SNOWMAN LOGISTICS LTD : LOGISTICS THE DIFFERENT WAY !!!

Scrip Code: 538635 / SNOWMAN

CMP:  Rs.  85.75; Buy at current levels. Short Term Taget : Rs. 100.00;
Medium to Long Term Target: Rs. 125; STOP LOSS – Rs. 78.89; Market Cap: Rs. 1,427.30 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 103.80 / Rs. 47.00.

Total Shares: 16,64,49,395 shares; Promoters : 6,72,54,119 shares – 40.41 %; Total Public holding : 9,91,95,276 shares – 59.59 %; Book Value: Rs. 17.83; Face Value: Rs. 10.00; EPS: Rs. 1.81; Dividend: 00.00 %; P/E: 47.37 times; Ind. P/E: 55.21; EV/EBITDA: 24.18.

Total Debt: Rs. 90.64 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 1,534.03 Cr.

SNOWMAN LOGISTICS LIMITED: Snowman Logistics Limited was founded in 1993 and is based in Bengaluru, India. The company was formerly known as Snowman Frozen Foods Limited and changed its name to Snowman Logistics Limited in March 17, 2011. Snowman Logistics Limited is a subsidiary of Gateway Distriparks Limited. The company came out with an IPO on August 2014 offering 4.20 Cr equity shares of Rs. 10 each for Rs. 47 per share raising Rs. 197.40 Cr. The object of offer for sale was to set up a new temperature controlled and ambient warehouse, to provide long term working capital and for other general corporate purposes. The shares got listed on Indian bourses on September 12, 2014 with a staggering at Rs. 79.80. Snowman Logistics Limited is an integrated temperature controlled logistics service provider with 23 temperature controlled warehouses across 14 locations in India. It has a storage capacity of 58,543 warehousing pallets and 3,000 ambient pallets. The company also owns and leases reefer and ambient vehicles. As of March 31, 2014, it operated 370 reefer vehicles consisting of 307 leased and 63 owned vehicles. In addition, the company offers primary and secondary distribution services; consignment agency services; and value added services, such as kitting, labelling, sorting, stuffing, and de-stuffing of containers, repacking, and bulk breaking. It serves corporate customers in dairy, ice-creams, chocolates, and poultry and meat industry sectors. It also offers services to Confectioneries including chocolate and baked products; Fruits and vegetables; Healthcare and pharmaceutical products; and Industrial products such as x-ray, and photo-imaging, films. It operates in two segments, Temperature Controlled Services and Ambient Distribution. The company offers warehousing solutions that cover ambient, chilled, frozen, and blast freezing facilities. Snowman Logistics Limited is locally compared with Allcargo Logistics Ltd, Blue Dart Express Ltd, Container Corporation of India Ltd, Gati Ltd, Gateway Distriparks Ltd, Sical Logistics Ltd, Kesar Terminals & Infrastructure Ltd, North Eastern Carrying Corporation Ltd, Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd, Patel Integrated Logistics Ltd, Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd globally compared with Kawanishi Warehouse Co, Ltd of Japan, Sugimura Warehouse Co Ltd of Japan, Royal Mail Plc of London, Postal Services mail Plc of London, Deutsche Post AG of Germany, PostNL N.V. of Netherlands, Hanjin Transportation Co., Ltd of South Korea, Pos Malaysia Berhad of Malaysia, Singapore Post Ltd of Singapore, Yusen Logistics Co Ltd, Hyundai Glovis Co Ltd of Korea, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings of USA, Bpost NV-SA Brussels, Belgium, Kintetsu World Express Inc of Japan, UPS – United parcel Service Inc of USA, Fedex Corp of USA, Air transport Services Group of Ohio, Hub Group Inc of Illinois, Xpo Logistics Inc of USA, Echo Global Logistics Inc of Illinois, Uti Worldwide Inc of British Virgin Islands,  Chichibu Railway Co., Ltd of Japan, Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd of Japan, Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd.

Investment Rationale:

