Rating Rationale
December 10, 2024 | Mumbai
Thaai Casting Limited
Rating reaffirmed at 'CRISIL BBB-/Positive'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.50 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB-/Positive (Reaffirmed)
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Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has reaffirmed its CRISIL BBB-/Positive’ rating on the long-term bank facilities of Thaai Casting Ltd (TCL).

 

The ratings reflect the extensive experience of the promoters in the auto components and ancillary industry and TCL's healthy order book, diversified end-user industry base and moderate financial profile. These strengths are partially offset by its susceptibility to cyclicality in the automotive (auto) industry and government regulation, susceptibility of operating margin to volatility in raw material prices and large working capital requirement.

Analytical Approach:

CRISIL Ratings has combined the business and financial risk profiles of TCL, Thaai Induction and Nitrating Pvt Ltd and Simtech Cnc since there are significant business and operating linkages and all three entities are managed by common promoters.

 

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 industry experience of the promoters and healthy order book: The promoters have experience of over three decades in the auto components and ancillary industry. This has given them a strong understanding of the market dynamics and enabled them to establish healthy relationships with suppliers and customers. Over the years, the company has been certified by major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as Hyundai, Amphenol, Tata and Mahindra, as their supplier for auto components. Revenue is estimated to improve in fiscal 2025, as compared to less than Rs 90 crore in fiscal 2024, with Rs 53 crore already booked in the first half of fiscal 2025, supported by the addition of new customers and order book of Rs 384 crore as of November 2024.

 

  • Diversified end-user industry base: TCL has longstanding relationships with its customers and suppliers. It caters to a diversified end-user industry base which includes automotive, non-automotive, agriculture, power and textiles. A diversified end-user industry base allows it to overcome the risk of slowdown in a particular industry and achieve higher growth.

 

  • Moderate financial profile: TCL’s capital structure is estimated to be moderate with gearing of 0.63 time and total outside liabilities to adjusted networth (TOLANW) ratio of 0.85 time as on March 31, 2024. The capital structure is expected to be comfortable, despite debt-funded capital expenditure (capex) in fiscal 2025. The interest coverage and net cash accrual to total debt (NCATD) ratios are estimated at 6.94 times and 0.32 time, respectively, for fiscal 2024. The interest coverage ratio is expected to be over 5 times supported by moderately healthy profitability of over 20%.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Susceptibility to cyclicality in the auto industry and government regulation: The business risk profile is susceptible to inherent cyclicality in the auto industry, linked to the performance of the economy. Also, it is susceptible to changes in government policies regarding automobiles including pollution norms and electric vehicles.

 

  • Susceptibility of operating margin to volatility in raw material prices: The key raw material is different grades of aluminum ingots which are volatile in nature. As raw material cost comprises 44-50% of operating income, the operating profit margin is susceptible to sharp adverse movements in input prices. The operating margin has fluctuated between 13% and 28% during the past three fiscals. Sustenance of operating margin at 20-22% will remain a key monitorable.

Liquidity: Adequate

Bank limit utilisation was high at 85-87% on average during the 12 months through October 2024. Cash accrual is expected to be over Rs 18 crore which will be sufficient against term debt obligation of Rs 5-7 crore over the medium term. The current ratio was healthy at 2.07 times as on March 31, 2024.

Outlook: Positive

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

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Healthy growth in revenue at over 25% with sustenance of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) margin at over 20% leading to higher net cash accrual
  • Increased liquidity with lower utilisation of bank lines
  • Improvement in the financial risk profile

 

Downward factors:

  • Decline in scale of operations leading to EBITDA margin less than 13% resulting in lower cash accrual
  • Weakening of the financial risk profile due to large debt-funded capex

About the Company

Tamil Nadu-based TCL was originally established as a partnership firm called Thaai Casting in 2010. Subsequently the firm was reconstituted as a public limited company in June 2023 under the current name. TCL is an automotive ancillary company, specialising in high-pressure die casting, as well as the precision machining of both ferrous and non-ferrous materials and induction heating and quenching. The company caters to auto as well as non-auto sectors. The manufacturing unit is in Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, with installed capacity of 2,500 tonne of high-pressure die casting.

 

TCL got listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Emerge platform in February 2024.

 

TCL is promoted by Mr Anandan Sriramulu, Ms Shevaani Anandan and Mr Chinraj Venkatesan.

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

Unit

2024

2023

Operating income

Rs crore

90.55

49.02

Reported profit after tax (PAT)

Rs crore

11.08

4.60

PAT margin

%

12.24

9.38

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Networth

Times

72.14

1.89

Interest coverage

Times

6.91

5.36

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 the
instrument
Date of
Allotment
Coupon
Rate (%)
Maturity
Date
Issue size
(Rs. Crore)
Complexity
Level
Rating assigned
with outlook
NA  Bill Discounting  NA  NA  NA  4.14 NA  CRISIL BBB-/Positive 
NA  Cash Credit  NA  NA  NA  15.16 NA  CRISIL BBB-/Positive 
NA  Term Loan  NA  NA  31-Dec-29 20.05 NA  CRISIL BBB-/Positive 
NA  Term Loan  NA  NA  31-Dec-29 2.11 NA  CRISIL BBB-/Positive 
NA  Term Loan  NA  NA  31-Dec-29 7.11 NA  CRISIL BBB-/Positive 
NA  Term Loan  NA  NA  31-Dec-29 0.41 NA  CRISIL BBB-/Positive 
NA  Term Loan  NA  NA  31-Dec-29 0.35 NA  CRISIL BBB-/Positive 
NA  Term Loan  NA  NA  31-Dec-29 0.67 NA  CRISIL BBB-/Positive 

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Names of Entities Consolidated

Extent of Consolidation

Rationale for Consolidation

Thaai Casting Limited

100%

Holding company

Thaai Induction and Nitrating Private Limited

100%

Subsidiary company

Simtech Cnc

100%

Subsidiary company

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 50.0 CRISIL BBB-/Positive 30-04-24 CRISIL BBB-/Positive   --   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bill Discounting 4.14 The Federal Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Positive
Cash Credit 15.16 The Federal Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Positive
Term Loan 20.05 The Federal Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Positive
Term Loan 7.11 Small Industries Development Bank of India CRISIL BBB-/Positive
Term Loan 0.35 Sundaram Finance Limited CRISIL BBB-/Positive
Term Loan 0.67 Ugro Capital Limited CRISIL BBB-/Positive
Term Loan 2.11 Tata Capital Financial Services Limited CRISIL BBB-/Positive
Term Loan 0.41 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Positive
Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation

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