CARTRADENSEQ2FY23October 28, 2022

Cartrade Tech Limited

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Vinay Sanghi
CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
Key numbers — 40 extracted
30%
lide number 3 of the presentation. I have great news, informing you we've grown revenues by about 30% in H1; adjusted EBITDA grew by 47% in the first half of the year as well. And of course, the adjus
47%
I have great news, informing you we've grown revenues by about 30% in H1; adjusted EBITDA grew by 47% in the first half of the year as well. And of course, the adjusted PAT which is Profit After Tax n
80%
f course, the adjusted PAT which is Profit After Tax not including deferred tax and ESOP by about 80%. We continue to be the number one two-wheeler automobile portal in India. We are now 190 plus phys
1.2 million
utomalls and abSure outlets. Annualized auction rate, we did over 300,000 in Q3, which takes us to 1.2 million auction listings per year. Last quarter, we recorded 37 million unique visitors on our platforms,
37 million
300,000 in Q3, which takes us to 1.2 million auction listings per year. Last quarter, we recorded 37 million unique visitors on our platforms, which is our highest traffic, consumer traffic in a quarter. Wha
86.6%
latforms, which is our highest traffic, consumer traffic in a quarter. What is more remarkable is, 86.6% of them still come organically, which means we don't pay for that traffic. The revenues in H1 was
INR195.3 crore
of them still come organically, which means we don't pay for that traffic. The revenues in H1 was INR195.3 crores or $1.9 billion. Adjusted EBITDA for H1 was INR485 million or INR48.5 crore, and adjusted PAT was
1.9 billion
organically, which means we don't pay for that traffic. The revenues in H1 was INR195.3 crores or $1.9 billion. Adjusted EBITDA for H1 was INR485 million or INR48.5 crore, and adjusted PAT was about almost INR
INR485 million
r that traffic. The revenues in H1 was INR195.3 crores or $1.9 billion. Adjusted EBITDA for H1 was INR485 million or INR48.5 crore, and adjusted PAT was about almost INR28 crores for H1. We continue to have stron
INR48.5 crore
e revenues in H1 was INR195.3 crores or $1.9 billion. Adjusted EBITDA for H1 was INR485 million or INR48.5 crore, and adjusted PAT was about almost INR28 crores for H1. We continue to have strong cash balance,
INR28 crore
ion. Adjusted EBITDA for H1 was INR485 million or INR48.5 crore, and adjusted PAT was about almost INR28 crores for H1. We continue to have strong cash balance, debts, being debt free with almost over INR1000
INR1000 crore
28 crores for H1. We continue to have strong cash balance, debts, being debt free with almost over INR1000 crores as investable surplus. If you go to Slide 4, it breaks down the consolidated financials of the c
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Guidance — 14 items
Vinay Sanghi
opening
And there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes.
Vinay Sanghi
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We believe that with the markets, I think as and when, repossession of vehicles goes back to normal, which will happen in due course, I think, obviously, Shriram Automall will be a gainer in that process.
Vinay Sanghi
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So, in terms of outlook, do you expect to go back to that double-digit growth levels for the auction volumes in the coming quarters?
Vinay Sanghi
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Or do you think that may take some time, probably next year, we may start seeing some improvement in overall volumes?
Vinay Sanghi
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Do you expect that, should we expect reasonable improvement in terms of trend from the current levels, or this is largely the trend we should expect?
Vinay Sanghi
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So, I had a couple of questions on the actual business in terms of how the guidance has changed.
Vinay Sanghi
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When can we expect, like we start to see some numbers here, right?
Vinay Sanghi
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And over the next few months, we'll see if we can get a target business, which can give us a product or a service in these adjacencies, which will help all these car and two- wheeler buyers on our platform.
Vinay Sanghi
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Of course, in a specific duration of time, if we're not able to get these target companies or investments or acquisitions done, we would look to obviously, distribute parts of that liquid surplus.
Ankit Kanodia
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So, if you can throw some color into what is happening there, in terms of competition, that will be helpful.
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These statements are not the guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict.
