Exide Industries Ltd.
EXIDEINDConsumer Discretionary filings
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Earnings calls
10 transcript(s)/analyst meet(s) served; 4 document(s) on file are not transcripts (cover letters, duplicates, unresolved) and are excluded. Speaker attribution is shown only where the segmenter attributes ≥ 95% of sentences to management or analysts (0 of 10 documents here); elsewhere sentences render unattributed.
| Kind | Date | Period | Served | Attribution rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSCRIPT | 20221121 | 2022-09-30 | yes | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20230516 | 2023-03-31 | yes | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20231115 | 2023-09-30 | yes | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20241118 | 2023-09-30 | yes | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20240530 | 2024-03-31 | yes | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20250513 | 2024-03-31 | yes | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20251121 | 2024-09-30 | yes | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20260209 | 2024-12-31 | yes | |
| DUPLICATE | 20250513 | 2025-03-31 | no | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20260511 | 2025-03-31 | yes | |
| TRANSCRIPT | 20260806 | 2025-06-30 | yes | |
| DUPLICATE | 20251121 | 2025-09-30 | no | |
| DUPLICATE | 20260209 | 2025-12-31 | no | |
| DUPLICATE | 20260511 | 2026-03-31 | no |
EXIDEIND
files the standard Schedule III statements. Every figure below opens to the filing it was read from; where a figure is not shown, the reason is printed in its place.
Identity
| Statement division | general |
| Scope served | consolidated |
| Panels on this page | 4 |
Market
No split, bonus or consolidation is on record for this company inside the period this price series covers, so the closes need no adjustment.
| Last close | 426.55 |
| 52-week range | 287.9 – 490.65 |
| Return 1M | -4.95% |
| Return 3M | 9.43% |
| Return 1Y | 6.74% |
| Return 3Y | 64.75% |
| Return 5Y | 138.03% |
| Market capitalisation | not shown — we could not confirm it |
| Shares outstanding | not shown — we could not confirm it |
| P/E | not shown — we could not confirm it |
| P/B | not shown — we could not confirm it |
| EV/EBITDA | not shown — we could not confirm it |
Latest quarter filed — period ending 2026-06-30
In INR crore except per-share figures. `period_id` is the period the filing names for the number; the date beside each cell is when it was filed.
| Revenue from operations | 5,528.00 |
| Other income | 27.00 |
| Total income | 5,555.00 |
| Cost of materials consumed | 3,524.00 |
| Purchases of stock-in-trade | 37.00 |
| Changes in inventories | 260.00 |
| Employee benefit expense | 381.00 |
| Finance costs | 20.00 |
Ownership — 2026-06-30, and the change from 2026-03-31
| Holder | Per cent | Change |
|---|---|---|
| promoter and promoter group | 0.46 | 0.00 |
| institutions foreign | 0.11 | 0.00 |
| institutions domestic | 0.19 | 0.00 |
| mutual funds | 0.08 | -0.01 |
| public | 0.54 | 0.00 |
Documents on file
| Class | Most recent | On file |
|---|---|---|
| DUPLICATE | 2026-03-31 | 4 |
| TRANSCRIPT | 2025-06-30 | 10 |
Financial statements
Filed results, consolidated, in INR crore except per-share figures. Every figure opens to the filing it was read from. Quarterly and annual columns are the periods the filing itself names, never a document date.
