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All-round performance…
KEC reported a decent set of Q2FY21 numbers that were better than our
estimates on the revenue front led by better execution in the non-T&D
segment while T&D segment stayed flat. However, margins saw some
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impact on the back of higher than expected operating cost. KEC’s YTD order Particulars
inflow came in at | 4366 crore, up 16%, YoY. Recognition of Covid expenses, Par ticu lar Am o u n t
higher contracting expenses and forex loss in Brazilian projects led EBIDTA Ma rke t C a pita liz a tion 8,741.0
margins to come in a tad below expectations. With strong backlog and Tota l De bt (FY 20) |2061.1 c rore
tendering pipeline, we believe KEC will perform strongly in H2FY21-FY22E C a s h a nd Inv . (FY 20) |152.7 c rore
across all parameters. EV 10,650.1
52 w e e k H/L |359/ 155
Non-T&D business drives execution while order inflows strong
Equity c a pita l |51.4 C rore
Topline came in at | 3257.7 crore, up 16% YoY (above our estimate of Fa c e v a lue |2
| 2875.8 crore). During Q2FY21, the overall T&D business (including SAE Price graph
Tower) revenue remained flat YoY at | 1977 crore. While non-T&D business
(railways, civil, cables, other) registered robust growth of 52% to | 1349 500 12000
crore, YoY led by better execution. The railways business revenue came in 400 10000
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at | 821 crore, up 45% while civil business segment revenue grew 3x to 300
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| 212 crore. The company has bagged orders to the tune of | 4366 crore. 200
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KEC has submitted tenders to the tune of | 30000 crore with more worth 100 2000
| 25000 crore set to come up for bidding in the next two months. The 0 0
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Exhibit 1: Variance Analysis
Q2FY21 Q2FY21E Q2FY20 YoY (Chg %) Q1FY21 QoQ (Chg %) Comments
Revenues above our estimates on
Revenue 3257.7 2,875.8 2,808.8 16.0 2,206.8 47.6 account of better execution across
segments
Other Income 6.8 6.0 3.6 88.6 6.9 -2.0
Key Metrics
Decent inflows despite economic
Order inflows 2,435 2,434 2,651 -8.1 1,931.0 26.1
slowdown
Backlog and execution cycle ensures
Order backlog 19515 18188 18085 7.9 18630 4.7
reasonable visibility in FY21E-22E
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Exhibit 3: Assumptions
Current Earlier Comments
FY20 FY21E FY22E FY21E FY22E
Order Inflow growth -19.5 8.3 26.4 3.5 32.1 Order inflow estimates revised considering bunching up of tendering activities
Order Backlog growth -6.9 -3.9 4.0 -4.4 6.2
Strong revenue growth in railways likely to continue amid expected recovery in
Revenue growth 8.8 8.6 13.7 5 14.4
domestic T&D
EBITDA Margins 10.3 8.7 10.4 9.8 10.4 Margins expected to sustain near current levels
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Exhibit 4: KEC exhibits strong order inflow trend… Exhibit 5: Order backlog trend and visibility
(| crore)
10000 8482 8204 8714 15000 12,631 20
10 10,20010,300 9,449
8000
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6000 0
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4000 5000
2000 -20 -10
0 -30 0 -20
FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21EFY22E FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21EFY22E
Order Inflow YoY growth (%) [R.H.S.] Order backlog YoY growth (%) [R.H.S.]
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Exhibit 6: Revenue trend in FY14-22E Exhibit 7: PAT to rise sharply on strong margin recovery
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8000 500
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10 20.6
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0
ROE (%) ROCE(%)
FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
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Price Idirect target Consensus Target Mean % Consensus with BUY
Source: Bloomberg, Company, ICICI Direct Research
Financial summary
Exhibit 13: Profit and loss statement | crore Exhibit 14: Cash flow statement | crore
(Y e ar -e n d Mar ch ) FY 19 FY 20 FY 21E FY 22E (Y e ar -e n d Mar ch ) FY 19 FY 20 FY 21E FY 22E
T o tal o p e r atin g In co m e 11,000.9 11,965.4 12,995.2 14,772.6 Prof it a f te r Ta x 494.2 565.9 511.7 757.0
G row th (% ) 9.4 8.8 8.6 13.7 A dd: De pre c ia tion 117.1 147.2 171.2 199.6
