Rating Rationale
July 29, 2019 | Mumbai
Siemens Limited
Rating Reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.5286 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL AAA/Stable (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its rating on the bank facilities of Siemens Limited (Siemens) at 'CRISIL AAA/Stable'.
 
The rating continues to reflect Siemens' diversified business portfolio, strong market position, technical and managerial support from parent Siemens AG (rated 'A+/Stable/A-1+' by Standard & Poor's), and healthy financial risk profile. These rating strengths are partially offset by susceptibility to project implementation risks largely on account of exposure to structural issues in power sector and to intense competition in the capital goods industry.

Analytical Approach

CRISIL has applied its parent notch-up framework to factor in the extent of support available to Siemens' from its parent, Siemens AG.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths:
* Strong market position and diversified business portfolio:  Siemens caters to multiple business areas, mitigating risks associated with cyclicality in individual businesses. The business portfolio largely mirrors that of Siemens AG. Siemens's strong market position is supported by access to the latest technology and brand equity of its parent, diverse product portfolio, wide geographical reach, and established track record of timely execution of projects. Revenue improved to Rs 12,795 crore during FY18 (refers to financial year, October 1 to September 30) from Rs 11,403 crore in FY17 supported by healthy revenue growth across business segments. Sales have grown by 10 % in the first half of 2018-19 year-on-year.
 
* Technical and managerial support from parent, Siemens AG, Germany:  Siemens benefits from the technical and managerial support it receives from Siemens AG. Support from the parent enables Siemens to make high-quality products and improve service capabilities, thereby maintaining its market position.
 
* Healthy financial risk profile:  Siemens has a strong financial risk profile, marked by a healthy capital structure and zero debt as on March 31, 2019. Liquidity is backed by healthy cash and cash equivalents of Rs 3568 crore as of March 2019. CRISIL believes Siemens will maintain a strong financial risk profile over the medium term, driven by sufficient cash accruals and liquidity.
 
Weaknesses:
* Susceptibility to project implementation risks largely on account of exposure to structural issues in power sector: A weak demand environment, investment climate and fuel-related issues had led to a slump in orders in the power sector, where many private power developers had shelved expansion plans. In the past, Siemens' operating margins were suppressed at 3.7% in 2012-13 because of project deferrals amid a weak demand environment. While it improved to 5.5% in 2013-14 and has remained healthy in the range of 8-9% in the recent past, large dependence of its cost structure on raw material prices and foreign exchange rates, exposes its operating margins to volatility in these.
 
* Exposure to intense competition: Siemens operates in an increasingly competitive market scenario, owing to presence of many domestic as well as international players, mainly in the power segment. CRISIL believes that though competition will remain intense in the segment over the medium term, Siemens will bid prudently for projects despite intense competition.
Liquidity

Siemens enjoys healthy liquidity driven by expected cash accruals of more than Rs 650 crore per annum in fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2020 and cash and cash equivalents of over Rs 3500 crore as on March 31, 2019 as against nil long term debt repayment obligations. The company has capex of around Rs 150-250 crore per annum expected to finance through internal accruals. Its bank lines are expected to meet its incremental working capital requirements.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes Siemens will maintain its strong market position over the medium term, backed by its technological superiority. The company will also maintain its healthy financial risk profile, given its conservative financial policy, healthy capital structure, and sizeable order book. The company will also maintain its healthy financial risk profile, given its conservative financial policy, healthy capital structure, and sizeable order book.
 
Downward Scenario:
* Slump in order inflow or cash accruals on account of a prolonged slowdown in key operating segments.

About the Company

Siemens' focuses on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. It is also a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport and infrastructure solutions for Smart Cities. Siemens' business has been classified into Digital Industries, Gas and Power, Smart Infrastructure, Mobility, Large Drives, Mechanical Drives and Process Solutions. Siemens', in which Siemens AG holds 75% of the capital, is the flagship listed company of Siemens AG in India. As of September 30, 2018, Siemens' had Revenue of Rs 12,795 crore and 9,452 employees.
 
In 1957, Siemens was incorporated as a company under the Indian Companies Act and was listed on the stock exchanges in 1970. Siemens is one of the few multinational companies in India to have uninterrupted operations in India for over 90 years.
 
Over the past few decades, Siemens has built a network of factories in India, which currently total 22. These have been set up replicating global, best-in-class manufacturing systems and practices. Among the key factories in India is the Low-voltage Switchgear factory in Kalwa, a globally-benchmarked digitalized factory. This factory is capable of producing more than 180 variants at the rate of one product every nine seconds and can manufacture over five million devices annually. In addition, Siemens factories in India produce industrial motors, high and medium voltage air insulated switchgear, industrial electronics, control products and systems, steam turbines, transformers, gas insulated switchgear and digital grid solutions.
 
On May 07, 2019, Siemens AG had announced its plans to spin off its Gas and Power division, the spinoff will involve transfer of its oil and gas, conventional power generation, power transmission, and related services businesses to a separately managed company, together with its 59% stake in Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. Subsequently, the new entity would be publicly listed by September 2020.
 
For the first half fiscal 2019, Siemens, on a standalone basis, reported a PAT of Rs 508 crore on total income from operations of Rs. 6357 crore, against Rs 410 crore and Rs. 5713 crore for the corresponding period of the previous year.

Key Financial Indicators - (CRISIL Adjusted numbers):
As on / for the period ended September 30   2018 2017
Revenue* Rs crore 12,795 11,403
Profit after tax (PAT) Rs crore 901 1,137
PAT margins % 7.0 10.0
Adjusted debt/Adjusted networth Times 0.0 0.0
Interest coverage Times 196.0 237.3
*Operating income (net of excise)

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)
Rating assigned
with outlook
NA Cash Credit/ Overdraft facility NA NA NA 126 CRISIL AAA/Stable
NA Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee* NA NA NA 5160 CRISIL AAA/Stable
*The BG facility is interchangeable with Letter of credit
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2019 (History) 2018  2017  2016  Start of 2016
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  126.00  CRISIL AAA/Stable      20-04-18  CRISIL AAA/Stable  30-06-17  CRISIL AAA/Stable  10-03-16  CRISIL AAA/Stable  CRISIL AAA/Stable 
                    29-02-16  CRISIL AAA/Stable   
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  5160.00  CRISIL AAA/Stable      20-04-18  CRISIL AAA/Stable  30-06-17  CRISIL A1+  10-03-16  CRISIL A1+  CRISIL A1+ 
                    29-02-16  CRISIL A1+   
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Cash Credit/ Overdraft facility 126 CRISIL AAA/Stable Cash Credit/ Overdraft facility 126 CRISIL AAA/Stable
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee* 5160 CRISIL AAA/Stable Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 5160 CRISIL AAA/Stable
Total 5286 -- Total 5286 --
*The BG facility is interchangeable with Letter of credit
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
Rating Criteria for Engineering Sector
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
Criteria for Notching up Stand Alone Ratings of Companies based on Parent Support
Mapping global scale ratings onto CRISIL scale

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