Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Pick of the week:
Hanung Toys & Textiles Ltd.
Bloomberg Code: HTT@IN
Reuters Code: HATT.BO
CMP: Rs.24.5
Book Value: Rs.97.46
52-Week High/Low: Rs.273/Rs.24.25
Face Value: Rs.10
EPS: Rs.30.18
Dividend: 15%
P/E: 0.81
Market Cap: Rs.61.71 Cr
Industry: Toys and Textiles

Introduction: Hanung Toys and Textile was set up in technical collaboration with a South Korean company. Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd is the largest manufacturer and exporter of Non-Toxic, child safe stuffed toys in India. The company’s products include bedding, curtains, sheets, throws, cushions, decorative pillows, soft toys, window curtains, floorings, beanbags, etc. The company has Walt Disney’s franchise in India for Disney Soft Toys and Cushions.
The company has the EN-71, ASTM and BS-5852 certifications. It has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 for quality management systems to manufacture, supply and export furnishings and stuff toys.

OVERVIEW: Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing of Stuffed Toys /Plush Toys and Home Textiles. Since incorporation in 1990, the company has continued to do well. In the initial formative years, company gained immensely from its technical tie-up/ collaboration with South Korean company.

Hanung Industrial Company Limited, as they helped establish well known Korean manufacturing practices and quality systems. After initial five years of collaboration, it has since been independently operating its manufacturing. Its toys manufacturing unit is established in the Noida Special Economic Zone (NSEZ) wherein the benefits of duty free imports and single window clearance for imports/exports are available.
Thus its business units consist of toys manufacturing facility, home furnishing production facility and textile processing facility located in Noida. Roorkee & Bhiwandi. Its new production units in NSEZ & Roorkee enjoy 100% tax holiday for first five years. Products made by the company have found wide acceptability in the domestic market as well as in the competitive overseas markets. Domestically its brands Play-n-Pets and Splash are available with all major retailers.
With a well established distribution network spread over towns, the products are distributed/ sold through number of outlets. In the Stuffed Toys /Plush Toys category, the company is the market leader and has the major share of the market. Further on the domestic front company has taken the lead by setting up its retail stores both in Home Textiles as well as Stuffed toys/Plush toys.
On International front, it mainly deals with the overseas markets viz. Europe, USA, Latin America and the Middle East and has been able to attract and retain known names. The Company has been serving these markets with both stuff toys and home furnishings and its customers are primarily large importers/ whole sellers that service the respective retailers their country.
Internationally, the Company’s products are sold in over 30 countries. Products made by this company are available with the leading, Tier One, top most retailers in the world. Besides, the company is also making products for some of the Finest International Brands. The company’s business in the international market has continued its growth trajectory.
Shareholding Pattern: The promoters hold a whooping 62.28% while the general public holds 37.72%.

Financials: In the September, 2008 quarter, the company came out with brilliant set of numbers. The total income of the company for Q2FY09 came out to be Rs.166.95 Cr as against Rs.117.2 Cr in the same period previous year. The net profit of the company for Q2FY09 came out to be Rs. e Rs.19.44 Cr as against Rs.13.73 Cr in the same period previous year. The EPS of the company for Q3FY09 came out to be Rs.7.72 as against Rs.5.45 in the same period previous year. Both the net profit and operating profits were flat in Q2FY09 when compared Y-o-Y.
Investment Rationale:
1. The Company operates in two segments viz stuff toys and textiles. The company has the order book size of over Rs.1500 cr executable over 4 years time frame.
2. The company has signed long term export order tie-up with leading US buyers, for exporting home furnishing and soft toys. These agreements will provide greater strength and better revenue stream to the company.
3. Hanung Toys & Textiles Ltd currently is negotiating with two U.S. Companies for acquisition. The talks are on the advanced stage.
4. The Company has signed MOU with a Chinese Company to buy latter's soft toy business in China by acquiring 100% stake in the said Company. The company is reportedly is having a toymanufacturing unit clocking annual sales of around $50-60 mn in China. The transaction would cost around $20 mn to the company. The Chinese acquisition will also bring the advantage of low cost technology, larger infrastructure and new clients to the Company.
5. During FY08, the Company has started production in its new home textiles unit at Roorkee. The Roorkee unit has various tax benefits & accordingly higher capacity utilization of this unit will further boost the profitability of the Company in the coming years.
6. The company is rapidly increasing its retail network, having opened its first Retail store for soft toys in Delhi on February 14, 2008
7. The board has approved issue of FCCBs & equity shares, GDR/ADR's, QIP's or any other financial instruments for US $50 mn for part financing capex/acquisition programs of the Company. This may increase the paid up capital of the company by about 25% assuming a conversion price of about Rs.250 per share in case of GDR/ADR's.
8. After the recent acquisition of a small number of shares, JM Financial Mutual Fund holds 9.51% of company's share capital.
9. The brilliant results in the September, 2008 quarter is due to better capacity utilization,
efficiency and aggressive marketing of value 10. Activities relating to exports, initiatives taken to increase exports, developments of new exports markets for products and services, and export plans.

