Rating Rationale
December 05, 2024 | Mumbai
Black Rose Industries Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'CRISIL BBB+/Stable/CRISIL A2'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.86.5 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A2 (Reaffirmed)
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Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has reaffirmed its ratings on the bank loan facilities of Black Rose Industries Limited (BRIL) at 'CRISIL BBB+/Stable/CRISIL A2'.

 

The ratings continue to reflect the extensive experience of the promoters, healthy relationship with principals and the company's healthy financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by low contribution from the manufacturing segment, exposure to foreign exchange (forex) fluctuations and product concentration.

Analytical Approach

CRISIL Ratings has consolidated the business and financial risk profiles of BRIL and BR Chemicals Co Ltd (BRCC). This is because BRCC is BRIL's 100% subsidiary and is in the same line of business.

 

Please refer Annexure - List of Entities Consolidated, which captures the list of entities considered and their analytical treatment of consolidation.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Extensive experience of the promoters and healthy relationship with principals: Mr. Anup Jatia, the non-executive chairman, has experience of close to two decades in the specialty chemicals industry. He is a chemical engineer from the California Institute of Technology, USA, and possess technical expertise in the chemicals industry. The extensive experience of the promoters has helped the company establish strong relations with its principals, such as Mitsui Chemicals, Sumitomo Chemical and Taoka Chemical in Japan and Lanxess in Germany - all of whom have been associated with BRIL for 7-18 years.

 

Further, the company has been manufacturing acrylamide liquid, polyacrylamide in a liquid form, acrylamide solids and N methylol acrylamide. These products along with scale up in distribution segment should support growth in revenue and profitability over the medium term.

 

  • Healthy financial risk profile: Capital structure is healthy, as reflected in networth and total outside liabilities to adjusted networth (TOLANW) ratio of Rs 142 crore and 0.3 times, respectively, as on March 31, 2024. Debt protection metrics is also healthy, reflected by interest coverage and net cash accrual to adjusted debt ratios of 24.6 times and 5.42 time, respectively, in fiscal 2024, likely to further improve. The financial risk profile should remain healthy over the medium term.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Low contribution from the manufacturing segment and exposure to forex fluctuations: Although on improving trend, currently contribution from manufacturing segment is lower than distribution segment. BRIL currently generates about 69% of its revenue from the distribution business, largely imported from Japan, South Korea and Germany. The business is dependent on relationships with the suppliers (Mitsui Chemicals, Sumitomo Chemicals, Taoka Chemical in Japan and Lanxess in Germany) and is exposed to regulatory changes with respect to international trade. Profitability is also susceptible to fluctuations in forex rate because of large imports. However, longstanding relationships with the principals and partial hedging of forex exposure partially mitigate these risks.

 

  • Product concentration mainly in the manufacturing segment: Currently, BRIL manufactures four products: acrylamide liquid, polyacrylamide liquid, Acrylamide Solid and N methylol acrylamide. While acrylamide liquid contributed to majority of its manufacturing revenue; polyacrylamide is expected to scale up over the medium term as company is also expected to starting manufacturing of polyacrylamide solids. This exposes the company to any adverse impact of price movements, demand-supply dynamics and competition from domestic and foreign peers. This was seen in impact on operating performance during fiscal 2024. However, acrylamide is used in multiple industries such as paints, emulsions, adhesive, textiles, water & sewage treatment industries etc. which should partially mitigate this risk. Furthermore, the company is in process of introducing new products to the market, this would bring diversification to its manufacturing product profile over medium term.

Liquidity; Adequate

Net cash accrual, expected at Rs 25 crore per fiscal, will sufficiently cover the yearly debt obligation of Rs 0.5-0.6 crore per fiscal over the medium term. Bank limit utilization averaged at less than 1% over the twelve months ending June 2024.Current ratio was comfortable at over 3.4 times as on March 31, 2024 and is expected to remain comfortable over the medium term.

Outlook Stable

CRISIL Ratings believes BRIL's business risk profile will continue to benefit from the promoters' extensive experience

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward Factors:

  • Significant growth in revenue driven by the manufacturing segment and improved operating margin strengthening net cash accrual above Rs 55 crore.
  • Stable financial risk profile, with low leverage and improved financial flexibility

 

Downward Factors:

  • Decline in revenue and profitability remaining below 8% constraining net cash accrual to below Rs 15 crore.
  • Stretched working capital cycle or any large, debt-funded capex weakening the financial risk profile.

About the Company

Incorporated in 1990, BRIL, formerly known as Asia Fab Ltd, distributes specialty chemicals in India. It has also set up a unit in Jhagadia, Gujarat, wherein it manufactures acrylamide and polyacrylamide, which finds application in paints, emulsions and adhesives, water treatment etc., with installed capacity of 32000 and 40000 ton per annum respectively.

 

BRIL derives a minor portion of its revenue from sale of wind power. The company has two wind power plants in Rajasthan and Gujarat.

 

Mr. Anup Jatia, the promoter of the company, handles the day-to-day operations.

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

Unit

2024

2023

Operating income

Rs crore

380.58

430.62

Reported profit after tax

Rs crore

21.23

7.92

PAT margins

%

5.58

1.84

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth

Times

0.03

0.04

Interest coverage

Times

24.63

7.25

Any other information: Not Applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISIN Name of the
instrument
Date of
Allotment
Coupon
Rate (%)
Maturity
Date
Issue size
(Rs. Crore)
Complexity
Level
Rating assigned
with outlook
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 16 NA CRISIL BBB+/Stable
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 70.5 NA CRISIL A2

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Names of Entities Consolidated

Extent of Consolidation

Rationale for Consolidation

B. R. Chemicals

Fully consolidated

wholly owned subsidiary  and the same line of business

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 16.0 CRISIL BBB+/Stable   -- 31-10-23 CRISIL BBB+/Stable 02-08-22 CRISIL BBB+/Stable   -- CRISIL A3+ / CRISIL BBB/Stable
      --   --   -- 31-01-22 CRISIL BBB/Positive   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 70.5 CRISIL A2   -- 31-10-23 CRISIL A2 02-08-22 CRISIL A2   -- CRISIL A3+
      --   --   -- 31-01-22 CRISIL A3+   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Cash Credit 7 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Cash Credit 9 Axis Bank Limited CRISIL BBB+/Stable
Letter of Credit 25 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL A2
Letter of Credit 11.5 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited CRISIL A2
Letter of Credit 12 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited CRISIL A2
Letter of Credit 22 Axis Bank Limited CRISIL A2
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 Chemical Industry
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation

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