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Earnings Call Transcript
2022-Q4

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Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to Bharat Forge Q4 FY '22 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]

Please note that this conference is being recorded.

I now hand the conference over to Mr. Amit Kalyani. Thank you and over to you, sir.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for joining our Q4 and full year analyst call. As usual, I'll take you through a short commentary and then open up for Q&A. We have -- I have with us members of our finance, Investor Relations and management teams.

So just to sum up the year, I think we had a strong finish to the year. At a stand-alone level, we witnessed about 71% growth in revenues, more than doubling of the EBITDA and a 3x jump activity.

EBITDA margin is at 27% despite the inflationary pressure across all cost elements. We have a strong balance sheet with a net debt-equity of 0.2. We've won over INR 1,000 crores of new orders for Bharat Forge India. This is both for Indian and domestic and export markets. We have also won over $150 million of orders for steel and aluminum forgings for U.S. operations, which will be made in supplied in the U.S. to U.S. customers.

I'm happy to note and report that we have won our first order for power electronics for automotive application from our EV division and also aluminum -- high-pressure aluminum die cast parts from prestigious OEMs. And we've had a 20% EBITDA margin at the consolidated level. We've crossed about the INR 10,000 crore revenue. And our artillery gun has completed all trials by the user and passed with flying honors.

Just to look at 3 months of the year, we ended again by growing our top line by about 28% to INR 1,675 crores driven by a pickup in both domestic and export markets. EBITDA margin at 25.7% are optically depressed due to the pass-through effect of the steel price increase. If that were not there, this would be about 27%. EBITDA for the quarter was INR 332 crores, a growth of 40% over quarter 4 of '21.

So just to say at a consolidated level, we expect 2022 to be a stronger year driven both by top line growth and strong cash flow, ramping up of our U.S. operations, growth in our aluminum operations in Germany and significant growth starting to kick in for our industrial vertical.

So I will now be happy to take your questions and answers.

Operator

We will now begin the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] The first question is from the line of Binay Singh from Morgan Stanley.

B
Binay Singh
analyst

My first question is on the order book. In the December quarter, we had called out that the EV order book is around $50 million. So this order that we're talking about on the power electronics side is over and above that? So this is something you've got in the March quarter? Is that correct understanding? And if so, what is the EV order book now out of the...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

This is an increase because this is something which we had done a product development and supplied it to the customer for testing and trial. And this has now been approved, and it will go into finished product.

B
Binay Singh
analyst

Okay. So sir, within the [Foreign Language] crore, what will be our EV order book now?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Sorry?

B
Binay Singh
analyst

Within the [Foreign Language] crore number that we've given, what will be our EV sort of percentage for the order book?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

I would say probably about 50%. 50% out of the foundry in India. And all of the German orders are -- out of the orders in the U.S. for aluminum, 80% are for EV and hybrid.

B
Binay Singh
analyst

Yes. Right, right. Those are, I guess, casting parts that are going into EV cars?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. So for the total orders. Our total EV order book would be well in excess of, I would say, INR 1,500 crores between forging, casting and other parts between Germany, U.S. and India.

B
Binay Singh
analyst

And what sort of execution time lines should we look at? Like over -- will it be executed over 1 year or over 2 years?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So this will ramp up this year and it will be running at full volume. These orders will be running at full volume in '24, '25. But by then, we anticipate significant more orders.

B
Binay Singh
analyst

Okay, that's good to know. And just lastly on inflation. In the last call, we had specifically called out the inflationary headwinds that our [indiscernible]?

[Technical Difficulty]

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Hello?

Operator

Sir, sorry to interrupt. There seems to be some disturbance in your line.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Binay, I'm here. Sorry, I couldn't hear at all.