Snowman Logistics Ltd is the most preferred integrated temperature controlled warehouse and transport logistics company in the organized sector enjoying lion market share. The company has been also providing additional services like repacking of products for direct marketing in retail market to the manufacturers, exporters and adding value addition of services to its clients that include Hindustan Unilever, Cadbury, McCain, Baskin Robbins, Ferrero Rocher, Taj Hotels, etc. and has PAN India presence at 14 locations with 23 warehouses and fleet of 370. Currently 242 cities are covered and plans more cities to be added to the network each year. During FY14, Snowman Logistics Ltd.’s warehouses were running at 82 % utilization while the trucking business was running at 100 % utilization. Gateway Distriparks Limited is the promoter and the largest shareholder of the company. Snowman Logistics offers blast freezing facilities at its temperature controlled warehouses in Bengaluru, Mevalurkuppam, (near Chennai), Visakhapatnam, Serampore (near Kolkata), Taloja (near Mumbai), Ahmedabad, Palwal (near Delhi), and Mubarakpur (near Chandigarh). Its integrated ‘Source to Stores’ operations comprise warehousing, primary distribution and secondary distribution and value-added services including kitting, labeling, sorting and bulk breaking. India falls under the category of low cold chain adoption countries i.e. countries with less than 10 % of produce passing through a cold chain, reflecting a significant potential for growth in Cold Chains. Temperature Controlled Logistics (TCL) provider in India is largely fragmented and generally focuses on a single region or focuses on any one aspect of the logistics chain such as storage or transportation. Consequently, there are very few integrated temperature controlled logistics service providers who have the ability to service customers on a pan-India basis. It is estimated that the current market share of organized players is only around 6 % to 7 % in the temperature controlled warehousing segment and about 15 % to 20 % in the temperature controlled transportation. So, the potential for growth in organized services in this sector is immense. It is expected that the organized outsourced temperature controlled services to grow at around 20 % p.a as against an overall market growth of around 15 % and in terms of volume, the existing capacity is estimated to be around 30 million MT of temperature controlled warehousing and around 7,000 – 8,000 in Reefer Vehicles. From the existing cold warehousing capacity, 75 % is dedicated to potatoes while 23 % is classified as ‘Multipurpose’ i.e. catering to multiple commodities across dairy products, frozen foods, fruits and vegetables and the balance 2 % is used across meat and seafood. 

Temperature Controlled Logistics (TCL) is responsible for preserving the quality to enable their availability during an off – season or making them available at locations far from the production/ processing locations. The temperature sensitive products like dairy & perishable products is stored & preserved in a custom built temperature controlled warehouses. These temperature controlled warehouse generally consists of temperature zones which are capable of warehousing goods in the range of –25ºC to +20ºC. Similarly, temperature controlled distribution entails primary and secondary transportation of temperature sensitive products from source to stores using temperature controlled containerized trucks and cargo trains. Certain containerized trucks are also modified to enable installation of temperature controlled zones. Businesses which utilize cold chains in India include dairy, poultry and meat, seafood, ready – to eat, chocolates, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, industrial products and fruit and vegetables. India’s temperature controlled logistics industry is estimated to be around Rs. 12,000 Cr to Rs. 15,000 Cr and is expected to grow at 15 % to 20 %, year on year, for the next 3 to 4 years to Rs. 22,000 Cr to Rs. 25,000 Cr. The growth is expected to be driven by an increase in the consumption of temperature sensitive perishables; Greater use of temperature controlled logistics in categories such as pharmaceuticals and fruits and vegetables and from the increase in the consumption of a gamut of niche and high end products that need to be maintained in temperature controlled environment. Since FY12, Cold Storage business in India has been given the "Infrastructure status", which makes bank financing easier. Also, Snowman Logistics is eligible for 100 % deduction under section 35AD for all capex made till AY13. This investment deduction allowance rate has increased from 100 % to 150 % in AY14. The tax benefits given to warehousing income under section 80 (I) (B) along with subsidy schemes will also be helpful for the company to aggressively pursue capex and growth. Snowman Logistics has asset light business model, given that 83 % of its entire fleet is on lease. Similarly for Warehouse division, company usually leases out the land on a long term basis and constructs its own building used for storage purposes. Snowman Logistics owns, both land and building at 9 of these 23 temperature controlled warehouses. This asset light strategy has helped the company to quickly scale up its businesses, thereby generating quicker pay-back period for investment made and higher Return on Networth. Management has maintained that money raised from issue proceeds would be deployed for capacity expansion, thereby restricting any further RoNW expansion in FY15E.

Outlook and Valuation: 

