Issue expenses are 16% of IPO
Comparatively small issue with low price makes it easier to manage listing
LM with track record of only 1 prior IPO which listed in discount
Company has 2 main product lines, gloves and industrial work wear.
Poor cash flow for last 3 years mainly due to paying off other liabilities worth Rs 15 cr.
Cumulative PBT of last 3 years is Rs 9.1 cr where as CFOB4T is negative Rs 9 cr
22-23 fiscal had forex gain of Rs 3.35 cr. Whether this will be a recurring feature or not is debatable.
Total forex gain across last 3 fiscals is Rs 5.3 cr out of PBT of Rs 9.1 cr. It also shows that management is not hedging its forex exposures and is expecting continuous INR devaluation
Material cost as % of sales has gone up from 60% to 67%
Export as % of sales has dropped from 83% 2 years back to 59%. While absolute value of export sales has remained constant, domestic sales have jumped 3x in last 3 years.
Capacity utilization remained at 44% in 20-21 and 21-22 but jumped to 62% in 22-23, mainly due to volume increase in gloves segment.
On sales of Rs 42 cr, receivables are Rs 43 cr. This implies a extremely working capital intensive commoditized business.
Company intends to use IPO proceeds to fund working capital and repay loans
Company has disclosed it has 157 employees. As per EPFO company deposited PF for 10 employees in July-23 and 10 employees in July-22. Employee benefit expenses as % of sales has dropped from 9.8% of sales from 20-21 to 6.2% in 22-23, mainly due to increase in sales.
YoY, reliance on top 5 customers has increased from 41% to 64%. Top suppliers provide 63% of material which is flat YoY. Overall high concentration among suppliers and customers.
YoY revenue has jumped 25% while fabrication and packing charges has dropped 12%, professional & consultancy charges have dropped 33%, rates and taxes have jumped 5X, custom duty & import clearing charges have dropped 38%, inspection and testing charges have dropped 76%.
Out of receivables of Rs 43 cr, Rs 32.56 cr is outstanding for more than 1 year and Rs 30 cr is outstanding for more than 3 years.
Out of total borrowings of Rs 52 cr, Rs 25 cr is from related parties.