Operator

It seems like we lost the connection for the current participant. We move to the next question from the line of Kapil Singh from Nomura.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

Firstly, I wanted to check, what is the total order book that we have? I really think INR 1,000 crores is per annum kind of order that we have done, right?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

When it fully ramps up, it will be INR 1,000 crores, yes.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

INR 1,000 crores per annum, right? So I wanted to check, like what is the -- because you have orders from last year or maybe even before that also which are yet to go into production, right? So I just wanted to check, what is the order book which is yet to go into production?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

I would say more than INR 1,000 crores for sure. It would be closer to about INR 1,400 crores, INR 1,500 crores.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

So this INR 1,500 crores, roughly around INR 1,500 crores will be for the Indian operations, right?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. And that's on the automotive side.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

Okay. And for the overseas operation?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Overseas, as we mentioned, right now it's $150 million in the U.S.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

Okay. Got it. And sir, could you repeat how much is the EV order book out of this INR 1,000 crores that you booked?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

About INR 500 crores. And additionally, what we have in the U.S. and Germany.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

Okay. And sir, this INR 500 crores is in this segment, this casting?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

We don't want to break it down, but it's in the automotive segment, automotive power electronics, I mean, automotive EVs.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

No. I meant these are like traction parts or drivetrain parts?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

This is a variety of components. It goes across forging, casting, power and control electronics, et cetera.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

Okay. Okay. And then you also announced this even maiden honor for the [ CDC ] converters from Indian OEM. This is this product category?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

This is the power electronics.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

No, I meant the -- this final product, is it similar -- what kind of product is it?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

It's called the...

U
Unknown Executive

Truck and bus.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

It's a truck and bus application, commercial vehicles.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

Okay. Okay. Understood. And secondly, could you also share the outlook for India's markets in terms of market size, particularly the global market? What do we see in terms of industry size for U.S. class 8 and also for Europe market for next 1 to 2 years? How much production ramp are the winners having right now? Some color on that also, please.

U
Unknown Executive

So the U.S. and European commercial vehicle markets, we see them, at least as of now, fairly robust for this year and next year. That is the forecast. The order backlogs are quite healthy right now. So most of these guys have slots booked for the next 12 to 15 months as well. So as of today, all of this is fairly robust.

As far as the supply chain disruption is concerned, I would say there are normal supply chain disruptions. There is nothing that is a very significant showstopper right now. There is a lot of volatility and there is a lot of, let me say, disruptions, if you will. But they are able to manage, and that is still supporting production outflow.

K
Kapil Singh
analyst

Do they require to raise production significantly from current levels? It's around 25,000, for example, for U.S. market. Do we need to go much higher than that? Or current levels are -- is what that you should expect you'd have seen?

U
Unknown Executive

They have maintained production at a stable level. So they have not -- it's fairly stable. You can call that.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Puneet from HSBC.

P
Puneet Gulati
analyst

My first question is on -- my question is if you are seeing any increased workflow or new orders coming on account of opportunities that, that may have risen from the lack of supply chain in China. Or any extra movement that you are seeing in terms of additional export opportunities for your industrial products?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. So for Industrial, I think this is early days. But we are definitely seeing, let's say, new supply chain demand from India across sectors, and that is our entire foreign die castings, forgings, et cetera, heavier forgings with the acquisition of Bharat unit. And then as we complete -- the acquisition of JS Auto will us to cater to a much larger segment of the market and increase those companies' revenues manyfold and grow our Automotive -- grow our Industrial business as well.

P
Puneet Gulati
analyst

Can you talk about specific industrial products, which have been asked?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

No, I'm not going to talk about any specific industry because this is competitive information and I don't want to share it.

P
Puneet Gulati
analyst

Understood.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

But it will be across sectors. It will be across sectors.

P
Puneet Gulati
analyst

Okay. Okay. And this is new in last -- something that you've seen in the last 1 year?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes, yes. Absolutely, absolutely.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Amyn Pirani from JPMorgan.

A
Amyn Pirani
analyst

On the Industrial business, I think you already answered partly that question. So which are the areas you mentioned which are 100% dependency on imports? Is it possible for you to highlight some like broad areas where we can have a medium-term opportunity because of the...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

It will be all in capital goods and replace those imports. So it's across sectors. It goes across many, many sectors, but it's largely all in capital goods.

