Dolly Khanna’s Small-Cap Stock Gives 12000% Gain In 10 Years & Is Poised To Give More Mega Gains

Dolly Khanna lost colossal fortune of Rs. 100 crore by prematurely dumping Relaxo Footwear from portfolio

One of Dolly Khanna‘s attributes is her penchant to tinker with her portfolio.

We have seen numerous examples of this in the past where Dolly has dumped stocks which appeared to be mega baggers.

Sometimes, the strategy is sensible and has saved her from losses.

In Hawkins Cooker and Nandan Denim, for instance, Dolly escaped in the nick of time before the stocks imploded and were reduced to a shadow of their former selves (see Dolly Khanna Escapes Hawkins Cookers’ Carnage Even As Punters Rue Their Luck).

There are also examples of other stocks like Cera, RS Software, Avanti Feeds where Dolly bolted.

However, the strategy has badly backfired in Relaxo Footwear.

As of 31st December 2012, Dolly held 120,342 shares of Relaxo.

This would have morphed into an hefty holding of 24,06,840 shares as of date because there was a 1:5 split in November 2013 and two 1:1 bonuses in July 2015 and June 2019.

The investment would have grown from a petty amount of Rs. 93.86 lakh into a fortune of Rs. 116.50 crore, an increase of 1100%.

Unfortunately, Dolly systematically reduced her holding in the stock.

As the table below shows, she aggressively dumped the stock.

She repeated the exercise in the other years as well till her holding was reduced to zero.

The unfortunate result is that Dolly lost an opportunity to effortlessly pocket a fortune in excess of Rs. 100 crore.

Relaxo Footwear is immune to slowdown & recessions because of low ticket size and heavy branding

According to a report in the ET by Amit Mudgill, Relaxo is unaffected by the woes of economic slowdown and is continuing to churn out hefty returns year after year.

This is probably because Relaxo produces footwear such as ‘Hawaii Chappals’ which are sold under the brand names Sparx, Flite, Bahamas and Schoolmate.

These are low-ticket and essential items that people purchase without a second’s thought.

Also, the footwear is promoted by A-list Bollywood celebrities like Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh.

This makes the products irresistible to the masses.

Relaxo is India’s second-largest footwear maker (Bata is the largest) and has clocked a compounded annual growth of 14 per cent in five years to FY19.

Further, its drive towards product premiumisation may help it log double-digit sales growth in value terms, if not in volume terms.

The ET report also points out that Relaxo’s prospects are favoured by the fact that it is strengthening the distribution network and making strong investment in branding.

Relaxo is a category dominator and a compounding stock: Saurabh Mukherjea

Relaxo is recommended by none other than Saurabh Mukherjea, the authority on Coffee Can Investing.

Saurabh gave strong logic to support his buy recommendation.

“A category dominator like Relaxo has a bright future and there is very little dependence between Relaxo’s fortunes and the latest GDP print or the NBFC crisis and so on. These sort of stocks provide opportunities which does not really depend on the outcome of RBI policy or elections and so on. You buy companies which are category dominators and you compound with them over several years,” Saurabh advised.

Brokerages are also gung-ho about Relaxo’s prospects

Dolat Capital pointed out that Relaxo has strong presence mainly in North and eastern parts of India and will continue to prosper.

“Relaxo will continue its journey of double-digit sales growth with new in-season launches and a strong product portfolio“.

It was also pointed out that solid fundamentals of operating model, in-house manufacturing capabilities, premiumization and rising aspirational levels within the target segment augur well for the company.

Sharekhan is also optimistic.

It pointed out that the consumer shift from non-branded to branded products, the company’s distribution enhancement and capacity expansion would continue to drive growth for Relaxo.

Karvy has also given the stock a clean chit:

“Despite the overall consumption decline, particularly in the rural market, Relaxo seems to have managed to maintain good volume growth. We value the stock at a five-year average one-year forward P/E of 40 times on FY21E EPS of Rs 11.8,” Karvy said.