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COMPANY PROFILE
Figures in Indian Rupees
Avenue Supermarts Limited is an India-based company, which owns and operates Ticker:
DMart stores. DMart is a supermarket chain that offers customers a range of home DMART
and personal products under one roof. Each DMart store stocks home utility
products, including food, toiletries, beauty products, garments, kitchenware, bed 2019 Sales:
and bath linen, home appliances and others. The Company offers its products under
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various categories, such as bed and bath, dairy and frozen, fruits and vegetables,
crockery, toys and games, kids apparel, ladies garments, apparel for men, home and
personal care, daily essentials, grocery and staples, and DMart brands. DMart has a Major Industry:
presence in over 110 locations across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Retailers
Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. The Company has multiple
stores in cities, such as Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune Sub Industry:
and Surat. Miscellaneous Retailers
Stock Chart Officers
Non Executive Chairman Country:
Ramesh S. Damani India
Exchanges:
Share Type:
Ordinary
Market Capitalization:
1,216,082,288,000
Stock Price (1/24/2020): 1,948.60
Recent stock performance
Total Shares
1 Week -2.1%
Outstanding:
4 Weeks 1.2%
624,080,000
13 Weeks 3.4%
52 Weeks 42.7%
Closely Held Shares:
Earnings / Dividends (as of 12/31/2019) 527,365,356
Earnings Dividends
Most Recent Qtr 6.14 0.00
Last 12 Months 19.56 0.00
Ratio Analysis
Price / Earnings Ratio 99.62 Dividend Yield 0.00%
Price / Sales Ratio 6.08 Payout Ratio 0.00%
Price / Book Ratio 22.00 % Held by Insiders 84.50%
Address
Wagle Industrial Estate Thane West Phone
MUMBAI 400604 +91 22 3340-0500
INDIA Home Page
http://www.dmartindia.com
Company Fundamentals\Comparative Business Analysis
Avenue Supermarts Limited is an India-based company, which owns and operates DMart stores. DMart is a
supermarket chain that offers customers a range of home and personal products under one roof. Each DMart
store stocks home utility products, including food, toiletries, beauty products, garments, kitchenware, bed and
bath linen, home appliances and others. The Company offers its products under various categories, such as bed
and bath, dairy and frozen, fruits and vegetables, crockery, toys and games, kids apparel, ladies garments,
apparel for men, home and personal care, daily essentials, grocery and staples, and DMart brands. DMart has a
presence in over 110 locations across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka,
Telangana and Chhattisgarh. The Company has multiple stores in cities, such as Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Baroda,
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Surat.
Competitor Analysis
Avenue Supermarts Ltd operates within the Grocery stores sector. This analysis compares Avenue Supermarts
Ltd with three other companies: Future Retail Ltd (2019 sales of 203.33 billion Indian Rupees [US$2.86 billion]
of which 100% was Retail), Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc of Philippines (2018 sales: 132.68 billion Philippine
Pesos [US$2.60 billion] of which 47% was Supermarket Division), and Zhongbai Holdings Group Company
Limited which is based in China (2018 sales of 15.20 billion Chinese Renmimbi [US$2.20 billion] of which 93% was
Supermarket). Note: not all of these companies have the same fiscal year: the most recent data for each
company are being used.
Sales Analysis
During the third fiscal quarter of 2020, sales at Avenue Supermarts Ltd totalled 68.09 billion Indian Rupees. This
is an increase of 24.4% from the 54.74 billion Indian Rupees in sales at the company during the third quarter of
2019. During the first three quarters of 2020, sales totalled 186.14 billion Indian Rupees, which is 24.6% higher
than through the first three fiscal quarters of 2019. During the year ended March of 2019, sales at Avenue
Supermarts Ltd were 200.05 billion Indian Rupees (US$2.81 billion). This is an increase of 33.1% versus 2018,
when the company's sales were 150.33 billion Indian Rupees. This was the fifth consecutive year of sales
increases at Avenue Supermarts Ltd (and since 2014, sales have increased a total of 327%).