A
Amyn Pirani
analyst

Okay, okay. And on the oil and gas side, you mentioned that you expect stable revenues going forward. So right now, you are still below the peak that we used to have like 4, 5 years ago?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes, yes. We're at, I would say, 2/3 of the peak.

U
Unknown Executive

Yes.

A
Amyn Pirani
analyst

Two -- despite high oil prices, we are not seeing incremental investments going into that area basically?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

There are -- no, there is incremental investment. But what has also happened is asset utilization. Asset life cycle has gone up substantially.

A
Amyn Pirani
analyst

Okay. Okay. Okay. And some time back, you had talked about trying to get into new products in terms of offshore. Is there any development on that?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

No, no, we have developed new products and got new orders also for new products for the tracking sector. They will all start slowly this year and then increase next year.

A
Amyn Pirani
analyst

Okay. Okay. And...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

North offshore.

A
Amyn Pirani
analyst

Okay. North offshore, okay.

U
Unknown Executive

Yes.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Ronak Sarda from Systematix.

R
Ronak Sarda
analyst

First question on the India CV demand. How do you see the demand for current year, especially given the inventory in the system is pretty low? So how do you see the...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Well, quarter 1 is looking like in the back at peak volumes of 1,670.

U
Unknown Executive

Close.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Very close. I mean quarter 1 is at about 50,000 numbers.

U
Unknown Executive

Amit, [indiscernible].

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Sorry, 97,000 numbers, 97,000.

R
Ronak Sarda
analyst

And how do you see this sustaining, let's say, over the full year, I mean, especially with the...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Right now everybody is bullish. Right now people are bullish for Q2 also. But I think we have to go quarter-on-quarter at a time.

R
Ronak Sarda
analyst

Right. Right. And so please...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

But now looking strong because the premium market has been depressed for a very long time.

R
Ronak Sarda
analyst

Right. And now we also were gaining -- we had new content supply starting in the BS-VI regime. So should we see a full impact or full benefit of that as well? Or we should -- our revenue growth will be largely linked to the production growth?

U
Unknown Executive

Yes. See, whatever new products we have developed which are for BS-VI, we have a significant market share or 100% market share. And those are going well and that will continue. It will basically be in line with the market demand.

R
Ronak Sarda
analyst

Right. Okay. And also your thoughts on the EBITDA margin. How should we look at the EBITDA margin because commodity costs are increasing? At the same time, we'll have operating lease benefit coming through and also the various cost reduction measures you have taken over the last period.

U
Unknown Executive

The problem is that one can't comment on what is the cost pressures, et cetera, right now. And energy cost is also going up. Freight cost is going up. So I think on an overall basis, if we are able to maintain at this level, 25%, 20% -- between, say, 20%, around 26%, 26.5%, I think it is a pretty good number.

R
Ronak Sarda
analyst

Right. Right. And finally, the question -- a question on the India Industrial part, right? Last year, we had a onetime revenue from supplies of oxygen cylinders. How do you see the overall full year revenues from Industrial division? Should we...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

I think our Industrial division revenues will be strong this year, and this will be a continuing trend.

R
Ronak Sarda
analyst

Right. So we shouldn't see a major dip from what we did in FY '22?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

No.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Basudeb Banerjee from ICICI Securities.

B
Basudeb Banerjee
analyst

Congrats, sir, for this good set of numbers. A couple of things. One, sir, if we look at your cash flows for last 4 years, you have done a consolidated level in excess of INR 1,000 crore CapEx and only FY '20 was a free cash flow year. So you have added a U.S. capability in a low capability in between. Revenue is back to FY '19 levels. So what is the outlook for consol CapEx for the coming 2 years? Around...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

We repaid lots of loans. So now you are saying we haven't had free cash flow.

B
Basudeb Banerjee
analyst

Yes.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

I don't understand what you're saying. It was very garbled, and it was very incoherent. So maybe you can just repeat for the...

