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PG Electroplast Ltd

Consumer Durables - Domestic Appliances

Little Masters

CMP
Rs. 1920.05
Rating:
Buy
September 01, 2023

Stock Info

BSE
533581
NSE
PGEL
Bloomberg
PGEL:IN
Reuters
PGEL.NS
Sector
Consumer Durables - Domestic Appliances
Face Value (Rs)
10
Equity Capital (Rs cr)
23
Mkt Cap (Rs cr)
4,194.68
52w H/L (Rs)
2143.95 - 879.00
Avg Daily Vol (BSE+NSE)
68,668

Shareholding Pattern

(as on 30-Jun)
%
Promoter
61.20
FIIs
3.13
DIIs
7.13
Public & Others
28.53
Source: Ace equity, StockAxis Research

Price performance

Return (%)
1m
3m
12m
Absolute
21.93
11.28
106.20
Sensex
-2.55
3.53
10.32
Source: Ace equity, StockAxis Research

Indexed Stock Performance

PG Electroplast Ltd Sensex
PG Electroplast Ltd
Source: Ace equity, StockAxis Research

Capex to drive the next leg of growth for PGEL

Company profile

PGEL is a leading, diversified Indian Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of consumer electronic products in India. PG Electroplast Ltd, set up in 2003 by Mr.  Promod Gupta, manufactures a comprehensive range of consumer electronic components and finished products such as colour television (CTV) sets & components, air conditioners (ACs) sub-assemblies, DVD players, water purifiers and Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) for third parties. As backward integration, it also manufactures plastic injection moulding and manufacture Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) assemblies for CTVs, DVD players and CFL. Some of its clients include leading brands in the electronic products market. The company caters to industries such as automotive components, consumer electronics mobile handsets and sanitaryware. It has facilities in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh and Pune.

PGEL specializes in Original Design Manufacturing (ODM), Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) and Plastic Injection Molding, catering to 50+ leading Indian and Global brands. PG Technoplast Private Limited (PGTL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of PG Electroplast which is engaged in the business of manufacturing Room Air Conditioners and various components for the Consumer Durables and Consumer Electronics industries.

Investment Arguments

Established market position in the plastics components segment

PG Electroplast Ltd has a strong market positioning in the plastics components segment (product business) which contributed 65.3% of the total revenues in 1QFY24 followed by room ACs and washing machines. The group is one of the leading contract manufacturers/vendors for air conditioners (ACs), washing machines and other plastic moulded components for white goods. The company's established position and their healthy relationships with customers will continue to support the business. In the past, PGEL has completely shifted from assembling CRT based colour televisions (CTVs).; It had shut down its CTV assembling facility in April 2013 and had started manufacturing plastic moulds for air conditioners and refrigerators.

Diversified product and well-established clientele

The group supplies to leading brands such as LG electronics India Pvt Ltd, Whirlpool India Ltd, Carrier Midea India Pvt Ltd, Voltas, Sansui, Godrej, Havells, BlueStar and Orient Electric Ltd. It supplies to all the leading players in the washing machine and domestic refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) market. In FY2022, company had launched the fully automatic washing machine platforms. The group has large product portfolio manufacturing plastic parts for a comprehensive range of consumer electronic products such as air conditioners (ACs), air Coolers, refrigerators and washing machines.

Strong Industry Tailwinds

The Rapid rate of urbanization, growth of young population with rising income levels is leading to large emerging middle class in India Implying huge potential demand for the consumer appliance and durable market in coming years. Low penetration levels, falling prices of durables and electronics and changing lifestyle of the Indian consumer are expected to remain big demand drivers for the consumer durable and electronics Industry in India in near future. Government reforms such as Digital India, Make in India, Power for all and Jan Dhan-Aadhar Mobile Trinity are providing fresh impetus to the Consumer appliance and durable Industry. Further the Government’s initiatives of promoting electronic manufacturing and treating the industry as one of the key pillars of the Digital India Program, opens new and exciting opportunities for the Industry. The Management is enthused about the overall opportunity size and anticipates high growth rates in the industry segments where, company has presence.

Capex to drive the next leg of growth for PGEL

Management has set a capex guidance of Rs.170-180 cr, and company is further expanding room AC capacities by setting up a backward integrated AC manufacturing plant in state of Rajasthan. And they are also expanding PCB assembly facilities for REC controllers in Supa, and it is in the process of setting up a similar facility in Noida factory also. The company has also entered into a 50-50 joint venture with Jena India to manufacture LED televisions. Now company has an access to Google OEM license and it will start manufacturing Google certified LED TVs and other products also in the future. The JV Company has already started setting up an integrated TV manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh and which they are very hopeful will be operational by the end of this financial year.

Q1FY24 Financial Performance

For the quarter ended Q1FY24, PG electroplast Ltd reported healthy earnings growth with consolidated net sales rose 27% at Rs.677 cr YoY as against Rs.535 cr in the same quarter of corresponding fiscal driven by steady growth across all segments. On the operational front, consolidated EBITDA witnessed a growth 78% to Rs.67 cr YoY. EBITDA Margin stood at 9.9%, an expansion of 290 bps YoY due to cost control, softer commodity prices and operating leverage. PAT more than doubled to Rs.34 cr YoY on the back of healthy topline growth and robust operational show.

The Product business contributed 65.3% of the total revenues in 1QFY24. Room AC business grew 52.5% during the period while the Washing Machines business for the 3 months was flat YoY during the period.

Management guided consolidated Sales to at least Rs.2800 crores which is a growth of 30% over FY2023, and Operating profit guidance of at least Rs.210 crores which is a growth of 28% over FY2023 operating profit of Rs 164 crores. The growth in product business i.e., WM, RAC and Coolers is expected to be ~43% to over Rs.1920 crores from Rs.1341 crores in FY2023.

Key Risks & Concerns

Exposure to intense competition in the consumer electronics segment: The domestic consumer electronics market is intensely competitive on account of entry of several large players over the past few years, which has affected profitability of most players such as PGEL.

Volatility in commodity prices and currency fluctuation: Any adverse movement in raw material prices accentuate the pressure on profitability because of the players’ inability to pass on cost increases to their customers.

Outlook & valuation

PG Electroplast reported an all round performance in Q1FY24 driven by strong growth across all its business segments. The company is uniquely positioned in the consumer durable & plastics space in India and would derive higher revenue growth by growing its market share in the customer outsourcing wallet. Management foresees large opportunities in plastic moulding in consumer durables in appliances like a) Washing machines b) Room Air Conditioners c) Refrigerators d) Ceiling Fans and e) Sanitaryware products and opportunities in the ODM space for products like a) Air coolers, b) Washing Machines and Room Air conditioners. PGEL is well placed to benefit from the emerging opportunities in the EMS space like Strong industry tailwinds, Capital expenditure, strong execution capabilities, new product launches, encouraging guidance from the management, improving operational efficiencies leading to Better profitability & higher cash flows, established client relationships and diversified product profile.

The company is pursuing an organic growth strategy by ramping up its existing capacity and capabilities in each of its product verticals to achieve higher value addition, better economies of scale on the back of backward integration.

At CMP of Rs.1920, the stock is trading at 26x FY25E which appears attractive citing strong growth prospects. Hence, we recommend to “BUY” the stock.

Consolidated Financial Statements