Capital

No worries. But would the share of products that are under development or under patent go up over the next few years? I know there's one big contract, which obviously will lead in that direction. But beyond that, in your pipeline, would you have enough molecules, which are either under development or still on patent that are yet to scale up?

Nareshkumar Patel

So, I can narrate it like this. You maybe figure out from there. We have more than 570 molecules till last year invoice. Maybe this year, it will be added another 40, 50. Out of that, in a clinical trial, somewhere around 60 to 80 molecules are right now either in Phase-II or Phase-I kind of things, which we are supplying to them. So, from there, you can narrate about whatever you want to get an answer from that.

Ambit Capital

Great. That’s useful. Thank you. All the best.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Yash from Stallion Assets. Please go ahead.

Yash Gandhi

Hi, sir. Thank you for the opportunity. Just with respect to your CDMO business, could you tell me what is the expected asset turns on the CAPEX that you are estimating by FY '28?

Nareshkumar Patel

Normally, we target any asset turns which we invest would be 3x. So, similar kind of use. You should make your assumption or calculation like that.

Yash Gandhi

Okay. Okay. And just from a longer-term perspective, because we're seeing some headwinds in the Specialty Chemical business. So, like what was the reason for having that segment? Why don't we just concentrate on the Pharma Intermediate side of the business? I am sorry, I am just new to the company. So, I just wanted to understand the...

Nareshkumar Patel

No worries. See, let me tell you one thing. If I will be only pharma last 2 years, I will be in a trouble. If I will be in a specialty also, I will be in a trouble. Ami Organics is always focusing on sustainability and long-term growth. And what happened that our policy, right from beginning is that not depend on one customer, not depend on one product, not depend on one area. And this is how we develop Pharma, Agro, Specialty, Polymer, Petrochemicals. So, if one segment will not perform well, other segment will help support to us. And that is one of the reasons that every year, every quarter-on-quarter, we have an improvement in our revenue. And also, it has been also giving us an improvement in our operating leverage as well. So, these are multiple things which help us to remain in the position. And not only that Specialty Chemicals is also very lucrative. It required a lot of efforts to make viable for that, and that's what we are doing right now. We’re also new in Specialty, last 4 years only, we enter in this. So, we are also learning, and we learn a lot of things in that, and that will give us a foot in the upcoming years as well.

Yash Gandhi

Okay. Okay. Got it. Thank you.

Rikin Shah

Congratulation, Naresh Bhai, a very stellar quarter. I remember not too long back, there were questions on margins being ever recovering. My question is, I know you have expanded on the Battery Chemicals segment, but perhaps with the geopolitical changes that have happened, has our stance as a company changed or altered for this?

Nareshkumar Patel

No, because we have an agreement in place, and our position is great in terms of the competition against the competitor base in China as well. Thing is that our buyers, so they have some limitations to start. So, once that limitation is over and they got the green light from the final OEM EV manufacturer, it will be ramped up very quickly for us. If that not happen, then market is open for everyone. And then in that case, we are very happy in that to cater that worldwide as well.

Rikin Shah

All right. Sir, in terms of a very molecule-specific question, there is a lot of activity by Johnson & Johnson and CAPLYTA, and they have done an IMPD filing. So, they estimate this asset to be more than $5 billion, and we sort of have a process patent for the intermediates of lumateperone. So, is there any sort of possibility of having an early entry into this molecule?

Nareshkumar Patel

We've already done that with our partners. There are 3 partners who had already filed, first to file, and now we are waiting for their upcoming. So, we are already there.

Rikin Shah

All right. Okay. That’s all from my side. Thanks, sir.

Nareshkumar Patel

Thank you.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Manav Kapasi from Antique Stock Broking. Please go ahead.

Antique Stock Broking

Yes. Sir, firstly, congratulations on a stellar set. My only question was on the Spec-Chem business. The degrowth that we've seen, the small degrowth, is it largely on account of BFC or has the base business also seen some problems? And also, if you can give the growth for this quarter ex of BFC, which you had given last quarter?

