Capital Goods: Sector Update | 21 October 2016
India Electricals
Please refer our detailed
report dated June 2016
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) order tracker
Lighting continues to be the dominant category
EESL orders at INR10.5b in 1HFY17; target to reach INR36b in FY17 and
INR63b in FY18:
EESL orders stood at INR10.5b in 1HFY17, with the lighting
segment contributing 70% of orders placed. Within lighting, LED lamps (47% of total
orders) was the largest category, followed by LED tube lights (13%) and streetlights
(10%). EESL started procurement of fans and air conditioners in FY16, which formed
miniscule proportion of overall order awards. However, we note that the share of
fans grew to INR0.76b (7% of total awards; INR96m in FY16) and of air conditioners
to INR87m in 1HFY17. For FY17, EESL has a target to procure 150m LED lamps (90m
in FY16), 2m fans, 2m streetlights, ~0.6m pumps and 50m tube lights with capex of
INR36b. This is expected to rise to INR63b in FY18, with fans, air conditioners and
pumps procurement also picking up in a meaningful manner.
LED lights – largest category in procurement (70% share):
Lamps at INR5b
(47% share v/s 37% in FY16) remains the largest procured category. Phillips has
retained its market leadership (38% share vs. 13% in FY16), primarily due to a major
tender (50m units) where it is supplying 9W LED bulbs for INR38/unit. We highlight
that no other company was willing to participate at this price and thus the entire
contract was awarded to the L1 bidder. Tube lights (20W LED) at INR1.4b (13%
share) saw procurement of 10m units at a price of INR140/unit (it sells these to end-
customers at INR200/unit). This compares favorably to retail price of INR500-
600/unit. Surya Roshni (20% share) and HQ Lamps (20% share) were the market
leaders in this category. Street lights (10% share) saw ordering worth INR1b, with
BVG India grabbing a 74% share (INR78m) for the supply of 165,000 LED streetlights
to Goa.
Fans and air conditioners account for only 8% of procurement at INR851m:
EESL has sourced 1m BEE 5-star-rated fans for INR78m (INR770/unit) in 1HFY17 vs.
0.1m fans sourced at INR960/unit in 4QFY16. These would be sold to consumers at
~INR950-1,000/unit v/s retail price of INR1,600-1,800/unit. EESL aims to procure 2m
fans in FY17. For 5-star-rated BEE air conditioners, INR87m worth of procurement
has been done, primarily for central government buildings.
Fans, air conditioners and pumps pricing unlikely to go the LED way:
W
hile
EESL bulk tendering would lead to lower prices for categories such as fans, air
conditioners and agricultural pumps (on higher volumes procured and savings on
channel margins, typically at 20-30% of sales), the price decline is unlikely to be of
the same magnitude as LEDs, in our view. This is because: a) technology in these
product categories is mature and cost of production is unlikely to decline
significantly hereon (unlike LEDs) and b) warranty (4-5 years) and servicing
requirements (8-10 years of life) will ensure participation from only serious players
and weed out non-serious competition. EESL has already implemented minimum
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