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Q4FY17 earnings a miss.. Margins deteriorated sharply
CMP 1330
Target Price - Sheela Foam reported its Q4FY17 earnings with high 20% YoY, and 9%
Previous Target Price - QoQ sales growth in its net sales at 468 cr.
Upside - Company's gross margin Declined sigficantly in the March ended quarter
52wk Range H/L 1429/850 to 39.9%, a sequential decline of 440 bps.
Mkt Capital (Rs Cr) 6,492 Following the declining trend in gross margin,EBITDA came much lower
35% at 25 cr vs 65 cr in Q3.
33%
30% 31%
32%
EBIT came at 17 cr much lower than previous quarter of 57 quarter, with
27% operating margin of 3.5%, a sequential sharp decline from 11.7% in Q3.
25%
PAT to shown the same trend which came at 17 cr from 42 cr in Q3. PAT
20%
18% 17% ROE
margins declined from 8.6% in Q3 to 3.6% in Q4, declined 500 bps QoQ.
17%
15% 15%
14%
13% ROCE
10% Financials/Valu FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17
5% ation
Net Sales 1,149 1,271 1,418 1,550 1,750
EBITDA 82 85 91 176 195
0%
FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17E EBIT 50 55 63 147 165
PAT 31 28 43 105 125
Shareholding pattern % EPS (Rs) 6.3 5.7 8.8 21.5 25.6
3QFY17 2QFY17 1QFY17 EPS growth (%) 336% -10% 53% 145% 19%
Promoters 85.7 85.7 - ROE (%) 18% 14% 17% 31% 27%
Public 14.3 14.3 - ROCE (%) 13% 15% 17% 33% 32%
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 BV 35 40 50 69 95
P/B (X) - - - - 11.8
Stock Performance % P/E (x) - - - - 44
1Mn 3Mn 6Mn
Absolute 16.0% 27.0% 30.0%
Sharp increase in T.D.I. Prices led to Gross Margins Decline
Rel.to Nifty 4.0% 7.9% 15.3%
100
Sheela Foam's Q4FY17 earnings was a miss on overall margin front.
90 Instead of growing 20% YoY on Net Sales front, company saw significant
80 pressure on the margins with gross margins led the deterioration with
70 sequential decline of 440bps.
60
50
The main cause for this decline in gross margin was sharp increase seen
Book value
in T.D.I., a major raw material for Sheela Foam, in FY17. Average T.D.I.
40 ROA %
prices for Q4 was 251/-, whereas full year average was 160/-, hence Q4
30
saw the maximum deterioration in overall margins. T.D.I. prices came
20
16 14
lower from 275/- to 250/- from April 2017, in two declines of 15/- and 10/-
10 8 each. As per management commentary in Q4 concall, mgmt is confident
7 6
- of gaining back most of the decline in gross margin through better product
FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 mix which was the second reason for lower realisations in Q4 and
expected decline in T.D.I. prices going forward in FY18.
ANURAG ARORA
Anurag.arora09@gmail.com
Please refer to the Disclaimers at the end of this Report
Narnolia Securities Ltd
Quarterly Performance
Financials 4QFY16 1QFY17 2QFY17 3QFY17 4QFY17 YoY % QoQ% FY16 FY17 YoY %
Net Sales 391 381 415 486 468 20% -4% 1,550 1,750 13%
Other Income 7 5 3 4 9 27% 107% 17 22 30%
COGS 202 181 221 271 282 39% 4% 828 955 15%
Employee Cost 37 39 39 39 36 -2% -7% 139 154 10%
Other Expenses 106 107 102 111 126 19% 13% 333 446 34%
EBITDA 46 53 53 65 25 -46% -62% 176 195 11%
Depreciation 7 7 7 8 8 9% 0% 29 30 4%
Interest 2 3 3 2 2 -9% -22% 12 10 -15%
PBT 43 48 46 59 24 -45% -60% 152 177 16%
Tax 12 14 14 17 7 -44% -59% 47 52 10%
PAT 31 34 32 42 17 -45% -60% 105 125 19%
50.0% 160
45.0% 140
40.0% Capacity
120
35.0% (000mt)
30.0% 100
Gross Margin % Production(0
25.0% 80 00 mt)
EBIDTA %
20.0% EBIT % 60 utilisation(%)
15.0% PAT %
40 38 41
10.0% 32 36
5.0% 20
0.0% 0
FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17
60.0% 50
45 44
50.0% 42
40
40.0% 35
Gross Margin % 30 31 Debtor Days
30.0% EBIT % 25 26 Inventory Days
PAT % 20 Payable Days
20.0%
EBIDTA % 15 Cash Conversion Cycle
13.9% 13.9% 12.7% 13.3%
11.6% 10
10.0%
5.2% 5
0.0% -
3QFY16 4QFY16 1QFY17 2QFY17 3QFY17 4QFY17 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16
Sep-16
Feb-17
Jan-17
Dec-16
Jun-16
Aug-16
May-16
May-17
Oct-16
Nov-16
Apr-17
Mar-17
should buy shares worth 1.85-1.9 Lac ( below 2 Lac),on or before 23rd May
2017; keeping in mind possible upside till the date of 'Record Date'.
