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Shree Cement
Treading smoothly on the growth path

Shree Cement Limited (Shree Cement) posted lower-than-expected

Sector: Cement standalone performance mainly led by weak power division’s performance.
Result Update The company’s overall standalone revenue increased by 2.4% y-o-y, led
by higher cement revenue (up 10% y-o-y) due to increased cement sales
Change volume (up 5.3% y-o-y) and realisations (up 4.6% y-o-y). The power division
reported net revenue decline of 86% y-o-y and operating loss of Rs. 3 crore,
Reco: Buy  led by lower realisation. Cement division’s EBITDA/tonne grew 28% y-o-y
to Rs. 1,365, led by higher realisation, lower power and fuel cost (down
CMP: Rs. 24,031
14.5% y-o-y on per tonne basis), and lower freight costs (down 6.1% y-o-y).
Price Target: Rs. 26,000 á Hence, overall operating profit grew by 23% y-o-y to Rs. 849 crore. Further,
higher interest, depreciation and ETR led to standalone adjusted net profit
á Upgrade  No change â Downgrade growth of 10% y-o-y to Rs. 310 crore. Shree Cement is slated to increase
its standalone cement capacity from 40MTPA currently to 60MTPA over
four years through both inorganic and organic routes, for which it recently
Company details raised Rs. 2,400 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).
We have cut our net earnings estimate for FY2020-FY2021, factoring lower
Market cap: Rs. 86,704 cr volume offtake. We have also introduced FY2022E earnings in this note.
We expect Shree Cement’s continuous expansion plan with nil increase in
52-week high/low: Rs. 25,341/15,055 leverage to lead to healthy net earnings growth over the next two years.
Hence, we have maintained our Buy rating on the stock with a revised PT of
NSE volume: (No of Rs. 26,000 (rolling forward our valuation multiple to FY2022E).
0.3 lakh
shares)
Key positives
BSE code: 500387 ŠŠ Healthy growth in cement revenue y-o-y led equally by rise in cement
volume and realisation.
NSE code: SHREECEM
ŠŠ Domestic capacity plan to reach 60MTPA from 40MTPA currently over
four years’ time period.
Sharekhan code: SHREECEM
Key negatives
Free float: (No of ŠŠ Power division reports operating loss led by weak realisations.
1.4 cr
shares)
ŠŠ Volume offtake to be lower in FY2020 due to weak 9MFY2020.
Our Call
Shareholding (%) Valuation – Retain Buy with a revised PT of Rs. 26,000: Shree Cement has
given ~23% return since we upgraded the rating on the stock to Buy with our
Promoters 62.6 report dated October 22, 2019, benefitting from the rise in cement prices
and lower power and fuel costs and freight costs. Shree Cement is slated to
FII 13.2 increase its standalone cement capacity from 40MTPA currently to 60MTPA
over four years through both inorganic and organic routes, for which it has
DII 9.9 recently raised Rs. 2,400 crore through a QIP. We have cut our net earnings
estimate for FY2020-FY2021, factoring lower volume offtake. We have
Others 14.4 also introduced FY2022E earnings in this note. We expect Shree Cement’s
continuous expansion plan with nil increase in leverage to lead to healthy
net earnings growth over the next two years. Hence, we have maintained our
Buy rating on the stock with a revised PT of Rs. 26,000 (rolling forward our
Price chart valuation multiple to FY2022E).
26,000
24,000 Key Risks
22,000 Weak demand and pricing environment in north and east regions in India
20,000
negatively affect profitability.
18,000
16,000
14,000 Valuation (Standalone) Rs cr
Particulars FY19 FY20E FY21E FY22E
Feb-19