Quarterly results, as filed
| Line | 2022-06-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-06-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-06-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-06-30 | 2025-09-30 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from operations | 4,022.00 | 3,841.00 | 3,538.00 | 3,677.00 | 4,245.00 | 4,372.00 | 3,980.00 | 4,173.00 | 4,436.00 | 4,450.00 | 4,017.00 | 4,695.00 | 4,365.00 | 4,201.00 | 4,735.00 | 5,528.00 |
| Other income | 29.00 | 36.00 | 24.00 | 36.00 | 22.00 | 37.00 | 25.00 | 5.00 | 16.00 | 40.00 | 13.00 | 28.00 | 54.00 | 15.00 | 4.00 | 27.00 |
| Total income | 4,051.00 | 3,877.00 | 3,562.00 | 3,713.00 | 4,268.00 | 4,409.00 | 4,005.00 | 4,178.00 | 4,452.00 | 4,490.00 | 4,029.00 | 4,723.00 | 4,418.00 | 4,216.00 | 4,739.00 | 5,555.00 |
| Cost of materials consumed | 2,582.00 | 2,738.00 | 2,694.00 | 2,571.00 | 2,557.00 | 2,990.00 | 2,979.00 | 2,956.00 | 2,888.00 | 3,124.00 | 2,650.00 | 3,092.00 | 2,961.00 | 2,952.00 | 3,169.00 | 3,524.00 |
| Purchases of stock-in-trade | 7.00 | 14.00 | 30.00 | 26.00 | 69.00 | 92.00 | 15.00 | 40.00 | 10.00 | 80.00 | 10.00 | 37.00 | 9.00 | 19.00 | 41.00 | 37.00 |
| Changes in inventories | 248.00 | -171.00 | -333.00 | -54.00 | 376.00 | -108.00 | -324.00 | -245.00 | 110.00 | -230.00 | 19.00 | 41.00 | 5.00 | -162.00 | 29.00 | 260.00 |
| Employee benefit expense | 246.00 | 258.00 | 247.00 | 251.00 | 275.00 | 300.00 | 294.00 | 298.00 | 321.00 | 330.00 | 323.00 | 344.00 | 342.00 | 334.00 | 352.00 | 381.00 |
| Finance costs | 16.00 | 18.00 | 19.00 | 21.00 | 24.00 | 30.00 | 32.00 | 31.00 | 30.00 | 34.00 | 54.00 | 32.00 | 40.00 | 25.00 | 27.00 | 20.00 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 122.00 | 123.00 | 127.00 | 131.00 | 132.00 | 141.00 | 145.00 | 142.00 | 144.00 | 146.00 | 145.00 | 149.00 | 152.00 | 149.00 | 138.00 | 142.00 |
| Other expenses | 551.00 | 571.00 | 502.00 | 510.00 | 530.00 | 598.00 | 585.00 | 675.00 | 633.00 | 674.00 | 589.00 | 643.00 | 656.00 | 606.00 | 656.00 | 705.00 |
| Total expenses | 3,772.00 | 3,550.00 | 3,286.00 | 3,457.00 | 3,964.00 | 4,044.00 | 3,724.00 | 3,898.00 | 4,136.00 | 4,158.00 | 3,791.00 | 4,338.00 | 4,165.00 | 3,923.00 | 4,412.00 | 5,069.00 |
| Profit before exceptional items and tax | 279.00 | 326.00 | 276.00 | 256.00 | 304.00 | 365.00 | 281.00 | 280.00 | 316.00 | 333.00 | 238.00 | 385.00 | 253.00 | 293.00 | 328.00 | 486.00 |
| Exceptional items | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Profit before tax | 279.00 | 326.00 | 276.00 | 256.00 | 304.00 | 365.00 | 281.00 | 280.00 | 316.00 | 333.00 | 238.00 | 385.00 | 253.00 | 283.00 | 328.00 | 486.00 |
| Current tax | 83.00 | 91.00 | 81.00 | 73.00 | 89.00 | 106.00 | 93.00 | 106.00 | 103.00 | 109.00 | 92.00 | 118.00 | 86.00 | 98.00 | 110.00 | 142.00 |
| Deferred tax | -6.00 | -6.00 | -3.00 | 2.00 | -8.00 | -11.00 | -15.00 | -11.00 | -8.00 | -10.00 | -13.00 | -7.00 | -7.00 | -10.00 | 1.00 | -6.00 |
| Tax expense | 77.00 | 85.00 | 78.00 | 75.00 | 80.00 | 95.00 | 78.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | 99.00 | 80.00 | 110.00 | 80.00 | 88.00 | 111.00 | 136.00 |
| Profit for the period | 202.00 | 241.00 | 198.00 | 181.00 | 224.00 | 270.00 | 203.00 | 186.00 | 221.00 | 233.00 | 158.00 | 275.00 | 174.00 | 195.00 | 217.00 | 351.00 |
| Profit attributable to owners | 203.00 | 241.00 | 199.00 | 180.00 | 222.00 | 269.00 | 200.00 | 185.00 | 220.00 | 231.00 | 157.00 | 273.00 | 172.00 | 194.00 | 215.00 | 350.00 |
