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Saturday, December 3, 2016

INOX WIND LTD: WINDS WILL CHANGE !!!

Scrip Code: 539083 INOXWIND
CMP:  Rs. 185.85; Market Cap: Rs. 4,124.35 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 378.50 / Rs. 163.00.
Total Shares: 22,19,18,226 shares; Promoters : 19,00,00,000 shares –85.62 %; Total Public holding : 3,19,18,226 shares – 14.38 %; Book Value: Rs. 83.03; Face Value: Rs. 10.00; EPS: Rs. 17.14; Dividend: 0.00 %; P/E: 10.84 times; Ind. P/E: 24.11; EV/EBITDA: 8.25.
Total Debt: Rs. 1,467.17 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 5,524.30 Cr.

INOX WIND LIMITED: Incorporated on April 9, 2009 and is based in Noida, India. Inox Wind Ltd is a subsidiary of Gujarat Fluoro chemicals Limited. Inox Wind Limited manufactures and sells wind turbine generators and components in India. The company came out with an IPO on March 18 2015 offering 3,19,18,226 equity shares of Rs. 10 each for Rs. 325 per share raising Rs. 1,037.34 Cr, retail investor were given a discount of Rs. 15 per share. It got listed on April 9, 2015 at Rs. 400 made a high of Rs. 427.40 on listing day. The object of offer for sale was to invest in new equipment at the Una (Himachal Pradesh) unit to optimise the capacity of the nacelle and hub manufacturing facility, for expansion and up-gradation of existing manufacturing facilities, for long term working capital requirements, for investment in their subsidiary IWISL for the purpose of development of power evacuation infrastructure and other infrastructure developments and for other general corporate purposes. Inox Wind Ltd provides turnkey solutions for wind farm projects & offers services including wind resource assessment, site acquisition, infrastructure development, erections and commissioning, and also long term operations and maintenance of wind power projects. Company manufacture the components of wind turbine generators in-house with a view to ensuring high quality, advanced technology and reliability and maintaining cost competitiveness. Company has facilities dedicated to manufacturing nacelles, hubs, rotor blade sets and towers. Inox Wind have a perpetual license from AMSC Austria GmbH (formerly Windtec GmbH), or AMSC, a leading wind energy technology company based in Austria, to manufacture 2 MW WTGs in India based on AMSC’s proprietary technology. Inox Wind has a fully integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing plants at Una (Himachal Pradesh) for Hubs and Nacelles and Rohika, near Ahmedabad (Gujarat) for Blades and Tubular Towers. Inox Wind manufactures the key components of the Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) to ensure high quality based on the most advanced technology, reliability of performance, and cost competitiveness. Inox WTGs are designed for low wind speed sites such as those in India. Inox Wind is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. In addition, IWL’s manufacturing units are awarded with ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 3834-2 (tower manufacturing facility). Inox Wind turbines are type certified by TUV SUD according to “The Guidelines for the Certification of Wind Turbines issued by Germanischer Lloyd” and are duly enlisted in RLMM by C-WET. Inox Wind manufacturers two different WTG models 2 MW rating: Rotor diameter of 93 meters with hub height of 80 meters Rotor Diameter of 100 meters with hub height of 80 to 92 meters. Inox Wind owns a 100 % subsidiary, Inox Wind Infrastructure Services, which does the project development in respect of wind power projects, including wind studies, energy assessments, land acquisition, site infrastructure development, power evacuation, statutory approvals, erection and commissioning and long term operation and maintenance of the wind farms. Company produced and sold 60 turbine generators and in FY 2013; 60 turbine generators of 2 MW each. INOX WIND Limited is locally compared with Suzlon Energy Ltd, Honda Siel Power Products Ltd, Triveni Turbine Ltd, TD Power System Ltd, BHEL, Siemens Ltd, Crompton Greaves Ltd, Thermax Ltd, ABB India Ltd, Alstom India Ltd, KEC International Ltd, Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt Ltd, GE India Industrial Pvt Ltd, Vestas Wind Technology India Private ltd, Sinovel DB India Pvt Ltd and globally compared with  AZZ Inc of USA, Ametek Inc of USA, Babcock & Wilcox Enterpr of USA, Broadwind Energy Inc of USA, Enersys of USA, Franklin Electric Co Inc of USA, Areva of France, Alstom of France,  Gamesa Corp Technologica S.A. of Spain, Vestas Wind Systems A/s of Germany, Schneider Electric S.E.of France, PNE WIND AG of Germany.

