Ratnaveer Precision Engineering Buy Report
Ratnaveer Precision Engineering Buy Report
CMP: ₹ 151 Target: ₹ 200 (+32%) Target Period: 12-18 months BUY
June 26, 2024
Conviction Pick
Gujarat based stainless steel (SS) product manufacturer focused on producing
finished sheets, washers, solar roofing hooks, pipes and tubes
• The company operates out of four manufacturing units in Gujarat with total
manufacturing capacity stood at 30000 tonnes as of FY24 Particulars
Particular Amount
• SS finishing line sheets contributed ~47% to total revenues in FY24 followed
Market Capitalisation (Rs Crore) 732
by SS washers (~23%), tubes & pipes (~17%), sheet metal components (~8%)
FY24 Gross Debt (Rs Crore) 207
and SS fasteners & components (~5%)
FY24 Cash (Rs Crore) 60
energy etc would help in better volumes growth & realisations. Moreover, the 11-Sep-23 14-Dec-23 17-Mar-24 19-Jun-24
backward integration of manufacturing and usage of captive solar power RPEL BSE Small Cap Index
would help the company in achieving efficiency in the production process, Key risks Key Fin
reducing overall production costs and gaining competitive advantage
• Key Risk: (i) Availability of raw
Rating and Target Price materials (ii) Slowdown in
industrial capex (iii) High working
• We expect company’s operational and financial performance to improve
capital requirement (iv) High
significantly over the coming periods, given the strong growth opportunity
competitive environment
driven by buoyant capex, augmentation of capacities, improving product mix
and operational efficiencies Research Analyst Key Fi
• We estimate revenue CAGR at ~23% over the period FY24-26E. EBITDA and Chirag Shah
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PAT are expected to increase by ~42% and ~44% CAGR over the same
period. Strong earnings growth would also translate into improvement in Vijay Goel
return ratios for the company during the period. We recommend Buy on [Link]@[Link]
RPEL and assign a target price of ₹ 200 (valuing it at 15x FY26 P/E)
Company Background
Ratnaveer Precision Engineering, established in 2002, is a Gujarat based stainless
steel (SS) product manufacturer focused on producing finished sheets, washers, solar
roofing hooks, pipes and tubes.
Company operates out of four manufacturing units in Gujarat, out of which three units
(Units I, II and III) are located at Vadodara and the fourth unit (Unit IV) is located at
Ahmedabad. Company manufactures SS finishing sheets, SS washers and SS solar
mounting hooks at its Unit I and SS pipes & tubes at its Unit II. Unit III and Unit IV are
dedicated for the backward integration process. Unit III is the melting unit where
company melts steel scrap and turn it into steel ingots and Unit IV is the rolling unit
where flat ingots are further processed to turn them into SS sheets which are the raw
material for SS washers
Total manufacturing capacity of the company stood at 30000 tonnes as of FY24 end
(which comprises of 21000 tonnes of SS finishing sheets capacity, 7000 tonnes of SS
washers & solar hooks capacity and 2000 tonne of SS tubes & pipes capacity)
The company’s revenue from operations has grown at 18.3% CAGR over the period
FY21-24 to ₹ 595 crore in FY24 from ₹ 360 crore in FY21. EBITDA and PAT have grown
at ~36% CAGR & ~78% CAGR during the same period to ₹ 50 crore and ₹ 31.1 crore
respectively in FY24
17%
Finishing Sheets
Washers
8%
47%
Solar Roofing Hooks
5%
Scrap Metals
23%
Investment Rationale
Strong portfolio of stainless-steel industrial consumable products; Demand
expected to remain strong on buoyant capex cycle
Ratnaveer Precision Engineering, one of the leading manufacturers of Stainless Steel
(SS) sheets, washers, hooks, and tubes & pipes, is well positioned to witness strong
demand for its products led by buoyant capex cycle (including industrials and
infrastructure) from both public and private segments
Stainless Steel Washers: There are numerous uses of washers, as it mainly serves as
a spacer to absorb a shock and evenly distribute load of a fastener. The versatile
applications of washers along with various engineering products such as nuts, bolts,
and fasteners used in almost every industry has supported the demand for washers.
There are mainly three types of washers based on their features and application: plain
washers, lock washers, and spring washers. The company currently offer over 2500
SKUs of washers to their customers including inner ring washers, spring washers, nord
lock washers, retaining rings, internal tooth washers and external tooth washers of
different sizes and specifications
Amongst several type of washers available, washers made from SS steel are the most
widely used material in washers considering its better strength and superior corrosion
resistance attribute. These are widely used in automobile industry, residential,
commercial and infrastructure construction and in several other manufacturing and
utility sector. Going forward too, the demand for SS washer is expected to be driven
by buoyant industrial capex (including sectors like automobile, chemicals, oil & gas,
fertilizers, pharma, petrochemical, power, sea water equipments, and many other
engineering applications), rapid urbanization (which has accelerated the pace of the
infrastructure developments) and real estate construction
Stainless Steel tubes & Pipes: SS pipes and tubes are one of the important products
in the steel industry and they find wide application in oil & gas, capital goods, power
and several other. In the industrial sector, it is used in the manufacturer of the heat
exchanger, condensers, and similar industrial equipment that are further used in
chemical plants, fertilizer plants, pharmaceuticals, sugar, dairy & dairy products, water
desalination and automotive industry amongst other. Additionally, SS pipes & tubes
also find application in construction sector also.