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The company's sales increased faster in 2019 than at all three comparable companies. While Avenue Supermarts
Ltd enjoyed a sales increase of 33.1%, the other companies saw smaller increases: Future Retail Ltd sales were
up 10.0%, Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc increased 15.1%, and Zhongbai Holdings Group Company Limited
experienced growth of 0.0%. The company currently employs 7,713. With sales of 200.05 billion Indian Rupees
(US$2.81 billion) , this equates to sales of US$364,921 per employee. This is much higher than the three
comparable companies, which had sales between US$62,260 and US$153,156 per employee. Note that some of
the figures stated herein could be distorted based on exact classification of employees and subcontractors.
For the 52 weeks ending 1/24/2020, the stock of this company was up 42.7% to 1,948.60 Indian Rupees.
During the past 13 weeks, the stock has increased 3.4%. During the past 52 weeks, the stock of Avenue
Supermarts Ltd has outperformed (by a large margin) the three comparable companies, which saw changes
between -24.2% and 10.2%. During the 12 months ending 12/31/2019, earnings per share totalled 19.56 Indian
Rupees per share. Thus, the Price / Earnings ratio is 99.62. Some Wall Street research analysts are hesitant to
recommend stocks that have sales of over US$1 billion and a P/E ratio of over 40. This is because companies
already this large may have some difficulty expanding quickly enough to justify such a high P/E ratio. These 12
month earnings are greater than the earnings per share achieved during the last fiscal year of the company,
which ended in March of 2019, when the company reported earnings of 14.46 per share. Earnings per share rose
11.9% in 2019 from 2018. This company is currently trading at 6.08 times sales. This is at a much higher ratio
than all three comparable companies, which are trading between 0.29 and 0.94 times sales. Avenue Supermarts
Ltd is trading at 22.00 times book value. The company's price to book ratio is significantly higher than that of all
three comparable companies, which are trading between 1.28 and 4.36 times book value.
Dividend Analysis
This company has paid no dividends during the last 12 months. The company has not paid any dividends during
the previous 6 fiscal years.
Profitability Analysis
On the 200.05 billion Indian Rupees in sales reported by the company in 2019, the cost of goods sold totalled
171.54 billion Indian Rupees, or 85.7% of sales (i.e., the gross profit was 14.3% of sales). This gross profit
margin is slightly lower than the company achieved in 2018, when cost of goods sold totalled 84.9% of sales.
The gross margin in 2019 was the lowest of the previous five years (in 2018, the gross margin had been as high
as 15.1%). Avenue Supermarts Ltd's 2019 gross profit margin of 14.3% was lower than all three comparable
companies (which had gross profits in 2019 between 22.3% and 25.3% of sales). The company's earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amorization (EBITDA) were 16.33 billion Indian Rupees, or 8.2% of sales. This
EBITDA to sales ratio is roughly on par with what the company achieved in 2018, when the EBITDA ratio was
9.0% of sales. The three comparable companies had EBITDA margins that were all less (between 3.2% and 5.2%)
than that achieved by Avenue Supermarts Ltd. In 2019, earnings before extraordinary items at Avenue
Supermarts Ltd were 9.03 billion Indian Rupees, or 4.5% of sales. This profit margin is lower than the level the
company achieved in 2018, when the profit margin was 5.4% of sales. Earnings before extraordinary items have
grown for each of the past 5 years (and since 2015, earnings before extraordinary items have grown a total of
326%). The company's return on equity in 2019 was 19.7%. This was a decline in performance from the 21.7%
return that the company achieved in 2018. (Extraordinary items have been excluded).
Profitability Comparison
Gross Earnings
Profit EBITDA before
Company Year Margin Margin extras
Avenue Supermarts Ltd 2019 14.3% 8.2% 4.5%
Avenue Supermarts Ltd 2018 15.1% 9.0% 5.4%
Future Retail Ltd 2019 25.3% 5.2% 3.6%
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc 2018 22.3% 5.0% 3.8%
Zhongbai Holdings Group Company Limited 2018 22.7% 3.2% 2.8%
During the third quarter of 2020, Avenue Supermarts Ltd reported earnings per share of 6.14 Indian Rupees. This
is an increase of 55% versus the third quarter of 2019, when the company reported earnings of 3.96 Indian
Rupees per share.