After studying Wipro's (Direct Industry Peer) Buy-back Tendering pattern of last years, and on the basis of our analysis
of various other buy backs done in past, We have a positive view on this particular Buy-back.. We recommend retail
shareholders "BUY" the stock around in the range of 840-850/- for tendering in Buy-Back . As per our
fundamental analysis, near term downside risk is capped at 5-6% from current market price..Our analysis suggest
potential return of upto 5.5% safer arbitrage return (after adjusting 30% tax on offline transfer of shares) in this Buy-
back.. The holding period would be approx 40-45 days from now.
BANKS RATING TARGET India at its decades of lowest credit growth, as per data by RBI. How long this
YESBANK BUY 1936 weakness in credit appetite is going to last?
Capital raised creates attractive valuation. Recent Non-performing assets has increased by 5 times in just 5 years. Are stressed assets at
weakness -an opportunity
peak level or how much more are still left to be recognized?
HDFCBANK BUY 1725 Transferring power from bankers to RBI- Will lead to fast resolution of stress assets.
Despite consistent healthy profitability and growth Will this hurt banks autonomy in lending and borrowing?
track record, best is yet to come.
90%
78% 77% 76%
80% 75% 74% 73% 72% 72%
70%
60%
50%
40%
25% 26% 27% 28% 28%
30% 22% 23% 24%
20%
10%
0%
Rs in Crore
Date 25-Mar-11 30-Mar-12 31-May-13 28-Mar-14 3-Apr-15 1-Apr-16 31-Mar-17
Food Credit 64,282 79,788 1,18,042 97,552 69,227 1,01,205 53,927
Non Food Credit 38,77,801 46,27,145 52,50,736 60,41,493 67,33,294 73,99,292 78,27,601
Bank Credit 39,42,083 47,06,933 53,68,778 61,39,045 68,02,521 75,00,497 78,81,528
Source: RBI Fortnightly bank credit
2.5%
2.0% 1.8%
Pace of 0.5%
incremental 0.0%
slippages has 1Q FY16 2Q FY16 3Q FY16 4Q FY16 1Q FY17 2Q FY17 3Q FY17
reduced.
Is latest ordinance to empower RBI is the key for fast resolution?
Going forward profit after tax of most of PSU banks and large corporate private lenders
depends on fast resolution of stress assets otherwise it will be most hit by provisions due to
ageing related NPA till FY18. Now fast resolution of stress assets is the key for most of
banks. To speed up resolution process Government and RBI have introduced a series of
reforms in banking sector like JLF, SDR and S4A but the result were not as per the
expectations as banks were unable to find the buyers for the ownership. Apart from these
reforms Government passed Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016.
Government has also taken certain steps within steel sector to improve its efficiency like
intervention in terms of minimum import price and anti-dumping duty on imports, National steel
policy that favors Indian Steelmakers. We think this type of initiative will be more favorable for
economy and needs more sector specific decision to combat stress assets.
