MCX : MULTI COMMODITY EXCHANGE - India's New Stock Exchange !!!

Q 2 RESULTS ON 2nd November 2012 !!!

Scrip Code: 534091 / MCX

CMP:  Rs. 1384.20; Buy at Rs. 1375 - 1385 levels.
Medium to Long term Target – Rs. 1440; STOP LOSS – Rs. 1274.00; Market Cap: Rs. 7,059.19 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 1446.95 / Rs. 838.00

Total Shares: 5,09,98,369 shares; Promoters : 1,32,59,575 shares –26.00 %; Total Public holding : 3,77,38,794 shares – 74.00 %; Book Value: Rs. 195.52; Face Value: Rs. 10.00; EPS: Rs. 56.12; Div: 240 % ; P/E: 28.02 times; Ind P/E: 26.67; EV/EBITDA: 14.02.

Total Debt: Rs. ZERO Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 7,059.19 Cr.

Multi Commodity Exchange Of India Ltd: MCX was incorporated as a private limited company on April 19, 2002 in Mumbai, India. Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) is a state-of-the-art electronic commodity futures exchange. The demutualised Exchange has permanent recognition from the Government of India to facilitate online trading, and clearing and settlement operation for commodity futures across the country.  MCX holds a market share of over 85 % as on March 31, 2012 of the Indian commodity futures market. The Exchange has more than 2,710 registered members operating through over 3,46,000 including CTCL trading terminals spread over 1,577 cities and towns across India. MCX was the third largest commodity futures exchange in the world, in terms of the number of contracts traded in CY2011. The Exchange is the world's largest exchange in Silver and Gold, second largest in Natural Gas and the third largest in Crude Oil with respect to the number of futures contract traded. MCX was the first exchange in India to initiate evening sessions to synchronise with the trading hours of global exchanges in London, New York and other major international markets. It was the first exchange in India to offer futures trading in steel, crude oil, and almond. Among international alliances, MCX have formed strategic alliances with a number of exchanges such as the London Metal Exchange, the New York Mercantile Exchange, the LIFFE Administration and Management (under renewal), the Baltic Exchange Limited, Shanghai Futures Exchange and Taiwan Futures Exchange. MCX holds 5 % in Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange and the book value of this investment was Rs. 2.185 Cr as of December 31, 2011; 100 % in MCX Clearing Corporation Ltd; 5 % in MCX SX; 26 % in MCX-SX Clearing Corporation Ltd; 51 % in SME Exchange of India Ltd with initial investment of Rs. 5,10,000. MCXIL is compared with Financial Technologies (India) Ltd in India, Ichiyoshi Securities Co Ltd of Japan, Osaka Securities Exchange also from Japan, CME group, Intercontinental Exchange Inc, Nasdaq OMX Group/THE, CBOE Holdings Inc, London Stock Exchange Group, TMX Group Inc, Deutsche Boerse AG, Bolsas Y Mercados Espanoles, ASX Ltd, Singapore Exchange Ltd, Hong Kong Exchange & Clearing House Ltd, Bursa Malaysia BHD

Investment Rationale:

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) is a state-of-the-art electronic commodity futures exchange, with near monopolistic market share of 86 % in FY12. MCX enjoys a competitive edge, given that its trading platform is supplied by its promoter, Financial Technologies India (FTECH), which is a leading developer of exchange related software and technology. Technology for the exchange industry is difficult to replicate, and this provides the company with a competitive advantage. Exchanges require constant technology upgrades and support, necessitated by regulatory regime and market forces. MCX is able to obtain speedy and efficient technology solutions from FTECH. MCX’s current technology infrastructure is sufficient to handle daily trading volumes of up to 10,000,000 in a day. So far, it has handled a high of 1,867,612 trades in a day. MCX has 2,170 members and 346,000+ terminals including computer-to computer links (CTCLs) spread over 1,577 cities and towns across India as at the end of FY12. The number of terminals has increased from 117,000 in FY10. Healthy terminal additions partially offsets the risk of lower volumes traded per member, with gradual ramp-up in volumes expected from new additions. Being the largest commodity exchange in India, with near-monopolistic market share, MCX is the key source of data on commodity trends. This gives MCX the opportunity to benefit from new non transaction revenue sources like market data product and information offerings.  This not only provides scalability to the business model, but also offers potential for growth with limited incremental costs. Growth in commodity markets facilitate demand for better trading and analytical tools, risk management tool, market data products and price information offerings which could be new revenue streams. Globally, exchanges derive 10% - 15 % of their revenues from such services. Indian exchanges do not match that number, especially in equities, given weak acceptance of algorithmic trades. MCX is better placed to garner revenues from such sources, given its speedier execution in such trades, which already constitute significant proportion of the company’s volumes. To facilitate the same, MCX has entered into agreements with financial information service agencies to provide real time data-feed on trading prices, trading volume and other information on the Exchange and on the spot market. The company currently has such arrangements with the following entities: Bloomberg Finance L.P.; NewsWire 18 Private Limited; IQN Data Solutions Private Limited; Reuters India Private Limited; Interactive Data (Europe) Limited and TickerPlant Limited. It is expected that it will sustain its market leadership which is steamed up from its technological edge and future readiness. MCX's volumes have grown at a CAGR of 47 % over FY07-FY12. Future potential remains exciting given that government on 4th October cleared the new FCRA Bill which seeks to provide complete autonomy to the commodities FMC and introduce new categories of products, with MCX having 20 lakhs client accounts as compared with 1.9 Cr – 2 CR Demat accounts, the industry has only scratched the surface with respect to potential volumes.

