Havells India
BSE Sensex
25,150
S&P CNX
7,650
14 December 2015
Update | Sector: Capital Goods
CMP: INR303
TP: INR340 (+12%)
Buy
Sylvania sales a positive
Stock Info
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap. (INR b)/(USD b)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
Avg Val (INR m)
Free float (%)
Management focus shifts to India
HAVL IN
623.9
189/2.8
316/236
21/18/22
478
38.4
Havells has signed a definitive agreement with Shanghai Feilo Accoustics to divest
80% stake in Sylvania for EUR149mn.
Sylvania performance since acquisition uninspiring; divestment by Havells
releases cash and management bandwidth.
Raise estimates and TP on higher other income and revised multiple (30x) for
standalone business; maintain Buy with a TP of INR340.
Financial Snapshot (INR Billion)
Y/E Mar
2015 2016E 2017E
Net Sales
85.7
85.7 65.3
EBITDA
Adj PAT
Adj EPS (INR)
EPS Gr. (%)
BV/Sh(INR)
RoE (%)
RoCE (%)
P/E (x)
P/BV (x)
7.2
5.2
8.3
-4.7
29.1
28.4
27.7
36.7
10.4
8.9
5.5
8.9
7.5
38.2
23.3
33.2
34.1
7.9
9.1
7.1
11.4
28.3
43.7
26.1
35.8
26.6
6.9
Havells signs a definitive agreement to divest 80% stake in Sylvania for an
equity value of EUR149m
:
Havells Holdings Limited (100% subsidiary of Havells)
will sell its stake in Havells Malta while Havells Ltd. will sell its stake in Havells
EXIM Limited to Shanghai Feilo Accoustics for EUR149mn, which corresponds to
80% of the stake sale to be received by February 2016 (the balance 20% in
Havells Malta to be sold over the next five years). EV of the deal is EUR263m
and implies an EV/EBITDA of 9.6x FY17E. Havells subsidiaries in the US, Chile,
Thailand and Brazil are not part of the sale—Chile subsidiary has been closed
down while Thailand and Brazil would be sold depending on their profitability.
S
ylvania performance since acquisition uninspiring:
Havells acquired Sylvania
to have a global presence in the lighting market; however, given the weakness
in European economy, the demand for Sylvania’ products remains muted; an
adverse cost structure further hurt performance. Havells tried to turn around
Sylvania performance by changing the top management and introducing
restructuring plans like Phoenix (FY08-09) and Prakaram (FY10-11). However,
operations have remained at breakeven levels; this, along with a shift globally
toward LEDs, forced management to look for an exit from this business.
Key takeaways from conference call with management
:
a) The four retained
subsidiaries incurred a loss of EUR13mn in CY15 and the management intent is
to turn around Brazil and Thailand, which would then be sold to Feilo (Chile has
already been closed). There would be a loss of EUR12m-15m if not sold while a
sale could fetch EUR8m. b) Brazil and Thailand are already at EBITDA breakeven
on cost cutting measures and improvement in sales. c) Looking at acquisitions in
the domestic market; the move complements Havells product portfolio,
distribution and brand image.
Shareholding pattern (%)
As on
Sep-15 Jun-15 Sep-14
Promoter
61.6
61.6
61.6
DII
3.6
3.1
0.4
FII
23.2
25.6
29.3
Others
11.6
9.6
8.7
FII Includes depository receipts
Stock Performance (1-year)
Valuation and view:
Maintain
Buy
with a revised target price of
INR340
We upgrade our standalone EPS by
13
%
to account for higher other
income and share of profit from Sylvania (20% stake retained). We apply a 30x
(28x earlier) multiple on our standalone EPS to get our target price of
INR340. We assign zero value to subsidiaries.
Ankur Sharma
(Ankur.vsharma@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5449
Amit Shah
(Amit.Shah@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3029 5126
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