R a w Ma te ria l Ex pe ns e s 5,409.7 5,591.6 6,187.6 7,161.5 (Inc )/de c in C urre nt A s s e ts -1,293.5 -973.3 -1,299.1 -983.8
Employe e Ex pe ns e s 832.2 1,104.4 1,077.4 1,224.6 Inc /(de c ) in C L a nd Prov is ions 641.7 415.6 929.1 230.1
Ere c ting & C ontra c ting Ex p. 2,713.8 2,826.3 3,259.3 3,476.6 O the rs 3.3 3.0 5.0 5.0
A dminis tra tiv e Ex pe ns e s 895.5 1,208.4 1,412.1 1,510.5 C F fr o m o p e r atin g activitie s -40.5 155.4 312.9 202.8
Tota l O pe ra ting Ex pe nditure 9,851.2 10,730.7 11,936.3 13,373.2 (Inc )/de c in Inv e s tments -36.6 80.7 0.0 -35.0
EBIT DA 1,149.7 1,234.7 1,133.9 1,531.4 (Inc )/de c in Fix e d A s s e ts -116.6 -393.3 -70.0 -180.0
G row th (% ) 14.3 7.4 -8.2 35.1 O the rs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
De pre c ia tion 117.1 147.2 171.2 199.6 C F fr o m in ve s tin g activitie s 21.8 -339.5 -167.0 -247.6
Inte re s t 316.2 308.0 280.7 315.1 Is s ue /(Buy ba c k) of Equity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
O the r Inc ome 29.1 11.1 21.7 29.5 Inc /(de c ) in loa n f unds 57.4 365.0 100.0 30.0
Ex c e ptiona l Ite m -6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Div ide nd pa id & div ide nd ta x -74.3 -188.9 -86.5 -98.8
PBT 751.8 790.6 703.6 1,046.3 Inc /(de c ) in S e c . pre mium 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tota l Ta x 257.7 224.7 191.9 289.3 O the rs 0.0 7.6 0.0 0.0
PA T 494.2 565.9 511.7 757.0 C F fr o m fin an cin g activitie s 0.9 161.5 -54.1 -68.8
A djus te d PA T 494.2 565.9 511.7 757.0 Ne t C a s h f low -17.8 -22.6 91.9 -113.5
G row th (% ) 7.3 14.5 -9.6 47.9 O pe ning C a s h 193.0 175.2 152.7 244.5
EPS (|) 19.2 22.0 19.9 29.4 C lo s in g C as h 175.2 152.7 244.5 131.0
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Exhibit 15: Balance sheet | crore Exhibit 16: Key ratios | crore
(Y e ar -e n d Mar ch ) FY 19 FY 20 FY 21E FY 22E (Y e ar -e n d Mar ch ) FY 19 FY 20 FY 21E FY 22E
L ia bilitie s Pe r s ha re da ta (|)
Equity C a pita l 51.4 51.4 51.4 51.4 EPS 19.2 22.0 19.9 29.4
R e s e rv e a nd S urplus 2,383.7 2,746.2 3,103.8 3,762.0 C a s h EPS 23.8 27.7 26.6 37.2
Tota l S ha re holde rs f unds 2,435.1 2,797.6 3,155.2 3,813.4 BV 94.7 108.8 122.7 148.3
Tota l De bt 1,696.8 2,061.8 2,161.8 2,191.8 DPS 2.4 6.1 2.8 3.2
De f e rre d Ta x L ia bility 149.7 75.1 85.1 90.1 C a s h Pe r S ha re 6.8 5.9 9.5 5.1
Minority Inte re s t / O the rs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 O p e r atin g Ratio s (%)
T o tal L iab ilitie s 4,295.5 5,062.4 5,529.0 6,221.2 EBITDA Ma rgin 10.5 10.3 8.7 10.4
PBT / Tota l O pe ra ting inc ome 6.8 6.6 5.4 7.1
A s s e ts PA T Ma rgin 4.5 4.7 3.9 5.1
G ros s Bloc k 1,427.3 1,695.5 1,839.4 1,999.4 Inv e ntory da ys 21.3 23.7 25.0 21.0
L e s s : A c c De pre c ia tion 560.8 654.2 790.5 953.8 De btor da ys 161.8 165.5 170.0 170.0
Ne t Bloc k 866.5 1,041.2 1,049.0 1,045.6 C re ditor da ys 159.3 152.7 150.0 140.0
C a pita l WIP 7.3 84.0 10.0 30.0 Re tu r n Ratio s (%)
Tota l Fix e d A s s e ts 873.8 1,125.2 1,059.0 1,075.6 R oE 20.1 20.2 16.2 19.9
Inv e s tments 114.2 33.4 33.4 68.4 R oC E 24.8 22.3 18.2 22.3
Inv e ntory 641.0 775.8 890.4 849.9 R oIC 30.0 26.6 21.5 25.3
De btors 4,875.3 5,425.9 6,052.5 6,880.4 V alu atio n Ratio s (x)
L oa ns a nd A dv a nc e s 33.6 102.0 27.9 91.7 P/E 17.7 15.4 17.1 11.5
O the r C urre nt A s s e ts 4,311.9 4,531.3 5,163.1 5,295.9 EV / EBITDA 8.9 8.6 9.4 7.1
Cash 175.2 152.7 244.5 131.0 EV / Ne t S a le s 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7
Tota l C urre nt A s s e ts 10,036.9 10,987.6 12,378.6 13,248.9 Ma rke t C a p / S a le s 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
C re ditors 4,800.9 5,007.3 5,340.5 5,666.2 Pric e to Book V a lue 3.6 3.1 2.8 2.3
Prov is ions 50.3 59.3 69.4 82.2 So lve n cy Ratio s
Tota l C urre nt L ia bilitie s 7,398.9 7,814.5 8,743.6 8,973.7 De bt/EBITDA 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.4
Ne t C urre nt A s s e ts 2,638.0 3,173.1 3,635.0 4,275.2 De bt / Equity 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
O the rs A s s e ts 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 C urre nt R a tio 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5
T o tal A s s e ts 4,295.5 5,062.4 5,529.0 6,221.2 Q u ick Ratio 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
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