Rating Rationale
September 30, 2024 | Mumbai
Nikhil Adhesives Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.130 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A3+ (Reaffirmed)
 
Rs.10 Crore Fixed DepositsCRISIL BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
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1 crore = 10 million
Refer to Annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities

Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has reaffirmed its CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+ ratings on the bank loan facilities and fixed deposits of Nikhil Adhesives Limited (NAL).

 

The ratings reflect established relations with the customers and suppliers supported by extensive experience of the promoters, acquired technology and well-known brand; along with comfortable financial risk profile and efficient working capital cycle. These rating strengths are partially offset by declining revenues, exposure to intense competition and susceptibility of operating to sharp fluctuation in material prices.

Analytical Approach

Unsecured loans (of Rs 8.62 crore as on 31st March 2024), extended by promoters, have been treated as debt.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Extensive experience of the promoters, acquired technology and well-known brand: NAL has a strong business profile, backed by its promoters’ extensive experience of over three decades in the emulsions and adhesive manufacturing industry. Their extensive experience in the industry has helped the company establish its name and thus association with large and reputed clientele and diversified product profile.

 

  • Established relations with diverse customers: NAL has a wide customer with top 5 customers contributing 50% revenues. Its customers include large players like Akzo Nobel India Ltd, Dow Chemicals, Kansai Nerolac and Asian Paints for paint emulsions. The company is engaged in multiple segments like paint emulsions, textile adhesives, consumer adhesives, industrial adhesives and construction chemicals, hence this mitigates the risk from concentration in any one particular segment. Further the company diversification into manufacturing of Re-dispersible polymer (RD Powder) and addition of new products in construction chemicals will drive the revenues further in medium term.

 

  • Comfortable financial risk profile: Financial risk profile is comfortable with healthy networth of Rs 114 crore as on March 31, 2024. With moderate reliance on external debt, capital structure has been comfortable with gearing and total outside liabilities to adjusted networth ratios of 0.45 and 1.53 time, respectively, as on March 31, 2024. It is expected to remain at 0.4 and 1.4 time, respectively, over the medium term backed by healthy accretion to reserve. With no major, debt funded capital expenditure (capex), the capital structure will remain comfortable over the medium term.  Debt protection metrics is comfortable with interest coverage and net cash accrual to adjusted debt ratios of 4.47 and 0.37 times, respectively, for fiscal 2024.  Financial risk profile is expected to remain strong with healthy accretion to reserve and moderate reliance on external debt.

 

  • Efficient working capital requirements: NAL has moderately high working capital requirements, with Gross Current Asset (GCA) days ranging between 100-172 days over last four fiscals ending 2024. GCA days were at 124 days as on 31st March 2024 driven by debtors and inventory of 66 days and 52 days. Despite increase in number of products Inventory holding is expected to remain in a similar range going forward. Overall, operations are expected to remain working capital intensive with GCAs of 115-120 days over the medium term.

 

Weakness:

  • Declining revenues and volatile operating margins: Over the years revenue growth has been supported by healthy demand, favorable prices, and healthy offtake from new and existing plants. In fiscal 2024 the revenues has moderated to Rs 564 crore due to lower realizations and change in trading business model from normal trading to Intending business leading to moderation of revenues. Operating margin has also been moderate between 4.7-6.4% through past 4 fiscals ended 2024. NAL profitability has been vulnerable to movements in raw material prices although the company has been able to pass on the increase in raw material cost to its customers but the same occurs with a lag. In Q1 FY25, company has achieved operating margin of ~5.94% sustenance or improvement of margins will remain key monitorable over medium term.

Liquidity: Adequate

Fund based limits utilisation is low at around 28% for the past eight months ended July 2024.  Cash accrual is expected to be over Rs 20-25 crores, which is sufficient against term debt obligation of Rs 6.5-8.2 crore over the medium term. In addition, it will act as cushion to the liquidity of the company. Current ratio was moderate at 1.39 times as on March 31, 2024. Company has cash and cash equivalent including FDs (Encumbered & unencumbered) of around Rs 12 crores as on March 31,2024. Company has no major debt funded capex plans over medium term.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL Ratings believes that NAL will maintain a stable business risk profile backed by the extensive experience of its promoters.

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward Factors:

  • Healthy and sustained growth in revenue and a sustained operating margin of over 6% leading to healthy net cash accruals of over Rs.25 crores
  • Sustenance of financial profile and working capital cycle

 

Downward Factors:

  • Steep decline in revenue or operating margin resulting in accruals below Rs 15 crores.
  • Weakening of capital structure because of increasing working capital requirements or debt funded capex.

About the Company

Incorporated in 1982 and based in Mumbai, NAL is promoted by Mr. Umesh Sanghavi, Mr. Rajesh Sanghavi, Mr. Tarak Sanghavi and Mr. Ashok Sanghavi. The company is ISO 9001 certified and is engaged in the manufacturing of speciality adhesives and emulsion through its manufacturing facilities in Dahanu (Maharashtra), Silvassa (Dadra Nagar Haveli), Dahej (Gujarat), and Bangalore (Karnataka) while its registered office is based in Mumbai. The company also trades in chemicals used in emulsions and adhesives industry.

 

The company is listed on BSE

Key Financial Indicators

As on /for the period ended March 31

Unit

Q1 2025

2024

2023

Operating income

Rs crore

161

564

744

Reported profit after tax

Rs crore

4.55

13.3

17.0

PAT margins

%

2.82

2.3

2.3

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Networth

Times

-

0.45

0.31

Interest coverage

Times

5.10

4.47

5.55

Status of non cooperation with previous CRA:

NAL has not cooperated with Infomerics Valuation and Rating Private Limited (Infomerics) which has classified it as non-cooperative vide release dated February 1st, 2021. The reason provided by Infomericis is nonfurnishing of information for monitoring of ratings.

Any other information: Not Applicable

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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  Fixed Deposits  NA  NA  NA  10 Simple  CRISIL BBB/Stable 
NA  Bank Guarantee  NA  NA  NA  2 NA  CRISIL A3+ 
NA  Cash Credit  NA  NA  NA  25 NA  CRISIL BBB/Stable 
NA  Letter of Credit  NA  NA  NA  103 NA  CRISIL A3+ 
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 25.0 CRISIL BBB/Stable   -- 03-10-23 CRISIL BBB/Stable 14-07-22 CRISIL BBB/Positive 30-07-21 CRISIL BBB-/Positive CRISIL BBB-/Stable
      --   --   -- 22-06-22 CRISIL BBB/Positive   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 105.0 CRISIL A3+   -- 03-10-23 CRISIL A3+ 14-07-22 CRISIL A3+ 30-07-21 CRISIL A3 CRISIL A3
      --   --   -- 22-06-22 CRISIL A3+   -- --
Fixed Deposits LT 10.0 CRISIL BBB/Stable   -- 03-10-23 CRISIL BBB/Stable   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bank Guarantee 2 Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Cash Credit 10 YES Bank Limited CRISIL BBB/Stable
Cash Credit 5 Standard Chartered Bank Limited CRISIL BBB/Stable
Cash Credit 5 Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Cash Credit 5 DBS Bank India Limited CRISIL BBB/Stable
Letter of Credit 30 YES Bank Limited CRISIL A3+
Letter of Credit 26 Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Letter of Credit 20 DBS Bank India Limited CRISIL A3+
Letter of Credit 27 Standard Chartered Bank Limited CRISIL A3+
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 rating short term debt

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