During the FY08 and H1FY09, 15 new customers were added. All these customers have the potential and will be converted into US$ 10 Millions each, or more, in the next two years. Some of these have already been converted into US$5 Million plus accounts. Products made by Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd are available on the shelves of Bloomingdales. William-Sonoma Group, Macy's, Dillards, BBB, JC Penney, Target Stores, HBC. Rona, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Anna's Linens, LNT, Tuesday Morning, Ikea, Francodim, Conforama, Homebase, Argos, etc.
Key Concerns:
1. Threat from China: China is the largest manufacturer of soft toys bat present. But, recent complaints about quality have lead Western companies to look to other countries for outsourcing.
Moreover, the recent news that government of India has slapped a ban on import of toys from China after cheap supplies from the neighboring country upset the applecart of the domestic manufacturers augurs well for the company. The ban, notified by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), will remain valid for six months. While the government notification did not cite the reason for the ban, sources said it was concerned over a rise in imports of toys. Most of the varieties, including wheeled toys, dolls, stuffed toys, toyguns, wooden and metal toys, musical instruments, electric trains and puzzles are covered under the ban. The Toys Manufacturers Association of India said it was pleasantly surprised by the decision of the commerce ministry to prohibit shipments of cheap toys from China. “We welcome the decision. It is good for the industry,” association president Raj Kumar said, adding it is in the interest of the country. In the face of global downturn, Indian industry has been clamouring for protection from aggressive Chinese manufacturers.
2. Foreign Currency Risk: The Company’s export earnings are around 74% (in FY07) and with rupee trading at historic levels as compared to USD, the company stands to benefit by this unusual INR movement. However, the Company's revenues are largely insulated from currency fluctuation risks because:
a) Domestic revenue contributes around 20-25% of total revenue.
b) Natural hedge by way of import of raw material for stuffed toys to the extent of 30%
of total revenue.
c) Exports to IKEA are denominated in Indian rupees.
d) According to company sources remaining risk is fully hedged by long- term derivative deals.
Thus, the Company is largely insulated from currency fluctuation risk because of its unique revenue model giving it a natural hedge.
3. Impending slowdown in the U.S. and, in Europe can affect future demand of the Company’s products.
Industry Outlook:
The Indian toy market is around Rs.2000 cr, of which the organized stuffed toy market accounts for about Rs.300 cr and is growing at over 25% annually. There are three basic reasons for high growth in the stuffed toy market.
Firstly, the disposable income of people has grown very fast in the last three to four years. This coupled with changing income distribution promises future expansion of demand. Hanung with its established brands of toys like Play-N-Pets and Muskan is well poised to take advantage of this trend.
Further, gifting of stuff toys seems to be catching up in a big way. Mushrooming of shopping malls and mini markets is abetting these changes in tastes. The company has already tied up with a number of shopping malls in the country for this purpose.
There were reports in a section of the media that the US authorities and consumer protection groups found harmful amounts of toxic lead content in Chinese-made toys and this have led to less import of Chinese toys in the recent times and could be one of the principle reasons for the growth of domestic industry.
Also, the global toy makers like Toys “R” Us, Chicco and Clementino are shifting focus from China and have increased their sourcing from India while big retailers such as Ikea, Tesco, Metro, among others, have begun to place big orders on Indian Companies.
Recommendation:
At the current market price of Rs. 24.5, the stock is dirt cheap, considering the future potential of the company. The company is well positioned to capitalize on the growth in the burgeoning toys and textile markets. The company has a capacity to produce 20 mn toys per annum and 8 mn meters of textile furnishings segment.
Between Mattel, Funskool and Hanung Toys, it has about 15-18% market share. The company has the domestic brands of Play-N-Pets and Muskan in soft toys and Splash in home furnishings.
Hanung toys has more than 100 distributors and access to 3,000 retail stores and multi brand outlets including Kids Kemp, Lifestyle, Land Mark, Archies, Globus, Hyper City, Shoppers Stop, India Bulls, Wellspun, Odyssey, among others. Its overseas clients include IKEA (Sweden), Debenhams (UK), Wal-Mart ASDA (UK), Metro Group (Germany/Italy) and Marko Group (Poland).
It has witnessed better margins because of increasing focus in the domestic market and has signed long term export contracts with some leading clients globally. These agreements will provide greater strength and better revenue stream to the company.
If the growth prospects, as reflected in various contracts and plans fructify, this company has a potential to be a long run multi-bagger.

Short term set backs due to recession should be treated as opportunities to buy more shares. Therefore one can buy the share at the CMP of Rs.24.5 with a short term price target of Rs.60—Rs.65. Please keep a strict Stop Loss of Rs.21.75 and Rs.17.5 (exit) in case of any short term trade.

Note: The stock was recommended to the Paid Group yesterday (26th January, 2009) at Rs.24.5.
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Vikash Metal & Power Ltd
BSE Code: 532677
CMP: Rs.8.89
Face Value: Rs.10
EPS: Rs.3.59
Div: 5%
Book Value: Rs.24.12
P/E: 2.48
Market Cap: Rs.31.22
Introduction: Vikash Metals, a VKP group company is an insurgence of Impex Ferrotech Ltd. Impex Ferrotech, in its own right was born way back in 90's. The journey began in the year 1995 with Ferro Alloys and from its humble beginning, the company has achieved such heights that in the following quarter of the century, the company crossed turnover of over Rs.200 crores, which no one ever dreamt of.
The growing demand in the alloy & metal and infrastructure sector resulting in the Industrial growth was the vision of Group Chairman, Shri Vimal Kumar Patni, coupled with the Government's “Look East Policy” thus providing many more opportunities in West Bengal in particular. Vikash Metal & Power Ltd, the Fully Computerized and Automated Integrated Steel Plant is a part of the esteemed Impex Group.
An Impex Group Company, Vikash Metal & Power Ltd.(VMPL) was Incorporated in 1996 & is in the manufacturing of Sponge Iron , MS Billets,TMT Bars & Strips. The group’s product range spans a wide array of Structural Products to Ferro Alloys serving the nation with pride.
Vikash Metal & Power Ltd, manufacturing sponge iron in its unit having capacity of 100 tpd x 4 kiln and MS Billets in its induction furnace capacity of 8 MT x 3 along with Concast Plant serve large section of the Structural and Infrastructure industries, with the slogan 'From Structure To infrastructure”, using world's most advanced technology, the TEMPCORE process under license from Centre De Recherches Mettalurgigues (CRM) Belgium. “Vikash” brand TMT bars are supplied to leading construction companies and turnkey projects. Apart from receiving the prestigious ISO 9001-2000 SGS certification, the company has also received accreditation by UKAS Quality Management System, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ensuring quality, the group with its Vikash brand TMT Bars has created high demand in the infrastructure sector and turnkey projects believing in Values, Trust, Respect and Fellowship.

Shareholding Pattern: The promoters hold 58.95% while the general public holds 41.05%. Among the general holding Corporate Bodies hold 17.46% of the shares of the company.

Financials: For Q2FY09, the company came out with superb set of topline though the bottomline suffered due to higher expenditure, interest and depreciation. The total income of the company came out to be Rs.133.8 Cr as against Rs.60.9 Cr in the same period previous year. The net profit of the company for Q2FY09 came out to be Rs.1.69 Cr as against Rs.2.8 Cr in the same period previous year. However, the expenditure is expected come down drastically due to the fall in the price of raw materials.

Investment Rationale:
• The Commercial production of Ferro Silico Managenese & Ferro Managanese has started from October 18, 2008.
• Vikas Metal and Power Ltd (VMPL) is looking for opportunities to acquire /enter into JV / alliance with any other entity engaged in the same line of business to reap more profits.
• VMPL had started commercial production from its Hot Rolling Mill having a capacity of 1,50,000 MTPA since September, 2007 while company has started the commercial production of additional 65000 MTPA Sponge Iron Plant & 85500 MTPA MS Billet Plant in June, 2007.
• VMPL has some more expansion plans which includes: (a) Pelletization Plant: 487500 MTPA, (b) MS Billet Plant: 28500 MTPA and (c) Brequetting Plant: 60000 MTPA. Apart from this company is in the final stage of executing its 10 MW Waste Heat Recovery Power Plant.
• VMPL’s Waste Heat Recovery based captive power plant has been registered under CMD project with UNFCCC. The captive power plant is based on waste heat recovery module whereby flue gas released by the sponge iron kilns is used to generate steam in the boiler thereby replacing fossil fuel for generating power. It will involve reduction of 55,000 metric tones of CO2 equivalent per annum, which will lead to a substantial revenue inflow by selling CE R credits, which will accrue to the company for a period of 10 years.
• VMPL has signed an MOU with Bihar State Electricity Board for execution of 2X250MW thermal project in Begusarai. This Project is requiring an investment of Rs.2500 crore which will be funded through a mix of debt and equity and is likely to be commissioned by 2011. The company has approached the Union coal Ministry for coal blocks & has been allotted 300 acres of land by the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority at Bagusarai. The company even has future expansion plans for setting 2000MW power plant in phases.

