UPL’s Q3 FY22 Revenue up 24% and EBITDA up 21%
31 January 2022, Mumbai: UPL Ltd. (NSE: UPL & BSE: 512070, LSE: UPLL), today reported financial results for the third quarter of FY22 (Oct-Dec 2021).
Financial Performance Update
| INR crore (Unless otherwise stated) | Q3 FY22 | Q3 FY21 | YoY | 9M FY22 | 9M FY21 | YoY |
| Revenue | 11,297 | 9,125 | 24% | 30,379 | 25,898 | 17% |
| EBITDA | 2,666 | 2,209 | 21% | 6,574 | 5,720 | 15% |
| EBITDA Margin (%) | 23.6% | 24.2% | (61bps) | 21.6% | 22.1% | (45bps) |
| Net Profit | 937 | 793 | 18% | 2,247 | 1,807 | 24% |
- Q3 FY22 Revenue witnessed robust growth of 24% YoY to reach INR 11,297 crore, led by healthy growth in volumes (+11%) and better product realizations (+13%)
- Q3 FY22 EBITDA grew by 21% YoY to INR 2,666 crore as against INR 2,209 crore in Q3 FY21. In- house manufacturing with backward integration linkages supported by effective raw material sourcing and overall cost management helped in keeping the EBITDA margins largely intact, despite the higher input costs and a sharp rise in freight charges
- Without considering the strategic long-term Investment of INR 75 crore in our digital platform, EBITDA growth was 23% YoY and EBITDA margin was 24.3%, in-line versus Q3 FY21
Commenting on the performance, Mr. Jai Shroff, CEO – UPL Ltd., said “UPL delivered another quarter of strong business performance in a challenging environment with growth across all regions except India. We are confident of continuing this business momentum and ending the fiscal year 2022 on a strong note.
During the quarter, we announced a new strategic partnership in Brazil with ‘Bunge’, a world leader in sourcing, processing, and supplying oilseed and grain products and ingredients.
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We also undertook multiple initiatives to re-imagine sustainability and in Q3, we successfully raised a sustainability loan of US$700 million. At the same time, furthering our commitment to the Gigaton challenge, our digital platform ‘nurture.farm’ successfully completed its Crop Residue Management Program, thereby preventing release of over 1 million tons of carbon emissions. Taken together, these initiatives underscore UPL’s commitment to sustainability as we continue to raise the bar for the industry as a whole with UPL being ranked once again as the #1 global crop protection company amongst its peers by Sustainalytics in its 2021 ESG rankings.”
Regional Performance Update
| Region (INR crore) | Q3 FY22 | Q3 FY21 | YoY % Chg. | 9M FY22 | 9M FY21 | YoY % Chg. |
| Latin America | 4,683 | 3,849 | 22% | 12,278 | 10,096 | 22% |
| Europe | 1,406 | 1,120 | 26% | 4,265 | 3,845 | 11% |
| North America | 2,117 | 1,352 | 57% | 4,296 | 3,151 | 36% |
| India | 907 | 906 | – | 4,303 | 3,826 | 12% |
| Rest of the World | 2,185 | 1,899 | 15% | 5,237 | 4,980 | 5% |
| Total | 11,297 | 9,125 | 24% | 30,379 | 25,898 | 17% |
- Healthy volume growth along with improved realisations across all regions except India
- High sales return in Kharif and erratic monsoon adversely impacted sales volume in India
- Robust growth in Latin America propelled by higher herbicide demand and a significant uptick in realizations.
- North America delivered a strong outperformance led by robust volume and pricing growth. This outperformance was driven by a combination of factors – buoyant commodity prices, constrained supply for key products, favorable channel stock and improved herbicide demand
- Strong performance in North Europe drove major growth in Europe. Improved demand for BioSolutions also supported the regional performance
- Despite the supply chain constraints and significant depreciation of Japanese Yen, ROW achieved growth in mid-teens led by the strong performance in APAC, Southern Africa and China
Other Developments
- ‘Bunge’ enters as a strategic partner in ‘Sinagro’ (an associate of UPL), which will help Sinagro to accelerate its growth plans in Brazil.
- UPL raised the second tranche of US$ 700 million sustainability linked loan to replace the acquisition loan at 35bps lower interest rate.
- For the second year running, UPL was ranked as the #1 agrochemical company globally amongst its peers for sustainability performance by Sustainalytics in its 2021 ESG rankings.
- Nurture.farm, successfully completed its ‘crop residue program’ – empowering ~25,000 farmers, covering ~425,000 acres and preventing the release of over 1 million ton of carbon emissions.
