S.P. Apparels :
Indian equity market is in a
sweet spot and the soring indices are clearly indicating towards the same. And
as the secondary markets are soaring, there has been a lot of buzz being witnessed
in the primary markets as well. With some of the IPOs getting a great response
and amazing listing gains, there was expected to be a line of IPOs tapping the
markets. One thing however is noticeable and that is most of the business were
a bit different from old economy companies. In simple terms it is the different
business model of companies that attracted the investors towards IPOs. In such
situation, one company with a plain vanilla business of garment manufacturing
and exports is tapping the primary market floor.
Company name is S. P. Apparels is
engaged in manufacturing and selling of knitted garments for infants and
children in India. Company's product range includes body suits, sleep suits,
tops, and bottoms.
Company also manufactures range
of menswear garments consisting of shirts, polo shirts, T-shirts, trousers,
jeans, sweaters, jackets and men's innerwear consisting of vests, briefs, boxer
shorts and socks under the brand 'Crocodile' which is subsidiaries through an
agreement with Crocodile International Pte Limited, Singapore.
As regards the manufacturing
facilities, it operates 21 manufacturing facilities in and around the region of
Avinashi in Tamil Nadu. Company has 4,874 sewing machines, eight cutting
machines, 79 embroidery machines, 17 printing machines, 16,896 spindles and 22
dyeing machines. The company has two subsidiaries Crocodile Products Pvt Ltd
and S. P. Apparels (UK).
They mainly export their products
to United Kingdom. During FY16, the company exported approximately 35.98
million pieces of knitted garments for infants and children directly to its
international customers, including TESCO and Primark. As regards the exports,
the company for FY16 earned 86.13 percent of revenues. For FY15 and FY14 the
exports were 84.62 percent and 79.84 percent respectively.
Company’s business can be divided
into two segments viz garment segment (exports of knitted garment) and retail
division (Crocodile retail brands). While we have already mentioned about
contribution of export revenues, the Crocodile brand contribution for FY16
stood at 6.43 percent and For FY15 it was 3.39 percent. The company currently
has 40 exclusive brand outlets of which 37 are owned and rest three are
franchises.
Objects of the Issue
The offer consists of offer for
sale and fresh issue. While the offer for sale proceeds would be going directly
to exiting Private equity firm, the fresh issue proceeds will be utilised as
follows. While Rs. 63 Crore will be provided for repayment of Debt expansion of
5000 spindles would require Rs 70 crore. Opening of new stores for Crocodile
exclusive outlets will require Rs 28 crore. Expansion of dyeing facility would require
Rs 4.9 crore. As regards the exclusive brand outlets, another 70 outlets would
be added in next three years.
Financials and Conclusion
As regards the financial performance
the company has posted decent performance in FY15 and FY16. For FY16 the
company posted a topline of Rs 532.82 crore and EBITDA of Rs 90.14 Crore. The restated
PAT for the quarter stood at Rs 34.71 crore. For FY15 the topline was Rs 472.56
crore and EBITDA stood at Rs 96.60 crore. The PAT was at Rs 10.04 Crore (including
a MAT credit of Rs 6.88 crore).
We have certain concerns about
the company. In 2006 the company had allotted the shares to Private equity firm
at Rs 200. And after ten years that company is exiting at Rs 258-268. This is a
clear indication that the company has not provided any kind of returns in last
ten years. Further the margins are already at higher levels and we do not
expect any margin improvement in coming years. Though the management has stated
that the expansion would help them improve margins, we expect margins to remain
under pressure. Further majority of its exports are to United Kingdom and hence
the Brexit issue will surely affect its business. Further we feel the valuations
are a bit stretched.
At higher price band of Rs 268 the
number of shares for fresh issue to raise Rs 215 Crore will be around 88.23
lakh shares. The offer for sale of 9 lakh shares will raise Rs 24.12 Crore. On
the extended equity the company even if manages to post 15 percent growth on
bottomline, the higher price band price of Rs 268 would Result in P/E of idkar 19x. Which
is much higher than the existing and much larger players like Gokaldas Exports
etc.
We feel the issue is better avoided by the investors.
Issue Details
Company
Name
|
S.P.
Apparels
|
Price Band
|
Rs
258-268
|
Amount
Raise
|
Rs
215 Crore
(Fresh Issue)
|
Post
Issue Equity
|
2.68
crore
Equity Shares
|
Our
Rating
|
Avoid
|
Open
Date
|
August
2, 2016
|
Closing
Date
|
August
4, 2016
|
Promoter
Name
|
Mr.
P. Sundarajan
|
FV
|
Rs
10
|
Minimum
Order Lot
|
55
|
Listing
|
NSE,
BSE
|
By Prasanna Bidkar