Financials Indus Towers Limited

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INDUSTOWER

INE121J01017

Integrated Telecommunications Services

Market Closed - NSE India S.E. Other stock markets 07:43:47 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
353.3 ^INR	+0.47%		+0.54%	+77.49%

Apr. 24	Airtel Says Not in Talks to Buy Vodafone UK's Indus Towers Stake	CI
Apr. 24	Bharti Airtel in Talks to Acquire 21% Indus Towers Stake from UK's Vodafone	MT

Valuation

Fiscal Period: März	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	579,459	295,851	660,244	598,306	385,337	951,756	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	548,365	276,718	811,648	769,243	574,206	1,144,098	1,129,219	1,098,750
P/E ratio	23.2 x	8.97 x	13.3 x	9.39 x	18.9 x	17.2 x	15.8 x	14.3 x
Yield	4.79%	6.56%	8.21%	4.95%	-	1.07%	3.25%	4.3%
Capitalization / Revenue	3.97 x	2.02 x	2.57 x	2.16 x	1.36 x	3.3 x	3.09 x	2.9 x
EV / Revenue	3.76 x	1.89 x	3.16 x	2.78 x	2.02 x	3.97 x	3.66 x	3.35 x
EV / EBITDA	9.03 x	3.72 x	6.12 x	5.15 x	5.88 x	8.04 x	7.24 x	6.66 x
EV / FCF	40.2 x	6.41 x	11.3 x	13.2 x	13.4 x	102 x	23 x	19.8 x
FCF Yield	2.48%	15.6%	8.83%	7.59%	7.46%	0.98%	4.34%	5.04%
Price to Book	3.99 x	2.19 x	4.16 x	2.7 x	1.83 x	3.77 x	3.32 x	3.14 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	1,848,944	1,849,070	2,694,872	2,694,467	2,694,668	2,693,904	-	-
Reference price ²	313.4	160.0	245.0	222.0	143.0	353.3	353.3	353.3
Announcement Date	4/24/19	4/23/20	4/22/21	5/5/22	4/26/23	-	-	-

¹INR in Million²INR

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: März	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	145,823	146,472	256,729	277,172	283,818	288,072	308,397	328,438
EBITDA ¹	60,733	74,422	132,575	149,429	97,670	142,383	156,071	164,983
EBIT ¹	37,773	43,929	77,575	95,207	43,447	81,513	90,240	96,928
Operating Margin	25.9%	29.99%	30.22%	34.35%	15.31%	28.3%	29.26%	29.51%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	41,021	40,834	66,537	84,307	27,593	73,931	82,292	89,209
Net income ¹	24,938	32,987	49,751	63,731	20,400	55,096	60,721	68,052
Net margin	17.1%	22.52%	19.38%	22.99%	7.19%	19.13%	19.69%	20.72%
EPS ²	13.49	17.84	18.46	23.65	7.570	20.55	22.36	24.79
Free Cash Flow ¹	13,626	43,155	71,695	58,361	42,822	11,206	49,036	55,358
FCF margin	9.34%	29.46%	27.93%	21.06%	15.09%	3.89%	15.9%	16.85%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	22.44%	57.99%	54.08%	39.06%	43.84%	7.87%	31.42%	33.55%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	54.64%	130.82%	144.11%	91.57%	209.91%	20.34%	80.76%	81.35%
Dividend per Share ²	15.00	10.50	20.12	11.00	-	3.771	11.50	15.21
Announcement Date	4/24/19	4/23/20	4/22/21	5/5/22	4/26/23	-	-	-

¹INR in Million²INR

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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: March	2022 Q2	2022 Q3	2022 Q4	2023 Q1	2023 Q2	2023 Q3	2023 Q4	2024 Q1	2024 Q2	2024 Q3	2024 Q4	2025 Q1	2025 Q2	2025 Q3	2025 Q4
Net sales ¹	68,765	69,274	71,163	68,973	79,666	68,548	67,529	70,759	71,325	71,990	73,943	-	-	-	-
EBITDA ¹	36,405	37,243	40,698	23,222	28,124	11,626	34,466	35,138	34,559	35,840	36,816	39,065	39,664	40,271	40,579
EBIT ¹	23,007	23,743	26,792	9,466	15,045	-1,951	21,127	21,145	19,030	19,883	20,580	-	-	-	-
Operating Margin	33.46%	34.27%	37.65%	13.72%	18.89%	-2.85%	31.29%	29.88%	26.68%	27.62%	27.83%	-	-	-	-
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	20,334	20,889	24,314	6,431	11,750	-9,521	18,933	18,103	17,467	20,765	19,819	-	-	-	-
Net income ¹	15,585	15,708	18,285	4,773	8,718	-7,082	13,991	13,479	12,947	15,405	14,958	-	-	-	-
Net margin	22.66%	22.68%	25.69%	6.92%	10.94%	-10.33%	20.72%	19.05%	18.15%	21.4%	20.23%	-	-	-	-
EPS ²	5.789	5.830	6.786	1.771	3.235	-2.628	5.190	5.000	4.800	5.720	5.523	-	-	-	-
Dividend per Share ²	-	-	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0450	-	-	-	19.25
Announcement Date	10/25/21	1/27/22	5/5/22	8/2/22	10/27/22	1/24/23	4/26/23	7/27/23	10/25/23	1/23/24	-	-	-	-	-

¹INR in Million²INR

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: March	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	-	-	151,404	170,937	188,869	192,342	177,463	146,994
Net Cash position ¹	31,094	19,133	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	-	-	1.142 x	1.144 x	1.934 x	1.351 x	1.137 x	0.891 x
Free Cash Flow ¹	13,626	43,155	71,695	58,361	42,822	11,206	49,036	55,358
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	15.8%	24.3%	29.6%	57.5%	9.43%	23.7%	22.1%	21.9%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	13.6%	17.7%	10.9%	13.7%	4.32%	12.5%	12.1%	12.5%
Assets ¹	184,044	186,446	456,264	464,556	472,704	439,218	500,714	542,862
Book Value Per Share ²	78.50	73.20	58.90	82.20	78.30	93.70	106.0	113.0
Cash Flow per Share ²	17.10	12.50	39.90	33.80	29.30	39.90	42.80	46.80
Capex ¹	17,961	18,708	35,868	32,851	41,210	86,888	64,029	53,680
Capex / Sales	12.32%	12.77%	13.97%	11.85%	14.52%	30.16%	20.76%	16.34%
Announcement Date	4/24/19	4/23/20	4/22/21	5/5/22	4/26/23	-	-	-

¹INR in Million²INR

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Year-on-year evolution of the PER

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Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Ratings for Indus Towers Limited

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Analysts' Consensus

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Buy

Mean consensus

HOLD

Number of Analysts

Last Close Price

353.3 INR

Average target price

262.6 INR

Spread / Average Target

-25.67%

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Company calendar

Sector Telecommunications Network Infrastructure

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