Snowman Logistics Limited is an integrated temperature controlled logistics service provider, promoted by Gateway Distriparks Ltd which in itself is one of the largest players in the organized temperature controlled logistics. Gateway Distriparks holds 40.4 % (post issue) in Snowman Logistics Ltd. Gateway Distriparks’s expertise as a major logistics player in India augurs well for Snowman Logistics as it instils confidence among Snowman’s customers besides providing leverage in institutional and banking relationship for Snowman’s business operations. A strong promoter and sound investor base reinforces Snowman logistics as a major brand in a largely unorganised temperature controlled logistics industry. Snowman Logistics Ltd caters to numerous customers ranging from HUL to McCain foods and from Suguna Foods to Ferrero India Pvt Ltd to Hotel Taj. Many of Snowman’s customers are competitors in their respective industry and Snowman’s ability to cater to each one of them in an unbiased and professional manner is a testament to the fact that contributions from its top clients have remained largely unchanged in the past three years. Snowman’s top 20 clients contributed nearly 56.75 % in FY11, 49.92 % in FY12, 39.02 % in FY13 and 44.1 % in Fy14, respectively in terms of revenue. The company garnered Rs. 197.40 Cr through its IPO during the month of August 2014. The company intends to use the part of the net IPO proceeds to setup six temperature controlled warehouses and 2 ambient warehouses across six cities. The estimated cost of construction of these warehouses is around Rs. 140 Cr. This will increase the pallet capacity from 61,000 to 85,000 (1 pallet = 1 Tonne) by FY15. The company intends to use the IPO funds of Rs. 197.40 Cr to retire its bridge loan and will meet the remaining capex of Rs. 128.28 Cr. Long term working capital requirements of Rs. 8.41 Cr will also be met from the IPO proceeds. The left over amount will be utilised for general corporate purposes after meeting the issue related expenses. The demand for perishable products is expected to increase in the coming years thus creating the need for larger warehouses and bigger fleet size to carry the products to the end customer. With new capacity coming on stream, Snowman Logistics will be able to garner greater market share from the anticipated pickup in demand. On Financial side, the company enjoys robust EBIDTA margin of 25 % and is likely to post 42.2 % revenue and 45.3 % EBITDA CAGR over FY14-16E. The company has adopted an asset light business model which has helped to keep fixed assets low, resulting in improvement in return ratios. As of FY14, 13 of the 23 warehouse land and 307 out of 370 reefer vehicles are on lease. Return ratios like RoE/RoCE have improved from 8.5 %/3.8 % in FY10 to 13.3 %/8.4 % in FY14. Snowman Logistics has a healthy balance sheet as the business throws up positive operating cash flow. And once these warehouses is fully operational, maintenance capex and overhead expenses would be stable and will increase revenues. This can throw up significant cash flows and will help margin expansion. Snowman Logistics is the only player in the organized segment in India, thus should command a scarcity premium in terms of valuation. Snowman Logistics offers a robust business model with one of the highest temperature controlled warehousing capacity, largest fleet size, national presence and market dominant position. At the CMP of Rs. 85.75, the stock is trading at its all-time high P/E of 61.25 x FY14E, 50.44x FY15E and 35.72x FY16E. The Company can post EPS of Rs. 1.40 for FY15E & Rs. 17.0 of FY16E & for FY17E it can post an EPS of around Rs. 2.40. Given the attractive valuations with the pan India presence, robust growth prospects and with excellent client base, one can buy into this Stock with a target price of Rs. 100 for the short term and for the medium to long term it should be Rs. 125.00.

KEY FINANCIALS	FY14A	FY15E	FY16E	FY17E
SALES (₹ Crs)	153.40	193.80	254.50	331.20
NET PROFIT (₹ Cr)	22.50	22.60	27.40	40.00
EPS (₹)	1.40	1.40	1.70	2.40
PE (x)	34.70	34.50	28.50	19.50
P/BV (x)	3.50	1.80	1.70	1.60
EV/EBITDA (x)	23.60	15.80	12.30	9.50
ROE (%)	10.10	5.20	5.90	8.00
ROCE (%)	6.50	6.50	7.40	9.40

I would buy SNOWMAN LOGISTICS LTD for Medium to Long term for target of Rs. 125.00 and for the shorter term the target would be Rs. 100.00. 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 ₹ 78.89 on every purchase. (Why Strict stop loss of 8 % ?) - Click Here

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HUHTAMAKI PPL Ltd : TOTAL PACKAGING SOLUTIONS !!!

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Scrip Code: 509820 / PAPERPROD

CMP:  Rs. 188.00; Buy at current levels.

Short term Target: Rs. 250; Medium to Long term Target: Rs. 400; STOP LOSS – Rs. 173.00 (for short term players only) ; Market Cap: Rs. 1,178.51 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 211.70 / Rs. 59.85

Total Shares: 6,26,87,190 shares; Promoters : 3,99,79,253 shares – 63.78 %; Total Public holding : 2,27,07,937 shares – 36.22 %; Book Value: Rs. 53.79; Face Value: Rs. 2.00; EPS: Rs. 8.19; Dividend: 140.00 % ; P/E: 22.95 times; Ind. P/E: 24.03; EV/EBITDA: 11.41.

Total Debt: Rs. 19.21 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 1,182.29 Cr.