Key Concerns:
• Escalating Raw Material Prices: Raw Materials comprise of around 76 % of Company’s sales.
High prices of Iron ore & Steel Scraps may put some pressure on company’s margins, but during last year company has been successful to offset this pressure by increasing the Sponge iron prices & shifting its focus on MS ingots. This year the raw material prices are likely to remain low.
• Slowdown in the global economy: Steel is a cyclical industry & dependent on growth of many sectors viz. Automobile, Infrastructure & construction. However India is concentrating on infrastructure development & a lot of development is to be seen in the short term as well as in the long run so demand for steel looks intact.

Conclusion: At the current market price of Rs.8.89, the stock is dirt cheap. Considering the pace of growth of the company one can buy the scrip taking time horizon of 12-18 months for at least 60% to 70% returns from the current price. However, from the chartical point of view one should only buy the scrip above Rs.8. 50, below which it could break the bullish pattern.

Note: This scrip was recommended to the Paid Group on last \Sunday (11-01-09). The discounts for the Paid Packages, closes/ends on 31st January, 2009.
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Friday, 2 January 2009

Pick of the week
XL Telecom & Energy Ltd: Presence in Energy sector to spur growth
BSE Code: 532788
Face Value: Rs.10
Book Value: Rs.105.23
Dividend: 10%
EPS: Rs.26.14
P/E: 1.81
Market Cap: Rs.88.67 Cr
Introduction: XL TELECOM & ENERGY LIMITED is mainly engaged in manufacture of telecom equipments and is increasing its presence in energy segment, under which it manufacture ethanol and solar modules. In Telecom, the company is largely engaged in manufacturing of CDMA Mobile Handsets, CDMA & GSM Fixed Wireless Phones, SMPS Power Systems, fusion splicing machines, cable jointing kits. It is among the dedicated suppliers to TATA, Reliance, BSNL, MTNL, Indian railways, Department of Defense, etc. In
Energy Segment, the company is engaged in new emerging products like Ethanol and Solar Photovoltaic Products. The company has technology collaboration with international technology companies including Corning (for cable jointing kits and accessories), Kyocera Wireless Corporation (for CDMA handsets) and Axesstel (for CDMA fixed wireless phones). In FY 08, revenues from Telecom Segment were about 44% and Energy Segment was about 56%.
Shareholding Pattern: The promoters hold 28/13% shares of the company while the general public holds 71.87% of the shares of the company. In the public holding FIIs, Mutual Funds, Venture Capital Funds and Financial Institutions together hold 25.16% of the shares of the company.
Financials: For Q3FY09, the company came out with very good results. The total income of the company for Q2FY09 came out to be Rs.258.13 Cr as against Rs.151.70 Cr in the same period previous year. The PBT of the company for Q2FY09, came out to be Rs.15.04 Cr as against Rs.8.2 Cr in the same period previous year. The net profit of the company more than doubled to Rs.14.99 Cr as against Rs.6.03 Cr in the same period previous year. This gave an EPS of Rs.7.98 in Q2FY09, as against Rs.4.16 in the same period previous year. Also, what is encouraging is that both the net and operating profit margins of the company increased in Q2FY09 as against Q2FY08.
Industry Overview:
TELECOM: With a strong population of over 1.1 Billion, India has become one of the most growing and promising markets in the world. During 2003-2007, the country witnessed the number of phones increasing by more than triple and total tele-density rising from 5.1% to 18.2%.
According to the industry information:
• The total telecom subscription in India surged at a CAGR of over 38% from fiscal 2003 to fiscal 2007, making the country the third largest telecom market in the world.
• Mobile phones accounted for 80.2% of the total telephone subscriber base at the end of March 2007.
• India’s telecom services industry revenue is projected to reach $54 billion in 2012, as compared with $31 billion in 2008. India is expected to touch a telecom subscriber base of 700 mln by 2012.
SOLAR: India, with abundant sunshine throughout its landscape & is uniquely placed to reap the benefits ofsolar energy.
However, solar energy is yet to take off in India compared to its shining growth in Japan, the US, and Europe. The government’s policy to promote semiconductor fabrication facilities and other micro and nano technology manufacturing under the Special Incentives Package Scheme (SIPS), has attracted unprecedented levels of interest and investment proposals from the industry.
While the total size of the Indian solar industry at present is minuscule compared to global scale as well as in terms of the energy requirements of India, this scenario would undergo a paradigm shift as the above mentioned investments take concrete shape in the next few years. To put things in perspective, the entire world’s energy consumption in 2007 was around 0.50 ZJ. Now comparing that to the total solar energy available to the earth was 3,850 ZJ. The world currently uses polycrystalline silicon cells to capture solar power. But as technology upgrades and the efficiency of photovoltaic cells improve, the cost per MW, which is the highest among all sources, could fall. As usage doubles efficiencies of scale could reduce cost by 18%.
Solar PV industry is expected to grow from $15.6 billion in 2006 to $69.3 billion in 2016.
Investment Rationale:
• PHENOMENAL Q1 FY09 AND FY08 PERFORMANCE: The Company recorded phenomenal top line growth of 71% to Rs.257 Cr as compared to Q1 FY08 which stood at Rs.150 Cr. There was a massive bottom line growth from Rs.6 Cr to Rs.15 Cr constituting 149% growth. In FY08, net sales grew to Rs.654.01 Cr from Rs.523.14 Cr registering 25% growth. The company registered 98.91% net profit growth in FY 08 from Rs.20.18 Cr to Rs.40.14 Cr.
• FORWARD INTEGRATION IN SOLAR MODULE CHAIN: The Company has been pioneer in the Solar Module manufacturing, for over 15 years and has been working on to capture the Complete Value Chain of Solar Industry. As of this strategy, the Company is in advanced stage of implementing the 120 MW Solar Cell manufacturing facility in SEZ, Hyderabad with a capital outlay of Rs.360 Cr. Looking at the growing global demand for Non-Conventional Energy Power Generation in the Global Market Place, the company has decided to embark on forward integration in Solar Value Chain, by entering into EPC Segment of Solar Farm Establishment and also 'Power Generation' using Solar Technologies. The company is also exploring the opportunities to establish solar farms in Italy, southern France and other European countries through its 100% subsidiary, Saprashva.
• GLOBAL ORDERS TO RISE: During March 08, the Company has secured orders worth Rs.153.90 Cr for the supply of Solar Panels to the European Market, and the customer is a large Power Utility Company in Europe. The Total Pending Order Book for the Export of Solar Panels with this Order stands at more than Rs.700 Cr worth of Solar Panels. The Company is bullish on entering as a vendor with this large Power Utility Company and is confident that over the period the Customer engagement would be extremely fruitful with multiple repeat orders.
• SOLAR FARM MODEL TO BOOST REVENUES: During October, 2008, the company has set up a 1.6-MW solar power plant in Spain, with an investment of €9.5 million (Rs.75 Cr approx.). The plant is the first in the series of plants (solar farms) the company is planning to set up in Europe to generate over 300 MW solar powers over the next three years. The company has signed a PPA for 25 years with the Spanish utility company. The project is expected to generate about €19 million revenue (Rs.150 Cr).
• CAPEX (Capital Expansion): During FY08, the Company has increased the Solar Module Capacity from 24 MW pa to 180 MW pa. Further as envisaged in the previous year, the Company is further expanding the Module capacity of 40 MW semi-automated plant in addition to 180 MW current capacity and also investing in Solar Cell manufacturing capacity of 120 MW. These two expansion projects are in advanced stage of implementation and as of 30th June 08, the Company has already invested about Rs.210 Cr as against the total CAPEX plans of Rs.360 Cr. The Project is expected to commission by Q4FY09 and commercial production is expected to begin in March 2009. In ethanol division, they are looking at establishing the Distillery for meeting the Raw Material requirement for the Ethanol Production and the Plant is in advanced stage of implementation. The Company has already incurred about Rs.27 Cr of CAPEX of the total Rs.72 Cr Project Cost as of 30th June 2008. The Plant is expected to be commissioned in the second quarter of 2009.
• RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY CONTRACTS: During Aug 08, LDK Solar Company, a leading manufacturer of solar wafers has signed a five-year contact to supply multi-crystalline solar wafers to the company. Under the terms of the agreement, LDK Solar would deliver approximately 300 MW of multi-crystalline silicon solar wafers to XL Telecom over a five-year period, commencing in the first quarter of 2009 and extending through 2013. During July, the company also signed five year contract with Mola Solaire Produktions to deliver 125 MW of solar wafers to the company between 2008 and 2013.
• Even after adjust, the Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs), as per Clause 5.28 of the Offering Circular, the initial conversion price of FCCBs was reset from Rs.260.00 to Rs.160.00 which is a multiple of the cost price. This indicates that the stock of the company is expected to come near to this level.
Concerns:
• Competitors like LG and Samsung have established their own units in India to manufacture CDMA handsets. These companies are cost efficient due to high volume and would compete in the tough, price sensitive market in India.
• The company is substantially increasing its SPV (Solar Photovoltaic) capacity from existing 24 MW per annum to 180 MW per annum. This has an inherent a risk of sudden fall in global demand, resulting in underutilization of capacity.
• Delay in execution of new projects and consequential business opportunities.
• Any sudden appreciation of INR would seriously affect the export business being planned in the Solar Segment.
• The demand for solar power may take a hit in coming years as the US and Europe struggle with convulsions in the financial markets and slowdown.
Graphical Check and Conclusion: From the charts it has been found that the stock of the company is in the highly oversold territory and a bounce is expected anytime soon. From the charts it could be further concluded that the stock is still trading above its strong support of Rs.47, which is unlikely to break in the days to come if the market condition remains buoyant. Moreover, MACD and Stochastic are in buy mode. With the chance of immediate war receding, the markets are expected to move up from here…..
One can buy the scrip at the CMP of Rs.47.50, with a strict SL of Rs.47 ...........