Inventory Analysis
As of March 2019, the value of the company's inventory totalled 16.92 billion Indian Rupees. Since the cost of
goods sold was 171.54 billion Indian Rupees for the year, the company had 36 days of inventory on hand
(another way to look at this is to say that the company turned over its inventory 10.1 times per year). This is an
almost insignificant increase in days in inventory from March 2018, when the company had 12.08 billion Indian
Rupees, which was 35 days of sales in inventory. The 36 days in inventory is lower than the three comparable
companies, which had inventories between 42 and 122 days at the end of 2019.
Financial Position
As of March 2019, the company's long term debt was 1.85 billion Indian Rupees and total liabilities (i.e., all
monies owed) were 14.77 billion Indian Rupees. The long term debt to equity ratio of the company is very low, at
only 0.03. As of March 2019, the accounts receivable for the company were 1.20 billion Indian Rupees, which is
equivalent to 2 days of sales. This is an improvement over the end of 2018, when Avenue Supermarts Ltd had 3
days of sales in accounts receivable. The 2 days of accounts receivable at Avenue Supermarts Ltd are lower
than all three comparable companies: Future Retail Ltd had 49 days, Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc had 16 days,
while Zhongbai Holdings Group Company Limited had 4 days outstanding at the end of the fiscal year 2019.
Financial Positions
LT Debt/ Days Days
Company Year Equity AR Inv.
Avenue Supermarts Ltd 2019 0.03 2 36
Future Retail Ltd 2019 0.10 49 122
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc 2018 0.00 16 66
Zhongbai Holdings Group Company Limited 2018 0.00 4 42
Company Fundamentals\Summary Analysis
Book
Fiscal Yr Market Price/ Price/ % % Profit Value 12 Month % 12 Month
Ends: Price Earnings Book Dividend Earned Rate Begin Earnings % Payout Dividends
March Last Ratio Ratio Yield Growth (ROE) Yr Per Share Change Ratio Per Share
2017 1,181.35 139.2 n/c 0.0% 35.6% 35.6% n/a 8.49 66.2% 0.0% 0.00
2018 1,324.80 102.5 22.2 0.0% 21.7% 21.7% 59.56 12.92 52.2% 0.0% 0.00
2019 1,471.10 101.7 20.0 0.0% 19.7% 19.7% 73.42 14.46 11.9% 0.0% 0.00
1/24/2020 1,948.60 99.6 22.0 0.0% n/a n/a 88.57 19.56 n/c 0.0% 0.00
Company Fundamentals\Sales Analysis
SALES ANALYSIS: Avenue Supermarts Ltd
Figures in millions of Indian Rupees
Earnings before
Interest, After Tax
Taxes, Income
Depreciation, before
and Extraordinary
Cost of Amortization Charges and
Sales Goods Sold (EBITDA) Credits Employees
After Tax
Amount Year-to- Amount Amount Amount Sales Income
in year in % of in % of in % of Per Per
Year millions Growth millions Sales millions Sales millions Sales Number Employee Employee
2012 22,086 n/c 18,840 85.3% 1,519 6.9% 604 2.7% n/a n/a n/a
2013 33,409 51.3% 28,570 85.5% 2,290 6.9% 939 2.8% n/a n/a n/a
2014 46,865 40.3% 39,844 85.0% 3,573 7.6% 1,614 3.4% n/a n/a n/a
2015 64,394 37.4% 54,872 85.2% 4,765 7.4% 2,117 3.3% n/a n/a n/a
2016 85,881 33.4% 73,078 85.1% 6,812 7.9% 3,188 3.7% n/a n/a n/a
2017 118,977 38.5% 101,804 85.6% 9,967 8.4% 4,788 4.0% 5,070 23,466,855 944,285
2018 150,332 26.4% 127,569 84.9% 14,374 9.6% 8,063 5.4% 6,113 24,592,179 1,318,915
2019 200,045 33.1% 171,536 85.7% 16,807 8.4% 9,025 4.5% 7,713 25,936,108 1,170,154
Company Fundamentals\Price Analysis
12
months
High Low Closing Quarterly %
Quarter Price Price Price %Change Change
The following pages are comprised of seven reports which contain averages for the companies in the Food &
Drug Retailing (Global) sector. The primary source of the data contained in these reports is the Worldscope®
Database. The “averages” reports are compiled from the fundamental data compiled on the companies which
make up this industry.