Investment Rationale:

Inox Wind Ltd, an Inox Group company, is India’s fourth-largest wind turbine generator (WTG) manufacturer and commands market share of 7 % in FY15. The Inox Group is operational from 1923 in India and currently operates in industrial gases, engineering plastics, refrigerants, chemicals, cryogenic engineering, renewable energy and entertainment sectors. The Group has two publicly-listed companies – Gujarat Fluorochemicals and Inox Leisure. Inox Wind Ltd is the subsidiary of Gujarat Fluorochemicals. Inox Wind Ltd commenced its operations in March 2010, and is into manufacturing of key components of Wind Turbine Generators and other parts like nacelles, hubs, rotor blade sets, and towers used to generate electricity from wind power. It provides turnkey solutions for wind farm projects through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and has a project site pipeline of 4GW. We live in the modern era of clean energy growth that can fuel a future of opportunity and greater prosperity for every person on the planet. Renewable energy, so far considered to be an alternative to the conventional fuel source has now progressed into becoming a regular energy source. This shift is driven by the improved cost efficiency of renewable energy sources with the help of advancements in technology combined with an increasing focus on climate change which is leading people, companies and countries to consume energy from more efficient sources. There is heightened awareness about disciplining the emitters of greenhouse gases. Governments, businesses and investors around the world are realizing that the evolution to low-emission, climate-resilient growth is imminent beneficial and already under way Now that the Paris Agreement is coming into force, countries need to get serious about what they committed to last December. Meeting the Paris targets means a completely decarbonized electricity supply well before 2050 and wind power will play the major role in getting us there. The mainstream position of renewables is evidenced in the global installations during 2015 which stood at 64 GW of wind energy and 57 GW of solar energy. Leading the passage from fossils fuels to renewable sources are the developing nations including India and China, among others. The renewable industry recorded a growth of 18 % CAGR in 2015 and is expected to attract US$5.86 trillion worth of investment till 2035. This poses massive growth potential for the sector in India. With the government’s Commitment made at COP21 to install 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, and to reduce carbon emissions by 30- 35 % and increase renewables to 40 % of the energy mix by 2030, India is set to truly expand its renewable energy portfolio. The production is getting marked boost through the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The government has also strived to facilitate the growth of renewable energy through the establishment of a positive policy and business environment. As a result, the sector witnessed annual installations of 3,415 MW in FY15-16, higher than ever before and 48 % higher than the 2308 Mw of the previous year. A major portion of this capacity addition was accounted for by new projects in MP where more than a third of the capacity a 1290 MW was added, Rajasthan added 688 MW, Gujarat added 388 MW and AP added 363 MW, arising out of the substantial reduction in preferential tariff for new wind energy. The Indian wind energy industry is expected to grow at a rate of 30 % annually, and may even surpass this on the back of the positive policies. The Supreme Court supported Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) compliance, the renewable Generation Obligation (RGO), Green Corridor, interstate transmission charges waiver, inclusion of renewable energy in the priority lending sector, UDAY scheme which gives state utilities stronger credibility to invest in renewable energy and approval of National Off-shore Policy which has opened up 7,600 km of coastline for off shore wind energy generation projects have all positively affected the environment and established a US$200 billion opportunity. Foreign investment in the industry is also surging. The incremental wind based energy capacity requirement by FY22 is estimated at about 35 GW as against the current installed capacity of 27.4 GW. This is assuming annual energy demand to continue to grow at 6 %, Renewable Purchase Obligation at 12 % by FY22 and wind as a renewable energy resource contributing to a dominant share of 75 % in meeting the non-solar RPO requirement on an all India basis. The RPO norms continue to vary across the states in terms of both quantum of RPO varying from 2 % to 12.5 % in FY17 across the states and the period of RPO trajectory with only six states stipulating RPO norms till FY22. According to IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency), technology innovation will be a significant driver of the offshore wind boom. It highlights upcoming innovations that will enable sector development, including next generation wind turbines with larger blades, and floating turbines, which will open up new markets in deeper water. These advancements, combined with other sector developments, will reduce average costs for electricity generated by offshore wind farms by 57 % over time from $170 per Mwh in 2015 to $74 per Mwh in 2045. Inox Wind Ltd is one of the largest land bank owners in this sector in the country with more than 4500 MW capacity. Inox will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the hybrid policy for both solar and wind. Inox Wind plans to install solar panels in winds parks where it already has the common infrastructure commissioned and constructed. Since both technologies are complementary, Inox will be one of the lowest suppliers of hybrid service as well, especially when it comes to installing solar panels. Inox Wind is seeing a lot of traction as far as cash collection is concerned. With the support and encouragement received from government for wind sector, certain initiatives has been taken Non Solar Renewable Purchase Obligation - Guidelines issued from 8.75 % in FY17 to up to 10.25 % in FY19 to increase the demand from states with more wind supply, Gujarat state will have tariff at Rs. 4.19 for 5 years, Solar & Wind Hybrid Policy is been drafted for better & optimization utilization of capacity, UDAY scheme to ensure stricter enforcement of RPO with currently 16 states has joined in the scheme, lastly 1000 MW transmission utility to be connected which will facilitate supply of wind power to non-windy states. There are many initiatives taken by the new government like several states such as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka have provided preferential tariff over and above MNRE’s GBI of Rs. 0.5 per kilowatt-hour to attract investment. Some have also increased wind power tariffs by 2-15 % to attract investments. These states are expected to witness traction and will play a critical role to achieve the aggregate target of 4-5GW per annum. Several states including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat have policies that eliminate or reduce value-added tax (VAT) for wind turbine components. The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has created a green cess (tax) fund. A part of this fund is used to create infrastructure for grid connectivity with proposed wind farms. Strong evacuation infrastructure promotes investments in wind power. State governments like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have formalized land facilitation policies to expedite wind energy projects. Major projects get delayed mainly on account of delays in land acquisition which is seen getting smoothen off. Inox wind is surely a good pick from the renewable setor on back the developments and financials improvements.

