SESAGOA : SUCCESS THROUGH RIGHT CHANNELS !!!

Scrip Code: 500295 / SESAGOA

CMP:  Rs. 170.65; Accumulate at Rs. 165 - Rs. 170 levels.
Medium to Long term Target: Rs. 208; STOP LOSS – Rs. 157.00; Market Cap: Rs. 14,831.21 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 270.00 / Rs. 145.00

Total Shares: 86,91,01,423 shares; Promoters : 47,91,13,619 shares –55.13 %; Total Public holding : 38,99,87,804 shares – 44.87 %; Book Value: Rs. 148.58; Face Value: Rs. 1.00; EPS: Rs. 10.86; Div: 400 % ; P/E: 15.71 times; Ind. P/E: 16.99; EV/EBITDA: 6.82.

Total Debt: 3,961.00 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 18,478.00 Cr.

SESA GOA LIMITED:  SESA GOA Ltd was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Panji, Goa, India. SESAGOA is engaged in exploration, mining and processing of iron-ore. The Company operates in three business segments namely iron ore, metallurgical coke and pig iron. The pig iron business focuses on the domestic Indian market, especially to foundries and steel mills in western and southern India. It also exports to the Middle-East and South East Asia. SESA GOA is India's largest producer & exporter of iron ore in the private sector which currently accounts for 1.5% of world trade in iron ore & is amongst lowest cost iron ore mining company in the world. Its mining operations in India include Codli, Sonshi/Surla & Bicholim mines located in Goa & Narrain mine located in Karnataka. Sesagoa exported approx. 5 mn tons of iron ore, fines and lumps to Japan, China, Europe. It also has mining interests in Western Cluster Iron Ore project, Liberia. In addition, the company produces basic, foundry and spheroidal grades of pig iron to steel mills and foundries as well as slag as a by-product to the cement industry and metallurgical coke, primarily low ash coke for foundries, blast furnaces & ferrous alloy industries. Further it engages in generation & distribution of power to Goa Electricity department & owns 30 MW power plants in Goa that utilizes the waste heat gases from its coke making & pig iron facilities as well as 30 MW waste heat recovery power plant.  The company sells its iron ore primarily in China, Japan, Korea, India, and Europe. In April 2007, Anil Agarwal – Vedanta Resources acquired a controlling stake of 51% in SESA GOA from Mitsui & Co, Japan, for US$ 981 million. In April 2011, the Company acquired 10.4% stake in Cairn India Ltd (CIL) from Petronas International Corporation Ltd (Petronas). In March 2011, Sesa Goa acquired the assets of steel plant unit of Bellary Steel and Alloys Limited (BSAL). SESA GOA is compared with NMDC Limited, Godawari Power & Ispat Limited in India and with APAC Resources Limited of Hong Kong & with Ferrexpo Plc of United Kingdom globally.

Investment Rationale:

SESA GOA (SESA) has iron ore reserves and resources of 374 m tons in Goa and Karnataka. Goa's ore is medium grade and easy to extract without blasting and crushing. The iron ore from Karnataka is of high grade but found in rocky form, which necessitates blasting and crushing. SESA is India's largest private sector iron ore exporter and is an important Indian arm of Global natural resource player VEDANTA Resources PLC. 

In February 2012 Vedanta Resources Plc restructured its subsidiaries by announcing merger of Sterlite Industries into Sesa Goa in a 5:3 swap ratio. It involved transfer of Vedanta’s 70.5% stake in Vedanta Aluminum Ltd, 38.8% stake in Cairn India, 94.8% stake in Malco to new entity “SESA-STERLITE” along with the associated debt of US$5.9 billion. The company received approvals from Competition Commission of India in April 2012. The proposal received approval from 99 % from Vedanta shareholders, 89% of Sterlite shareholders & 79% of Sesagoa shareholders. This paved away the difficulties for it getting Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval & seeking court approvals. Post merger, Sesa-Sterlite will be one of the global commodity giant and its' earnings will be less volatile, supported by more stable operations  from Hindustan Zinc and Cairn India. Post merger Sesa-Sterlite will have contribution of earnings of about 39% from Oil & Gas; 29% from Zinc & Lead; 17% from Iron Ore; 6% from Copper; 4% from Silver; 3% from Aluminium and 2% from Energy. As on mining from Indian operations, the cost of mining and transportation is significantly lower in Goa (majority of operations) than in Karnataka and Orissa. Further, Indian miners are at an advantage over Brazilian miners due to their proximity to China, the largest customer. However, the current suspension of mining in Goa & Karnataka has resulted in nil production from these mines. Supreme court hearing is yet to start for Goa mining ban.

