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Century Plyboards India Equity Research Others November 9, 2015 Result Update Emkay Your success is our success Revival in demand to trigger earnings growth CMP Target Price Rs175 Rs190 ( ) Rating Upside ACCUMULATE ( ) 8.3 % Result highlights Q2FY16 has witnessed pickup in demand with revenue growth of 8.6% yoy to Rs 4.4bn primarily driven by volume growth in plywood segment CPIL also posted 100bps EBIDTA margin expansion to 16.7% resulting into EBIDTA growth of 16%yoy to Rs 738mn however lower tax provisioning at mere 8% resulted into PAT growth of 29%yoy to Rs 462mn We believe that continuous shift from unorganized to organised (merely 30% at present), company s advantage in sourcing raw material and sustained capex is likely to drive growth in medium term with GST being catalyst in near term We reinitiate coverage on the stock with Accumulate rating and price target of Rs 190 based 20xFY17 EPS of Rs 9.5. FY15-17E EPS CAGR of 19% and RoCE/ROE of 28%/38% are key valuations support Plywood segment witnesses some revival in growth Q2FY16 has witnessed some revival in growth as revenues increased 8.6%yoy to Rs 4.4bn. Plywood segment (73% of total sales) has shown increase of 7%yoy to Rs 3.2bn as against decline in sales by 6%yoy in Q1FY16. Pickup in project sales and higher demand from Tier- 2/3 cities have contributed to this growth and management expects growth momentum to accelerate in H2FY16. Laminates segment continues to benefit from higher capacity utilization while its logistics business (5% of sales) posted muted sales growth. EBIDTA margin expansion and lower tax drives profitability CPIL has witnessed 100bps EBIDTA margin expansion to 16.7% with EBIDTA of Rs 738mn. Lower tax at 8% ETR due to higher production in its Guwahati plant has helped PAT growth of 29% to Rs 462mn. CPIL enjoys strong advantage in raw material sourcing while lower tax advantage will continue to support PAT growth. Reinitiate with target of Rs 190, recommend Accumulate We have reinitiated our coverage on the company with price target of Rs 190 based on 20xFY17 EPS of Rs 9.5. We believe that higher capacity utilization will drive ROCE / ROE to 28%/38% and expect revenue / EBIDTA / PAT CAGR of 13%/24%/19% over FY15-17E. Continuous shift from unorganized to organised and challenges in raw material sourcing faced by unorganized players alongwith GST implementation are key catalyst for the industry. Change in Estimates EPS Chg FY16E/FY17E (%) NA Target Price change (%) NA Previous Reco BUY Emkay vs Consensus EPS Estimates FY16E FY17E Emkay 7.9 9.5 Consensus 8.0 10.6 Mean Consensus TP Rs 236 Stock Details Bloomberg Code CPBI IB Face Value (Rs) 1 Shares outstanding (mn) 222 52 Week H/L 262 / 135 M Cap (Rs bn/usd bn) 39 / 0.59 Daily Avg Volume (nos.) 4,35,365 Daily Avg Turnover (US$ mn) 1.2 Shareholding Pattern Sep '15 Promoters 73.3% FIIs 10.7% DIIs 3.4% Public and Others 12.5% Price Performance (%) 1M 3M 6M 12M Absolute 3 (13) (5) 20 Rel. to Nifty 2 (7) (3) 27 Relative price chart 250 Rs % 70 220 54 Financial Snapshot (Standalone) (Rs mn) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E Net Sales 11,311 12,840 15,648 17,254 19,891 EBITDA 1,128 1,482 2,498 3,026 3,693 EBITDA Margin (%) 10.0 11.5 16.0 17.5 18.6 APAT 527 669 1,508 1,760 2,121 EPS (Rs) 2.4 3.0 6.8 7.9 9.5 EPS (% chg) (12.4) 27.1 125.3 16.7 20.5 ROE (%) 18.7 24.7 44.4 39.8 37.8 P/E (x) 74.0 58.2 25.8 22.1 18.4 EV/EBITDA (x) 38.0 29.2 17.4 14.5 12.1 P/BV (x) 15.6 13.4 10.1 7.9 6.2 190 38 160 22 130 6 100-10 Nov-14 Jan-15 Mar-15 May-15 Jul-15 Sep-15 Nov-15 Century Plyboard (LHS) Rel to Nifty (RHS) Source: Bloomberg Rohan Gupta rohan.gupta@emkayglobal.com +91 22 66121248 Sneha Talreja sneha.talreja@emkayglobal.com +91 22 66121313 Emkay Research is also available on www.emkayglobal.com, Bloomberg EMKAY<GO>, Reuters and DOWJONES. Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd.