B
Basudeb Banerjee
analyst

So out of last 4 years, sir, we could see free cash flow only in FY '20 and revenue is back to INR 10,000 crore-plus. So how do you see free cash flow generation in coming years? And what should be the consol CapEx?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

I don't think we gave cash flow numbers even this year. If you account for -- if you look at our debt repayment, we have repaid almost INR 250 crore of debt. Our loan has gone down. So yes, net of debt, there is -- free cash flow is not there. But we have the opportunity to raise more capital and raise more debt and finance cash flow or finance our CapEx. So I'm not concerned about that because our balance sheet is very, very strong. And we have about between INR 300 crores to INR 350 crores CapEx this year and next year.

B
Basudeb Banerjee
analyst

At the consol level, sir, including project growth maintenance CapEx?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes, yes. Except for acquisition. We have announced the acquisition of JS Auto, which when it gets completed, we will have to pay the money that will be due. But without the acquisition, our consolidated CapEx will be in the region of about INR 350 crores this year and next year.

B
Basudeb Banerjee
analyst

And second question, sir. As you rightly said, that U.S. truck -- class 8 truck manufacturing capacity is roughly 25,000 per month and the order books are there, giving you visibility of that much production. So how to look at growth for Bharat Forge's perspective. Like what kind of parts per vehicle at this new customer addition amid the static production outlook per se?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Well, there's lots of opportunity because as all the customers are moving towards electric mobility, they are going to de-integrate and de-emphasize in-house manufacturing. So that is a very big opportunity for us, and our teams are already engaged with customers on those matters.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Pramod Amthe from InCred Capital.

P
Pramod Amthe
analyst

Two questions. One is with regard to the international aluminum forgings. What has been the experience in terms of ramp-up? I think this quarterly in the financials indicate some revenues being booked.

Second, are there any advance -- advancement of CapEx for aluminum forging on the international side?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So our aluminum forging ramp-up is going as planned. There has been a few months of slowdown because of some of our customers being impacted by Ukraine, et cetera. So we're using that time to do more product development for future growth. And we have now more business than we have capacity, so we will have to look at setting up additional capacity to take care of that demand.

P
Pramod Amthe
analyst

And when you'll plan to look into it and announce per se?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So we will announce that in the following -- in the next quarter.

P
Pramod Amthe
analyst

And second one is with regard to EV components. You had indicated in the presentation some win in the EV component space in the domestic market, if I'm not wrong. How do you see -- with all these questions being raised about quality and concerns on safety, do you see an opportunity for a quality player like you to play a bigger role in EV components as compared to currently imported?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Absolutely. You're absolutely right, Pramod, and we definitely do see that opportunity. But we don't -- we are also being cautious in overcommitting on time frame, et cetera, because we want to be sure that our products all go through the required tests and we are 100% sure that they are going to meet the safety requirements because the vehicle safety depends on all the systems safety. And the system here has, one, externality, which is the charging infrastructure and the voltage and -- the current and voltage drops that we face in India. So these are not things that all over the world people are used to. In India, you have to be conscious that this is a serious issue and design your product for that.

P
Pramod Amthe
analyst

But do you expect the, ultimately, OEM to bear it? Or you also have a role to play in terms of providing better...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So look, in this product, the customer gives you a specification and the actual design of the product is yours.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Raghunandhan N.L. from Emkay Global.

R
Raghunandhan N. L.
analyst

The first question is on ATAGS. As you said, the Army trials have been successful. So media reports indicate that the RFQ is expected in June for over INR 3,000 crore worth of orders. Can you talk about your expectations, opportunity size and capacity for this business?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Well, I'll tell you that we expect that this whole ordering process should pick up steam and hopefully get completed in this financial year.

In terms of capacity, I think in our first year, we will have a capacity of about 100 guns. And after that, we can -- we will have an increase in our capacity to 200 a year.

R
Raghunandhan N. L.
analyst

What has been the investment, sir?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Investment so far has been about INR 250 crores. But please remember, this is only the investment for the gun making. The machining, forging, heat treatment, all that was already in place. Machine making, all that was already in place. So we're leveraging the group's capabilities in that.

