P&G Hygiene and
Healthcare
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26 August 2016
4QFY16 Results Update | Sector: Consumer
CMP: INR6,772 TP: INR7,809 (+15%)
Sales disappoint, EBITDA and PAT well ahead of expectations
Buy
Financials & Valuations (INR b)
FY16 FY17E FY18E
Y/E June
Sales
24.8
29.1
35.0
EBITDA
6.0
6.7
8.3
Adj. PAT
4.2
4.6
5.6
Adj. EPS (INR)
130.3 142.7 173.5
EPS Gr. (%)
22.3
9.5
21.6
BV/Sh. (INR)
465.0 535.7 621.6
RoE (%)
30.9
28.6
30.0
RoCE (%)
31.2
28.8
30.2
P/E (x)
52.0
47.4
39.0
P/BV (x)
14.6
12.6
10.9
Estimate change
TP change
Rating change
4QFY16 sales came in flat YoY at INR5.58b (est. of INR6.19b).
EBITDA margin,
however, grew 70bp YoY to 28.4% – we had expected a 470bp YoY decline
given the high base. EBITDA was up 2.7% YoY to INR1.59b and PAT by 2.2% YoY
to INR1.09b, exceeding our expectation by 11% and 9%, respectively.
Healthcare sales disappoint again:
In our quarterly preview, we had pointed
out that healthcare had a good quarter in 4QFY15 (June year-end). We had
expected delayed monsoon in 4QFY16 to slow down healthcare sales growth,
but did not expect a sharp decline. While the press release clarified that
feminine hygiene sales grew in strong double-digits for the full year, this
segment is likely to have reported single-digit sales growth in 4QFY16.
Gross margins healthy, A&P declines:
Gross margins improved 210bp YoY to
66.6%, continuing the momentum seen this year. While gross margins are
seasonally high in the fourth quarter, 4QFY16 saw gross margins touching 24-
quarter high led by material costs decline of 6% YoY. After increasing sharply
by 40% YoY in 3QFY16, A&P fell 10% YoY in 4QFY16. Employee costs increased
sharply over an abnormally low base of 4QFY15 (second lowest in 24 quarters).
EBITDA margins rose 70bp YoY to 28.4%.
Full-year sales grew 6.5% YoY to INR23.3b.
While feminine hygiene segment
revenues (65% of revenues in FY15) reportedly grew in strong double-digits in
FY16, it was a washout year for healthcare (was up 17% in FY15) due to mild
winter and delayed rains. FY16 EBITDA grew 24.8% YoY to INR6b and PAT by
22% to INR4.3b. Cash grew 74% YoY to INR10b, mainly led by lower lending to
group companies and strong PAT growth. Considering this, dividend payout of
28% was particularly disappointing.
Valuation and view:
EPS forecasts for FY18 have been marginally raised by
1.4%. PGHH’s current P/E multiples of 39xFY18 are in line with other consumer
MNCs, despite its distinct advantages over peers, namely: (1) it is in a much
faster growing category and (2) there are high barriers to entry in its key
feminine hygiene segment. Its ongoing distribution expansion and unmatched
category development efforts should offer further support to growth. We
maintain 45x target multiple with a target price of INR7, 809 (INR7,690 earlier).
Krishnan Sambamoorthy
(Krishnan.Sambamoorthy@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5428
Vishal Punmiya
(Vishal.Punmiya@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3980 4261
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