Exhibit 1: Quarterly Financials (Y/E Mar, Rs mn) Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16 Q2FY16 YoY (%) QoQ (%) H1 FY15 H1 FY16 YoY (%) Net Sales 4,070 3,858 4,092 3,709 4,422 8.6 19.2 7,698 8,131 5.6 Expenditure 3,432 3,149 3,299 3,042 3,684 7.3 21.1 6,588 6,725 2.1 as % of sales 84.3 81.6 80.6 82.0 83.3 85.6 82.7 Consumption of RM 1,839 1,527 1,506 1,526 1,899 3.3 24.4 3,551 3,426-3.5 as % of sales 45.2 39.6 36.8 41.2 42.9 46.1 42.1 Employee Cost 510 494 524 517 568 11.4 9.7 924 1,085 17.4 as % of sales 12.5 12.8 12.8 13.9 12.8 12.0 13.3 Purchase of finished goods 472 420 597 430 445-5.8 3.4 909 875-3.8 as % of sales 11.6 10.9 14.6 11.6 10.1 11.8 10.8 Others cost 635 707 754 580 763 20.1 31.4 1,245 1,343 7.9 as % of sales 15.6 18.3 18.4 15.6 17.3 16.2 16.5 Loss on forex -24 0-83 -12 9-139.2-174.0-42 -3-92.2 as % of sales -0.6 0.0-2.0-0.3 0.2-0.5 0.0 EBITDA 638 710 793 668 738 15.7 10.6 1,110 1,406 26.7 Depreciation 109 116 119 101 107-1.6 6.6 188 208 10.7 EBIT 529 594 675 567 631 19.3 11.3 922 1,198 29.9 Other Income 15 9 9 3 5-66.9 47.3 28 8-70.7 Interest 124 145 90 123 135 8.3 9.8 198 257 30.0 PBT 420 458 593 448 501 19.5 12.0 752 949 26.2 Total Tax 62 64 114 51 39-37.7-23.7 112 89-20.2 Adjusted PAT 358 394 480 397 463 29.4 16.5 640 859 34.3 Extra ordinary items 0-20 0 0 0 25 0 Reported PAT 358 414 480 397 463 29.4 16.5 615 859 39.8 Adjusted EPS 1.61 1.77 2.16 1.79 2.08 29.4 16.5 2.88 3.87 34.3 Margins (%) (bps) (bps) (bps) EBIDTA 15.7 18.4 19.4 18.0 16.7 102-130 14.4 17.3 287 EBIT 13.0 15.4 16.5 15.3 14.3 127-101 12.0 14.7 276 EBT 10.3 11.9 14.5 12.1 11.3 103-73 9.8 11.7 190 PAT 8.8 10.2 11.7 10.7 10.5 168-24 8.3 10.6 225 Effective Tax rate 14.8 14.1 19.1 11.3 7.7-706 -361 14.9 9.4-547 Exhibit 2: Segmental performance (Y/E Mar, Rs mn) Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16 Q2FY16 YoY (%) QoQ (%) H1 FY15 H1 FY16 YoY (%) Net Sales 4,058 3,826 4,057 3,687 4,399 8.4 19.3 7,672 8,086 5.4 Plywood 2,994 2,810 2,918 2,576 3,199 6.8 24.2 5,743 5,775 0.6 laminates 788 716 805 772 885 12.3 14.7 1,415 1,657 17.1 Logistics 194 186 174 174 201 3.8 15.4 348 375 7.8 Others 82 114 160 165 114 39.5-30.4 166 279 68.4 EBIT 536 643 693 592 665 33.6 29.4 951 1,257 32.1 Plywood 403 540 576 438 507 25.7 15.6 750 945 25.9 laminates 77 51 65 101 106 37.4 4.6 114 207 81.9 Logistics 65 60 60 54 56-13.1 4.1 98 110 12.6 Others -8-8 -8-1 -4-49.0 191.0-11 -6-49.4 EBIT Margins 13.2 16.8 17.1 16.1 15.1 177 174 12.4 15.5 314 Plywood 13.5 19.2 19.8 17.0 15.8 238-117 13.1 16.4 329 laminates 9.8 7.1 8.0 13.1 12.0 219-115 8.1 12.5 446 Logistics 33.4 32.3 34.2 31.0 28.0-544 -304 28.2 29.4 123 Others -10.2-7.3-5.0-0.9-3.7 647-284 -6.8-2.1 479 Emkay Research November 9, 2015 2

Demand has picked up in nonseason since pre-festival period is generally weak for the industry See revival in demand growth after sluggish Q1FY16 performance CPIL has started the year with weak numbers with revenue growth of just 2.3% yoy in Q1FY16 mainly on the back of de-growth in its plywood segment (which contributes 73% to the total revenues) by 6% yoy. Although, the growth has picked up compared to last quarter, and topline grew by 8.6% yoy in Q2FY16 to Rs. 4.4bn, it is still well below the 17% CAGR growth seen in the last five years. As per the management, this pickup in growth (more importantly in non-season growth since pre festive period is generally weak for the industry) is primarily contributed by some pickup in demand from handing over of ready housing inventories to end consumers, pick up in government projects and demand from tier 2/3 cities. Management is confident of further pickup in demand in H2FY16. Exhibit 3: Revenue (Rs mn) and YoY growth 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Q2FY14 Q3FY14 Q4FY14 Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16 Q2FY16 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Revenue Revenue growth Plywood and Laminates, both the segments have witnessed margins expansion EBITDA up by 20%; aided by higher margins EBIDA at Rs. 738 mn (including forex loss) is higher by 20% yoy as compared to Rs 614 mn in Q2FY15. EBITDA margins stood at 