Workers assemble smartphones at Dixon Technologies’ Padget Electronics Pvt factory in Noida (Photo: Bloomberg)
Padget is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dixon Technologies.
The company also claims to have the best motherboard and gaming laptop, as well as being one among the top-three consumer notebook vendors.
Its diversified product portfolio includes consumer electronics like LED TVs, home appliances like washing machines, lighting products like LED bulbs and tubelights, downlighters, mobile phones, and CCTVs and DVRs, wearables, and refrigerators, among other appliances.
Dixon also provides solutions in reverse logistics, that is, repair and refurbishment services of LED TV panels.
The company’s stock is quoting higher for the sixth straight trading day, having rallied 15 per cent during the period. In the past one year, it has zoomed 182 per cent, compared to the nearly 23 per cent surge in the benchmark index.
Dixon Technologies, having made its stock market debut on September 18, 2017, has seen its market value skyrocket 3,821 per cent, or 39 times, from its issue price of Rs 353.20 (adjusted to stock split from Rs 10 to Rs 2).
“With India gradually strengthening its value proposition as an alternate manufacturing hub on the global stage, while gradually reducing its electronics imports and scaling up domestic manufacturing, a paradigm shift in the growth of indigenous EMS players like us is anticipated,” Dixon had said in its annual report for FY24.
Enhanced government impetus for ‘Make in India’ products and recent policy boosters for electronics and component manufacturing in India to support assembly, also augurs well for the company’s growth.
ICRA expects the company to sustain the strong revenue growth momentum over the medium-term , driven by a scale-up in new business segments and products (IT hardware, telecom and networking products, wearables, refrigerators, etc.), coupled with a healthy and consistent order inflows, and customer diversification.
The ratings agency continues to derive comfort from Dixon Group’s (comprising Dixon along with its subsidiaries and joint ventures) strong operating profile, characterised by an established track record as an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) player, with its presence in diversified product segments, a leading position in its key product segments (like LED television, lighting, mobiles, washing machines, etc.) and established relationships with a reputed clientele.
In the past two to three years, the group has strengthened its relations with existing clients and onboarded several new ones across segments, such as Xiaomi (mobiles), Realme, Compal, Voltas and Bosch (home appliances), Airtel and Jio (telecom and networking products), Acer and Lenovo (IT hardware), among others.
The group is a beneficiary under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for five segments, including mobile phones, lightning, telecom and networking products, inverter controller boards for air conditioners and IT hardware, and has achieved the incremental investment and revenue thresholds for FY24 for four PLIs barring IT hardware, for which FY25 is the first eligible year.
A part of the incentives realised so far has also been shared with the clients. A conducive policy environment (thrust on Make in India initiative), healthy domestic demand (led by low penetration levels) and China+1 strategy of global manufacturers, are expected to support a faster ramp-up of Dixon’s scale of operations over the medium term, ICRA stated.
First Published: Sep 16 2024 | 1:16 PM IST