| Profit attributable to non-controlling interests | -0.00 | -0.00 | -0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Other comprehensive income | 92.00 | -158.00 | 296.00 | -514.00 | 1,173.00 | -104.00 | 79.00 | -101.00 | -297.00 | 955.00 | -760.00 | 967.00 | -431.00 | -47.00 | -1,183.00 | -117.00 |
| Total comprehensive income | 294.00 | 83.00 | 494.00 | -333.00 | 1,397.00 | 167.00 | 282.00 | 84.00 | -76.00 | 1,188.00 | -602.00 | 1,241.00 | -257.00 | 148.00 | -966.00 | 235.00 |
| Earnings per share, basic | 2.39 | 2.83 | 2.34 | 2.12 | 2.62 | 3.16 | 2.36 | 2.17 | 2.59 | 2.72 | 1.84 | 3.21 | 2.02 | 0.00 | 2.53 | 4.12 |
| Earnings per share, diluted | 2.39 | 2.83 | 2.34 | 2.12 | 2.62 | 3.16 | 2.36 | 2.17 | 2.59 | 2.72 | 1.84 | 3.21 | 2.02 | 0.00 | 2.53 | 4.12 |
Annual results, as filed
| Line | 2020-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from operations | 14,471.00 | 12,789.00 | 15,078.00 | 16,770.00 | 17,995.00 |
| Other income | 62.00 | 62.00 | 125.00 | 90.00 | 101.00 |
| Total income | 14,533.00 | 12,851.00 | 15,203.00 | 16,860.00 | 18,096.00 |
| Cost of materials consumed | 6,567.00 | 8,882.00 | 10,586.00 | 11,482.00 | 12,174.00 |
| Purchases of stock-in-trade | 54.00 | 64.00 | 78.00 | 216.00 | 106.00 |
| Changes in inventories | -219.00 | -270.00 | -310.00 | -300.00 | -88.00 |
| Employee benefit expense | 1,119.00 | 906.00 | 1,003.00 | 1,167.00 | 1,372.00 |
| Finance costs | 97.00 | 61.00 | 74.00 | 116.00 | 124.00 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 418.00 | 440.00 | 502.00 | 560.00 | 589.00 |
| Other expenses | 5,504.00 | 1,806.00 | 2,134.00 | 2,388.00 | 2,561.00 |
| Total expenses | 13,539.00 | 11,890.00 | 14,066.00 | 15,629.00 | 16,837.00 |
| Profit before exceptional items and tax | 994.00 | 962.00 | 1,137.00 | 1,231.00 | 1,259.00 |
| Exceptional items | -22.00 | -1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -10.00 |
| Profit before tax | 972.00 | 961.00 | 1,137.00 | 1,231.00 | 1,248.00 |
| Current tax | 288.00 | 266.00 | 328.00 | 394.00 | 412.00 |
| Deferred tax | -79.00 | 0.00 | -13.00 | -46.00 | -24.00 |
| Tax expense | 209.00 | 266.00 | 315.00 | 348.00 | 389.00 |
| Profit for the period | 762.00 | 4,357.00 | 823.00 | 883.00 | 860.00 |
| Profit attributable to owners | 777.00 | 4,367.00 | 823.00 | 877.00 | 854.00 |
| Profit attributable to non-controlling interests | -14.00 | -10.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Other comprehensive income | 86.00 | -738.00 | -284.00 | 1,047.00 | -693.00 |
| Total comprehensive income | 848.00 | 3,619.00 | 539.00 | 1,930.00 | 167.00 |
| Earnings per share, basic | 9.14 | 51.38 | 9.68 | 10.31 | 10.05 |
| Earnings per share, diluted | 9.14 | 51.38 | 9.68 | 10.31 | 10.05 |
Balance sheet, as filed
| Line | 2022-09-30 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 14,776.00 | 14,768.00 | 17,058.00 | 18,150.00 | 20,284.00 | 21,816.00 | 21,220.00 |
| Non-current assets | 9,020.00 | 9,035.00 | 10,723.00 | 11,859.00 | 13,630.00 | 15,148.00 | 14,119.00 |
| Current assets | 5,756.00 | 5,732.00 | 6,335.00 | 6,274.00 | 6,638.00 | 6,668.00 | 7,101.00 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 3,431.00 | 3,582.00 | 3,814.00 | 3,760.00 | 3,778.00 | 3,765.00 | 3,937.00 |
| Capital work-in-progress | 321.00 | 335.00 | 433.00 | 1,165.00 | 2,464.00 | 3,865.00 | 3,938.00 |
| Goodwill | 47.00 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 46.00 |
