Rating Rationale
June 10, 2019 | Mumbai
Bharat Gears Limited
Rated amount enhanced
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.325 Crore (Enhanced from Rs.265 Crore)
Long Term Rating CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A3 (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its 'CRISIL BBB-/Stable/CRISIL A3' rating on the bank loan facilities of Bharat Gears Limited (BGL)
 
Rating continue to reflect BGL's established market position in the automotive component industry with strong client profile in the tractor segment, albeit high concentration of revenue from few clients and strong manufacturing capabilities and infrastructure. These rating strengths are partially offset by working capital-intensive operations and higher leverage levels despite moderate networth.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths:
* Established market position in the automotive component industry and strong client profile, albeit high concentration in revenue:
BGL is a leading player in the Indian tractor gear market. By virtue of its established relationships with OEMs and high quality, its products enjoy strong brand recognition. A large part of the company's revenues are derived from large OEMs such as John Deere group, which constitute around 35% of the revenue. While there is concentration of revenue around few large clients, these clients have been dealing with BGL for over two decades and the components supplied are critical to the end product, partially mitigating this risk.

Revenue improved by 15.8% in fiscal 2019 to Rs.594 crores, backed by strong demand from OEMs and operating margins improved to 9.8% in fiscal 2019 compared to 8.3% in the previous year.

* Strong manufacturing infrastructure: The Company has over the years developed strong capabilities in gear manufacturing, enabling them to be a quality and reliable supplier to reputed OEM's in the domestic as well as international markets. Its manufacturing facilities, located at Mumbra-Mumbai, Satara-Maharashtra and Faridabad- Haryana, are fitted with modern equipment's and certified to ISO standards. BGL also has capable R&D facilities to support development of new product variants and evolvement of existing products to meet customer needs.

Weaknesses:
* Leveraged capital structure despite moderate networth

Networth remains moderate at Rs 88.5 crore at the end of March 2019. However despite moderate networth, TOL/ANW remained high at 3.8 times largely due to the debt funded capital expenditure carried out in the past. The capital structure is expected to remain leveraged at similar levels over the medium term, despite scheduled repayments, given the increase in term debt on account of debt funded capital expenditure in the previous years and additional term loan of  Rs.35 crore being availed in fiscal 2020.

* Exposure to cyclicality in the end-user industries and volatile operating margins: BGL generates majority of its revenue from OEMs across tractor, construction equipment and commercial vehicle segments and susceptible to cyclicality in these industries, especially to the tractor segment. Any downturn in these industry, especially in tractor industry, is likely to impact revenue and profitability. Any significant reduction in revenue is expected to have an impact on profitability given the high fixed cost structure. Demands from OEMs are expected to moderate in first half of fiscal 2020, largely due to tight liquidity in the market and general election pushing the consumers to defer their purchases. Demand is expected to revive in second half of current fiscal, however, overall revenue growth and profitability is expected to moderate in fiscal 2020 and remains a key monitorable.
Liquidity

Net cash accruals (NCA) were Rs.34.3 crores in fiscal 2019 against term debt obligations of Rs.5.4 crores, NCA is likely to be tightly matching against debt obligations of around Rs.21.25 crores in fiscal 2020. Capital expenditure is expected to be moderate at around Rs.5-7 crores per annum over the medium term. Incremental working capital requirement is expected to remain marginal due to expected subdued revenue growth in fiscal 2020. Average bank limit utilisation was 66.7% (Funded limit of Rs.45 crore) during the past 12 months ended in April 2019.  Liquidity is supported by capital infusion of Rs.12.21 crores by way of issue of equity shares on right basis in April 2019 and sanctioned term loan of Rs.35 crores, with moratorium of 3 years, expected to be availed in current fiscal to meet any cash flow mismatch.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL expects the company to continue to benefit from the established market position in the auto-components industry. The outlook may be revised to 'Positive' if increase in revenue or operating margin leads to substantially higher cash accruals, resulting in a substantially improved capital structure. The outlook may be revised to 'Negative' if there is a decline in revenue or drop in profitability, resulting in lower cash accruals and in stretch in liquidity profile or in case of further deterioration in capital structure. 

About the Company

Established in 1971, BGL manufactures a range of gears for tractors, commercial vehicles, buses, and utility vehicles. Its products include hypoid and spiral gears, differential gears and shafts, complete automotive transmissions, gearbox sub-assemblies and differential assemblies. The company has three plants, one each in Mumbra and Satara, both in Maharashtra, and in Faridabad, Haryana.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2019 2018
Revenue Rs crore 594 513
Profit after tax Rs crore 12.5 6.3
Profit margin % 2.1 1.2
Adjusted debt/adjusted networth Times 1.86 1.74
Interest coverage Times 2.88 2.63

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)
Rating Assigned
with Outlook
NA Bill Discounting NA NA NA 30 CRISIL A3
NA Fund-Based Facilities NA NA NA 45 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Non-Fund Based Limit NA NA NA 65 CRISIL A3
NA Export Factoring NA NA NA 8 CRISIL A3
NA Term Loan NA NA Jun-2023 110 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA Mar-2020 7 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Proposed Fund-Based Bank Limits NA NA NA 5 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Proposed Non Fund based limits NA NA NA 20 CRISIL A3
 
NA Term Loan NA NA Sanctioned but not yet availed 35 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
 
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2019 (History) 2018  2017  2016  Start of 2016
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  240.00  CRISIL BBB-/Stable/ CRISIL A3      29-08-18  CRISIL BBB-/Stable/ CRISIL A3  11-07-17  CRISIL BBB-/Stable  30-11-16  CRISIL BBB-/Negative  CRISIL BBB/Negative 
            20-08-18  CRISIL BBB-/Stable/ CRISIL A3           
            03-08-18  CRISIL BBB-/Stable           
            03-01-18  CRISIL BBB-/Stable           
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  85.00  CRISIL A3      29-08-18  CRISIL A3  11-07-17  CRISIL A3  30-11-16  CRISIL A3  CRISIL A3+ 
            20-08-18  CRISIL A3           
            03-08-18  CRISIL A3           
            03-01-18  CRISIL A3           
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Bill Discounting 30 CRISIL A3 Bill Discounting 30 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Export Factoring 8 CRISIL A3 Cash Credit 35 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Fund-Based Facilities 45 CRISIL BBB-/Stable Export Factoring 8 CRISIL A3
Non-Fund Based Limit 65 CRISIL A3 Letter of Credit 50 CRISIL A3
Proposed Fund-Based Bank Limits 5 CRISIL BBB-/Stable Proposed Fund-Based Bank Limits 10 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Proposed Non Fund based limits 20 CRISIL A3 Proposed Non Fund based limits 15 CRISIL A3
Term Loan 152 CRISIL BBB-/Stable Term Loan 117 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Total 325 -- Total 265 --
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
Rating Criteria for Auto Component Suppliers
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
The Rating Process
Understanding CRISILs Ratings and Rating Scales

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