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HI—success of the new molecule could drive HSD volume growth for a few years
22.9
Goodknight Agarbatti was rolled out in West/South India in February and would 63.2
be rolled out in North/East from March; this product with the new molecule is
more effective than the existing liquid vaporizer. GCPL has priced GK Agarbatti
(Rs10/12 in North/South for 10 sticks) at par with illegal incense sticks and it Promoters FPIs MFs BFIs Retail Others
is eyeing share gains in this segment; illegal incense sticks account for 20-25%
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of the HI market in value terms, and it is growing in DD. GCPL doesn’t have Price performance (%) 1M 3M 12M
Absolute 8 24 35
direct access to Paan Beedi shops (carry incense sticks) but we expect GK
Rel. to Nifty 5 12 8
Agarbatti to partially reach this channel through wholesalers. Other
Rel. to MSCI India 3 8 (1)
formats/products, such as LV, would be launched with this new molecule (RNF)
later this year. Forecasts/Valuations 2024E 2025E 2026E
EPS (Rs) 19.1 23.7 27.4
According to CEO, the potential success of this molecule could help GCPL drive
EPS growth (%) 11.2 24.1 15.4
high-single digit volume growth in HI for a few years. Management cited that
P/E (X) 65.6 52.9 45.8
the new formulation (with a 5X increase in molecule concentration) in Indonesia
P/B (X) 8.4 7.7 7.1
has helped GCPL Indonesia grow in HI after five years of flat sales. We note that
EV/EBITDA (X) 43.2 36.5 31.9
GCPL has launched a new molecule in India (patented + exclusive + superior
RoE (%) 13.5 15.3 16.1
efficacy), whereas it upgraded its formulation (increased concentration of
Div. yield (%) 0.6 0.8 1.0
existing active in the product) in Indonesia. Sales (Rs bn) 142 158 175
RCCL acquisition progressing well on guided lines EBITDA (Rs bn) 30 35 39
GCPL indicated that RCCL acquisition is broadly on track with guidance and it Net profits (Rs bn) 20 24 28
is pleased with (1) the reduction in fixed costs (margin expansion), (2) progress Source: Bloomberg, Company data, Kotak Institutional Equities estimates
on building the chemist channel and (3) good traction in KS condoms. Even as Prices in this report are based on the market close of
GCPL’s business case was built on DD growth, its aspiration is to turbocharge February 26, 2024
deodorant category growth (drive high-teen growth for RCC) in the MT.
Other highlights
(1) Demand environment in India continues to be muted, (2) GCPL’s recently launched liquid detergent
(Fab) has received encouraging response in Tamil Nadu, and the company is planning to take it to other
states (TN is 40% of India’s liquid detergent market and South + MH is 80% of the market), (3) the powder-
to-liquid format has done very well in handwash, but witnessed middling success in floor cleaners (GCPL
determined to do more work here), (4) GCPL sees significant innovation-led opportunity in accelerate
soap-to-body wash transition, (5) Cinthol is a Rs10 bn brand with a 5% market share in soaps, (6) among
other categories of interest in India, GCPL prefers beauty and health categories that have low penetration
and high gross margins. For instance, moisturizer is an interesting category if one can launch an
innovative/differentiated product.
