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HSIL Ltd.
HSIL Ltd is the largest Sanitaryware manufacturing company in India with organized market share of 40 percent; in addition it is also the second largest manufacturer of container glass with market share of 20 percent. In addition to above, HSIL also has presence in faucet segment, tiles, kitchen appliances and have acquired faucet division, of Havells India 'Crabtree' which was rebranded as Benelave in Jan 2011. HSIL has also acquired 100% stake in PET bottle manufacturer Garden Polymers Pvt. Ltd.' In Aug. 2011 to synergies with its existing container glass division. The company is on rapid capacity addition mode across all product categories to maintain its leadership. We initiate coverage on stock with 'BUY' Rating.
Investment Rationale
Largest Sanitaryware manufacture in India: HSIL is the largest sanitaryware manufacturer in India with organized market share of 40 percent. It offers complete range of products for bathroom. The company has strong brand name Hindware which is widely recognized and has strong brand recall. The company has recently unveiled super premium luxury brand QUEO' from its 100% subsidiary Barwood Products Ltd. in UK, which was acquired in 2010. These premium products command much higher realization and growing at 20-25 percent which faster than mid and low end segment growth of 12-15 percent per annum. HSIL plans to garner near 25 percent market share in premium segment over next few years. The company has strong 2000+ distributors and above 15000 retailers to support its market penetration. The company presently has capacity to produce 3.5 million pieces p.a. and has further plans to increase its existing capacity to 5 million pieces over next two years. Aggressive Capex Plan: The company has chalked out Rs600 crore capex plan for building product and container glass divisions, which is expected to be completed over next two years, HSIL has already spent Rs415 crore till date and remaining Rs185 crore to be spend over next 2 years including Rs100 crore for 2.5 million pieces Greenfield faucet project in Kaharani, Rajasthan. We expect company to generate ~Rs260 crore additional revenue under faucet segment at its full capacity. Besides manufactured sales, HSIL will also generate additional Rs75-100 crore worth of revenue from outsourcing. The company has also spent Rs300 crore to add another 475 TPD container glass capacity at Bhongir in Andhra Pradesh. The new capacity is already operational and we expect the benefit to reap in coming quarters.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (CONSOLIDATED) Year 2011A 2012A 2013E 2014E Sales (Cr) 1,095.5 1,462.8 1,739.3 2,012.5 EBITDA (Cr) 206.4 249.8 297.4 354.2 PBT (Cr) 118.2 147.9 159.3 209.0 PAT (Cr) 78.2 93.5 103.5 135.8 EPS (Rs) 11.8 14.2 15.7 20.6 DPS (Rs) 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.4 BV (Rs) 101.7 146.5 165.8 190.4
STOCK DATA BSE Code NSE Code Bloomberg Code 52 Week High / Low (Rs.) Face Value (Rs.) Diluted Number of Shares (Crore.) Market Cap. (Rs Crore.) Avg. Yearly Volume (NSE) SHAREHOLDING PATTERN (%) Particulars Promoters FII Other Institution Public & Others Total Sept. FY12 51.6 20.5 2.7 25.2 100.0 Jun. FY12 51.6 21.6 2.4 24.5 100.0 Mar. FY11 51.6 20.1 2.6 25.7 100.0 Dec. FY11 51.6 22.6 2.3 23.5 100.0 500187 HSIL HIS IN 246 / 104 2 6.6 806 117391
RETURNS STATISTICS (%) 1M HSIL Sensex (4.2) (1.3) 3M (1.4) 4.2 6M (23.2) 13.1 12 M (27.5) 9.4
FINANCIAL RATIOS Particulars PE (x) P/BV (x) EV/EBITDA (x) EV/Sales (x) Mcap/Sales (x) ROE (%) ROCE (%) 2011A 10.4 1.2 5.5 1.0 0.7 11.6 12.1 2012A 8.7 0.8 6.1 1.0 0.6 11.4 9.7 2013E 7.8 0.7 4.9 0.8 0.5 10.0 10.9 2014E 6.0 0.6 4.0 0.7 0.4 11.5 12.0
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HSIL Ltd.
Second largest in container glass, with strategic presence HSIL is the second largest container glass manufacturer in India with organized market share 20 percent. The company presently has two plants located at Bhongir and Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The plants are strategically located in the Andhra Pradesh which is also happen to be the largest consumer of soft drinks, liquor and beers in India. Beer and liquor industry account for nearly 58 percent of revenue under container glass division whereas south Indian market forms nearly 2/3rd of container glass revenue. HSIL has recently added another furnace of 475 TPD at Bhongir plant in Andhra Pradesh to take its total capacity to 1600 TPD from earlier 1125 TPD. The new plant is already operational since May 2012 and we expect full benefit to be accrued during FY13. We expect this division to contribute incremental revenue of ~Rs230-260 crore at its full capacity.
