Company is the largest manufacturer of brake shoe and advanced braking system for two wheelers, wheel assembly and safety control cables among other things. Its offerings are used for EV as well as ICE engines.
It has 16 manufacturing facilities in India
In 22-23, sales grew by 27% on back of 30% growth in sales in 21-22.
Decent cash flow, 39 mths ending 30-Jun-23, PBT is Rs 473.35 cr while 39 mths ending 30-June-23, CFOB4T is Rs 548.86 cr7.5%
Excepting 20-21, EBITDA margin was 9% in 21-22, 9.65% in 22-23 and 9.85% in Q1FY24
Working capital days have been in the range of 26-30 days.
Company’s listed peers UNO Minda trades at PE of 52.6, Sandhar Tech trades at PE of 29.4, Endurance trades at PE of 46.4. On fully diluted basis, company’s EPS is 6.18 and PE of 47
Material cost as % of sales was 69% in 21-22, 70% in 22-23 and in Q1FY24. Capacity utilisation in 22-23 was 79% for brake shoe, 57% for brake assembly and disc brake pad, 76% for pressure castings, 40% for cables. Except cables, capacity utilisation has been consistently increasing for the last 3 fiscals.
Other income of Rs 11 cr for 22-23 includes profit on sale of property Rs 2.6 cr, government grant of Rs 2.8 cr and provision write back of Rs 1.4 cr.
YoY, in 22-23, other expense grew by 22.6% from Rs 328 cr to Rs 402 cr. Power & fuel grew by 26%, stores and spares consumption grew by 20%, contractual labor charges by 16%, job work charges by 25%, freight by 24%, repairs and maintenance by 50%, legal & professional charges by 67%.
Weighted average rate of interest for 22-23 was 7.48% while for Q1FY24 was 8.42%
As on 30-Jun-23, company had 1302 employees while as per EPFO, it deposited PF for 1461 employees for Sep-23 and 1592 employees for Sep-22
Attrition rate for 22-23 was 20% which is high for a automobile component manufacturing company.
Company has 16 to 30 years of relationship with all major 2 wheeler manufacturers in India.
Revenue from top 3 customers was 60.8% in 22-23 and 58.4% in Q1FY2
Top 10 suppliers provided 46.6% of material consumed in 22-23 while it was 48.5% in Q1FY24.
Receivables as on 30-Jun-23 were Rs 205 cr of which Rs 21 cr was unbilled revenue, Rs 157 were not due, Rs 27 cr were overdue for less than 6 months. Relatively clean debtors profile.
Full OFS issue
Decent anchor book with participation by Abakkus (Sunil Singhania), 3P (Prashant Jain-ex HDFC AMC)