HUHTAMAKI PAPER PRODUCTS LTD: Huhtamaki Paper Products Limited was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Thane, India. The company was formerly known as The Paper Products Limited and changed its name to Huhtamaki PPL Limited in May 2014. Huhtamaki PPL Limited is a subsidiary of Huhtavefa B.V. from Netherlands. The company have given bonuses in two tranches the first was in September 1987 in the ratio of 1:4 and second in September 1993 in the ratio of 1:2, Company also declared splits in the face value of its shares from Rs. 10 to Rs. 2 in January 2007. Huhtamaki PPL Limited provides packaging solutions in India. Its packaging solutions include flexible packaging products, including film, foil, and paper based laminate structures; labelling technologies, which include shrink sleeves, heat transfer, pressure sensitive, metalized paper, and wrap-around; and specialized cartons for packaging of powders and solids. The company also offers packaging machines comprising sleeve application machinery and shrink tunnels, heat transfer applicators, and support on labelling equipment for wrap around and self-adhesive labels; holographic options; metalized films; co-extruded blown films; extrusion coated materials; gravure cylinders; and polyethylene films. It serves various product groups, such as soaps and detergents, shampoos, noodles, biscuits, baby foods, chocolates, coffee, tea, milk powder, and juices. HPPL also exports its products to 5 continents. In 1999, PPL became a member of the Huhtamaki Packaging Worldwide, a global leader in consumer packaging. Huhtavefa BV is the holding company of Huhtamaki Netherlands BV, Netherlands. Huhtamaki is a global consumer & Speciality packaging company with a wide range of packaging products & other paper forming technology. In February 2014, Huhtamaki group increased its stake from 60.77 % to 63.78 % by acquiring 1,88,48,087 shares or 3.01 % stake from Mr. Suresh Gupta, Chairman of HPPL, at a total consideration of Rs. 169.63 Cr or Rs. 90 per share. Further, 1,00,24,744 equity shares were allotted to Huhtamaki group at Rs. 134.08 on 20th August 2014 totalling to Rs. 134.41 Cr, thereby increasing Huhtamaki’s stake from 63.78 % to 68.8 %. PPL has three state of the art & fully integrated manufacturing facilities at Thane, Silvassa and Hyderabad with highly skilled and experienced staff. HPPL is capable of working with the customer from product inception to the super market and with complete control and confidentiality. HPPL has an impressive client list that includes, Levers, Nestle, Cadbury, Britannia, Glaxo Smithkline, Coca Cola, Perfetti, Dabur, ITC, Marico, P&G. HPPL has presence across 4 continents: South Asia, Africa, Middle East, Europe and Central America & provides service to over 50 customers worldwide. As of March 31, 2014, HPPL has 51 % stake in its subsidiary based in India named Webtech Labels Pvt. Ltd, which was acquired in Nov 2012 for a consideration of Rs. 37.70 Cr, in an all cash deal. Webtech Labels is specialized in manufacturing high-end pressure sensitive labels, especially to pharmaceutical customers. Huhtamaki PPL can be locally compared with Uflex Ltd, Glory Polyfilms Ltd, Xpro India Ltd, Essel Propack Ltd (Packaging India Pvt. Ltd. - part of Essel Propack group), Shree Rama Multi Tech Ltd, Cosmos Films Ltd, Nahar Poly Films Ltd & from some unlisted players like Uma Polymers, Umax Packaging & Parikh Packaging and globally compared with Avery Dennison Corporation of USA, Ball Corporation of USA, Berry Plastics Group Inc of USA, Crown Holdings Inc of USA, Packaging Corporation of America of USA, Seal Air Corporation of USA, British Polythene Industries PLC of UK, Huhtamaki Oyji of Finland, Smurfit Kappa Group Plc of Ireland, Vetropack Holding AG of Switzerland, Polyplex (Thailand) Public Company Ltd of Thailand, The Pack Corporation of Japan, Lock & Lock Co., Ltd of South Korea, Greatview Aseptic Packaging Company Ltd of China, CPMC Holding Ltd of Hong Kong, Mpact Ltd of South Africa, Nampak Ltd of South Africa.

Investment Rationale:

