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KEC International - 1QFY20 Result - Narnolia
KEC International - 1QFY20 Result - Narnolia
Industry Eng. & Cons. All Businesses performing well, Entry into Smart Infra will boost
Bloomberg KECI IN
BSE CODE 532714 the Growth
RATING BUY Power T&D:- International market growing at faster pace compared to domestic market
supported by SAARC countries especially Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Subdued Capex by
CMP 309
PGCIL will continue to hurt domestic performance. Though, Rs 12000-15000 Cr opportunities
Price Target 408 in Green Energy Corridor and capex by some of SEBs will drive the domestic market. We expect
overall 13% CAGR revenue growth over FY19-21E.
Potential Upside 32%
SAE from Tower Manufacturer to EPC service provider:- SAE’s journey from a Tower
Manufacturer to EPC services provider will drive the strong growth going forward. In last two
year company has secured large orders in Power T&D which is expected to start form Q1FY20.
Railway, Growth Engine of the Company:- Indian Railway’s electrification drive continue to
provides strong growth opportunities as the Indian railway has plan to do 10000 Rkm
STOCK INFO
electrification every year for next 3 years in order to complete the 100% electrification of Broad
52wk Range H/L 355/229
Gauge railway network. KEC has 40% market share in railway electrification work.
Mkt Capital (Rs Cr) 8159 Civil a Constructive Growth Driver:- In last two years company has diversified its service
Free float (%) 49% offering to Civil construction of Plants, Factories and Residential buildings. Earlier it was limited
up to civil work for Water and Waste water treatment plants only. Now management is eyeing
Avg. Vol 1M (,000) 287
to enter into affordable housing. Management is very ambitious about the business prospect
No. of Shares (Cr.) 26 and expects to do revenue of Rs 1000 Cr in FY20 and Rs 2000 Cr in FY21.
Promoters Pledged % 0 Cable, higher capacity utilization limits the growth:- Currently operating at maximum
capacity, management does not envisage capacity addition in near term. The volume will not
grow significantly going ahead, improvement in revenue will be through better product mix
only. The higher demand of power cables may improve the operating margin further.
Solar, uncertain policy may impact the growth:- The Government’s target for the renewable
KEY FINANCIAL/VALUATIONS In Rs Cr energy is continuous to be ambitious but the uncertainty in the policy framework is
hampering/delaying the investment opportunities in the domestic market. Hence, company
FY19 FY20E FY21E
has shifted its focus on International market like MENA, Africa and South Asian countries.
Net Sales 11001 12622 14354 Smart Infra a New Avenue for the Growth:- Last year company has enter into this segment
EBITDA 1150 1329 1523 considering the government’s strong push for the Smart City Mission (a Rs 2 tr opportunities).
EBIT 1033 1221 1389 In last one year the SCM has picked up the pace and currently 1 lakh Cr of tenders are approved
PAT 496 591 699 and ready for the award. We expect the Smart Infra will become substantial business segment
EPS (Rs) 19 23 27 of the company going ahead.
Overall Growth will be Strong:- The revival of the domestic Power T&D projects execution,
EPS gr % 8% 19% 18%
strong growth in International business and continuous growth trajectory of Non T&D business
ROE (%) 20% 20% 20%
led by the Railway & Civil will help to post strong growth. Additionally, management’s strategy
ROCE (%) 35% 35% 34% of business and geography diversification will support the sustainable growth in the long run.
BVPS 95 114 137 Opening order book of Rs 20000 Cr with L1 orders of Rs 3500 Cr will support the revenue
P/B (X) 3.2 2.7 2.2 growth. We have model in 14% Revenue CAGR growth over FY19-20E.The improving margin of
P/E (X) 15.8 13.4 11.4 Non T&D business will help company to maintain operating margin above 10.5%.
EV/EBITDA 7.1 6.3 5.4 View and Valuation
KEC is poised well to capitalize growing opportunities in the Infra space and we believe that the
revenue growth trajectory of Non T&D business is likely to continue led by the Railway and Civil
business. Power T&D business is expected to back on track with 13% CAGR growth over
FY19-21E supported by the strong order book of Rs 20000 Cr plus with Rs 3500 Cr of L1 Orders.
