Results     01-Feb-25
Analysis
Vedanta
Stellar performance
Net sales (including other operating income) of Vedanta has increased 10.06% to Rs 39115 crore driven by favorable market prices and higher premiums. Sales of Iron Ore segment has gone down 24.68% to Rs 1,865.00 crore (accounting for 4.81% of total sales).  Sales of Power segment has gone down 16.80% to Rs 1,273.00 crore (accounting for 3.29% of total sales).  Sales of oil & Gas segment has gone down 22.08% to Rs 2,636.00 crore (accounting for 6.80% of total sales).  Sales of copper segment has gone up 7.94% to Rs 5,803.00 crore (accounting for 14.98% of total sales).  Sales of Aluminum segment has gone up 26.27% to Rs 15,306.00 crore (accounting for 39.50% of total sales).  Sales of others segment has gone down 5.11% to Rs 2,523.00 crore (accounting for 6.51% of total sales).  Sales of Zinc International segment has gone up 41.79% to Rs 1,045.00 crore (accounting for 2.70% of total sales).  Sales of Zinc & Lead - India segment has gone up 21.32% to Rs 6,833.00 crore (accounting for 17.63% of total sales).  Sales of Silver - India segment rose 3.61% to Rs 1,464.00 crore (accounting for 3.78% of total sales).  Inter-segment sales came down from Rs 360.00 crore to Rs 222.00 crore. 

Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 30.04% to Rs 11,284.00 crore.  PBIT of Iron Ore segment fell 40.85% to Rs 375.00 crore (accounting for 3.32% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Power segment fell 38.21% to Rs 131.00 crore (accounting for 1.16% of total PBIT).  PBIT of oil & Gas segment fell 4.61% to Rs 1,201.00 crore (accounting for 10.64% of total PBIT).  PBIT of copper segment fell 42.86% to Rs 4.00 crore (accounting for 0.04% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Aluminum segment rose 58.02% to Rs 4,540.00 crore (accounting for 40.23% of total PBIT).  PBIT of others segment rose 81.48% to Rs 147.00 crore (accounting for 1.30% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Zinc, lead and silver segment rose 27.70% to Rs 4,532.00 crore (accounting for 40.16% of total PBIT).  PBIT of zinc international segment rose 470.97% to Rs 354.00 crore (accounting for 3.14% of total PBIT). 

PBIT margin of Iron Ore segment fell from 25.61% to 20.11%.  PBIT margin of Power segment fell from 13.86% to 10.29%.  PBIT margin of oil & Gas segment rose from 37.22% to 45.56%.  PBIT margin of copper segment fell from 0.13% to 0.07%.  PBIT margin of Aluminum segment rose from 23.70% to 29.66%.  PBIT margin of others segment rose from 3.05% to 5.83%. Overall PBIT margin rose from 24.56% to 29.12%. 

Operating profit margin has jumped from 24% to 28.39%, leading to 30.16% rise in operating profit to Rs 11,104.00 crore on account of structural cost saving initiatives across businesses, favorable output commodity prices, partially offset by input commodity inflation.  Raw material cost as a % of total sales (net of stock adjustments) decreased from 32.58% to 32.53%.   Purchase of finished goods cost fell from 0.05% to 0.01%.   Employee cost increased from 2.25% to 2.31%.   Other expenses fell from 41.45% to 36.80%.   Power and Oil fuel cost fell from 16.21% to 13.76%.  

Other income fell 12.71% to Rs 680 crore.  PBIDT rose 26.57% to Rs 11784 crore.  Provision for interest rose 1.03% to Rs 2442 crore. 

PBDT rose 35.53% to Rs 9342 crore.  Provision for depreciation fell 3.84% to Rs 2681 crore. 

Profit before tax grew 62.27% to Rs 6,661.00 crore.  Share of profit/loss were nil in both the periods.  Provision for tax was expense of Rs 1785 crore, compared to Rs 1237 crore.  Effective tax rate was 26.80% compared to 30.13%.

Minority interest increased 55.44% to Rs 1,329.00 crore.  Net profit attributable to owners of the company increased 76.20% to Rs 3,547.00 crore. 

Promoters’ stake was 56.38% as of 31 December 2024 ,compared to 63.71% as of 31 December 2023 .  Promoters pledged stake was 99.99% as of 31 December 2024 ,compared to 99.99% as of 31 December 2023.

Commenting on Q3FY25 results, Mr Arun Misra, Executive Director Vedanta Limited said. “We have delivered our highest-ever 3rd Quarter EBITDA of Rs 11,284 crore. Our strategic focus on cost optimization and production ramp-up across our key businesses has helped us to continue delivering this outperformance. Notably, we witnessed 58% YoY jump in EBITDA at our Aluminium business and 28% YoY increase in our Zinc India business. We expect this outperformance to continue in the coming quarters driven by our ongoing growth initiatives and business integration projects.