Outlook and Valuation:

MCX-SX, promoted by MCX and FTECH, was recently cleared to become a full-fledged stock exchange. Like BSE and NSE, it can now start trading in equities, equity derivatives and other asset classes. Currently, MCX-SX only offers trading in currency futures contracts, but soon MCX-SX intends to have a dedicated platform for small business, and hopes SME's should aspire to raise upto US$ 20 million annually through such platforms. There are at least 1% of the 30 million SME's which have strong balance sheets to get AAA rating and can look at raising money from the primary market, many SME's depend on informal system for their financing needs, paying upto 2% per month for debt & in spite of a such a high cost of servicing debt, the business continues to remain competitive & wonder quantum of benefits which will accrue if they shift to formal way of finance and access the Equity Markets. Private equity, Venture Capital and Angel Funds will invest in such companies only if they are confident of an exit route which can be made easy by the formally platforms like exchanges..

MCX-SX announced its flagship index of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) known as ‘SX-40’ which will be a free float based index of large market cap and liquid stocks representing most important sectors. MCX-SX will collaborate its indices with the initiatives support from the sources like Indian Statistical Institute – India’s premier research institute, FTSE, London and FTKMC in creating various domestic and global indices. This partnership will help MCX-SX to create new indices that will enable domestic and global investor to track, analyse and invest in India’s dynamic financial markets. The value from MCX-SX is more definite than merely option value, considering this FY14 is expected to be first full year with operations in currency and equities. MCX-SX Equity Stock Exchange is in competition with BSE & NSE. The Bombay stock exchange had a legacy of 132 years in India, a reliable brand, with the letters almost becoming synonymous with investing in India. However, all this was till NSE came onto the scene in 1992. Being a relatively new entity, NSE was nimbler and more receptive to innovation. While it was difficult for NSE to carve a niche initially, but quickly realizing the importance of IT and innovative products to meet the growing sophistication of the financial markets, NSE raced ahead to rule market share charts. However the share of it has continued to improve even after the shift of balance in power is reflected in the turnover metrics on the two exchanges since FY01. MCX-SX, with its parentage of Financial Technologies, has access to technology and management having experience of operating exchanges successfully across the globe will successfully be able achieve its share of market pie. On valuation side - NSE received a valuation of Rs. 17,100 Cr in the last known stake sale which happened in December 2011, which discounted its FY12 revenues by 11x . This is at par with the Price/Sales ratio that Singapore enjoys. MCX-SX had revenues of Rs. 39.1 Cr in FY11. However, the levying of transaction charges in currency futures had commenced only from August 2011, implying that in FY12, the company had 7 months of additional income in the form of transactional charges in FY12. Going by the volumes and rate card, this translates into Rs. 41.5 Cr of revenues from transaction charges, and even if we assume that other sources of income reduced as member additions may have fallen, FY12 revenue would still be higher than Rs. 60 Cr. Given the low base and high growth, the valuation multiple could be higher, so discounting FY14E the revenue is estimated at Rs. 130 Cr by 11x, to arrive at a valuation at Rs. 1400 Cr. MCX's stake in MCX-SX (including warrants) amounts to Rs. 540 Cr. Within the next 18 months, the shareholding of MCX and FTECH in MCX-SX will have to be reduced to 2.5 % each, as the approval is subject to the condition that the combined voting rights of FTECH and MCX in MCX-SX will not exceed 5 %. Earlier, FTECH held 31 % and MCX held 38 % in MCX-SX. Then, to comply with SEBI guidelines for starting equity trading, they reduced their stake in MCX-SX to 5 % each. This was done through conversion of excess equity stake (beyond 10 %) to warrants. This led to 68.2 % reduction in capital from Rs. 170 Cr to Rs. 54 Cr. The warrants will be sold to banks and financial institutions. The value of MCX's standalone business comes at 20x FY14E, in-line with the average multiple to commodity exchanges in the emerging markets. There are enough reason for MCX to even trade at a premium given the scope to outgrow peer exchanges globally, given that the potential is still untapped in India, its higher growth will be augmented by even better earnings and improvement in return ratios (variable costs largely only in the form of transaction fees paid to parent), and its near-monopolistic market share, to which there is little threat, given MCX’s technology backbone and readiness to latch on to new opportunities and also the policy to maintain 50 % payout ratio is a key valuation positive. The valuation of MCX’s standalone business at 20x FY14E EPS of Rs. 66.5 – Rs. 1,330/sh; the valuation of the stake in MCX-SX (incl. warrants) comes at Rs. 4,500 Cr. Assuming a revenue base of Rs. 130 Cr in FY14, at 11x FY14 Sales, MCX-SX's valuation is Rs. 1400 Cr (much lesser than that implied in the last stake sale). Stake in MCX-SX (including warrants) contributes additional Rs. 110 per share to MCX. It is expected that MCX to have volumes growth of 15 % CAGR over FY12-15 and a PAT CAGR of 13% over this period. Also, the ROE should sustain its level in the high 20's.  In my view MCX could report FY14E EPS of Rs. 66.50/sh and for FY 15E of Rs. 76.50/sh. The stock could be bought for the target price of Rs. 1440 implies 23 % upside in earnings and recommend Accumulate on the stock.