Nareshkumar Patel

Spec-Chem business, we have an order in place, but it is a deferred supply. So, that's why it is little bit degrowth in a commodity spectrum of cosmetic as well as parabens. And BFC, as we already said right from beginning of this year will be muted for us, and that will be happening in BFC. So, BFC has a stable every quarter, INR 2 crore to INR 3 crore demand right now, because of several compliances and all, which is now finished. So, from next year, it will be uptake in BFC. But whereas here in Specialty Chemical segments where we have some orders, which is deferred to this quarter as well as we also leave some orders based on the pricing as well. So, these are the combination of both.

Antique Stock Broking

Okay. And ex of BFC, if you could give us the growth for this quarter?

Antique Stock Broking

No, no, I am asking for the Spec-Chem business. ex of BFC, what would be the growth?

Abhishek Patel

Ex of BFC, the growth anticipated for full year is more than 15%.

Antique Stock Broking

Okay. Understood. And you just said that there are some orders that are deferred to this quarter, that is 4Q and maybe 1Q. So, this quarter, maybe we should see some recovery in the spec-chem business, right?

Abhishek Patel

It's definitely going to be recovered, but you see it like this. For Q1 and Q2, the ex of BFC Spec- Chem business has done very good. And this is only a cyclical nature for temporary for Q3. And again, Q4 will be a normal thing. So, overall, for the full year, the expected growth is more than 15%. That's for sure.

Antique Stock Broking

Great, great. Thank you so much. All the best, Naresh Bhai and team. Thank you.

Nareshkumar Patel

Thank you, sir.

Moderator

The next question is from the line of Jason from IDBI Capital. Please go ahead.

Jason Soans

Yes, hello. Thanks, sir, for taking my question. Am I audible?

Moderator

Yes.

Jason Soans

Yes. So, sir, just some quarters back, you used to give a breakup of your Pharma Intermediates business in terms of being 50%, 55% being for the generic API, then 40%, 45% for innovator pharma, 5% for CDMO, and 1% to 3% for import substitutes for domestic pharma. So, sir, currently standing, how does that mix stand as of now?

Nareshkumar Patel

So, we learned this mistake. And now that's why we are saying we are not breaking it up. We are also learning this how to handle disclosures, because disclosure is only not for the investors, but also for our partners who are buying from us. So, that's why we are now restricted ourselves to breaking out everything and giving disclosure to the people.

Jason Soans

Sure, sir. So, one thing is for sure, sir, that your CDMO business will definitely, in that mix, the revenue contribution must have increased quite a bit for that. Yes. So, sir, just in terms of that, you did mention that your tailwinds are strong for CDMO and you target to reach INR 1,000 crores. That's your target aim by FY '28. So, currently, sir, what is the revenue size for CDMO?

Abhishek Patel

The CDMO business last year was INR 90 crores. This year, we have already crossed more than double of that last year's business. But as I mentioned, we are not giving the segment-wise revenue splits from this year onwards.

Jason Soans

Okay. Okay. And sir, I understand that you are not giving specific numbers. Just wanted to understand also that, of course, one is that the darolutamide or the Nubeqa sales definitely must have helped you in your intermediate sales. So, sir, I am not asking about specific details, but just from a directional standpoint, how are you seeing such other long-term contracts filling up the Ankleshwar capacity? How is the pipeline looking, going ahead for more and more contracts, vis-a-vis our competition globally as well? How are you seeing India traction playing out? Just wanted from a directional standpoint, how is that looking as you again look to basically increase capacity utilization for Ankleshwar facility as well?

Nareshkumar Patel

We look very promising in that area. We are already moving in Block 2 with some CDMO has already started, and there are other under negotiation and discussion and development. So, it's going very well. We don't see any issues in terms of demand. It is only in terms of when they are ready to transfer. That is because right now, CDMO, CMO innovators, either they make themselves or buying from someone. So, it's a procedure in pharma where we have to follow it, and it will become soon several new projects which are in the pipeline and development will be start in Block 1 as well.

Jason Soans

Okay. Sure, sir. And sir, just one final thing. For BFC, you said the year is muted, but by FY '26, are we looking at a significant ramp-up in BFC, contributing well to topline and bottom line by FY '26? Do you see whatever initiatives and whatever strength building up we are doing in BFC, with the Japanese and the Korean customers, do we see significant revenue buildup in FY '26?

Abhishek Patel

No, not in FY '26, but it can go on from FY '27. It has already started. As we mentioned, we see Q2 as a bottom out quarter for BFC. It has already started moving up. But slowly, slowly, it will ramp up, not in very big way in FY '26, but '27 onwards, because we have done a lot of seeding in market like Korea and Japan. We have already shipped samples and validation batches has started going. So, I think that will take some time, and it will from '27 onwards, it will definitely ramp up.

