26 November 2015
Pantaloons Fashion & Retail
spotlight
The Idea Junction
Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail (as Pantaloon Fashion & Retail will come to be known post the
merger with Madura Garments) is India's largest pure-play fashion lifestyle company and
consists of brands and retail businesses of Madura and Pantaloons, respectively. AB Fashion
(ABFRL) is the number one branded women's wear and men's wear player in India by
market positioning, with a retail network of 1869 stores (4.8m sq ft)-the largest in fashion
space in India. Madura has four leading brands under its fold (Louis Philippe, Van Heusen,
Allen Solly and Peter England) with a network of 1735 stores across India; Pantaloons is one
of India's largest big-box affordable fashion retailers, with presence in 49 cities and 134
stores and a strong portfolio of exclusive private brands (which form ~52% of its revenues).
Stock Info
Bloomberg
CMP (INR)
Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap. (INR m)/(USD b)
52-Week Range (INR)
1,6,12 Rel. Perf. (%)
PFRL IN
215
769.5
165.4/2.5
245/100
4/26/94
Financials & Valuation (INR b)
Y/E March 2016E 2017E 2018E
Sales
59.5
69.6
82.4
EBITDA
5.2
7.0
9.5
NP
1.4
2.6
5.0
EPS (INR)
1.9
3.4
6.5
EPS Gr. (%) -107.5
81.7
92.5
BV/Sh. (INR) 15.1
18.5
25.0
RoE (%)
18.9
20.0
29.8
RoCE (%)
13.3
14.6
21.1
P/E (x)
115.9
63.8
33.1
P/BV (x)
14.2
11.6
8.6
EV/EBITDA (x) 35.0
26.0
18.5
EV/Sales (x)
3.1
2.6
2.1
Brands play: Set to ride discretionary spend boom
Set for multi-year secular growth along with robust capital efficiency
ABFRL's Madura sells four iconic brands (Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solley and
Peter England) and has successfully scaled up each- Louis Philippe and Van Heusen, the
top 2 largest selling brands in India, individually clocked revenues of ~INR10b in FY15.
A unique differentiator for ABFRL is that unlike peers who have licenses for global
brands, it has the ownership / perpetual license of its brands.
The combination of Madura and Pantaloons is highly synergetic in the sense that it
merges the expertise of Madura in the menswear market with the expertise of
Pantaloons in the womenswear market; we believe combination of the two formats
gives ABFRL the bargaining power in retail space and inventory sourcing.
We believe a rise in per capita income in India over the next decade-from USD2,113 in
FY15 to USD4,194 by FY24-can lead to 10x discretionary demand, thus providing strong
growth tailwind. We expect demand for luxury and bridgeto-luxury products to witness
exponential growth over next 10 years, and market leaders like ABFRL will be the
frontrunners to benefit from this growth.
ABFRL has a capital efficient distribution model, with 70%-80% of incremental store
additions in Madura likely to come from Buy and Sell stores, COFO or FOFO stores-
where the responsibility of capex lies with the franchisee. The unique model has
resulted in strong 70% RoCE for ABFRL (ex Pantaloons).
We believe ABFRL is a pure play on India's fast-growing and high-potential brands and
retail business, and enjoys best-in-class profitability and management pedigree. The
company will be amongst the biggest beneficiaries of the J-Curve in luxury and bridge-
to-luxury spends. The stock trades at 33x FY18E EPS.
Shareholding pattern (%)
As on
Sep-15
Promoter 72.6
DII
10.3
FII
1.5
Others
15.6
Jun-15
72.6
0.7
0.2
26.5
Sep-14
68.0
0.8
0.6
30.6
Notes: FII includes depository receipts
Stock performance (1 year)
Interesting: Currently, the analyst
believes that this is an interesting
stock based on its fundamental
strength
Cautious: Currently, the analyst
does not have adequate
conviction based on fundamental
assessment of the stock
In Transition: Currently, the
analyst thinks that the stock is in
transition from "Cautious" to
"Interesting"
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