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Investment Memo: ASAHIINDIA

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Our Rating: OBSERVE & HOLD

Mehabe score: 3
G Factor: 2
Piotski Score: 5
The stock has a rating OBSERVE & HOLD. The mehabe team score is reflective of its fundamental and technical merits. A rating above 8 is considered good buy. The stock has a G-Factor of 2 and Piotski score of 5.

Description

Asahi India Glass Ltd. (AIS) is India’s leading value-added and integrated glass solutions company and a dominant player both in the automotive and architectural glass segments. Established in 1984, It was formed as a Joint Venture between The Labroo Family, Asahi Glass Co. of Japan and Maruti Udyog Ltd (now Maruti Suzuki India Ltd).

Main Points

Dominance in Auto Glass Market
It is the dominant player in Indian auto glass market and is also recognized as the strategic supplier of choice. With a market share of approx. 73% in the passenger vehicle segment, AIS’s Auto Glass is with nearly three out of every four cars, SUVs and MUVs manufactured in India. It’s customers include Maruti Suzuki (also promoter), Hyundai, Motors, Tata Motors, Mahindra, Toyota, MG, Renault and many more.Site: ASAHIINDIA

Market Cap: Rs 8,273 cr Price: 340.0 Trading pe: 81.9x
Book-value: 52.5/share Div yield: 0.29 % Earning yield: 2.47%
Face-value: 1.00/share 52week high: 358.80 52week low: 158.00

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 340.0, above its 50dma 314.13. It also trades above its 200dma 276.91. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 358.80 and the 52week low is at 158.00

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 6.48 times its book value
– has low interest coverage ratio.
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 4.72% over past five years.
-Tax rate seems low

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 40.4x. Asahi India Glas trades at the industry’s max P/E of 81.92x. ASAHIINDIA trades at a P/E of 81.9x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 2.9 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. ASAHIINDIA has a G-Factor of 2 and Piotski scoreof 5.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 12.7%. The max 1- month return was given by Hind.Natl.Glass: a return of 29.68 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 815.0 cr compared to Rs 600.0 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 35.8%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 182.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 89.0 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 749.8 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 3.48 compared to Rs 3.04 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 2.16 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 2434.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 2643.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a fall of 8.6%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -2.6%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 18.0% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 16.0% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 200.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 133.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 154.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 15.8%.
  • Company reported a poor Net Profit CAGR of -9.1% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

    Sales Growth

    Profit Growth Statement

    Profit Growth Statement

    Stock Price CAGR

    Return of Equity

    General Comments

    – The stock has given a return of 103% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -20% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 4% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -31% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 2% over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Shareholding Pattern

    – FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 fii holding stood at 1.14% vis-vis 1.15% for Dec 2020
    – Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 43.4% vis-vis 43.71% for Dec 2020

    Conclusion

    – – Stock is trading at 6.48 times its book value
    – has low interest coverage ratio.
    -The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 4.72% over past five years.
    -Tax rate seems low

    • Fundamentally, the stock remains weak on business fundamentals. Weak near term results have dampened and questioned business drivers. We suggest to wait for a upturn in business performance.
    • Technically, the stock trades above its 50 DMA 314.13 and is trading at 340.0 It has shown near term bullish momentum contrary to business fundamentals. We suggest to observe price action. However as investors, who like to avoid timing the markets, we suggest to avoid the stock
    • Thus, overall, we retain a OBSERVE & HOLD.

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