Outlook and Valuation:

SESA has acquired the remaining 49 % stake in WCL, Liberia at Rs. 184 Cr. Shipments are expected to start from 4QFY14, which will boost its earnings. SESA – STERLITE as a merged entity looks very attractive in valuations. Though uncertainties regarding the iron ore business persist, the impact on valuations is minor in view of the imminent merger with Sterlite Industries. The High Court of Mumbai, Goa bench is currently hearing shareholders' arguments against the merger. The company has already presented its case. The Chennai High Court has heard both sides and verdict is expected in this month of February 2013 .Though uncertainties regarding the iron ore business persist, the impact on valuations is minor in view of the imminent merger with Sterlite Industries and other group companies. Hearings have commenced in the High Courts of Mumbai and Chennai. All other approvals from shareholders and other courts in India and abroad have been received. The new entity “SESA-STERLITE” on Some of The Part valuations comes at Rs. 208 which transfers into the market capital of around Rs. 61,696 Cr. On merged entity basis, & at CMP of Rs. 170.65 the stock is trading at 4.35 x FY13E EPS of Rs. 39.20 and 5.06 x FY14E EPS of Rs. 33.70. Global peers including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Teck Resources are trading at 8 x one year forward earnings & 4.2 x one year forward the EV/EBITDA. Considering the holding company structure and operational constraints SESA-STERLITE could fetch a lower valuation as compare to its global peers. One can buy SESAGOA Limited with a target price of Rs. 208.00 for Medium to Long term investment & for shorter term it should be Rs. 185.00.

SOTP Valuation :-

Business Subsidiary FY13E	Value Per Share (in Rs.)
SESAGOA Standalone	(-118.00)
HINDUSTAN ZINC	145.00
BALCO LTD	4.00
ZINC INTERNATIONAL	39.00
CAIRN INDIA	144.00
OTHER SEGMENTS	(-6.00)
TOTAL	208.00

KEY FINANCIALS	FY12	FY13E	FY14E	FY15E
SALES (Rs. Crs)	68,369.80	71,674.70	72,998.00	76,084.10
NET PROFIT(Rs. Crs)	10,279.30	11,627.10	9,983.20	9,827.60
EPS (Rs.)	34.70	39.20	33.70	33.10
PE (x)	5.10	4.50	5.30	5.40
P/BV (x)	0.80	0.70	0.70	0.60
EV/EBITDA (x)	5.40	5.50	5.10	4.80
ROE (%)	17.00	16.50	13.20	11.90
ROCE (%)	25.30	24.80	13.30	12.60

I would buy SESAGOA LTD with a price target of Rs. 208 for Medium to Long term and for Shorter Term the target is Rs. 185.00 . 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. 157.00 on every purchase.

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ULTRA TECH CEMENTS: CEMENTING STRONGLY AHEAD !!!

Scrip Code: 532538 / ULTRACEMCO

CMP:  Rs. 1837.75; Buy at every dips.
Medium to Long term Target: Rs. 2066; STOP LOSS – Rs. 1690.73; Market Cap: Rs. 50,369.81 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 2154.20 / Rs. 1212.05

Total Shares: 27,40,84,137 shares; Promoters : 17,36,05,057 shares –63.34 %; Total Public holding : 10,04,79,080 shares – 36.66 %; Book Value: Rs. 469.06; Face Value: Rs. 10.00; EPS: Rs. 102.00; Div: 80.00 % ; P/E: 18.17 times; Ind. P/E: 19.84; EV/EBITDA: 10.02.

Total Debt: 3,808.13 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 54,177.94 Cr.

ULTRATECH CEMENT LIMITED: ULTRACEMCO was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Mumbai, India. It was formerly known as Ultra Tech Cemco Limited and changed its name to ULTRATECH CEMENT Ltd on October 2004. It’s a subsidiary of Grasim Industries Ltd from Aditya Birla Group. The Company is engaged in the business of cement and cement related products. It manufactures and markets Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Blast Furnace Slag Cement and Portland Pozzalana Cement. UltraTech Cement Limited, together with its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the manufacture and sale of cement in India and internationally. Its products include ready mix concrete; building products, including waterproofing solutions, polymer modified mortar, lightweight autoclaved aerated concrete blocks, thin layer jointing mortar, and ready mix plaster; and white cement. The Company also manufactures ready mix concrete (RMC). UltraTech Cement is an exporter of cement clinker. The Company has an annual capacity of 23.1 million tons. The Company has 11 integrated plants, one white cement plant, one clinkerisation plant in the United Arab Emirates, 15 grinding units - 11 in India, two in the United Arab Emirates, one in Bahrain and Bangladesh each and five terminals - four in India and one in Sri Lanka. In the 2011, its wholly owned subsidiary, UltraTech Cement Middle East Investments Limited (UCMEIL) acquired ETA Star Cement together with its operations in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Bangladesh and acquired management control. On July 1, 2010, Samruddhi Cement Limited (Samruddhi) amalgamated with the Company.  The Company's subsidiaries include Dakshin Cement Limited, UltraTech Cement Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. and UltraTech Cement Middle East Investments Limited. The company is compared to Ambuja Cements Ltd, ACC Limited and Rain Commodities Limited domestically.

