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CRISIL Ratings: Specialty chemicals on domestic drive, revenue seen growing 6-7%

Posted On: 2023-07-18 21:14:14 (Time Zone: IST)


Steady profitability, healthy balance sheets to support credit profiles, despite higher capex

The Indian specialty chemicals sector will see revenue growth of 6-7% in fiscal 2024, with higher domestic demand (~60% of total revenue) driving up volume growth even as macroeconomic headwinds in the US and Europe subdue exports. Besides, realisations are expected to remain flattish this fiscal, which will have a moderating effect on the overall revenue growth.

Last fiscal, revenue growth had plunged to ~11% from 41% in fiscal 2022 owing to steep correction in realisations in the second half triggered by dumping from China, where consumption fell sharply owing to strict zero-Covid policy.

An analysis of 121 specialty chemical companies rated by CRISIL Ratings, accounting for nearly a third of the ~Rs 4 lakh crore industry, indicates as much.

Says Anuj Sethi, Senior Director, CRISIL Ratings, "Over the past two fiscals, exports had propelled revenue growth. This fiscal, it will be the turn of domestic sales, which we see rising 8-9% on-year. We expect exports - accounting for ~40% of industry revenue - to rise just 2-3% as the main markets such as the US and Europe are battling economic slowdown."

That said, growth trends would be different across sub-segments, with the agrochemicals and fluorochemicals sub-segments (over ~35% of total revenues) likely to see double digit growth in fiscal 2024. Agrochemicals help improve nutrient in crops besides control pests, and has been growing at a steady pace, while fluorochemicals cater to niche emerging verticals such cold storage, semi-conductors, EV batteries, and hydrogen fuel cells. On the other hand, sub-segments such as dyes & pigments, personal care & surfactants, and flavours & fragrances (together contributing over 40% of total revenues) shall see relatively lower growth as their demand is linked to discretionary spending.

With realisations having bottomed out, higher sales volume and moderated crude-linked raw material prices will support operating margin, which is expected to stabilise at 14.0-14.5% this fiscal, almost similar to last fiscal.

Operating margin had fallen 300-350 basis points last fiscal following dumping by China. Some companies, especially in the polymer segment, suffered material inventory losses.

Capital expenditure (capex) is expected to remain high as manufacturers focus on augmenting capacity and expanding downstream to value-added products to seize opportunities emanating from Europe, where high labour cost makes local operations less competitive. This will be in addition to the continuing China+1 strategy adopted by global majors as part of their diversification strategy.

Steady cash generation and healthy balance sheets will ensure debt metrics remain adequate, despite higher debt for capex and incremental working capital lending stability to credit profiles.

Says Poonam Upadhyay, Director, CRISIL Ratings, "Strong operating performance in fiscals 2021 and 2022, and control over working capital cycle have strengthened the balance sheets of most specialty chemical makers. Hence, even with capex spends remaining elevated at ~Rs 22,000 crore over fiscal 2023 and 2024, ~ 50% higher compared to pre-pandemic levels, debt metrics such as gearing should remain healthy at below 0.5 times."

Shares of CRISIL Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs. 3908.65 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 3876.45. The total number of shares traded during the day was 520 in over 251 trades.

The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 3934.50 and intraday low of 3870.00. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 2033056.00.


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