Rating Rationale
June 29, 2024 | Mumbai
Silicon Rental Solutions Limited
'CRISIL BBB/Stable' assigned to Bank Debt
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.20 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB/Stable (Assigned)
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Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has assigned its ‘CRISIL BBB/Stable’ rating to the long term bank facilities of Silicon Rental Solutions Limited (SRSL).

 

The rating reflects the extensive experience of the promoters in the IT hardware industry, healthy operating profitability and comfortable financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by its moderate scale of operations and moderately intensive working capital cycle.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Extensive experience of promoters: The promoters – members of the Motiani family – have more than 30 years of experience in the IT component trading segment. The management entered into the business of renting out IT equipments in 2007 and have developed a strong position in this industry, catering to over 350 clients across India. . This is reflected in SRSL’s growing scale of operations where revenues have improved to around Rs. 63 to 64 crores in fiscal 2024 against Rs. 14 crores in fiscal 2021. Going forward, SRSL’s business profile is expected to remain supported by the promoter’s vast industry experience.

 

  • Healthy operating profitability: The operating margins have moderated in fiscal 2024 due to addition of trading sales but  remained healthy at  61% in fiscal 2024.  With increased contribution from trading segment, operating margins are expected to moderate but remain healthy about 50%-60% as the higher margin rental business will continue to contribute around  70% of the total sales.

 

  • Comfortable financial risk profile: The capital structure has been moderate due to limited reliance on external funds. With networth of about Rs 62 to 63 crore as on March 31, 2024 (against Rs 50.94 crore a year ago), gearing and total outside liabilities to adjusted networth ratio stood at 0.09 – 0.1 time and 0.22 to 0.25 times as on March 2024 (0.04 and 0.11 times, respectively, a year ago). Debt protection metrics have also been robust, as indicated by interest coverage ratio and net cash accrual to total debt ratio of 82 to 83 times and 5.5 to 6 times for fiscal 2024 as compared to 38 times and 13 times last year. In the absence of any large debt funded capex plans, the financial risk profile is expected to remain healthy over the medium term backed by steady accretion to reserves.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Moderate working capital cycle: Operations are moderately working capital intensive, as reflected in gross current assets (GCAs) days of 190 to 200 days as on March 31, 2024, driven by moderate debtor days. For the rental business, the company offers a credit period of 30 to 60 days on average. However, in the trading business, receivable days are at around 90 to 120 days. With higher revenue contribution from the trading segment along with higher year end sales, receivables have remained stretched as on March 31, 2024. Operations will remain working capital intensive over the medium term.

 

  • Modest scale of operations amid increasing competition: Although revenues have been growing year on year, wherein the company generated Rs. 63 to 64 crores of revenues as against Rs. 36.3 crores during the previous fiscal, overall scale of operations remain moderate. Furthermore, increasing competition in IT rental business segment might further constrain the growth in scale. Improvement in the scale of operations will remain a key monitorable

Liquidity: Adequate

Bank limit remained unutilised for the 12 months ended May 2024.  Net cash accrual expected at around Rs 40-48 crores for fiscals 2025 and 2026 will remain sufficient against term debt repayment obligations of 0.4 to 0.6 and 1.2 to 1.4 crores respectively, over the medium term. Current ratio was healthy at 3.8 to 4 times on March 31, 2024. Moderate unencumbered cash and bank balance of around Rs. 5.5 crores as on March 31, 2024, will further support liquidity.

Outlook: Stable

SRSL will continue to benefit from the promoters’ extensive experience and healthy relationships with customers.

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Increase in scale of  operations to above Rs 100 crores and operating profitability, leading to higher net cash accruals.
  • Sustenance of healthy financial risk profile.

 

Downward factors:

  • Decline in scale or profitability leading to net cash accruals of less than Rs. 20 crores
  • Deterioration in capital structure driven by significant debt funded capex.

About the Company

Mumbai based, SRSL was incorporated in January 2016 by the Motiani family as private limited company and later reconstituted as public limited company in 2022. SRSL is primarily an IT and networking equipment renting company. It provides a vast array of IT equipment such as laptops, desktops, sophisticated servers and other peripherals like CCTV cameras, Printers, projectors, storage devices and networking equipment etc. SRSL is promoted by Mr. Sanjay Harish Motiani, Mrs. Kanchan Sanjay Motiani, Ms. Anushka Sanjay Motiani and Mr. Nikhil Sanjay Motiani. In FY24, SRSL has also forayed into trading of hardware and software products for few customers

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

Unit

2023

2022

Operating income

Rs crore

36.30

24.61

Reported profit after tax (PAT)

Rs crore

10.67

10.21

PAT margin

%

29.41

41.47

Adjusted debt/adjusted networth

Times

0.04

0.98

Interest coverage

Times

38.01

49.36

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 Overdraft Facility NA NA NA 5 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA Loan Against Property NA NA Mar-2039 5 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA Drop Line Overdraft Facility NA NA Mar-2039 10 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
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 20.0 CRISIL BBB/Stable   --   --   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Drop Line Overdraft Facility 10 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited CRISIL BBB/Stable
Loan Against Property 5 Standard Chartered Bank Limited CRISIL BBB/Stable
Overdraft Facility 5 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited CRISIL BBB/Stable
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