Schaeffler India Limited has released its Investor Presentation for the first quarter ended 31 March 2025, highlighting strong financial and business performance.
Key Standalone Financial Highlights for Q1 2025:
- Revenue from operations stood at ₹2,110 crore, a 14.1% increase compared to ₹1,849.2 crore in Q1 2024 and a 1.3% increase from ₹2,082.3 crore in Q4 2024.
- EBITDA (before exceptional items) was ₹407.1 crore (19.3% margin), up 20.2% from ₹338.8 crore in Q1 2024 and up 4.3% from ₹390.4 crore in Q4 2024.
- Profit After Tax (PAT) reached ₹265.4 crore (12.6% margin), showing a growth of 16.6% from ₹227.7 crore in Q1 2024 and 6.4% from ₹249.3 crore in Q4 2024.
- Free Cash Flow (FCF) was positive at ₹237.1 crore, significantly improved from a negative FCF of ₹25.6 crore in Q1 2024.
- Capex for the quarter was ₹82.5 crore.
Business Performance:
- Broad-based growth was observed across businesses, with domestic business growing 12.7% YoY and intercompany exports increasing by 23.2% YoY.
- The company reported improved quality of earnings driven by volume growth of local products and operational efficiency.
- Positive cash flow generation resulted from better earnings, improved working capital management, and judicious capital expenditure.
- Significant business wins were noted across segments, including clutch systems and one-way clutches for Commercial Vehicles (CVs), wipers and center joint support, FEAD/Timing Kits, and TRBs in Passenger Vehicles (PVs), and DGBBs, TRBs, and CRBs in the Railway segment, alongside new business in Industrial Automation and Raw Material segments.
Management Commentary (Key Messages):
- The double-digit YoY growth momentum is continuing, broad-based across businesses.
- The quality of earnings has improved, backed by volume growth of local products and operational efficiency.
- Positive cash flow resulted from better earnings, improved working capital, and judicious capex.
- The focus remains on prudent financial management and long-term value creation as the company moves ahead in 2025, staying on track to build the leading Motion Technology Company.