| Other intangible assets | 65.00 | 57.00 | 51.00 | 47.00 | 41.00 | 30.00 | 24.00 |
| Inventories | 2,952.00 | 3,436.00 | 3,162.00 | 3,869.00 | 4,229.00 | 3,889.00 | 4,004.00 |
| Trade receivables | 1,146.00 | 1,230.00 | 1,361.00 | 1,382.00 | 1,390.00 | 1,531.00 | 1,575.00 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 145.00 | 132.00 | 95.00 | 323.00 | 164.00 | 120.00 | 251.00 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 14,776.00 | 14,768.00 | 17,058.00 | 18,150.00 | 20,284.00 | 21,816.00 | 21,220.00 |
| Equity | 11,002.00 | 11,141.00 | 12,535.00 | 12,902.00 | 13,843.00 | 14,749.00 | 13,931.00 |
| Equity share capital | 85.00 | 85.00 | 85.00 | 85.00 | 85.00 | 85.00 | 85.00 |
| Other equity | 10,877.00 | 11,047.00 | 12,439.00 | 12,801.00 | 13,740.00 | 14,640.00 | 13,820.00 |
| Total liabilities | 3,774.00 | 3,626.00 | 4,523.00 | 5,249.00 | 6,441.00 | 7,067.00 | 7,289.00 |
| Non-current liabilities | 499.00 | 602.00 | 724.00 | 801.00 | 1,484.00 | 1,608.00 | 1,507.00 |
| Current liabilities | 3,275.00 | 3,024.00 | 3,799.00 | 4,448.00 | 4,957.00 | 5,460.00 | 5,781.00 |
| Borrowings, non-current | 108.00 | 141.00 | 139.00 | 222.00 | 829.00 | 946.00 | 906.00 |
| Borrowings, current | 111.00 | 138.00 | 174.00 | 475.00 | 614.00 | 249.00 | 187.00 |
| Trade payables | 2,307.00 | 1,856.00 | 2,613.00 | 2,708.00 | 3,019.00 | 3,320.00 | 3,676.00 |
Cash flow, as filed
| Line | 2022-03-31 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net cash from operating activities | 61.00 | 1,000.00 | 768.00 | 1,487.00 | 1,531.00 | 603.00 | 1,423.00 | 2,413.00 |
| Net cash from investing activities | 66.00 | -1,019.00 | -799.00 | -1,322.00 | -1,458.00 | -1,273.00 | -879.00 | -1,551.00 |
| Net cash from financing activities | -172.00 | -22.00 | -30.00 | -202.00 | 110.00 | 504.00 | -613.00 | -805.00 |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | 666.00 | 613.00 | 996.00 | 639.00 | 1,876.00 | 1,220.00 | 601.00 | 1,153.00 |
| Net increase in cash | -57.00 | -44.00 | -57.00 | -36.00 | 191.00 | -159.00 | -61.00 | 70.00 |
| con:CFO.BEFORE_TAX | 1,010.00 | 1,152.00 | 1,098.00 | 1,658.00 | 1,919.00 | 765.00 | 1,613.00 | 2,811.00 |
| con:INTEREST_RECEIVED.OPERATING | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| con:INTEREST_PAID.OPERATING | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| con:DIVIDENDS_RECEIVED.OPERATING | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| con:TAX_PAID.OPERATING | 246.00 | 153.00 | 330.00 | 171.00 | 388.00 | 162.00 | 190.00 | 398.00 |
| con:CF_OTHER.OPERATING | -703.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| con:INVESTMENTS_PURCHASED | 2,046.00 | 428.00 | 2,601.00 | 702.00 | 2,382.00 | 1,097.00 | 1,600.00 | 2,998.00 |
| con:INVESTMENTS_SOLD | 2,274.00 | 0.00 | 2,771.00 | 0.00 | 2,776.00 | 1,026.00 | 1,276.00 | 2,546.00 |
| con:PPE_DISPOSALS | 2.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 26.00 | 33.00 |
| con:CF_INVESTING.SUBSIDIARIES_SOLD | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| con:CF_INVESTING.SUBSIDIARIES_ACQUIRED | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| con:CF_INVESTING.JV_SOLD | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| con:CF_INVESTING.JV_ACQUIRED | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Who owns it
The shareholding pattern filed with the exchange every quarter, as a series. Percentages are of total shares. Each figure names the filing it was read from and the date it was filed.