Note: Above is from the Sunday Report sent to the Paid Groups on Last Sunday (28th December, 2008). The stock is hitting continuous Upper Circuits.
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Pick of the Week:

Kernex Microsystems India Ltd: Basking on Huge land Holdings:

BSE Code: 532686
CMP: Rs.82.6

Book Value: Rs.105.43

Market Cap: Rs.103.25 Cr

 

Introduction: Established in 1991 and registered as 100% Export Oriented Unit with Software Technology Parks of India, Department of Electronics, Govt. of India, New Delhi, it is a ISO 9001:2000 certified company with expertise in Software, Hardware development and Systems Integration. It is presently engaged in the business of manufacturing, installing and maintaining of anti-collision systems as well as conceptualizing, designing, and developing certain railway safety and signal systems for Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd. These safety and signal systems are suitable for medium to low speed & density railway tracks like in India and other developing countries.

The company entered into a technology partnership with Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd, Navi Mumbai for design, engineering and development of anti-collision systems which provides safety to trains in Railways. It holds exclusive license for manufacturing, installation, commissioning and maintenance of anti-collision systems in India. It also has an outsourced facility for the Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd for manufacture and supply of ACDs and related accessories. It is also a technology partner for the development and implementation of ADDs for Metro Sky-Bus Urban Transportation System, Advanced Railway Signal Systems and other safety systems. It holds exclusive marketing rights of ACD systems all over the world except India.

Based on the concept and domain knowledge provided by Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd, it has developed the networked Anti-Collision Devices, using Global Positioning System, Radio Data Communication, Application Logics and Inter facing these with an Auto Breaking System developed by KRCL. With operations in USA and planned operations in Far East, Africa and Middle East, Kernex is truly a global player in the offing.

 

Shareholding Pattern: The promoters hold 55.74% while the general public holds 44.26%. Moreover FII hold 1.55%, while mutual funds/UTI holds 1.11%.

 

Shareholding belonging to the category
"Public" and holding more than 1% of the Total No.of Shares

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholder

No. of Shares

Shares as % of Total No. of Shares

1

SMS Holdings Pvt Ltd

273,181 

2.19 

2

Somerset Emerging Opportunities Ltd

193,217 

1.55 

3

Enam Investment Services Pvt Ltd

137,500 

1.10 

4

UTI Mid Cap Fund

139,156 

1.11 

5

Vinaya Kumar Gavini

160,267 

1.28 

6

Challa Subrahmanay Sarma

186,212 

1.49 

 

 Total

1,089,533 

8.72 

 

 

Financials: For Q1FY10, the company came out with flat topline and a slightly subdued bottomline. The total income of the company for Q1FY10 came out to be Rs.5.82 Cr as against Rs.5.97 Cr in the same period previous year. The net profit of the company for Q1FY10 dipped due to higher interest and tax component to Rs.52.3 lakhs as against Rs.1.07 Cr in the same period previous year.

 

Triggers:

