Rating Rationale
September 20, 2024 | Mumbai
Emkay Taps and Cutting Tools Limited
Ratings continues on 'Watch Developing'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.11 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL A-/Watch Developing (Continues on 'Rating Watch with Developing Impications)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A2+/Watch Developing (Continues on 'Rating Watch with Developing Impications)
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Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings continues its ratings on the bank facilities of Emkay Taps and Cutting Tools Limited (ETCTL) on ‘Rating Watch with Developing Implications’.

 

CRISIL Ratings had placed the rating on watch on July 06, 2023 following the update given by the management on the proposed Demerger of ETCTL (Demerged Company) with Emkay Tools Limited (ETL, Resulting Company). The demerger is on account of transferring the manufacturing of threading taps and cutting tools division to ETL. Demerger is still in process. CRISIL Ratings will continue to monitor the progress along with impact of the demerger and will resolve the watch with appropriate rating action post completion of the same.

 

The rating continues to reflect the established position in the threading taps segment, backed by established market position, robust operating margin and company’s strong financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by susceptibility of operating performance to slowdown in the end-user industry, moderate scale of operations and working capital intensive operations.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Established market position and robust operating margins: Promoters have experience of over four decades in the threading taps segment of the cutting tools industry and have established relationships with suppliers and customers. The promoters have developed a strong understanding of the industry dynamics, which has helped them successfully navigate several business cycles as well as build longstanding relationships with customers. All these factors have helped the company establish a strong market position. Operating margins have been in the range of 40-50% over past four years ended fiscal 2024. 

 

  • Strong financial risk profile: Financial risk profile is strong marked by robust net worth at around Rs.298 crores as on March 31, 2024 and low total outside liabilities to adjusted net worth of around 0.02 times as on March 31, 2024. This is on account of lower reliance on working capital debt and significant liquid investment. Debt protection metrics is comfortably marked by interest coverage over 400 times for fiscal 2024. Financial risk profile is expected to remain strong on account of steady accretion to reserves.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Susceptibility of operating performance to slowdown in the end-user industry and moderate scale of operations: Bulk of the revenue accrues from the automobile and auto-ancillary industry, hence any slowdown in the sector will impact the operating performance of ETCTL. Company’s operating performance is expected to remain susceptible to cyclicality in end user industries.  

 

  • Working capital intensive operations: Operations are working capital intensive as indicated by gross current assets (GCA) in range of 210 days to 260 days for last 3 years through March 31,2023. GCA is high mainly driven by debtors and inventory of 81 days and 140 days respectively and inventory days are large due to short turnaround time for orders, significant lead time in importing raw materials and large number of stocks keeping units. Working capital cycle is likely to remain high over the medium term

Liquidity: Strong

Liquidity is strong marked by net cash accruals above Rs 40 crore on continued basis as against repayment obligation of Rs 0-0.5 crores. Bank Limit utilization is barely utilized and is below 20% on average. The company has investments of around Rs.250 crore as of March 30, 2024. No major capex plans over medium term.

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Significant and sustained growth in revenue of over 30% and sustained operating profitability.
  • Significant improvement in working capital cycle, especially inventory and with sustained financial risk profile and liquidity.

 

Downward factors:

  • Weakening of financial risk profile with TOLANW increasing above 1 time.
  • Large capital expenditure or significant decline in value of liquid assets

About the Company

ETCTL was set up in 1976, as a proprietorship firm of Mr Ajay Prakash Kanoria, a Nagpur-based first-generation entrepreneur. The firm was reconstituted as a private limited company in 1995, and a public limited company in 2015. It is listed on NSE-Emerge. It manufactures high-speed steel (HSS) threading taps and cutting tools, mainly for the automobile and auto ancillary industries. It also owns and operates wind-mills in Rajasthan (2 windmills with capacity of 0.8 MW each) and Karnataka (1.2 MW).

Key Financial Indicators

As on/for the period ended March 31

Unit

2023

2022

Operating income

Rs.Crore

88.61

71.82

Reported profit after tax

Rs.Crore

44.12

35.25

PAT margins

%

49.8

49.1

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Networth

Times

0.03

0.02

Interest coverage

Times

419.6

324.16

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. Crore) Complexity Levels Rating Outstanding with Outlook
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 6.50 NA CRISIL A-/Watch Developing
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 0.85 NA CRISIL A2+/Watch Developing
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 3.65 NA CRISIL A-/Watch Developing
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 10.15 CRISIL A-/Watch Developing 24-06-24 CRISIL A-/Watch Developing 29-12-23 CRISIL A-/Watch Developing 01-03-22 CRISIL A-/Stable   -- CRISIL BBB+/Stable
      -- 27-03-24 CRISIL A-/Watch Developing 03-10-23 CRISIL A-/Watch Developing   --   -- --
      --   -- 06-07-23 CRISIL A-/Watch Developing   --   -- --
      --   -- 11-05-23 CRISIL A-/Stable   --   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 0.85 CRISIL A2+/Watch Developing 24-06-24 CRISIL A2+/Watch Developing 29-12-23 CRISIL A2+/Watch Developing 01-03-22 CRISIL A2+   -- CRISIL A2
      -- 27-03-24 CRISIL A2+/Watch Developing 03-10-23 CRISIL A2+/Watch Developing   --   -- --
      --   -- 06-07-23 CRISIL A2+/Watch Developing   --   -- --
      --   -- 11-05-23 CRISIL A2+   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Cash Credit 6.5 ICICI Bank Limited CRISIL A-/Watch Developing
Letter of Credit 0.85 ICICI Bank Limited CRISIL A2+/Watch Developing
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 3.65 Not Applicable CRISIL A-/Watch Developing
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 Engineering Sector
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt

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