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Summary
Company 1 Company 2 Company 3
Two wheeler Segments
(< 100 CC, > 100 but <250 CC etc)

Production Capacity
Sales Figures

Per Bike Realization

Monthly Sales (exact if possible, to see the trend)

Market Share in India


GDP/Capita vs Avg Bike/Households Comparison
Bike Price as a % of Disposable Income

Kind of Bike (Cruizer, Chopper etc.)

Bike Recall Incidents, if any


Workforce

Concentration of Bike Purchase


Bike Usage

Growth Rate of Last 5 Years in


Sales
Profit
Bike Numbers
Debt
Profit Margin
Asset Turnover
Capex/Revenue

Export % of Sales
Export to Countries
% Increase in Exports

Bike Utility (used per year KMs)


Bike Life in Years

Cost Structure
Raw Material
Salary
Advertising
Interest
Currency Hedging Cost
R&D

Imapct due to EMIs


Bikes purchased through EMIs
% Increase and Trend
Bikes purchased through Payment at one go
% Increase and Trend

Replacement or Higher Category Impact


Bikes Replaced and Bought Higher Category ones
% Increase
Comparison with Per Capita Increase

Government Schemes Impact


MSP (minimum sales price of crops) Impact
MNREGA or Minimum Wage Impact
Urbanization Impact
Taxation Impact

Company Details
New Products to be Launched
Success Rate
Cannibalization of Old Moter %age
Sales Forecast of New Model
Capex Requirment, if any for New Model

Dealers
Dealership Network
Dealership Benefits provided (margins etc.)

Market Analysis
Gulf
South East Asia
Asia Pacific
Eurasia
North America
Africa

Impact through New Industires


Ride Sharing Offerings through 2W (like South East Asia)
Delivery App / Logistics Requirements
Impact through EV

Valuation Parameters for Consideration


Capacity Growth
Bike Realization (per bike price)
Load Factor (Utilization)
Margin Improvement, if any
Export Growth
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Questions to be answered
1. Who are the major players?
2. Do you have the company and financial details about major players?
3. Is there any market regulator overseeing the business?
4. Do you know what kind of products companies in this industry offer?
5. How do they make money?
6. What do you think will be major costs for this industry?
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Questions to be answered
1. In India, how big is this industry?
2. Globally, how big is the industry?
3. Contribution of this sector to GDP in India vis-à-vis other countries?
4. People employed?
5. What is so different in India compared to world in numbers? (any metric suggests that)
6. Can you reach to potential growth in India?
7. Rationale for growth?
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Questions to be answered
1. What is the sales number of each major company?
2. What is the profit number of each major company?
3. What is the debt number of each major company?
4. What is the sales number growth of each major company?
5. What is the profit number growth of each major company?
6. What is the debt number growth of each major company?
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Questions to be answered
1. Where is the sales coming from for each company?
2. Various cost contribution to sales for each company?
3. Profit margin for each sales generating segment?
4. Companre sales and cost for each company and identify trend
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Questions to be answered
1. What are the variables for sales?
2. What are the variables for cost?
3. Is business regulated? If yes, then the major policy effects?
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Questions to be answered
1. Calculate major ratios?
2. Identify trend?
3. Competition analysis from outside the Industry (example: for Airline it is Railways)
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Questions to be answered
1. Calculate major ratios?
2. Identify trend?
3. Share of Other Income in Total Sales?
4. Interest Cost as a % of Operating Profit?
5. Other Income is recurring or one time?
6. Why interest cost is high?
7. Why debt is high?

Reason for Ratio movement and link to Business and it's impact on BS and P&L
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Questions to be answered
1. Cash from Operating Activity (CFO)
2. Capex (NFA+WIP change+Dep)
3. Total Debt (D)
4. Cash + Investments (CI +NCI)
5. FCF (Free Cash Flow)
6. Total Div 10 Yrs
7. FCF/CFO
8. SG to Capex

Reasons for each one to go up or down and try to link to Balance Sheet or P&L
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