Vulnerability to government regulations: The company is highly vulnerable to government regulations with the staffing services industry handcuffed by complex labour laws. "Changes in law or government regulations may result in prohibition or restriction of certain types of employment services that TSL is permitted to offer. The imposition of new or additional licensing or tax requirements could also reduce its revenues and earnings," Sharekhan said.
Cyclicality of industry: The staffing industry in India is highly exposed to the boom and bust cycles of the economy or a particular sector. "An economic downturn in a region or sector in which it operates may adversely affect its operations in that region or sector," the brokerage said.
Long-list of sub-judice issues: There are outstanding legal proceedings against the company, some of its subsidiaries, individual promoters and directors, which are incidental to its business and operations. The cases are pending at different levels of adjudication before courts, tribunals and appellate tribunals.
Highly competitive industry: Low entry barriers in the industry means the competition threat to the company is very high, said Sharekhan. "Price competition in the staffing industry is intense, particularly for qualified industrial personnel," the brokerage said.
Acquisition target has not been identified: TSL proposes to utilise Rs 25 crore from its net proceeds towards undertaking an acquisition. However, on the date of filing its red herring prospectus, the company had not entered any definitive agreements towards such acquisitions or strategic initiatives.
Too much dependence on top 10 clients: The company is too dependent on its top five or top ten clients, according to Sharekhan. During the financial year ended at March 31, 2015, TSL derived 17.64 per cent of its revenues from its top five clients and 24.56% of its total revenues from its top ten clients. Any downsizing by these clients may reduce their spending on the services provided by TSL, it said.
"Loss of any one or more of these clients, could have a material adverse effect on its business, profits and results of operations," it added.
India is second largest labour market of the world and has tremendous growth potential in terms of flexi-staffing. TeamLease may enjoy the position of front runner and leader in the market but they still require to do lot of work in improving their margins.
At a lower price band of Rs.785 per share, Company’s PE ratio comes at whopping 49X of the FY 2015 earnings, which seems significantly expensive in comparison to the global peers that are trading at maximum PE of 33X.
Based on the above calculation and profits margins of the company, the valuation of the company seems highly priced and I would suggest avoiding TeamLease Services IPO.
However, investment can be made later once the company manages to improve its margins and shows consistent growth but currently TeamLease Services IPO may not be good buy for retail investors.
Retail investors may give a miss to the initial public offering ( IPO) of TeamLease, which opens on February 2. It is seeking valuation, which is at par with global peers, but does not reflect its lower margin profile and limited pricing power.
Financials: The company''s revenue grew at annualised rate of 30% in the past four years to Rs 2,018 crore in FY15. In the first half of FY16, revenue grew 25% to Rs 1,215 crore, while profit declined 36% to Rs 10.97 crore. The operating margin has been improving over the past five years. It was 1.8% in FY15.
Industry & Objectives: The flexistaffing industry is expected to grow at an annualised rate of 20-25% between 2014 and 2019. The company''s margins are expected to improve as it enters the IT, healthcare and hospitality segments.
Risks: Temporary workforce demand hinges on the pace of the economic activity. In addition, the Indian industry is largely unorganised, with small and medium players accounting for nearly 70-80% of the overall industry.
Valuation: At the higher end of Rs 785-850 price band, it is trading 49X (on diluted equity) of the FY15 earnings, which is significantly expensive to the global peers that are trading around 11-33 times, according to Bloomberg. Based on Enterprise value to sales ratio, company is asking for comparable valuation to global peers while its margins are inferior.
M P Jain sahab ,looking at the subscription figures do you still think it will list in discount ? Good QIB support and strong anchor book raise hopes for good listing but allotments will be very low.lets hope for the best
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February 4, 2016 4:55:56 PM
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Pity amazing...great people who advising to avoid this over price ipo to those who was asking advises since last few days has openly saying i have applied.....if so then why he telling his followers to avoid........
It''s below the belt my friend. Its not fair. Everyone has capacity to take call on investment. It is not a paid service wherein we have right to criticize. He did not misguide anyone. Kindly refrain from making such nasty comments.
Its not criticism,its unwise that you kept your followers in dark ,who asking advises what to do or what he doing,if you going to apply then why you saying that you will not apply,.....in future some investors may not follow such types of people .....
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I have applied today at the last moment seeing the enthusiasm in the market abt this IPO. If u can take out one comment then take out others also where i said to apply for listing gain. Also, after subscription figures really started flying I also said the demand supply theory tells to subscribe for this IPO. If I have advised others to apply for listing gain then why should I not apply. Fools like u Staripo can not grow n mature beyond criticising and pulling others down. Changing dynamics for this IPO also changed the view to stay away from the market for the time being.
Pretty amazing that fools like staripo are more fond of commenting on other people than realizing that when an idiot opens his gob he announces to the world that he is an idiot and a fool even when they were initially not aware of him being so. Such people are more into self appreciation, lack confidence and try to pull down others to show their superiority. He lives in a world of his own in which he thinks that others wont be able to know whats happening and he is the smartest one around. Poor him. People are otherwise laughing at his back. Can anyone tell me what disease am I talking about? staripo is suffering from it. Poor him. He needs help.
Recall, I asked '' how many times this IPO will be subscribed?? This is what I expected even in a weak market sentiment. Only lucky punters will make money ?? my probability of allotment is negligible.
Seems the Response in this Tad Dull market is Good and There seems to be gr8 hope among the investors for Listing Gains looking at the times the same is subscribed in QIB and NII segment
When entire world is so much interested and enthusiastic about Team lease shares, why his employees are not at all interested in their own company? Mostly they are aware of some inside information
98. Rajeev Kumar Singh Feb 3, 2016 10:40:10 AM IST
TeamLease Services Ltd IPO Dear retailers, a sane advice in present market condition. Sit on ur cash. Avoid IPOs for the time being. GMP can vanish without trace. There is all round panic and its better to avoid any foolish foray into stock market when every type of share is getting hammered. Lalach buri bala hai. I m off IPOs till some positives emerge in global market. Indian market is being dragged down by equations beyond its control.
Mr Wizard, I have applied today at the last moment seeing the enthusiasm in the market abt this IPO. If u can take out one comment thentake out others also where i said to apply for listing gain. Also, after subscription figures really started flying I also said the demand supply theory tells to subscribe for this IPO. If I have advised others to apply for listing gain then why should I not apply. Fools like u can not grow n mature beyond criticising and pulling others down. Changing dynamics for this IPO also changed the view to stay away from the market for the time being.
I can understand the euphoria abt this company on Retail investor but i really sometime do not understand why QIB go for such high valuation....I hope and pray it list at good premium last thing we want retail investor capital destroy..... BEST OF LUCK TO ALL WHO APPLIED..... i did not apply BTW i got full allotment in PCL 15560 shares from 8 account mix of HNI and RII......
Septa If this time pcl goes in premium.then I really salute u.ur recomendation always goes trustworthy. .....some example... Navakar apply .open premium Puskar apply open premium Penner avoid still in deep red Coffeday avoid still in discount Nh avoid open premium Indigo apply open at premium Sadbhav avoid still in deep red Almost 99% u were correct.
yes it is sizeable investment but in context with my investment is still okay size I actual wanted to apply more then thought if it list at discount as general market thinks I can pick more my horizons is long. Short term may take a dip but long term I think I will get better return then FD rates.