Feb-20
Jun-19

Oct-19

Revenue 11,722.0 12,618.1 14,587.3 16,843.9

OPM (%) 22.7 28.8 28.9 29.1
Adjusted PAT 1,138.7 1,410.8 1,667.6 1,985.0
Price performance
% YoY growth (20.1) 23.9 18.2 19.0
(%) 1m 3m 6m 12m Adjusted EPS (Rs.) 326.8 391.0 462.2 550.1
P/E (x) 73.5 61.5 52.0 43.7
Absolute 3.7 24.2 24.2 56.8 P/B (x) 8.7 6.6 7.1 6.2
EV/EBITDA (x) 30.7 22.6 20.2 17.1
Relative to
5.4 21.3 12.1 34.9 RoNW (%) 12.3 12.4 13.1 15.1
Sensex
RoCE (%) 10.7 11.5 12.2 13.8
Sharekhan Research,
Sharekhan Research, Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Source: Company; Sharekhan estimates

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Cement continues to show healthy profitability; Power posts operating loss: Shree Cement reported 2.4%
y-o-y growth in standalone net revenue to Rs. 2,848 crore for Q3FY2020, which was below our estimate.
The cement division reported 10.1% y-o-y growth in revenue, led by 5.3% y-o-y rise in volume and 4.6% y-o-y
rise in realisation. The power division reported dismal performance with an 86% y-o-y decline in revenue
on account of fall in realisation per unit (Rs. 0.5 in Q3FY2020 vs. Rs. 5 in Q3FY2019), while volume grew by
52.4% y-o-y to 68 crore units. On the operational front, cement EBITDA/tonne rose by 27.9% y-o-y, led by
increased realisation and lower power and fuel cost (down 14.5% y-o-y on per tonne basis) and freight cost
(down 6.1% y-o-y). The power division reported EBITDA loss of Rs. 3 crore as against Rs. 57 crore EBITDA profit
in Q3FY2019. Hence, overall operating profit grew by 23.1% y-o-y to Rs. 849 crore. Rise in interest expense (up
25% y-o-y), depreciation (up 28.6% y-o-y), and higher ETR (24.0% vs. 19.6% in Q3FY2019) led to standalone
adjusted net profit growth of 10.2% y-o-y to Rs. 310 crore.

Capacity expansion plan to reach 60MT in four years on track: Shree Cement’s standalone installed capacity
stands at 40.4MTPA as of December 2019. The company will be further adding 3MT Odisha grinding unit (at
a cost of Rs. 423 crore, expected to commission in H2FY2020) and 3MT Maharashtra grinding unit (at a cost
of Rs. 525 crore in Q3FY2021), which is expected to take its standalone capacity to 46.4MTPA by FY2021 end.
Management plans to increase Shree Cement’s capacity to 60MT in four years, both through the inorganic
as well as organic growth. Consequently, Shree Cement has raised Rs. 2,400 crore through QIP, allotting 12.4
lakh shares at a price of Rs. 19,300 on November 23, 2019. The continuous expansion plan is likely to aid in
reporting at least double-digit volume growth during FY2020-FY2021.

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Results (Standalone) Rs cr
Particulars Q3FY2020 Q3FY2019 YoY % Q2FY2020 QoQ %
Segment Revenue
Cement 2817.6 2559.4 10.1% 2662.3 5.8%
Power 300.3 502.6 -40.3% 420.2 -28.5%
Total 3117.8 3062.0 1.8% 3082.5 1.1%
Less: Inter Segmental revenue 269.5 281.4 -4.2% 280.7 -4.0%
Net Segment Revenue 2848.3 2780.6 2.4% 2801.7 1.7%
Segment Results
Cement 311.4 172.0 81.1% 279.4 11.5%
Power 106.0 202.5 -47.7% 138.9 -23.7%
Total 417.4 374.4 11.5% 418.3 -0.2%
PBIT Margins (%)
Cement 11.1% 6.7% 433 10.5% 56
Power 35.3% 40.3% -499 33.1% 224
Source: Company; Sharekhan Research

Per-tonne analysis of the cement business (Standalone)

