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Nestle India
CMP: INR6,595
TP: INR6,160(-7%)
Upgrade to Neutral
Silver linings appear among dark clouds
Upgrading from Sell to Neutral
24 August 2017
Update
| Sector:
Consumer
Stock Info
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
M.Cap. (INR b)
M.Cap. (USD b)
Avg Val, INRm
Free float (%)
NEST IN
96.4
7062 / 5701
-1/-6/-16
636
9.9
271
37.2
We attended NEST’s analyst meet. Our key takeaways:
Financials Snapshot (INR b)
2016 2017E 2018E
Y/E Dec
Net Sales
91.6
98.2 109.8
EBITDA (Rs b)
18.0
17.7
20.6
Net Profit
11.4
11.1
12.9
EPS
118.0 115.1 133.6
EPS Gr. (%)
-1.6
-2.5
16.2
BV/Share (Rs)
312.6 336.0 365.8
RoE (%)
39.0
35.5
38.1
RoCE (%)
38.8
35.2
37.8
P/E (x)
55.9
57.3
49.4
P/BV (x)
21.1
19.6
18.0
Shareholding pattern (%)
Jun-17 Mar-17 Jun-16
As On
Promoter
62.8
62.8
62.8
DII
7.2
7.5
6.0
FII
12.6
12.5
14.3
Others
17.5
17.2
17.0
FII Includes depository receipts
Stock Performance (1-year)
Nestle India
Sensex - Rebased
8,100
7,600
7,100
6,600
6,100
5,600
New launches have met with good response; contributed 2.8% of sales in 1HCY17.
Mantras that the company is chanting involve volume growth, flexibility of working
and simplification.
Volume growth is yet to recover in Milk & Nutrition, but Beverages has witnessed
uptick after a long time and Maggi did well off a low base. New products are also
supporting volume growth.
Advertising growth – not shared earlier – remains disappointingly low at 6% YoY in
1HCY17, despite 43 products launched between January 2016 and May 2017.
With reasonable success in new launches, signs of pick-up in volumes in a couple of
new launches, and limited downside as we roll forward to September 2019
numbers, we upgrade our rating to Neutral.
GST transition smooth; June quarter sales impacted by around 2%, less than
peers due to low wholesale proportion
NEST had to interact with 3,500 suppliers and 1,600 distributors one-on-one to
make them understand the process of invoicing under GST. It also had external
experts in these meetings, guiding channel partners. Invoicing started on day-3,
ensuring smooth transition.
Dairy Whiteners, Sauces and Infant Cereals saw favorable rate of GST
compared to earlier indirect tax incidence. The company passed on the
benefits of low GST rates to customers.
The June month was negatively impacted by softer trading. Quarterly effect
was around 2% of sales. For NEST, wholesale trade and rural share are lower
than peers; therefore, the impact was lower.
GST rates are higher for Confectionary and Coffee. The company has not yet
taken pricing action.
There is no shift apparent from the unorganized to the organized segment in
the two months after GST implementation.
Mantras the company is chanting involve volume growth, flexibility of working,
and simplification
Consumer-led growth:
Double-digit volume growth and consumer insight will
lead growth. NEST is seeking to launch new products in each category:
“Won’t
know what works until we try!”
Winning edge:
(a) Aiming to be fast, focused and flexible in both thoughts and
action, (b) Seeking to embrace powerful ways of working; and enable,
empower, engage and energize colleagues.
Simplify to energize:
Targeting 30-40% process reduction, and 50% reduction
in number of meetings; zero tolerance on non-compliance.
These are largely things the company has been chanting for nearly two years
now, but has only started to deliver to some extent this year.
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Investors are advised to refer through important disclosures made at the last page of the Research Report.
Krishnan Sambamoorthy – Research Analyst
(Krishnan.Sambamoorthy@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 6129 1545
Vishal Punmiya – Research Analyst
(Vishal.Punmiya@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 6129 1547