Motherson Sumi strong underlying demand across businesses, Recommendation : BUY
November 27, 2021
Automobiles
/ Motherson Sumi
Chip shortage: Despite strong underlying demand across businesses, 2QFY22 performance was severely impacted by the chip shortage. The supply of chips is improving gradually, although not very strongly. RM cost impact: Also, the transitory impact of higher RM prices (due to the lag in pass-through) impacted all the business in 2Q. However, the contractual lag in pricing is expected to narrow going forward. The SMRPBV order book as of Sep’21 stood at EUR15.3b (v/s EUR15.6b as of Mar’21), with gross new order wins of EUR2.1b and the start of production of orders worth EUR2.4b. The share of EVs in the order book stood at 27% (v/s 25% in Mar’21). MSS supplies to 7 of the top 10 EVs globally. The pure EV platforms come with advanced features, resulting in higher content for the same components of MSS.\ SMRPBV was impacted by lower revenues (due to the chip shortage), along with higher input, labor, and freight costs in key geographies, resulting in an adverse impact on margins. P...