However in the latest development, Government has passed an ordinance which will empower
RBI to issue borrower specific direction to banks for tackling NPA problem. Now RBI can issue
instructions to banks to initiate the resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Empowering 2016. We see this ordinance as welcome step to fasten the resolutions of stress assets as
RBI is welcome earlier to this, slow decision-making process under PSU banks were hindering the resolution
step for fast of large stress assets. But the basic question remains the same that how this new ordinance
decision making will help to get banks money back from stressed corporate borrower? How and when
process but oversight committee will be formed by RBI? Is there chance of conflict of interest between RBI
uncertainty and management of bank? How much the haircuts would be taken? Answer to these
rises. questions is uncertain as of now and will take much time for clearance and we analyze that if
resolution is delayed than ageing related NPA will badly hit the PAT in FY18 for big corporate
lenders. Also one basic problem for PSU bank will even persist in terms of low capitalization
and any delay or huge haircuts under resolution process will again impact the capitalization.
We maintain our positive stance on private banks as they will continue to acquire market
share from public banks thus loan growth will remain healthy going forward. This value
migration from PSU to Private has more legs to go. Continuation of investment in digitization
has resulted in controlled and declining operating expenses hence cost to income ratio is
improving. Private Banks have comparatively much less stress assets against public banks.
Healthy capitalization ratio also helps to increase the business going forward. However for
many banks valuation has run ahead of their fundamentals. But decline in prices will give an
opportunity. Our top picks are HDFC Bank, Federal Bank, Yes Bank and Axis Bank. Apart
from this under public sector banks Indian bank and Vijaya bank were our top picks based on
retail business focus, adequate capital, relatively low stress assets and higher recovery than
slippages. This tactical stance of ours helped us ride the PSU banking rallies over last nine
months. First we recommended Indian Bank at Rs 100 and got neutral near Rs 330 and
recommended Vijaya Bank at Rs 48 and now we have changed our rating to neutral for Vijaya
Bank at Rs 98. Both Indian Bank and Vijaya Bank are trading at P/B of 1.0 and do not leave
much on table in context of current fundamental. At this point, we recommend Buy only on SBI
among PSU Banks as it has relatively better quality of book and capital ratio than its peers.
Merger will be key monitorable for the bank.
Please refer to the Disclaimers at the end of this Report
Narnolia Securities Ltd
INDUSTRY - Con. Staples
BSE Code - 500790
NSE Code - NESTLEIND
16-May-17 NIFTY - 9445
70.0%
60.2%
60.0%
46.0% 47.7%
50.0% 42.6%
40.0% 46.8%
41.6%
30.0%
32.3% 31.2%
Financials/Valu CY15 CY16 CY17E CY18E FY19E
20.0%
ation
Net Sales 8,175 9,224 10,847 12,038 13,351
10.0%
0.0%
EBITDA 1,555 1,807 1,969 1,976 2,236
CY13 CY14 CY15 CY16 EBIT esv 1,535 1,772 1,954 2,131
Shareholding patterns % PAT 1,208 1,453 1,613 1,621 1,883
1QCY17 4QCY16 3QCY16 EPS (Rs) 58 96 121 124 145
Promoters 62.8 62.8 62.8 EPS growth (%) -52% 63% 27% 2% 16%
Public 37.2 37.2 37.2 ROE (%) 32% 31% 34% 32% 34%
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 ROCE (%) 43% 48% 47% 43% 45%
BV 292 313 344 377 415
Stock Performance % P/B (X) 16.9 19.8 21.0 19.8 18.1
1Mn 3Mn 1Yr P/E (x) 99.3 68.6 56.3 54.9 47.2
Absolute 2.6 6.5 15.9
Rel.to Nifty (0.6) (0.9) (3.7) Recent development and launches:
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Nestle India has launched new range of Noodles Maggi Masala in India.
NESTLEIND NIFTY The new range of MAGGI noodles includes four new flavors - Amritsari
125 Achari, Mumbaiya Chatak, Super Chennai and Bengali Jhaal.
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115 In this quarter, Nestle India tied up with Google and Paytm for promotion
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to create strong bonding with consumers which may boost volumes going
105 forward.
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95 The Company has introduced Milo Ready to drink the sports partner for
90 kids in 1QCY17.
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NESTLE India extends NESTLE a+ GREKYO range with the launches of
80
Blueberry Greek Yoghurt and Greek Style Curd.