Vinay Sanghi
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Q&A — 4 exchanges
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Yeah. Hi, sir. Thanks for the opportunity. And wish you Happy Diwali to the entire team. Sir, I had a question on this auction business. Basically, like you said that the repossess part of the business has not grown on a Y-o-Y basis. So, possible to share some more thoughts here in terms of, is this more of a cyclical thing which should normalize going ahead? Or do you think this might continue for some more time may lead to our auction volumes largely at these levels? Or shall we expect some improvement? CarTrade Tech Limited October 21, 2022
Vinay Sanghi
And second is, if you can share how big is that portfolio of repossessed vehicles, for Shriram? So, how big is the portfolio of the repossessed vehicle in the total family, if you look? Just as high. Due to the auto industry growing, financing volumes in the auto industry is growing. If financing volume grows, and there's a peculiar problem in the last two months where repossession has gone down, and I think it's a factor of portfolios being slightly better. It's also a factor of resale values being higher. This is normally rare and we do believe that, I don't know about the immediate short-te
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Thank you. Hi, Vinay. Hi, Aneesha. My question is, first is just a housekeeping question. At the start of this call, you highlighted the 1H business mix for New, Used, and OEM dealers in the consumer business? Could you give the same numbers for 2Q specifically only? That is first. And my next question is on just an update on abSure would be helpful.
Vinay Sanghi
Sure. Okay. Q2, I will have to find the numbers but you wanted the mix or what did you want? Sir, 2Q the growth rate for the new vehicles and used vehicles in consumer business and OEM business growth rate and the dealer growth rate in that consumer business? The same numbers. I think you mentioned four numbers for 1H. I was just looking for 2Q. CarTrade Tech Limited October 21, 2022 Okay. Aneesha, you want to bring these out, I think maybe easier. In the meantime, I can talk about the abSure, right. Sure. Yeah. So, abSure, actually, we've got about 62 locations now. And our objective has been
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Hi. Thanks for the opportunity.
Vinay Sanghi
Hi, Abhishek. How are you? Yeah, I'm good. Hope everyone is doing well? Just wanted to understand, we have INR1,000 crore of cash and compared to the business size, very small, like INR200 crores of revenue and INR10 crores of profits in first half. So, what is the outlook on that? I mean, even if you go for acquisition, what size or scale you are planning to and over what time horizon you are looking to invest those INR1,000 crores? So, as discussed earlier, the intent is here is to look at investments or acquisitions, which can help our current customers or current products and services whic
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Thank you, again, for the opportunity. Just from the ad business, Vinay, I just wanted to get overall thoughts. If I look at the traffic rate, on a Y-o-Y basis, it's up about 10%. And obviously, one part of your ad business growth is driving better conversion, driving better results for OEMs or for dealers. But the other part is also ad load on the website, versus each of these traffic. Right. So, I just wanted to get your thoughts on do you think there is significant scope to increase the ad monetizability per unit traffic? Or is that the right way to think about it? CarTrade Tech Limited Oct
Vinay Sanghi
Yeah. The way you're seeing it is probably correct. I think that's one of the drivers of the ad business is what percentage of our manufacturers’ budgets are digital first, or a dealers’ budgets are digital first, right? So, if a dealer spends INR100 or manufacturer spends INR100 for advertising, what part goes digital? And then within digital, what is our share versus maybe the horizontal, the Google or Facebook, right? And part of the, I mean, one of the drivers of the revenue is probably this metric, right. If a manufacturer spends INR100, so much goes digital, so much from digital comes to
Speaking time
Vinay Sanghi
19
Vijit Jain
10
Aneesha Menon
9
Moderator
5
Sachin Dixit
3
Ankit Kanodia
3
Karthi Keyan
2
Abhishek Singh
2
Siddhartha Bera
1
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Opening remarks
Vinay Sanghi
Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to Q2 FY23 Earnings Conference Call of CarTrade Tech Limited. This conference call may contain forward-looking statements about the company, which are based on the belief, opinions and expectations of the company as on date of this call. These statements are not the guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode. And there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an operator by pressing “*” then “0” on your touch-tone phone. Please note, that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Vinay Sanghi, Chairman and Managing Director, CarTrade Tech Limited. Thank you, and over to you, sir. Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody and I like to welcome you all to this Q2 call. We have you know, up
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