Results     06-Nov-23
Analysis
Vedanta
OPM up 850 bps
Consolidated net sales (including other operating income) of Vedanta has increased 6.25% to Rs 38945 crore driven by higher sales volume, favourable movement in exchange rate and favourable arbitration award, partially offset by lower commodity prices and strategic hedging gain in 2QFY23. Revenue increased by 16% QoQ to Rs 38,546 crore driven by higher sales volume, and favourable arbitration award in oil & gas, partially offset by slip in output commodity prices.

Sales of Iron Ore segment has gone up 38.31% to Rs 2,083.00 crore (accounting for 5.37% of total sales).  Sales of Power segment has gone down 12.42% to Rs 1,615.00 crore (accounting for 4.17% of total sales).  Sales of oil & Gas segment has gone up 112.69% to Rs 8,229.00 crore (accounting for 21.23% of total sales).  Sales of copper segment has gone up 14.83% to Rs 4,606.00 crore (accounting for 11.88% of total sales).  Sales of Aluminum segment has gone down 11.37% to Rs 11,952.00 crore (accounting for 30.84% of total sales).  Sales of others segment has gone up 17.33% to Rs 2,634.00 crore (accounting for 6.80% of total sales).  Sales of Zinc International has gone down 24.93% to Rs 1,081.00 crore (accounting for 2.79% of total sales).  Sales of Zinc & Lead - India segment has gone down 24.86% to Rs 5,259.00 crore (accounting for 13.57% of total sales).  Sales of Silver - India segment rose 20.20% to Rs 1,297.00 crore (accounting for 3.35% of total sales).  Inter-segment sales came down from Rs 242.00 crore to Rs 210.00 crore. 

Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 47.23% to Rs 11,834.00 crore.  PBIT of Iron Ore segment rose 50.23% to Rs 320.00 crore (accounting for 2.70% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Power segment rose 75.89% to Rs 248.00 crore (accounting for 2.10% of total PBIT).  PBIT of oil & Gas segment rose 190.39% to Rs 5,860.00 crore (accounting for 49.52% of total PBIT).  PBIT of copper reported loss of Rs 62.00 crore compared to profit of Rs 15.00 crore.  PBIT of Aluminum segment rose 158.48% to Rs 1,967.00 crore (accounting for 16.62% of total PBIT).  PBIT of others reported profit of Rs 139.00 crore compared to loss of Rs 43.00 crore.  PBIT of Zinc, lead and Silver segment fell 29.23% to Rs 3,073.00 crore (accounting for 25.97% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Zinc International segment fell 51.10% to Rs 289.00 crore (accounting for 2.44% of total PBIT). 

PBIT margin of Iron Ore segment rose from 14.14% to 15.36%.  PBIT margin of Power segment rose from 7.65% to 15.36%.  PBIT margin of oil & Gas segment rose from 52.16% to 71.21%.  PBIT margin of copper segment fell from 0.37% to 1.35%.  PBIT margin of Aluminum segment rose from 5.64% to 16.46%.  PBIT margin of others segment rose from negative 1.92% to 5.28%.  PBIT margin of Zinc, lead and Silver segment fell from 41.04% to 26.73%.  Overall PBIT margin rose from 22.03% to 30.53%. 

Operating profit margin has jumped from 21% to 29.47%, leading to 49.10% rise in operating profit to Rs 11,479.00 crore driven by reduction in operational cost, softening of input commodity prices, foreign exchange gains and favorable arbitration award partially offset by strategic hedging gain in Q2FY23.  Raw material cost as a % of total sales (net of stock adjustments) decreased from 29.72% to 28.14%.   Employee cost increased from 2.18% to 2.28%.   Other expenses fell from 46.64% to 39.92%.   Power and Oil fuel cost fell from 23.83% to 15.46%.  

Other income fell 8.18% to Rs 640 crore.  PBIDT rose 44.34% to Rs 12119 crore.  Provision for interest rose 53.65% to Rs 2523 crore.  Loan funds rose to Rs 75,064.00 crore as of 30 September 2023 from Rs 59,020.00 crore as of 30 September 2022.  Inventories declined from Rs 16,160.00 crore as of 30 September 2022 to Rs 14,117.00 crore as of 30 September 2023.  Sundry debtors were higher at Rs 3,871.00 crore as of 30 September 2023 compared to Rs 3,683.00 crore as of 30 September 2022.  Cash and bank balance declined from Rs 12,121.00 crore as of 30 September 2022 to Rs 4,293.00 crore as of 30 September 2023.  Investments declined from Rs 14,742.00 crore as of 30 September 2022 to Rs 12,855.00 crore as of 30 September 2023. 