| Holder | 2023-03-31 | 2023-06-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-06-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-06-30 | 2025-09-30 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoter and promoter group | 45.99 | 45.99 | 45.99 | 45.99 | 45.99 | 45.99 | 45.99 | 45.99 | 45.99 | 45.99 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.46 |
| Domestic institutions | 18.92 | 19.78 | 19.05 | 19.23 | 18.56 | 17.87 | 17.97 | 17.65 | 17.15 | 17.40 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Mutual funds | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.30 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Insurance companies | 8.77 | 7.08 | 6.07 | 5.22 | 5.20 | 5.50 | 5.12 | 4.92 | 5.72 | 6.79 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| Foreign institutions | 12.32 | 12.86 | 12.81 | 12.94 | 13.57 | 13.74 | 12.31 | 11.72 | 11.60 | 11.47 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| Government | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Public | 54.01 | 54.01 | 54.01 | 54.01 | 54.01 | 54.01 | 54.01 | 54.01 | 54.01 | 54.01 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.54 |
| Non-institutional | 22.76 | 21.37 | 22.14 | 21.83 | 21.87 | 22.39 | 23.72 | 24.64 | 25.25 | 25.14 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 |
| Shares outstanding | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 | 850000000 |
Related parties
Transactions with related parties as disclosed to the exchange for the period ending 2024-09-30, by counterparty, largest first. Amounts are as filed. Each row names the filing and the date it was filed.
| Counterparty | Relationship | Type | Amount in the period | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride Metals limited | Wholly owned subsidiary | Any other transaction, Purchase of goods or services | 37,256,200,000.00 | 5 |
| Exide Energy Solutions Limited | Wholly owned subsidiary | Any other transaction, Investment, Purchase of goods | 4,533,500,000.00 | 6 |
| Browns & Company PLC | Significant investor in Subsidiary | Purchase of goods or services, Sale of goods or serv | 1,012,500,000.00 | 3 |
| Espex Batteries Limited | Wholly owned subsidiary | Any other transaction, Dividend received, Sale of go | 479,200,000.00 | 4 |
| Chloride Batteries S E Asia Pte Limited | Wholly owned subsidiary | Any other transaction, Sale of goods or services | 201,400,000.00 | 3 |
| Klevenberg (Private) Limited | Subsidiary of significant investor | Purchase of goods or services, Sale of goods or serv | 197,700,000.00 | 2 |
| CSE Solar Sunpark Tamil Nadu Private Limited | Associate Company | Purchase of goods or services | 108,500,000.00 | 1 |
| CSE Solar Sunpark Maharashtra Private Limited | Associate Company | Purchase of goods or services | 101,800,000.00 | 1 |
| Browns Thermal Engineering Pvt Ltd | Significant Investor | Purchase of goods or services, Sale of goods or serv | 76,700,000.00 | 2 |
| Associated Battery Manufacturers (Ceylon) Ltd Sri Lanka (ABM | Subsidiary | Any other transaction, Purchase of goods or services | 63,100,000.00 | 5 |
| Subir Chakraborty | Key Managerial Personnel | Remuneration | 36,000,000.00 | 1 |
| Asish Kumar Mukherjee | Key Managerial Personnel | Remuneration | 27,800,000.00 | 1 |
| Avik Roy | Key Managerial Personnel | Remuneration | 25,500,000.00 | 1 |
| Mandar Deo | Key Managerial Personnel | Remuneration | 22,700,000.00 | 1 |
| Arun Mittal | Key Managerial Personnel | Remuneration | 15,700,000.00 | 2 |
What management said
Every earnings call we hold for this company, read in full. Prepared remarks are separated from the question-and-answer session and every paragraph names who said it and on which page. These are management’s own words, not filed figures.
