Rating Rationale
April 01, 2025 | Mumbai
Pradeep Metals Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'Crisil BBB/Stable/Crisil A3+'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.102 Crore
Long Term RatingCrisil BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCrisil A3+ (Reaffirmed)
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1 crore = 10 million
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Detailed Rationale

Crisil Ratings has reaffirmed its ‘Crisil BBB/Stable/Crisil A3+’ ratings on the bank loan facilities of Pradeep Metals Limited (PML).

 

The ratings continue to reflect the extensive experience of the promoters in the forging industry and established relationships with the customers. The rating also factors in comfortable financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by working capital-intensive operations and moderate scale of operations.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at the ratings, Crisil Ratings has combined the business and financial risk profiles of PML; its wholly owned subsidiary, PML Inc., USA; and its step-down subsidiary, Dimensional Machine works LLC (DMW). The entities are collectively referred to as the PML group.

 

Please refer Annexure - List of Entities Consolidated, which captures the list of entities considered and their analytical treatment of consolidation.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Extensive experience of the promoters: The key promoter of the company Mr. Pradeep Goyal has been in the industry for close to four decades, which has supported them develop healthy understanding of the market dynamics and has helped them overcome business cycles over the years. The manufacturing capacities have been augmented gradually over the past decade leading to a healthy ramp up in revenues. While the revenues have slightly increased in the fiscal year 2024 to around Rs 276 crores from Rs 268 crores in fiscal 2023 led by addition of new clients and diversification in the end user segment. However, the operating profitability was impacted during FY 24 and during 9MFY25 as compared to FY 23.

 

  • Above-average financial risk profile: The financial risk profile is supported by comfortable capital structure and average debt protection metrics. Net worth has improved to Rs 123 crores as on Sept 30, 2025 (Rs 111 crores in fiscal 2024) largely driven by the accretion to the reserves. Debt protection metrics have been adequate with interest coverage and net cash accrual to total debt ratios of around 6.70 times and 0.25 time, respectively, for H1 of fiscal 2025 (6.14 times and 0.42 times respectively for fiscal 2024). Debt protection metrics expected to improve over the medium term led by the improvement in the scale of operations. With improving accretions, no large capex requirement and controlled working capital management, the financial metrics are expected to remain stable over the medium term supporting the overall credit profile of the company.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Exposure to volatility in raw material prices: Key raw material for the company is steel, dyes etc. Since the cost of raw materials constitutes 50% of the total cost, the company remains exposed to volatility in input prices as reflected in decline in operating margins to 14.96% during 9MFY25 from 16.11% in Fiscal 2024 and 18.21% in Fiscal 2023. Operating margins are expected to remain in the range of 15% to 14% over the medium term. Though any sharp rise in raw material prices is passed on to customers, it happens with a lag. Sustenance of operating margins will remain a key monitorable over the medium term.

 

  • Moderate scale of operations: Although on an improving trend, group has moderate scale of operations with revenue remaining in the range of Rs 221-276 Cr in the last three fiscals ended fiscal 2024. The business risk profile is expected to improve over medium term on account of  addition of new customers from different segments and enhanced orders from current customers and improvement in operating margins on account of better fixed cost absorption with increase in volume.

Liquidity: Adequate

Bank limit utilisation is moderate at around 78.79 percent for the past twelve months ended December 2024. Cash accruals are expected to be over Rs 32 crore which are sufficient against term debt obligation of Rs 12-10 crore over the medium term. In addition, it will act as cushion to the liquidity of the company..

Outlook: Stable

Crisil Ratings believes that group will continue to benefit from enhanced demand of its products, improving operating efficiency resulting from extensive experience of the promoters and their long-standing relationships with customers leading to a comfortable financial risk profile.

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward Factors:

  • Increase in scale of operations with enhanced operating profitability resulting in net cash accruals remaining above Rs. 35 crores
  • Sustenance of improved financial risk profile particularly TOLANW
  • Improvement in working capital cycle

 

Downward Factors:

  • Cash accruals below Rs 20 crore on account of subdued operating performance
  • Higher-than-expected debt-funded capital expenditure or acquisitions or stretch in working capital cycle weakens key credit metrics

About the Company

Manufacturers of closed die forgings and other allied parts for Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Automobiles.

About the Group

Incorporated in 1982, PML manufactures intricate closed-die stainless, alloy, and carbon steel forgings as finished and semi-finished machined components for multiple sectors, such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, and general engineering. The manufacturing facility is in Navi Mumbai. During 2013-14, PML had set up its 100% subsidiary PML Inc. USA, in order to identify new potential customers and facilitate growing exports to USA.  DMW, which is a step-down subsidiary of PML, is engaged in manufacturing of precision machined components

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

 

2024

2023

Operating income

Rs crore

276.41

267.96

Reported profit after tax

Rs crore

22.28

26.23

PAT margins

%

8.06

9.79

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth

Times

0.65

0.80

Interest coverage

Times

6.14

7.44

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 Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 3.00 NA Crisil A3+
NA Bill Discounting NA NA NA 15.00 NA Crisil A3+
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 15.00 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Foreign Exchange Forward NA NA NA 2.58 NA Crisil A3+
NA Packing Credit NA NA NA 25.00 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA 31-Mar-27 5.74 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA 31-Mar-27 0.77 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA 31-Mar-27 1.31 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA 31-Dec-31 12.75 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA 31-Mar-29 8.00 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA 31-Mar-27 2.00 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA 30-Jun-31 10.85 NA Crisil BBB/Stable

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Names of Entities Consolidated

Extent of Consolidation

Rationale for Consolidation

Dimensional Machine Works LLC

Full

Step Down Subsidiary

Pradeep Metals Limited

Full

Parent

Pradeep Metals Limited Inc USA

Full

Subsidiary

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/ST 99.0 Crisil BBB/Stable / Crisil A3+   -- 10-01-24 Crisil BBB/Stable / Crisil A3+   -- 04-10-22 Crisil BBB/Stable / Crisil A3+ Crisil BBB-/Positive / Crisil A3
      --   -- 02-01-24 Crisil BBB/Stable / Crisil A3+   --   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 3.0 Crisil A3+   -- 10-01-24 Crisil A3+   -- 04-10-22 Crisil A3+ Crisil A3
      --   -- 02-01-24 Crisil A3+   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bank Guarantee 3 Union Bank of India Crisil A3+
Bill Discounting 15 Union Bank of India Crisil A3+
Cash Credit 15 Union Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Foreign Exchange Forward 2.58 Union Bank of India Crisil A3+
Packing Credit 25 Union Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 5.74 Not Applicable Crisil BBB/Stable
Term Loan 2 Union Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Term Loan 10.85 Union Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Term Loan 0.77 Union Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Term Loan 1.31 Union Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Term Loan 12.75 Union Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Term Loan 8 Union Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
Basics of Ratings (including default recognition, assessing information adequacy)
Criteria for consolidation

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