Moderator

Sorry to interrupt, sir. I would request you to rejoin the queue for your follow-up question. Thank you. The next question is from the line of Ajay Surya from Niveshaay.

Niveshaay

Congratulations, Naresh Bhai, on a good set of number. Hello, am I audible?

Moderator

Yes, sir.

Nareshkumar Patel

Yes.

Niveshaay

Yes. So, my question was like I was checking the investor presentation of the Fermion, right? So, Fermion has not grown Y-o-Y, so my question was that the molecule we supply to Fermion in that there existing supplier we have replaced them So, my question was growth, like is it from replacing the supplier or the molecule itself is growing?

Nareshkumar Patel

Molecule is growing on its own. The data is available publicly, you can get it from there. Whenever we have done agreements, we have announced that Fermion for utilization of its final product whatever molecule he used to make for that they have chosen us so they are giving us the order to make it.

Niveshaay

So, earlier someone other was supplying, how was the quant earlier?

Nareshkumar Patel

Earlier, who was supplying, will you please tell me the name of it.

Niveshaay

I am not aware of, so, I am asking you.

Nareshkumar Patel

No, I am also not aware of that, sir.

Nareshkumar Patel

Thank you.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Mohammad Abbas from InCred Financial Services. Please go ahead.

InCred Financial Services

Hi, sir. Thank you for taking the call. Sir, I just wanted to know the revenue split between the exports and domestic business. I believe it's around INR 209 crores for Q3...

Bhavin Shah

It's around 76%.

InCred Financial Services

76%, right? So, we have seen a significant growth in exports compared to last 2 quarters. So, sir, also wanted to know how is demand visibility in European market as well as are we on still track for 30% growth guidance earlier...

Nareshkumar Patel

Sir, we lost your voice. Can you repeat your question, please?

Abhishek Patel

It's too low to hear us.

Moderator

Mr. Mohammad, I would request you to please use your handset.

Moderator

Yes.

InCred Financial Services

So, how is the demand visibility in European market as well as are we still on track for 30% growth guidance?

Abhishek Patel

Yes, Naresh Bhai has already guided during his opening remarks.

InCred Financial Services

Okay, sir. Thank you. Thanks.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Maitri Shah from Sapphire Capital. Please go ahead.

Sapphire Capital

Yes, hello. Good morning. Am I audible?

Moderator

Yes, ma’am.

Sapphire Capital

So, I just wanted to know, firstly, congratulations for the great results. I just wanted to know the next 2 years kind of guidance and the growth that we are expecting in the topline and the margin?

Abhishek Patel

So, we always say that we want to double ourself in 3 years' time. And so that's a 25% to more than 25% growth guidance we are committing.

Sapphire Capital

And in the top line, do we expect to achieve like 27%, 30% in the next 3 years in the margins?

Abhishek Patel

Margins are definitely going to improve from here onwards in next financial year, and next to next financial year also.

Moderator

Thank you. The next follow-up question is from the line of Jason from IDBI Capital. Please go ahead.

Jason Soans

Yes, hello sir. Thanks for taking my question again. Sir, this was just in response to a previous participant where you mentioned that your CDMO, what you do is basically with innovator company or you did mention that's with the CDMO or with CMOs of the innovator company. So, just one clarification. So, if the innovator could be Bayer, and let's say, Bayer has given Fermion to make the API, so probably you just deal with either Bayer directly or through Fermion. That's what you meant, right? Is my understanding correct?

Nareshkumar Patel

Here, both are originators. So, say, for example, we say one hypothetical innovator based in Europe. And then they have an API manufacturer like BVC has been of a CMO for API manufacturing for them. Similarly, so they give to the API manufacturer. so this innovator asks us to supply to this API manufacturer in India. Similarly, Innovator has another manufacturer in China. So, they also ask us to supply to China as well. So, we have to supply to India as well as China. So, both the Fermion, they are selling right to the Bayer. So, Bayer is not an innovator there. Bayer and Fermion, joint innovator of that molecule, of darolutamide, whereas our CMO with us, there is a toll manufacturer of other innovators, to them, we supply them, but it's controlled by the innovator.

