Rating Rationale
October 26, 2021 | Mumbai
Orissa Bengal Carrier Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'CRISIL BBB / Stable / CRISIL A3+ '
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.25 Crore (Reduced from Rs.36 Crore)
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A3+ (Reaffirmed)
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 facilities of Orissa Bengal Carrier Ltd (OBCL).

 

CRISIL Ratings has also withdrawn its rating on the Rs 3 Crore Ovedraft facility, Rs 8 Crore Cash Credit of OBCL on the request of the company and after receiving no objection certificate and no dues certificate from the respective banks. The rating action is in-line with CRISIL Rating's policy on withdrawal of its rating on bank loan facilities.

 

The ratings continue to reflect OBCL’s established market position, diversified end-user industry base and robust financial profile. These strengths are partially offset by susceptibility to volatile input cost, intense competition and government policies in road freight transport segment.

Key rating drivers and detailed description

Strengths:

  • Established market position: OBCL has a network of 45 branch offices spread across various regions of the country, which serve as strategic hubs for its operations. OBCL’s moderate scale of operations provides it operating flexibility in an intensely competitive industry. Furthermore, it also benefits from the promoters' experience of over three decades and their strong understanding of market dynamics.

 

  • Diversified end-user industry base: OBCL has longstanding relationships with its customers and suppliers. It caters to a diversified end-user industry base, which includes steel, coal, aluminum, cement, petrochemicals, paper, marble, tiles, infrastructure, textiles and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). A diversified end-user industry base allows the company to overcome the risk of slowdown in a particular industry and achieve higher growth.

 

  • Above-average financial profile: OBCL’s capital structure has been healthy because of lower reliance on external funds yielding low total outside liabilities to tangible networth (TOLTNW) ratio in the range of 0.63 to 0.89 for the three years ended March 31, 2021. Furthermore, OBCL’s debt protection measures have also been healthy because of leverage and healthy profitability.

 

Weakness:

  • Susceptibility to volatile input cost, intense competition and government policies in road freight transport segment: Operating margin in the intensely competitive logistics industry is vulnerable to volatility in fuel prices, which in turn depends on international crude oil prices. Also, the cost structure and profitability margin are highly exposed to transport policies at state and national levels that are related to heavy vehicle and pollution.

Liquidity: Adequate

Bank limit utilisation was moderate at around 53% for the 12 months through April 2021. Cash accrual is expected to be over Rs 10 crore, which should be sufficient against term debt obligation of Rs 5.30 crore over the medium term. In addition, it will cushion the liquidity of the company. Current ratio was healthy at 2.57 times as on March 31, 2021. Low gearing and moderate networth support its financial flexibility and provide the financial cushion required in case of any adverse conditions or downturn in the business.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL Ratings believes OBCL will continue to benefit from the extensive experience of its promoters and established relationships with clients. 

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Increase in scale of operations by 30% along with improvement in operating profitability
  • Sustenance of robust financial profile

 

Downward factors:

  • Lower-than-expected topline and profitability, leading to net cash accrual lower than Rs 8 crore
  • Stretch in the working capital cycle

About the company

OBCL was incorporated in 1994 as a private limited company and was reconstituted as a public limited company in 2009. The company was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) SME platform in April 2018. OBCL is promoted by Mr Ratan Kumar Agrawal, Ms Shakuntala Devi Agrawal and Mr Manoj Kumar Agrawal. The company provides third-party logistics services. The various types of services provided by the company include full truck load transport services, parcel and part truck load services and less-than-truck load (LTL) services.

 

The company is based in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, and has a network 45 branch offices spread across the country.

Key financial indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

 

2021

2020

Operating income

Rs crore

339.50

389.60

Reported profit after tax (PAT)

Rs crore

5.85

9.12

PAT margin

%

1.72

2.39

Adjusted debt/adjusted networth

Times

0.38

0.40

Interest coverage

Times

5.78

6.87

 

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 level

Rating assigned with outlook

NA

Cash credit

NA

NA

NA

18.0

NA

CRISIL BBB/Stable

NA

Bank guarantee

NA

NA

NA

7.0

NA

CRISIL A3+

NA

Cash credit

NA

NA

NA

8.0

NA

Withdrawn

NA

Overdraft Facility

NA

NA

NA

3.0

NA

Withdrawn

 

Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2021 (History) 2020  2019  2018  Start of 2018
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 29.0 CRISIL BBB/Stable   -- 28-07-20 CRISIL BBB/Stable 08-07-19 CRISIL BBB/Stable   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 7.0 CRISIL A3+   -- 28-07-20 CRISIL A3+ 08-07-19 CRISIL A3+   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bank Guarantee 6 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL A3+
Bank Guarantee 1 Axis Bank Limited CRISIL A3+
Cash Credit 4 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL BBB/Stable
Cash Credit 14 Axis Bank Limited CRISIL BBB/Stable
Cash Credit 8 HDFC Bank Limited Withdrawn
Overdraft Facility 3 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited Withdrawn

This Annexure has been updated on 26-Oct-2021 in line with the lender-wise facility details as on 4-Aug-2021 received from the rated entity.

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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