“Oil & gas” and “chemical & petrochemical” industry are the two largest consumers of
steel pipes and tubes and are driving the demand across the world. Demand for SS
pipes & tubes is expected to remain strong on the back of substantial government
expenditure planned in major end user industries
Overall, we believe that strong capex cycle across the industrial and infrastructure
segments (led by both public and private capex) presents substantial opportunities for
the company’s products in domestic markets. Moreover, India’s emergence as one of
the best choices in manufacturing industrial products & components provides a sizable
opportunity to company to increase its exports share
During the year, revenues for the company grew by ~24% YoY to ₹ 595.4 crore. In
terms of revenue mix, SS finishing line sheets contributed ~47% to total revenues in
FY24 followed by SS washers (at ~23%), tubes & pipes (at ~17%), sheet metal
components (at ~8%) and SS fasteners & components (at ~5%). In terms of
geographical mix, ~92% of the company’s revenue is from domestic markets and
balance ~8% from exports
Exhibit 6: Total capacity expanded to 30000 tonne in FY24 (~9% CAGR over FY21-24)
35000
30000
30000
2000
23300
25000 2000 2000
7000
2000 6000
5500
tonne
20000
4800
15000
10000 21000
18500 18600
16500
5000
0
FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24
Company has an in-house R&D facility at one of its manufacturing units, wherein it
develops tools and moulds for its products. To enhance its product offerings, company
has leveraged its manufacturing ability to evolve by virtue of investing in the Research
& Development (R&D) activities. Company is focused on undertaking dedicated R&D
in its existing products and development of new products and designs in areas where
there is significant growth potential and would cater to needs of our customers
Going ahead, company plans to incur capital expenditure of ~₹ 106 crore over the
next 12 months for expanding its manufacturing capacities across the key product
lines and augmenting the overall product basket. With this capex, company targets
to meet strong demand for its products, cater higher growth segments and increase
its market share in both domestic and export markets
In the phase 1 capex, company is increasing its overall capacity in washers, fasteners,
nuts & bolts and pipes & tubes. In washers segment, company is expanding portfolio
of SS washers by adding “circlips” into the product line. In tubes & pipes product
line, company is in process of expanding the capacity and its product portfolio by
adding EP (electro-polishing) tubes & pipes. In fasteners segment, company is
strategically adding a nuts & bolts product line with a focus on forward integration
In phase 2 capex, company plans to further increase its capacities in fasteners and
pipes & tubes. In pipes & tubes, company plans to add seamless pipes as a new
product and thus augmenting backward integration in the segment. Company expects
to touch revenues of ~₹ 1150 crore by FY27E as it factors in additional ~₹ 400 crore
sales from this new capex of ₹ 106 crore
Moreover, with the focus on continuous innovation and expansion into new value-
added products, company targets to expand into high-margin segments like
automobiles, railways, defence, energy etc in the coming periods. Moreover, company
intends to expand its presence into margin-accretive regulated markets such as
Europe, Asia Pacific, USA & North America, Australia and Japan. Company targets to
increase its exports share to ~55% of total revenues in the coming period (from ~8%
in FY24). Thus, on account of this, we believe that company’s overall price realisations
are expected to improve considerably in the coming period
This backward integration helps the company in achieving efficiency in the production
process, gaining competitive advantage, reducing in product costs, control over supply
of raw materials and reduce its dependency on third parties for its operations
Exhibit 7: Company’s backward integration process
Going ahead, we estimate revenue growth to remain strong at ~23% CAGR over FY24-
26E to ₹ 906 crore in FY26E, as the volume growth is expected to remain healthy (on
strong demand, expanding capacities and expanding product portfolio)
0 0.0
FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E
Going ahead, we estimate EBITDA margins to improve further to 11.1% by FY26E (led
