Dr. Reddy’s Q1 FY24 Financial Results

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (BSE: 500124 | NSE: DRREDDY | NYSE: RDY | NSEIFSC: DRREDDY) today announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. The information mentioned in this release is based on consolidated financial statements under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Revenues

Rs. 67,384 Mn

 

[Up: 29%* YoY; Up: 7%* QoQ]

 

 

Gross Margin

58.7%

 

[Q1 FY23: 49.9%; Q4 FY23: 57.2%]

 

 

SG&A Expenses

Rs. 17,702 Mn

 

[Up: 14% YoY; Down: 2% QoQ]

 

R&D Expenses

Rs. 4,984 Mn [7.4% of Revenues]

 

 

EBITDA

Rs. 21,372 Mn

 

[31.7% of Revenues]

 

 

Profit before Tax

Rs. 18,463 Mn

 

[Up: 26%^ YoY; Up: 39%^ QoQ]

 

 

Profit after Tax

Rs. 14,025 Mn

 

[Up: 18% YoY; Up: 46% QoQ]

* Excluding brand divestment income during the previous periods, Q1 FY24 Sales YoY growth is 35% and QoQ growth is 12%
^ Excluding one offs (settlement income during the current and previous year and brand divestment income during the previous periods), Q1 FY24 PBT YoY growth is 165% and QoQ growth is 68%

Commenting on the results, Co-Chairman & MD, G V Prasad said: “We delivered strong sales growth and witnessed robust margin expansion in Q1FY24 driven by market share gains & new product momentum in our US generics business and superior performance in Russia. We are on track in executing our strategy, delivering growth while continuing to invest in future growth drivers and innovation to create sustainable value.”

All amounts in millions, except EPS. All US dollar amounts based on convenience translation rate of 1 USD = Rs. 82.06

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Income Statement
Particulars	Q1 FY24				Q1 FY23				YoY Gr %		Q4 FY23				QoQ Gr%
	($)		(Rs.)		($)		(Rs.)				($)		(Rs.)
Revenues	821		67,384		636		52,154		29		767		62,968		7
Cost of Revenues	339		27,831		319		26,148		6		329		26,971		3
Gross Profit	482		39,553		317		26,006		52		439		35,997		10
Operating Expenses
Selling, General & Administrative expenses	216		17,702		189		15,493		14		219		17,992		(2	)
Research and Development expenses	61		4,984		53		4,325		15		65		5,366		(7	)
Impairment of non-current assets	0		11		0		0				7		540		(98	)
Other operating (income)/expense	(10	)	(780	)	(73	)	(6024	)	(87	)	(3	)	(281	)	178
Results from operating activities	215		17,636		149		12,212		44		151		12,380		42
Net finance (income)/expense	(10	)	(784	)	(29	)	(2349	)	(67	)	(10	)	(799	)	(2	)
Share of profit of equity accounted investees	(1	)	(43	)	(1	)	(94	)	(54	)	(1	)	(76	)	(43	)
Profit before income tax	225		18,463		179		14,655		26		162		13,255		39
Income tax expense	54		4,438		34		2779		60		45		3,663		21
Profit for the period	171		14,025		145		11,876		18		117		9,592		46
Diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS)	1.03		84.22		0.87		71.40		18		0.70		57.62		46

As % to revenues				Q1 FY24		Q1 FY23			Q4 FY23
Gross Profit				58.7		49.9			57.2
SG&A				26.3		29.7			28.6
R&D				7.4		8.3			8.5
EBITDA				31.7		34.1			25.9
PBT				27.4		28.1			21.1
PAT				20.8		22.8			15.2

EBITDA Computation
Particulars	Q1 FY24			Q1 FY23			Q4 FY23
	($)	(Rs.)		($)	(Rs.)		($)	(Rs.)
Profit before Income Tax	225	18,463		179	14,655		162	13,255
Interest (income) / expense - Net*	(8)	(685)		1	84		(8)	(673)
Depreciation	28	2,281		25	2,050		27	2,213
Amortization	16	1,302		12	1,000		12	977
Impairment	0	11		0	0		7	540
EBITDA	260	21,372		217	17,789		199	16,312
* Includes income from Investments

All amounts in millions, except EPS. All US dollar amounts based on convenience translation rate of 1 USD = Rs. 82.06

Key Balance Sheet Items
Particulars	As on 30th Jun 2023		As on 31st Mar 2023		As on 30th Jun 2022
	($)	(Rs.)	($)	(Rs.)	($)	(Rs.)
Cash and cash equivalents and other investments	745	61,162	761	62,456	432	35,468
Trade receivables	939	77,095	883	72,486	893	73,274
Inventories	639	52,398	593	48,670	631	51,810
Property, plant and equipment	819	67,207	810	66,462	778	63,826
Goodwill and Other Intangible assets	516	42,306	428	35,094	441	36,213
Loans and borrowings (current & non-current)	153	12,520	164	13,472	301	24,666
Trade payables	337	27,682	322	26,444	305	25,052
Equity	2,989	2,45,259	2,815	2,30,991	2,442	2,00,389