GCPL: Consolidated Profit model, balance sheet, cash flow model (Ind-AS), March fiscal year-ends, 2018-26E (Rs mn)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024E 2025E 2026E
Profit model (Rs mn)
Net revenues 98,433 103,143 99,108 110,286 122,765 133,160 142,088 158,148 175,099
EBITDA 20,630 21,176 21,430 23,883 23,951 24,305 29,631 34,679 39,233
Other income 1,828 2,020 1,966 1,597 1,920 2,857 3,846 3,719 4,493
Interest expense (1,607) (2,243) (2,174) (1,266) (1,102) (1,757) (2,732) (1,351) (974)
Depreciation (1,557) (1,700) (1,973) (2,039) (2,099) (2,363) (2,710) (3,045) (3,379)
Extraordinary items 1,796 8,624 887 (445) (98) (541) — — —
Pretax profits 21,089 27,878 20,136 21,730 22,573 22,500 28,036 34,002 39,373
Tax (4,047) (3,537) (4,336) (3,595) (3,719) (4,303) (7,192) (8,305) (9,774)
Minority Interest 11 6 8 (0) 3 0 0 0 0
Net Income 17,053 24,348 15,809 18,134 18,857 18,197 20,844 25,697 29,599
PAT after MI but before EO/Norm tax 14,505 14,791 14,079 17,653 17,931 17,566 19,540 24,243 27,985
Earnings per share (Rs) 14.2 14.5 13.8 17.3 17.5 17.2 19.1 23.7 27.4
Balance sheet (Rs mn)
Total shareholder's equity 62,583 72,669 78,984 94,389 115,559 137,942 151,730 166,002 181,331
Total borrowings 35,076 33,821 35,184 7,595 16,077 10,340 9,640 8,940 8,240
Other financial liabilities 7,540 2,176 1,886 11,578 644 576 576 576 576
Deferred tax liability 1,946 (4,728) (5,701) (6,378) (6,796) (6,412) (6,412) (6,412) (6,412)
Minority Interest — — — — — — — — —
Total liabilities and equity 107,144 103,937 110,352 107,184 125,485 142,446 155,533 169,105 183,734
Net fixed assets incl CWIP 83,989 87,223 92,366 88,711 92,373 98,824 126,240 126,412 126,172
Investments 9,973 5,160 6,720 6,791 10,154 30,290 11,393 11,393 11,393
Cash 9,602 8,947 7,702 6,722 11,078 3,907 9,037 21,649 35,722
Net current assets 3,581 2,607 3,566 4,960 11,880 9,424 8,864 9,651 10,448
Total assets 107,144 103,937 110,352 107,184 125,485 142,446 155,533 169,105 183,734
Free cash flow (Rs mn)
Operating cash flow (excl working capital) 17,543 17,463 18,620 20,208 19,867 20,573 23,229 27,182 30,354
Working capital (155) 6 (2,613) 88 (5,362) 933 560 (787) (797)
Capital expenditure (3,115) (2,077) (1,520) (1,639) (2,765) (2,274) (30,125) (3,218) (3,138)
Free cash flow 14,273 15,392 14,487 18,658 11,741 19,233 (6,335) 23,178 26,419
Key ratios (%)
Sales growth 5.7 4.6 (3.9) 11.3 11.3 8.4 6.7 11.3 10.7
EPS growth 11.2 2.0 (4.8) 25.4 1.6 (2.0) 11.2 24.1 15.4
EBITDA margin 21.0 20.5 21.6 21.7 19.5 18.3 20.9 21.9 22.4
Gross margin 56.6 55.8 57.0 55.3 50.5 49.7 54.9 55.4 55.6
Ad spends (% of sales) 8.2 8.1 7.5 6.6 6.1 7.4 9.5 9.8 9.8
Employee cost (% of sales) 10.7 10.6 10.3 10.2 9.0 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.4
ROE (%) 25.1 21.9 18.6 20.4 17.1 13.9 13.5 15.3 16.1
ROCE (%) 14.0 14.7 13.7 16.5 15.4 13.1 13.1 14.4 15.0
BUY. We expect this stock to deliver more than 15% returns over the next 12 months.
ADD. We expect this stock to deliver 5-15% returns over the next 12 months.
REDUCE. We expect this stock to deliver -5-+5% returns over the next 12 months.
SELL. We expect this stock to deliver <-5% returns over the next 12 months.
60%
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Kotak Institutional Equities and or its affiliates has
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provided investment banking services within the previous
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40% * The above categories are defined as follows: Buy = We
31.0% expect this stock to deliver more than 15% returns over
30% 26.3% the next 12 months; Add = We expect this stock to deliver
23.1% 5-15% returns over the next 12 months; Reduce = We
19.6% expect this stock to deliver -5-+5% returns over the next
20% 12 months; Sell = We expect this stock to deliver less than
-5% returns over the next 12 months. Our target prices
10% 6.7% are also on a 12-month horizon basis. These ratings are
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