KEY FINANCIALS	FY12	FY13E	FY14E	FY15E
SALES (Rs. Crs)	526.20	517.20	615.20	720.00
NET PROFIT (Rs. Crs)	286.20	282.40	339.40	407.10
EPS (Rs.)	56.10	55.40	66.50	79.80
PE (x)	20.90	21.20	17.60	14.70
P/BV (x)	6.00	5.30	4.60	4.00
EV/EBITDA (x)	14.30	14.70	11.50	9.00
ROE (%)	31.00	26.50	27.80	29.00
ROCE (%)	24.80	25.50	26.90	28.20

I would buy MCX INDIA LTD with a price target of Rs. 1440 for the 6 month target. As I always say, I am a long term believer in markets & I do respect the markets and will keep a strict stop loss of 8 % or Rs. 1274.00 on your every purchase.

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QE3 ANNOUNCED BY FED TO PRINT $480 BILLION!!!

Fed to Print $480 BILLION AGAIN!!!

Yesterday, Fed chief Ben Bernanke proved that what many have suspected all along is indeed true: The U.S. Federal Reserve will not patently stop printing money!

Mr. Ben Bernanke announced that the Fed is going to do the same old thing, it’s going to hold interest rates near zero as far as the eye can see... And it’s going to print a whopping $40 Billion (Rs.2,21,680 Cr $/Rs.55.42) new dollars per month in an attempt to stimulate the economy — a whopping $480 billion (Rs.26,60,160 Cr $/Rs.55.42) per year! In short, it’s doing the same things it has done since 2008, but expecting better results, In any way you look at this, that’s The Very Definition Of INSANITY!! The Fed has Already held interest rates near zero percent for four long years, now. Plus, it has already created $1.8 trillion out of thin air through QE I and QE II... And it has already bought hundreds of billions of dollars more worth of long-term Treasuries as part of Operation Twist 1 and 2. 

So what’s the result?

NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER ON THE REAL ECONOMY!

Sure — all that free, easy money will temporarily excite the stock markets around the world but despite everything the Fed has done ... the

** Unemployment has stayed over 8 % for 42 straight months ...

** The average family home is Still falling in value ...

** Profits of many major corporations in US are Still sinking ...

** The U.S. economic growth is Still grinding to a near standstill ...

** And now, as America approaches the precipice of its great fiscal cliff, the stock market looks for the entire world as if it’s a massive bubble about to burst!

** Worse is that, the middle class — the very backbone of the U.S. economy — is getting eaten alive:

HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS PLUNGING: The U.S. Census Bureau just reported that real median household income has now fallen for the fourth straight year. Income has fallen so low, in fact, that when you adjust for inflation, the median family has the same income today as it did in 1967 , now that was the 45 long years ago!

THE INCOME GAP IS WIDENING ALARMINGLY: The Census Bureau is also reporting that the movement of income away from the middle class has just hit a record high. That’s terrible as typically this kind of increasing disparity in income occurs just before economic calamities — and today, it’s more extreme even than before the 1929 stock-market crash and the Great Depression!

U.S. POVERTY IS AT ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH LEVELS: Finally, as if to add insult to injury, the Census Bureau also reports that a staggering 46.2 million Americans now live in poverty! And not only isn’t the Fed Helping ... its failed efforts to revive the economy is creating a second crisis: Thanks to the Fed’s past money-printing gambits, the Producer Price Index just jumped 1.7% in August — hands-down the biggest surge in producer price inflation going back to June of 2009!

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Make no mistake:

The U.S. economy is broken.

Nothing the Fed can do will fix it.

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To the contrary: The Fed’s easy money policies Created this crisis by inflating the housing bubble. Now, they’re only making matters worse — doing absolutely Nothing for the job market, while driving inflation higher! And as America’s great Fiscal Cliff approaches — the catastrophe that JPMorgan says will push America “head-first into the fiscal meat grinder” — the storm clouds are darker than ever.