PBDT rose 42.08% to Rs 9596 crore.  Provision for depreciation rose 0.69% to Rs 2642 crore.  Fixed assets increased to Rs 1,14,422.00 crore as of 30 September 2023 from Rs 1,09,242.00 crore as of 30 September 2022.  Intangible assets increased from Rs 3,797.00 crore to Rs 4,488.00 crore. 

Profit before tax grew 68.38% to Rs 6,954.00 crore.  Share of profit/loss were nil in both the periods.  Extraordinary items were increased to Rs 1,223.00 crore.  Provision for tax was expense of Rs 9092 crore, compared to Rs 1674 crore.  Effective tax rate was 111.19% compared to 38.39%.

Minority interest decreased 1.25% to Rs 868.00 crore. 

Equity capital stood at Rs 372.00 crore as of 30 September 2023 to Rs 372.00 crore as of 30 September 2022.  Per share face Value remained same at Rs 1.00. 

Promoters’ stake was 63.71% as of 30 September 2023 ,compared to 69.69% as of 30 September 2022 .  Promoters pledged stake was 99.99% as of 30 September 2023 ,compared to 99.99% as of 30 September 2022. 

Mr Arun Misra, Executive Director, Vedanta, said “I am pleased to share that we have a quarter of highest ever 2Q turnover of Rs 38,546 crores with highest ever 2Q EBITDA of Rs 11,834 crores on the back of strong operational volume delivery and aggressive cost reduction across the table in all businesses. While excelling in operational performance we have also achieved a 5 point improvement y-o-y in this year’s S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment Index. Strong believer of expanding our portfolio, we are steadfast in our growth journey and are progressing well in all growth projects announced so far with capex worth 8.4 Bn$. With this our revenue is estimated to uptick by $4bn and EBITDA by $1bn. We remain well positioned, with a rich diversified asset portfolio, strong balance sheet, and cost optimization levers, to withstand challenging macroeconomic environment.”

For year-to-date (YTD) results analysis

Net sales (including other operating income) of Vedanta has declined 3.45% to Rs 72678 crore.  Sales of Iron Ore segment has gone up 43.44% to Rs 4,121.00 crore (accounting for 5.70% of total sales).  Sales of Power segment has gone down 11.37% to Rs 3,203.00 crore (accounting for 4.43% of total sales).  Sales of oil & Gas segment has gone up 39.41% to Rs 11,086.00 crore (accounting for 15.34% of total sales).  Sales of copper segment has gone up 13.53% to Rs 9,339.00 crore (accounting for 12.92% of total sales).  Sales of Aluminum segment has gone down 15.19% to Rs 23,857.00 crore (accounting for 33.01% of total sales).  Sales of others segment has gone up 18.85% to Rs 4,874.00 crore (accounting for 6.74% of total sales).  Sales of Zinc- International segment has gone down 24.66% to Rs 2,184.00 crore (accounting for 3.02% of total sales).  Sales of Zinc & Lead - India segment has gone down 26.83% to Rs 11,023.00 crore (accounting for 15.25% of total sales).  Sales of Silver - India segment rose 18.60% to Rs 2,595.00 crore (accounting for 3.59% of total sales).  Inter-segment sales came down from Rs 560.00 crore to Rs 394.00 crore. 

Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 0.16% to Rs 18,809.00 crore.  PBIT of Iron Ore segment fell 15.97% to Rs 484.00 crore (accounting for 2.57% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Power segment rose 140.99% to Rs 535.00 crore (accounting for 2.84% of total PBIT).  PBIT of oil & Gas segment rose 70.90% to Rs 7,005.00 crore (accounting for 37.24% of total PBIT).  PBIT of copper reported loss of Rs 64.00 crore compared to profit of Rs 1.00 crore.  PBIT of Aluminum segment rose 25.63% to Rs 3,784.00 crore (accounting for 20.12% of total PBIT).  PBIT of others segment fell 8.55% to Rs 107.00 crore (accounting for 0.57% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Zinc,Lead and Silver_India segment fell 33.27% to Rs 6,387.00 crore (accounting for 33.96% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Zinc- International segment fell 51.61% to Rs 571.00 crore (accounting for 3.04% of total PBIT). 