  1. The company would benefit from the Indian Railway’s move to focus more on signal modernization and increased usage of automated signaling systems. Kernex Microsystems (India), the Hyderabad-based railway safety product manufacturer is the only player in anti-collision devices for the Railways and is set to capitalize on the public sector transporter’s thrust on ‘safety’.
  2.  Kernex Microsystem last year announced to foray into infrastructure projects and power sector, the two most happening sectors of today.
  3. The company has redrawn its plans to carry on the expansion programme, wherever required, as against plans mentioned in the prospectus dated December 6, 2005 in regard to scheduled time of completion. However, establishment of new manufacturing centre for ACID, ADDS and Advanced Signal Systems, construction of various buildings, including machinery & external services, electrical supply, roads, sewage &  compound  walls, gates  and  other related security arrangements and also training centre, cafeteria and transit accommodation for trainees, R&D Block, administration and  manufacturing  facility is nearing completion.
  4. The Phase-1 of development of ACD systems has been completed and pilot project commissioned in the Q1FY10. Railways have accepted the ACD system for deployment in all the Railways. Orders are expected through Konkan Railways Corporation for Southern, South Central and South Western Railways in the near future.
  5. Honourable Railway Minister during the Railway Budget speech on 26th February, 2008, stated that ACD is found working satisfactory and therefore, proposed to be deployed in South Central and South Western and Southern Railways.  According to Railways Corporate Safety Plan, ACD deployment is to be completed all over Indian Railways by 2013-2014. This is music to the investors in Kernex Micro Systems.
  6. The Company has signed a contract in November, 2008 with Egyptian National Railways, Egypt for development and supply of 136 Semi-Automatic Level crossing Gates. The Contract is under execution.
  7. Its unique product, Multi-Section Digital Axle Counter has been developed under technical collaboration on schedule time and is under cross approval by RDSO, Lucknow, Indian Railways. It is to be noted that the company earlier dropped the product called TAWD, consequent to the dropping of the same by the Indian Railways, in view of anticipated huge demand for the product called 'Digital Axle Counter’.
  8. Its R&D Division has done number of improvements and changes in the application software and hardware as required by the Konkan Railway Corporation. This includes AMSS, upgradation of ACD Reporting System & ACD survey automation system.
  9. The company’s International Marketing division continued marketing operation for selling the ACD and related systems in Egypt, South Africa, Brazil, Pakistan, Australia and South Asian countries. Consequently the ACD System is short listed as one of the viable system for Egyptian Railways. South African Railways is also examining the possibility of integrating the ACD system with OBC system already installed in South African Railways, spoornet.
  10. The company has also been working on development of 'Multi Section Digital Axle Counter’ in collaboration with M/s Altpro, Zerob, Croatia.  Complete test data, technical details, company details and Safety case has been submitted to RDSO, Indian Railways. Discussions with Altpro, to jointly manufacturing the product and KMIL to Market the product to Indian Railways is in progress. Meanwhile M/s Altpro, Croatia has appointed Kernex as their Sole technology partner  / Altpro Agent / Joint Venture partner in Indian subcontinent  for their  product  range like Digital Axle Counter,  Train  detection  System, ATPS, SIFA, incident recorder and for other safety system.
  11. The company has entered into technology partnership with Tiffien Batch, Germany for providing Automatic & Semi Automatic Level crossing system, up to Sit 3 levels. This  should  help  Kernex  to  enter  into International markets in semi developed and under developed countries  like Africa  and South Fast Asia and Australia for the supply a  Level  Crossing Systems.
  12. The  company  has so far purchased over 243 Acres of land at  the  Warangal highway  near  Yadagirigutta and has also acquired over 157 Acres  land  at Amanagul,  Mehboobnagar  district and acquisition of further Land,  in  the area  is planned.  All equipments required for this project have been fully acquired. In case of SPAD, planning is in progress and the project is expected to be completed by Dec, 2009 as against the revised scheduled month of June, 2008. This is due to delay in finalization of specifications and requirements by Indian Railways.
  13. The development of Hot Box and Wheel Vibration Detection systems is in progress and is expected to be completed by 31st Dec, 2009 as against the revised scheduled month of Nov, 2008. This is due to delay in finalization of specifications. Another opportunity waiting in the wings is the provision of ATP system for Metro Trains that are planned in major cities of the country.  With technological collaboration, the company can become one of the important players in this field too.
  14. New Offices of the company are being established in Delhi, Chennai.  Guntakal and Hubli based on the release of new orders and also central survey centre at Hyderabad. Other  locations  will  be  taken up  in  phased  manner  as  per  the commencement of work ordered by Indian Railways. Kernex Microsystems (India) set up a 100% subsidiary in the US in September 2000 to implement software products of the company in that country. It is now engaged in developing and implementing software for the US corporate hospitals.

 

Concerns:

  • The biggest threat the company faces is from Multi Nationals, who want to sell their equipment in India. To gel over this competition, the Company is upgrading the technology at a fast pace.
  • Any delay in decision making, administrative and departmental procedures could delay the receipt of orders, making its facilities idle and under productive.

 

 

Chart Check and Conclusion: Considering the points mentioned above the stock could be purchased at the CMP of Rs.82.6 for 6 months to 9 months time frame for at least 50% appreciation from the current price. Moreover, an encouraging fact is that the promoters are technocrats and have wide experience in electronics/software industries, both in India and abroad and hence they possess a deep understanding of the business of the company. Another point which is worth noting is that the stock is trading below its book value of Rs.105.43

Now from the charts it has been found that the stock is in highly oversold territory and a small bounce cannot be ruled out in the short term. Though Bollinger bands are in buy mode however, other momentum parameters are still not giving an immediate buy for the scrip. Also, though the MACD is not giving an immediate buy signal but it could slowly drift towards the buy mode. The stock needs to close above Rs.85 on closing basis, to start rising again. If it crosses Rs.95 which looks probable the stock could touch as high as Rs.130. Please keep a SL of Rs.67 for any short term trade.

Pick of the week

DECCAN CHRONICLE HOLDINGS LIMITED

BSE Code: 532608

Face Value: Rs.2

CMP: Rs.37.85

EPS: Rs.5.5

P/E: 6.88

Dividend: 150%

Book Value: Rs.43.58

Market Cap: Rs.926.86 Cr

52-Week High/Low: Rs.224/Rs.36.15

 

Introduction: Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd, erstwhile Deccan Chronicle was formerly engaged in weekly and daily journals in Andhra Pradesh. The company acquired a news paper publishing business in December 2002; post which it established a strong foothold in the state. The company aims to be the leading publishing house in the country.

Deccan Chronicle, the flagship newspaper of the company is the leading English daily in Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh. It publishes seven editions of the Deccan Chronicle in Andhra Pradesh from their printing presses located at Hyderabad/Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Vishakapatnam, Anantapur, Karimnagar and Nellore. It is the fourth largest circulated and read English daily in India. Besides Deccan Chronicle, the Company also publishes Andhra Bhoomi in Telugu (daily, weekly and monthly).

Deccan Chronicle covers latest local, regional, national and international news. The newspaper also provides business, sports, weather, city culture, beauty, and health related news and information through its online portal.

 

Shareholding Pattern: The promoters hold 63% while the general public’s holding is 37%. Among the non-promoters are a number of Mutual Fund houses which holds substantial stake in the company.

Shareholding belonging to the category
"Public" and holding more than 1% of the Total No.of Shares

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholder

No. of Shares

Shares as % of Total No. of Shares

1

 EQ Advisors Trust - EQ/VQN Kqmpen Emerging Markets

2,715,990 

1.11 

2

 Deutsche India Equity Fund

3,166,001 

1.29 

3

 Merrill Lynch India Equities Fund Mauritius Ltd

3,542,473 

1.45 

4

 Ward Ferry Management Ltd A/C WF Asian Smaller

4,268,064 

1.74 

5

 Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc A/c Morgan

3,888,224 

1.59 

6

 Life Insurance Corporation of India

3,429,892 

1.40 

7

 Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund A/c Franklin India

3,200,000 

1.31 

8

 Morgan Stanley Mutual Fund A/c Morgan Stanley Growth

3,675,000 

1.50 

 

 Total

27,885,644 

11.39 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Financials: For Q3FY09, the company came out with almost flat topline and subdued bottomline, due to general downturn in the world economy.

The total income of the company for Q3FY09 rose to Rs.228.3 Cr as against Rs.226.5 Cr in the same period previous year. Deccan Chronicle Holdings’ third quarter net profit fell 75% to Rs25.67 crore over the corresponding period a year ago. The net profit of the company for Q3FY09 came out to be Rs.25.7 Cr as against Rs.102.94 Cr in the same period previous year. For the nine-month period ended 31 December, Deccan Chronicle posted a net profit of Rs131.92 crore, a 51% decline from Rs269.29 crore last year.