The Gold has raised 111.58 % from QE1 to QE3 : Gold jumped after this QE3 by FED the third round of monetary stimulus called Quantitative Easing. QE has been a massive boon for gold, when FED flooded markets with nearly Zero money or free money, gold’s allure as a store of wealth & an inflation hedge is burnished. Loose monetary policy weakens the dollar boosting the GOLD. Fed’s nearly ZERO interest rate policy and bond purchasing under QE1 kicked off on 16^th December 20008 and Gold was $837.50 an ounce, & today Gold is at $1772 an ounce this means Gold raised to 111.58 % on back of QE1 & QE2 which followed in Nov 2010. So QE & Gold has always been supporting each other..SO ALWAYS BUY GOLD

Impact of QE3 on India: As for India, off course in near term the pattern of QE has always been strong for emerging market like India and for their currencies and even stronger for commodities. The QE programme is good for India for a day or two as it will help the rupee a little bit and at a same time QE surges commodity prices, which is bad for India as it imports most of the commodities to meet its growing needs of the economy, Brent crude is at $115 and any raise in its prices will make inflation to climb again making life difficult for RBI, remember QE2 which was announced on Nov 04 2010 in which Indian Market made a high of 6338 on NOV 05 2010 and had a one way decline post that & so QE2 turned out to be disastrous for India as it stoked inflation. India is not a obvious QE play now, as Indian markets has its own set of problems like high inflation, policy paralysis and of course the scams and political unrest. The diesel price hike of Rs.5/liter is the positive step and so the FDI policy in aviation but these have a short term sentiments..

In short, US FED with the announcement of QE3 gives the clear message to the market that rates will remain this low till 2015 with a hope that this low rates will revive economic growth, but on India one should remain cautiously Bullish, one must look at classic defensive's like pharma, consumer stocks with a risk of breakdown between the investment cycle & the consumer cycle weighs heavily on them.  

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NMDC LIMITED: Accumulate And Buy on Dips !!!

Scrip Code: 526371 / NMDC

CMP:  Rs. 166.25; Buy at Rs. 160 -164 levels.
Medium to Long term Target: Rs. 187; STOP LOSS – Rs. 153.00; Market Cap: Rs. 65,913.40 cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 280.00 / Rs. 135.60

Total Shares: 396,47,16,000 shares; Promoters : 356,84,18,180 shares –90 %; Total Public holding : 39,62,97,820 shares – 10 %; Book Value: Rs. 66.79; Face Value: Rs. 1.00; EPS: Rs. 18.33; Div: 330 % ; P/E: 9.6 times; Ind. P/E: 16.36; EV/EBITDA: 6.70.

Total Debt: NIL; Enterprise Value: Rs. 65,992.69 Cr.

National Mineral Development Corporation LTD:  The Company was founded in 1958 and is based in Hyderabad, India. It was formerly known as National Mineral Development Corporation ltd and changed its name to NMDC in January 2008 is an iron ore producer & exporter, operating in Chhattisgarh & Karnataka. NMDC ltd engages in the exploration and production of various minerals in India and internationally. It explores for iron ore, copper, rock phosphate, lime stone, dolomite, gypsum, bentonite, magnesite, diamond, tin, tungsten, graphite & beach sand. The company also focuses on coal and gold properties, as well as platinum group of elements and bauxite. It has iron ore deposits in Bailadila Chhattisgarh, Iron ore mines at Donimalai Karnataka; diamond mines at Panna Madhya Pradesh; magnesite mines at Jammu; & Arki lime stone project in Himachal Pradesh. In addition, the company involves in investing in the development of renewable energy resources, which include wind mill projects of approximately 10.5 MW capacities at Karnataka. NMDC supplied 2.3752 Cr tons of iron ore to domestic industries & had exported 25.63 lakh tons of iron ore. On December 10, 2010, NMDC announced a joint venture (JV) with OJSC Severstal (a vertically integrated steel maker from Russia) to build an integrated 2mn tonne steel plant in Karnataka. This JV will have captive coking coal mine in Russia, while it will have an iron ore mining subsidiary in India. On September 2011, NMDC purchased a 50 % stake in Australian-based Legacy Iron Ore (Legacy) as a cornerstone investor for Rs. 92 Cr. On December 12, 2011 the company incorporated NMDC POWER LTD as is wholly owned subsidiary. NMDC is compared with SESAGOA LTD in India, Cliffs Natural Resources Incorporation and Ferexpo Plc globally.