Outlook and Valuation:
Inox Wind Ltd provides turnkey solutions for wind farm projects & offers services including wind resource assessment, site acquisition, infrastructure development, erections and commissioning, and also long term operations and maintenance of wind power projects. Company manufacture the components of wind turbine generators in-house with a view to ensuring high quality, advanced technology and reliability and maintaining cost competitiveness. Company has facilities dedicated to manufacturing nacelles, hubs, rotor blade sets and towers. Inox Wind have a perpetual license from AMSC Austria GmbH (formerly Windtec GmbH), or AMSC, a leading wind energy technology company based in Austria, to manufacture 2 MW WTGs in India based on AMSC’s proprietary technology. In August 2014, INXW and AMSC amended the agreement to cover all 2MW WTGs with rotor diameters between 85 meters and 120 meters. In addition, INXW has a non-exclusive license to manufacture 2MW WTGs worldwide based on AMSC’s proprietary technology. Globally, over 15GW of aggregate production capacity operates on AMSC technology. As per the terms of license from AMSC, INXW is required to purchase Electronic Control System manufactured by AMSC or its affiliates. INXW has a non-exclusive perpetual license from WINDnovation Engineering Solutions GmbH, Germany for the technology on manufacturing Rotor blade sets. INXW procures gearboxes from DHHI (China) and Wikov Industry a.s. (Czech Republic), and generators from Emerson Industrial Automation and ABB India for its gearboxes and generators. In the equipment supply business, INXW is among the top-2 players in India; while the size of this segment is 15 % for the WTG industry, it is targeted to contribute 30 % to INXW’s revenue in FY16. The major Wind Turbine Manufactures in India are Chiranjjeevi Wind Energy, Elecon Engineering, Garuda Vaayu Shakti, Ghodawat Energy, Inox Wind, NEPC India, Pioneer Wincon,PowerWind, Regen Power Tech, RRB Energy, Siva Windturbine, Southern Wind Farm, SRC Green Power, SUZLON. INXW manufactures the key components for WTGs in-house, which ensures cost competitiveness, cost-effective logistics, and attractive margins. The long term future for wind is underpinned mainly by its order of competence and cost effectiveness in comparison with other conventional fossil fuels. New products are being introduced with a notably improved yield curve and also to yoke wind energy from low wind sites. Today India only gets 8.7 % of its power from wind energy. Thus, there exists a credible prospect for growth of wind turbine industry in India. The long term outlook of wind market continues to remain strong with rationalization of tariff structure to ensure only players with superior technology and execution capabilities across wind rich states would be emerging as the winners. The growth of the wind energy sector in India for the years to come will be sustained by the unexploited resource availability. Upbeat on the improved regulatory and financial environment, investors are expected to pour over $15 billion into India’s wind energy sector by 2020, a report by ratings and research firm CRISIL. The Indian government has pledged the continuance of significant incentives for the wind energy sector, such as accelerated depreciation and generation-based incentive. However, the wind energy sector might take a major hit, with the Budget capping the accelerated depreciation tax benefit at a maximum of 40% from April 2017. The government is also planning to launch the National Wind Energy Mission which would accelerate the development of wind energy projects and open the offshore wind energy sector as well. However this industry is still the focus of those customers who are ready to incur higher capital cost to generate higher returns. Larger rotor blades and higher hub heights offer superior PLF (plant load factor), compensating for lower tariffs and still generating attractive Internal Rate of Returns. In 2015, India announced plans to increase its renewable energy output to 175 GW by the year 2022, with 60 GW coming from wind power alone. With an installed capacity of 26,904 MW as of March 2016 of wind energy, renewable energy sources excluding large hydro, currently accounts for sub 15 % to 16 % of India’s overall installed power capacity. Wind energy holds the major portion of 65.09 % of 37,010 MW total renewable energy capacity as on Aug, 15 and continues as the largest supplier of clean energy. 70 % of wind generation happens during the five months duration from May to September coinciding with southwest monsoon duration. Fiscal 2016 saw the highest ever annual installation of 3,472 MW. This has increased the installed WTG base to 27,000 MW 15 % y-o-y growth. Inox Wind has a permanent exclusive license from AMSC (American Superconductors) to manufacture 2 MW WTGs, using its proprietary know-how. Under the authorized agreement, IWL is required to purchase all ECS (Electronic Control Systems) from AMSC. There are more than 7,000 turbines with an aggregate capacity of more than 15,000 MW profitably operating across the globe based on AMSC technology. IWL’s WTGs are equipped with DFIG (Double Fed Induction Generator) technology. IWL has entered into two strategic long term technological agreements with AMSC. This alliance has not only helped in reducing the R&D expenditure but also gives it a technological advancement edge. The other agreement provides access to custom-made rotor blade-sets design through WIND Innovation. Enhanced supply chain