Month: April 2011

Astral Poly Technik

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Company Background

 

Astral Poly Technik (APL) has its production facilities at Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh to manufacture plumbing systems from ½” to 8” diameter. Main products include Chlorinated PVC (CPVC) pipes and fittings for hot and cold water plumbing systems, CPVC industrial piping system for transportation of hazardous and highly corrosive chemicals, and lead free PVC systems for cold water application.

APL was the first licensee of Lubrizol (formerly B. F. Goodrich), USA to manufacture and market CPVC (patent protected) piping and plumbing system in India in 1999. APL entered into a techno-financial joint venture with Specialty Process LLC of USA, which provided the required technical expertise for manufacturing CPVC pipes and fittings for home and industrial applications. Specialty Process LLC, USA has 15.xx% ownership in APL. APL claims to be the only Licensee of Lubrizol in India and neighbouring countries for the use of the trademarks ‘‘BlazeMaster” (since 2006), “FlowGuard” (1998) and “Corzan” (1998).

APL introduced a new product range in lead free PVC pressure pipes and fittings in 2004, again a first in india. With the concept of providing a one-stop source for all plastic piping systems, APL also began trading in products such as CPVC and PVC fittings, flanges and valves from Spears (USA), solvent cements (adhesive solutions) for joining pipes and fittings from IPSC (USA), underground specialty fittings from Hunter (U.K) and CPVC and PVC plastic pipes of a larger diameter from Harvell Inc. (USA).

APL has ISO 9001:2000 certification for manufacture and supply of CPVC and PVC pipes and fittings for plumbing systems and industrial piping system. Astral is the only company in India whose CPVC products are approved by Nations Sanitary foundation (NSF) USA. Astral recently received ISI approval for its CPVC products in the country.

APL’s manufacturing facility at Barotiwal-Solan District (H.P) enjoys tax benefits/ concessions, relating to duties of Sales Tax, Excise and Income Tax. Overall tax rate for the company in FY2010 was 16.90%. These benefits are expected to continue till FY15.

 

Growth Snapshot

We can’t just look at a series of past growth rates and assume that they will predict the future – if investing were that easy, money managers would be paid much less, and this stock analysis would be much shorter. It’s critical to investigate the Sources of a company’s growth.
Variable FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
Sales Turnover (Rs. Cr.) 58.19 101.70 144.53 205.25 304.52
Sales Growth Year on Year 79.47 40.71 42.30 50.15
3yr Average Sales Growth 54.16 44.39
3yr Sales CAGR 58.91 41.50 46.17
5yr Average Sales growth 53.16
5yr Sales CAGR 52.41
Profit After Tax (PAT) (Rs. Cr.) 4.02 9.11 17.07 14.19 28.03
Adjusted EPS 1.79 4.05 7.59 6.31 12.47
EPS Growth Year on Year 126.62 87.38 -16.87 97.53
3yr Average EPS growth 65.71 56.01
3yr EPS CAGR 106.06 24.81 28.14
5yr Average EPS growth 73.66
5yr EPS CAGR 62.50

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Profitability Snapshot

Profitability is the second, and in many ways, the most crucial, part of our Analysis framework. How much profit is the company generating relative to the amount of money invested in the business – the returns? This is the real key to separating a great company from average ones -the higher that return, the more attractive that business. Net profit Margins and comparing cash flow from operations to reported earnings per share are good ways to get a rough idea of the company’s profitability (because cash flow from Operations represents real profits!). But neither account for the amount of capital that’s tied up in the business, and that’s something we cant ignore. We need to know how much economic profit the company is able to generate per dollar/rupee of capital employed because it will have more excess profits to re-invest which will give it an advantage over less-efficient competitors.
Variable FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
Operating Profit Margin 13.76 14.10 15.23 11.54 14.45
Net Profit Margin 7.47 9.44 12.57 7.34 9.66
Fixed Asset Turnover 2.35 3.13 3.30 2.45 3.30
Asset Turnover 1.70 1.05 1.21 1.47 1.83
Return on Assets 12.68 9.90 15.24 10.77 17.68
Financial Leverage 2.29 1.36 1.40 1.42 1.34
Return on Equity 29.03 13.48 21.37 15.30 23.73
Return on Capital Employed 20.60 13.75 19.74 16.36 24.33
Debtor Days 64.54 76.92 88.42 77.96 84.82
Inventory Days 115.01 96.49 99.96 117.11 112.53
Cash from Operating Activities (Rs. Cr.)
Operating Cash Flow to Sales
Capital Expenditure 11.85 28.91 32.74 17.73
Free Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow to Sales
Equity Dividend (Rs. Cr.) 0.00 0.00 1.13 1.12 2.25
Dividend per share 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 1.00
Adjusted DPS 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 1.00
Dividend Growth Year on Year -0.88 100.89
3yr DPS CAGR 41.11
5yr DPS CAGR
Dividend Payout 0.00 0.00 6.62 7.89 8.03

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Common size P&L Statement

Can we dig deeper to see what else we can understand about how this company makes money? A good way is to look at the common size profit and loss statement. Common size statements are great tools for evaluating companies because they put every line item in context by looking at each of them as a percentage of Sales.
Variable FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
Common Size Sales 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Common Size Raw Material 58.70 72.79 67.41 75.46 73.34
Common Size Power & Fuel 1.92 1.97 2.04 2.41 2.44
Common Size Employee Cost 4.28 3.54 3.69 3.18 2.84
Common Size COGS 62.50 76.11 71.22 79.89 77.94
Gross Profit Margin 37.50 23.89 28.78 20.11 22.06
Common Size Depreciation 2.55 2.28 2.40 3.20 2.96
Common Size Interest Cost 2.34 1.95 1.98 2.75 1.67
Common Size SG&A 28.21 15.62 16.71 15.80 12.09
Operating Profit Margin 13.76 14.10 15.23 11.54 14.45

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Financial Health Snapshot

Once we have figured out how fast (and why) a company has grown and how profitable it is, we need to look at its financial health. Even the most beautiful home needs a solid foundation, after all.
Variable FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
Financial Leverage 2.29 1.36 1.40 1.42 1.34
Debt to Assets 0.51 0.27 0.29 0.30 0.25
Debt to Equity 1.18 0.36 0.40 0.42 0.34
Interest Coverage 4.93 6.73 8.22 4.06 7.97
Interest Cost to Total Debt 7.73 7.68 8.37 13.60 11.98
Current Ratio 2.11 3.42 3.74 2.09 1.96
Quick Ratio 1.15 2.59 2.63 1.16 1.14
Cash to Assets 3.91 39.86 23.11 1.66 2.38

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