Investment Rationale:

NMDC management targets its production to reach 40mn tonnes by FY2014E–15E through increased exploration of its existing mines and development of new mines, i.e., Deposit 11B and Deposit 13 in Bailadila and Kumaraswany, respectively, in Karnataka. It is expected that NMDC’s sales volumes to post a CAGR of 10.2 % during FY2011-13. With a strong balance sheet along with net cash of about Rs. 20,000 Cr, acquisition of more mining assets overseas cannot be rule out by the company, in September 2011, NMDC purchased a 50 % stake in Australia-based Legacy Iron Ore (Legacy) as a cornerstone investor for Rs. 92 Cr. Also, the company is currently prospecting various mining assets, including an iron ore mine and a phosphate mine in Australia, an iron ore mine in Brazil and a coking coal asset in Russia. However, given that NMDC is a government-owned company, it is not expected to foresee a big-ticket acquisition. Seeking to diversify into steel making, NMDC management intends to diversify its operations by moving downstream through establishing steel plants and pellet plants. Accordingly, on December 10, 2010, the company signed a joint venture (JV) with OJSC Severstal (a vertically integrated steel maker from Russia) to build an integrated 3mn tonne steel plant in Karnataka. This JV will have captive coking coal mine in Russia, while it will have an iron ore mining subsidiary in India. Over 90 % of land acquisition is complete, which gives comfort as land acquisition has been a major bottleneck to Greenfield projects in recent times here in India. NMDC is setting up a 3 MTPA steel plant in Chhattisgarh, and hopes to start its production from 2014, coinciding with the commissioning of facility for the alloy. In a recent presentation to the steel ministry, NMDC has said that it is taking "all necessary steps" to start production from the Shahpur West block in Madhya Pradesh in 2014. Coal Ministry has already given approval to the mine closure plan for the block. The coal ministry had allotted two blocks - Shahpur East and Shahpur West in Shahdol district of Madhya Prdesh to NMDC in 2009. Following this, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between NMDC and Mineral Exploration Corporation (MECL) to carry out exploration in both the blocks. NMDC applied for environment and forest clearance and as per the approved mine plan, coal production is expected to start from 2014.

Outlook and Valuation:

NMDC has advantage in setting up its steel plant as it has a captive source of coal for its steel plant which would help NMDC to hedge itself against price fluctuations, which is almost a certainty event in 2014 as the raw material is getting scarcer and costlier day by day. Domestic steel manufacturers, including Steel Authority of India, is continuously facing the heat of scorching coal prices in international market as its captive source can meet only a small part of the total requirement. NMDC is setting up a 3 Million Tonnes Per Annum steel plant at Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh with an outlay of Rs. 15,525 Cr. It has placed all major orders including sinter plant, blast furnace, and raw material handling systems, steel melting shop and oxygen plant among others. Being a major iron ore producer itself, adequate supply to feed the steel plant is not a matter of concern for NMDC. The company aims to produce over 30 million tonnes iron ore in current fiscal, almost 20 per cent more than in 2011-12 by enhancing production from the existing mines. It has plans to produce 40 million tonnes iron ore by 2014-15. On performance side - NMDC's revenue fell 31 % Y-o-Y to Rs. 2,594.5 Cr in Q4FY12. The fall was on the back of lower sales volume due to damage to Essar's slurry pipeline and volume stood at 6.4 MT compared to 8.4 MT in corresponding quarter of previous year. The company reduced the iron ore prices by 20 % for fines and 3 % for lumps during the quarter which impacted the blended realization which stood at Rs. 4,054/ton ($80/ton) in Q4FY12 compared to Rs. 4,488/ton in Q4FY11. EBITDA of the company plunged by 28 % Y-o-Y to Rs. 1,977.3 Cr in Q4FY12 compared to Rs. 2,739.1 Cr in Q4FY11. EBITDA/ton declined by 5 % Y-o-Y to Rs. 3,090/ton in Q4FY12 compared to Rs. 3,261/ton in Q4FY11. Other Income grew by 23.9 % Y-o-Y to Rs. 546.7 Cr in Q4FY12 compared to Rs. 441 Cr in Q4FY11. PAT too fell by 21 % Y-o-Y to Rs. 1,642.2 Cr in Q4FY12 compared to Rs. 2,098.6 Cr in Q4FY11. On annual basis - in FY12, NMDC’s top line impacted by 1 % Y-o-Y to Rs. 11,261.8 Cr as compared to Rs. 11,368.9 Cr in FY11 on the back of the marginal 4 % growth in sales of iron ore to 27.30 MT. EBITDA and PAT improved by 1.7 % and 11.7 % Y-o-Y during the year respectively. However, total expenditure as a percentage of sales declined 200 basis points to Rs. 2,466.1 Cr in FY12E as compared to Rs. 2,722.4 Cr in FY11. This led EBITDA whopping to 1.73 % to Rs. 8,795.7 Cr in FY12 compared to Rs. 8,646.4 Cr in FY11. This was supported by the e-auction sales of iron ore which is priced higher than market prices and the company being the only miner in Karnataka faced the iron ore ban issued on 26th August 2011 in the locality. EBITDA adjusted Other Income grew drastically by 9.75 % Y-o-Y to Rs. 10,812.2 Cr in FY12 compared to Rs. 9,852.1 Cr in FY11. PBT and PAT too grew by 10.6 % Y-o-Y and 11.7 % Y-o-Y to Rs. 10,759.4 Cr and Rs. 7,265.3 Cr respectively during FY12. The company planned capex stood at Rs. 4,655 Cr for FY13 for the capacity addition. NMDC, maintained its EPS at Rs. 18.3 per share in FY12 as compared to Rs. 16.4 per share in FY11. Over the past five years, NMDC has traded at an average EV/EBITDA of 13.7 x, compared to its current valuation of 3.8x FY2014E EV/EBITDA. Valuing the stock at 4.5 x FY2013E EV/EBITDA, a fair value of NMDC comes at Rs. 187 and recommend to Accumulate on dips. In my view NMDC could report EPS in FY13E & FY14E of Rs. 19.10 / sh and Rs. 20.90 / sh, respectively. One could buy NMDC for a medium to long term target of 187.  