Revenue Mix by Segment
Segment	Q1 FY24	Q1 FY23	YoY Gr %	Q4 FY23	QoQ Gr %
	(Rs.)	(Rs.)		(Rs.)
Global Generics	60,083	44,324	36%	54,257	11%
North America	31,978	17,815	79%	25,321	26%
Europe	5,071	4,141	22%	4,960	2%
India	11,482	13,324	-14%	12,834	-11%
Emerging Markets	11,552	9,043	28%	11,142	4%
Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients (PSAI)	6,709	7,090	-5%	7,787	-14%
Others	592	740	-20%	924	-36%
Total	67,384	52,154	29%	62,968	7%

Revenue Analysis [Q1 FY24]

Global Generics (GG)

• Q1 FY24 revenue at Rs. 60.1 billion, YoY growth of 36% and QoQ growth of 11%. The growth was driven by North America, Emerging Markets and Europe.

North America

• Q1 FY24 revenue at Rs. 32 billion, YoY growth of 79% and QoQ growth of 26%. The growth was primarily on account of new product launches, continued momentum in existing products, favorable forex rates movement, partly offset by price erosion.
• During the quarter, we launched six new products in US and two in Canada. We also commercialized the generic prescription portfolio acquired from Mayne Pharma.
• During the quarter, we filed four new Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) with the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). As of 30^th June 2023, cumulatively 85 generic filings are pending for approval with the USFDA (82 ANDAs and 3 NDAs under 505(b)(2) route). Out of the pending 85 ANDAs, 43 are Para IVs, and we believe 17 have ‘First to File’ status.

Europe

• Q1 FY24 revenue at Rs. 5.1 billion, YoY growth of 22% and QoQ growth of 2%. The growth was driven by momentum in the base business, new product launches and favorable forex rates movement, partly offset by price erosion.

India

• Q1 FY24 revenue at Rs. 11.5 billion, YoY decrease of 14% and QoQ decline of 11%. Excluding brand divestment income, sales of divested portfolio from base and NLEM related price reduction impact, India business registered a high single digit growth. This growth was mainly on account of increase in base business volumes.

Emerging Markets

• Q1 FY24 revenue from Emerging Markets at Rs. 11.6 billion, YoY growth of 28% and QoQ growth of 4%.

- Revenue from Russia for the quarter at Rs. 5.6 billion, YoY growth of 75% and QoQ growth of 9%. YoY growth was driven by uptick in base business, price increase and biosimilars. This was further aided by low base in previous year. QoQ growth was primarily driven by increase in volumes of existing products.

- Revenue from other CIS countries and Romania for the year at Rs. 2.0 billion, YoY growth of 2% and QoQ decline of 14%. YoY growth, primarily on account of price increases on certain products, was offset with decline in base business volumes. QoQ decline was mainly on account of decline in volumes of existing products.

- Revenue from Rest of World (RoW) territories for the year at Rs. 4.0 billion, YoY growth of 1% and QoQ growth of 8%. YoY growth, led by new product launches, was offset by price erosion and lower base business volumes. QoQ growth was mainly driven by new product launches and increase in volumes of existing products.

Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients (PSAI)

• Q1 FY24 revenue at Rs. 6.7 billion, with a decline of 5% YoY and 14% QoQ. YoY decline was mainly attributable to lower volume pick up by customers for some of our existing products, partly offset with favourable forex rate movement. QoQ decline was mainly attributable to decrease in sales volumes of certain of our existing products.

Income Statement Highlights:

• Q1 FY24 gross margin at 58.7% (GG: 63.9%, PSAI: 15.0%). Gross margin increased by ~880 bps YoY and by ~150 bps QoQ. The improvement in gross margin was primarily driven by favorable product mix and higher manufacturing leverage partly offset by benefit from brand divestment income during previous year and price erosion in certain products. QoQ growth was primarily on account of favourable product mix partly offset by brand divestment income benefit during preceding quarter.
  • Selling, general & administrative (SG&A) expenses for Q1 FY24 at Rs. 17.7 billion, YoY increase of 14% and declined by 2% QoQ. The YoY SG&A spend increase is in-line with business growth and is largely on account of investment in sales & marketing, digitalization and other business initiatives.

• Research & development (R&D) expenses in Q1 FY24 at Rs. 5.0 billion. As % to Revenues – Q1FY24: 7.4% | Q4FY23: 8.5% | Q1FY23: 8.3%. We continue our focus on investing in R&D to build a healthy pipeline of new products across our markets for both small molecules and biosimilars.