17% (higher by 160 bps yoy) led by decline in raw material prices. Raw material (as % of sales) dropped from 56.8% previous year to 53% in current year. EBIT margins for plywood segment stood at 15.8% +240 bps yoy, Laminates segment margins stood at 12% (+ 220 bps yoy). Exhibit 4: EBITDA (Rs mn) and YoY growth 1000 800 600 12% 12% 17% 13% 16% 18% 19% 18% 17% 25% 20% 15% 400 10% 200 5% 0 Q2FY14 Q3FY14 Q4FY14 Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16 Q2FY16 0% EBITDA EBITDA margins APAT increased by 29% on higher operating profits and lower tax outgo APAT came at Rs 462.6 mn with growth of 29% yoy compared to Rs. 334 in Q2FY15 mainly led by higher operating profits and lower tax outgo. The tax rate stood at 7.7% compared to 14.8% last year mainly because company had higher production in its Guwahati plant, where it enjoys tax benefits. Emkay Research November 9, 2015 3

Entry into economy segment to support revenue growth Plywood segment growth picked up but remain sluggish Plywood segment has been adversely affected by demand slowdown, delays in project completion and overall slowdown in real estate in recent past after seeing healthy demand growth of 15-25% previously. This segment s growth dropped to negative 6% in Q1FY16 however the same has picked up to 7% in Q2FY16. Management believes there is pickup in demand in plywood segment and is expected to post strong double digit growth in H2FY16. Its entry into economy segment under the Sainik brand is also likely to support growth in plywood. Company s Sainink brand competes with unorganized segment where realisations are 15-20% lower. Exhibit 5: Plywood Segment Revenue (Rs mn) and YoY growth 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Q2FY14 Q3FY14 Q4FY14 Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16 Q2FY16 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% -10% Revenues Revenue growth CPIL is the 3d largest player in the Laminates segment and benefiting from its strong distribution network Laminates segment benefiting from increase in capacity Company has doubled its capacity from 2.4 to 4.8 million sheets in 2013-14, making it the third largest player in India post Green Lam and Merino. We expect, laminates segment to perform much better than plywood segment (mainly on low base) and drive the revenue growth for company. Moreover, the share of laminates segment in total revenues has increased from 16% to 20% in the last four years. With recent increase in capacity and strong revenue growth from this segment, we expect share of laminates segment to increase. Exhibit 6: Laminates Segment Revenue (Rs mn) and YoY growth 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Q2FY14 Q3FY14 Q4FY14 Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16 Q2FY16 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% -10% Revenues Revenue growth Particle board unit to commission in Q4 FY16. Century plyboard is setting up green-field particle unit at existing site of Chennai unit. The unit will make particle board from timber wastage, saw mill dust etc generated at Chennai unit and procured from wood based units in the vicinity. The unit will require a capex of Rs. 600 million over the next one year and help company backward integrate with company s existing prelamination board units at Chennai. The unit is expected to get commissioned by Jan 2016 compared to March 2016 guided earlier. MDF plant to add to revenue growth from FY17 onwards Century Ply has entered the MDF segment through outsource model from Vietnam. Looking at increasing demand for MDF in India, company is planning to set-up a Greenfield MDF capacity of 600 cubic meters by FY17. The company plans to incur capex of Rs. 2.4bn over FY16 and FY17. Emkay Research November 9, 2015 4