KEY FINANCIALS	FY11	FY12	FY13E	FY14E
SALES (Rs. Crs)	11,369.00	11,261.00	11,959.00	13,062.00
NET PROFIT (Rs. Crs)	6,499.00	7,266.00	7,553.00	8,287.00
EPS (Rs.)	16.40.70	18.30	19.10	20.90
PE (x)	10.20	9.20	8.80	8.00
P/BV (x)	3.50	2.70	2.20	1.80
EV/EBITDA (x)	5.70	5.00	4.40	3.80
ROE (%)	38.80	32.90	27.10	24.40
ROCE (%)	50.60	39.60	32.90	29.70

I would buy NMDC LTD with a price target of Rs. 187 for Medium to Long term. As I always say, I am a long term believer in markets & I do respect the markets and will keep a strict stop loss of 8 % or Rs. 153.00 on every purchase.

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IS THE EVOLUTION OF MONEY HURTING US !!!

It all started with “BARTER TRADE SYSTEM”: Long time ago the first trade was conducted via Barter. All goods were directly exchanged for all other goods. But this method had its own problems. If you want to swap your chicken for a loaf of bread, but the baker happened to want firewood, you had a task to find someone with firewood who wanted to have chicken.

        Then came the medium of gold exchange, under which everyone agreed to accept gold in return for whatever they were selling. This transition allowed the swapping of chickens for gold and then gold for anything else. The thing with gold was that it was indestructible and could be stored for the future. As gold also become the “Store Of Value” – if you had lots of chickens you could swap all of chickens for gold, spend only part of the gold on bread and keep a few gold for a rainy day.

                Gold as a mode of money, created its own set of problems – Governments in financial troubles, would call back their gold coins, then melt it down and reform the same metal into more coins with lower gold content in it or mixing any other metal in it. For government, it generated a nice new stock of gold for conversion into coins. This is what called “Debasement of Currency”.

                       But debasement of currency became a huge problem and led to the development of certificates of gold deposits. Debasement & the larger monetary transaction required that the coins to be counted weighed and checked for its purity & authenticity. In addition to which there was constant problem of security, so this led to the development of the Gold Depository Banks whereby a group of merchants come together and formed Merchant Banks that would hold their gold securely at a central location. The quality of coin was checked, the depositor was issued with paper certificate of deposit. The certificate of deposit represented his holding of gold within the banks & the holder of this certificate was entitled to present the certificate back to the bank, who would on demand, exchange it for the same amount of gold coin originally deposited.

                       These banks soon realized that the owners of the gold rarely come back to collect it. As a result gold was lying idle with them most of the time. So, these bankers come up with a money making scheme of their own. These banker’s started issuing their own certificates of gold deposit and would lend those certificates to merchants. These merchants would use these new certificates to buy goods, which they would then sell on at a profit provided everything went well, the merchant could borrow the certificate, buy & sell the goods to make profit and repay the bank before anyone realized that the gold had left the vault which of course it never had.

                 Now, what this did was there were always more certificates of deposits in circulation than the gold in the vaults of banks. This in turn led to crisis situation during which individuals with these certificates landed up at the bank asking for their gold back. The trouble was that the bank did not have enough gold to make good against all the certificates it had issued. As this news spread, more people landed up leading to bank running, this soon led to a situation whereby a central bank was created which would fight financial instability. In return for the backing of the central bank, the commercial banks gave up their rights to issue their own gold depository certificates. From now on there would only be one type of depository certificates and these would be printed by the government, and be distributed through the central bank to the commercial banks. In addition, gold reserves of the commercial banks would be collected together at the central bank.

                This created the concept of Currency Notes issued by the government. But what this also did was that it gave the government a monopoly on printing money. And unlike the kings of the earlier age, who had to call their gold coin back to debase them, now government could simply print more and more paper money as & when they deemed fit. And this right as we know has more or less been responsible for the current financial crisis.

IMPACT OF THE EVOLUTION OF MONEY: Let’s say US government prints $1 trillion and keeps it in its vaults, so then what would be the impact of this printing of money will be on the Inflation? The answer would be ZERO impact? Correct, simply because all the printed money is in the vault and does not enter into the economic systems…It is when the money enters the economic system which leads to a situation wherein more money chase the same or even fewer goods leading to price rise. At same time it is important how fast does money changes hands, meaning how fast people receive and then go out and spend this money. The faster they spend this money, more velocity money has and that in turn leads to a faster increase in prices & thus an increase in inflation. 