• Other operating income for Q1 FY24 at Rs. 0.8 billion compared to Rs. 6 billion in Q1 FY23. Other operating income during the current quarter included settlement income of Rs. 0.5 billion in Canada relating to the generic abiraterone. The net other income in previous year included settlement income of Rs. 5.6 billion relating to the generic buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film.

• Net Finance income for Q1 FY24 at Rs.0.8 billion compared to Rs. 2.3 billion in Q1 FY24. The higher income during previous year was primarily on account of higher foreign exchange gain.
• Profit before Tax for Q1 FY24 at Rs. 18.5 billion, YoY growth of 26%. QoQ growth of 39%
• Profit after Tax for Q1 FY24 at Rs. 14.0 billion. The effective tax rate for the quarter has been 24.0% as compared to 19.0% in Q1 FY23. The tax rate was lower in pervious year primarily on account of recognition of unrecognized deferred tax assets on operating tax losses.
• Diluted earnings per share for Q1 FY24 is Rs. 84.22.

Other Highlights:

• EBITDA for Q1 FY24 at Rs. 21.4 billion and the EBITDA margin is 31.7%.
• Capital expenditure for Q1 FY24 at Rs. 3.6 billion.
• Free cash-flow for Q1 FY24 at Rs. 6.7 billion (before acquisition payout).
• Net cash surplus for the company at Rs. 49.8 billion as on June 30, 2023.

All amounts in millions, except EPS

About key metrics and non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. Such non-GAAP financial measures are measures of our historical performance, financial position or cash flows that are adjusted to exclude or include amounts, as the case may be, from the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS.

The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. These measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, limiting their usefulness for comparison purposes.

We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating our business.

For more information on our non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures, please refer to "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results" table in this press release.

All amounts in millions, except EPS

Reconciliation of GAAP measures to Non-GAAP measures
Free Cash Flow
	Three months Ended June 30, 2023
Net cash generated from operating activities	13,634
Less:
Taxes	(2,384	)
Investments in PPE and Intangibles	(4,512	)
Free Cash Flow before acquisition	6,738
Less:
Acquisitions related pay-out	(7,640	)
Free Cash Flow	(902	)

Operating working capital
	Quarter Ended June 30, 2023
Inventories	52,398
Trade Receivables	77,095
Less:
Trade Payables	(27,682	)
Operating Working Capital	101,811

Net cash surplus
	Quarter Ended June 30, 2023
Cash and cash equivalents	7,228
Investments	53,934
Short-term borrowings	(6,468	)
Long-term borrowings, non-current	(4,930	)
Less:
Restricted cash balance – Unclaimed dividend	84
Lease liabilities (included in Long-term borrowings, non-current)	(1,130	)
Equity Investments (included in Investments)	957
Net Cash Surplus	49,853

All amounts in millions, except EPS

Computation of Return on Capital Employed
	Year Ended June 30, 2023
Profit before tax	18,463
Less:
Interest and Investment Income (Excluding forex gain/loss)	685
Earnings Before Interest and taxes [A]	17,778
Average Capital Employed [B]	1,84,327
Return on Capital Employed (A/B) (Ratio)	38.6%

Computation of capital employed
	Year Ended June 30, 2023	Year Ended March 31, 2023
Property Plant and Equipment	67,207	66,462
Intangibles	38,068	30,849
Goodwill	4,238	4,245
Investment in equity accounted associates	4,002	4,702
Other Current Assets	18,511	20,069
Other investments	902	660
Other non-current assets	821	800
Inventories	52,398	48,670
Trade Receivables	77,095	72,485
Derivative Financial Instruments	1,760	1,095
Less:
Other Liabilities	38,973	42,320
Provisions	5,451	5,513
Trade payables	27,682	26,444
Operating Capital Employed	1,92,896	1,75,760
Average Capital Employed	1,84,327

Computation of EBITDA

Refer page no. 2 for EBITDA computations.

Earnings Call Details (07:30 pm IST, 10:00 am EDT, July 26, 2023)

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About Dr. Reddy’s: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY, NSEIFSC: DRREDDY) is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Hyderabad, India. Established in 1984, we are committed to providing access to affordable and innovative medicines. Driven by our purpose of ‘Good Health Can’t Wait’, we offer a portfolio of products and services including APIs, generics, branded generics, biosimilars and OTC. Our major therapeutic areas of focus are gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, diabetology, oncology, pain management and dermatology. Our major markets include – USA, India, Russia & CIS countries, China, Brazil and Europe. As a company with a history of deep science that has led to several industry firsts, we continue to plan ahead and invest in businesses of the future. As an early adopter of sustainability and ESG actions, we released our first Sustainability Report in 2004. Our current ESG goals aim to set the bar high in environmental stewardship; access and affordability for patients; diversity; and governance. For more information, log on to: www.drreddys.com.

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