: price: EPS: How does our one year outlook change? We maintain our positive stance on ACEM. We expect ACEM to be a big beneficiary of the restructuring of LafargeHolcim s global operations. The long pending merger approval with ACC will lead to gradual re-rating in the stock and also aid in realising synergies over the next two to three years. ACEM s balance sheet remains healthy despite Rs. 35bn of cash outflow expected to fund for ACC s 50% stake. Expected net cash is Rs. 28bn by end of CY15E. We expect ACEM to generate cumulative operating cash flows to the tune of Rs. 25-30bn over CY16-CY17E. We expect EBITDA CAGR of 26% over CY15-CY17E, factoring in volume and realisations growth of 4% and 2% respectively. Ambuja remains Indirect beneficiary through higher volume growth in ACC(commissioning of plant in Eastern region) and synergy realisations. ACC forms ~25% of ACEM s target price in our SoTP. ACEM is currently trading at 10.7x CY17E EBITDA on par with five year average. We value ACEM based on 13x CY17E EBITDA, which is ~20% premium to last five year average. We believe ACEM to trade at premium to historicals on favorable regional mix, balance sheet strength, and potential cost savings post merger with ACC. ACEM s CY15 EBITDA is lowest in the last decade and with industry utilisations likely to bottom out by 2HFY17E and costs deflation, we expect significant recovery in earnings going ahead. Maintain rating on the stock with a TP of Rs. 225/share. How does our 3 year Outlook change? We remain positive on the prospects of the cement industry over a three year outlook. Expect industry utilisations to bottom out by 2HFY17E and thereon see a structural shift upwards led by declining pace of capacity additions coupled with demand pick up from the decade low growth seen in FY15 and FY16. Incremental demand will be higher than incremental supply from FY17E, which will result in pricing power and thereon margin expansion ACEM with a capacity of 29mt spread across favourable regions, will be one the biggest beneficiary of demand recovery and structural improvement in utilisations. Financial summary Year 4QCY15 Update Promoters 50.3 Institutions 39.8 Public 9.9 (%) 1m 3m 12m ACEM 0% -26% Sensex - -10% -20% Key estimate revision Revenues (Rs. mn) CY16E EBITDA (Rs. mn) PAT (Rs. mn) EPS CY17E Old New Change Old New Change Revenues 100,957 98,423 2.6% 110,225 107,459 2.6% EBITDA 17,240 17,399-0.9% 22,937 22,779 0.7% Margin % 17.1% 17.7% 20. 21.2% PAT 13,407 12,732 5.3% 17,964 17,223 4.3% PAT margin % 13.3% 12.9% 16.3% 16.0% EPS 6.8 6.4 5.9% 9.1 8.7 4.7% All figures in Rs. mn, except EPS, which is in Rs. Bloomberg Shares o/s Market Cap 12 th Feb, 2016 ACEM IN 1,552mn Rs. 300bn 52-wk High-Low Rs. 287-185 3m Avg. Daily Vol 21,50,024 Index BSE 100 EV/EBITDA (x) EV/t (Rs/t) CY14 99,109 18,612 14,964 9.7 13.4 8,704 CY15 93,683 14,384 8,076 5.2 17.0 8,298 CY16E 98,423 17,399 12,732 6.4 14.5 8,530 CY17E 107,459 22,779 17,223 8.7 10.7 8,254 GIRISH CHOUDHARY girish@sparkcapital.in +91 44 4344 0021 VIJAYARAGHAVAN SWAMINATHAN raghavan@sparkcapital.in +91 44 4344 0022 GAURAV NAGORI CFA gaurav@sparkcapital.in +91 44 4344 0072 Find Spark Research on Bloomberg (SPAK <go>), Thomson First Call, Reuters Knowledge and Factset Page 1
Quarterly Financial Statements Standalone financial results Rs. mn \ Period Dec-15 Dec-14 y-o-y Growth Sep-15 q-o-q growth CY14 CY15E y-o-y growth Revenues 23,558 23,790-1.0% 20,952 12.4% 99,109 93,683-5.5% Material cost 3,271 2,652 23.3% 1,090 200.1% 9,474 10,168 7.3% Employee cost 1,399 1,694-17.4% 1,515-7.7% 5,816 5,895 1.4% Freight costs 6,200 5,612 10.5% 5,539 11.9% 18,589 18,752 0.9% Power & Fuel costs 4,479 5,529-19.0% 4,862-7.9% 22,652 20,529-9.4% Other expenditure 5,167 4,978 3. 5,003 42,578 38,339-10.0% EBITDA 3,042 3,324-8.5% 2,944 3.3% 18,612 14,384-22.7% Margins 12.9% 14.0% 14.1% 18. 15.4% Other income 1,067 983 8.6% 898 18. 4,962 4,513-9.0% Interest 181 103 76.5% 207-12.6% 645 918 42.4% Depreciation 1,641 1,355 21.1% 1,553 5.7% 5,095 6,257 22. PBT 2,287 2,848-19.7% 2,082 9. 17,834 11,722-34.3% Tax 1,187 (438) -371.3% 547 117.1% 2,871 3,647 27.0% Effective tax rate 51.9% -15.4% 26.2% 16.1% 31.1% Exceptionals - - - - - Reported PAT 1,100 3,286-66.5% 1,536-28.4% 14,964 8,076-46.0% Margins 5% 14% 7% 15% 9% Adjusted PAT 1,100 3,286-66.5% 1,536-28.4% 14,964 8,076-46.0% EPS (Rs.) 1 2-66.6% 1-28.4% 14,964 8,076-46.0% Page 2
550 610 619 601 551 3,403 3,591 3,651 3,597 3,571 789 3,768 3,755 3,675 3,717 868 950 983 4,142 4,353 4,634 4,557 4,365 4,190 4,465 4,276 4,268 Ambuja Cements Quarterly focus charts Volume trends Realisation trends 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 7% 3% 2% 2% 2% 1% -10% 6.1 5.8 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.5 4.8 4.9 Volumes (mt) % Y-o-Y growth 4% 0% -4% - -12% 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 11% 5% -3% 2% 3% -6% -10% Realisations (Rs./t) % Y-o-Y growth 16% 12% 4% 0% -4% - -12% Total Cost/t trends EBITDA/t trends 3,900 12% 1,000 3,800 3,700 3,600 3,500 3,400 3% 5% 5% 6% 4% 800 3,300 3,200 3,100 3,000 1% 0% -1% -4% 600 400 Total Cost (Rs./t) % Y-o-Y growth EBITDA (Rs./t) Page 3
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