Raw material sourcing is the key in plywood segment and CPIL has benefited from its wellfocused strategy of securing raw material First mover in terms of raw material security The Indian plywood players faced many challenges post the export ban of raw timber logs export from Myanmar in April 2014. However, the ban on raw timber imports turned out to be a boon for Century plyboards, as the company was ahead of time and had set-up a unit in Myanmar just before Myanmar s new reformist government imposed an export ban on raw timber logs to save its forests. Recently, in September, government of LAOS banned the export of raw logs. Being the first mover, company is already setting up new unit through 51% owned SPV (49% local partner) in SEZ Area of LAOS. Currently, the company has secured supply of face veneer through an existing unit in LAOS, to which company provides technical expertise and machinery on lease. The new unit with a capex of Rs 300 million over FY16 and FY17 will provide further security of raw material. Margins likely to sustain at around 16-18% over the next two years Over the last few quarters management has reported healthy margins of around 16-18% compared to 10-12% margins reported between FY10 to FY14. This is because, the company has put-up raw material plants in Myanmar and in Laos and is able to secure raw material at 50-60% of the earlier cost. Company expects these margins to sustain at these levels over the next two years as other players will take some time to gain this competitive advantage. Century plyboards has more than 25% share in the India s organised plywood sector Share of organised sector continues to increase The share of organised sector has increased to 30% from 10% a decade earlier. Although the market is still dominated by unorganised players, with increasing preference for branded wood panel products there is a clear shift from unorganised to organised segment. Century plyboards has more than 25% share in the India s organised plywood sector. Moreover, company has significantly expanded its capacity in the last few years. With its leadership position, company is ideally positioned to capture the market share. Robust Distributor network Century Plywood has pan India presence with strategic locations of six manufacturing facilities across all parts of India (North, South, East, West, North East, and Central). The company also has a robust distributor network of 8500 retailers and 127 distributors. The company further plans to increase this count to 10,000 retailers and 150 distributors in 2015-16. The company is also focusing on untapped market segments in smaller cities which will help company expand its presence and gain market share. GST is a potential Game Changer As mentioned earlier, the plywood market today is largely controlled by the unorganized sector which accounts for 70% of total industry. The uneven indirect duty structure in favour of unorganized players has provided them with a huge price advantage vis-à-vis organized manufacturers. With implementation of GST, the large indirect tax differential will wane and will bring the organised and unorganised players at level playing field. This provides organised players like CPIL with an opportunity to tap into the unorganized market, which is currently 3 times of organised market. Sustained capex plan to drive growth however debt level to increase Company is planning to incur capex of Rs 3 billion over FY16 and FY17. The capex will be largely spent towards the MDF and particle board plant. Of the total capex requirement, company is planning to raise Rs 2 billion through borrowings. With some repayments also scheduled, company is likely to have total debt of Rs 6-6.5 billion by FY17 compared to around Rs.4.5 billion at the end of FY15. Reinitiate with Accumulate rating with price target of Rs 190 We believe that plywood industry is going through strong structural changes which includes shift from unorganized to organised and challenges in raw material sourcing faced by unorganized players. We also believe that there are some near term catalysts like GST implementation which are significantly positive for the organised plywood players. However growth in plywood industry has moderated in near past due to slowdown in project sale, but the same has seen some sign of recovery. We have reinitiated our coverage on the company with price target of Rs 190 based on 20xFY17 EPS of Rs 9.5. We believe that higher capacity utilization will drive ROCE / ROE to 28%/38% and expect revenue / EBIDTA / PAT CAGR of 13%/24%/19% over FY15-17E. Emkay Research November 9, 2015 5

