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Grasim Industries Limited · FY26 (modeled)
India's #1 VSF producer, Top 3 cement
24,000 employees · 0+ US sites · 51 countries
Executive read· the answer, then the moves

Liquidity is sound at $18500M (≈ 37 weeks cover), but $6774.1M of working capital is trapped in receivables — pull DSO from 62d to 48d to self-fund the next deal rather than draw the $122170M of covenant capacity.

4 of 5 headline metrics improving vs prior · still off target: Liquidity $18.50B vs $20.00B, Free Cash Flow $8.70B vs $9.00B, Cash Conversion Cycle 29d vs 25d

Do now — ranked by urgency
  1. 1
    Birla Estates credit exposureAct now
    Why it matters

    Move to credit hold pending paydown; reforecast ARR net of likely churn.

    What's driving it
    • Overdue AR
    • Signal: Alert
    FYI

    Distress filings + overdue AR; churn risk High on $6.4M account.

  2. 2
    Covenant headroom 0.9× (lev 4.6× vs 5.5×)Act now
    Why it matters

    Sets deal capacity and refinancing risk.

    What's driving it
    • Q1 (act)
    • Signal: Threshold
    FYI
    • Net-debt/EBITDA 4.6× against a 5.5× ceiling.
    • Owner: CFO · Treasury
  3. 3
    Unlock $6774.1M by pulling DSO to the 48d targetWatch
    Why it matters

    Every day of DSO above 48d ties up working capital; closing the gap releases ≈ $6774.1M of one-time cash.

    What's driving it
    • DSO 62d vs 48d target
    • Overdue >60d = $517.0M of $3143M AR
    FYI
    • Normalizing laggard brands to 50d DSO releases ≈ $230.3M
    • Owner: Treasury
  4. 4
    3 brands running DSO > 65 daysWatch
    Why it matters

    Targeted collections sprint on $0.9M; tighten milestone billing on ISC projects.

    What's driving it
    • DSO
    • Signal: Alert
    FYI

    ISC (67d), Birla Cellulose (66d), Birla Estates account (67d) lifting blended DSO.

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Liquidity
$18500M
≈ 37 weeks cover
Free cash flow
$8700M
27% EBITDA conversion
Cash conversion cycle
29d
DSO 62 + DIO 18 − DPO 48
Working-capital unlock
$6774.1M
DSO 62→48d target
Exhibit 1

13-week direct cash flow forecast

Net weekly cash (bars) and ending cash (line) vs. $20M minimum. Forecast trough: $776.91M.

Above minimum
$920.38M
Opening cash
$6594M
13-wk collections
$6510M
13-wk disbursements
$1004.3M
Closing cash
Exhibit 2

EBITDA → Free cash flow

$32150M EBITDA converts to $8700M FCF (27%).

Exhibit 3

Cash collected

Monthly, $M.

Cash conversion cycle

Working-capital days

DSO — receivables62d
DIO — inventory18d
DPO — payables (offset)(48d)
Cash conversion cycle29d
Where cash is trapped

Working-capital cash unlock

$230.3M

Normalizing laggard brands to 50-day DSO releases ~$230.3M one-time.

Livaeco67d
$51.7M
Birla Pivot61d
$47.3M
UltraTech Cement56d
$42.7M
Birla Cellulose66d
$34.4M
Aditya Birla Renewables60d
$27.4M
Birla Opus58d
$20.2M
Aditya Birla Capital54d
$6.5M
Collections

AR aging

Total AR $3143M

Current days$1475.32M
1-30 days$785.03M
31-60 days$365.45M
61-90 days$265.29M
90+ days$251.75M

Overdue (>60d) = $517.0M.

Exhibit 4

Collections priority

Highest DSO first.

AccountRevenueDSOCredit risk
Birla Estates$173.25M67dHigh
Shree Traders$349.2M63dMedium
Godrej Properties$110.99M59dMedium
Reliance$384.39M58dLow
Welspun$194.9M55dMedium
IBM$262.58M52dMedium
UPS$305.89M49dLow
Exhibit 5

Supplier DPO

Working-capital lever.

SupplierSpendDPOOTIFRisk
Suryachem$1732.48M45d96%Low
DCW Ltd$1570.06M42d93%Low
GACL$1109.87M38d90%Medium
Hindalco$730.89M36d89%Medium
Tata Chemicals$622.61M40d95%Low
India Glycols$514.33M44d92%Low
Exhibit 6

Leverage runway vs. covenant

Headroom = firepower

Deal capacity

Net-debt capacity to 5.5x
$122170M
≈ $12217M acquirable EBITDA @ ~10x
Net Debt/EBITDA1.7x
Debt Service Coverage Ratio2.4x
Covenant Headroom22.0x
Cash Collected92.5%