CONTAINER GLASS CAPACITIES Plants Hyderabad (AP) Bhongir (AP) Total Current Capacity (tpd) 650 475 1125 Expansion (tpd) 475 Total Capacity (tpd) 650 950 1600
Source: Company
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~ HSIL is the second largest container glass manufacturer in India with organized market share 20 percent.
The strategic acquisitions to create overall positive business synergies The company in the year 2010 acquired the faucet division of Havells India Crabtree' and which was later on rebranded it as Benelave' in Jan. 2011. The present capacity of 5 lakh pieces is expected to reach 3 million by FY14. The company has acquired PET bottle manufacturer Garden Polymers Pvt. Ltd.' for Rs87 crore to synergies with its existing container glass division. PET bottles are increasingly finding applications in water, pharma, beverages packing etc. In addition HSIL also acquired UK based Barwood Products Ltd. for Rs~6.22 crore in June 2010 and recently unveil super premium brand QUEO' in sanitaryware and faucet divisions. All these acquisitions are expected to yield positive business synergies for the respective business verticals. ~ Acquired UK based Barwood Products for Rs~6.22 crore and re cen tly u nve il pre miu m bra nd QUEO' ~ Acquired the faucet division of Havells India Crabtree' and has rebranded it as 'Benelave'
~ Acquired PET bottle manufacturer Garden Polymers Pvt. Ltd.' for Rs~87
HSIL Ltd.
Home furnishing business to turnaround by 2015 The company entered the home interior fashion design retail industry through its 100% subsidiary Hindware Home Retail Pvt. Ltd'.(HHRRL) in 2008. It provides specialty home furnishing products and solutions under its brand EVOK'. This division has reported a turnover of Rs66 crore along with EBITDA and Net Loss of Rs10 and 17 crore respectively due to high fix overheads during FY12. The company presently operates 18 stores and plans to add another 6 stores during FY13E and further 5 each in FY14E and FY15E. The company expects home furnishing division to turn around by FY15. HSIL to spend Rs2-2.5 crore per stores which entails total capex of Rs15-18 crore during FY13E. In addition to above, HSIL has also entered into tiles business in July 2010. Its focus would be in mid and high segment. The current industry size is Rs14,000 crore and growing at 10-12 percent due to rapid urbanization especially in tier two and tier three cities Attractive industrial outlook India is the second largest sanitaryware market by volume in Asia Pacific with an estimated market size at Rs2000 crore of which nearly 60% is organized, where HSIL has 40 percent market share. This industry is growing at 15-16 percent pa. In India only 40 percent of households have access to safe sanitation facilities with 90 percent is fresh demand as compared to developed economies which accounts for 80 percent as replacement demand. India's container glass industry is estimated at Rs~4000 crore and growing at 10-12 percent. The freight cost is critical for container glass and HSIL is strategically present in Andhra Pradesh which is the largest market for Beer, Liquor, Soft drinks etc. The per capita consumption of Beer in India is just 1.5 liters as compared to double digit in most of developing and developed economies. Indian faucet industry is estimated at Rs~4000 crore of which 45 percent is organized and rest is unorganized. Major players are Jaquar, Parry, Marc etc. With its rapid capacity expansion, HSIL is targeting to generate Rs350-400 crore of revenue under faucet segment in two years from date of commissioning on of Kaharani faucet plant. Valuation: At current price of Rs123, the stock is trading at 7.8x and 6.0x of its FY13E and FY14E consolidated earnings respectively whereas on P/BV front the same is available at 0.7x and 0.6x respectively. The recent capacity expansions across different segments like Container Glass, Faucet and Sanitaryware to reap the benefits in coming quarter. Apart from that, new plant at Gujarat is also expected to get gas supply form GSPL which would boost EBITDA margin going ahead. We recommend a buy on the stock with price target of Rs171 valuing 8.3x of its FY14 consolidated earnings.
Sanitary ware
~ Home Furnishing provides specialty h ome fu rn ishi ng p ro du ct s an d solutions under its brand 'EVOK'
~ The company presently operates 18 stores and plans to add another 6 stores during FY13E and further 5 each in FY14E and FY15E.
~ India's container glass industry is estimated at Rs~4000 crore and growing at 10-12 percent.
~ Indian faucet industry is estimated at Rs~4000 crore of which 45 percent is organized and growing at 15-20 percent PA.
HSIL Ltd.