| Date | Quarter | Who spoke | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | Q1FY26 | Read the call | |
| 2026-05-11 | Q4FY26 | Read the call | |
| 2026-02-09 | Q3FY26 | INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, SOLUTIONS | Read the call |
| 2025-11-21 | Q2FY26 | INDUSTRIES LIMITED | Read the call |
| 2025-05-13 | Q4FY25 | INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED | Read the call |
| 2024-11-18 | Q2FY24 | SOLUTIONS LIMITED | Read the call |
| 2024-05-30 | Q4FY24 | EXIDE ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED | Read the call |
| 2023-11-15 | Q2FY24 | CEO, EXIDE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | Read the call |
| 2023-05-16 | Q4FY23 | LIMITED | Read the call |
| 2022-11-21 | Q2FY23 | Read the call |
What they said about it, quarter by quarter
| Topic | Q2FY23 | Q2FY24 | Q2FY26 | Q3FY26 | Q4FY23 | Q4FY24 | Q4FY25 | Q4FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capex | And effective capex for the same for, which will be incurred in FY '23 and FY '24 for cell manufacturing plant? | Now, this is a function of the CAPEX appetite of these individual OEMs because this lithium ion requires a huge CAPEX to the extent of 70-80 million U… | — | Our B2B industrial business generally comes at the late cycle of the capex cycle. | Number two, this is a very, very capex hungry project. | Generally, if you have seen our trend of the last couple of years, around the ballpark of INR500 crores, which is more or less equal to our depreciati… | — | 1400 crore in the Fiscal Year ‘27, which is a mix of both CAPEX as well as the OPEX working capital requirement which we have to fund. |
| Costs | See, on an absolute basis, I can tell you that we have seen an environment where raw material costs have continuously gone up. | My first question is on the lithium-ion side and particularly, what is happening to prices of lithium cells and raw materials, looks like prices have … | Costs were kept in control at the manufacturing side and raw material procurement was kept under check. | Cost pressures continued due to increase in raw material prices, especially the metals we use for our alloys, silver, tin, copper and sulfur for sulfu… | Third advantage is that, we are tied with our collaborator for the supply chain aspect as well, which means we can ride piggyback along with SVOLT for… | We are working towards onboarding new customers Exide Industries Limited May 24, 2024 and securing raw material supplies, both in domestic as well as … | Operating profitability was impacted due to high input costs in the quarter on account of a considerable increase in the cost of antimony, which is on… | Rapidly increasing commodity rates, coupled with rupee depreciation, continue to pressurize our input costs. |
| Debt and cash | — | What lithium- ion has done is, because lithium-ion batteries are not available in the country, they have had to actually go through a huge working cap… | However, it helped us to reduce our inventory to a large extent, and therefore, we generated an incremental cash flow of INR500 crores plus by efficie… | And in Q2, if you recall our discussion, we took a very conscious effort to cut our production to cut our inventory and manage working capital and tha… | Our balance sheet is strong with zero debt equity and our cash flows are positive. | Initially, there will be some bridge loans, because cash inflow and outflow there is always a mismatch, and the project cannot wait for the cash flow … | Even cash flow from operations at a pre- working capital increase level has sustained at the last year's level. | — |
| Demand | And assuming demand is not a constraint, how soon can we reach to 6-gigawatt hour of manufacturing? | They depend on various factors including geopolitical factors, demand supply factors and so on. | Reduction in GST rates for almost all the segments in the auto industry is expected to drive demand for the industry. | Before I take you through the key highlights of our performance for Q3 and 9M FY 2026, I would like to reiterate the positive news for our industry – … | In the automotive vertical, domestic sales grew year-on-year supported by OEM demand, though demand momentum was moderate in the replacement market. | Four-wheeler demand made a good comeback in Q4, in both OE as well as aftermarket. | The remaining 25% of the business witnessed a decline in revenues, impacted by a weaker demand scenario in businesses like auto OEMs, telecom and home… | But in contrast, the Indian demand situation remained favorable. |