by improvement in share of better-margin products, increasing contribution from
higher margin target segments and operational efficiencies etc). We estimate EBITDA
CAGR at ~42% over FY24-26E to ₹ 100.5 crore in FY26E
Exhibit 9: EBITDA & EBITDA margin trend
14.0
100.5
100.0
11.1 12.0
9.5 9.6
80.0 10.0
8.4 69.2
0.0 0.0
FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E
70.0 9.0
64.4
7.1 8.0
60.0
6.1 7.0
50.0 5.2 5.2 6.0
40.0 44.0 5.0
31.1
30.0 25.0 4.0
2.2 3.0
20.0
2.0
10.0 9.5
1.0
0.0 0.0
FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E
20.0 17.9
14.4 14.9
15.0 12.3 16.2
13.1
10.0 12.8
11.1
9.8
5.0
0.0
FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E
Financial Summary
Exhibit 12: Profit and loss statement ₹ crore Exhibit 13: Cash flow statement ₹ crore
Year-End March FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E Year-End March FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E
Revenue 479.7 595.4 718.9 905.8 Profit after Tax 25.0 31.1 44.0 64.4
% Growth 12.4 24.1 20.8 26.0 Depreciation 4.0 5.8 8.6 13.6
Other income 1.4 7.0 8.2 8.2 Interest 12.3 12.1 13.0 13.6
Total Revenue 479.7 595.4 718.9 905.8 Cash Flow before WC changes 41.4 49.0 65.7 91.6
% Growth 12.4 24.1 20.8 26.0 Changes in inventory (34.5) (39.1) (30.8) (59.3)
Total Raw Material Costs 392.3 512.2 609.7 757.2 Changes in debtors (23.1) 18.6 (10.4) (11.9)
Employee Expenses 7.9 6.8 8.4 10.1 Changes in loans & Advances - - - -
other expenses 33.9 26.4 31.7 38.0 Changes in other current assets 1.2 (16.3) (3.6) (11.9)
Total Operating Expenditure 434.1 545.4 649.8 805.3 Net Increase in Current Assets (56.3) (36.7) (44.8) (83.1)
Operating Profit (EBITDA) 45.6 50.0 69.2 100.5 Changes in creditors (3.8) 6.5 9.2 13.8
% Growth 65.8 9.6 38.4 45.3 Changes in provisions 0.6 (1.1) 0.2 0.4
Interest 12.3 12.1 13.0 13.6 Net Inc in Current Liabilities (0.5) 2.7 10.7 16.3
PBDT 34.7 44.9 64.4 95.1
Depreciation 4.0 5.8 8.6 13.6 Net CF from Operating activities (15.4) 15.0 31.6 24.8
PBT before Exceptional Items 30.7 39.1 55.7 81.5
Total Tax 5.7 8.0 11.7 17.1 Changes in deferred tax assets - - - -
PAT before MI 25.0 31.1 44.0 64.4 (Purchase)/Sale of Fixed Assets (18.4) (66.0) (70.7) (10.0)
PAT 25.0 31.1 44.0 64.4 Net CF from Investing activities (15.9) (66.0) (70.4) (11.1)
% Growth 164.3 24.0 41.8 46.3
Diluted EPS 5.2 6.4 9.1 13.3 Dividend and Dividend Tax - - - -
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research Net CF from Financing Activities 42.0 80.2 7.0 (13.6)
Year-End March FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E Year-End March FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E
Equity Capital 34.9 48.7 48.7 48.7 Diluted EPS 5.2 6.4 9.1 13.3
Reserve and Surplus 71.1 203.4 247.4 311.9 Cash per Share 6.3 12.3 5.7 5.8
Total Shareholders funds 106.0 252.1 296.1 360.6 BV 21.9 52.0 61.1 74.3
Total Debt 230.0 207.2 227.2 227.2 EBITDA Margin 9.5 8.4 9.6 11.1
Deffered tax Liab 4.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 PAT Margin 5.2 5.2 6.1 7.1
Total Liabilities 340.7 465.1 529.1 593.5 RoE 23.6 12.3 14.9 17.9
Gross Block 58.6 69.7 115.7 180.7 RoCE 12.8 11.1 13.1 16.2
Acc: Depreciation 23.7 29.6 38.2 51.8 RoIC 13.6 11.0 12.2 15.5
Net Block 34.9 40.1 77.5 128.9 EV / EBITDA 20.4 17.6 13.5 9.3
Capital WIP 8.8 45.3 70.0 15.0 P/E 29.2 23.6 16.6 11.4
Total Fixed Assets 58.9 119.0 181.1 177.5 EV / Net Sales 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.0
Non Current Assets 3.2 4.2 3.9 5.0 Sales / Equity 4.5 2.4 2.4 2.5
Inventory 205.8 244.9 275.8 335.0 Market Cap / Sales 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.8
Debtors 63.4 44.8 55.2 67.0 Price to Book Value 6.9 2.9 2.5 2.0
Other Current Assets 27.2 43.5 47.1 59.0 Asset turnover 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5
Cash 30.3 59.5 27.8 27.9 Debtors Turnover Ratio 9.3 11.0 14.4 14.8
Total Current Assets 326.9 392.8 405.8 489.0 Creditors Turnover Ratio 12.2 14.6 14.8 15.1
Current Liabilities 37.4 44.0 53.2 67.0 Debt / Equity 2.2 0.8 0.8 0.6
Other Current Liab 10.9 7.1 8.6 11.0 Current Ratio 6.8 7.3 6.8 6.6
Total Current Liabilities 48.3 51.0 61.8 78.0 Quick Ratio 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.8
Net Current Assets 278.6 341.8 344.1 411.0 Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
Total Assets 340.7 465.1 529.1 593.5
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research
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