RESEARCH ANALYST The management’s business diversification strategy to reduce dependency over single
segment will result into sustainable growth going ahead. We have estimated revenue CAGR
growth of 14% over FY19-21E. Operating margin continue to remain strong at 10.5%. RoE will
sustain at 20%.Currently stock is trading at 11x of FY21 EPS which is lower than its long term
average P/E of 16x. We value the stock at 15x and arrived at target price of Rs 408 per share.
We maintain our Buy rating on the stock.
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Exhibit 2: Segmental Revenue (%) Exhibit 3: Order Book Segment Wise (%)
Exhibit 4: Segmental Order Inflow (%) Exhibit 5: Geographical Presence (No. of Country)
Non T&D Contribution in Revenue has increased from 17% to 35% in Despite the change in revenue mix margin witness improvement year
span of 4 years backed by strong revenue growth in Railway and Civil after year from Fy16
Exhibit 8: Borrowing Mix (%) Exhibit 9: Total Debt and Interest cost as % of Sales
Order book from SAARC Countries has grown by 99% CAGR in last 4 years
Bangladesh
According to the World Bank, Bangladesh is among the five fastest growing economy of
the world. GDP of the country is growing at an average of 6% since 2010. In 2014
country has moved into lower middle income country group. As per the government
data GDP is likely to touch 8% in 2019. The power sector of Bangladesh is growing at
rapid pace in last one decade. The installed capacity has grown from 3000 MW in 2009
to 15000 MW in 2017. Despite the strong growth in electricity generation, the per capita
consumption of electricity is 407 kWh in 2017, which is the one of the lowest among
South Asian countries. To keep up the GDP growth rate Bangladesh need to invest
heavily into power sector.
Exhibit 16: SAE Order Book Exhibit 17: SAE Revenue Perfromance
Order Book has moved into Rs 2000 Cr range from earlier range of Last year Revenue growth was impacted due to pending environment
Rs1000-1200 Cr backed by EPC orders approvals
KEC is sitting on the order book of Rs 14000 Cr with L1 orders of Rs 3500 Cr and we
expect the execution will be pick up going ahead. Domestic projects execution will pick
up after the election. Execution of International projects was impacted in last quarter on
account of delay in environmental approvals, which is expected to receive in Q1FY20
and execution will kick off. Much delayed projects in Brazil is also expected to start. We
have model in 13% CAGR growth in revenue in FY19-FY21E with the stable operating
margin.
Exhibit 22: Railway Business Order Inflow Exhibit 23: Railway Business Order Book
Exhibit 25: Civil Business Order Inflow Exhibit 26: Civil Business Order Book
In FY18, Company re-enters in Civil business and expand its offering Execution of the projects is shorter in range of 12-15 months. So the
from Water projects to Factories, Plants and Residential buildings. orders received in the year is mostly executed in the same year itself.
Source:- MHoUA
Source:- MHoUA
Cable
Formerly known as RPG Cable, It is into manufacturing of Power (HT and EHV cables
up to 220 kv), Control & Instrumentation, Telecom, Railway and Solar Cables.
Company also provides turnkey cabling solution for the HT and EHV cables in domestic
and International markets. Company continuously expanding its geographical
presence and currently present into 77 countries. The RPG cable was merged into KEC
international in 2010. Company has two manufacturing plants located at Vadodara in
Gujarat and Mysore in Karnataka.
Exhibit 30: Cable Business Order Inflow Exhibit 31: Cable Business Order Book
Solar
Solar business offers comprehensive EPC services across large-scale ground-
mounted and rooftop solutions, including Single Axis Tracking projects. Additionally,
company has started manufacturing solar structures and in discussion with the
prospective clients for the solar structure. Company is also initiating strategic ties up
with tracker manufactures for the supply of solar structures. Company is continuously
looking to expand its presence in international market and has tie up with international
developers for the MENA and South East Asia Market.
