Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you, Ronak, and thank you, ICICI Securities for hosting this call. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the Q4 and FY25 Earnings Conference Call for Minda Corporation Limited. I hope yo u a re all doing well. It is a ple asure to connect with you today and present the Company's performance for the quarter and the full financial year, along with the key developments across the businesses. Before we begin, I would like to take a moment to introduce Mr. Ajay Agarwal, who has joined us as President, Finance and Strategy. Mr. Agarwal is a chartered accountant and lawyer, brings over 24 years of experience in the areas of strategy and finance. We believe his commercial acumen; capital market expertise and strategic mindset will be key in shaping the next growth phase of our group. We would like to welcome him. As FY25 concludes, the Indian automotive industry continued to navigate a dynamic environment with resilience. Amidst global macroeconomic challenges, the industry demonstrated stability, particularly in key vehicle segments. The 2-Wheeler segment recorded steady growth, led by premiumization, higher EV adoption, improved financing access and deeper urban penetration. Passenger vehicle demand was driven by a consumer shift to wards SUVs and hatchbacks. The Commercial Vehicle segment saw a 3.3% decline in production volumes, impacted by infrastructure projects and delay in monsoon disruptions. In contrast, the Tractor segment posted modest growth, aided by favorable rural sentim ent, government support and a good monsoon. Overall, the industry delivered about a 6% Y-o-Y growth in Q4, underpinned by increased EV traction, product premiumization and rising consumer affordability.
Now reflecting on the Company performance
Minda Corporation continued to strengthen its market position in Q4 FY25. The Company surpassed consensus estimates, delivering the highest-ever quarterly revenue of INR 1,321 crores, a growth of 9% on a Y-o-Y basis. The Company reported highest-ever EBITDA of INR 153 crores, along with the highest ever margin of 11.6% for the quarter, demonstrating strong operational execution and the effectiveness of our strategic initiatives. Profit before tax for the quarter stood at INR 65 crores with a margin of 4.9%. PAT for the Q4 FY25 stood at INR 52 crores with a PAT margin of 3.9%. This was impacted by higher finance costs associated with the strategic investment in flash electronics and increased depreciation stemming from ongoing capacity expansion and technolog ical upgrades. These strategic investments are expected to deliver and drive accelerated growth in the future. For the full year FY25, the Company delivered highest ever annual revenue of INR 5,056 crores, registering a growth of 9% Y-o-Y basis. The Company reported highest EBITDA of INR 575 crores, a growth of 12% Y-o-Y with a margin expansion of 31 basis points, with PAT for the full year stood at INR 255 crores, making a growth of about 12.5% Y-o-Y basis. These results reaffirm the Company's focus on sustainable growth and consistent profitability through growth-oriented capital allocation strategy. Our strategic initiatives continue to drive growth and enhance our competitive position in the FY25.
Some of the key highlights are
• In January 2025, Minda Corporation entered into a strategic partnership through the acquisition of 49% stake in Flash Electronics, a key player in powertrain and EV components in India. It is designed to offer complete system solutions and capture a greater share of the fa st-growing Automotive and EV segment in India. This partnership opens up a new avenue for diversification through partnerships, adding powertrain and powertrain electronics as a new avenue for growth for the Company. • During the year, the Company booked lifetime orders exceeding INR 8,000 crores with approximately 25% of new orders coming from electric vehicle platforms. This underscores our increasing traction in the new energy vehicle, which continues to be our strategic focus area. In Q4, EV sales stood at about 8% of the Minda Corporation's total revenue and on a full year basis, it is approximately 7%. • Flash Electronics has its 23% of its revenue coming from EV products, which is a 92% growth over the previous year. The Company also filed 30 new patents during the year, taking our total IPR portfolio to over 300, further strengthening our leadership in automotive innovation. These patents cover a wide range of products and technologies. • Lastly, our commitment to innovation remai ns central to our strategy, where we invested over 4% of our revenues on R&D initiatives through our in -house R&D center in Pune and Bangalore, supported by a team of more than 900 focused engineers on next-generation automotive technologies. Looking ahead, we remain focused on executing our strategic priorities. Our efforts to enhance system solutions offering, strengthening our customer relationships and investing in new technologies, and strong focus on operational excellence will continue to drive the growth in FY26 and beyond. Now I will take you through the presentation, which is uploaded online. I request you to look at Page #2, which shows the snapshot of Spark Minda Group: At the full year, we had about INR 7,500 crores at group level and consolidated revenue stands at INR 5,056 crores with 32 plants, more than 18,000 people and 5 business verticals. We have 6 joint ventures and 5 technical license agreements across the world. Moving on to the next slide, which shows the Indian automotive industry performance: For the Q4, we can see the industry grew about 6% Y-o-Y basis, driven by a strong growth of about 5.8% in 2 -wheelers. On a full year basis, the overall industry grew by 9%, led by 2 - wheeler industry growth by about 11%. Moving on to t he next slide s on Q4 and the full year business performance, key strategic developments: For Q4, the Company delivered its highest quarterly revenue of INR 1,321 crores, delivered also the highest ever EBITDA margin at 11.6%, which is a growth of 17 basis points. We secured multiple export orders for wiring harness in particular, with lifetime order book of INR 700 crores. We acquired 49% stake in Flash Electronics, where the transaction stands now completed. We also filed more than 13 patents during the quarter. For the full year, the overall revenue grew by 9%, we delivered the highest ever EBITDA margin at 11. 