PBIT margin of Iron Ore segment fell from 20.05% to 11.74%.  PBIT margin of Power segment rose from 6.14% to 16.70%.  PBIT margin of oil & Gas segment rose from 51.55% to 63.19%.  PBIT margin of copper segment fell from 0.01% to 0.69%.  PBIT margin of Aluminum segment rose from 10.71% to 15.86%.  PBIT margin of others segment fell from 2.85% to 2.20%.  PBIT margin of Zinc- International segment fell from 40.70% to 26.14%.  Overall PBIT margin rose from 25.02% to 26.02%. 

Operating profit margin has jumped from 23.77% to 24.63%, leading to 0.02% rise in operating profit to Rs 17,899.00 crore.  Raw material cost as a % of total sales (net of stock adjustments) increased from 28.47% to 30.31%.   Employee cost increased from 2.08% to 2.39%.   Other expenses fell from 45.68% to 42.60%.   Power and Oil fuel cost fell from 23.24% to 16.77%.  

Other income fell 17.06% to Rs 1186 crore.  PBIDT fell 1.25% to Rs 19085 crore.  Provision for interest rose 62.68% to Rs 4633 crore.  Loan funds rose to Rs 75,064.00 crore as of 30 September 2023 from Rs 59,020.00 crore as of 30 September 2022.  Inventories declined from Rs 16,160.00 crore as of 30 September 2022 to Rs 14,117.00 crore as of 30 September 2023.  Sundry debtors were higher at Rs 3,871.00 crore as of 30 September 2023 compared to Rs 3,683.00 crore as of 30 September 2022.  Cash and bank balance declined from Rs 12,121.00 crore as of 30 September 2022 to Rs 4,293.00 crore as of 30 September 2023.  Investments declined from Rs 14,742.00 crore as of 30 September 2022 to Rs 12,855.00 crore as of 30 September 2023. 

PBDT fell 12.30% to Rs 14452 crore.  Provision for depreciation rose 2.04% to Rs 5192 crore.  Fixed assets increased to Rs 1,14,422.00 crore as of 30 September 2023 from Rs 1,09,242.00 crore as of 30 September 2022.  Intangible assets increased from Rs 3,797.00 crore to Rs 4,488.00 crore. 

Profit before tax down 18.70% to Rs 9,260.00 crore.  Share of profit/loss were nil in both the periods.  Extraordinary items were increased to Rs 3,003.00 crore.  Provision for tax was expense of Rs 9870 crore, compared to Rs 3342 crore.  Effective tax rate was 80.49% compared to 28.76%.

Minority interest decreased 25.11% to Rs 1,536.00 crore.  Net profit attributable to owners of the company decreased 86.24% to Rs 857.00 crore. 

Equity capital stood at Rs 372.00 crore as of 30 September 2023 to Rs 372.00 crore as of 30 September 2022.  Per share face Value remained same at Rs 1.00. 

Promoters’ stake was 63.71% as of 30 September 2023 ,compared to 69.69% as of 30 September 2022 .  Promoters pledged stake was 99.99% as of 30 September 2023 ,compared to 99.99% as of 30 September 2022 . 

Cash flow from operating activities decreased to Rs 14,172.00 crore for YTD ended September 2023 from Rs 18,068.00 crore for YTD ended September 2022.  Cash flow used in acquiring fixed assets during the YTD ended September 2023 stood at Rs 7,810.00 crore, compared to Rs 8,030.00 crore during the YTD ended September 2022. 

The scrip is currently trading at Rs 233

  

Vedanta : Consolidated Results

Particulars

2309 (03)

2209 (03)

Var.(%)

2309 (06)

2209 (06)

Var.(%)

2303 (12)

2203 (12)

Var.(%)

Net Sales

38,945

36,654

6

72,678

75,276

-3

1,47,308

1,32,732

11

OPM (%)

29.5

21.0

 

24.6

23.8

 

23.4

33.8

 

OP

11,479

7,699

49

17,899

17,896

0

34,422

44,824

-23

Other Inc.

