POLYCAB INDIA LIMITED

IPO UPDATE

Polycab India Limited

Industry overview: Cables are of various types and varieties, each being designed specifically and thereby perform the necessary industrial functions. According to Crisil, the wires and cables industry in India is bifurcated into power cables, building wires, instrumentation and control cables, telecom cables (excluding OFCs), elastomeric cables, etc. which are used in various industrial sectors. The electrical cables and wires constitute ~40-45% of the electrical equipment industry in India. The increasing demand for power, light, communications (voice as well as data) has kept the demand for cables and wires on a higher side. The Indian cables and wires industry has grown at a CAGR of about 11% in value terms in the last five years in order to reach Rs52,500cr in FY18. The government investments and initiatives in the power and infrastructure sector will boost growth in cables and wires as the construction activities would increase the demand of cables. Crisil expects industry to grow by a CAGR of ~15% and reach an estimated Rs1,033bn by FY23.

About the Company: Polycab India Ltd (Polycab) is engaged in the manufacturing and selling business of wires and cables and Fast Moving Electrical Goods (FMEG) under the company’s brand name-POLYCAB. Apart from wires and cables, the company also manufactures and sells FMEG such as electric fans, LED lighting and luminaires, switches, switch gears, solar products etc. The company is considered to be one of the largest manufacturers in the wire and cables industry in India, in terms of revenue from the wires and the cables segment and thereby provide one of the most extensive range of wires and cables in the country. Polycab has 24 manufacturing facilities in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and in Daman and Diu. It is setting up a plant with the commodity trader Trafigura at Halol in Gujarat to make copper wire rods. The plant which was expected to commence production by the end of FY19 aims to strengthen the backward integration of Polycab’s manufacturing by

meeting a part of its demand for copper.

Business Products: 1. Wires and Cables: Comprises of Power, Control, Instrumentation, Solar cables etc. 2. Fast Moving Electrical Goods (FMEG): Electric fans, LED lighting and luminaires, Switches and switchgears, Solar products. 3. EPC: Key wires and cables products include Light Duty Cables (LDCs), low voltage, medium voltage, extra-high voltage, instrumentation, building wires and Electrical Wiring Accessories (EWA). Drivers for Business Growth: 1. Market leader: Being the largest manufacturer in India for wires and cables, in terms of the segmental revenues, the company has a market share of approximately 18% of the organized wires and cables industry which is about 12% of the total wires and cables industry in FY18. It also manufactures electrical goods, including fans, LED lighting, switches and switchgears and solar products.

2. Strong network presence and customer base: The company has a strong distribution network across India. As of 31st December, 2018 the network comprise of 2,800 authorized dealers and distributors. Polycab supplies its diverse spectrum of products to the authorized dealers who in turn sell it to the around 1lakh retail outlets that the company has in India. The key customers of the company are L&T Construction and Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.

3. Strong brand in electrical industry: Polycab focuses on providing quality and reliable products, continuous development in R&D efforts; together with its strong distribution network and sales marketing efforts has enabled the company to develop and maintain strong brand recognition in the electrical industry. Additionally, its brand image also provides them an opportunity to cross-sell its FMEG to its wires and cables customers.

SNAPSHOT

Issue Opens Friday, April 05, 2019

Issue Closes Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Price Band (Rs) 533/ 538

Bid Lot 27 shares and multiples thereafter

Face Value Rs10

Listing BSE & NSE

Type of Issue Fresh Issue & Offer for Sale

Offer Size (Rsmn)

Fresh Issue 4,000

OFS 9,459

Total 13,459

*Implied Market Cap (Rsmn) 79,969

*PE (Based on FY18 earnings)

21.6

*Note : Implied Market Cap & PE are calculated at higher price band of Rs538

Issue allocation

Reservations % of Net Issue

QIB 50

NIP 15

Retail 35

Total 100

Object of the offer

To achieve the benefits of listing the equity shares on the

Stock Exchanges

Offer for Sale by certain selling shareholders

Last 3 year Summarized Financials

Rs(mn) FY17 FY18 9MFY19

Sales 55,001 67,793 55,067

EBITDA 4,799 7,408 6,940

EBITDA % 8.7 10.9 12.6

Profit After Tax 2,330 3,709 3,582

Profit Margin % 4.2 5.5 6.5

Earning Per Share 16.5 26.3 25.4

RoNW(%) 11.7 15.8 13.2

Details of Selling Shareholder & No of Shares

Offer for Sale 17,582,000

Fresh Issue 7,434,944

Total 25,016,944

Source: RHP

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Drivers for Business Growth (contd.):

4. Expansion of FMEG business: Polycab aims to strengthen its market position in FMEG segment by focusing on its distribution reach, increasing rural penetration and greater retail expansion. It also intends to focus on manufacturing value added FMEG which enjoys higher profit margins. Further, the company also plans to strength its FMEG portfolio and enter into new product segments by way of continuous product development and innovation.

5. Govt. initiatives: With the help of various government initiatives such as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) which is aimed at providing continuous power supply to rural India, Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), government push for affordable housing, metro projects, airports and Smart Cities Mission, investment in underground cables will boost the demand for wires and cables.

Risks and concerns:

Fluctuations in macro-economic factors like level of GDP growth rate, rising/declining trends in the personal disposable income and consumer spending, government policies, less activities in infrastructure developments etc. may lead to a lower demand for the company’s products.

Fluctuations in the raw material (copper, aluminium, polyvinyl chloride compounds and steel) prices may pose a key challenge to the cables and wires industry as a whole.

Utilization of IPO Proceeds: With this IPO, the company plans to use nearly Rs800mn (out of the fresh issue of Rs4,000mn) towards scheduled repayment of all or some of its portion of borrowings availed by the company. Rs2,400mn to fund the incremental working capital requirements of the company and the remaining would be utilized towards general corporate purpose. Outlook and Valuations: Over the FY14-18, the company has achieved revenue and PAT CAGR of 15% and 43% respectively, majorly led by the new product launches, increasing distribution reach in B2C and increased focus on profitable growth. Being a market leader in wires and cables; on segmental basis, an improvement was observed in the same business; from 7.38% to 10.32% (from FY16 to FY18). In FY18, the company exported its products to over 40 countries. Its revenues from outside India contributed to around 3.41% of the total revenue segment for the nine months period ended 31st December, 2018. Based on FY18 reporting, the peers namely Finolex cables is trading at PE over 21.3x, Havells at 72.7x (highest), VGuard at 70.9x and KEI at 22.6x (lowest). When compared to these, Polycab has attractive valuations at ~21.6x PE. Hence, the IPO is reasonably priced. A strong brand portfolio and distribution network compliments Polycab’s product launches and expansion of FMEG business. The government initiatives and better prospects in electrical goods are the add-ons for potential business growth. Given the strong industry growth trends, leadership position, healthy financials and decent valuations, we feel that one can SUBSCRIBE to the IPO from a long term perspective.

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