The operating and net profit margins of the company decreased considerably Y-o-Y. The net profit suffered due to high raw material price (Rs.129.04 Cr in Q3FY09 as against Rs.82 Cr], higher staff cost (Rs.13.53 Cr in Q3FY09 as against Rs.6.53 Cr), and almost doubling of other expenditure (Rs.17.73 Cr as against Rs.9.8Cr). However with the government expected to come out with special package for the media sector, the company’s top and bottomline could change dramatically on the positive side.

 

Investment Rationale:

  • Advertisement, the main growth driver: Advertisement is the key revenue driver in the Indian newspaper giant. DCHL’s advertisement revenue accounts for nearly 80%-90% of the total revenue. The media industry, both print and electronic, is facing the impact of the global financial crisis in the form of decline in advertisement revenue. However, representatives of the print media had already approached the I & B ministry seeking an upward revision in rates of government advertisements. The government has almost assured to some stimulus package to the media industry and to tide over the situation.
  • Foray into new business: The Deccan Chronicle group has floated an international cargo airline company “Flyington Freighters Ltd”. The new company, which will start services from July this year, has placed orders for purchase of six A330-200F cargo planes from Airbus at a cost of $175 million each. While the aircraft delivery is slated for 2009-2010, Airbus has agreed to lease two aircraft to the company in the mean time.
  • Launching New Editions: In the middle of last year, Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd launched its Mumbai Edition of "Financial Chronicle" in association with the "International Herald Tribune". During the year, 2008, DCHL entered the Business daily market by launching its newest print offering, Financial Chronicle simultaneously from Hyderabad and Chennai and extended its presence in Bangalore and Mumbai recently. Also, it announced a tie up with International Herald Tribune for launching its branded 'World Business Section' inside Financial Chronicle. The Mumbai edition of the Financial Chronicle would have four pages of IHT's World Business Section and its logo would be put on the front page of the daily. But one should remain cautiously optimistic on DCHL's foray into this space as it is already crowded with several offerings by other big Print Media houses. During May 2008, the company finally launched its much awaited Bangalore edition of Deccan Chronicle.
  • Strengthening its base in Southern India: The company had already launched the Bangalore edition of Deccan Chronicle and approved an initial investment of Rs.25 Cr in addition to the use of existing assets in other locations.
  • Inorganic expansion: The company is expanding its reach through inorganic expansions. It had acquired control of Asian age Holdings, which publishes newspaper “The Asian Age” in five cities. The acquisition will help strengthen the brand image of Asian Age at the back of increasing print run. The company had also acquired Odyssey India Ltd (Odyssey) for Rs.61.2 crore, in a cash deal. Odyssey is a growing leisure retail chain, is engaged in sale of books, music, toys, greeting cards and FMCG products. This move was intended to notch advertisement from FMCG giants.
  • Buy Back of Equity Shares: The Board approved the proposal for buy back of equity shares of Rs.2 each of the fully paid up equity share capital of the Company, at a price not exceeding Rs.100 per equity share aggregating to Rs.180 Cr from equity shareholders other than the Promoters and persons in control of the Company. The maximum number of shares to be bought back through the Stock Exchanges shall not exceed 3, 50, and 00,000 Equity Shares of Rs.2 each which represents 14.29% of the paid up capital of the Company. However the Promoter Holding in the Company shall not exceed 75% of the Paid up capital of the Company post buy back. The minimum number of Equity Shares (minimum buy back shares) to be bought back is 1,00,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs.2 each.
  • Stimulus Package for the Media Sector to boost growth: Taking note of the difficulties faced by the media industry due to the financial crisis, the government last week said it will shortly announce a stimulus package for the sector. The I & B ministry has already sent certain recommendations about the package to the Finance ministry and the government is expected announce it soon. Moreover, the good point is that the said package is mostly concerning the print media and hence the scrip is expected to be positively effected more than those in the electronic media.  
  • Indian Premier League (IPL)--Profitable in the first year itself: Deccan Chronicle had bagged the rights for the IPL team of Hyderabad for US $107mn payable over the next 10 years. The IPL Hyderabad rights would be a part of Sieger Solutions. DCHL named the team Deccan Chargers and spent around $5.9mn in annual fees to recruit players. While there is every chance that the venture would achieve breakeven only after a couple of years, management has indicated that the IPL venture turned profitable for the company in the first year itself. DCHL clocked around Rs107.5cr revenue and incurred expenses to the tune of Rs88cr during its first year of operations. Hence, it made a neat profit of Rs19.5cr from the venture. Also Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd will not sell its Indian Premier League cricket team, Deccan Chargers, as there were no buyers in the market, a top official said. Deccan will review the decision to sell Deccan Chargers in three years from now as this downturn cycle was likely to be extended till 2012. It is to be noted that, Deccan Chronicle had in 2008 paid $107.01 million for the Hyderabad team for Indian cricket board’s Twenty20 series for 10 years.
  • Sieger Solutions – Potential unlocking on the cards: Sieger Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of DCHL, was formed in July 2006 to handle media space selling for DCHL for a pre-defined commission. However, Sieger has stopped clocking revenues from this model and now houses all the internet portals – Deccanchronicle.com, Papyrusclubs.com and Mydigitalfce.com. For FY2008, Sieger Solutions registered revenues of Rs.72 Cr and PAT of Rs.35 Cr primarily driven by a subscription based model from a website called Papyrusclubs.com (student community forums) under which it has tied up with several institutes to publish and share campus news over the Internet. Recently, DCHL also entered into an outsourcing agreement with New York Times (NYT) to manage their internet properties out of India as well as some of the development activities connecting to the digital space. Sieger Solutions is expected to rake in incremental revenues of Rs.150 Cr from this arrangement in FY2009. DCHL is also in talks to sell 5% equity stake in Sieger Solutions to NYT.

 

Conclusion:  During FY2008-10, we can expect DCHL to post a CAGR growth of 16% in Revenue aided by 18% CAGR growth in advertising revenues and 8% CAGR in circulation revenues. On the Earnings front, we can expect DCHL to report a CAGR of 15% largely boosted by a decline in interest costs

However, on the operating front, the DCHL is expected to post a subdued growth owing to a sharp decline in Operating Margins on account of stiff competition in Chennai, initial losses on account of the Bangalore edition and the Financial Chronicle launch, and higher newsprint prices. Hence, we can expect DCHL to post a CAGR growth of 9% in EBITDA during FY2009-10.

However, there are valid concerned on DCHL owing to its poor quality of growth (funding working capital requirements through Balance Sheet), scalability issues (too much dependence on single region), poor corporate governance (management not delivering on promises made – buyback, un-locking in subsidiaries) and unsustainable Margins (60% OPM as against peer average of 20%). While management has addressed some of these concerns – reduced debtor days to 90 days by securitization with ICICI for a 12% discount, and initiated talks with NYT to unlock value in Sieger, still some more clarity on the same is expected. Moreover, depreciating rupee is negative for the company as it imports newsprints.