Sales Analysis
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Sources of Capital
Leverage Analysis Ratios
Per Share Data Ratios
Profitability Analysis Ratios
The Wright Industry Averages Reports are compiled on a fiscal year basis. Companies ending their fiscal year
in January are grouped with the prior year’s reports. The values for 2012 for example are contributed by
those companies that ended their fiscal year after 31 January 2012 and prior to 1 February 2013. The values
shown for all reports are presented in U.S. dollars.
All companies in the industry with more than $1 million (U.S.) in net sales were included. Currency items in
the financial statements were converted to U.S. dollars using an average exchange rate for each fiscal year. A
sum (aggregate value) was computed for all financial statement items by totaling the values reported by each
company in the industry sector. Industry Average report values were computed by dividing the aggregate
value by the number of companies reporting.
Per share ratios were computed by using in the numerator a specific value that represents the aggregate sum
for all companies in the industry divided by the aggregate value of the average number of appropriate
common shares for each company.
Most companies in the industry reported Operating Income along with the major components that go into the
calculation of Operating Income. For the minority of companies that did not report all underlying cost
components those components were derived, where possible, utilizing the reported items. For example, if
Cost of Goods Sold was not reported it was derived on a company-specific basis from the other reported
items (i.e. Sales, Gross Income and Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization). The derived value was then
included in the calculation of the industry average.
Industry Financial Statement AnalysesIndustry Financial Statement Analyses\Summary Analysis
Summary Analysis: Food & Drug Retailing Industry Averages (Global)
Figures are expressed on a Per Share Basis in U.S. Dollars.
Fiscal Year 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Market Prices
High 4.95 4.89 4.66 5.24 5.01 4.95
Low 3.37 3.34 3.24 3.26 3.55 3.52
Average 4.16 4.11 3.95 4.25 4.28 4.23
Last 4.05 4.30 3.97 4.09 4.54 4.50
Value Ratios
High Price / Earnings 33.5 26.8 25.2 34.5 24.2 21.5
Low Price / Earnings 22.9 18.3 17.5 21.4 17.2 15.3
Average Price / Earnings 28.2 22.5 21.3 27.9 20.7 18.4
Last Price / Earnings 27.5 23.6 21.4 26.9 22.0 19.5
Average Price / Book Value 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.2
Last Price / Book Value 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3
Dividends / Average Price (Dividend Yield) 2.1% 2.3% 2.1% 2.5% 2.2% 2.6%
Dividends / Last Price (Dividend Yield) 2.1% 2.2% 2.0% 2.6% 2.1% 2.4%
Common Equity
Earned Equity Growth 3.7% 5.6% 6.6% 2.6% 6.0% 6.4%
Return on Equity 9.2% 12.9% 11.9% 8.4% 11.0% 12.2%
Book Value 1.74 1.69 1.65 1.64 1.86 1.96
Common Shares (in millions)
Common Shares Outstanding 764.6 735.8 707.8 678.0 664.2 634.3
Common Shares Used to Compute EPS 764.6 735.8 707.8 678.0 664.2 634.3
Common Stock Earnings
Earnings per Share 0.15 0.18 0.19 0.15 0.21 0.23
Percent Change -19.2% -1.3% 21.7% -26.5% -10.2% -16.5%
Income Tax Rate 35.0% 27.4% 31.6% 33.8% 32.9% 31.3%
Common Stock Dividends
Dividends per Share 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.11 0.09 0.11
Percent Change -6.8% 14.8% -23.0% 11.8% -13.8% 10.7%
Total Common Dividends (in millions of US$) 66.4 68.6 57.5 71.5 62.6 69.4
Dividends / Earnings (% Payout) 58.9% 51.0% 43.9% 69.3% 45.6% 47.5%
Capital Expenditure (in millions of US$) 161.1 162.6 156.3 165.4 181.9 189.6
Sales
Sales (in millions of US$) 6,922.4 6,784.9 6,317.3 6,244.7 6,615.3 6,604.0
Percent Change 2.0% 7.4% 1.2% -5.6% 0.2% -1.7%
Sales per Share 9.05 9.22 8.93 9.21 9.96 10.41
Percent Change -1.8% 3.3% -3.1% -7.5% -4.3% -7.7%
Industry Financial Statement Analyses\Sales Analysis
Sales Analysis: Food & Drug Retailing Industry Averages (Global)
Figures are expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars. Values per Employee are in U.S. Dollars.
