10 December 2015
Update | Sector: Diversified
BSE SENSEX
25,036
S&P CNX
7,613
SRF
CMP: INR1,189
TP: INR1,465 (+23%)
Buy
Dahej plant visit: Reinforces our conviction in the company
Dahej is SRF’s single largest facility
and produces flourochemicals and specialty
chemicals. The total available land is 293 acres (built-up area: 126 acres) and
employee count stands at 933 (739 in operations and 193 in project). The site’s
development is a reflection of the rapid strides that the company has made in
R&D over the last 15-20 years. The company’s R&D team has filed for 68 process
patents so far. Dahej is in Gujarat and is PCPIR—a chemical zone, which provides
benefits in terms of sourcing bulk chemicals used in the manufacturing of
products. The site is also well connected to port (12km) and national highway.
We met Mr Marwah—Head of Operations and Projects;
he gave us insights into
the technical aspects of chemical plants, refrigerant gases and specialty
chemicals.
New projects on track; enhance visibility:
The company expects to
operationalize a new dedicated plant by mid-January 2016 and expects to set up
a pharma grade HFC-134a plant by March 2016, which will be subject to cGMP
approvals. In the specialty chemicals, the company has eight dedicated plants
and two flexible plants—which have seen increased activity.
Adherence to environmental regulations helps to attract global customers:
The
company adheres to environmental regulations and has set up an effluent
treatment plant (ETP) at Dahej where all the waste is treated before it is disposed
of. The output from ETP is monitored online by government agencies and any
violation can result in heavy penalty. The strict regulatory checks are well
appreciated by global innovators (clients); this helps to develop long-term
relationships. Also, the company’s plant are subject to regular audits by
customers (BASF, Bayer CropScience, Syngenta and others)
Plants/Products are codified to maintain confidentiality:
The company is in a
business where it has to maintain high level of confidentiality of the products
manufactured for global innovator companies. Therefore, the plants are codified
as P10/P11/P12 and so on, which helps to direct the floor level employees to
various plants.
Well equipped to cater to future requirements:
Investment in capacities
supporting infrastructure (mainly ETP, power plant and land) is enough to
support expansion for the next 3-4 years. The power plant which has installed
capacity of 20MW is currently utilizing 6-7MW and will be scaled up as per the
need. Also, there is still vast swathe of unutilized land while ETP and AHP
(Anhydrous Hydrofluoric Acid) have enough capacity to cater to planned future
requirements of the next 3-4 years; this will ensure that incremental capex will
be core investment.
HFC-134a available in various SKUs as per client requirements:
The HFC-134a
refrigerant gases are packed in various SKUs of 5/10/60/900 Kilograms and also
in 16MT ISO tanks. For replacement market and Walmart requirements, it is also
available in smaller SKUs of 340gms and 450gms. The company has a total
capacity of 12,500MT.
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap. (INR b)/(USD b)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
Free float (%)
SRF IN
58.4
69.5/1.0
1,496/831
-4/20/46
47.6
Financials & Valuation (INR Billion)
Y/E MAR
Sales
EBITDA
NP
EPS (INR)
EPS Gr. (%)
RoE (%)
RoCE (%)
P/E (x)
P/BV (x)
2015 2016E 2017E
45.4
7.2
3.0
52.7
86.4
13.9
12.0
22.5
3.0
47.8
9.8
4.2
72.5
37.4
16.9
15.0
16.4
2.7
53.6
11.3
5.2
91.2
25.8
18.5
17.2
13.0
2.3
BV/Sh. (INR) 392.9 448.5 518.9
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Chintan Modi
(Chintan.Modi@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5422
Niket Shah
(Niket.Shah@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5426