Key Financials (Standalone) Income Statement Y/E Mar (Rs mn) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E Net Sales 11,311 12,840 15,648 17,254 19,891 Expenditure 10,183 11,358 13,150 14,228 16,197 EBITDA 1,128 1,482 2,498 3,026 3,693 Depreciation 267 332 448 450 535 EBIT 861 1,149 2,050 2,576 3,159 Other Income 73 95 181 18 20 Interest expenses 390 551 433 561 653 PBT 544 693 1,798 2,033 2,525 Tax 17 24 290 272 404 Extraordinary Items 0 0 0 0 0 Minority Int./Income from Assoc. 0 0 0 0 0 Reported Net Income 527 669 1,508 1,760 2,121 Adjusted PAT 527 669 1,508 1,760 2,121 Balance Sheet Y/E Mar (Rs mn) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E Equity share capital 223 223 223 223 228 Reserves & surplus 2,274 2,692 3,653 4,742 6,031 Net worth 2,497 2,914 3,876 4,964 6,259 Minority Interest 0 0 0 0 0 Loan Funds 4,678 4,478 4,587 4,958 6,158 Net deferred tax liability (2) (5) (70) (70) (70) Total Liabilities 7,173 7,386 8,392 9,852 12,347 Net block 1,857 2,120 2,089 2,239 1,845 Investment 156 379 451 451 451 Current Assets 5,978 6,480 7,662 8,740 10,375 Cash & bank balance 797 180 170 118 520 Other Current Assets 576 212 113 90 90 Current liabilities & Provision 1,179 1,780 2,037 2,378 2,729 Net current assets 4,799 4,700 5,625 6,362 7,646 Misc. exp 0 0 0 0 5 Total Assets 7,172 7,386 8,392 9,852 12,347 Cash Flow Y/E Mar (Rs mn) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E PBT (Ex-Other income) (NI+Dep) 471 598 1,617 2,015 2,505 Other Non-Cash items 0 0 0 0 0 Chg in working cap (594) (522) (1,000) (789) (882) Operating Cashflow (632) 936 1,040 1,921 2,302 Capital expenditure (377) (423) (457) (1,173) (1,741) Free Cash Flow (1,010) 513 584 748 562 Investments 577 (223) (72) 0 0 Other Investing Cash Flow 0 0 0 0 0 Investing Cashflow 272 (551) (348) (1,155) (1,721) Equity Capital Raised (5) 0 0 0 5 Loans Taken / (Repaid) 1,133 (200) 109 371 1,200 Dividend paid (incl tax) (1) (251) (379) (628) (731) Other Financing Cash Flow 0 0 0 0 0 Financing Cashflow 737 (1,002) (702) (817) (180) Net chg in cash 377 (617) (10) (52) 402 Opening cash position 421 797 180 170 118 Closing cash position 797 180 170 118 520 Emkay Research November 9, 2015 6

Key Ratios Profitability (%) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E EBITDA Margin 10.0 11.5 16.0 17.5 18.6 EBIT Margin 7.6 9.0 13.1 14.9 15.9 Effective Tax Rate 3.2 3.4 16.1 13.4 16.0 Net Margin 4.7 5.2 9.6 10.2 10.7 ROCE 13.5 17.1 28.3 28.4 28.6 ROE 18.7 24.7 44.4 39.8 37.8 RoIC 15.6 18.4 28.9 32.1 36.2 Per Share Data (Rs) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E EPS 2.4 3.0 6.8 7.9 9.5 CEPS 3.6 4.5 8.8 10.0 12.0 BVPS 11.2 13.1 17.4 22.3 28.1 DPS 1.0 0.3 1.0 2.0 0.0 Valuations (x) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E PER 74.0 58.2 25.8 22.1 18.4 P/CEPS 25.2 20.0 10.2 9.0 7.5 P/BV 15.6 13.4 10.1 7.9 6.2 EV / Sales 3.8 3.4 2.8 2.5 2.2 EV / EBITDA 38.0 29.2 17.4 14.5 12.1 Dividend Yield (%) 0.6 0.1 0.6 1.1 0.0 Gearing Ratio (x) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E Net Debt/ Equity 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.9 Net Debt/EBIDTA 3.4 2.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 Working Cap Cycle (days) 129.1 128.5 127.2 132.1 130.8 Growth (%) FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E Revenue 1.1 13.5 21.9 10.3 15.3 EBITDA (10.0) 31.3 68.6 21.1 22.1 EBIT (12.9) 33.5 78.3 25.6 22.6 PAT (12.4) 27.1 125.3 16.7 20.5 Quarterly (Rs mn) Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16 Q2FY16 Revenue 4,070 3,858 4,092 3,709 4,422 EBITDA 638 710 793 668 738 EBITDA Margin (%) 15.7 18.4 19.4 18.0 16.7 PAT 358 414 480 397 463 EPS (Rs) 1.6 1.8 2.2 1.8 2.1 Shareholding Pattern (%) Sep-14 Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15 Sep-15 Promoters 74.5 74.5 73.3 73.3 73.3 FIIs 5.9 6.0 8.5 8.8 10.7 DIIs 2.0 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.4 Public and Others 17.7 16.7 14.8 14.7 12.5 Emkay Research November 9, 2015 7

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