management coupled with cost saving due to indigenization will help in reducing the foreign exchange exposure of IWL if IWL chooses to manufacture in future. Association of IWL and AMSC for the development of 3MW WTG for India will improve efficiency at a lower cost of generation providing it with cutting edge WTG technology. IWL also has a license from Romax Technology, UK, which is a global provider of integrated software and services, for their gear box designs. With the launch of new 113 meter rotor diameter with a hub height of 120 meters which is 20 % more efficient, 40 % of the future orders are expected to consist of this product itself. The descent of IWL in unexplored southern states like Kerela, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, is an attempt by the company to stay ahead of its competitors and to maintain a growth rate with is higher than that of the industry as it has done in the past. A decreasing current ratio, increasing leverage and falling interest coverage underpins the rising debt of the company. The total debt of the company rose by a startling 57.1 % in FY15 and 68.7% in FY16. With an increase in sales, the company had to purchase more and more components, the payment period of which is 3-6 months, depending on the credit period given by the suppliers. The company also has a huge trade receivable component sitting on its Balance Sheet as on FY16. The trade receivables in turn have risen by 69 % in FY16 which is almost in line with the growth in revenues for FY16 of 63 % which is evident by a roughly stable debtors’ turnover ratio. Less than 10 % of the receivables are more than 6 months old. The 65 % increase (y-o-y) in short term loans and advances in FY16 y-o-y is mainly due to inter corporate loans given to subsidiaries, IWSL (Inox wind Infrastructure Services Ltd.) and IRL (Inox Renewables Ltd.), at an interest rate of 10 % p.a. With the new additions to its already diversified and reputed clientele, like the Adani’s first order in the wind sector, the company boasts of a current order book of 1,104 MW as on March, 2016. Incremental orders are expected to be undertaken in the first quarter of the current fiscal as well. Winning new orders and more crucially, winning additional business from existing clients is believed to be more important than hunting for big contracts. This belief is further strengthened by Inox’s client mining skills. It has maintained optimism about future order inflows, on the back of government’s focus on renewable sector and also IWLs strong market positioning and capex pipeline of independent power producers (IPPs). The sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15 % over the next five years and Inox plans to grab a larger market share as it moves forward. Continuing from Q1, production in last quarter was further geared towards clearing the inventory backlog and improving the working capital cycle of the company. One of the key reasons of working capital blockage was mismatch in manufacturing capacities and therefore to this extent, last quarter Inox again focused on correcting that mismatch. The company has deliberately focused more on the production of blades and towers relative to the production of nacelles and hubs. For the first half of the current fiscal year, 162 MW of nacelles and the hubs were produced versus 332 MW last year, 366 MW of blades were produced versus 280 MW last year and 286 MW of towers were produced versus 332 MW last year 194 MW was commissioned in the first half of the current year versus 216 MW in the first half last year In terms of cost analysis for the first half of the current fiscal, raw material and EPC cost which were at 74.90% of the overall sale price in H1 last year is now down to 70.4 % which is a cost of saving of almost 4.50 %. Other variable cost was at about 3.5% last year versus 3.6% this year. Fixed overheads went up from 7.3% to 14.2 % largely because of lower production of nacelles and the hubs. Last quarter there has been a lot of logistics movement of inventory to south such as AP and karnataka, where Inox is building new projects. Logistics costs in blades and towers are almost two or three times the logistics cost of a nacelle and since the company has dispatched huge amounts of blades and towers as opposed to nacelles to overcome the inventory mismatch which was prevalent in the last few quarters. Recently, IWL expanded its Turbine capacity to 113m from the earlier 100m. As a result, management expects 5 % increase in the costs, but efficiency is expected to increase by 20 %. Further, realization of large rotor blades would increase. Considering shift in business mix where high capacity Turbines would contribute more to the financials, it is expected that the efficiency of IWL to improve. As a result, it is expected that the Adj. EBITDA margins to improve from 15.4 % in FY2016 to 16.4 % in FY2018E. The Adj. PAT margin expansion during FY2016-18E could remain around 10.6 %. Considering the 4QFY2016 Order Book, and expected strong order inflow trends, IWL stock is trading at attractive valuations. Post the 17 % correction in the IWL stock after 4QFY2016 results were announced, the stock at the current market price of Rs. 185.85, the stock is trading at a PE of 9.11x FY17E and 8.00 x FY18E respectively. The company can post Earnings per share (EPS) of Rs. 20.40 in FY17E and Rs. 23.00 in FY18E. It is expected that the company’s surplus scenario is likely to continue for the next three years keeping its growth story in the coming quarters also.

