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Ambuja Cements (Q4 CY11)

India Infoline Research Team / 12:45 , Feb 10, 2012

CMP Rs178, Target Rs148, Downside 20.2%

  • Revenuesgrew by 29%, above our estimate on account of higher realizations

  • Surgein RM and freight cost pulls down OPM by 24bps yoy

  • Lowereffective tax rate drives 76% qoq jump in PAT

  • YTDrally leaves little valuation headroom and we downgrade to SELL with a revised9-mth tgt of Rs148 

Resulttable

(Rs m)

Q4 CY11

Q4 CY10

% yoy

Q3 CY11

% qoq

Net sales

23,577

18,274

29.0

18,337

28.6

Material costs

3,357

1,653

103.0

1,442

132.8

Personnel costs

1,255

775

61.9

1,032

21.5

Power and fuel costs

4,714

4,461

5.7

4,950

(4.8)

Freight cost

5,074

4,080

24.4

4,161

21.9

Other overheads

4,681

3,776

24.0

3,558

31.6

Operating profit

4,496

3,529

27.4

3,194

40.8

OPM (%)

19.1

19.3

(24) bps

17.4

165 bps

Depreciation

(1,238)

(1,086)

14.0

(1,079)

14.8

Interest

(99)

(209)

(52.8)

(138)

(28.5)

Other income

651

378

72.1

571

14.0

PBT

3,811

2,612

45.9

2,548

49.5

Tax

(544)

(102)

433.5

(834)

(34.7)

Effective tax rate (%)

14.3

3.9

 

32.7

 

Adjusted PAT

3,266

2,510

30.1

1,715

90.5

Adj. PAT margin (%)

13.9

13.7

12 bps

9.4

450 bps

Extra ordinary items

(243)

65

(476.0)

-

-

Reported PAT

3,024

2,575

17.4

1,715

76.3

Ann. EPS (Rs)

8.5

6.5

         30.1

4.5

         90.5

Source: Company, India InfolineResearch

 

Higherrealization translate into 29% revenue growth 

ACL revenuesgrew by 29% yoy to Rs23.5bn, above our expectation of Rs21.3bn. Theoutperformance was mainly on account of higher realizations (18.4% yoy and 7.7%qoq). Buoyant cement demand in North, Central and Eastern regions (60% of ACLmarket) led to a sharp increase in cement prices during the quarter. Netrealization stood at Rs4,204/ton, above our estimate of Rs4,012/ton. Volumegrowth of 10% was in line with estimate.

 

Higher RM andfreight costs cause margin contraction

OPM contractedby 24bps yoy to 19.1%, vs our estimate of 23%. Margin disappointment was onaccount of surge in adjusted raw material cost (Rs606/ton against Rs260/ton ayear ago). Freight cost increased by 24.4% yoy on back of higher fuel cost.

 

Power and fuelcost was lower-than estimated as we believe that ACL may have used lower levelcoal inventory during the quarter, thereby arresting further slide at PBIDTlevel.

 

Cost Analysis

 

Q4 CY11

Q4 CY10

% yoy

Q3 CY11

% qoq

Material costs

14.2

9.0

519

7.9

638

Personnel costs

5.3

4.2

108

5.6

(31)

Power and fuel costs

20.0

24.4

(442)

27.0

(700)

Freight cost

21.5

22.3

(80)

22.7

(117)

Other overheads

19.9

20.7

(81)

19.4

45

Total costs

           80.9

80.7

24

82.6

(165)

Source: Company, India Infoline Research

 

Lower taxoutgo result into a 30% jump in PAT 

Reported PATstood at Rs3bn against our estimate of Rs2.6bn. Core earnings was above ourestimate 1) higher than estimated topline and 2) lower tax outgo (effective taxrate stood at 14.3% as against 32.% reported in Q3 CY11). Lower interest cost(down 53% yoy and 28.5% qoq) further boosted PAT.

 

Expensive at 15.6x CY13E; downgrade to SELL

We tweak our earning estimates upwards for ACL aswe factor in higher realization (an increase of 4% from our previous estimate).We project earnings CAGR of 13.5% over CY10-12 against our previous estimate of11%. However, recent run-up in stock price (up 15% ytd) is likely to limit anyupside from current level, and accordingly we downgrade the stock to SELL witha revised 9-mth tgt to Rs148.

 

Financial summary

Y/e 31 Mar (Rs m)

CY10

CY11E

CY12E

CY13E

Revenues

75,289

86,196

98,940

100,281

yoy growth (%)

4.6

14.5

14.8

1.4

Operating profit

19,510

19,969

26,598

28,552

OPM (%)

25.9

23.2

26.9

28.5

Pre-exceptional PAT

12,371

12,538

16,605

17,728

Reported PAT

12,636

12,298

16,605

17,728

yoy growth (%)

3.7

(2.7)

35.0

6.8

 

 

 

 

 

EPS (Rs)

8.0

8.0

10.7

11.4

P/E (x)

22.0

22.0

16.6

15.6

Price/Book (x)

3.7

3.4

3.0

2.5

EV/EBITDA (x)

13.1

12.9

9.5

8.4

Debt/Equity (x)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

RoE (%)

17.9

16.2

19.0

17.3

RoCE (%)

22.4

21.4

25.4

23.4

Source:Company, India Infoline Research