I just saw a blogger use PE multiple for understanding valuation of this company. Don’t think that’s an appropriate metric any more, as there is no terminal value in 2031. The only way to value this is by discounting dividends till 2031.
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GRUH Finance – mini HDFC (06-10-2015)
sir there is lots of discussion going on this gem.on has to consider marketcap and potential size of market,and pedigree of mgt, and if all this doesnt play out , v will atleast have to convince that v died in hands of good doctor
iStreet Networks – Flipkart kind of business (06-10-2015)
@sivakkri,
We shouldn’t evaluate all the companies with same set of rules.
Some companies when they are in early stages of growth, it is easy to report 100% growth qtr by qtr. iStreet belongs to the same category. Last qtr they reported a sales of 1.7 crores, for the current FY they will surely report 8-10 crore sales (gross merchandise value). Which means 10 times of last year sales, i don’t think 2lakhs salary for month is a big issue at all.
Current method of e-commerce enterprises value is based on GMV, you can read the flipkart / snapdeal comments, they all report in terms Gross Merchandise Value to arrive the business valuation. When they report good turnover/ acquired by some giants / coming infibeam ipo..they will provide some triggers and everyone will be in rush to buy the same.
Shilpi Cable Technologies – at 2 times PE definitely worth a look! (06-10-2015)
Continuing on this thread – I like to pen down facts and my views – so this might be a little lengthy. But perhaps some issues like low tax, high turns, increased debt, etc would be discussed. I had bought a bit of the stock a few months ago to track. While I am cagey about the astounding growth and capital efficiency numbers, I believe valuations offer downside protection.
Shilpi Cable Technologies Limited, founded in 2006, is a manufacturer of cables used in the automotive, telecom and energy segments. It specialises in radio frequency cables, copper wires, wiring harnesses, and cable accessories. At present, SCTL’s 26 per cent revenue come from telecom segment, 21 per cent automotive, 12 per cent from the consumer durables/assemblies, 7 per cent from energy cables and rest 34 per cent from copper wire conductor business.
The company has three plants, two in Rajasthan, and one in TN. The Hosur (TN) plant was put up to cater to the wiring harness requirements for a large OEM (likely Ashok Leyland).
It has an arrangement with an Aurangabad based company for manufacturing RF cables on a contract basis, which effectively doubles its capacity. This creates flexibility and also increases throughput without creating capacity. Being in an industrial hub, there is an in-built locational advantage.
Additionally, it has another arrangement with a Bahadurgarh (Haryana) -based manufacturer of wires and cables on a contract basis. This arrangement is strategic with an equity infusion into the manufacturing facility by SCTL promoters. The arrangement provides for a contract size extending to INR 200 crore per annum.
It has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Shilpi Worldwide JLT (Dubai), and Shilpi Worldwide Private Limited (Singapore).
The company currently exports to UAE, Taiwan, Philippines, Turkey and USA, with a view to widen this base in the future to South America, Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. Exports started in FY14 and contribute to 12% of standalone company turnover in FY14 (per AR14). Most of such revenue comes from the telecom segment through solutions, onsite provisioning, and trading. Tie-ups with OEs in the future could likely bring substantial business to SCTL at better margins.
Investments into the 4G/LTE technologies along with the urgent requirement to address coverage and capacity issues will give a boost to revenue from the telecom segment. While incremental additional of towers could be slow (due to expected higher tenancy ratios), the requirement for telecom cables and assemblies will be necessitated for each base station, creating sustained demand.
Within the automotive segment, SCTL caters to the 2W/3W and PV segments. According to a Roland Berger report, the passenger vehicle and 2W markets in India would grow at 12% per annum through 2020. Among the BRIC nations, this is the lowest, India has a car ownership of 12 per thousand compared to Russia at 216, Brazil at 126 and China at 44. The close correlation between GDP growth and PV demand growth could mean strong medium term growth. Current low penetration makes India an attractive global outsourcing hub, which is augur well for SCTL.
SCTL has recently announced that in 3Q16, it will launch its own brand of LED lighting under the brand name ‘SAFE’, indicating a movement into the B2C segment. ‘SAFE’ already has a presence in the wires, switches and MCB segments in the B2B segment. In FY15, the company is reported to have racked up retail sales of ’50 crore. SCTL is present in 9 states through 250 distributors and 1,200 retailers, which indicates a good coverage.
The Company announced a preferential allotment of 40,00,000 equity shares upon conversion of warrants to Shilpi Cables Private Limited at INR 65 per share, indicating the dilution at a price 50% higher than the then prevailing price. The Company had earlier announced a preferential allotment of 1,18,00,000 equity shares to several Mauritius-based FIIs at INR 30 per share, at a 200% premium to the then prevailing price. Very recently, there was an announcement of a preferential allotment of 1,50,00,000 warrants to the promoters. The conversion price has not been indicated in the press release. The practice of having preferential allotments is a concern since it dilutes the minority shareholding every time. The only solace is the pricing of such conversions which thus far have accreted book per share rather than diluted it.