Imposition of safeguard duty on Solar Panel (India import 90% of its requirement) impacted the
capacity addition in Fy19.
Exhibit 33: Solar Business Revenue Performance Exhibit 34: Solar Business Order Book
Smart City Invement Smart City Invement Smart City Invement Smart City Invement
Required Required Required Required
Source:- MHoUA
Source:- MHoUA
Source:- MHoUA
Source:- MHoUA
KEC has deployed Smart Pole at Ludhiana in partnership with Ludhiana Smart City and Raychem
RPG.The Smart Pole offering services like surveillance cameras, Wi-Fi, digital display,
environmental sensors, etc.
Currently company presence across 100 + countries, EPC projects in 68 countries, Supplying cables
into 77 countries and tower supply into 62 countries.
As on FY18 End
Currently stock is tranding lower than its long term average valution multiple of 16x
KEC International Limited, the flagship company of RPG Group is global Infrastructure
KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) major. It is offering services across
Managing Director & CEO Power T&D, Railway, Cables, Tower Supply, Civil, Solar and Smart Infra. It has
Mr. Vimal Kejriwal presence across 100 plus countries. It is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
certified company. Company has 5 tower manufacturing plants across India (Nagpur,
Chief Financial Officer
Jabalpur and Jaipur) ,Brazil and Mexico with annual capacity of 3,12,000 MTs and 2
Mr. Rajeev Agarwal
state of art Cable manufacturing facilities in India (Vadodara and Mysore).
Corporate Action
DATE ACTION EFFECT
23-Jun-11 Dividend 1.2
27-Jun-12 Dividend 1.2
7-Aug-13 Dividend 0.1
16-Jun-14 Dividend 0.6
20-Jul-15 Dividend 0.9
22-Mar-16 Interim Dividend 1.0
18-Jul-17 Dividend 1.6
20-Jul-18 Dividend 2.4
15-Jul-19 Dividend 2.7
Shareholding Pattern
3Q 4Q 2Q Experience Management Team
FY19 FY19 FY19
Promoters 51 51 51
DII 8 7 7
FII 22 25 26
Others 19 18 16
Pledge % - - -
TOP 5 SHAREHOLDER %
HDFC Prudence Fund 9.25
Reliance Power & Infra Fund 3.93
Aditya Birla Sun Life Midcap Fund 3.52
Kotak Standard Multicap Fund 2.79
IDFC Sterling Value Fund 2.16
Financial Details
Income Statement
Y/E March FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20E FY21E
Revenue from Operation 8,093 8,657 8,710 8,755 10,091 11,001 12,622 14,354
Change (%) 14% 7% 1% 1% 15% 9% 15% 14%
EBITDA 493 512 692 818 1,006 1,150 1,329 1,523
Change (%) 29% 4% 35% 18% 23% 14% 16% 15%
Margin (%) 6% 6% 8% 9% 10% 10% 11% 11%
Depr & Amor. 71 88 132 130 110 117 108 134
EBIT 423 424 561 688 896 1,033 1,221 1,389
Int. & other fin. Cost 263 309 279 254 229 312 323 329
Other Income 14 146 10 29 21 23 11 14
EBT 173 261 291 463 687 744 909 1,074
Exp Item 18 - - - - - - -
Tax 88 100 144 159 229 257 318 375
Minority Int & P/L share of Ass. 0 0 (0) - - - - -
Reported PAT 67 161 148 305 460 496 591 699
Adjusted PAT 58 161 148 305 460 496 591 699
Change (%) -11% 178% -8% 106% 51% 8% 19% 18%
Margin(%) 1% 2% 2% 3% 5% 5% 5% 5%
Balance Sheet
Y/E March FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20E FY21E