KEY FINANCIALSFY15FY16 FY17EFY18E
SALES ( Crs) 2,702.274,406.504,710.205,053.80
NET PROFIT (₹ Cr)327.40421.20453.50509.80
EPS () 14.8019.0020.4023.00
PE (x)17.6020.5016.9013.60
P/BV (x)14.4011.2010.40 9.30
EV/EBITDA (x)10.008.607.706.30
ROE (%) 36.0026.0021.9020.00
ROCE (%)30.3024.8021.0021.00

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD : SMALL ACTIONS, BIG DIFFERENCE !!!

Scrip Code: 500696 HINDUNILVR
CMP:  Rs. 863.75; Market Cap: Rs. 1,86,898.93 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 981.00 / Rs. 553.35 
Total Shares: 216,38,08,180 shares; Promoters : 145,44,12,858 shares –67.23 %; Total Public holding : 70,93,95,322 shares – 32.78 %; Book Value: Rs. 15.15; Face Value: Rs. 1.00; EPS: Rs. 19.94; Div: 1300.00 % ; P/E: 43.31 times; Ind. P/E: 58.10; EV/EBITDA: 31.97.
Total Debt: ZERO Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 1,86,278.32 Cr.

HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD: The Company was founded in 1931 and is based in Mumbai, India. The company was formerly known as Hindustan Lever Limited and changed its name to Hindustan Unilever Limited in 2007. Unilever Ltd on November 17, 1956, offered 5,57,000 shares of Rs. 10 each to the public at par. In February 1980, in order to reduce the Non- Resident holding in the company to 51 %, Unilever Ltd offered for sale of 42,39,523 equity shares of Rs. 10 each at a premium of Rs. 9.50 per share, this was out of its shareholding in the company. Hindustan Unilever Ltd have given lucrative bonuses in the past. Company first gave bonus in the year 1979 in the ration of 1 new share for every 3 held; then in 1983 in the ratio of 3 new for 5 held; then in 1987 in the ratio of 1 new for 1 held and lastly in the year 1991 in the ratio of 1 new for every 2 held. The company had last split the face value of its shares from Rs. 10 to Re. 1 in the year 2000. Hindustan Unilever Limited, is a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company providing home and personal care products; foods and beverages in India and internationally. The company operates in 7 business segments. The company offers soaps and detergents, including soaps, detergent bars, detergent powders, detergent liquids, and scourers; and personal products - such as oral care, skin care, hair care, deodorant, talcum powder, and color cosmetic products, as well as Ayush services. It also provides beverages - including tea and coffee; foods, such as atta (flour), salt, and bread; culinary products comprising tomato and fruit based products, and soups; and ice creams, such as ice creams and frozen desserts. In addition, the company offers chemicals, such as glycerin and fine chemicals; agri commodities; and water purifiers, as well as exports marine and leather products. HUL has over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories. Its portfolio of brands includes the brand names like - 3 Roses, Annapurna, Brooke Bond, Taaza, Bru, Kissan, Knorr, Kwality Wall’s, Lipton, Modern, Red Label, and Taj Mahal brand names; personal products under the Aviance, Axe, Breeze, Clear, Clinic Plus, Closeup, Dove, Fair & Lovely, Hamam, LEVER Ayush Therapy, Lakme, Lifebuoy, Liril 2000, Lux, Pears, Pepsodent, Pond's, Rexona Soap, Sunsilk, and Vaseline brand names; and home care products under the Active Wheel, Cif, Comfort, Domex, Rin, Sunlight, Surf Excel, and Vim brand names and water purifiers under the brand name Pureit. As on March 31, 2013, Company had over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories. From April 01, 2013, Aquagel Chemicals Pvt Ltd becomes a subsidiary of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. On July 04, 2013, the parent company Unilever Plc raised its stake in HUL from 52.48 % to 67.28 %, by acquiring 31,95,63,398 shares representing 14.784 % in HUL via open offer priced at Rs. 600 per share. The company is locally compared with ITC, Godrej Consumer, Dabur India, Colgate, Marico, Emami, Godrej Ind, P&G, Gillette India, Bajaj Corp, Jyothy Labs, Amar Remedies, JHS Svendgaard, GKB Ophthalmics and Globally compared with Associated British Foods Plc of London, Colgate-Palmolive Co of New York, Kimberly-Clark Corp of USA, Procter & Gamble Co of USA, Nestle S.A of Europe, Pepsico Inc of USA, Coca- Cola Co of USA, Mondelez International Inc of USA (earlier known as Kraft Foods Inc which acquired Cadbury’s), Heineken Nv of Amsterdam, Starbucks Corp of USA, McDonald’s Corp of USA, Yum! Brands Inc of USA, Danone of Paris, Asahi Group Hld Ltd of Japan, and Kerry Group of Dublin.
Investment Rationale: 
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD is a play on consumption growth in India. Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company with a heritage of over 75 years in India and touches the lives of two out of three Indians. HUL has over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories such as soaps, detergents, shampoos, skin care, toothpastes, deodorants, cosmetics, tea, coffee, packaged foods, ice cream, and water purifiers, the Company is a part of the everyday life of millions of consumers across India. Its portfolio includes leading household brands such as Lux, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Rin, Wheel, Fair & Lovely, Pond’s, Vaseline, Lakmé, Dove, Clinic Plus, Sunsilk, Pepsodent, Closeup, Axe, Brooke Bond, Bru, Knorr, Kissan, Kwality Wall’s and Pureit. HUL is a subsidiary of Unilever, one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with strong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe with annual sales of about €49.8 billion in 2013. Unilever has about 67.23 % shareholding in HUL. The Company has over 16,000 employees and has an annual turnover of around Rs. 28,019.13 Cr (financial year 2013 – 2014). 