Particulars Q3FY19 Q4FY19 Q1FY20 Q2FY20 Q3FY20 y-o-y (%) q-o-q (%)
Volume 5,930,000 7,300,000 6,060,000 5,722,000 6,244,000 5.3% 9.1%
Realisation 4,316 4,225 4,701 4,653 4,512 4.6% -3.0%
Cost break-up
RM cost 346 343 306 264 401 15.9% 52.1%
Employee expenses 281 234 316 323 297 5.8% -8.0%
Power and fuel 834 830 806 825 714 -14.5% -13.5%
Transportation and handling 1,098 1,061 1,103 1,013 1,031 -6.1% 1.8%
Other expenses 689 656 728 775 705 2.3% -9.1%
Total expenditure per tonne 3,248 3,122 3,258 3,200 3,147 -3.1% -1.7%
EBITDA per tonne 1,068 1,103 1,443 1,452 1,365 27.9% -6.0%
Source: Company; Sharekhan Research

Per-unit analysis of power (Standalone)

Particulars Q3FY19 Q4FY19 Q1FY20 Q2FY20 Q3FY20 y-o-y (%) q-o-q (%)
Volume (cr units) 44.6 38.0 38.8 36.6 68.0 52.4% 85.9%
Realisation (Rs./unit) 5.0 5.3 4.8 3.8 0.5 -90.9% -88.1%
Revenue (Rs. cr) 221.3 200.6 187.7 139.5 30.8 -86.1% -77.9%
Cost per unit 3.68 4.15 4.12 3.45 0.50 -86.5% -85.6%
Cost of generation (Rs. cr) 164.3 157.6 159.7 126.3 33.8 -79.4% -73.2%
EBDITA (Rs. cr) 57.0 43.0 28.0 13.2 (3.0) - -
EBDITA p.u. 1.28 1.13 0.72 0.36 (0.04) - -
Source: Company; Sharekhan Research

Financials (Standalone) Rs cr
Particulars Q3FY2020 Q3FY2019 YoY % Q2FY2020 QoQ %
Net Sales 2848.3 2780.6 2.4 2801.7 1.7
Total Expenditure 1999.0 2090.6 -4.4 1957.6 2.1
Operating profits 849.3 690.1 23.1 844.2 0.6
Other Income 64.9 55.3 17.4 57.8 12.5
EBIDTA 914.3 745.4 22.7 901.9 1.4
Interest 74.1 59.3 25.0 71.7 3.3
PBDT 840.1 686.1 22.5 830.2 1.2
Depreciation 432.2 336.1 28.6 428.3 0.9
PBT 407.9 350.0 16.6 401.8 1.5
Tax 98.0 68.7 42.7 92.8 5.6
Extraordinary items 0.0 -20.0 - 0.0 -
Reported Profit After Tax 310.0 301.3 2.9 309.1 0.3
Adjusted PAT 310.0 281.3 10.2 309.1 0.3
Margins
OPM 29.8% 24.8% 500 30.1% (31)
PAT 10.9% 10.1% 77 11.0% (15)
Tax rate 24.0% 19.6% 440 23.1% 93
Source: Company; Sharekhan Research

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Outlook
Expect healthy performance backed by improving operational performance: Shree Cement is expected to
benefit from its increasing trade sales mix and higher premium product sales. Further, its continuous capacity
expansion plan is likely to aid in sustaining healthy volume growth. Higher realisation along with muted
operating costs is expected to improve upon Shree Cement’s profitability going ahead. Although FY2020 is
expected to be soft for the cement industry’s demand, North India is better placed in terms of cement demand
and pricing, which should benefit players such as Shree Cement. On a positive note, realisations have
remained firm, while key costs such as power and fuel and freight costs have been favourable, which should
aid in improvement in operating margin, leading to healthy net earnings growth during FY2019-FY2022E.
Valuation
Retain Buy with a revised PT of Rs. 26,000: Shree Cement has given ~23% return since we upgraded our
rating on the stock to Buy with our report dated October 22, 2019, benefitting from the rise in cement prices
and lower power and fuel costs and freight costs. Shree Cement is slated to increase its standalone cement
capacity from 40MTPA currently to 60MTPA over four years through both inorganic and organic routes, for
which it has recently raised Rs. 2,400 crore through a QIP. We have cut our net earnings estimate for FY2020-
FY2021, factoring lower volume offtake. We have also introduced FY2022E earnings in this note. We expect
Shree Cement’s continuous expansion plan with nil increase in leverage to lead to healthy net earnings
growth over the next two years. Hence, we have maintained our Buy rating on the stock with a revised PT of
Rs. 26,000 (rolling forward our valuation multiple to FY2022E).