640

697

-8

1,186

1,430

-17

2,851

2,600

10

PBIDT

12,119

8,396

44

19,085

19,326

-1

37,273

47,424

-21

Interest

2,523

1,642

54

4,633

2,848

63

6,225

4,797

30

PBDT

9,596

6,754

42

14,452

16,478

-12

31,048

42,627

-27

Depreciation

2,642

2,624

1

5,192

5,088

2

10,555

8,895

19

PBT

6,954

4,130

68

9,260

11,390

-19

20,493

33,732

-39

Share of Profit/(Loss) from Associates

0

-3

-

0

-2

-

-3

1

PL

PBT before EO

6,954

4,127

69

9,260

11,388

-19

20,490

33,733

-39

EO Income

1,223

234

423

3,003

234

999

-217

-768

72

PBT after EO

8,177

4,361

88

12,263

11,622

6

20,273

32,965

-39

Taxation

9,092

1,674

443

9,870

3,342

195

5,770

9,255

-38

PAT

-915

2,687

PL

2,393

8,280

-71

14,503

23,710

-39

Minority Interest (MI)

868

879

-1

1,536

2,051

-25

3,929

4,908

-20

Net profit

-1,783

1,808

PL

857

6,229

-86

10,574

18,802

-44

EPS (Rs)*

#

#

 

#

#

 

28.8

51.8

 

Notes

* EPS is on current equity of Rs 371.72 crore, Face value of Rs 1, Excluding extraordinary items.

# EPS is not annualised

bps : Basis points

EO : Extraordinary items

Figures in Rs crore

Source: Capitaline Corporate Database

 

 

Vedanta : Consolidated Segment Results

 

% of (Total)

2309 (03)

2209 (03)

Var.(%)

% of (Total)

2309 (06)

2209 (06)

Var.(%)

% of (Total)

2303 (12)

2203 (12)

Var.(%)

Sales

 

 

 

 

Iron Ore

5

2083

1506

38

6

4121

2873

43

4

6503

6350

2

Power

4

1615

1844

-12

4

3203

3614

-11

5

6725

5826

15

oil & Gas

21

8229

3869

113

15

11086

7952

39

10

15038

12430

21

copper

12

4606

4011

15

13

9339

8226

14

12

17491

15151

15

Aluminum

31

11952

13486

-11

33

23857

28130

-15

36

52661

50881

4

others

7

2634

2245

17

7

4874

4101

19

6

9245

7972

16

Zinc International

3

1081

1440

-25

3

2184

2899

-25

4

5209

4484

16

Zinc & Lead - India

14

5259

6999

-25

15

11023

15065

-27

20

28732

24418

18

Silver - India

3

1297

1079

20

4

2595

2188

19

3

4388

4206

4

Total Reported Sales

100

38756

36479

6

100

72282

75048

-4

100

145992

131718

11

Less: Inter segment revenues

 

210

242

-13

 

394

560

-30

 

806

526

53

Net Sales

 

38546

36237

6

 

71888

74488

-3

 

145186

131192

11

PBIT

 

 

 

 

Iron Ore

3

320

213

50

3

484

576

-16

3

988

2280

-57

Power

2

248

141

76

3

535

222

141

3

913

1082

-16

oil & Gas

50

5860

2018

190

37

7005

4099

71

22

7782

5992

30

copper

-1

-62

15

PL

0

-64

1

PL

0

-4

-115

97

Aluminum

17

1967

761

158

20

3784

3012

26

16

5775

17337

-67

others

1

139

-43

LP

1

107

117

-9

1

379

1049

-64

Zinc Lead and Silver

26

3073

4342

-29

34

6387

9572

-33

50

17474

16161

8

Zinc International

2

289

591

-51

3

571

1180

-52

5

1934

1533

26

Total PBIT

100

11834

8038

47

100

18809

18779

0

100

35241

45319

-22

Less : Interest

 

2523

1642

54

 

4633

2848

63

 

6225

4797

30

Add: Other un-allcoable

 

-1134

-2032

44

 

-1913

-4307

56

 

-8740

-7558

-16

PBT

 

8177

4364

87

 

12263

11624

6

 

20276

32964

-38

 

 

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