                             The Indian Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector is the fourth largest in the Indian economy and has a market size of $1,310 Cr. This industry primarily includes the production, distribution and marketing of consumer packaged goods, that is those categories of products which are consumed at regular intervals. The FMCG market is set to treble $3,340 Cr in 2016. Penetration level as well as per capita consumption in most product categories like jams, toothpaste, skin care, hair wash etc in India is low indicating the untapped market potential. The Indian FMCG industry represents nearly 2.5 % of the country’s GDP. The industry has tripled in size in past 10 years and has grown at 17 % CAGR in the last 5 years driven by rising income levels, increasing urbanization, strong rural demand and favourable demographic trends. Food products and personal care together make up two-third of the sector’s revenues. Rural India accounts for more than 70 Cr consumers or 70 % of the Indian population and accounts for 50 % of the total FMCG market. With changing lifestyle and increasing consumer demand, the Indian FMCG market is expected to cross $8,000 Cr by 2026 in towns with population of up to 10 lakh.  With significant distribution scale, a portfolio of iconic brands and leading market share in many categories, we give India’s largest consumer products firm a narrow economic moat rating. Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL) products reach about 70 lakh outlets across India, the largest distribution network among peers. 19 of its brands generate annual turnover of over Rs. 500 Cr, or $ 8 Cr, each; while a good 95 % of products hold the two leading spots in their respective categories in terms of market share. To ensure that its dominance remains intact, the company is constantly investing in product innovation and supporting brands via the media. As the company innovates to bring new-to-India products to market and gains further scale benefits it is anticipate that HUL’s operating margins will expand over the coming decade, keeping returns above its cost of capital. HUL’s ability to innovate ahead of competition is truly remarkable. HUL has impressive ability to expand margins despite mounting competition in soap and detergents, which contributes 47 % to sales. This has been possible by launching new products such as fabric softeners, liquid detergents ahead of competitors. At the same time, its rural strategy of converting local villagers to salesmen has allowed them to access the interior regions of India, and sell them one rupee sachets of its products, keeping volumes buoyant. Personal products, contributes 28 % to sales & is a big opportunity for HUL to drastically improve its margins. The under-penetration characteristics of this category will allow HUL to leverage the breadth of its brands across price points, to lead adoption across affluent as well as poor households in India. Its recent launches of TRESemme and Tony & Guy brands, is a step in that direction to explore how far up the price band can be expanded in this luxury category. 