Sanitary ware
HSIL Ltd.
Building Product Division Sanitaryware (Capacity 3.5 Mn Pcs. pa.) Brands ~ Premium- Hindware Italian, Hindware Art ~ Standard- Hindware Art & Hindware ~ Basic - Raasi ~ Super Premium - Queo Faucet (Capacity 0.5 mn Pcs. pa.) Brands ~ Premium Benelave ~ Standard Benelave ~ Hindware ~ Queo Other allied products (Outsourced) ~ Tiles ~ Kitchen Appliances ~ Wellness Products PET Bottles ~ Acquired Garden polymer for Rs87 crore in FY12 ~ Current capacity is 8000 MTPA ~ Garden Polymers Pvt. Ltd. is the 4th largest PET bottle manufacturers in India ~ The product offering will be extended to PET bottles, caps and closures etc Container Glass 1600 MT (TPD) ~ Operating with plants in Andhra Pradesh, Sanathnagar and Bhongir ~ Recently added 475 MT capacity at Bhongir ~ Supplies to diversified clients across food & beverages, pharma, Liquor & Beers industries Hindware Home Retail Pvt Ltd ~ End to End services in home furnishing ~ Having 18 stores and plans to add 6 in FY13 ~ Mainly sales furniture ~ Currently loss making and expected to turnaround in next few years
HSIL Ltd.
Building Material Products: The Building Product division of HSIL consists of diversified product portfolio of Sanitaryware, Faucets, Kitchen Appliances, Wellness Products and Tiles. The company has entered into a strategic alliance with one of the largest European companies, manufacturing extractor fans under the brand name, Vent'. HSIL offer 20 designs of consumer fans and 2 designs of industrial fans This division contributes nearly 45% to total revenues in FY12. The company has unveiled luxury brand QUEO' from its wholly owned subsidiary Barwood Products Ltd which was acquired in June 2010, these premium products segment growing faster and has better realization. HSIL is also involved in export of sanitaryware and bathroom fittings to its 100+ satisfied (B2B) customers across 40 countries like Pacific Island, UK, Middle East, Africa, New Zealand Australia, Russia and more. The company generates nearly 26 percent of revenue from institutional sales whereas rest is from retail sales. The company has 21 depots, 15000+ retail networks, 2000+ dealers and 1235 strong institutional clients to support its business.
Building Product Division Sanitary Products Bahadurgarh (Har) Bibinagar (AP) Gujarat (Greenfield) Total Faucet Bhiwadi- Rajasthan Kaharani- Rajasthan (Greenfield) Total
* Already completed
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~ The company has 21 depots, 15 000+ re tail ne tworks, 200 0+ dealers and 1235 strong institutional
Units
Before Expansion
Expansion
55
Mn Pieces Mn Pieces 0.3 0.3 0.2* 2.5 2.7 0.5 2.5 3.0 Building Product
45
Container Glass
Manufactured
Sanitaryware Wash basins Water Closets Cisterns Bidets Faucets Tap Showers Flush Valves Kitchen App Microwave Owens Chimney Cooktops Built in Ovens
Outsourced
Wellness Steam rooms Bath Tubs Shower Enclosures Shower Panels Tiles Floor Wall Sanitaryware & Faucets
HSIL Ltd.
Container Glass HSIL is the second largest manufacturer of container glass in India with organized market share of 20% and 60% in Southern India. The division caters to pharmaceutical, food, beverage and liquor & beer industry. It contributes nearly 55% to HSIL's total revenue in FY12. Following the acquisition of Garden Polymers for Rs87 Cr, its product offerings have been extended to PET bottles, caps and closures, offering one more packaging solution besides container glass bottle and shall contribute to the overall revenues. The company presently has two plants located at Bhongir and Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The plant is strategically located in the Andhra Pradesh which is also happen to be the largest consumer of soft drinks, liquor and beers in India. Beer and liquor industry account for nearly 58 percent of revenue under container glass division whereas south Indian market forms nearly 2/3rd of container glass revenue. HSIL has recently added another furnace of 475 TPD at Bhongir plant in Andhra Pradesh to take its total capacity to 1600 TPD from earlier 1125 TPD. The company has strong 490+ institutional clients mainly from southern parts and south. Home Furnishing It has also forayed into home interiors by floating a 100% subsidiary company Hindware Home Retail Pvt Ltd which provides end to end solutions for home interiors through its retail format store under the brand name EVOK.
Sanitary ware
~ The company has two plants located in Andhra Pradesh having combine capacity of 1600 TPD.
