Rating Rationale
August 05, 2024 | Mumbai
B&B Triplewall Containers Limited
Rating reaffirmed at 'CRISIL BBB+/Stable'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.140 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
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Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has reaffirmed its 'CRISIL BBB+/Stable' rating on the long-term bank facilities of B&B Triplewall Containers Limited (BBTCL).

 

The rating continues to reflect the extensive industry experience of the promoters in the industrial paper packaging industry, established client relationships and comfortable financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by exposure to intense competition and customer concentration risk and susceptibility to cyclicality in the end-user industries.

Analytical Approach

Unsecured loans of Rs 24.99 crore as on March 31, 2024, has been treated as neither debt nor equity because the loan is expected to remain in the business over the medium term.

 

Unsecured loans of Rs 30 crore have been treated as debt as these are likely to be repaid over the medium term.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Extensive entrepreneurial experience of promoters and established client relationships: The promoters’ experience of two decades, strong understanding of market dynamics and healthy relationships with suppliers and customers should continue to support the business. The end user profile is diversified across industries and comprises fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), processed food and beverages and online retail segments. The company has recently started operations of its kraft paper manufacturing unit. The new unit being a backward integration to the existing unit is expected to improve efficiency and enhance operating margins significantly. This coupled with enhanced capacities in the existing business is expected to support revenue growth and improvement in profitability over the medium term and remain a key monitorable.

 

  • Comfortable financial risk profile: Gearing and total outside liabilities to tangible networth ratios were estimated at 1.28 times and 1.43 times, respectively, as on March 31, 2024. The company has set up a new kraft paper plant at an investment of Rs 180 crore, of which, around Rs 80 crore has been funded through bank debt, Rs 50 crore through unsecured loans from friends and the remaining through internal accrual. Despite this, gearing is expected below 1.5 times over the medium term, mainly on account of healthy accretion to reserve. Debt protection metrics were comfortable with interest coverage and net cash accrual to adjusted debt (NCAAD) ratios estimated at 6.69 times and over 0.17 time, respectively, for fiscal 2024. The debt protection metrics are expected to moderate in the near term due to the debt availed for the capital expenditure but would remain comfortable over the medium term.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Exposure to Intense competition and customer concentration risk: The industrial paper packaging industry in India is highly fragmented and the intense competition may continue to constrain scalability, pricing power and profitability. Furthermore, the company’s top five customers contribute about 42% to its revenues, with a single customer contributing 16% in fiscal 2024.

 

  • Susceptibility to cyclicality in the end-user industries: Cyclical downturns or adverse demand-supply dynamics may result in lower realisations. Any adverse impact in the end-user industries may affect the revenue and profitability of BBTCL.

Liquidity: Adequate

Bank limit utilisation averaged 52% for the 12 months through June 2024. Cash accrual is expected at Rs 35-60 crore against term debt obligation of Rs 20-26 crore over the medium term and will cushion liquidity. The current ratio was moderate at 1.11 times on March 31, 2024. The promoters are likely to extend support in the form of equity and unsecured loans to meet working capital requirements and debt obligation.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL Ratings believes BBTCL will continue to benefit from its promoters’ extensive entrepreneurial experience and established customer relationships.

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward factors

  • Substantial and sustainable increase in revenue or profitability, leading to cash accrual of over Rs 40 crore
  • Ramp up and healthy offtake from enhanced capacity and the kraft paper unit, resulting in improvement in operating performance, financial metrics and liquidity profile

 

Downward factors

  • Decline in revenue or de-growth in profitability leading to cash accrual sustained below Rs 30 crore  
  • Slower-than-expected ramp up or weak offtake from the enhanced capacities and kraft paper unit
  • Stretch in working capital cycle or any large, debt-funded capex weakening the capital structure leading to gearing of over 1.75 times

About the Company

BBTCL was incorporated in August 2011 and commenced commercial operations in June 2012. The company, based in Bengaluru, manufactures corrugated boxes used for packaging products in FMCG and electronic-commerce industries.

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

 

2024*

2023

Operating income

Rs crore

387.26

352.26

Reported profit after tax

Rs crore

19.20

18.11

PAT margins

%

4.96

5.14

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth

Times

1.28

0.96

Interest coverage

Times

6.69

6.19

*Provisional numbers

Any other information: Not applicable

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISIN Name of Instrument Date of Allotment Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Date Issue Size (Rs Cr) Complexity Levels Rating Assigned with Outlook
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 23 NA CRISIL BBB+/Stable
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 12 NA CRISIL BBB+/Stable
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Mar-2029 40 NA CRISIL BBB+/Stable
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Mar-2029 40 NA CRISIL BBB+/Stable
NA Proposed cash credit limit NA NA NA 15 NA CRISIL BBB+/Stable
NA Proposed cash credit limit NA NA NA 10 NA CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2024 (History) 2023  2022  2021  Start of 2021
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 140.0 CRISIL BBB+/Stable   -- 09-05-23 CRISIL BBB+/Stable 13-05-22 CRISIL BBB+/Stable 09-09-21 CRISIL BBB+/Stable CRISIL BBB/Positive
      --   --   -- 07-04-22 CRISIL BBB+/Stable 18-08-21 CRISIL BBB+/Stable --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Cash Credit 12 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Cash Credit 23 IndusInd Bank Limited CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Long Term Loan 40 IndusInd Bank Limited CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Long Term Loan 40 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Proposed Cash Credit Limit 10 IndusInd Bank Limited CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Proposed Cash Credit Limit 15 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating Criteria for Paper Industry
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