SAFEGUARD FROM THE FINANCIAL CRISIS : When markets are erratic & at times unpredictable, then the wise thing to do is to step up exposure to an asset that would infuse a semblance of stability and strength to the portfolio. And the cleanest, simplest & most efficient way to do is to invest in GOLD ETF. Not to mention the fact that the rampant way in which countries are debasing their currencies, one cannot help feel that at the end of the day, bullion will be more valuable than billions.

                             

BUY GOLD ETF's: There are new alternatives to invest in GOLD ETF’s - CLICK HERE , ETF’s – known as Exchange traded Funds which are listed on NSE. ETF just like any other mutual funds collects money and invest into the market. GOLD ETF’s collects funds and invests in GOLD. They buy gold physically – so the units are backed by 0.995 finesse gold. When you invest in GOLD ETF you are allotted a unit same as in mutual fund, here 1 unit of GOLD ETF can be 1 gm or 1/2 gm of gold depending on the funds – So Gold ETF are affordable. GOLD ETF’s trades like normal equity share on exchanges whose prices are in tandem with domestic gold price. If you dint have Demat account you still can invest in GOLD FUNDS like SBI GOLD FUND, Quantum Gold Saving Fund. You can also invest in these ETF in a Systematic Investment way (SIP) with as low as Rs. 500. JUST call your broker to buy GOLD ETF’s (List of listed ETF are mentioned below) or just visit your nearest bank and ask for GOLD FUND (if you don’t have trading account)

Listed GOLD ETFS

AXIS GOLD SHARE

GOLD BeES 

HDFC GOLD ETF

KOTAK GOLD ETF

RELIANCE GOLD ETF

RELIGARE GOLD ETF

SBI GOLD ETF

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GITANJALI GEMS LTD : Add Glitter to your Portfolio !!!

Scrip Code: 532715 / GITANJALI

CMP:  Rs. 311.05; Buy at Rs.305 & on dips.
Short term Target: Rs. 350, 6 month Target – Rs. 415; STOP LOSS – Rs. 280.60; Market Cap: Rs. 2,834.35 cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 386.90 / Rs. 171.40

Total Shares: 9,11,22,095 shares; Promoters : 4,95,35,019 shares –54.37 %; Total Public holding : 4,15,87,076 shares – 45.63 %; Book Value: Rs. 246.98; Face Value: Rs. 10.00; EPS: Rs. 29.62; Div: 30.00 % ; P/E: 10.50 times; Ind. P/E: 10.11; EV/EBITDA: 13.26.

Total Debt: 1881.91 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 5,080.05 Cr.

GITANJALI GEMS LTD:  Gitanjali Gems Ltd was incorporated in 1966 and is based in Mumbai, India. The company was started as a partnership. It came with an IPO in the year 2006 with 1.70 cr shares at the price band of Rs. 170 – Rs. 195. Gitanjali Gems has got two-diamond manufacturing facilities located at Borivali in Mumbai and at the Special Economic Zone in Surat. It has also got a 100 % export oriented unit in SEEPZ Mumbai, which produces gold and platinum studded jewellery. There are also jewellery-manufacturing facilities at MIDC, Andheri, which produces branded jewellery for the retail operations in India. The company has a workforce of over 2300 employees. Company sells its jewellery under the brand - Asmi - Premium work wear collection & has 104 outlets, 2 exclusive stores; Sangini - Entire product range including bridal jewelry; Nakshatra - Entire product range including bridal jewelry available with 374 retailers and 1 franchisee. More franchisees are being added; Gilli - Diamond jewelry at reasonable prices having 256 outlets of which 3 are exclusive stores; Vivvaha - Wedding jewelry; Maya - Gold jewelry for wedding and other similar events; D’Damas - International quality designs combined with Indian values sells through 380 retailers, 2 exclusive outlets, 3 shop-in-malls and 21 franchisees; Hoop - Fashion Silver Jewelry. The Gitanjali Group has acquired Lucera for Rs 25 crores in 2008. In October 2009, the UK-based Brand Finance, valued the four leading brands of the company at Rs.514 crores (Nakshatra), Rs.468 crores (Gili), Rs.309 cr. (D'Damas) and Rs.210 cr. (Asmi), respectively. GGL is not only gearing towards improving sales but is also looking at multiplying the value of these brands by 1.5 to 2 times year on year. With a manufacturing presence in India, its operations span the globe from the U.S., the U.K., Belgium, Italy, the Middle East, Thailand, South East Asia, and Japan. The company’s retail and distribution network comprised approximately 2,000 outlets, including 200 distributors, 94 exclusive stores, and 63 franchised stores. In December 2010, it acquired 90 % interest in Glantti Italia S.R.L. On March 17, 2011, it acquired 100% stake in N & J Finstocks Private Limited. In July 2011, it incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary Italian Jewels S.r. In August 2011, it incorporated a subsidiary Aston Luxury Group Limited. On December 2, 2011, its subsidiary Aston Luxury Group Ltd., acquired Crown Aim Limited. Gitanjali Gems Ltd is globally compared to Lao Feng Xiang Company Limited, Bulgari Societa per Azioni and Surana Corporation Limited in India.