RAJEEV ANAND
rajeev.anand@narnolia.com
Please refer to the Disclaimers at the end of this Report
Narnolia Securities Ltd
Quarterly Performance
Financials 1QCY16 2QCY16 3QCY16 4QCY16 1QCY17 1QCY16 QoQ% CY15 CY16 YoY %
Net Sales 2,368 2,272 2,363 2,286 2,592 9% 13% 8,175 9,224 13%
Other Income 35 37 37 41 42 18% 3% 110 149 36%
COGS 987 950 986 959 1,094 11% 14% 3,469 3,880 12%
Net Provi. For Contin. 12 22 10 9 10 -17% 7%
Employee Cost 213 263 270 294 246 16% -16% 913 1,073 18%
Other Expenses 560 608 650 617 625 12% 1% 2,147 2,410 12%
EBITDA 513 429 447 403 517 1% 28% 1,555 1,807 16%
Depreciation 89 89 88 87 87 -3% -1% 347 354 2%
Interest (26) 0 0 0 (23) -12% -5158% 3 4 34%
PBT 433 377 397 276 450 4% 63% 814 1,440 77%
Tax 166 114 127 113 143 -14% 27% 250 519 107%
PAT 287 231 269 164 307 7% 87% 563 921 63%
Sales grew by
9.5% YoY
Better revenue growth led by better domestic business performance
second best in
our FMCG
universe after The company has reported sales Rs 2592 cr(Vs Rs 2561 cr of our expectation), grew by 9.5% YoY,
second best in our FMCG universe after GODREJCP.
GODREJCP.
Gross margin declined by 51 bps YoY to 57.8% led by higher input prices(Milk derivatives).
Domestic revenue grew by 9.7% led by volume improvement across section. Exports remained flat
due to lower sales from Nepal and Bhutan.
EBITDA margin declined by 169 bps YoY to 20% from 21.7% led by higher COGS (up 51
bps),employee cost(up by 52 bps) and Other expenses(up by 47 bps).
PAT margin declined by 30 bps YoY 11.8% YoY from 12.1%.
PAT for this quarter grew by 7% YoY to Rs 307 cr from Rs 287 cr. PAT margin deteriorated by 30
bps YoY to 11.8% from 12.1% in Q1CY17.
OPM NPM
Sales(in cr) PAT(in cr)
25.0% 21.8% 21.7%
3000 350 20.0%
309 307300 19.2% 18.9% 18.9%
287 20.0% 18.0% 17.6%
2500 269
250 15.3%
231
2000 200 15.0% 12.3% 12.1% 11.8%
183 11.4%
164 150 10.2%
1500 124 9.3%
100 10.0% 7.1% 7.2%
1000 50
0 5.0%
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0 -100 0.0% -3.3%
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Historically NESTLE has strong pricing power: As in most the FMCG categories input
prices have bottomed out and have started moving up. Hence going forward we expect growth
for FMCG will be pricing led. NESTLE has strong premium product portfolio and strong pricing
power.
Urban demand recovery led growth going forward: For last four years urban demand is
struggling due to higher inflation and lower economic activities which is one of the causes of
companys dismal performance. As NESTLEs most of the sales comes from urban areas,
approx. 75%, hence any recovery in urban demand will be huge positive for the company. We
expect better demand scenario for urban market going ahead led by declining inflation and
interest rate scenario. Hence we have positive view on NESTLE.
Smart bounce back by Maggie shows strong brand value: Nestle re-launched Maggie on
9 Nov., 2015 and within 53 days of re-launch, it regained market share of 33% which shows
strong brand power. Presently, Maggies market share has reached to 60% versus peak
market share of 75% which is commendable. It shows new managements aggression and
focus towards NESTLEs future growth. Going forward we expect brand Maggie to consolidate
further with more market share gain.
NESTLE didnt take price hike in CY16, so expect hike in CY17 Prepared Dishes(includes Maggie) Volume and growth
Overall Realization growth YoY Prepared Dishes Vol.(in MT) Vol. Growth YoY
73%
35% 31% 300000 80%
30% 60%
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25% 22% 40%
20% 200000 13%
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Nov-16
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Mar-17
India Formulations- Sales for the formulation business in India for Q4FY17 was at Rs. 576 Cr.
