Rating Rationale
January 23, 2025 | Mumbai
Go Fashion (India) Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'Crisil A+/Stable/Crisil A1+'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.225 Crore
Long Term RatingCrisil A+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCrisil A1+ (Reaffirmed)
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Detailed Rationale

Crisil Ratings has reaffirmed its ratings on the bank facilities of Go Fashion (India) Limited (GFIL) at ‘Crisil A+/Stable/Crisil A1+’.

 

The ratings continue to reflect GFIPL's strong market position in the women’s bottom wear segment and strong financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by exposure to intense competition and large working capital requirement.

Analytical Approach

Crisil Ratings has evaluated the standalone business and financial risk profiles of GFIL. Debt includes lease liabilities, following adoption of Ind AS 116. 

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Strong market position: The company enjoys a strong market position and healthy brand recall in the women bottom wear segment across the country. The revenue is around Rs 763 crore in FY 2024, and Rs. 429 crores for FY25 H1, and it is expected to improve steadily over the medium term with addition of EBO’s and geographical expansion of its revenue profile.

 

  • Healthy financial risk profile: The healthy financial risk profile is indicated by strong net worth of around Rs. 653 crores and gearing of 0.75 times as on September 31, 2024, primarily due to treatment of lease liability as Debt. The capital structure has strengthened by healthy accruals. Interest coverage was comfortable at around 6.22 times for fiscal 2024 primarily on interest on lease liability.  The capital structure and debt protection metrics are expected to remain strong with absence of debt funded capital expenditure and steady accretion to reserves.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Exposure to intense competition: GFIL faces intense competition from unorganised and regional players in the women's ethnic bottom wear sector. Increasing market penetration of various ethnic players with presence in both top and bottom wear and presence of various private label brands in LFS leads to increased competitive pressure. GFIL's significant reliance on the women's bottom wear segment for revenue also exposes the company to concentration risk.

 

  • Large working capital requirement: Gross current assets (GCAs) were 255 days as on March 31, 2024, driven by sizeable inventory and receivables of 154 and 38 days, respectively and also driven by considerable cash and bank balances and marketable securities. However, GFIL has made concerted efforts to enhance its inventory management, which has yielded positive results, as evidenced by a significant reduction in inventory days to 141 days as of September 30, 2024. Owing to a large number of stock keeping units (SKU’s) across its outlets, working capital requirements are expected to remain at similar levels over the medium term.

Liquidity: Strong

Cash accrual is expected to be in the range of Rs.180-200 crore over the medium term; however, the company does not have any repayment obligations. The fund-based bank limits have been utilized sparsely over the last 12 months ending September 2024. The liquidity is further supported by ample unencumbered cash and cash equivalents of around Rs.230 crore as of September 2024 and absence of debt funded capital expenditure over the medium term.

Outlook: Stable

Crisil Ratings believes GFIL will maintain its business performance over the medium term, supported by its operational efficiency and strong brand recall.

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward Factors

  • Strong improvement in revenues with sustenance of operating profitability at over 28%.
  • Sustenance of the financial risk profile and ramp up of operations in newly opened outlets.

 

Downward Factors

  • Sharp decline in revenue or operating margins declining to less than 17%.
  • Any large debt funded capital expenditure or working capital stretch adversely impacting the financial risk profile

About the Company

Incorporated in 2010, GFIL sells ethnic bottom wear products for women through its retail stores, distributors, and large fashion outlets under the ‘Go Colors’ brand. Mr Gautam Saraogi and Mr Rahul Saraogi are the promoters. The company was listed on the national stock exchange on 30th November 2021.

Key Financial Indicators

As on/for the period ended March 31

Unit 

2024

2023

Operating income

Rs.Crore

763.29

665.52

Reported profit after tax

Rs.Crore

76.80

77.57

PAT margins

%

10.84

12.42

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Networth

Times

0.78

0.65

Interest coverage

Times

5.91

7.02

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 Instrument Date Of Allotment Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Date Issue Size (Rs.Crore) Complexity Levels Rating Outstanding with Outlook
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 185.00 NA Crisil A+/Stable
NA Cash Credit & Working Capital Demand Loan NA NA NA 30.00 NA Crisil A+/Stable
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 5.00 NA Crisil A+/Stable
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 5.00 NA Crisil A1+
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2025 (History) 2024  2023  2022  Start of 2022
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 215.0 Crisil A+/Stable   --   -- 26-10-23 Crisil A+/Stable 25-02-22 Crisil A-/Stable Crisil BBB+/Stable
      --   --   -- 07-01-23 Crisil A/Stable   -- --
      --   --   -- 06-01-23 Crisil A/Stable   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST/LT 10.0 Crisil A+/Stable / Crisil A1+   --   -- 26-10-23 Crisil A+/Stable / Crisil A1+ 25-02-22 Crisil A2+ Crisil A2
      --   --   -- 07-01-23 Crisil A1 / Crisil A/Stable   -- --
      --   --   -- 06-01-23 Crisil A1   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Cash Credit 80 RBL Bank Limited Crisil A+/Stable
Cash Credit 60 ICICI Bank Limited Crisil A+/Stable
Cash Credit 25 HDFC Bank Limited Crisil A+/Stable
Cash Credit 20 State Bank of India Crisil A+/Stable
Cash Credit & Working Capital Demand Loan 30 Axis Bank Limited Crisil A+/Stable
Letter of Credit 5 RBL Bank Limited Crisil A1+
Letter of Credit 5 Axis Bank Limited Crisil A+/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
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt

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