Investment Rationale:

Gitanjali Gems is one of the largest integrated diamond and jewellery manufacturer and retailer in India. The demand for diamond and jewellery products are largely depends on higher employment and economic levels, which leave higher disposable income in the hands of the consumers. In downturn consumers can quite easily scale down their consumption of jewellery and diamonds. During the quarter ended the robust growth of Net Profit increased by 65.25 % Rs. 132.24 Cr. The value of four leading diamond jewellary brands of Gitanjali Gems - Gili, Nakshatra, Asmi and D’Damas rose 84 % i.e. Rs. 2,769 cr in the last two years. Net Sales and PAT of the company are expected to grow at a CAGR of 30 % and 46 % over 2010 to 2013E respectively. Gitanjali Gems Ltd has acquired 100 % stake of 'Crown Aim Limited' ('Crown Aim') and so has become step down subsidiary of the Company. Crown Aim is a Hong Kong based Company engaged in the business of distribution of Jewellery to China, Japan, USA, Middle East and Europe. In Addition, Crown Aim has a Jewellery manufacturing unit in China and plans to setup retailing of Jewellery in China. Crown Aim also has a 100 % subsidiary with the name Alfred Terry Holding Limited and a step down subsidiary named Alfred Terry Limited in London, for distribution of Jewellery in UK. Gitanjali Gems Ltd has incorporated a Wholly Owned Subsidiary in the name of Leading Italian Jewels S.r.l in Italy with a view to expand its business in Italy and adjoining region. The main activity of the newly incorporated wholly owned subsidiary is trading in precious stones, diamonds jewellery, pearls, etc. Gitanjali Gems Ltd has incorporated GGL Diamond, LLC in United States of America, through its wholly owned subsidiary Gitanjali USA, Inc. The main object of GGL Diamond LLC is to source and distribute diamond and jewellery. Gitanjali Gems Ltd has also incorporated a Wholly Owned Subsidiary in the name of 'Aston Luxury Group Limited' in Hong Kong with a view to explore and expand the International business of the Company in Asia Pacific.

Outlook and Valuation:

Gitanjali has increasingly undertaken retail expansion through the organic, inorganic and partnership routes. The retail space is around 1 million sq ft from 65,000 sq ft a year ago. The company has over 3000 Point of sales (POS). Gitanjali occupies nearly 60 % of the India’s entire organized mall space belonging to the jewellery category; it has aggressive retail expansion plans. Gitanjali expects to increase its retail presence to 2 million square feet, primarily in the domestic outlets in the next three years. All this features helps one to get that extra comfort in the stock. The enormous growth of the Indian gems and jewellery industry has seen the arrival of many new branded jewellery shops in various metros of this country. Brands such as, Damas Jewellery, Reliance Retail, Swarovski, and Joy Alukkas are either opening or have already opened their new branches. The availability of cheap labour and presence of well skilled people in various states of India is helping in the growth of diamond polishing and gold jewellery markets. According to experts in the jewellery industry the growing demand for expensive jewellery in India is a result of the strengthening Indian economy. India will soon overtake the US in the not so distant future, as per a statement given by Rapaport Group, the well known keeper of global diamond related data. India is the largest market for gold jewellery in the world, representing an amazingly 746 tonnes of gold in 2010. The net exports of gem and jewellery grew from US$ 22,616.35 in April-October 2010 to US$ 26,160.04 in April-October 2011. At the current market price of Rs. 310.00, the stock is trading at a PE of 5.20 x FY12E and 4.25 x FY13E respectively. The company can post Earnings per share (EPS) of Rs. 59.61 in FY12E and Rs. 73.03 in FY13E. One can buy Gitanjali Gems Ltd with a target price of Rs. 350.00 for Medium to Long term investment. Also one should add on Gitanjali Gems on dips !!!

KEY FINANCIALS	FY10	FY11	FY12E	FY13E
SALES (Rs. Crs)	6,527.63	9,456.40	12,198.75	14,394.53
NET PROFIT (Rs. Crs)	200.17	354.81	505.88	619.78
EPS (Rs.)	23.75	41.81	59.61	73.03
PE (x)	13.05	7.42	5.20	4.25
P/BV (x)	1.20	1.05	0.87	0.72
EV/EBITDA (x)	5.91	4.17	3.16	2.67
ROE (%)	9.23	14.16	16.79	17.06
ROCE (%)	10.17	12.34	13.84	14.50

I would buy Gitanjali Gems Ltd with a price target of Rs. 350 for Medium to Long term. As I always say, I am a long term believer in markets & I do respect the markets and will keep a strict stop loss of 8 % or Rs. 280.06 on every purchase.

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