Investment Rationale:

Ultratech Cement Limited is India's largest manufacturer of cement with an installed capacity of 52 Million Tonnes Per Annum. Ultratech’s massive 10 mtpa capacity addition program is nearing completion. The 1 mtpa Surat grinding unit is expected to be commissioned by 4QFY13. Ultratech board has sanctioned an additional capex of Rs. 1000 Cr towards modernization and setting up of Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) plants across the country. This brings the total capex under implementation to about Rs. 11400 Cr. The Company has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with the shareholders of Gotan Limestone Khanij Udyog Pvt. Ltd (GKU) and has acquired GKU’s entire equity stake. Consequently, GKU has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with effect from July 23^rd, 2012. Through this acquisition Ultratech is looking to enhance its white cement capacity. Ultratech’s revenues for Q3FY13 improved by 6 % YoY led by improvement in cement realizations. However, on a sequential basis, cement realizations witnessed a marginal decline. An average cement prices at the end of Q3FY13 witnessed a correction sequentially and stood at Rs. 284/bag. Correspondingly, company's realizations (including RMC) during Q3FY13 stood at Rs. 4690 per tonne as against Rs. 4760 per tonne during Q2FY13 adjusting with white cement, wall care putty and cement export revenues. The combined grey cement and clinker sales volume stood at 9.62 MT during Q3FY13 as against 9.7 MT during Q3FY12. Export cement and clinker volumes stood at 0.32 MT at approx. price of $55/tonne for cement and approximately $45/tonne for clinker. Company is in the process of setting up 4.8 MT plant at Raipur, Chattisgarh and 4.4 MT plant at Malkhed, Karnataka along with a captive power plant of 75 MW and waste heat recovery plant of 45 MW. These new capacities are likely to get operational by mid FY14. The company is expected to dispatch about 41 MT for FY13 translating into revenues of around Rs. 20,000 Cr for FY13 & for FY14 the estimates for volumes are expected to grow to 48.9 MT with expected revenues of Rs. 25,500 Cr for FY14. 

Outlook and Valuation:

Ultratech's revenues for Q3FY13 improved by 6 % YoY led by improvement in cement realizations. However, on a sequential basis, cement realizations witnessed a marginal decline. Company’s operating margin for Q3FY13 remained same on yearly basis despite the higher cost and improvement in cement prices. The Net profit performance was boosted by strong operating margins and higher other income. UltraTech’s average realizations were up 8 % YoY to Rs. 4,760 per ton. At 10.2 m tons, volumes for grey cement, clinker, white cement & wall putty dipped by 1.5 % YoY but up 7.1 % QoQ. Grey cement sales were up by 7.1 % QoQ which are in line with the industry growth rate. RMC recorded revenue of Rs. 500 Cr up by 47 % YoY and white cement and wall putty recorded Rs. 400 Cr up by 18 % YOY. Ultra Tech’s Average EBITDA/ton stood at Rs. 1,005/ton. The increase in the price of diesel and railway freight mainly led to an 18 % YoY rise in raw material cost and a 7 % YoY rise in freight. Benefit of softening coal prices was partly offset by the rupee depreciation against the dollar, leading only to a minor dip of 2 % YoY in power & fuel costs per ton. Company’s higher other income also boosted Profit after Tax growth of 9 % YoY. Company’s management expects cement demand to grow over 8 % in the long term even as the surplus scenario will continue in next three years. The two new units at Chattisgarh and Karnataka are likely to start by early FY14, taking total capacity to 59.5m tons. During 3QFY13, the Ministry of Coal, de-allocated the company’s coal block (allocated jointly with a JV partner) in Chattisgarh. The company has filed against the order and obtained a stay in this regards. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has slapped 11 cement companies with a fine of Rs. 6,714.83 crore for price cartelisation, the highest penalty ever imposed by the fledgling, but increasingly assertive, anti-trust regulator. 11 firms were found guilty of price rigging. These 11 firms include ACC, Ultratech Cement, Grasim Cement (now a part of Ultratech), Jaypee Cements, Lafarge India, Jk Cements, India Cements, Madras Cement, Century Cements, Binani Cements and Ambuja Cements. The Industry body Cement Manufactures Association has also been fined. These 11 firms and the association are drawing up plans to question the legality of the case when it comes up for hearing before the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT the 3 member tribunal) on 29 January 2013. In any case any adverse decision would mean the blow of Rs.1175.40 Cr on Ultratech which is 6 % - 7 % of its total sales. Cement prices rose to all time high of Rs.330/bag in middle of 2012, & looking at the strong recovery going forward cement company will be have boost in their profitability. The clarity on the CCI investigation report should be a major trigger for the stock. At current price of Rs. 1837.75, the stock is trading at 19.2 x P/E on estimated EPS of Rs. 95.30 for FY13E and 16 X P/E on the estimated EPS of Rs. 114.80 for FY14E. Ultratech Cements is a good buy at the current market price & one can ACCUMULATE the stock and is advised to use declines in the stock to buy with a long term view with a target price of Rs. 2066.00 for Medium to Long term investment.