Growing awareness among the common mass is leading to the rise in the circulation of newspaper. The growth was triggered mainly by India and china. DHCL occupies second position in the print industry and caters to the most part of the Southern India. Its paper Deccan Chronicle is the most read newspaper in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai and Hyderabad. The company is also eying a substantial share in Bangalore and is expanding to newer geographies which include Mumbai and Pune. Revenues of the company will also be triggered, by the upcoming expansion plans of Odyssey.

At the CMP of Rs.37.85, the stock is trading at dirt-cheap valuations considering its future upsides from the Sieger Solutions deal with NYT and IPL’s good performance. The valuation can also be corroborated by the growing advertisement revenues and increasing subscription.

Note: This Report is from the Yesterday's (08-02-09) Sunday Report which was sent to the Paid Groups, Yesterday (8th February, 2009

Is Satyam Computers Services Ltd, a buy at Rs.39.95 ??!!

To understand this fact, let us consider the following points, a little meticulously .........

                         Satyam Computer Services Ltd

 

Scrip Code :  500376

Quarter ending :  September 2008

 

Shareholding belonging to the category
"Public" and holding more than 1% of the Total No.of Shares

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholder

No. of Shares

Shares as % of Total No. of Shares

1

 Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd A/C Aberdeeninternational India Opportunities Fund ( Mauritius ) Ltd

23,800,000 

3.53 

2

 Fidelity Management & Research Company A/C Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Diversified International-Fund

23,000,000 

3.42 

3

 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd

16,621,682 

2.47 

4

 Lazard Asset Management LLC A/c Lazard Emerging Markets Portfolio

14,490,567 

2.15 

5

 Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd A/C Aberdeen Global Asia Pacific Fund

10,680,500 

1.59 

6

 Life Insurance Corportion of India

9,959,281 

1.48 

7

 Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius Pvt

8,203,186 

1.22 

8

 JP Morgan Asset Management Europe SARL A/c Flagship Indian Investment Co Maurities Ltd

8,179,448 

1.21 

9

 LIC of India Money Plus

7,941,345 

1.18 

10

 Swiss Finance Corporation Mauritius Ltd

7,515,806 

1.12 

11

 Government of Singapore

7,128,885 

1.06 

12

 Morgan Stanley Mauritius Company Ltd

7,096,342 

1.05 

 

 Total

144,617,042 

21.47 

 

The following Fund Houses sold shares yesterday in the open market due to too much panic created  by the "Media Terrorists":

 

1. SWISS FINANCE CORP MAURITIUS LTD===> Sold 7786759 shares at Rs.74.61
2. ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL INDIA OPPORTUNITIES FUND MAURITIUS LTD===>Sold 9830811 shares of the company at Rs.43.41
3. ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGERS LTD ABERDEEN GLOBAL ASIA PACIFIC FUND===>Sold 4179064 shares at Rs.43.41 

 

Hence it can be concluded from the above data that Majority of Fund Houses feel that Satyam Computers Ltd will be able to come out of the mess created by its Founder Chairman Mr. B Ramalinga Raju??!!

Moreover, Sukumar Rajah, chief investment officer (CIO) of equity in India at Franklin Templeton Investments, which manages $4 billion of assets in the country, said in an e-mail, “This unfortunate development will be a short-term negative for market sentiment,”. Still, by forcing regulators to improve oversight, the incident “should be a Long Term Positive,” Rajah said.

 

According to a well known and reputed financial web-site, developing-nation stocks are trading near their cheapest levels in a decade after the global economic slowdown and a slump in commodity prices sent the MSCI Emerging Markets Index down 54 percent in 2008. In comparison, the MSCI World Index dropped 42 percent. Shares in the MSCI emerging-markets index trade at 8.8 times reported earnings, while developed shares fetch 11.5 times profit. Sensex companies trade at 9.5 times earnings.

Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd., Satyam’s largest institutional investor as of September, said its investment outlook for India hasn’t changed. Funds run by Aberdeen own at least 5.12 percent of Satyam, according the Hyderabad-based company’s filings for the quarter ended Sept. 31.

“People will grow a bit more dispassionate, but you can say the same for the U.S. and elsewhere,” said Hugh Young, managing director at Aberdeen’s Asian unit, which manages $37.3 billion. “India has great companies that do the right things. Hopefully this is a one off.” He declined to say how many Satyam shares Aberdeen holds, or whether any were sold recently.

India’s $1.2 trillion economy may grow 7 percent in the year ending March 31, the slowest pace since 2003, according to government forecasts. The economy may expand at close to that rate in the next fiscal year as the global recession cuts exports and domestic demand wanes, Junior Industry Minister Ashwani Kumar said in New Delhi yesterday.

To understand the mammoth-ness of Satyam Computers Services Ltd let us take note of the following facts: Satyam Computer Services Ltd, employs 53,000 people, operates in 65 countries and serves almost 700 companies, including 185 Fortune 500 companies. More than half of its revenue comes from the United States.

The most encouraging news came from www.cnn.com which writes: "Analysts say Satyam is ripe for a takeover, and the government is expected to submit a formal report on the matter Thursday".

Therefore, can we construe that those highly skilled stock market professionals, who have purchased some shares of Satyam Computers Ltd will have a field day in the next few months??!!

However, the most horrifying part of this event is that that cash balance that was non-existent got certified by one of most reputed auditors in the world map, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.  This reputed auditor of Satyam Computers Ltd’s, declined to comment on the scandal, according to an e-mail from the New York- based firm’s public relations adviser, Edelman.

I had earlier discouraged all my  Paid Clients not to enter Satyam Computers Ltd, when it fell to around Rs.179---I was anticipting something like this, from my exprience durring the dotocm boom-bust cycle in the 1990s and early 2000. But is it time to buy this stock at the CMP of Rs.39.95, for the short term gains??!!

 

Prajay Engineers Syndicate Ltd: Accumulate on all declines;

BSE Code: 531746

Face Value: Rs.10

CMP: Rs.17.70

Book Value: Rs.152.34

EPS: Rs.17.87

P/E: 0.99

Dividend: 25%

Market Cap: Rs.70.26 Cr

Buying Price: The scrip should be bought above Rs.18.5

 

Company Background: Prajay Engineers Syndicate Ltd (PESL) was promoted by Mr. Chandra Mohan Reddy. It’s a 25 years old partnership firm converted into a public limited company in the year 1994. It pioneers in construction activities in the twin cities of Hyderabad-Secunderabad. Its Key developments include residential flats, townships, shopping malls, office buildings and group housings.

The company has developed around 6.7 million square feet over the past twenty years across more than 75 projects and a further 10.7 million square feet of land is under various stages of development. Prajay has a significant presence in the hospitality segment also, with three landmark ventures in the city: Prajay's luxury resort, the Celebrity Holiday Retreat and the 30 room Celebrity Boutique Hotel (located 500 metres away from the airport). Prajay has been the leader in identifying new locations that are today of strategic importance, which has given it huge cost advantage.

 

Shareholding Pattern: The promoters hold 16.42% while the general public holds, 83.58%. Among the general public FIIs hold a whooping 58.78% of the shares of the company.