I am also pleased to note that Vedanta Group companies have once again demonstrated their leadership in sustainability. In the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2024, HZL secured the top position, while Vedanta Limited ranked 4th among 248 global diversified peers. With our commitment to operational excellence and robust ESG practices, we are confident to capitalize on emerging opportunities and navigate any challenges.”

Mr Ajay Goel, CFO, Vedanta, said “This quarter marks a stellar performance, delivering the highest Q3 EBITDA of Rs 11,284 crore, a remarkable 30% growth year-on-year, with a robust EBITDA margin of 34%. Our PAT stood at Rs 4,876 crore, reflecting an exceptional 70% YoY growth, showcasing the resilience of our business. This success has been driven by our focus on cost efficiencies, volume growth, and favourable commodity prices. The recent upgrade in our credit rating, along with a leverage improvement to 1.4x, highlights our financial strength and the market’s confidence in Vedanta’s growth trajectory. Additionally, the demerger process is progressing well, with the shareholders’ and creditors’ meeting scheduled for February 2025

For year-to-date (YTD) results analysis

Net sales (including other operating income) of Vedanta has increased 3.97% to Rs 112513 crore.  Sales of Iron Ore segment has gone down 30.89% to Rs 4,559.00 crore (accounting for 4.09% of total sales).  Sales of Power segment has gone up 0.04% to Rs 4,735.00 crore (accounting for 4.25% of total sales).  Sales of oil & Gas segment has gone down 42.04% to Rs 8,386.00 crore (accounting for 7.52% of total sales).  Sales of copper segment has gone up 14.94% to Rs 16,913.00 crore (accounting for 15.17% of total sales).  Sales of Aluminum segment has gone up 18.28% to Rs 42,555.00 crore (accounting for 38.17% of total sales).  Sales of others segment has gone down 1.46% to Rs 7,423.00 crore (accounting for 6.66% of total sales).  Sales of Zinc_ International segment has gone down 3.83% to Rs 2,810.00 crore (accounting for 2.52% of total sales).  Sales of Zinc & Lead - India segment has gone up 18.02% to Rs 19,657.00 crore (accounting for 17.63% of total sales).  Sales of Silver - India segment rose 10.80% to Rs 4,441.00 crore (accounting for 3.98% of total sales).  Inter-segment sales came down from Rs 755.00 crore to Rs 543.00 crore. 

Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 16.15% to Rs 31,924.00 crore.  PBIT of Iron Ore segment fell 37.84% to Rs 695.00 crore (accounting for 2.18% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Power segment fell 18.88% to Rs 606.00 crore (accounting for 1.90% of total PBIT).  PBIT of oil & Gas segment fell 58.23% to Rs 3,452.00 crore (accounting for 10.81% of total PBIT).  PBIT of copper segment fell 10.53% to Rs -63.00 crore (accounting for -0.20% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Aluminum segment rose 97.39% to Rs 13,140.00 crore (accounting for 41.16% of total PBIT).  PBIT of others segment rose 233.16% to Rs 623.00 crore (accounting for 1.95% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Zinc,Lead and Silver_India segment rose 26.35% to Rs 12,554.00 crore (accounting for 39.32% of total PBIT).  PBIT of Zinc_ International segment rose 44.64% to Rs 917.00 crore (accounting for 2.87% of total PBIT). 

PBIT margin of Iron Ore segment fell from 16.95% to 15.24%.  PBIT margin of Power segment fell from 15.78% to 12.80%.  PBIT margin of oil & Gas segment fell from 57.12% to 41.16%.  PBIT margin of copper segment rose from negative 0.39% to negative 0.37%.  PBIT margin of Aluminum segment rose from 18.50% to 30.88%.  PBIT margin of others segment rose from 2.48% to 8.39%.  PBIT margin of Zinc_ International segment rose from 21.70% to 32.63%.  Overall PBIT margin rose from 25.54% to 28.64%. 

Operating profit margin has jumped from 24.42% to 27.44%, leading to 16.83% rise in operating profit to Rs 30,877.00 crore.  Raw material cost as a % of total sales (net of stock adjustments) increased from 31.06% to 32.07%.   Other expenses fell from 42.22% to 38.50%.   Power and Oil fuel cost fell from 16.59% to 15.03%.  

Other income rose 48.22% to Rs 2914 crore.  PBIDT rose 19% to Rs 33791 crore.  Provision for interest rose 3.99% to Rs 7331 crore. 

PBDT rose 23.96% to Rs 26460 crore.  Provision for depreciation rose 1.60% to Rs 8108 crore. 

Profit before tax grew 37.30% to Rs 18,352.00 crore.  Share of profit/loss were nil in both the periods.  Extraordinary items were decreased to Rs 1,868.00 crore.  Provision for tax was expense of Rs 4646 crore, compared to Rs 11106 crore.  Effective tax rate was 22.98% compared to 67.84%.

Minority interest increased 69.97% to Rs 4,069.00 crore.  Net profit attributable to owners of the company increased 300.87% to Rs 11,505.00 crore. 