Key Clientele
Building Product Division
The 3C Company Emaar MGF Jaypee Mahindra Lifespaces Oberoi Realty Prestige TATA Projects Ansal Group Godrej Properties Larsen & Toubro Marriott Omaxe Puravankara Unitech TDI DLF Indiabulls M2K NBCC Parsvnath Developers Shapoorjee Pallonjee Vipul
~ Th e co mp an y ha s 12 35 + institutional clients in building product division and 490+ institutional clients in container glass division
HSIL Ltd.
Sanitary ware
Industrial Opportunity:
Building Product Division Overall sanitaryware industry divided into 60 percent organized and rest unorganized, HSIL has 40 percent market share within organized market. Indian sanitaryware Industry is pegged at Rs2000 crore growing at 15-20 percent within which premium segment growing faster at 20-25 percent per annum due to rapid urbanization, improving living standard and rising awareness. According to census data, only 47 percent of Indian household have proper sanitation facilities and around 69% of rural and 19 percent of urban household still do not enjoys basic sanitation facilities. Government of India increasing expenditure sanitation every year and as per the planning commission report estimated Rs~44000 crore will be spend during 12th plan. The demand for sanitaryware basically comes from two segments viz new demand and replacement demand with bulk (~90 percent) forms new and rest account for replacement demand. Unlike in India, the US sanitaryware demand is driven by replacement (~80 percent) and rest from new demand.
% OF POPULATION DOES NOT HAVE BASIC SANITATION India 32 31 China 90 Nigeria Indonesia Pakistan Bangladesh 3 3 4 4 19 4 Euthopia Rest of the world
Source: WHO, Unicef, 2012
SANITATION LEVELS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES 120 90 63 60 40 30 0 India China Korea Indonesia S.Lanka Thailand
Source Crisil
95
66
50
Demand drivers The correlation between sanitaryware and housing demand is as high as 93 percent. The present urban population account for nearly 29 percent which is expected to reach 37 percent by 2025. With such rapid urbanization, the urban housing demand is expected to increase ~3 percent CAGR from 74 mn units to 85 mn units between 2011 and 2016 In addition to above, the middle class population is also expected to touch 585 million by 2025 The consumer is moving up from mid segment to premium segment sanitaryware due to changing life style and rising disposable income.
URBAN HOUSING DEMAND (MN UNITS)
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RISING MIDDLE CLASS POPULATION
108% 90% 72% 54% 36% 18% 0% 1985 Lower 1995 2005 Middle 2015 Upper Middle 2025 Upper Lower Middle 93 80 54 36 0 1 6 0 2 18 1 4 41 43 36 22 2 19
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RATE OF URBANIZATION (%)
100.0 81 65 40 29 25.0 0.0 Indonesia Malasiya Vietnam India China USA 5 Brazil 2 India Japan Korea 1 Indonesia 27 48 66 69
9 32
75.0 50.0
Container Glass World packaging industry pegged at $500 billion and India occupies 11th position. Glass packaging accounts for nearly 12 percent of overall packaging space. The current estimated size of glass industry is Rs~4000 crore which is growing at 10-12 percent PA. The per capita consumption of glass is 1.5 kg as compared to 89 kg in South Korea, 10.2 kg in Japan and 5.2 kg in China. The key drivers like Liquor and Beer industry which is the largest consumer of container glass is expected to grow at 14-15 percent. The per capita beer consumption in India is just 1.5 liters as compared to China and Brazil at 34 and 64 liters respectively. In Addition to above, the other key driving industries like Pharmaceuticals, Foods & Beverages are also expected to grow in double digit over next few years.
INDIAS PACKAGING INDUSTRY (%) PER CAPITA GLASS CONSUMPTION (KGS)
100
14 8 17 22 6 3 12 18
80 60 40 20 -
Source: Crisil
Source: Crisil
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20.0 15.0
Source: Crisil
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ADJUSTED NET PROFIT (Rs. Cr.) & NET PROFIT MARGIN (%)
EPS (Rs.) 40 30 20 10 0 FY11A FY12A FY13E FY14E Cash EPS (Rs.)
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DIV. YIELD (%) & EARNING YIELD (%) ROE (%) 16 12 8 4 0 FY11A FY12A FY13E FY14E ROCE (%)
1 YEAR ROLLING FORWARD PE Close Price 375.0 300.0 225.0 150.0 75.0 Apr-09 Nov-09 Jun-10 Jan-11 Aug-11 Mar-12 Oct-12 5.0x 7.5x 10.0x 12.5x
AVERAGE PE MULTIPLE
Daily PE 1+2SD 16.0 12.0 8.0 4.0 Apr-09 Nov-09 Jun-10 Jan-11 Aug-11 Mar-12 Oct-12 Average PE 1-SD 1+SD 1-2SD
210.0 140.0 70.0 Apr-09 Nov-09 Jun-10 Jan-11 Aug-11 Mar-12 Oct-12
1.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 Apr-09 Nov-09 Jun-10 Jan-11 Aug-11 Mar-12 Oct-12
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Figures in Cr.