Fiscal Year 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Sales 6,922,435 6,784,855 6,317,347 6,244,697 6,615,291 6,604,007
Percent Change 2.0% 7.4% 1.2% -5.6% 0.2% -1.7%
Cost of Goods Sold 5,373,227 5,282,968 4,920,464 4,917,099 5,213,065 5,195,160
Percent of Sales 77.6% 77.9% 77.9% 78.7% 78.8% 78.7%
Earnings before Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation & Amortization 358,901 373,702 352,917 323,518 395,808 420,437
(EBITDA)
Percent of Sales 5.2% 5.5% 5.6% 5.2% 6.0% 6.4%
Net Income after Preferred
112,776 134,354 131,007 103,152 137,391 146,085
Dividends - available to Common
Percent of Sales 1.6% 2.0% 2.1% 1.7% 2.1% 2.2%
Employees 37,648 38,836 35,607 30,809 29,405 31,152
Sales per Employee 183,872 174,705 177,416 202,692 224,970 211,994
Net Income per Employee 2,996 3,460 3,679 3,348 4,672 4,689
Industry Financial Statement Analyses\Income Statement
Income Statement - (Actual Values): Food & Drug Retailing Industry Averages
(Global)
All figures in millions of U.S. Dollars.
Fiscal Year 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Sales or Revenues 6,922.4 6,784.9 6,317.3 6,244.7 6,615.3 6,604.0
Total Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity 4,263.4 3,810.8 3,547.6 3,427.4 3,664.3 3,615.8
Accounts Payable 761.3 729.9 652.3 648.7 692.4 663.6
Short Term Debt & Current Portion of Long Term
223.7 214.4 184.2 191.2 229.0 220.6
Debt
Accrued Payroll 48.0 50.5 45.0 44.4 40.7 33.2
Income Taxes Payable 23.9 24.6 24.0 20.1 26.8 27.6
Dividends Payable 2.3 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.5 0.8
Other Current Liabilities 482.9 424.0 398.4 344.9 353.9 355.7
Current Liabilities - Total 1,539.7 1,441.3 1,301.1 1,248.0 1,342.6 1,300.9
Long Term Debt 887.8 758.9 749.2 745.1 724.5 723.0
Long Term Debt Excluding Capitalized Leases 719.3 606.5 602.8 599.5 591.1 601.8
Capitalized Lease Obligations 168.4 152.5 146.4 145.6 133.4 121.1
Provision for Risks and Charges 91.8 91.5 77.0 79.7 82.1 73.0
Deferred Income 6.9 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.8 3.1
Deferred Taxes 89.3 62.8 64.4 66.7 73.2 66.5
Deferred Tax Liability in Untaxed Reserves
Other Liabilities 132.7 88.7 74.8 64.9 71.4 68.8
Total Liabilities 2,750.6 2,449.6 2,273.8 2,211.0 2,300.4 2,235.5
Non-Equity Reserves 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Minority Interest 178.4 116.3 106.4 105.1 128.2 130.8
Preferred Stock 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.4 3.1
Preferred Stock Issued for ESOP
ESOP Guarantees - Preferred Issued
Common Equity 1,332.0 1,242.5 1,165.4 1,108.7 1,233.2 1,241.3
Total Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity 4,263.4 3,810.8 3,547.6 3,427.4 3,664.3 3,615.8
Industry Financial Statement Analyses\Sources of Capital
Sources of Capital: Food & Drug Retailing Industry Averages (Global)
Currency figures are in millions of U.S. Dollars.
Year to year % changes pertain to reported Balance Sheet values.
Fiscal Year 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Actual Values
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