13 July 2015
Update | Sector: Consumer
Britannia Industries
BSE Sensex
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S&P CNX
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CMP: INR2,847
TP: INR3,100 (+9%)
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Another solid year; story on track
Subsidiary profitability up; return ratios steady
Following are the key takeaways from Britannia’s FY15 Annual report:
Britannia posted another solid performance in FY15 with 45% PAT growth led by
gross margin improvement and cost saving programmes.
Subsidiary profits expanded ~5x and contributed 11% of consol PAT.
RoE steady; cash conversion cycle improves a notch.
Retain Buy despite rich valuations; model 28% EPS CAGR over FY15-17E.
Stock Info
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
M.Cap.(INR b)/(USDb)
Avg Val (INR M)/Vol ‘000
Free float (%)
BRIT IN
119.5
2865/966
4/44/17
340.1/5.
367/187
49.2
Financial Snapshot (INR b)
Y/E Mar
2015 2016E 2017E
Sales
EBITDA
Adj. PAT
EPS Gr. (%)
BV/Sh.(INR)
RoE (%)
RoCE (%)
Payout (%)
Valuations
P/E (x)
P/BV (x)
Div. Yield (%)
59.5
27.5
0.6
43.2
20.2
29.6
0.8
36.5
15.2
24.7
1.0
77.8
7.8
5.7
47.3
56.4
54.3
33.4
89.2 103.9
11.2
7.9
66.0
37.8
53.9
58.6
35.0
13.2
9.3
77.9
18.1
47.4
53.2
35.0
Adj. EPS (INR) 47.9
103.5 141.3 187.5
EV/EBITDA (x) 43.0
Another solid year:
Britannia ended FY15 with another solid set of
numbers: 14%, 43.5% and 45% Sales EBITDA and PAT growth, respectively.
This has come on the back of high base (47% and 52% EBITDA and PAT
growth in FY14). Britannia has now delivered 12.5%, 39.7% and 42.2% sales,
EBITDA and PAT CAGR over FY12-15, respectively. EBITDA margins
expanded 200bps to 10% in FY15 (480bps expansion over FY12-15), while
gross margins expanded 80bps to 39.7% in FY15 (440bps expansion over
FY12-15). Mix improvement, focus on power brands (better returns on
marketing investments), benign RM cost environment coupled with cost
efficiency measures in distribution and logistics supply chain have largely
driven the performance, in our view.
Sharp improvement in subsidiary profitability aids consolidated
performance:
Subsidiary profitability has shown significant improvement
with nearly ~5x jump YoY to INR 633m in FY15 from a low base of FY14.
Even in comparison with FY13, the subsidiary profits have more than
doubled in FY15. Amongst the subsidiaries, Dairy segment (Britannia
Dairy
products)
profits almost tripled to INR 294.7m vs. INR 106.7m in FY14 due
to benign input costs.
Strategic Food International Co. LLC, Dubai
(International 100% subsidiary) reported massive 8x increase in its profits to
INR 323m, highest it has ever posted. As per management this was led by
mix improvement and benefits from productivity enhancement as well as
cost savings. For FY15, subsidiary profits contributed 11% of the
consolidated PAT vs. 3% in FY14.
RoE steady; cash conversion cycle improves a notch; cash position
strengthens further:
Britannia’s RoE has remained steady at 56.5% (asset
turnover moderated to 6.6x vs. 7.2x in FY14) while RoCE has improved from
~49% in FY14 to 54% in FY15. We note that Britannia’s RoCE was 23% in
FY12. Cash conversion cycle improved and turned negative (-4 days vs. 2
days in FY14) due to better inventory and creditor days. Net cash position
strengthened further; FY15 net cash stood at INR5.7b vs. INR 1.2b in FY14.
Britannia’s leverage position has improved considerably from 0.4x net
leverage in FY12 to 0.4x net cash in FY15.
Gautam Duggad
(Gautam.Duggad@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5404
Manish Poddar
(Manish.Poddar@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3027 8029
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