(Growth of 6.88% YoY). India business is improved in Cardiac, Respiratory, Anti-diabetic and
Derma segment.
USA Formulations- Sale of finished dosage formulations was Rs. 1000 Cr. for the Q4FY17.
(Growth of 53.45% YoY), but reported a decline in growth of 18% QoQ on account of US pricing
pressure and increased competition. Sales from the newly launched drug Zetia is also impacted
due to price erosion.
Africa, Asia and CIS Region (ROW)- In Q4FY17, revenue from Africa, Asia and CIS region was
Rs. 288 Cr. as against Rs. 298 Cr.(de-growth of 3.06% YoY) due to Russian subsidiary recorded
moderate sales growth.
Europe Formulations- Glenmark Europes operations revenue for Q4FY17 was at Rs.229 Cr. as
compared to Rs. 270 Cr. YoY recording a decrease of 15.06% YoY. The growth was impacted due
to the currency depreciation of the British Pound.
Latin America- Revenue from its Latin American and Caribbean operations was at Rs. 133 Cr. for
the Q4FY17 as compared to Rs. 241 Cr. in the corresponding quarter of FY16(Decrease of 44%
YoY).The Latam region performance continues to be impacted on account of the lower sales from
Venezuela in the fourth quarter of the FY17.
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)- Revenue from sale of API was Rs. 199 Cr. during the
last quarter, Glenmark filed 3 US DMF, one Canada and one in Europe and has also received an
EIR from the U.S. FDA for its Ankleshwar facility.
Other Income- Company has reported other income of Rs. -51 Cr. in Q4FY17 as compared to Rs.
12 Cr. in the same quarter of FY16. This loss is on account of higher forex losses.
Finance Cost- Glenmark has reported finance cost of Rs. 70 Cr. in the last quarter of FY17 as
compared to the Rs.47 Cr. in the same quarter of FY16. Finance cost has increased on account of
higher debt level. Debt level has increased to Rs. 4724 Cr. in FY17 vs Rs. 3275 Cr in FY16.
Tax- Company has received tax benefit of Rs. 11 Cr. in Q4FY17 which is one-time benefit.
Management has guided that from Q1FY18, company will be in normal tax braket and effective tax
rate would be around 25%.
PAT- Glenmark has reported PAT of Rs. 184 Cr. in the last quarter of FY17 registering growth of
23% YoY and de-growth of 61% QoQ . This decline is on account of lower earnings and margins in
the last quarter of FY17.
Gross Margin improved by 100bps YoY but contracted by 799bps QoQ on account of higher
purchases of stock in trade.
EBITDA improved by 500bps YoY but degrew by 1200bps due to foreign currency loss of Rs. 65 Cr in
Q4FY17 and higher R&D expenses.
PAT grew by 23.5%YoY to Rs.184 crore on account of higher revenue which resulted in 100bps
improvement in PAT Margin in 4QFY17.
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Concall Highlights:
Price erosion in US base business has reached to 15% in Q4, including Zetia(which has exclusive
rights for 180 days). Management is expecting price erosion to continue for next 10-18 months
Company has received 4 observations for Goa facility for which remediation process is completed and
company has responded to USFDA.
Management is expecting 10-15 launches in FY18,and plans to file 3 ANDAs in Q1FY18.
Revenue guidance of 12-15% in FY18E. And margin guidance of 23% going forward.
Management expects Zetia sales to revamp in Q1FY18, and looks for few meaningful launches in
FY18E.
Generic anti-cholesterol drug Zetia sales to be lower than company's guidance of USD 200 million.
Generic Zetia to be key contributor in Q1 FY18, as two months exclusivity remain.
R&D expenditure to be in the range 11-12 percent in FY18
Glenmark took a write-off Rs 325 crore of its Venezuela business in Q4FY17.
Management expects Goa facility to be inspected in 2017.
Increased competition in US market due to entry of new players.
Targeting to file 20 25 ANDAs and launch ~20 products annually. Leverage expertise in the
dermatology segment 15+ ANDAs pending for approval and 20+ products in development
Management expects EBITDA margins to touch 25 percent over the next 10 years.