R
Raghunandhan N. L.
analyst

Sir, on to Tork Motorcycles, can you talk about how has been the initial vehicle demand and the opportunity on the component supplies?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So the vehicle demand has been pretty good. We have closed the order book at 1,000 orders because, again, after reading all the issues with safety and [indiscernible] and explosions and reversals of certain products, we've initiated a full testing regimen, including outside agency, to make sure that our product is completely robust and will not have any of these issues. So I believe that it is better to take a little time and -- but do it right.

And in terms of the opportunities, we're very clear on what we know, what we will be making and supply. And our plants are right now under construction.

R
Raghunandhan N. L.
analyst

Lastly, sir, on Nellore lightweighting plant, how much was the FY '22 revenue? And what is the expectation on the production ramp-up going forward?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Our revenue in '22 is very small. I would say hardly INR 20 crores, INR 30 crores. This will be a year of ramp-up for us. We have received export orders for some marquee global customers. And I think the real pickup in growth will happen in '24. '23, we'll see growth, but '24 will be the real growth year.

R
Raghunandhan N. L.
analyst

So we should be able to reach that INR 200 crore kind of a revenue target there, I think, on that...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes, I think so. I think, I mean, we should be pretty close, yes.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Pramod Kumar from UBS.

P
Pramod Kumar
analyst

Amit, my first question is related to exports. You did talk about some order wins and the fact that even now, some of the segments are 2/3 of the peak and even on the export industry side. If you can just share outlook given the fact that there is increasing concerns about recession fears in the developed markets. So if you can just provide some context on where do we stand in terms of our order book. What's been the kind of share gain, what we are seeing, and the incremental auto win opportunity?

So just to put things in perspective from a 2-year perspective, whether exports -- can we expect a double-digit growth on a sustainable basis?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. So I'm going to have my colleague, Subodh, answer that question. He is far more, let's say, active in the market.

S
S. Tandale
executive

So to answer your question, yes, we are expecting growth. Whether it is double digits or more or less, that time will tell. But we are definitely working for growth.

P
Pramod Kumar
analyst

Okay. That's very helpful. But if you can just provide some color as to what are the areas where you're seeing some traction because there are some areas which are not coming back on the expected lines in terms of, say, oil and gas. And how is renewable doing? If you can just give us some more color, yes.

S
S. Tandale
executive

So yes. See, we are targeting growth in all the segments we operate in, which is right from commercial vehicle, Automotive as well as Industrial. And we have -- we are putting together a strategy which also focuses on development of different products. So even if the market remains stagnant to a certain extent, we see growth opportunities, and we are engaged in that process in any case. This includes certain products in the oil and gas side as well.

P
Pramod Kumar
analyst

Sir, yes. And related to that, with the transition to EVs, there was expectation that on the legacy parts, there'll be more consolidation of vendors, wherein large OEMs will move their legacy parts vendor for the supplies to larger consolidated vendors who can have larger scale and basically reduce their investments on those parts. So are we seeing anything like that play out on the global side, especially in markets like North America and Europe?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So while we are already seeing RFQs and proposals and discussions around that line, right now everybody has been very caught up in addressing day-to-day opportunities and issues of supply chain stemming from all the macroeconomic and global issues that are happening. So they are started, but they're not picking up pace because people are just worried about maintaining their day-to-day supply chain and running their plants.

P
Pramod Kumar
analyst

Okay. So in a way, is it fair to assume, Amit, that once these things stabilize, then probably from FY '24 perspective, you should see some of these activities kind of contributing meaningfully on the export side?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So look, I don't -- we haven't entered into any such agreements or contracts yet. So I don't know if '24 it will happen, but -- in terms of revenue recognition. But I think directionally, there's definitely a path that we are on.

P
Pramod Kumar
analyst

Okay. A second one is on defense. I understand that availability of, how do you say, proving grounds or the areas where these guns are tested and all that has been the biggest bottleneck for defense new equipment order -- or trials, basically. So in -- is there any change there? Or we should expect...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

No, no, no, that problem was solved during Mr. [ Paribas' ] time itself.

