Understanding Suzlon's 99.6% Fall: Reasons, Recovery & Budget Impact
Join me, CA Rachana Ranade, as we dive into the fascinating story of Suzlon Energy, from its meteoric rise to its drastic fall of over 99%, and explore the reasons behind its recent correction, Q3 updates, and budget impact.
- Here are 22 clean bullet points summarizing the video:
- * The stock of Suzlon Energy corrected by more than 40% recently
- * However, it had a bigger fall of 99.6% in the past, from ₹422 to ₹1.65
- * Founded by Tulsi Tanti and his brothers in the early 1990s
- * Initially, they ran a textile business that incurred high power bills
- * They took a bold step to buy windmills to power their factory
- * This decision led to the founding of Suzlon Energy in 1995
- Reasons for the 99.6% Fall
- * Aggressive expansion and borrowing heavily to acquire European companies
- * Debt reached ₹14,870 crores
- * The 2008 financial crisis froze orders, leaving the company buried under debt
- * The company took strategic measures like debt restructuring
- * Management was able to turn around the company
- * Today, Suzlon is India's number one wind energy service company
- * Broad-based selling: the entire market started to fall, taking Suzlon with it
- * Resignation of key managerial personnel, Mr. Ishwar Chand Mangal
- * Industry headwind due to Donald Trump's victory speech against renewable energy
- * Delivers were up by 75% QoQ and 163% YoY
- * Revenue was up by 42% QoQ and 91% YoY
- * EBITDA was up by 70% QoQ and 102% YoY
- * PAT was up by 93% QoQ and YoY
- * Wind turbine generator (WTG) segment: revenue increased by 99%, EBITDA more than 5x
- * Operation and maintenance services division (OMS): revenue increased by 11.4%, EBITDA by 12.4%
- * SE Forge: revenue dropped by 0.92%, EBITDA by 6.9%
- Order Book and Outlook
- * The company has a highest ever firm order book of 5.5 GW
- * Management expects this order book to be executed in the next two years
- * CRlSIL has upgraded the rating of the company to A/positive
- * Allocation of ₹48,396 crores towards the power sector, including an increase for new and renewable energy
- * Out of this allocation, 20,000 crores went to PM Surya Ghar: muft Bijli Yojana, a solar scheme
- * Wind energy got an allocation of ₹500 crores, a drop of 37%
- * The company is not heavily reliant on budgetary allocations, but may face some negative sentiment at the industry level.
Source: CA Rachana Phadke Ranade via YouTube
❓ What do you think? What are the long-term implications of Suzlon Energy's recent 40% stock price drop, considering its turnaround from a 99.6% decline earlier? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!