Promoters (inclusive of Trust) hold 47%, FIIs own 23%. There seem to be some large holders per the shareholder pattern on BSE – if these are PAC (persons acting in concert), the free float would be reduced substantially. 78% of the promoter shares have been pledged – a concern.
SCTL has ambitious plans to raise sales to USD 1 billion (INR 6,500 crore) by 2020 through organic and inorganic means.
SCTL has shown a tremendous growth over the past 5 years. Consolidated revenues have grown at 67% CAGR, EBITDA at 53% and PBT at 61%. Despite dilutions and a bonus issue, earnings have compounded at 30% CAGR over FY10-FY15. FY15 marked the first year of a dividend payout of INR 1.00 per share.
Standalone operations pays full tax. By virtue of the zero tax structure in Dubai, and low profitability in Singapore (both these operations account for 25% of the consolidated revenues of SCTL), consolidated operations have been paying a far lower tax. Dubai operations contribute over 40% of consolidated PBT (versus 7% in FY13) resulting in overall tax levels at 10% of consolidated PBT.
SCTL ended FY15 with RoE of 37% and pre-tax ROCE of 27%. It is instructive to note that the 5-year averages for RoE and RoCE have been 32% and 25%. Due to this shrewd outsourcing arrangements, SCTL currently churns its native gross block an astonishing 18x a year. Including the working capital requirement, this still works out to 4.7x total asset turn. With a large capex completed in FY15, free cash generation would enhance as utilization increases. Interestingly, capex just in FY15 has been higher than that in at least previous 6 years! Additionally, the retail business over time could enhance the margin profile of the company. Industry PE is 30x while industry P/B is 2.5x. While this is not strictly comparable (Havells, Finolex, V-Guard have spent substantially on branding; Havells, V-Guard have other businesses; etc), there lies a large gap between SCTL and its peers.
SCTL reported a consolidated profit of INR 160 crore or earnings per share of INR 16.20 on its enlarged share base. Net Debt is 50% of book equity. Trading at 1.2x trailing book and a multiple of 3.7x on FY15 earnings and EBITDA, the security offers a good margin of safety.
Key risks, other than the concerns mentioned earlier:
The Company has no enduring brand franchise as of now (mostly a commoditised operation), and is looking to create the same with its brand ‘SAFE’ LED lighting. Enhancing the distributor network and creating further scale could take time and burn cash. However, SCTL is already present on 9 states and has a large distributor and retailer base, giving it enough reach to make a measurable impact.
The company imports a lot of material, including copper, etc, which are subject to volatile fluctuations. Since the end product is commoditised, passing radical price changes could be difficult thereby pressuring margins. However, copper is at a six year low, offering respite on margins.
The standalone operation has an interest coverage ratio of 1.8x, indicating a lower margin of safety. However, the consolidated operations have an interest coverage ratio of 3.1x, which is more comfortable.
Avanti Feeds (06-10-2015)
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Conart Engineers – debt free, cash rich infrastructure company (06-10-2015)
Right now, all the information I have is in the original post. If I get anything else, I’ll add it here. Good luck.
Waterbase – Can it be Next Avanti Feeds? (06-10-2015)
Thanks for the presentation. It is very exhaustive in detail
Satin Creditcare Network Ltd – Reaching out! (06-10-2015)
Issue is of v low floating stock in Satin.50% of float is with PE players & 36% with promoters.Some shares are still in physical format only as issue had come in 1996 & there has been no dividend given since then.
There are 4 cos Megh Secirities,Bhawani finvest,RajSonia consultancy & Linkage securities holding nearly 10% holdings.Which are tehese cos?Can someone do some work on these cos & tell more about them?
Little buying and price shoots.Buyers beware.
GRUH Finance – mini HDFC (06-10-2015)
I can explain what is wrong in the calculation that @richdreamz posted…
Let me try first – from a pure business point of view….
By that calculation – Gruh would be raising 3164 crores of fresh equity. Assuming a 6x debt leveraging – this means that the loan book can potentially grow by 22,000 crores. That is the loan book has to grow from current 9000 crores to 31000 crores. This would take another 5 years at the least… So, why would anybody give so much of equity capital???
Let me now try – from a purely analytical point of view….
Assume that Gruh was today valued at a stratospheric 50x P/BV (or even a 100x P/BV)… Apply this to the calculation – you will find that Gruh is undervalued after the equity raise!!!
I don’t have any calculation to offer from my side – simply because I still don’t know what exactly you meant by the hypothetical situation…
Regarding the tone of my post – I think it is a communication gap. I am merely writing what I am thinking. Nothing more, nothing less.
GRUH Finance – mini HDFC (06-10-2015)
I dont like the tone of your question and hence would refrain from answering you.
You need a few lessons in the use of proper language esp when you are asking someone questions. It seems you are asking questions trying to prove a point rather than trying to get something out of the question.
If u find richdreamz’s calculations misleading then u can do some effort of your own and put up your own calculations and we can take it up from there.
I know you have got a bee in your bonnet about HFCs but I wouldnt be bothered with that.