                                      Hindustan Unilever's (HUL) narrow economic moat stems from its portfolio of iconic brands--which allows the company to continue holding the top two spots in terms of market share across 95 % of its product categories, despite new entrants. In fact, eleven of the company's brands each drive over Rs. 1,000 Cr in annual sales, while another eight generate annual revenue in excess of Rs. 500 Cr each. Furthermore, HUL’s large retail distribution network which directly touches 32 lakhs outlets of India's estimated 85 lakhs retail outlets, and this is the largest coverage of universe in all of consumer India. Not only this, the secondary distribution of HUL’s products reaches over 80 % of all retail outlets in the country, making its products easily available across the country. HUL’s products play across the price points caters to the premium-mid-and-low end of the markets, and its premium brands are enjoying pricing power compared to its local brands of Marico in the body lotion category, and Godrej in soaps. Also when we give a snap shot look at HUL's 15 year financials, it turns out that it has been consistant in its returns. HUL's 15 years average of ROCE comes at 99.85 % & 15 year average of ROE comes at 89.67 %, its returns on invested capital (ROICs) which comes to an average 53 % over the next five years, well over its 10.9 % estimated cost of capital, supporting HUL's narrow economic moat. Here is HUL's 15 years financial snap shot - 

YEARSEPS(Rs.)P/E(x)BV(Rs.)Div/Sh(Rs.)ROCE(%)ROE(%)
19994.8646.299.552.9065.0051.00
20005.9534.6811.303.5066.7052.67
20017.4629.9713.825.0061.5050.64
20028.0422.6016.625.1658.0548.38
20038.0525.4209.715.5059.1382.87
20045.4426.3709.505.0045.0857.23
20056.4030.8210.475.0067.6661.09
20068.4125.7412.346.0065.8968.14
20078.7324.5006.619.00138.72122.97
200811.4620.7209.457.50135.55120.30
200911.4721.8609.457.50118.59121.34
201010.1023.6311.846.50106.7885.25
201110.5826.8912.196.50102.6686.70
201212.4632.8916.257.5095.4076.61
201317.5630.2112.3718.50163.59141.98
201417.8832.0115.1513.00147.56118.01

Looking forward, it can be expected that HUL's free cash flow will roughly equals its annual earnings in the future, as it has done in the past. And, it can be expected that its ROIC's to remain above the Cost of Capital (COC) for at least the next decade, given its strong brands with pricing power, negative working capital cycle, and low acquisition strategy in India. HUL had already given two Buybacks till now, one was in October 2007 where HUL bought back 3,02,35,772 equity shares of Re. 1 each at an average price of Rs. 207.13, spending Rs. 626.27 Cr (approved not more than Rs. 230). The second buyback came in June 2010 where HUL bought back 2,28,83,204 equity shares of Re. 1 each at an average price of Rs. 273.25 spending Rs. 625.29 Cr (approved not more than Rs. 280). So, looking at its strong cash flows and with the Free Reserves of at Rs. 3,507.76 Cr (as on 31 March 2015), another buyback can be expected at around Rs. 700 per share, and company may utilize around Rs. 930 Cr for this buyback. A buyback improves many financial metrics like ROE & EPS. Both of these metrics have number of shares as denominator & buybacks reduces number of shares, thus increasing ROE & EPS. Goods and Service Tax (GST) will replace the multiple indirect taxes levied on FMCG sector with a uniform, simplified and single-pint taxation system and this is likely to be implemented soon & the benefits are likely to come in by the end of FY’16. The rate of GST on services is likely to be 16 % and on goods is proposed to be 20 %. A swift move to the proposed GST may reduce prices, bolstering consumption for FMCG products. While the rural market certainly offers a big attraction to marketers, it would be naïve to think that any company can enter the market without facing any problems and walk away with a sizable share. Distribution is the most important variable in the marketing plans of most consumer goods manufacturers, because managing such a massive sales and distribution network is in itself a huge task. This sector will continue to see growth as it depends on an ever-increasing internal market for consumption, and demand for these goods remains more or less constant, irrespective of recession or inflation. Hence this sector will grow, though it may not be a smooth growth path, due to the present world-wide economic slowdown, rising inflation and fall of the rupee. This sector will see good growth in the long run and hiring will continue to remain robust.

