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Balrampur Chini Mills Earnings Call Transcript: Key Takeaways

Balrampur Chini is pivoting from sugar to high-margin PLA bioplastics despite stagnant ethanol pricing. Management displays high confidence in the integrated model amid record-low sugar inventory and upcoming 1080 Cr capex completion.

Highlights
Revenue growthSugar performance resilient despite INR 30/quintal cane price hike.
MarginsEthanol margins pressured; PLA expected to deliver 35% structural margins.
Demand visibilityStrong domestic sugar pricing; record low 4.3M ton closing stocks.
Management confidenceAggressively optimistic on PLA bioplastics and global pricing tailwinds.

Growth

Cane crushing up 5.2% YoY; sugar recovery stable at 11.24% despite UP state-wide yield headwinds.

Outlook

PLA project commissioning target Q3 FY26; aiming for 35% EBITDA margins on bioplastics segment.

Risks

Three-year freeze on ethanol prices vs rising cane costs; potential PLA market adoption delays.

Last quarter's promises, checked

Delivered

  • Guided 1043 lakh quintals cane crushing → delivered 1043 lakh quintals (= BEAT)
  • Guided INR 450 Cr fundraise → delivered INR 450 Cr via preferential shares (= BEAT)
  • Guided sugar recovery ~11.28% → delivered 11.24% (= BEAT)

Partly delivered

  • Guided PLA project completion → delivered commissioning target moved to Q3 FY26 (= PARTIAL)

Missed

  • Guided ethanol price revision → delivered 3-year price freeze (= MISS)
Source

Earnings Call Transcript filed with NSE, NSE: BALRAMCHIN. Summary written with AI assistance from the document.

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Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd: key numbers

Share price
₹685.80
Market cap
₹14,511 Cr
Revenue (annual)
₹6,271 Cr
Net profit (annual)
₹378.5 Cr
P/E (TTM)
39.1×Sector 29.0×
Promoter holding
42.86%+0.01% QoQ
FII holding
9.33%Current quarter

Reference market data from a third-party provider, updated daily. Not a valuation or a recommendation.

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