Huhtamaki PPL Ltd. (HPPL) earlier known as The Paper Products Ltd. is India’s leading manufacturer of primary consumer packaging. HPPL supplies packaging materials for many of the top brands in India and commands about 60 % of market share in premium flexible packaging business. HPPL is India's leading Consumer Packaging Company offering a wide range of packaging solutions like Flexible Packaging, Labelling Technologies and Specialised Cartons and all this is supported by the Packaging Machine Division. HPPL provides the customer with Total packaging solutions. HPPL has very long and eminent clients list which includes all major players in FMCG sector. The company mainly caters to the premium segment of packaging and enjoys 60 % of market shares in premium segment. Its major clients include Britannia, Cadbury, Castrol, Coca Cola, Dabur, Emami, Eveready, GSK, Godrej, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Marico, Nestle, Pepsi, Perfetti, P&G, Tata Tea, TTK-LIG, Wipro etc. The top ten clients only accounts for 60 % of the HPPL’s revenues. Product-wise, Laminates and Converted, Coated & Uncoated Paper and Films category accounts for a major portion of HPPL’s total revenues. HPPL derives around 80 % of its revenues from the domestic market, while exports account for the balance 20 %. HPPL is like a one stop shop for FMCG companies for their packaging needs. HPPL is specialised in flexible packaging and with a growing trend of processed food market and with the penetration of untapped rural markets by personal care companies, there will be the increase in use of flexible packaging. HPPL is amongst selected few companies worldwide having expertise in holographic images in packaging medium. This makes the packaging look attractive, thus enhancing the product visibility for premium positioning. Holograms are also popular as a deterrent against counterfeits for product protection. Flexible Packaging & Labelling is done at all facilities of HPPL, while Cartons are produced only at Hyderabad facility & Tube Laminates are produced only at Silvassa. HPPL derives almost 96 %-98 % of its revenues from the FMCG industry. Hence the company’s growth is largely linked to the growth of FMCG industry. Economic growth and rising personal disposable income are growth drivers for the consumer goods sector, which in turn improves the demand for packaging. The Packaging industry is expected to grow around 10-12 % CAGR in the medium term. With Growing rural demand, retail push, planned investments by large MNCs in the FMCG business and with the strong fundamentals of the Indian economy, will boost the growth in FMCG and this will consequently boost the growth for Flexible Packaging. As per Indian Brand Equity Federation (IBEF), FMCG industry in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.7 % between 2012 and 2020, which will also help the growth of the packaging industry. With the increasing penetration in the rural and semi-urban areas along with the Government initiatives to boost the rural infrastructure is likely to improve the demand for FMCG products, thus in turn would indirectly will benefit the specialized flexible packaging players like HPPL, who offers value addition in the form of both product specific like high speeds on product filling lines, insulation from heat & moisture, high strength for supporting long distance transportation, holographic images & custom designed packaging solutions like brand image protection, protection from counterfeit and cost effectiveness. The management has indicated that certain trends like - use of plastic tubes instead of metal tubes and PET bottles instead of glass bottles would drive its addressable markets. Recent trend of using pouches instead of rigid packs for hair/edible oils would expand its market size further. With its strong parental support, HPPL has been able to introduce new product segments in India like Tube laminates, which is growing at a decent rate. For Huhtamaki group India remains one of the key focus markets, and this is evident from the increase in stake in HPPL over the last few months. Parental support would enable HPPL to widen its product portfolio. The parent or its group companies does not receive any substantial amount from HPPL except for commission expenses Rs. 77 lakhs on sale to South African Group Company. This indicates minimal transfer of profits from the Indian operations to the parent company, which is beneficial for the minority shareholders of HPPL.

Outlook and Valuation:

HPPL is a pioneer and the market leader in flexible packaging in India and has a market share of 60 % in premium flexible packaging business and about 9 % overall in the organized market, which is of about $2 billion by size. It has its manufacturing facilities at Thane, Silvassa, Hyderabad and Rudrapur. The current installed capacity of HPPL for paper & films is 52,000 MT and company’s capacity utilization rate is 75 % to 80 %. HPPL successfully meets the packaging needs of almost entire range of FMCG segments including personal products, personal wash, laundry, foods, sauces, beverages, bakery products, spices, chocolates and confectionery, dairy and also for seeds, specialized chemicals, electronics, healthcare and many other specific specialized uses including anti-spurious packaging. HPPL thus enjoys Competitive advantage due to use of its superior technology & capability. HPPL has an MNC Tag and with diverse products & Strategic acquisition of competitor, adds to its competitive advantage. In July 2014, HPPL acquired 100 % stake in Positive Packaging Industries Ltd. (PPIL was the part of Essel Group) for an enterprise value of Rs. 818 Cr inclusive of debt of Rs. 270 Cr. The transaction is expected to be closed in Q4CY14 and is likely to be funded through a mix of internal accruals, equity allotment. PPIL offers packaging solutions offers same products like HPPL. PPIL has 6 facilities in India: 2 in Bangalore, 2 in Ambarnath, 1 each in Taloja & Khopoli, which has been taken over by HPPL and 3 overseas facilities of PPIL, has been taken over by the parent company Huhtamaki. The current total installed capacity of PPIL in India is 45,000 TPA. With the acquisition of its competitor PPIL, HPPL is all set to become market leader in this space. This acquisition would almost double the HPPL’s turnover and it is likely to be an EPS accretive from the first year of acquisition itself. While the acquisition has increased the debt-equity of HPPL to 0.8x in CY14 from 0.1x in CY13, it is expected that the company will gradually repay its debt out of the strong cash flow generation expected over the next few years. The acquisition of competitor PPIL also enable HPPL gain further bargaining power with its customers, and will help to extend its customer network and would also help synergies in sourcing of inputs and up-gradation in technology. Huhtamaki Group has 100 % stake in almost all of its subsidiaries. The hike in holding by Huhtamaki in PPL since Feb 2014 from 60.8 % to 68.8 %, and with the change in name of the company from Paper Products to Huhtamaki PPL and with the fact that Huhtamaki has now complete control over almost all its subsidiaries signals that, Huhtamaki could probably look to delist HPPL in medium to long term period. Supported by parent company who is one of the world leaders in this sector, HPPL will have fullest support on innovations & technological side. On Financial side, HPPL has shown steady growth in the past and has maintained distributing its profits in form of dividends regularly. At CMP, HPPL is trading at a significant premium to its nearest competitor Uflex. This is despite Uflex having a larger business size & higher operating margins. Even on Market Cap to Sales ratio and Price to Book Value basis, HPPL is relatively expensive than Uflex. This is possibly due to the competitive advantage that HPPL enjoys over Uflex. With the acquisition of PPIL the value for HPPIL stake in PPIL comes at Rs. 87.41 per share and stake in Webtech Labels Pvt. Ltd comes at Rs. 6.01 per share. At the curent market price of Rs. 188.00, HUHTAMAKI PPL Ltd stock trades at P/E ratio of 14.46 x FY15E and 10.00 x FY16E respectively. Company can post Earning per share (EPS) of Rs. 13.00 for FY15E and Rs. 18.80. One can buy this stock with a target price of Rs. 250 for the shorter term and Rs. 400.00 for Medium to Long term investment. 

KEY FINANCIALS	FY13	FY14E	FY15E	FY16E
SALES (₹ Crs)	1,074.80	1,398.71	2,650.71	3,061.03
NET PROFIT (₹ Cr)	51.22	63.88	94.48	136.80
EPS (₹)	8.20	8.80	13.00	18.80
PE (x)	22.40	20.90	14.10	9.70
P/BV (x)	2.90	1.50	1.40	1.30
EV/EBITDA (x)	8.80	12.30	6.70	5.30
ROE (%)	13.10	7.20	9.90	13.70
ROCE (%)	19.60	6.60	12.40	16.30

I would buy HUHTAMAKI PPL LTD for Medium to Long term for target of Rs. 400.00 and for the shorter term the target would be Rs. 250.00. 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 ₹ 173.00 (for short term players only) on every purchase. (Why Strict stop loss of 8 % ?) - Click Here

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CCL PRODUCTS (INDIA) LTD : DAS CAFÉ !!!

*As the author of this blog I disclose that I do hold C.C.L. Products India Ltd in my portfolio.

Scrip Code: 519600 / CCL

CMP:  Rs. 123.45; Buy at current levels and Accumulate at every Dips; Short term Target: Rs. 150; Medium to Long term Target: Rs. 200; STOP LOSS – Rs. 113.55 (for short term players only); Market Cap: Rs. 1,552.03 Cr; 52 Week High/Low: Rs. 124.90 / Rs. 24.95. Total Shares: 13,30,27,920 shares; Promoters : 5,92,49,243 shares – 44.54 %; Total Public holding : 7,37,78,677 shares – 55.46 %; Book Value: Rs. 26.65; Face Value: Rs. 2.00; EPS: Rs. 5.54; Dividend: 50.00 % ; P/E: 22.28 times; Ind. P/E: 21.43; EV/EBITDA: 12.12.

Total Debt:  Rs. 240.39 Cr; Enterprise Value: Rs. 1,848.57 Cr.

CCL PRODUCTS INDIA LIMITED: CCL Products India Limited was incorporated 0n December, 1961 and is based in Hyderabad, India. The company was earlier known as Sahayak Finance & Investment Corporation Limited and changed its name to Continental Coffee Limited in the year 1993 reflecting the change of its business from hire purchase financing to coffee related business. The company is predominantly engaged in exporting and manufacturing of Soluble Coffee known as Instant Coffee. The company came out with an IPO of about 27,00,000 lakh shares of Rs. 10 each at a premium of Rs. 10 per share in August, 1995. The company, CCL Products (India) Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells coffee products in India. Its coffee products include pure soluble coffee products comprising spray dried coffee powder and granules, freeze dried coffee, and freeze concentrate liquid coffee; decaffeinated coffee; flavoured coffees in vanilla, cinnamon, caramel, chocolate, and hazelnut flavours; certified coffees; and chicory-coffee mix. The company provides its products in various packs, such as jars, cans, sachets-pouches, bag-in boxes, drums, and bulk boxes under the brand name of Continental Spéciale, Continental Premium, and Continental Supreme. CCL Products (India) limited also exports its products to approximately 67 countries worldwide. Company also has its own manufacturing process units for Green beans storage, cleaning and grading, roasting and grinding unit, Extraction-Clarification unit, Aroma recovery and Evaporation unit, Spray drying, Agglomeration, Freeze-drying unit, Freeze Concentrated Liquid Coffee manufacturing unit, and Packaging unit. CCL Products also has an Export Oriented Unit, with the ability to import green coffee into India from any part of the world, and export the same to any part of the world, free of all duties. CCL Products' state-of-the-art Coffee Manufacturing Plant is located at Duggirala Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The company is also certified with ISO 9001:2008, HACCP and BRC Quality Management System (QMS), and has achieved “Trading House” status. CCL Products is also certified approved to produce Organic Coffee, Rain Forest Alliance Coffee and Fair Trade Coffee, in any combination, by the relevant organizations. The company’s Coffee Manufacturing Plant also holds Kosher and HALAL Certification. CCL Products India Ltd can be locally compared with Tata Global Beverages, Bombay Burmah Trading Co, Mcleod Russel (India) Ltd, Jay Shree Tea & Industries Ltd, Nestle India, Assam Company India Ltd, Goodricke Group Ltd, Warren Tea Ltd, B&A Ltd, Upper Ganges Sugar & Industries Ltd, Tata Coffee Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Ltd and Globally with Unilever PLC of UK, Suntory Beverages & Foods Limited of Japan, BrasilAgro of Brazil, B& G Foods Inc of USA, Premium brands holding corporation of Canada, Ten Peaks Coffee Com of USA, Farmer Bros. Co. of USA, Keurig Green Mountain Inc of USA, Growers Direct Coffee Company Inc of USA,   Power Root Berhad of Malaysia, Unicafe Inc of Japan, Coffee Holding Co. Inc of USA. Key Coffee Inc of Japan.

Investment Rationale: 

CCL Products (India) is among the world’s leading and India’s largest processor and exporter of instant coffee with exports to more than 67 countries. It has 10 % market share globally in instant coffee exports. Its top big customers include Israel’s Strauss Coffee B.V. and Germany’s Deutsche Extrakt Kaffee. CCL is one of the very few companies globally that have successfully scaled up this business and increased its capacity near about 10 times since inception in 1995, and that too without equity dilution. CCL Products (India) Ltd. Plans to produce 5,000 tons of coffee this year at its Vietnamese plant which has an annual capacity of 10,000 tons, and company plans to raise this capacity further in the next three years. This capacity expansion in Vietnam will make CCL the world’s second-biggest grower of the beans. Forecasts for good record crops in Vietnam and India will guarantee CCL Products raw materials and bolster efforts to win more buyers for instant coffee supplies which are currently dominated by Nestle SA and Kraft Foods Group Inc. CCL was the largest importer of coffee from Vietnam for 15 years and so Vietnam govt. offered concessions for setting up plant there. The Vietnam plant offers four benefits: 1) Logistical advantage of US$150 per tn because of proximity to coffee-growing zone, 2) Better raw material availability, with lead time lower by one-and-a half months as Vietnam is the second-largest green coffee grower, 3) Favourable duty structure and close proximity to coffee-consuming ASEAN nations like Japan, Korea, China, etc, and 4) No income-tax for first four years and tax exemption of 50 % for next five years. Vietnamese operations are expected to account for almost 50 % of the profit by 2016-17. India’s coffee market is estimated at Rs. 3,000 Cr with Nestle India and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. dominating with a combined branded market share of more than 65 %. The organised coffee market in India is around Rs. 600 Cr or 20 % of the total domestic coffee consumption of Rs. 3,000 Cr and the coffee chain business is growing by 40 % in India. The per capita consumption of coffee in India is just 82 grams compare that with 4 kilos in US. Consumption in India is seen expanding to 2.5 million bags of 60 kilograms each by 2020 from 1.92 million bags in 2013. The world coffee market is set for the largest shortage in nine years as drought cuts the crop in Brazil. Demand will exceed production by 8.8 million bags in the 12 months starting October. Domestic consumption has increased, and this gives CCL the advantage of entering the Indian market as a brand. Indian coffee is the most extraordinary of beverages, offering intriguing subtlety and stimulating intensity. India is the only country that grows all of its coffee under its shade. India’s coffee growing regions have diverse climatic conditions, which are very well suited for cultivation of different varieties of coffee such as Arabicas and Robustas. India is one of the major coffee producing countries and ranks seventh in the world. With only about 2 % share in the global coffee area, India contributes about 4 % towards the world production and it contributes between 4.5 - 5 % of global coffee export. The Govt. of India however, proposes to provide support for the certification of organic coffee under the scheme ‘Integrated Coffee Development Project’ for XII Plan. There has been a gradual increase in the production of coffee in the country. The production of coffee in the country increased from 3,02,000 MT in 2010-11 to 3,18,200 MT in 2012-13. The domestic coffee consumption which was at 1,02,000 MT in 2009-10 has risen to 1,15,000 MT in 2011-12 and growing at the rate of 5-6 % per annum and is estimated at be at 1,20,000 MT during 2012-13. The exports of coffee have achieved an all-time high of 3.33 Lakh MT during 2011-12. CCL Products is no longer content with selling to institutional buyers outside India. The company wants a slice of the domestic branded instant coffee market and has started retailing under the Continental brand in Andhra Pradesh. The company is also supplying to private label manufacturers such as retail supermarkets.

Outlook and Valuation: 

CCL Products India ltd is India’s largest private label in instant coffee, supplying to premium brands in over 67 countries. CCL Products also have one of the world’s largest single-location plants and is considered amongst the top three private label manufactures in global instant coffee. Recently, Government of India approved Rs. 950 Cr project for development of the Coffee sector in 12th Five year Plan, with an aim to increase production and Exports of Coffee. The Integrated Coffee Development Project (ICDP) will be funded for reasearch & development and for export promotion and for transfer of technology. Coffee processing is a niche and highly profitable industry, and has high entry barriers. Coffee processing is not an easy business, as it is very important to get the right blend. Further, the taste & preference varies region-wise and culture-wise. Experience and relationships is Key to success, and the model is not easily replicable. It takes three to five years to win over a client and establish one’s credentials. CCL Products is one of the very few companies globally that have successfully scaled up this business. CCL’s USP is its technology, which it acquired from Brazil, allowing it to use low grade of green (or raw) coffee beans to produce very high quality instant coffee. As stated above, coffee business is very tough to scale up, and the profitability, return ratios and cash flow of CCL remained subdued until FY11, adversely impacting its valuation. Therefore, its historical valuation is not the right benchmark. CCL has increased its capacity since inception in 1995 from 3,500tn and more than three times in the past six years at 33,000tn currently. The expansion was funded mainly through internal accruals, and without recourse to significant debt. CCL has not raised any fresh equity since its listing in 1995. In addition to this, CCL’s debt profile is conservative with a peak Debt to Equity ratio of 1.6 x to its current Debt to Equity ratio of 0.8 x. With Vietnam operations, it is expected that CCL can generate a healthy free cash flow of Rs. 340.5 Cr over FY14-FY17E, which is likely to be utilised to repay the entire debt of Rs. 292.1 Cr and can also improve dividend payout. CCL has now diversified operations in three countries - India, Switzerland and Vietnam - and plans to set up a plant in Africa. This diversified presence will help CCL to gain access to new markets and also exploit arbitrage opportunities between different manufacturing plants to its advantage which would also improve valuation due to lower volatility in earning profile. To cite an example, CCL will leverage the lower duty structure available for its Vietnam plant in several Asian markets and also leverage extended tax benefit. CCL operates on fixed margins without carrying the risk of coffee price volatility. CCL plans to launch its own products on Pan India basis under the brand name Continental (Spéciale, Premium and Supreme) and has already made a soft launch in AP. CCL started doing private labelling for Reliance, Spencer and other super markets, which helped CCL to get space for the Continental brand in these super markets, thereby increasing its visibility. It will take two more years for CCL to roll out its own brand nationally. Nestle India and HUL dominate the branded coffee market in India with a combined organised market share of more than 65 %. Unlike Nestle, which sells only spray dried coffee, CCL has a wider portfolio comprising premium freeze dried coffee, pure vanilla coffee products, etc. In addition, competitors (Nestle and HUL) do not have manufacturing capacities (for freeze dried instant coffee) and CCL has been manufacturing value-added coffee like single filter, double filter, freeze dried, etc at a much lower cost. Hence, CCL is able to offer better products at prices lower than its competitors. CCL’s management aims to achieve in the next three to five years market share of 20 %. As CCL has completed a major portion of its capex, it is likely to incur only maintenance capex. With strong profitability, lower capex and improving working capital cycle, free cash flow generation is expected to be very healthy and company could be debt free by FY17 which would result in re-rating of the stock. At the current market price of Rs. 123.45, the stock P/E ratio is at 13.27 x FY15E and 10.92 x FY16E respectively. Company can post Earning per share (EPS) of Rs. 9.30 for FY15E and Rs. 11.30. One can buy this stock with a target price of Rs. 200.00 for Medium to Long term investment. 

KEY FINANCIALS	FY14	FY15E	FY16E	FY17E
SALES (₹ Crs)	716.80	949.60	1,068.20	1,143.20
NET PROFIT (₹ Cr)	64.40	92.00	123.70	149.80
EPS (₹)	4.80	6.90	9.30	11.30
PE (x)	18.60	13.00	9.70	8.00
P/BV (x)	3.40	2.80	2.30	1.80
EV/EBITDA (x)	10.20	7.80	6.30	5.20
ROE (%)	20.40	23.60	25.80	25.10
ROCE (%)	12.30	16.40	20.20	23.30

I would buy CCL INDIA LTD for Medium to Long term for target of Rs. 200.00 and for the shorter term the target would be Rs. 150.00. 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 ₹ 113.55 on every purchase. (Why Strict stop loss of 8 % ?) - Click Here
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