Higher Research & Development- The company has a pipeline of 7 new molecular entities, which
includes 2 new chemical entities and 5 new biological entities, in various stages of clinical
development. This involves higher R&D expense of 12% going forward and we expect this will impact
margin in FY18E.
Debt repayment- In the last quarter management has guided to repay debt on the back of Zetia sales,
but it was unable to repay its debt in FY17. Now debt repayment is the key concern to track for the
company in this current fiscal. Debt/Equity ratio is 1.05 in FY17 and we expect to come down in FY18
based on the management guidance to repay debt.
FY16 FY17
9% 9%
9% 8%
6%
10%
28% 25%
35% 34% Rs.3800 to Rs.3575 and change our rating from BUY to NEUTRAL.
34%
33% 32%
32% 31%
31%
30%
Financials/Valu FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18E FY19E
29% ation
Net Sales 27,538 28,457 28,585 30,971 33,473
28%
EBITDA 3,497 4,398 4,576 5,206 5,926
EBIT 2,956 3,954 4,074 4,618 5,279
Shareholding patterns % PAT 2,365 3,112 3,546 3,793 4,309
4QFY17 3QFY17 2QFY17 EPS (Rs) 118 156 178 190 216
Promoters 34.6 34.6 34.6 EPS growth (%) 12% 32% 14% 7% 14%
Public 65.4 65.4 65.4 ROE (%) 36% 35% 34% 32% 31%
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 ROCE (%) 45% 44% 39% 38% 38%
BV 328 442 517 599 692
Stock Performance % P/B (X) 8 7 6 6 5
1Mn 3Mn 1Yr P/E (x) 22 19 19 17 15
Absolute 8.2 7.4 16.9
Rel.to Nifty 6.2 0.3 (2.5) RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
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The Halol Plant at Gujarat has started commercial production in 4QFY17.
HEROMOTOCO NIFTY The first phase capacity of Halol plant is 12 lakh units per annum, while
125
120
overall production capacity planned is 18 lakh units. This plant will take
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care exports also.
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The company has planned Rs. 2500 crores of capital expenditure to be
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spent over next two years. This will be towards new product development,
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phase wise capacity installation & expansion at existing facilities.
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90 The company expanded its footprint in the international markets by
85 commencing operations in two significant global markets like Argentina
80 and Nigeria.
Jul-16
Sep-16
Feb-17
Jan-17
Dec-16
Jun-16
Aug-16
May-16
May-17
Oct-16
Nov-16
Apr-17
Mar-17
The company has robust pipe line of new products in Scooter and
Premium segment motorcycles. These products will be launched in FY18
& FY19.
NAVEEN KUMAR DUBEY
Naveen.dubey@narnolia.com
Please refer to the Disclaimers at the end of this Report
Narnolia Securities Ltd
Quarterly Performance
Financials 4QFY16 1QFY17 2QFY17 3QFY17 4QFY17 YoY % QoQ% FY16 FY17 YoY %
Total Volumes ('000) 1,721 1,745 1,823 1,473 1,622 -6% 10% 6,631 6,664 0%
Realization(Rs./ bike) 43,644 42,391 42,755 43,202 42,639 -2% -1% 42,912 42,895 0%
Net Sales 7,505 7,399 7,796 6,365 6,915 -8% 9% 28,457 28,585 0%
Other Income 117 120 152 132 118 1% -10% 413 522 26%
COGS 4,964 4,965 5,183 4,128 4,736 -5% 15% 19,308 19,091 -1%
Employee Cost 351 336 357 374 328 -7% -12% 1,339 1,432 7%
Other Expenses 1,001 867 887 783 893 -11% 14% 3,412 3,486 2%
EBITDA 1,189 1,230 1,369 1,080 958 -19% -11% 4,398 4,576 4%
Depreciation 115 115 119 125 135 18% 8% 443 502 13%
Interest 1 2 2 2 1 21% -3% 15 27 87%
PBT 1,190 1,234 1,400 1,085 939 -21% -13% 4,353 4,568 5%
Tax 357 351 396 313 221 -38% -29% 1,275 1,339 5%
PAT 833 883 1,004 772 718 -14% -7% 3,112 3,546 14%
Hero Motocorp reported 8%YoY decline in the net sales in 4QFY17. Total sales volumes contracted
by 6%YoY and Realization also declined by 2%YoY.