P
Pramod Kumar
analyst

Okay.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

He was the one who opened up the government test ranges for private players to use. That happened almost 4 years ago. Before that, we were not able to do testing because there were no private testing fields in India.

P
Pramod Kumar
analyst

Okay. And outside of the artillery guns, which is the next big opportunity you're looking forward to on the defense side?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Well, beside the artillery guns, We have vehicle programs. And we have multiple artillery guns, not just this one. And then we also have opportunities to export our products across the world. .

Operator

The next question is from the line of Jinesh Gandhi from Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

I mean I just want to clarify on this export amount of $150 million. You mentioned that in this case, forged aluminum made in U.S.?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

This is not export orders, these are orders received by our subsidiary in the U.S. for steel and aluminum forgings which will be made in the U.S. and supplied. .

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Okay. So would we need to put up like cleaning up produced capacity there also? Or will...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

We don't always have to put up forging capacity. We are going to do automation of our project line and some amount of maintenance CapEx, which will allow us to debottleneck our facilities and produce -- to make them more productive.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Okay. Okay. Got it. Second question pertains to the European aluminum forging business. So can you talk about what was the utilization for the 30,000-tonne capacity which we have in Europe in fourth quarter and for the full year FY '22?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

I would say our capacity utilization in Europe was about 40%.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

For the full year?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. .

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Okay. Okay. And the ramp-up has been -- is it lower than expected just because of the geopolitical issues which your customers are facing or also there are...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Because -- there was slack because -- there was slack because we had to develop so many new products, that because the product development is happening in Germany for both the U.S. and the German plants, therefore we needed 1 extra year for product development. .

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Okay. Okay. Got it. And that -- talking about your European operations, did we see a material impact of energy cost inflation in fourth quarter? Was that the key reason why our margins, excluding the EU -- sorry, excluding U.S. aluminum, went down? .

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

We do have some cost...

U
Unknown Executive

Recoveries.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Recoveries which are still pending, which will happen in the course of the next few months.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Okay. Okay. Got it. And coming to the, finally, forging operations. So have you seen incremental utilization or...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

On product towards Industrial...

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Right. BS-IV?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Technologies and solutions.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Yes. So you see any incremental utilization there?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. So I think we will increase our sales there by 50% this year.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

In FY '20, we should increase by 50%. But what -- how did we close FY '22?

U
Unknown Executive

75 crores.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

We're about INR 75 crores for the year. Oh, 9 months, 9 months. Sorry, for 9 months. So close to 100-odd crore kind of run rate.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Right, right, right. Got it. And our India operation subsidiary primarily is exhibiting losses, and they've widened in fourth quarter. So is it largely because of family forging? Or there are pressures in other operations as the...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

I have to emphasize there are no losses. It basically not only -- it basically depends. Where there is an EV, there we are investing.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Mumuksh Mandlesha from Emkay Global.

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

Sir, on the -- for the EV segment side, what kind of outperformance do we expect led by the order moves? So what kind of growth is expected for the...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So who's -- this conferencing system is very unclear. I don't know is happening. Very, very muffled voices are -- currently. Very unclear to hear.

Operator

Mr. Mandlesha?

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

Yes, can you hear me?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. Can you just maybe put the speakerphone up or something?

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

Yes. Yes. I speak it normally. Is this fine, sir?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes, I mean, it's not very clear. Go nearer, go nearer or around so that we can hear you.

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

Is it better, sir?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. Okay.

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

Yes. Just on the EV, what kind of outperformance you expected over the industry growth based on the orders, sir? .

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

For the EV segment, we will have a definite outperformance because we have, one, lots of business globally. Subodh?

S
S. Tandale
executive

Yes, absolutely. So I think we should be able to grow our EV business even if there is no change in the underlying markets by at least 30% this year.

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

And this is across domestic and overseas?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

No, I'm talking about for India.

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

India.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

But also Germany will certainly increase because of our aluminum forging business.

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

Okay. On the second question, sir, on aerospace/railway, what kind of revenues are you seeing FY '22? And what is the outlook for FY '23, sir?

