Rating Rationale
November 02, 2018 | Mumbai
VMS Industries Limited
Rated amount enhanced
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.110.5 Crore (Enhanced from Rs.90 Crore)
Long Term Rating CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A3 (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL ratings on bank facilities of VMS Industries Limited (VMS) continue to reflect the extensive experience of the promoter in the ship-breaking industry, and adequate financial risk profile because of comfortable capital structure. These strengths are partially offset by susceptibility to cyclicality in the ship-breaking industry and to regulatory changes, volatile operating margin, and working capital-intensive operations.

CRISIL had upgraded its ratings on VMS to 'CRISIL BBB-/Stable/CRISIL A3' from 'CRISIL BB+/Stable/'CRISIL A4+' through its rating release dated September 27, 2018.

The rating upgrade reflected improvement in financial and business risk profiles of VMS. During fiscal 2017 and current financial year, the company has recalled its loans, advances, investments in group companies, third parties (about Rs 40 crore as on March 31, 2018) and has invested them in its ship breaking, TMT business. Currently the company's exposure is down to about Rs 9 crore, which will reduce to about Rs 5 crore by the end of financial year. The rating action factors in the managements' stance on its balance exposure within Rs 5 crore over medium term. The increased own funding has meant that the reliance on external funding for ship procurement shall be restrained to that extent. The business risk profile has also improved, supported by continuous upgradation of its ship breaking yard, scale up in operations and benefits from increased own capital deployment.

Analytical Approach

CRISIL has consolidated the business and financial risk profile of VMS and its wholly own subsidiary VMS TMT Pvt Ltd, owing to business and financial linkages.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Extensive industry experience of the promoter: VMS should continue to benefit from its promoter's experience of 25 years in the ship-breaking industry.
 
* Healthy financial risk profile: Networth stood at Rs 54.6 crore, gearing was 0.35 time, and total outside liabilities to tangible networth ratio was 1.2 times as on March 31, 2018. Debt protection measures are adequate, with interest coverage ratio of 2.11 times and net cash accrual to total debt ratio at 0.13 time for fiscal 2018. More importantly, VMS now enjoys a much cleaner balance sheet.
 
Weakness
* Susceptibility to cyclicality in the ship-breaking industry and to regulatory changes: The ship-breaking industry is cyclical and the viability of the business is inversely correlated with the international freight index. Foreign exchange (forex) rates and scrap rates also affect business viability. Furthermore, the domestic ship-breaking industry is regulated by strict pollution control norms because of the hazardous nature of asbestos, lead, and other acids and chemicals contained in the ships.
 
* Low and volatile operating margin: Operating margin was low at 2.5-4% over the past five fiscals, due to limited value addition in operations, and susceptibility to fluctuations in forex rates and scrap prices, among other factors.
 
* Working capital-intensive operations: Gross current assets exceeded 6 months as on March 31, 2018, primarily driven by high inventory.
Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes VMS will continue to benefit from healthy capitalisation and extensive promoter experience. The outlook may be revised to 'Positive' if there is significant and sustainable increase in cash accrual along with improved risk management practices. The outlook may be revised to 'Negative' if profitability falls because of adverse movement in steel scrap prices or forex rates, or if liquidity is impacted by stretched working capital cycle, or if there is an increase in loans and advances to others.

About the Company

VMS was set up by Mr Manoj Kumar Jain as a private limited company in 1991 and was reconstituted as a limited company with effect from January 29, 2010. It has issued an initial public offering in June 2011. VMS undertakes ship-breaking activity at Alang, Gujarat, which is the leading center for ship-breaking and recycling in Asia. VMS TMT is involved in trading of TMT bars.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2018 2017
Revenue Rs. Cr. 139 114
Profit After Tax Rs. Cr. 1.5 0.9
PAT margin   1.1 0.7
Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth Times 0.35 0.11
Interest coverage Times 2.1 3.5

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
CRISIL complexity levels are assigned to various types of financial instruments. The CRISIL complexity levels are available on www.crisil.com/complexity-levels. Users are advised to refer to the CRISIL complexity levels for instruments that they consider for investment. Users may also call the Customer Service Helpdesk with queries on specific instruments.
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# NA NA NA 15 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 95.5 CRISIL A3
#Interchangeable with LC
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2018 (History) 2017  2016  2015  Start of 2015
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  15.00  CRISIL BBB-/Stable  27-09-18  CRISIL BBB-/Stable  28-09-17  CRISIL BB+/Stable  25-04-16  CRISIL BB+/Negative      CRISIL BB+/Stable 
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  95.50  CRISIL A3  27-09-18  CRISIL A3  28-09-17  CRISIL A4+  25-04-16  CRISIL A4+      CRISIL A4+ 
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# 15 CRISIL BBB-/Stable Cash Credit 10 CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Letter of Credit 95.5 CRISIL A3 Letter of Credit 80 CRISIL A3
Total 110.5 -- Total 90 --
#Interchangeable with LC
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 Steel Industry
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt

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