Reduction in the total sales volumes was the after effect of demonetization during the 3QFY17. 2
Wheeler sector was one of the most affected sectors due to currency ban. The company witnessed
slow recovery during January and February months in the rural segment, where Hero has more
than 50% exposure. 2 Wheeler sales increased in March on account of destocking of BS-III
inventory.
Heavy discounts of up to Rs.10000 per vehicle because of higher BS-III inventory resulted in lower
realization for the quarter.
EBITDA declined by 19% YoY to Rs.958 crore in 4QFY17 due to increased commodity prices and
higher other expenses.
Depreciation for the quarter stood at Rs.135 crore, higher 18%YoY because of the production at
Halol Plant has started in 4QFY17.
Profit after tax also declined by 14% YoY to Rs.718 crore during the quarter.
-6% -2%
1,645,867
-7%
1,574,861
1,690,354
1,721,240
1,745,389
1,823,498
1,621,805
600,000 -5% 0%
43,414
43,155
43,644
42,391
43,202
42,639
42,259
42,755
Gross Margin contracted by 230 bps YoY to 32% due to higher commodity prices. Transition from BS-
III to BS-IV has also put the margins under pressure. Full impact of increased commodity prices have
not yet factored in 4QFY17 results and thus margins will also be under pressure in 1QFY18.
EBITDA Margin declined by 200 bps YoY to 13.8% in 4QFY17 impacted by higher other expenses.
Lower tax expenses during the quarter supported PAT and restricted the further decline in the PAT
Margins.
EBITDA and EBITDA Margin trend PAT and PAT Margin trend
EBITDA (Rs. Crore) EBITDA Margin PAT (Rs. Crore) PAT Margin
1,004
4%
1,048
1,083
1,131
1,189
1,080
1,230
1,369
200
750
772
793
833
883
772
718
2%
958
200 2%
- 0% - 0%
Concall Highlights:
High single digit growth for industry in FY18.
Double digit growth for Hero in FY18.
EBITDA Margin would be in the range of 14-15%.
There will be cost pressure in 1QFY18 also.
Advertising & Promotion expenses will be 2.5% of sales in FY18.
Depreciation will be high because of commencement of production in Halol Plant.
Scooter segment growth will be higher than industry.
Rural market is expected to post good growth backed by good monsoon and marriage season.
Capex guidance of Rs.2500 crore to be spent on R&D (new product development) and Andhra plant.
Inventory level stood at 5-6 weeks.
The tax benefit for plants in Rajasthan and Gujarat will last for 7 years; and the benefit is restricted to
the extent of investment
Management expects benefit from LEAP program to be around 50-60 bps and additional 25-30 bps
from other initiatives.
Export market outlook remain sluggisg for next couple of months.
The management is also focusing on developing electric vehicles considering the government focus
towards Mission Electric by 2020.
Higher Depreciation may affect the bottom-line- The commercial production at Halol plant has started in
4QFY17. Considering the demand scenario we expect that it will take at least 6-8 months to ramp up and till
then the company has to incur higher other expenses and depreciation on the plant.
Uncertainty regarding tax regime- GST will come in effect from 1st July 2017 and the tax rates are still not
certain which keeps the auto industry to on its toes. All the auto manufacturers will refrain from keeping
higher inventory with them. The meeting has been scheduled on 19th May to decide the tax rates.
Rural Demand to drive growth- Hero Motocorp has more than 55% exposure in rural segment.
Expectation of good monsoon in the current fiscal may drive the demand going ahead. Marriage season in
the North region will be key growth driver for the company in FY18.
New product launch in the scooter and premium segment- The company has huge capex plan of
Rs.2500 crore over next two years. The launches will be in the fast growing scooter segment and premium
segment motorcycles. Hero Motorcorp has very minimal presence in the premium segment where peers like
Bajaj Auto, TVS Motors and Yamaha has captured more than 80% market share.
Trend in Segment Mix Share of Scooters & 125 cc segment increasing gardually
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