Tata Motors- Electric vehicles profitability to improve
时间:2024-06-26 06:41:44 阅读(143)
Tata Motors (TTMT) had a strong performance across key verticals in Q4FY23. Their commercial vehicles (CV) EBITDAM (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortisation, and exceptional items as a percentage of sales or revenue) crossed the 10% mark after four years, and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) delivered a strong £815mn free cash flow (FCF). However, the passenger vehicles (PV) reported a flattish 7% margin, as the rising scale of loss-making electric vehicles (EVs) prevented the EBITDAM of India PVs from crossing the 10% mark. With chip supplies improving, JLR is aiming to cross 400k wholesales ex-CJLR in FY24, which implies a quarterly run rate of 90k plus units to sustain ahead. The management is aiming for £2bn of FCF for JLR in FY24, which is considered doable even after factoring in a slight increase in capex outlook to £3bn p.a. from FY24. Without any material changes to volume and margin estimates, the recommendation for TTMT is to maintain a Buy rating. The revised DCF-based target price of `620 (earlier `608) implies 10x FY25 India business and 2.5x JLR EV/Ebitda.Conference call key takeaways:
JLR is looking forward to deliver wholesales of 400k+ units ex-CJLR in FY24, implying quarterly volume levels similar to Q4FY23 to sustain going ahead and improve with chip supply gradually. Steady supply of chips, we believe, would help JLR deliver 85-90k units/quarter in H1FY24, sitting on an orderbook of 200k units, 75% out of which is driven by RR/RR Sport/Defender models. As per the management, input cost inflation may be down in FY24 driven by a decline in manpower/power/ freight/commodity cost and would get partly negated by rising marketing expenses and adverse currency moves, resulting in 6-6.5% Ebit margin. Capex for JLR is set to increase by 20% from FY24 to £3bn p.a., with majority of increase being driven by capital expenditure towards setting up of EV manufacturing facilities/ machineries. R&D expenses were £1.7bn in FY24 and would increase slightly from that level in order to continue with the targeted EV launch pipeline. As against FCF breakeven volume being at 300k units, delivering 400k units, JLR is looking forward to FCF of £2bn+ in FY24.
CV business delivered 10% EBITDAM in Q4FY23, aided by major increase in scale (led by pre-buying), reduction in discount at retail level and commodity tailwinds. Capex for India business would increase to `80 bn in FY24 vs `65bn, in order to enhance focus towards vehicle development across CVs/PVs/EVs. TTMT is confident of delivering FCF for India business in FY24 despite the increase in capex outlook.
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