Nareshkumar Patel

Yes.

Jason Soans

Okay. Okay, okay. Sure, sir. Sure. Thanks. Thanks a lot sir.

Moderator

Thank you. The next follow-up question is from the line of Prashant Nair from Ambit Capital. Please go ahead.

Ambit Capital

Yes. Thank you. Abhishek, you gave some outlook on margins for next year in your initial comments. Can you please repeat that, I don’t think I was able to get that clearly at the time?

Abhishek Patel

So, as on date for 9 months, our blended margin is 21% in 9 months FY '24. Obviously, we are expecting it to improve in Q4 also. And for FY '26 for full year, we are expecting this margin on a blended basis to reach at a peak or highest margin ever reported by Ami Organics. It will be on a blended basis. Sequentially, it will improve from Q1 to Q4 for next financial year.

Ambit Capital

Yes. And when you say highest ever, you are talking at an annual level, right, not the highest ever.

Abhishek Patel

Annual level, of course.

Ambit Capital

All right. Thank you. That’s all for me.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Krisha Kumar Yoga, who is an individual investor.

Participant

Hi, sir. Thank you for the opportunity. Sir, I have 2 questions. One is the recent regime change in the U.S., a large South Korean EV company is taking a little pause in the developments. So, are we seeing any sluggishness in the electrolyte CDMO with the Korean company?

Nareshkumar Patel

Can you repeat your question? I couldn't get it.

Participant

Yes. Sir, due to regime change in the U.S., there are large South Korean EV manufacturer taking a little pause in the development. So, are we also seeing any sluggishness in our domestic electrolyte, the one which we recently announced the CAPEX of INR 170 crores?

Abhishek Patel

For CAPEX of INR 170 crores, that is for the purpose of Electrolyte Additive business, which is going on. We have already signed some supply contracts, and we have long-term visibility available for Electrolyte Additive business, and we are going ahead with this business. But for Solution business, which is the Korean JV, which we announced earlier, that status quo, we are maintaining, because we don't want to rush into the market, which is yet to get fully developed and we don't want to allocate capital or struck our capital. We are very cautious in this business, and we'll take a call at a relevant level.

Participant

Okay. Thank you, sir. Sir, one small question. In percentage terms, what is the revenue share of ARV Intermediate?

Nareshkumar Patel

We don't have any ARV. Only Dolutegravir is there, but that is almost contributing 1% of the total revenue.

Participant

Okay. Okay, sir. That’s all, sir. Perfect, sir. Thanks a lot, sir.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Prathamesh from Tiger AMC. Please go ahead.

Prathamesh Bhiwar

Yes, sir, just one question. Sir, do we have potential and capacity to clock around $100 million in CRAMS segment in coming time?

Nareshkumar Patel

CRAMS segment, $100 million, we are not CRAMS company dedicated only for CRAMS. We do CMO, CDMO for API early-stage, N-1 or intermediates. CRAM is clinical research related. So, we don't do these kind of things. So, it's not relatable to us.

Prathamesh Bhiwar

Okay, okay. Thank you so much, sir, for the clarification. That’s it from my side.

Moderator

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Pratik from Systematix Group. Please go ahead.

Pratik Oza

Yes. Hi, sir. Thank you for the opportunity. Sir, just one question on industry per se. Is the role of artificial intelligence can be used in chemicals also? I mean you are a CDMO company. So, can we use artificial intelligence. So, if you can throw some light on it?

Nareshkumar Patel

It's confidential, but yes, we do some AI in our products and the new plant has some AI implemented in operation.

Pratik Oza

So, the use of AI is there in CDMO and Chemical industry and Pharma industry?

Nareshkumar Patel

AI, we use in operations, some equipment controls and operations, we use some AI. But this is really an insider, we don't want to disclose these kind of things, our new things.

Pratik Oza

Thank you.

Moderator

Ladies and gentlemen, that was the last question for today's conference. I now hand the conference over to the Management for closing comments.

Nareshkumar Patel

Thank you to the JM Financial team for hosting our conference call. We appreciate everyone's question, and hope we have addressed most of your queries. If we miss any of your questions, please reach out to our Investor Relations team. and we will get back to you promptly. Thank you very much, and have a good day to you.

Moderator

On behalf of JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited, that concludes this conference. Thank you for joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines.