LARSEN & TOUBRO : IT's NOT ONLY ENGINEERING, ITS ALSO INVESTEERING!!!

Scrip Code: 500510 / LT

CMP:  Rs. 1425.40; Accumulate at Rs. 1370 - Rs. 1400 levels.
Short term Target: Rs. 1500, Medium to Long term Target: Rs. 1765; STOP LOSS – Rs. 1311.36; Market Cap: Rs. 87,682.40 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 1720.00 / Rs. 1106.05

Total Shares: 61,51,42,429 shares; Promoters : 26,50,96,686 shares –42.85 %; Total Public holding : 35,00,45,743 shares – 56.90 %; Book Value: Rs. 409.54; Face Value: Rs. 2.00; EPS: Rs. 81.95; Div: 825.00 % ; P/E: 17.39 times; Ind. P/E: 13.80; EV/EBITDA: 11.42.

Total Debt: 9,895.77 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 94,158.17 Cr.

LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD: LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD was founded in 1938. Larsen & Toubro Limited operates as a technology, engineering, construction, and manufacturing company worldwide. Larsen’s divisions include Engineering and Construction Projects (E&C), Heavy Engineering (HED), Engineering Construction and Contracts (ECC), Electrical and Electronics (EBG), Machinery and Industrial Products (MIPD), and Information Technology & Engineering Services. These divisions undertake engineering design and construction of infrastructure and industrial projects, including civil, mechanical, and electrical & instrumentation engineering. The customer profile includes Samsung, Chevron, Bechtel, Kvaerner, Pirelli, Siam Michelin, and Goodyear. The Heavy Engineering (HED) division manufactures and supplies custom designed and engineered critical equipment and systems to the needs of core-sector industries and the defense sector. It is the preferred supplier of equipment for a select range of products, globally. The Division has entered into Shipbuilding business and engages in construction of specialty commercial vessels and warships for the navy, as well as the coast guard.  The Engineering Construction and Contracts (ECC) division delivers engineering, procurement, and contract solutions in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, power, and water space industries. The Electrical and Electronics (EBG) division offers solutions in low & medium voltage categories. Its businesses consists of switch-gear, switchboards for different applications, including marine, meters, automation systems, petroleum dispensing pumps, medical equipment and tooling solutions and has operations at different locations in India (two in Mumbai and one each in Ahmednagar, Mysore, Faridabad and Coimbatore) and one unit for manufacturing operations in China. The Information Technology and Engineering Services Information and Technology Services division offers e-Engineering solutions, including product design and engineering analysis, engineering process support, production and plant engineering, asset information management, and design automation to high end technology verticals, such as automotive, aerospace, marine and ship design, plant engineering, and industrial products. This division also provides embedded systems and solutions comprising supply of hardware, application software, and enclosure design for electronics product design and development in automotive, medical, semiconductor, and industrial products. On November 30, 2009, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Limited and Larsen & Toubro Ltd. announced the formation of a JV company to produce special steels and ultra heavy forgings. On January 22, 2010, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. formed a JV with Sapuracrest Petroleum Bhd to undertake installation of pipelines and construction of offshore rigs and platforms in India, West Asia and South East Asia. In July 2012, L&T’s subsidiary Tamco Switchgear acquired Henikwon Corporation Sdn Bhd. L&T does business in Malaysia, the United States, the Unite Kingdom, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. L&T LTD is compared globally with Hyundai Development Company Ltd of South Korea, Daelim Industrial Company Ltd of South Korea, Nippo Corporation of Japan Ssangyong Engineering & Construction, Aker Solutions ASA and JTEKT Corporation.

Investment Rationale:

Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) has a strong order growth from the Buildings and Factories (B&F) segment and this helped to offset weak order inflows from other segments such as power, oil & gas and process. As the order inflows from other segments have dried up, L&T has turned aggressive in the buildings segment which was previously less focused area for L&T. L&T has emerged as a preferred contractor in the premium residential segment which has helped the company in growing its order book, and incrementally the company is shifting its focus into mid-income housing also, to maintain order inflow growth. The real estate contracting business is a fragmented industry with the presence of many organised and unorganised players. Some of the larger companies operating in this business are namely Shapoorji Pallonji; Simplex; Nagarjuna Construction; Ahluwalia Contractors; Gammon India; Pratibha Industries; IL&FS Engineering & Construction (formerly Maytas Infra); Man Infra; Vascon Engineers; Supreme Infrastructure; and Ramky Infra. L&T has recently bagged orders from premium clients. The competitive landscape has turned favorable for L&T as other real estate contracting companies have been battling with stressed balanced sheets and increasing receivables that limit their ability to bid for new projects. Some large players in real estate contracting, like, Gammon India, Nagarjuna Constructions and Simplex Infra, were inflicted by the increasing debt burden due to their asset-heavy balance sheets. Given L&T’s well capitalized balance sheet with well-respected execution abilities in the industry, it was one of the obvious choices for developers like DLF and Godrej Properties to outsource their construction contracts to best managed contractors like L&T which helped L&T to gain market share in Building & Factories segment. L&T has also forayed into the real-estate segment as a developer for some projects, eg, Emerald Isle in Powai, Mumbai, Crescent Bay in Parel, Mumbai, Eden Park, Chennai and as a co-developer for Omkar Veda, Parel, Mumbai

Outlook and Valuation:

1 x 388.5 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in
Andhra Pradesh

L&T on 1^st of April 2013 announced to have secured India’s first ever complete EPC order for 2 x 660 MW Super-critical Thermal Power Project on a complete Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) basis from Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd worth Rs. 5689 Cr. This order involves designing, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of two coal-fired thermal units of 660 MW each with super-critical parameters at Chhabra in Baran District in Rajasthan. This project has a stringent completion schedule of 42 months for unit 1 and 45 months for unit 2. With this contract, L&T now has orders for supply and installation of 26 Super-critical Steam Generators and Steam Turbine Generators of 660 MW, 700 MW and 800 MW. L&T on 28^th March 2013 completed its acquitions of Audco India Ltd – India’s leading manufacturer of Industrial valves and a JV with Audco UK a wholly owned subsidiary of Flowserve Corporation, USA (Flowserve). This acquisition is in line with L&T’s overall portfolio rationalization, this deal will help grow L&T’s Valve business globally with comprehensive range of valve offerings. L&T looks good buy looking at its strong order book, infrastructure opportunities and potential of value unlocking in its subsidiaries. Its core business would drive earnings, as it has robust order book and good revenue visibility. Subsidiaries like IT Services, and Infra would be lead to better valuation. The infra-led growth would also be backed by growing portfolio and geographical reach. L&T is expected to clock in a 20 % CAGR over FY12-15E in revenues keeping the Book-to-Bill ratio (2.1-1.8x) trend more or less the same. However, any adverse mix in terms of order inflow may alter the margins. L&T is expected to have a 10 % CAGR in standalone earnings for the period of FY12-15E which is again not an out-of-reach of any one’s assumption. Order wins in Jan-Feb 2013 were close to Rs. 3,900 Cr which were a mix of B&F (Government), Defence, Hydrocarbon and Power. Further, with the impetus given to DMIC, DFC and other BOT projects in transportation (Budget 2013-14), along with a strong financial backing, L&T is expected to be able to secure sizable orders. With just a month away from end of FY13E, order inflow stands at Rs. 64,000 Cr, implying Rs. 17,100 Cr order inflow in March 2013. Historically, Q4 has been a strong period where the order inflows are sizable. The fair value of L&T on stand-alone basis using DCF comes at Rs. 1,361.53/share, while the valuation of its investments in subsidiaries comes at Rs. 403.5/share totaling to value of Rs. 1764.90/share. On the valuation front, L&T could post EPS of Rs. 77.36 for FY14E & Rs. 88.55 for FY15E. Any further price correction provides a good opportunity to Buy L&T at at a target price of Rs. 1500 for shorter term and for long term it would be Rs. 1765.00.

Business Subsidiary FY13E	Rs/Share
L&T Financial Holding Ltd	177.37
L&T Infotech	87.00
L&T International FZE	25.00
L&T MHI Boilers	2.00
L&T MHI Turbine Generators	2.00
L&T Special Steels and  Heavy Forgings Pvt Ltd (NPCIL JV)	11.00
EWAC Alloys	5.00
L&T Power Ltd	3.00
L&T Power Development Ltd	29.00
L&T IDPL	65.00

L&T Real Estate Projects	29.00
L&T Shipbuilding	14.00
Other manufacturing sub. , JV	10.00
Loans and Advances to subsidiaries	45.00
TOTAL	504.37
Less:20% Holding Company Disco.	100.87
GRAND TOTAL	403.50

KEY FINANCIALS	FY12	FY13E	FY14E	FY15E
SALES (Rs. Crs)	53,170.50	60,875.20	67,840.20	77,302.70
NET PROFIT (Rs. Crs)	4,456.50	4,733.20	4,737.60	5,423.10
EPS (Rs.)	71.11	77.29	77.36	88.55
PE (x)	19.20	17.70	17.60	15.40
P/BV (x)	3.30	2.90	2.60	2.30
EV/EBITDA (x)	14.50	13.40	12.50	10.80
ROE (%)	18.90	17.60	15.60	16.00
ROCE (%)	9.20	8.60	8.20	8.60

I would buy LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD with a price target of Rs. 1765 for Medium to Long term and Rs. 1500 for the Short term players. 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. 1311.36 on every purchase. (Why Strict stop loss of 8 % ?) - Click Here

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PVR LTD : EXHIBITING ITS STRONG FOOT HOLD !!!

Scrip Code: 532689 / PVR

CMP:  Rs. 286.75; Accumulate at every  levels.
Short term Target – Rs. 300; STOP LOSS – Rs. 263.80; Market Cap: Rs. 1,136.01 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 340.90 / Rs. 141.00

Total Shares: 3,96,16,995 shares; Promoters : 2,23,09,467 shares –56.31 %; Total Public holding : 1,73,07,528 shares – 43.68 %; Book Value: Rs. 70.35; Face Value: Rs. 10.00; EPS: Rs. 5.45; Div: 60 % ; P/E: 52.61 times; Ind P/E: 30.79; EV/EBITDA: 6.80.

Total Debt: Rs. 225 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 1,599.01 Cr.

PVR LIMITED: PVR Limited was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Gurgaon, India. PVR LTD was incorporated in April 1995 pursuant to a joint venture agreement between Priya Exhibitors Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited, one of the largest exhibition companies in the world. PVR Limited is an India-based company that operates movie houses in India. The Company also generates revenue from in-cinema advertisements/product displays and in-cinema sale of food and beverages. It also produces and co-produces movies; and distributes movies, as well as operates 24 lane bowling centers. The company operates 213 screens in 46 cinemas in 27 cities. Company’s subsidiaries include CR Retail Malls (India) Limited (CRR), PVR Leisure Ltd, PVR Pictures Limited (PVR Pictures), Cine Hospitality Private Ltd and PVR bluO Entertainment Limited (PVR bluO). The Company has diverse cinema circuit in India consisting of 35 Cinemas with 154 screens spread over 20 different cities: Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Lucknow, Indore, Aurangabad, Baroda, Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Chandigarh, Surat, Latur and Raipur. PVR Ltd announced the opening of a multiplex on August 15, 2012, at Empress Mall, in Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra. The multiplex consists of five screens. On January 8, 2013, PVR through its wholly owned subsidiary Cine Hospitality Private Ltd purchased a controlling stake of over 69% followed by the open offer for another 26% in the Cinemax India Limited for Rs. 395 Cr or Rs. 203.65 per share from the Rashesh Kanakia and family. PVR Ltd is locally compared with Fame India Limited, Cinemax Properties Ltd, Era E Zone (India) Ltd, Pyramid Saimira Theatre Limited and Inox Leisure Ltd and globally it is compared with Orange Sky Golden Har. Ente. Holdings Ltd of Hong Kong, Kinepolis Group NV of Belgium, Cinemax X AG of Germany, Digital Cinema Destination Corp of United States and Reading International Inc of United states.

Investment Rationale:

PVR pioneered the multiplex revolution in the country by establishing the first multiplex cinema in 1997 at Saket, New Delhi. The opening of the first multiplex heralded (started a good beginning)  a new era in the Indian cinema viewing experience and which also changed the industry forever. From then-on PVR initiated many path breaking innovations in the industry from launching its largest 11 screen multiplex in the country in 2004 in Bangalore and introducing Gold Class Cinema. PVR Ltd came with an IPO on 8^th December 2005 with an issue price of Rs. 225/share and raised about Rs. 173.25 Cr with an objective to utilize the proceeds to finance the then new cinema projects in various cities across the country, to expand the film distribution business, technological up gradation and renovation of cinemas. PVR entered into a JV with Major Cineplex Group in 2008, a leading Film exhibition and retail entertainment company based out of Thailand, to bring lifestyle entertainment concepts to Indian consumers. The JV enjoined setting up of bowling alleys, karaoke centers, ice skating rings and gaming zones across the country to enhance the out of home entertainment experience for Indian consumers. PVR Cinemas today contributes about 20%-25% of domestic box office collections of any leading Hollywood movie and 12%-13% of any leading Bollywood movie, highest across the Indian Film Exhibition space. On January 8, 2013, PVR through its wholly owned subsidiary Cine Hospitality Private Ltd purchased a controlling stake of over 69% in the Cinemax India Limited for Rs. 395 Cr or Rs. 203.65 per share from the Rashesh Kanakia and family followed by the open offer for another 26% of Rs. 148 Cr, with the success of open offer which ended on 23^rd February 2013, PVR will now look at de-listing of Cinemax which will comply with the norms of SEBI to maintain minimum public shareholding of 25%. With the successful open offer of Cinemax, PVR, which has already added 47 screens this year will have 351 screens in 85 properties across 36 cities in India with 87,493 seats on combined basis, this translates into entertaining a staggering 5.3 Cr customers every year. PVR expects to add 55 more screens by the end of FY14.

Outlook and Valuation:

PVR's IMAX Auditorium in Bengaluru

PVR buyout deal for Cinemax India will cost PVR a total of Rs. 543 Cr, which will be funded through the approval to rise about Rs. 260 Cr through preferential issue of 1,06,25,205 shares of PVR at Rs. 245 per share to PVR promoters viz. Ajay Bijli and Sanjeev Kumar who in total will infuse Rs. 25 Cr which will then will hold 32% in PVR after the fund raising, Multiples Alternate Asset Management Private Equity Fund Ltd will infuse about Rs. 153 Cr which will then own 15.80% in PVR, L Capital Eco Ltd will infuse about Rs. 82.3 Cr into PVR’s preferential issue which will then hold 15.80% in PVR. Thus a an equity dilution of about 36.7 % is slightly negative for the stock but the best side for the stock is that firstly, post deal PVR will become India’s largest Multiplex operator ahead from Inox + Fame who has 256 screens, Big Cinemas who has 254 screens, secondly, it will gain access to eight new markets and northern region, also PVR will be benefited from the stronger foot-hold of Cinemax in western region. PVR will be benefited in spite of the increase of service charge from Rs. 6 to Rs. 14 by the government as multiplex operators will now can retain the increment of Rs. 8 in ticket prices. On consolidated basis the Debt of PVR is around Rs. 600 Cr on the net worth of Rs. 650 Cr, and the debt equity Ratio of PVR is not expected to come down in next 12 -16 months due to its expansion plans. PVR has stated that it will continue to focus on distribution of Hollywood movies. PVR’s profitable subsidiary PVR Leisure has cash of around Rs. 45 Cr and in my view PVR can use this cash for making changes in Cinemax's screens, its food & beverage segment which could be expected to get turnaround in next 12 months period. With a healthy EBITDA of 34% with consolidated revenue of Rs.202.44 Cr, in my view PVR Ltd could report FY13E EPS of Rs. 7.50/sh and for FY 14E of Rs. 14.50/sh. The stock could be bought for the short target price of Rs. 300.00 and recommend Accumulate on the stock. 

Name of the Companies	Number of Screens
PVR Cinemax	351 Screens
INOX + Fame	256 Screens
BIG Cinemas	254 Screens
FUN Cinemas	73 Screens
Cinepolis	49 Screens
Sathyam Cinemas	27 Screens
TOTAL	1,010 Screens

KEY FINANCIALS	FY12	FY13E	FY14E	FY15E
SALES (Rs. Crs)	513.10	825.70	1,322.50	1,465.80
NET PROFIT (Rs. Crs)	25.40	30.20	58.20	74.80
EPS (Rs.)	9.80	7.50	14.50	18.60
PE (x)	26.90	35.10	18.20	14.20
P/BV (x)	2.40	1.70	1.50	1.40
EV/EBITDA (x)	15.30	8.80	5.10	4.20
ROE (%)	9.10	4.70	8.40	9.70
ROCE (%)	9.00	4.80	8.90	9.60

I would buy PVR LTD with a price target of Rs. 300.00 for the short 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. 263.80 on your purchase. (Why Strict stop loss of 8 % ?) - Click Here

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STOP LOSS : MORE YOU DELAY MORE IS YOUR PAIN !!!

Friends, as markets tanked on budget day, my inbox was full that evening, with many of my fellow reader’s pouring in their queries on stocks – saying "What should we do. The stocks are down by 15 % - 20 %". I casually - said "Sell if your stop loss is triggered" – “But it’s a loss of more than 10 % and I am losing a lot out of it”, I started answering to this question by giving them an explanation and the reason behind to keep a stop loss- just then a thought strike my mind that lets have a post on importance of stop loss mechanism. 

Friends’, dealing in stock markets is dealing with volatility, uncertainty and market factors which are beyond one’s control. Many among us, or almost everyone at some point of time must have experienced that “whenever I buy, the stock is down the very next moment and the stock goes up whenever I sell”. This happens because we fail to understand the stock market behavior. Many investors among us are reluctant to book their losses. The problem is we always want to see our money growing. We never ever think of selling off the stock once it starts falling, on the contrary we start questioning ourselves "what if that this counter goes up after I sell it in the losses". This “What if” is a psychological nature of us which always challenges our emotions and costs dearest to our wealth. We hold on to that stock hoping it to bounce back and ultimately it makes you realize that you are too late to sell, making you an compulsory investor. The problem here is that we don't have a proper stoploss.

If you go through my blog posts where I always quote my views on any particular stock with a stoploss, and always without fail I mention that I respect the markets and will sell once the stoploss is triggered. Keeping a strict stoploss will not only protects the capital but it also allows to invest in any other better option. Suppose, if you buy a stock at Rs. 100 and it goes down by 10 % your loss is of Rs. 10 – as usual reluctantly people don’t like to sell at loss, so hoping for the stock to bounce back he will hold on to it, further the stock tanks another 10 % making losses to go up from 10 % to 20 %, now you are more reluctant to book losses and now you start saying that you are a long term investor knowing very well that it will take a very long time to break even.

Let’s take a simple mathematics drill which will make you understand the importance of keeping a stoploss.

Example: If you buy a stock at Rs. 100 and maintain a strict stoploss of 8 %, suppose if it falls to Rs. 92 hitting your stoploss and you don’t sell, then the same stock will need to jump 8.7 % to get back your break even point of Rs. 100. Similarly, in the table given below explains that the Longer you hold on to your losses, the Harder it is to get back your money.    

Percentage Loss	Percentage to Break Even
8.00 %	8.70 %
10.00 %	11.10 %
20.00 %	25.00 %
40.00 %	66.70 %
50.00 %	100.00 %
60.00 %	150.00 %
80.00 %	400.00 %

The table above will indeed help you in making the hard decision in easy way. This stoploss mechanism also pertains to the best fundamental stocks like Larsen & Tubro – suppose you buy Larsen for the long term say for 6 months at Rs. 1400 and if it goes down further to Rs. 1288 showing you losses of 8 %, you sell at Rs. 1288 as your stoploss of 8 % is triggered. Selling at stoploss will not only protect you with further down side but will also provide you with an opportunity to enter back in L&T when it tanks further at Rs. 1185. As L&T commands best fundamentals you decide to jump on to it at Rs. 1185 (off course this time too with strict stoploss of 8 % or Rs. 1090), it’s of more of the probability that it will bounce back once the sentiments of the markets improve hence giving back your money with profit of 18.14 % (buying at Rs. 1185 and selling it at Rs. 1400).

Choosing the correct stoploss here is a key; if you are a long term investor with moderate risk taking ability then you should go for 8 % as your stoploss trigger, but if you are a trader than Trialing Stoploss using Average True Range or ATR will serve you better. ATR was developed by J. Welles Wilder is an indicator that measures volatility. This number does not provide an indication of Price direction but it only provides an volatility and slightly modifying this number will make this number easy to understand; this is calculated by subtracting current High & Low of the stock and then multiplying it by 2, further dividing it by the days close. Suppose you are trading ACC today you would set your trialing stop loss as - 

Previous Days Close = 1221.35; Previous Days High = 1259.70; Previous Days Low = 1211.10; so subtracting days high & low i.e. 1259.70 - 1211.10 = 48.6

2*48.6/1221.35 = 7.95 %   

What are you doing here is you are simply attaching a risk tolerance level i.e. 2 based on the stock’s intraday moves averaged over a period of time. Here your stoploss for ACC should be 7.95 % from today's close. This is an indicative levels and just gives an rough idea about the volatility that stock may face in respect of prices the next trading day. And this should not be taken as a thumb rule.   

Some Key points before executing a trade:

• A stoploss should be considered & decided before a position is entered.
• A stoploss should be placed immediately at the time of entry.
• A stoploss should not allow more than 2 % loss of your account balance.
• Only risk 1 % of your total trading capital on any one trade - when you loose 2 % on that get out of that trade. 
• For the day trades a stoploss should not allow more than 1 % loss of your account balance.   

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