Outlook and Valuation:
HUL is the largest company in the FMCG industry, with market leadership in soaps, detergents and personal care categories. The company is a subsidiary of Anglo Dutch FMCG giant Unilever. It has over 35 brand spanning 20 distinct categories; the company is a part of the everyday life of millions of consumers across India. It has strong brands, with market leadership in most of the categories it operates in. It has a large distribution network with direct reach of over 1m retail outlets. The FMCG Industry is characterized by a well-established distribution network, low penetration levels, low operating cost, lower per capita consumption and intense competition between the organized and unorganized segments. In the last decade the FMCG sector has grown at an average of 11 % a year; in the last five years, annual growth accelerated to 17 % and last year it grew 5 %. Within this, urban growth was 4 % and rural growth was 8 % as per Ac Nielson MAT numbers. The rural India accounts for 70 % of India’s population with 56 % of National Income and commands 64 % of total expenditure and one third of the total savings. The Indian FMCG sector is the fourth largest sector in the Indian economy. Indian rural markets contribute around 45 % in HUL sales

                                                HUL did its first-of-its-kind deal with the music channel MTV- a part of Viacom 18 media group for five of its best-selling brands. The deal will help HUL to showcase its brands in six 60-minute movies, one aired every month on Viacom 18's youth and music platform. Each movie is directed by a Bollywood’s young directors like Anurag Basu for Sunsilk; Nikhil Advani for Ponds; Rohan Sippy for Tresemme; Abhinay Deo for Lakme; Anurag Kashyap & Shoojit Sircar for Close up. The agreement would include not just the movies themselves but interviews with directors, on-ground and on-air promotions of the films, airtime for ads etc. The Elements of these movies such as songs and trailers of the movies are likely to give a boost to HUL. The deal size is being pegged by industry insiders around Rs. 20-25 crore, all inclusive. With the launch of MTV Movies, HUL will redefine the way in which brands tell their stories to consumers. These will focus on communicating the brand purpose and build brand love. 

                                                  On Financial side HUL’s Performance was quite satisfactory. During Q4FY15, HUL’s Revenues jumped 8.2 % YoY to Rs. 7,680 Cr. Domestic consumer business grew by 8.9 % led by 6 % volume growth and 3 % jump in price realization. The Operating profit increased 22.3 % YoY to Rs. 1,320 Cr. The operating margins grew 2.00 % YoY to 17.2 % led by 2.70 % drop in Raw Material costs and 0.50 % decrease in other expenses and 0.30 % decline in employee cost. However, this decrease was partially offset by 1.50 % increases in Advt & Promotional spends. Net profit increased by 23.4 % YoY to Rs. 1,020 Cr. Excluding exceptional gains of Rs. 180 Cr related to property sale, the Adj. PAT increased 3.0 % YoY to Rs. 900 Cr. Other segments reported satisfactory performance during the quarter – Beverages segment reported 12.3 % YoY growth in revenues to Rs. 980 Cr and 11.4 % YoY jump in EBIT to Rs. 180 Cr and Processed Food recorded 13.6 % YoY increase in revenues to Rs. 480 Cr and 10.6 % growth in EBIT to Rs. 25.4 Cr. HUL’s all three detergent brands – Surf, Rin and Wheel have crossed Rs. 2,000 Cr mark. Lifebuoy and FAL also crossed Rs. 2,000 Cr mark. Magnum Ice-cream extended to Delhi and Kolkata & now has presence in 7 cities. One of the HUL's newest products Pureit achieved its break even. The company is witnessing the momentum coming back in Close Up. The business environment for HUL continues to be challenging with slowing growth being witnessed on both the value front and volume fronts. The overall competitive intensity has stepped up in various categories while the up-trending has come to a pause. The discretionary category which was outpacing the other category over a longer term has come to a pause, but the company believes it to be a short-term phenomenon. HUL has a robust product pipeline, and has a strong and lucrative personal products portfolio, and expanding distribution network. HUL is also a good play because it has a revenue growth from a medium to long term perspective, however due to increase in royalty, steep hike in tax rate and slowdown in discretionary segments remains an overhang on this stock. Depreciation in rupee impacts price of imported raw materials. The price war in HUL’s popular segments with new entrants entering the fray could hit the company hard. HUL pay’s rich dividends and one can hold this stock from a three five year perspective and focus on new product launches and market share gains in existing categories. Also there could be another buyback at around Rs. 700 per share. At current price of Rs. 863.75 the stock is trading at P/E of 41.92x FY16E on EPS of Rs. 20.60 and 34.96x FY17E on the EPS of Rs. 24.70. It is expected that the company’s surplus scenario is likely to continue for the next three years keeping its growth story in the coming quarters also.  

KEY FINANCIALSFY14FY15FY16EFY17E
SALES ( Crs)28,019.1030,734.1034,442.6039,602.50
NET PROFIT (₹ Cr)3,555.303,837.204,456.805,342.90
EPS ()16.4017.7020.6024.70
PE (x)54.5050.5043.4036.20
P/BV (x)59.1052.0047.9038.10
EV/EBITDA (x)42.2037.4030.7025.80
ROE (%)119.50109.60114.70117.00
ROCE (%)88.2094.4098.1092.30

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