U
Unknown Executive

Aerospace, Amit.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So aerospace, again, we are seeing, I would say, between 30% and 40% growth this year and possibly 25%, 30% growth year after next.

Railway, there is not much growth because of the whole electrification and the lack of diesel business.

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

And sir, Just on Kalyani and [indiscernible], has that already started, sir?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes, yes, yes.

M
Mumuksh Mandlesha
analyst

So what kind of revenue was this quarter, sir?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Again, it's about INR 20 crores, INR 25 crores this quarter.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Gunjan Prithyani from Bank of America.

G
Gunjan Prithyani
analyst

I just had two follow-ups. Firstly, in the -- your India Industrial business.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

This voice is -- this call is coming in very clear. I don't know what is the difference between one line versus the other. So I can hear completely what you're saying. So go ahead. You need to start again.

G
Gunjan Prithyani
analyst

Okay. So no, just follow-ups on your India industrial business. Now if you can share some color on the various segments. I mean a little bit of the mix. Where is it coming from? Agri, aerospace construction, the way you spell it out for F '22. And when you're giving your comments, clearly there's a lot of confidence on the growth from this segment. So which are the categories where you're seeing growth in...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

No, I mentioned earlier this is competitive information, and I don't want to share it anymore. Because there are lots of people who listen to what we say, and I don't want to create competition [ information ]. So let's just say that we're going to grow this business, we have a good strategy, we have a new person who is heading this business in our company and we have a very good plan.

G
Gunjan Prithyani
analyst

Okay. Okay, no worries. Only on JS Autocast now, if you can just give the time line for the closure. And what is the kind of...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

It will happen this quarter.

G
Gunjan Prithyani
analyst

It'll happen...

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

This quarter.

G
Gunjan Prithyani
analyst

Okay. And anything that you want to give us a sense that how that business should scale up in terms of revenues the way you put it for the Sanghvi?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Well, the way I see it this, when we buy it, it will be at about INR 380 crores, INR 390 crores or so in top line. Our goal is that in 5 years, we should be able to triple it.

G
Gunjan Prithyani
analyst

And how much investment for that?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

I will talk about that later. You asked me the revenue, I've given you the revenue target in terms of my own business.

G
Gunjan Prithyani
analyst

Okay. Got it. Just the last bit from my side. I mean on the U.S. class 8 trucks now, clearly the order -- the orders have been seeing significant decline, and that, I understand, is because of the floods being close. But are you sensing any increase in the cancellation or any change in outlook going by some of the other indicators that you see in the industry?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Not for the moment.

G
Gunjan Prithyani
analyst

Okay. So you expect that it stays stable at least for the next 12, 15 months?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Correct.

S
S. Tandale
executive

That is the expectation from us.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Aniket Mhatre from HDFC Securities.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Sir, would you be able to share Sanghvi Forging's EBITDA, please?

S
S. Tandale
executive

Sanghvi's...

U
Unknown Executive

What does that mean? It's all in the numbers. It's about INR 55 crores of top line. And let me...

S
S. Tandale
executive

INR 70 crores, top line.

U
Unknown Executive

Sanghvi. And an EBITDA of about, this is the first year, about 15%, 16%. But this is the first year, so I don't think [indiscernible].

S
S. Tandale
executive

[indiscernible].

U
Unknown Executive

Fact is we didn't lose any money. We made a PBT and an EBITDA profit.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Yes, sure. No, I mean, the -- frankly, the reason for asking the question was to just decipher between -- we understand Sanghvi Forging is a very profitable entity, but we still see losses in the India sub. So just trying to understand...

U
Unknown Executive

[indiscernible]...

S
S. Tandale
executive

Sanghvi [indiscernible]. This is not...

U
Unknown Executive

So the facts are, which are losing money are in defense and also -- only that part. When we out and do a trial, there's a huge cost.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Yes. Okay.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

What had happened is we had taken over Sanghvi from the 1st of July.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Correct.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So in the first quarter, there was a -- it was within -- it was still under NCLT and there were certain write-offs. So I think the point that you need to look at is since we have taken over, there are no losses. And we are poised for some very strong growth there. And...

