Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited declares financial results for quarter ending 30th June 2020

Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited (SWSL) (BSE Scrip Code: 542760; NSE Symbol: SWSOLAR), one of the leading solar EPC and O&M solutions provider in the world, announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended 30th June 2020.

Key Highlights:

- Order inflow of 1.0 GW amounting to Rs 3,633 crores from 1st April 2020 until 30th June 2020 i.e. 40% of FY20 order inflow. The current year order booking to date is Rs. 5,696 crores as compared to Rs. 828 crores during the same period last year.

- 7.8 GW contracted O&M as on 30th June 2020.

- Revenues from operations for Q1 FY21 is Rs. 1,068 croresin spite of COVID, which is 86% of last year's revenues during the same period.

- Gross Profit Margin for Q1 FY21 stood at 10.7%.

- EBITDA for the Q1 FY21 stood at Rs. 18 crores and EBITDA Margin for Q1 FY21 is 1.7%

The Company's revenue from operations for Q1 FY21 are Rs. 1,068 crores, EBITDA (excluding interest income) stood at Rs. 18 crores, and PAT stood at Rs. 17 crores. The fall in revenue was primarily due to disruptions in most markets in the first quarter. While solar installations in India continue to be impacted due to COVID-19, most global markets we operate in, have started to come back to pre-COVID levels. This is reflected in the increased order inflows in key global markets like Australia and US.

Commenting on the results and the business outlook, Bikesh Ogra, Director and Global CEO, Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited said, "Revenues for Q1 FY21 got impacted as work at our projects suffered disruptions, due to the world wide pandemic and resultant lockdown on account of COVID-19. However, construction activities have recently commenced at majority of our project sites and we are now operating at efficiencies of around 80-85%, which would be gradually getting ramped up to 100% in due course. We are therefore confident that H2 FY21 would transform the overall financial outlook for the year, leading to an anticipated revenue growth over the last financial year.

Our strategy to expand our footprint in major solar power markets of Australia, USA and South America have started bearing fruits, enabling us to judiciously diversify our geographical presence. We are pleased that even in such challenging times, we have been able to sign contracts worth Rs. 5,696 crores over the last 5 ½ months, thereby strengthening our order book position. Over the past few years, the European market has grown substantially and has excellent growth potential. We are considerably reinforcing our management teams in Spain, which will help us cater to this highly potential market as well.

We continue to leverage our EPC expertise to add projects into our O&M portfolio which is a high margin annuity-based business.

Our deep-rooted client relationships, global presence, ability to provide customized solutions, strong track record of executing complex and large-scale projects supported by a robust balance sheet has enabled us to achieve a large order booking in the current year compared to the last financial year despite the impact of COVID-19".

Source : Equity Bulls

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