2013E 1,862.2 122.9 1,739.3 7.0 1,746.3 1,441.9 554.8 31.9% 887.0 51.0% 297.4 304.4 69.3 235.1 75.8 159.3 55.7 103.5 103.5 13.2 15.7 27.2 2.0 165.8 2014E 2,154.7 142.2 2,012.5 8.0 2,020.5 1,658.3 631.9 31.4% 1,026.4 51.0% 354.2 362.2 65.8 296.5 87.5 209.0 73.1 135.8 135.8 13.2 20.6 33.8 2.0 190.4
Balance Sheet
Particulars 2011A 2011A 13.2 658.7 671.9 288.2 87.8 327.2 1,375.1 837.8 3.5 10.8 6.0 222.3 163.7 21.9 70.8 478.7 1,375.1 2012A 2012A 13.2 954.2 967.4 541.8 94.7 674.1 2,278.0 1,472.2 57.8 10.8 62.1 7.3 305.9 244.0 73.5 44.3 667.7 2,278.0
Figures in Cr.
2013E 2013E 13.2 1,082.2 1,095.4 494.2 104.3 733.8 2,427.7 1,560.4 57.8 10.8 59.1 8.7 316.0 262.1 90.3 62.4 730.8 2,427.7 2014E 2014E 13.2 1,244.1 1,257.3 452.9 110.8 800.6 2,621.6 1,571.9 57.8 10.8 80.5 10.1 386.2 330.8 91.4 82.1 890.5 2,621.6
Figures in Cr.
2013E 159.3 75.8 69.3 (55.7) 10.6 259.2 (164.0) 95.2 0.0 (164.0) (41.7) (69.3) (24.5) 57.1 (78.4) 16.8 73.5 90.3 2014E 209.0 87.5 65.8 (73.1) (117.5) 171.6 (99.0) 72.6 (99.0) (36.8) (65.8) (26.0) 57.1 (71.5) 1.1 90.3 91.4
Important Ratios:
A Growth (%) 2011A 2012A 2013E 2014E
CF from operating activities 152.5 (Inc.) / Dec. Capex Free Cash Flow (Inc.) / Dec. in Investment CF from invstg. activities Issue of Shares Change in Debt Interest Paid Dividend Other Adjustment (Net) CF from financing activites Net Change in cash Opening Balance Closing Balance (106.4) 46.0 (24.0) (130.4) 150.0 (87.0) (36.4) (19.2) (32.2) (24.8) (2.8) 24.7 21.9
Net Sales 36.2 EBITDA 55.5 PBT 107.8 PAT 63.7 Cash Profit 36.2 (B) Measures of Performance Operating Profit Margin (%) 18.8 Gross Profit Margin (%) 15.8 Total Tax Rate (%) 33.7 Net Profit Margin (%) 7.1 (C) Measures of Financial Status Debt / Equity (x) 0.5 Net Debt / Equity (x) 0.4 Debtors Period (days) 54.6 Creditors Period (days) 35.2 Inventory Period (days) 91.3 (D) Measures of Investment EPS (Rs) 11.8 Book Value (Rs) 101.7 Earning Yield 9.6 ROA (%) 5.7 Return on Net Worth (%) 11.6 Return on Cap. Employed (%) 12.1 Iinterest Coverage (x) 4.2 (E) Measures of Valuation P/E (x) 10.4 M. Cap to Sales (x) 0.7 EV/Sales (x) 1.0
EV/EBDITA (x) 5.5
33.5 21.1 25.1 19.7 18.8 17.1 14.6 36.6 6.4 0.8 0.7 50.9 31.2 79.5 14.2 146.5 11.5 5.1 11.4 9.7 4.5 8.7 0.6 1.0
6.1
18.9 19.1 7.7 10.7 13.1 17.1 13.5 35.0 6.0 0.7 0.6 55.0 35.0 80.0 15.7 165.8 12.7 4.4 10.0 10.9 3.3 7.8 0.5 0.8
4.9
15.7 19.1 31.2 31.2 24.5 17.6 14.7 35.0 6.7 0.6 0.5 60.0 33.0 85.0 20.6 190.4 16.7 5.4 11.5 12.0 4.2 6.0 0.4 0.7
4.0
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