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Sure. Understood, sir. And when you talk about 50% growth in FY '23 for Sanghvi Forging, so you're talking about an annualized run rate of -- from FY '22, the 9-month level?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Annualized run rate.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Got it. And sir, just one clarification. This Kalyani M4 order and the ATAGS order, that will come under the India subsidiary?

U
Unknown Executive

Yes, yes. In India, yes.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

No, no, India subsidiaries, not in the standalone.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

No, that comes in standalone.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Okay. Both will come in standalone.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Then we had bid for those orders, we didn't have KSSL. So the orders were bid and won in...

S
S. Tandale
executive

BFL.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

BFL.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Sure. One other clarification. You just talked about very strong 30% growth in the PV business. That was for PV exports, right?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Yes. But even on PV domestic and PV overall, we will have a strong growth because of lots of new order wins from new customers. .

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Sure. Understood. And just one final thing. You said CV domestic is -- OEMs are talking about very strong growth. Would we go back to the FY '19 peak this year in your view? Or as per customer, what is the indication?

U
Unknown Executive

Q1 is tracking at close to peak numbers.

A
Aniket Mhatre
analyst

Okay. Okay.

U
Unknown Executive

So if it sustains, then yes, the answer is yes.

Operator

The next question is from the line of Jinesh Gandhi from Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

So for FY '22, of this 71% growth, what would be working? And how much is attributed to that RM cost pass-through? And how much is organic?

U
Unknown Executive

RM cost -- well, we know what -- I would suggest that our financial team, they will come back to you on that.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Sure. Secondly, as we had seen in the fourth quarter particularly, there is substantial increase in Other income and interest costs. Is there any change in accounting which has happened which will continue? .

U
Unknown Executive

Yes, none.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

No, we have planned disposal of assets.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Okay. And on the interest cost?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

[indiscernible] disposal of assets. Actual -- and it's actual cash received.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Okay. And interest costs have also gone up quite materially to INR 40 crores.

U
Unknown Executive

Yes. A portion of the exchange -- part of exchange now because of the [indiscernible].

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Okay. Okay. Got it.

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

Our average for interest cost is INR 20 crores a quarter. I think that's the way to look at it, yes. And everything starts from the exchange rate.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Got it. And what was Indian realization for the quarter?

U
Unknown Executive

Yes. 76.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

76? Got it. Got it. And last question on our working capital. So in FY '22 on a stand-alone basis, we have seen roughly about INR 1,000 crore of outflow. So do you expect this to reverse? Or is this the normal course of business?

A
Amit Kalyani
executive

So I just have one request. This is Amit Kalyani. I have to unfortunately -- I don't like to reveal a customer. So I have to leave. If anybody has any last questions for me, I will take that. Otherwise, our finance team will continue and our business team will continue with you.

So I just like to thank you all for your participation and your interest in our company and your encouragement and questions. Please do keep in touch, and we will keep updating you on matters of importance with regard to Investor Relations and what communication in terms of new things at the company. And I wish you all good health, and I'll leave you to our teams here. Thank you very much.

U
Unknown Executive

Yes, go ahead, Jinesh. You had some questions.

J
Jinesh Gandhi
analyst

Yes. It was on the working capital side. So FY '22, we had seen outflows, INR 2,000 crores on a stand-alone basis. Do you expect this to reverse or partly? Or this will -- there is no abnormality over here? .

U
Unknown Executive

So the increase in the absolute number is on the basis of [indiscernible]. If you compare it to the sale -- [indiscernible] to the sale, it's just kind of a flat end of year. This is in terms of absolute number.

U
Unknown Executive

Yes. Year-on-year, it has grown by almost 70%.

U
Unknown Executive

Yes.

U
Unknown Executive

And the increase in working capital is a reflection of that.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, that was the last question for today. On behalf of Bharat Forge, that concludes this conference. We thank you all for joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines.

U
Unknown Executive

Thank you. Bye.

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