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Ashoka Buildcon Q4 Review - Execution In Line; Margin Below Our Estimate: Motilal Oswal

Ashoka Buildcon Q4 Review - Execution In Line; Margin Below Our Estimate: Motilal Oswal

<div class="paragraphs"><p>A bridge project carried out by Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. (Source: Company website)</p></div>
A bridge project carried out by Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. (Source: Company website)

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Motilal Oswal Report

Ashoka Buildcon Ltd.’s revenue grew 12% YoY and 41% QoQ to Rs 15.6 billion (9% above our estimate) in Q4 FY22. However, Ebitda margin contracted 90 basis points QoQ to 10.0% (below our estimate of 11.1%).

Ebitda declined 22% YoY to Rs 1.6 billion while profit after tax grew 26% YoY to Rs 1.9 billion (our estimate: Rs 1.2 billion).

Order book (excluding the recently won projects) stood at ~Rs 137 billion, with an order book/revenue ratio of ~2.8 times providing comfort on revenue growth.

Order book was dominated by the roads and railways segment (75% of the order book).

The order pipeline remained robust and Ashoka Buildcon is targeting Rs 100 billion of orders in FY23E.

The company has initiated the sale of its investment in the joint venture, GVR Ashoka Chennai ORR Ltd., for which the share purchase agreement has been signed for a consideration of Rs 6.9 billion.

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