Share Capital 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51
Reserves 1,140 1,132 1,239 1,535 1,946 2,384 2,886 3,481
Networth 1,192 1,183 1,290 1,586 1,997 2,435 2,938 3,532
Debt 1,809 2,702 3,023 2,008 1,639 1,697 2,362 2,518
Other Non Cur Liab 93 135 141 152 145 164 164 164
Total Capital Employed 1,794 1,910 1,883 2,362 2,736 2,976 3,479 4,073
Net Fixed Assets (incl CWIP) 992 1,039 1,011 963 998 986 1,072 1,088
Non Cur Investments - 0 - - - - - -
Other Non Cur Asst 351 295 297 222 254 220 220 220
Non Curr Assets 1,343 1,334 1,308 1,185 1,252 1,206 1,292 1,309
Inventory 505 390 360 395 627 641 736 836
Debtors 3,808 3,846 4,658 4,200 5,039 4,875 5,602 6,371
Cash & Bank 144 198 85 208 231 276 179 388
Other Curr Assets 1,234 1,807 1,919 496 667 895 1,027 1,168
Curr Assets 5,691 6,240 7,022 5,299 6,564 6,687 7,543 8,763
Creditors 3,213 1,997 2,027 3,167 4,658 4,801 5,533 6,292
Provisons 115 76 83 103 83 50 58 66
Other Curr Liab 989 882 1,262 1,552 1,746 100 1,893 2,153
Curr Liabilities 4,317 2,955 3,372 4,822 6,487 4,952 7,484 8,511
Net Curr Assets 1,374 3,285 3,650 476 77 1,736 59 252
Total Assets 7,411 8,180 8,891 8,728 10,539 11,694 13,143 14,920
Financial Details
Cash Flow
Y/E March FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20E FY21E
PBT 155 261 148 305 460 496 909 1,074
(inc)/Dec in Working Capital (396) (321) (835) 703 (234) (579) 1,072 (525)
Non Cash Op Exp 71 88 132 130 110 117 108 134
Int Paid (+) 263 309 279 254 247 312 323 329
Tax Paid 113 122 133 104 230 298 318 375
others 287 319 661 669 399 96 323 329
CF from Op. Activities (9) 153 (75) 1,662 660 199 (158) 637
(inc)/Dec in FA & CWIP (146) 117 (23) (67) (136) (108) (193) (150)
Free Cashflow (155) 269 (99) 1,595 524 90 (352) 487
(Pur)/Sale of Inv - - - - 612 622 0 -
others 1 0 (3) (24) 4 (59) - -
CF from Inv. Activities (136) 125 (23) (183) (4) (69) (193) (150)
inc/(dec) in NW - - - - - - - -
inc/(dec) in Debt 410 106 306 (1,122) (365) 234 665 156
Int. Paid (263) (305) 276 (256) (221) (317) (323) (329)
Div Paid (inc tax) (15) (17) 58 (1) (41) (61) (88) (104)
others - - - - - - - -
CF from Fin. Activities 132 (216) 639 (1,379) (638) (150) 254 (278)
Inc(Dec) in Cash (14) 62 541 100 17 (21) (98) 209
Add: Opening Balance 146 132 185 75 176 193 276 179
Closing Balance 132 194 741 176 193 175 179 388
Key Ratio
Y/E March FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20E FY21E
ROE 6% 14% 11% 19% 23% 20% 20% 20%
ROCE 24% 22% 30% 29% 33% 35% 35% 34%
Asset Turnover 1.09 1.06 0.98 1.00 0.96 0.94 0.96 0.96
Debtor Days 172 162 195 175 182 162 162 162
Inv Days 23 16 15 16 23 21 21 21
Payable Days 145 84 85 132 168 159 160 160
Int Coverage 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 4
P/E 26.0 12.8 21.2 17.6 21.7 15.8 13.4 11.4
Price / Book Value 1.5 1.7 2.4 3.4 5.0 3.2 2.7 2.2
EV/EBITDA 4.5 5.1 5.3 7.3 10.5 7.1 6.3 5.4
FCF per Share (7) 2 (7) 62 20 3 (14) 19
Div Yield 0.5% 0.5% 1.6% 0.0% 0.5% 0.8% 0.9% 1.1%
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