 

 

Shareholding belonging to the category "Public" and holding more than 1% of the Total No.of Shares

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholder

No. of Shares

Shares as % of Total No. of Shares

1

Copthall Maritius Investment Ltd

1,808,085

4.55

2

Goldman Sachs Investment Mauritius Ltd

852,543

2.15

3

Citigroup Global Markets (Mauritius) Pvt Ltd

2,130,796

5.37

4

ABN Amro Bank N.V. London Branch

1,518,952

3.83

5

Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana S.A.S.V.

1,487,223

3.75

6

Morgan Stanley Investments Mauritius Ltd

617,200

1.55

7

Swiss Finance Corporation Mauritius Ltd

1,047,459

2.64

8

S Madhuri Reddy

410,000

1.03

9

N Ravinder Reddy

2,020,100

5.09

10

Merlin Securities Ltd

5,336,134

13.44

11

GRA Finance Corprate

457,701

1.15

12

Clsa Mauritius Ltd

1,361,942

3.43

13

ABN Amro Bank N.V. London Branch

424,211

1.07

14

 BSMA Ltd

760,000 

1.91 

15

 Deutsche Securities Mauritius Ltd

2,358,893 

5.94 

 

 Total

22,591,239 

56.91 

 

 

Financials:  Though for Q2FY09, the total income was almost flat the net profit of the company suffered due to higher expenditure and higher depreciation, as can be seen below. The fact that the interest cost was more or less flat comparing Q-o-Q was a good sign. Moreover, the tax component was also less in Q2FY09, as compared to the same quarter previous year. However, due to the downturn, the operating margin and net profit margin took a quantum hit. However, this is going to correct in the next few quarters, due to the fall in the price of raw materials, in the last few quarters and also due to seasonal demand.

 

Standalone Result of Prajay Engineers Syndicate Ltd

 

Type

Un-Audited

Un-Audited

Un-Audited

Un-Audited

Un-Audited

Audited

 

Period Ending

30-Sep-08

30-Jun-08

31-Mar-08

31-Dec-07

30-Sep-07

31-Mar-08

 

No. of Months

3

3

3

3

3

12

 

Description

Amount (Rs. million)

 

Net Sales / Interest Earned / Operating Income

418.44

222.10

907.03

1,369.56

462.46

3,440.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income

1.92

1.78

6.83

0.96

0.91

9.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Income

420.36

223.87

913.86

-

463.37

3,450.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditure

-270.24

-144.32

-904.12

-

-200.17

-2,061.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

-27.06

-24.94

-11.61

-27.97

-27.69

-90.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit Before Depreciation and Tax

123.06

54.61

-1.87

-27.97

235.51

1,297.27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

-9.11

-8.66

-7.89

-

-4.96

-22.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit before Tax

113.95

45.96

-9.76

705.01

230.55

1,274.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax

-39.03

-15.92

-41.06

-49.75

-76.58

-246.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit

74.92

30.04

-50.82

655.26

153.97

1,028.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Capital

396.96

396.96

396.96

275.91

248.57

396.96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS after Extraordinary items

1.89

0.76

-1.85

25.47

6.58

37.46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS after Extraordinary items

1.89

0.76

-1.85

17.32

4.05

37.46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nos. of Shares - Public

33,178,576.00

33,178,576.00

33,178,576.00

22,473,112.00

20,017,152.00

33,178,576.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent of Shares-Public

83.58

83.58

83.58

81.45

80.53

83.58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Profit Margin

35.88

35.82

1.07

-

56.91

40.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

17.90

13.53

-5.60

47.84

33.29

29.90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash EPS

2.12

0.97

-1.08

-

6.39

26.48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

Notes

Notes

Notes

Notes

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detailed

Detailed

Detailed

Detailed

Detailed

Detailed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Highlights:

            The company earns 95% of its revenue from Real Estate and from Hospitality segment.

            In March 2007 the company posted a turnover of over Rs.2,000 million and profits of around Rs.800 million. It achieved Rs.1,000 million turnover in one quarter.

            Last year the company signed a joint venture with Sunway Group, Malaysia for development of residential condominiums projects in Hyderabad.

            Prajay Engineers' Land bank stands at approximately 850 acres 80% of which is in and around Hyderabad

            In the last twenty years of its existence, PESL has delivered 75 projects and developed around 6.7 million square feet.

 

Investment Rationale:

            The increased demand for residential units and commercial, office space for the IT and ITES companies suggest that the spurt will continue for years to come. An estimated inflow of Rs.5,508 billion investments in this sector will usher in development at a remarkable pace.

            Government thrust on infrastructure spending has given a tremendous boost to construction sector in terms of market size resulting in higher demand across the sector.

            Prajay Engineers Syndicate's base in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad offers it a myriad of opportunities in the real estate sector. The rapidly growing IT/ITES industry in Hyderabad has its roots in the proactive role of the state government pitching Hyderabad as the 'Hi-Tec' city of India.

            The Government's decision to launch Bio Tech Park and Fab City has further given a boost to technology driven growth in Hyderabad.

            The company currently has around 31 projects underway and plans to construct around 37.6 million square feet in the next four to five years. All projects have credit Rating of A+ by FIs.

            With its visionary approach and contemporary building practices, cutting edge management discipline, Prajay is at the forefront of imparting dynamism to infrastructure development industry.

            The company is foraying into Tier II cities of Andhra Pradesh like Vizag and Vijaywada, by FY10.

            The company want to invest around Rs.500-600 Cr in the coming years to develop the hospitality segment; to create 1000 room capacity by 2009 in the 5 star, 4-star and the 3- star business class categories; and to develop 31 projects including residential, commercial, retail and hospitality projects, aggregating to around 37.57 million square feet over the next five years.

            PESL’s 100% subsidiary Prajay Holdings, has received a commitment of FDI recently, to the tune of rupees equivalent of US $ 36 million for one of its prime projects at Hyderabad wherein a development of around 40 lac square ft has been planned by the company.

            The company is riding high on the real estate and infrastructure boom: it has set a target of reaching Rs.1000 crore turnover by FY10.

            Future Focus: Premium Apartments, Ultra-modern Townships, Development of Golf course, Independent premium bungalows, Development of 3 and 5 star hotels, Infrastructure development, Shopping Malls. These are all high volume and high margin activities.

 

Conclusion:

As the trend of spiraling growth continues, there are miles more to go, and further milestones to achieve. With 31 planned and ongoing projects, which will culminate into construction of around 38 million square feet and the residential segment comprising of about 84 percent of the total area under development, the company is expected to do well in future. The stock at the current market price provides an investment opportunity and one should invest in it taking a call for 12-15 months horizon for at least 50% from the CMP of Rs.17.7.

Chartical Indicators: For the short term, buy the scrip only if it closes above Rs.18.5 on a daily closing basis. The MACD and CCI are in perfect buy mode, while Stochastic, Bollinger Bands, and Williams%R are also in buy mode.

Moreover, in the Candle Stick Chart Pattern, the inverted hammer, formation indicates that a significant decline has taken place in the stock price and the shorts are beginning to cover their positions---a very bullish indicator.

With this Candle Stick Chart Pattern, it is imperative to watch the next day's trading action. If the stock opens strong and remains strong during the day, then a key Reversal is likely in progress—a perfect time to bag the scrip.

 

Note: This stock was recommended to the Paid Groups in the Sunday Report of 30-11-08.