Highly diversified product portfolio:
The company offers a diverse range of hot forged & machined alloy steel bearing
rings weighing from 0.01 kg to over 163 kg and with inner diameter of 25 mm to outer
diameter of 900 mm and auto components such as wheel hubs, shafts and spindles,
gears, etc. The products are suitable for end-user industries such as automotive,
railways, industrial infrastructure and renewable energy, among others. This has
led to a de-risked business model, thereby helping the company to improve their
share of business amongst existing customers along with the ability to attract new
customers. The strength in their product portfolio is shown by the fact that they
supply domestically and internationally in each of the product segments.
High operational efficiencies with location specific advantages:
The company has made investments in manufacturing plants so as to produce high quality
high volume parts in a cost effective manner. The infrastructure also allows them
to respond quickly and efficiently to any customer requirements or change in product
specifications without the need to depend on any external vendors. This helps them
to closely monitor product quality, production costs and delivery schedules. Also,
the three manufacturing plants at Rajkot are situated at strategic locations which
help Rolex to access the various automotive clusters in North India, West India
and South India as well as cater to the export markets through close proximity to
the ports of Kandla, Mundra and Pipavav. In order to reduce carbon footprint and
avoid dependence on high cost power & fuel (~9% of total revenues in FY21),
the company has invested in wind and solar energy. They are in process of setting
up a 16 MW ground mounted solar power facility at Taluka Muli (Gujarat)
To leverage relationships with geographically diversified customer base:
The company supplies products domestically and internationally to some of the leading
manufacturers of bearings, Tier-I and Tier-II auto-component suppliers and certain
auto OEMs. They have over 60 customers in 17 countries, primarily located in India,
USA, Germany, France, Italy, Czech Republic and Thailand. 70% of their 10 largest
customers for FY21 have been with them for over a decade. The company intends to
leverage this relationship and knowledge of requirements & preferences of their
customers to develop and supply more complex, higher margin products at competitive
prices. The company has recently entered into a multiyear long-term agreement with
a leading Tier-I supplier (for supply of components to its plant at Europe) with
an estimated annual value of approximately EURO 10 million.
Healthy balance sheet with focus on capacity expansion:
The company has managed to improve its debt-equity ratio from 1.79 in FY19 to 0.71
in FY21 on the back of improved cash flow from operations. Also, the company made
total investments of ~Rs 90 cr from FY19 to FY21 towards purchase of property, plant
and equipment, intangible assets and capital work in progress. These investments
have been made in order to expand their forging and machining capacity, heat treatment
facilities, and to purchase equipment for generation of solar energy.
Rolex Rings, a Gujarat based company, is among the leading manufacturers of forged and machined components. It manufactures high-quality, world-class, customized automotive components as well as bearing rings for a huge base of clientele spread across the globe. Rolex has garnered a wealth of expertise in manufacturing transmission components, engine components, chassis components, exhaust system components and bearing rings that are used across segments i.e. passenger vehicles, 2-wheelers, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, off-highway vehicles, industrial machinery, wind turbines, railways, etc. The company supplies its products to both the domestic as well as international automotive companies and leading bearing manufacturers such as SKF India, Schaeffler India, Timken India, etc. Currently, the firm has 3 manufacturing plants in Rajkot with 22 forging lines having an aggregated installed capacity of 1,44,750 MTPA, machining facilities consisting of 528 spindles with a combined installed capacity of 69 million parts p.a. and other machinery including heat treatment furnaces & cold rolling machines.
The company in order to expand its business has taken a number of initiatives such as focusing on leveraging its relationship with existing clients to improve the wallet share and also seek referrals, enhancing manufacturing and product portfolio to offer diverse range of products, focusing on improving operational efficiency, reducing power costs and carbon footprint etc. With the revival in economic activity globally supported by Government stimulus, industrial activity and auto industry is set to revive faster than expected which in turn will result in higher growth opportunities for Rolex. At the upper price demand of Rs 900, the IPO is valued at 25x of FY21 earnings, which looks reasonable considering its peers (Bharat forge, MM Forgings, Ramkrishna Forgings) trade at a much higher multiple. Further the company has better return ratios (RoE at ~24% in FY21) compared to its peers. Hence, we recommend SUBSCRIBE to the IPO for long term perspective.
Peer comparison | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | |||||||
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Company | Revenue (Rs Cr) | EPS | ROE (%) | Revenue (Rs Cr) | EPS | ROE (%) | Revenue (Rs Cr) | EPS | ROE (%) | PE ratio |
Rolex Rings Ltd | 904 | 25 | 27% | 666 | 22 | 20% | 616 | 36 | 24% | 25 |
Bharat Forge Ltd | 10146 | 22 | 21% | 8056 | 8 | 7% | 6336 | (3) | - | - |
Ramkrishna Forgings Ltd | 1931 | 37 | 14% | 1216 | 3 | 1% | 1289 | 6 | 2% | 127 |
MM Forgings Ltd | 934 | 27 | 15% | 769 | 17 | 9% | 744 | 19 | 10% | 37 |
Use of Proceeds:
The offer comprises of a fresh issue and an offer for sale. Out of the fresh Issue
of Rs 56 crores, Rs 45 crores is proposed to be utilized for working capital requirement
of the company and the balance Rs 11 crores is to be used for general corporate
purposes. The balance ~Rs 675 crores of the issue would be through offer for sale
by the shareholders and proceeds would go to such selling shareholders.
Book running lead managers:
Equirus capital, IDBI capital, JM Financial
Management:
Rolex Rings is led by Manesh Madeka, Chairman and Managing Director, having over
40 years of experience in the industry. Their production and planning related business
is led by Bhautik Madeka, whole time Director while the marketing functions and
the development of new customers and products related business is led by Mihir Madeka,
both of whom have over 18 years of experience in the industry.
Yr End March (Rs Cr) | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 |
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Net Sales | 904.00 | 666.00 | 616.00 |
Material Cost | 434.00 | 329.00 | 287.00 |
Employee Cost | 61.00 | 53.00 | 52.00 |
Other Expenses | 208.00 | 162.00 | 168.00 |
EBITDA | 201.00 | 122.00 | 109.00 |
EBITDA Margin | 22.00% | 18.00% | 18.00% |
Depreciation & Amortization | 25.00 | 27.00 | 25.00 |
EBIT | 176.00 | 95.00 | 84.00 |
Other Income | 7.00 | 9.00 | 3.00 |
Interest & Finance Charges | 42.00 | 32.00 | 12.00 |
Profit Before Tax - Before Exceptional | 141.00 | 72.00 | 75.00 |
Tax Expense | 82.00 | 19.00 | -12.00 |
Effective Tax rate | 58.00% | 26.00% | - |
Net Profit | 59.00 | 53.00 | 87.00 |
Net Profit Margin | 7.00% | 8.00% | 14.00% |