For the year ended March 31, 2016, Raymond Ltd. reported consolidated revenue of Rs. 5,620.69 crores, registering growth of 5.03 per cent y-o-y. During FY 2016, despite challenging business environment Raymond’s Textile business registered growth of 5.82 per cent, the net revenue being Rs. 2,683.21 crores as against Rs. 2,535.59 crores in 2015. The increase in sales was led by growth in B2C shirting business.
The company incurred capex of Rs. 300 crores in FY16, out of which Rs. 170 crores was towards capacity addition for garmenting, denim and shirting segment, Rs. 30 crores was towards store roll-out and the balance across manufacturing facilities.
Raymond’s Denim business has invested Rs. 110 crores, increasing its capacity by 10 million meters to 57 million meters from Q4FY16. Prior to expansion the capacity utilisation was at 90 per cent. The company expects utilization to reach the same level in about 4-6 quarters and the denim margin to improve due to higher capacity utilisation.
In garmenting, 90 per cent of the company’s capacity goes towards exports apart from its captive requirement. The company added 1.26 million pieces capacity to about 6.5-6.6 million pieces, catering to suits, bottom wear, and shirting products. The company also added capacity to manufacture 1 million jackets and another 20-25% capacity will be added by FY17 end. Garmenting has remained extremely competitive due to competition from Bangladesh and China due to low labour and power cost. Therefore margins are under pressure.
In shirting, the capacity expanded by 10 million meters to 28 million meters. Out of this, 5 million meters has already been added, while the rest will come on stream in Q1FY17 with a capex of Rs. 110 crores.