Mold-Tek reported a sale of Rs. 207 crores.
Mold Tek Packaging has reported an almost 80% increase in net profit to Rs 21.71 crore for the June quarter. The total sales were at 207.8 crore, an increase of 55% from the year-earlier period and 16.81% up from Q4 FY22. The profit before tax was Rs. 29 crores and the volume growth was 51.17%. While the inflationary environment continued to impact the margins, the company delivered healthy operating margins of 18% with its focus on IML packs and operational efficiencies across all segments. They have a huge CAPEX of Rs. 125 Cr. planned in FY. 22-23. The EBIDTA was up by 46.84% from June 2021 and 13.59% from Q4 of FY22. The EBIT for the quarter increased by 46.84 % to Rs. 37.3 crore from Rs. 25.40 crores.
Expansion Plans:
As previously stated, the company intends to invest 125 crores in capital expenditures this fiscal year on capacity at its facilities in Hyderabad, Daman, Visakhapatnam, and Kanpur. It has also been decided to set up a second plant in Daman with robotic IML facilities to produce food and FMCG IML containers to meet the growing customer demand in the western region. For the value of a company’s earnings growth, it is very important to consider any dilution of shareholders’ interests. As it happens, Mold-Tek Packaging issued 13% more new shares over the last year. Therefore, each share now receives a smaller portion of the profit.
The company raised equity from QIP and the allottees who have been allotted more than 5% in the QIP are Goldman Sachs Funds—Goldman Sachs India Equity Portfolio (27.61%), Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust PLC (21.24%), Aditya Birla Sun Life Trustee Private Limited A/C (19.30%), ICICI Prudential SmallCap Fund (14.48%) and White Oak India Equity Fund IV (10.62%). Mold-Tek Packaging utilised the net proceeds from the QIP issue for the company’s ongoing and future capital expenditure requirements, working capital requirements, debt repayment, and general corporate purposes.
Mold-Tek Packaging has a weak cash flow relative to earnings, which indicates lower quality earnings, and the dilution means its earnings per share growth is weaker than its profit growth. For the reasons mentioned, we think that an unthinking glance at Mold-Tek Packaging’s statutory profits might make it look better than it is on an underlying level.
Valuation:
The EPS was at Rs. 23.8. for the June quarter, up by 54.82% Q1 from June 2021 and by 17.81% from the Q4 of FY22. The Return on Capital Employed was 22.5%, whereas the Return on Equity (ROE) was 18.2%. The EBITDA was at 24.2x and the P/E ratio was at 43.8x. The price-to-book ratio was 6.62x and the interest coverage ratio was 14.0x. The scrip was trading at Rs.970, down by 0.39% on Monday.