KEY FINANCIALS	FY12	FY13E	FY14E	FY15E
SALES (Rs. Crs)	18,158.30	20,705.50	24,384.50	29,484.40
NET PROFIT(Rs. Crs)	2,369.60	2,611.40	3,147.00	3,850.00
EPS (Rs.)	86.50	95.30	114.80	140.50
PE (x)	22.10	20.00	16.60	13.60
P/BV (x)	4.10	3.50	3.00	2.50
EV/EBITDA (x)	13.10	11.40	8.90	6.80
ROE (%)	20.10	18.60	19.00	19.60
ROCE (%)	17.60	18.00	19.50	21.20

I would buy UltraTech Cements LTD with a price target of Rs. 2066 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. 1690.73 on every purchase. 

*As the author of this blog I disclose that I do hold Ultra tech Cements LTD in my investment portfolio.

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ASHOKA BUILDCON :OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ROADS AND HIGHWAYS !!!

Scrip Code: 533271 / ASHOKA

CMP:  Rs. 199.00; Buy at Rs. 195 - 200 levels.
Medium to Long term Target: Rs. 215; STOP LOSS – Rs. 183.00; Market Cap: Rs. 1,047.75 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 283.00 / Rs. 181.08

Total Shares: 5,26,50,860 shares; Promoters : 3,54,81,587 shares –67.39 %; Total Public holding : 1,71,69,273 shares – 32.61 %; Book Value: Rs. 147.97; Face Value: Rs. 10.00; EPS: Rs. 21.49; Div: 00.00 % ; P/E: 9.26 times; Ind. P/E: 21.45; EV/EBITDA: 5.70.

Total Debt: Rs. 282.42 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 1,330.17 Cr.

ASHOKA BUILDCON LTD: The Company was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Nashik, Maharashtra - India. Ashoka Buildcon Limited operates as an infrastructure development company in India. It focuses on developing and building infrastructure facilities on design, build, finance, operate, and transfer (DBFOT) basis in highways; and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) basis in highways and the power sector. The company is also involved in the sale and installation of software solutions. The company operates in four divisions: Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT); EPC; RMC and Bitumen; and Toll Collection Contract. The BOT division builds and operates roads and bridges on Built Operate and Transfer basis. It has interest in 21 BOT road projects including road projects in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, and Orissa. The EPC division is involved in the engineering, design, procurement, and construction of roads, bridges, distribution transformers, electricity substations, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, and institutional buildings for third parties. This division also constructs, maintains, and repairs roads and bridges for BOT division. The RMC and Bitumen division manufactures and sells ready-mix concrete, bitumen, and pre-cast concrete poles. The Toll Collection Contract division collects tolls on roads and bridges owned and constructed by third parties. Ashoka Buildcon ltd is compared with Praj Industries Ltd, Infotech Enterprises Ltd, Marg Ltd.