One-year forward EV/EBITDA (x) band

30

25

20

15

10

0
Sep-02

Sep-04

Sep-06

Sep-08

Sep-10

Sep-12

Sep-14

Feb-16

Feb-18

Feb-20
Jun-15

Jun-17

Jun-19
May-03

May-05

May-07

May-09

May-11

May-13
Dec-01

Oct-16

Oct-18
Apr-01

Jan-04

Jan-06

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Jan-10

Jan-12

Jan-14

1yr fwd EV/EBITDA Peak 1yr fwd EV/EBITDA Trough 1yr fwd EV/EBITDA Avg 1yr fwd EV/EBITDA

Source: Sharekhan Research

Peer Comparison
P/E (x) EV/EBITDA (x) P/BV (x) RoE (%)
Particulars
FY20E FY21E FY20E FY21E FY20E FY21E FY20E FY21E
Shree Cement 61.5 52.0 22.6 20.2 6.6 7.1 12.4 13.1
UltraTech Cement 33.5 29.7 15.3 13.5 4.1 3.6 12.9 12.9
The Ramco Cement 32.4 27.3 18.3 15.9 3.8 3.3 12.2 13.0
JK Lakshmi Cement 15.5 14.2 6.9 6.6 2.2 1.9 15.4 14.6
India Cements 14.9 11.5 5.9 5.4 0.4 0.4 2.9 3.6
Source: Company, Sharekhan research

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About company
Shree Cement, incorporated in 1979 by Kolkata-based Bangur family, was listed in 1984. The company has
a consolidated installed cement capacity of 44.4MTPA and power capacity of 711MW. Of the total cement
capacity, 40.4MTPA is in India and 4MTPA in UAE through subsidiaries. Domestically, the company’s presence
is predominately in the northern region, with installed capacity of 26.3MTPA, followed by east at 11.1MTPA and
south at 3.0MTPA. Shree Cement is among the top three cement groups in India in terms of cement capacity.

Investment theme
The expansion plan of Shree Cement to reach 60MTPA over the next four years (currently 40.4MTPA) along
with increasing its geographical footprint in the eastern and southern regions is likely to aid in better volume
growth going ahead. The company’s focus to increase share of trade sales and premium products should
help improve realisation. Further, benign cost environment should improve upon its operational profitability,
leading to healthy net earnings growth over FY2019-FY2022E.

Key Risks
ŠŠ Slowdown in cement demand especially north, east and south affects overall volume growth for the
company.
ŠŠ Increased pet coke price and diesel price affect profitability.
ŠŠ Decline in cement prices especially in its region of operations affects profitability.

Additional Data
Key management personnel
Mr. Benu Gopal Bangur Chairman
Shri H. M. Bangur Managing Director
Shri Prashant Bangur Joint Managing Director
Subhash Jajoo Chief Finance Officer
Source: Company Website

Top 10 shareholders
Sr. No. Holder Name Holding (%)
1 Shree Capital Services Ltd 25.79
2 Digvijay Finlease Ltd 12.16
3 FLT LTD 10.33
4 Mannakrishna Investments Pvt Ltd 5.86
5 Newa Investments Pvt Ltd 3.95
6 Ragini Finance Ltd 3.64
7 Didu Investments Pvt Ltd 3.36
8 NBI Industrial Finance Co Ltd 2.44
9 PineBridge Investments LP 1.54
10 SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd 1.41
Source: Bloomberg

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