| Guidance | So, we expect the Phase I, SOP, Start Of Production sometime in 2024. | And by when can we expect the company to hit that? | We expect the situation to continue in similar trend until geopolitical tensions subside. | We expect the situation to continue in similar trend in Q4. Given the announcements which we heard last night, it only gives us more hope that those m… | On the outlook for the lead-acid battery business, we are positive given both near-term and medium-term drivers look promising. | In terms of the outlook for the lead-acid business, the core business of Exide, the demand scenario remains upbeat in the near to medium term. | As we enter FY '26, the outlook for the lead-acid business remains positive across most business verticals. | We expect these uncertainties to remain for at least in the first half of this current year. |
| Margin | if I look at our margins, both on gross and EBITDA side and that for our peers, over the last few years, they have been coming down despite increasing… | However, having said that, we are fairly confident that we should be able to manufacture the products at the international cost and be able to command… | And also with improvement in the sales outlook, is there any operating leverage which can come into play? | However, all our cost excellence projects helped improve the gross margin by 175 basis points on a sequential quarter basis. | And in the presentation, you have talked about margin initiatives, which we are taking to improve margins. | We also reported one of the best operating profitability in the last few quarters, with EBITDA margin expanding by 250 basis points to 12.9%. | However, EBITDA in absolute terms has increased by 4% on a sequential basis. | The Company was also able to maintain, on a sequential quarter basis, the EBITDA margin of 11.7%, buoyed by strong volume growth, improved product mix… |
| People | Sir, firstly, I wanted to understand for our base business, what is our current capacity utilization? | And sir, can you also talk about what is the breakeven capacity utilization for this facility? | We want to ramp up the utilization to 60%, 70%, 80%. | In Q3, the company ramped up production, leading to higher capacity utilization and positive impact on the bottom line from Q2 levels. | I'm just trying to get a visibility on the utilization, in what timeframe the plant can reach optimal utilization. | And also, if you could talk about at what level of utilization, does that facility break-even? | Once we reach about 80% which means in Phase 1 about 4 gigawatt hour 5 gigawatt-hour of utilization. | In Quarter 4, the Company continued to ramp up production, leading to higher capacity utilization, better absorption of fixed costs, and positive impa… |
| Pricing | I understand RM cost has gone up, but in the replacement market, I believe we have a good pricing power. | So, all that I can tell you is that, our technology agreement with supply partner also includes supply chain management, we get access to their supply… | Just wanted to understand how are you approaching pricing of the cells? | And if we have taken any price hike till date in the current quarter? | We are also taking calibrated price increases, which is supporting margins. | So, you have been mentioning in the past that margins in lithium-ion manufacturing for you won't be materially different from what you do in the lead … | So Vaibhav in Q4, we had a negative impact of about INR50 crores in absolute value due to purely and this is net of the price increases which we have … | With regard to availability and pricing of commodities such as LPG, sulfuric acid and plastics, the situation is quite alarming. |
| Revenue growth | — | Firstly, on the Y-o-Y growth side, like you mentioned, the entire growth of 10% has come from volume only, but the lithium was soft, so is the industr… | Both Pravin and Rajeev bring vast wealth of experience in their respective domain, which will add value to the next level of growth of Exide. | Coming to the performance of the company during Q3, nearly 92% of the business has grown by around 12% on the top line. | — | We posted sales growth of 13%, double-digit revenue growth, which was broad-based across the verticals that we play in. | While the GDP growth of India subsided from 8.2% in FY '24 to an estimated growth of 6.4% in FY '25. | This translated to about 9.4% year-on-year overall revenue growth. |