Investment Rationale:

Ashoka Buildcon ltd came with an IPO on September 2010 with an issue price of Rs. 324/share and rise about Rs. 225 Cr with an objective to meet working capital requirements, investment in capital equipment, prepayment & repayment of project loans of the company, to fund certain subsidiaries for prepayment and repayment of their loans. Ashoka Buildcon and GVR Infra Projects, a consortium (50:50) emerged as the lowest bidder for the road project in Chennai. The project was by Tamil Nadu Road Development Company Ltd (TNRDC) for their project namely Development of Chennai Outer ring Road Phase II from Nemilicheri in NH 205 to Minjur in Thiruvottiyur – Ponneri – Panchetti (TPP) Road for Design, Build, Finance, Operate & Transfer (DBFOT) basis at Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu. The project is on annuity basis with a Concession period of 20 years & TNRDC’s cost of the project is around Rs. 985.44 Cr. The Public works department, PWD (Maharashtra) has withdrawn the toll collection rights from Ashoka Buildcon Ltd for Ahmednagar Karmala road project which was under BOT Scheme (with toll rights) prematurely, which were to expire on November 04, 2015. Ahmednagar Karmala project was envisaged in 1991 with reference interest rate linked to RBI published rate. Based on an index of lending rates (published by leading banks) which have been in downward trend, PWD has recalculated the concession termination date as Nov 4, 2012. Toll collection which was in effect on 17^th November 2012 has already been discontinued. The notification states that the lending interest rates have been changed by the RBI and consequently as per contract provisions, the concession period in view of new lending rates reworked, has ended before Nov 14, 2012. This termination will negatively impacted on near term profitability of the Project which contributes around 4.5 % or Rs.16/share in the overall fair value of Rs 350/share. The project has an expected toll collection of Rs. 2.75 Cr in FY13E which is 8.6 % of the overall toll collection for Ashoka Buildcon & Adjusted PAT from this project for FY14E stood at Rs 2.00 Cr which is 13 % of FY14E consolidated APAT. Considering it was a debt free mature project in its portfolio the profit contribution to the overall consolidated PAT is much higher. Ashoka Buildcon ltd’s 2 other projects also faces the risk of early termination. The PWD (Maharashtra) is in the process of expanding the existing 2 lane state highways network at 10 or 11 stretches to 4 lanes. PWD (Mah) has already awarded a part of Ahmednagar Karmala Tembhurni stretch to Supreme infrastructure in Dec-10 for expanding the stretch to 4 lanes. Management indicated that there are two more projects in its portfolio which are based on similar concession agreement i.e. Pune Shirur and Sherinallah put together commands another Rs 10/share or 3 % of value in Some Of The Part valuation. Total Value at risk owing to such a decision is 7.5 % of overall SoTP owing to such a move. One can buy based on cheap valuation with a target price of Rs 215.

Outlook and Valuation:

Ashoka Buildcon’s subsidiary Ashoka Concessions Ltd received the first tranche of the $150 million investment being made by two private equity funds – Macquarie SBI infrastructure Fund and SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Trust. The company will use these funds as equity in various projects under construction. The PWD (Mah) has awarded 6 projects so far to ABL from these 2 projects have already achieved termination i.e. Dhule bypass & Anwali Kasegaon on a natural course. Company’s management highlights that 2 projects out of the remaining 3 i.e. Pune Shirur and Sherinallah are based on similar concession agreement & both of these projects might face early termination risk after the termination of Nagar Karmala project. Both put together commands 3 % of SoTP or Rs 10/share. In terms of overall revenue contribution to the toll collection Sherinallah and Pune shirur commands 10 % and 6 % in terms of profitability based on FY14E. Sudden removal of tolling rights for Ahmednagar Karmala came in as a surprise. The project comprises 5 % of the company’s fair value based on FY14E target price. Such an event can at max be replicated on two other projects as guided by the management. Overall Ashoka Buildcon Ltd even after the termination of Nagar Karmala is still collecting toll at 3 other projects from PWD (Mah). At the current market price of Rs. 199.00, the stock is trading at a PE of 8.96 x FY13E and 7.96 x FY14E respectively. The company can post Earnings per share (EPS) of Rs. 22.20 in FY13E and Rs. 25.00 in FY14E. One can buy Ashoka Buildcon with a target price of Rs. 215.00 for Medium to Long term investment.

KEY FINANCIALS	FY11	FY12	FY13E	FY14E
SALES (Rs. Crs)	1,302.00	1,500.00	1,903.30	2,307.60
NET PROFIT (Rs. Crs)	100.80	124.80	116.80	131.60
EPS (Rs.)	19.10	23.70	22.20	25.00
PE (x)	10.70	8.60	9.20	8.20
P/BV (x)	1.20	1.00	0.90	0.80
EV/EBITDA (x)	9.10	8.20	9.50	9.60
ROE (%)	14.90	13.00	10.70	10.80
ROCE (%)	11.00	7.80	3.70	3.00

I would buy ASHOKA BUILDCON with a price target of Rs. 215.00 for the medium to long term 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. 183.00 on your every purchase.

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