Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

Established presence in the steel processing industry: The Company has leveraged its promoters' experience of more than three decades in the steel processing industry for expanding its capacity and product portfolio. Company caters through diverse product range with high level of customization. GIL has strong presence in the domestic as well as export markets. Exports of the company has gone up from 30% in FY21 to more than 43% in 9M fiscal 2022. With the strong market presences across various geographies the revenue is expected to grow further in the medium term.

Diversified product profile: The company has a diversified product profile. The products are divided into four major categories – Engineering Structures and Precision Fabrication. The other is Forgings, Precision pipes and Auto tubes and the fourth division is CR coil pipe and hollow sections.

The company is specialized in stainless steel, duplex, carbon, alloy steel forgings and flanges which is applied in more than 100 products. Company caters through various and wide industries like automotive and truck, HCV, agriculture machinery, equipment, valves, fittings, petrochemical applications, hardware, Off-road, railway equipment, general industrial equipment, aerospace and defense. Due to the presence in various end user industries the company is able to abosrb any downturns in any specific industry.

Healthy scale of operations: GIL’s operating income at Rs 1515.76 crore for fiscal 2021 and company has already generated revenue of Rs.1915 crore till Dec 2021.  The increase in the scale is supported by both increase in prices of steel products and also the increase in the quantitative growth. With the healthy order book in hand the company is expected to grow in the same pace in the medium term. Out of Rs. 1915 cr. of operating income Rs.1,085 cr. is from domestic market and the rest Rs.830 cr. is from the export markets. With the strong order book of Rs. 520 cr. and additional bullet train project of Rs. 198 cr. for which LOI has been signed the revenue is expected to grow further in the medium term.

Weakness:

Average financial risk profile: The Gearing and TOL/TNW has remained moderate at 1.46 times and 1.93 times respectively as on March 31, 2021. Interest coverage and net cash accrual to adjusted debt are also estimated at 2.22 times and 0.10 time for fiscal 2021 on account of modest operating profitability and high dependence on debt to fund working capital requirement. Gearing and TOL/TNW has improved from 1.77 and 2.35 in FY19 respectively to 1.45 times and 1.9 times in FY21 and with no large debt funded capex expected in medium term capital structure of the company is expected to improve going forward.

Large working capital requirement: Gross current assets were at 171 days as on March 31, 2021, driven by receivables of 63 days and inventory of 89 days. Large working capital requirements have resulted in high bank limit utilization. The bank limit utilization levels have come down due to increase in export sales which resulted in early payment realizations. Working capital management and bank limit utilization will remain key rating sensitive factor.

Susceptibility to volatility in raw material prices due to intense competition in the fragmented industry: GIL is susceptible to volatility in the price of key raw material, hot-rolled coils, which accounts for 70% of the total raw material cost, as the company is unable to pass on the impact of increase in raw material prices to customers in short-term contacts. In the long-term contracts, change in price is passed on only after 1-2 months.

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