4%, secured lifetime orders worth more than INR 8,000 crores during the full year, signed 3 new strategic partnerships, filed more than 30 patents taking to 300 -plus now. Moving to the next slide, which shows a snapshot of the capex in our new facilities: From the top left, we can see the die casting facility coming up in Pune, which is our fifth plant. On the extreme right, you will see the die casting Greater Noida facility in North, which is our 4th plant. Brownfield expansion in our Starter Motor Alternator division in North India. In the bottom left, you can see our third plant of Minda Instruments, which is the instrument cluster plant, the new shifting of the Spark Minda Technology Center, and last not the least is the Wiring Harness Component division for the localization of our connectors is also expanded and facilities set up. Moving on to the next slide, which gives a snapshot on the performance of Flash Electronics: In line with our estimation, Flash Electronics has delivered INR 1,537 crores for the full year. EBITDA at about INR 223 crores with EBITDA margin of 14.5% and EV revenue stands at 23%, which is a 92% growth on a Y-o-Y basis. They have 2 large verticals, which is the electrical and electronics and powertrain components. They have 6 faci lities in India and 2 facilities in Germany and Hungary with a technical center in Poland. On the right side, you will see the revenue has grown from INR 1,340 crores to INR 1,537 crores, which is a jump of 15% and EBITDA has grown from INR 198 crores to INR 223 crores, which is a jump of 12% and at a 14.5% margin. And the PAT margin has gone to 5.6% with a PAT at INR 86 crores. Moving on to the next slide, which shows the financial highlights of Minda Corporation : For the quarter on the top, you will see the revenue has grown 9% from INR 1,215 crores to INR 1,321 crores. At EBITDA, we have grown from INR 139 crores to INR 153 crores from 11.4% to 11.6%. And at PAT margin, we have gone from INR 71 crores to INR 52 crores, where we can explain later on account of the interest cost due to Flash Electronics investment. On a full year basis, the Company revenue has grown from INR 4,651 crores to INR 5,056 crores, which is a growth of 9%. And EBITDA has grown by 12% from INR 514 crores to INR 575 crores, a jump of 30 basis points from 11.1% to 11.4%. And PAT margin goes from INR 227 crores to INR 255 crores. In view of this, the Board of Directors has recommended a final dividend of 45% on the face value, that is INR 0.90 per equity share, totaling to 70% on the overall.
Business vertical performance on the next slide
So our Mechatronics and Aftermarket division grew from INR 590 crores to INR 654 crores, marking an 11% jump. And Information and Connected Systems moved from INR 625 crores to INR 667 crores, showing a 7% jump. On a full year basis on the right side, the Mechatronics division has increased its revenue by 10% from INR 2,251 crores to INR 2,475 crores , and the Wiring Harness and Instrument Cluster division has grown from INR 2,400 crores to INR 2,581 crores, marking 8% growth. Moving to the next slide, which shows the revenue breakup by products and geography : Wiring harness continues to be about 28%; vehicle access 24%; die casting 16%; clusters 16%; and others, which includes our sensors, EV products, other electronics is growing to 16% now. By geography, India continues to be majority at about 88%. Our exports are about 7% and Southeast Asia locations, which is Indonesia and Vietnam, contribute about 5%. By end market, 2 -wheelers and 3 -wheelers contribute largest, which is 47%; commercial vehicles 28%; passenger vehicles about 14%; and aftermarket about 11%. Moving on to Slide #10, which shows the consolidated leverage position for the year: On the extreme right column, the net worth stands at INR 2,200 crores, but the long -term borrowing has gone up to INR 528 crores. The gross debt stands now at INR 1,344 crores. The net debt is INR 1,250 crores with the capital employed is INR 1,975 crores. The ROCE is 20% and net debt to net worth is 0.6x and net debt to EBITDA, which is including 49% of Flash EBITDA is 1.8x. Going on to the next slide, which is Slide 11, shows the trend across various key financial metrics for Minda Corporation over the last 5 years, where the consolidated revenue has grown from INR 2,368 crores to INR 5,056 crores. EBITDA margin has gone from 9.2% to consistent and sustainable 11.4%. ROCE has gone from 12% to now 20%. EPS has gone from 2.2x to 10.7x and market capitalization has gone from INR 2,400 crores to about INR 13,000 crores now. Moving on to the next slide, which is on the ESG and CSR. What I would like to share here is that Minda Corporation has a sustainable and ESG committee form, which is led by our Board of Directors, and we are focused on reducing our carbon footprint by 42% by 2030. We are focusing on sustainable operations, care for people, ethical businesses, inclusive growth and responsible value chain. In the next slide, it shows a few prestigious awards that we have got from the President of India for our initiatives for people with disabilities. Moving on to the next slide shows some of the other awards and initiatives in our responsibilities for corporate governance as well as some key awards given to us by our key and important customers in Page #16. With this, I would like to conclude my presentation and for annexures that are available in Page 18 and 19. I would now request to open the floor for questions. Thank you.