Promoters’ stake was 56.38% as of 31 December 2024 ,compared to 63.71% as of 31 December 2023 .  Promoters pledged stake was 99.99% as of 31 December 2024 ,compared to 99.99% as of 31 December 2023 . 


The scrip is currently trading at Rs 442 

 

Vedanta : Consolidated Results

Particulars

2412 (03)

2312 (03)

Var.(%)

2412 (09)

2312 (09)

Var.(%)

2403 (12)

2303 (12)

Var.(%)

Net Sales (including other operating income)

39,115

35,541

10

1,12,513

1,08,218

4

1,43,727

1,47,308

-2

OPM (%)

28.4

24.0

 

27.4

24.4

 

24.5

23.4

 

OP

11,104

8,531

30

30,877

26,430

17

35,198

34,422

2

Other Inc.

680

779

-13

2,914

1,966

48

2,550

2,851

-11

PBIDT

11,784

9,310

27

33,791

28,396

19

37,748

37,273

1

Interest

2,442

2,417

1

7,331

7,050

4

9,465

6,225

52

PBDT

9,342

6,893

36

26,460

21,346

24

28,283

31,048

-9

Depreciation

2,681

2,788

-4

8,108

7,980

2

10,723

10,555

2

PBT

6,661

4,105

62

18,352

13,366

37

17,560

20,493

-14

Share of Profit/(Loss) from Associates

0

0

-

0

0

-

2

-3

LP

PBT before EO

6,661

4,105

62

18,352

13,366

37

17,562

20,490

-14

EO Income

0

0

-

1,868

3,004

-38

2,803

-217

LP

PBT after EO

6,661

4,105

62

20,220

16,370

24

20,365

20,273

0

Taxation

1,785

1,237

44

4,646

11,106

-58

12,826

5,770

122

PAT

4,876

2,868

70

15,574

5,264

196

7,539

14,503

-48

Minority Interest (MI)

1,329

855

55

4,069

2,394

70

3,300

3,929

-16

Net profit

3,547

2,013

76

11,505

2,870

301

4,239

10,574

-60

EPS (Rs)*

#

#

 

#

#

 

9.4

27.3

 

Notes

* EPS is on current equity of Rs 391.04 crore, Face value of Rs 1, Excluding extraordinary items.

# EPS is not annualised

bps : Basis points

EO : Extraordinary items

Figures in Rs crore

Source: Capitaline Corporate Database

 

Vedanta : Consolidated Segment Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of (Total)

2412 (03)

2312 (03)

Var.(%)

% of (Total)

2412 (09)

2312 (09)

Var.(%)

% of (Total)

2403 (12)

2303 (12)

Var.(%)

Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Ore

5

1865

2476

-25

4

4559

6597

-31

6

9069

6503

39

Power

3

1273

1530

-17

4

4735

4733

0

4

6153

6725

-9

oil & Gas

7

2636

3383

-22

8

8386

14469

-42

13

17837

15038

19

copper

15

5803

5376

8

15

16913

14715

15

14

19730

17491

13

Aluminum

40

15306

12122

26

38

42555

35978

18

34

48371

52661

-8

others

7

2523

2659

-5

7

7423

7533

-1

7

10080

9245

9

Zinc International

3

1045

737

42

3

2810

2922

-4

2

3556

5209

-32

Zinc & Lead - India

18

6833

5632

21

18

19657

16656

18

16

22557

28732

-21

Silver - India

4

1464

1413

4

4

4441

4008

11

4

5368

4388

22

Total Reported Sales

100

38748

35328

10

100

111479

107611

4

100

142721

145992

-2

Less: Inter segment revenues

 

222

360

-38

 

543

755

-28

 

928

588

58

Net Sales

 

38526

34968

10

 

110936

106856

4

 

141793

145404

-2

PBIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Ore

3

375

634

-41

2

695

1118

-38

5

1676

988

70

Power

1

131

212

-38

2

606

747

-19

3

971

913

6

oil & Gas

11

1201

1259

-5

11

3452

8264

-58

27

9777

7782

26

copper

0

4

7

-43

0

-63

-57

-11

0

-69

-4

-1625

Aluminum

40

4540

2873

58

41

13140

6657

97

26

9657

5775

67

others

1

147

81

81

2

623

187

233

1

188

379

-50

Zinc, lead and Silver

40

4532

3549

28

39

12554

9936

26

37

13562

17474

-22

Zinc International

3

354

62

471

3

917

634

45

2

693

1934

-64

Total PBIT

100

11284

8677

30

100

31924

27486

16

100

36455

35241

3

Less : Interest

 

2442

2417

1

 

7331

7050

4

 

9465

6225

52

Add: Other un-allcoable

 

-2181

-2155

-1

 

-6241

-4066

-53

 

-6627

-8740

24

PBT

 

6661

4105

62

 

18352

16370

12

 

20363

20276

0

 

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