13 February 2015
3QFY15 Results Update | Sector: Tourism
Cox & Kings
BSE SENSEX
28,047
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap. (INR b) / (USD b)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
Avg Val,INRm/Vol ‘000
Free float (%)
Financials & Valuation (INR b)
Y/E MAR
Sales
EBITDA
NP
EPS (INR)
EPS Gr. (%)
BV/Sh.INR
RoE (%)
RoCE (%)
P/E (x)
P/BV (x)
2015E 2016E 2017E
26.1
10.6
4.6
26.9
43.8
153.8
21.0
13.1
11.9
2.1
25.4
9.9
4.4
25.8
-3.9
177.9
15.6
14.1
12.4
1.8
28.9
11.3
5.4
31.7
22.8
207.3
16.5
16.3
10.1
1.5
S&P CNX
8,390
COXK IN
136.5
42.1/0.7
366/94
-6/9/98
178/737
52.0
CMP: INR320
TP: INR380 (+20%)
Buy
Operational performance beats estimates:
COXK reported overall revenue of
INR4.6b (est. INR4.2b) in 3QFY15, as against INR4.1b in 3QFY14, marking a YoY growth
of 14.3%. EBITDA margin expanded 690bp from 25.8% in 3QFY14 to 32.7% (est. 31.7%)
led by non-consolidation of camping operations. EBITDA in Leisure business grew 3%
to INR1.11b, in Education grew 22% to INR250m and in Meininger business grew 36%
to INR190m. Hence, reported PAT stood at -INR139m (est. INR246m), against
INR309m in 3QFY14, impacted by translation related forex loss of INR652m.
Growth led by Meininger and Leisure India; Leisure International declines YoY:
During the quarter, Meininger business grew by 161% to INR810m, Leisure India grew
by 15% to INR1.10b and Education grew by 6% to INR920m. Meininger business
continues to post strong growth led by better capacity utilization which stood at 71%
during the quarter. On the negative side, Leisure International growth stood at -13%,
with a decline in business across Europe, Australia and Japan. Going forward, we
expect strong growth to continue in Leisure India and expect a 18% CAGR over FY15E-
17E, and similarly expect robust growth for Education and Meininger businesses (15%
and 22% CAGR) respectively. Given weak sentiments, especially in Europe, we expect
Leisure International business to report a muted growth of 5% CAGR over FY15E-17E.
De-leveraging process on right track:
COXK retired debt worth INR7.3b (INR6b Indian
debt and INR1.3b foreign debt) from QIP proceeds. This will result in interest cost
savings of INR150-180m per quarter going forward. Management maintains its
guidance of INR5b annual debt retirement over FY15-17, which should reduce net
debt/equity from 2.3x in FY14 to 0.4x by FY17E.
Valuation and view:
We believe COXK is on the right path of deleveraging its balance
sheet led by the sale of camping business and the recently-concluded INR10b QIP. We
expect COXK to be a key beneficiary of discretionary spends revival in India, and with
robust outlook on overseas education businesses as well as divestment of non-core
camping business, we believe the company is well placed. The stock trades at 12.4x
FY16E and 10.1x FY17E earnings. Maintain
Buy
with a target price of INR380 (valuing
the stock at 12x FY17E EPS of INR31.7).
Estimate change
TP change
Rating change
Niket Shah
(Niket.Shah@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5426
Atul Mehra
(Atul.Mehra@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5417
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