15 October 2010 India | Industrials | Initiating Coverage BUY | BGRL IN Target: `930 (Sept’11) Abhishek Puri abhishek.puri@jmfinancial.in Tel: (91 22) 6630 3073 Transforming to play in a big league Risks to our call: a) Concentration risk with few SEB’s as customers, as other states (GUVNL, APGenco) disqualified BGR in the past, b) LD/PG risks for using Chinese equipment, and c) Inconsistent order inflow. Exhibit 1. Financial Summary FY09A FY10A FY11E FY12E FY13E Net sales 19,221 30,692 46,811 61,576 71,832 59.7 52.5 31.5 16.7 2,079 3,435 5,253 6,713 7,761 EBITDA EBITDA (%) Adjusted net profit EPS (`) 10.8 11.2 11.2 10.9 10.8 1,149 2,010 3,084 3,916 4,461 16.0 27.9 42.8 54.4 62.0 74.9 53.4 27.0 13.9 EPS growth (%) ROCE (%) 23.3 37.2 40.5 28.7 22.7 ROE (%) 20.5 31.8 37.5 35.9 31.6 PE (x) 46.7 26.7 17.4 13.7 12.0 9.6 7.6 5.7 4.3 3.4 26.2 15.3 10.2 8.1 6.9 Price/Book value (x) EV/EBITDA (x) Shares in issue (mn) 72.0 Diluted share (mn) 72.0 `187.6 / US$ 4.2 3-mon avg daily val (mn) 52-week range 950 / 410 Sensex/Nifty 20,125/6,063 44.1 `/US$ Daily Performance BGR Energy 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 250% 200% 150% 100% 50% 0% BGR Energy % Jul-10 Sep-10 May-10 Jan-10 Mar-10 -50% Relative to Sensex (RHS) 1M 3M 12M -9.9 0.3 48.3 -13.1 Relative* * To the BSE Sensex -12.1 31.3 Absolute Shareholding Pattern Promoters FII DII Public / others (%) 1Q FY11 1Q FY10 81.3 2.9 6.6 9.2 81.3 1.5 6.0 11.2 (` mn) Y/E March Sales growth (%) `53.7 / US$ 1.2 Market cap (bn) Jul-09 Initiate with BUY and TP of `930: Large opportunity is likely to result in order inflow CAGR of 52% over FY10-13E (Exhibit 14) with sales CAGR of 31% and earnings CAGR of 30%. We value BGR with an exit multiple of 16x to Sept’12E EPS of `58.2 to arrive at Sept’11 TP of `930. PE multiple of 16x is at c.15% discount to BHEL based on a) BGR’s impressive earnings growth profile, b) re-rating potential on large business opportunity from BTG manufacturing JV with Hitachi, c) possibility of earnings upgrade as street expects 1,320MW order from RRVUNL (worth `65bn) while tender flow/management guidance is higher at `150-200bn; and d) marginalisation of Chinese vendors due to visa and performance issues which will benefit domestic companies like BGR. BUY. Key Data Sep-09 Strong execution record and better return ratios: BGR is an established player in the turnkey engineering and equipments supply for power and oil & gas industry. The team (>1,450 engineers) has executed 150 projects in >45 countries. With strong in-house design and engineering capabilities (and lesser outsourcing), BGR has given better return on capital vs peers. Over FY08-10, BGR has consistently generated RoEs of >30%. Abhishek Anand abhishek.anand@jmfinancial.in Tel: (91 22) 6630 3067 May-09 Clear preference for EPC players over BoP: EPC opportunity is likely to be 2x BoP as states prefer single point responsibility. Additionally, plant performance guarantees can be strictly implemented. Hence, we have a clear preference for EPC players as BoP space becomes more crowded with emerging competition from sub-vendors like Sunil Hitech and McNally Bharat (Exhibit 4). BGR’s integrated offerings help control costs better and present bigger opportunities as it can take up BTG, BoP, EPC projects as well as package-wise individual projects. Kashish Tandon kashish.tandon@jmfinancial.in Tel: (91 22) 6630 3085 Jan-09 US$40bn opportunity up for grabs in 12th FYP: With c.100GW capacity addition planned and >60% to be ordered out, we estimate US$40bn (`1.8trn) opportunity for a company like BGR Energy (see Exhibit 2) which is present across all verticals in BTG, BoP and EPC. CEA’s advisory placing 100% 12th Plan orders before FY12 will lead to significant order accretion. This will be corroborated with SEB tender flow (Exhibit 3) currently up for bidding. We expect BGR’s order inflow for FY11 and FY12 at `80-95bn. Mar-09 Nov-09 BGR Energy Price: `745 Source: Company data, JM Financial. Note: Valuations as of 15/10/2010 JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited JM Financial Research is also available on: Bloomberg - JMFR <GO>, Thomson Publisher & Reuters. Please see important disclosure at the end of the report BGR Energy 18 October 2010 US$40bn opportunity in 12th FYP Ministry of Power envisages c.100GW capacity addition in the 12th FYP which includes >90GW of thermal power capacity. But with 30-35GW of slippages expected in the 11th FYP capacity addition target, we believe 12th Plan will target >100GW of capacity addition. We estimate US$40bn (`1.8trn) opportunity for a company like BGR Energy (Exhibit 2) which is present across all verticals in BTG, BoP and EPC. The estimates are based on industry interactions and our understanding of preference for each power developer in terms of ordering BTG, EPC or BoP turnkey. Out of 100GW of planned thermal capacity addition, c.38GW, including UMPPs, is ordered out, while NTPC JV BTG orders are expected to be retained by BHEL. Planned capacity for 12th Plan could be much higher on un-identified projects from IPPs Exhibit 2. Opportunity in EPC, BoP and BTG space Opportunity (` bn) Turnkey Opportunity (MW) Planned Capacity in 12 FYP (MW) Ordered Capacity (MW) Unordered Capacity (MW) 30,420 13,560 16,860 - - 16,860 - - 464 4,140 1,500 2,640 - - - - - - 21,895 12,740 9,155 5,460 3,695 3,695 246 63 102 3,850 1,000 2,850 2,850 - - 128 - - UMPPs ordered 15,960 15,960 - - - - - - - IPPs with in house EPC (RPower, Lanco) 10,170 - 10,170 - - 10,170 - - 280 Other IPPs (JSPL, Navbharat, KVK, etc.) 9,850 2,550 7,300 - 7,300 7,300 - 124 201 New UMPPs 8,000 - 8,000 - - 8,000 - - 220 104,285 47,310 56,975 8,310 10,995 46,025 374 187 1,266 Utility NTPC NTPC JV Total SEBs NLC Total Thermal EPC BoP BTG EPC BoP BTG Source: Ministry of Power, CEA, JM Financial estimates Near-term tenders spell part of the opportunity In the near future, few SEB orders are in the pipeline where NIT has been issued and BGR has participated. States like Rajasthan and Gujarat will be tendering out projects worth >`200bn primarily being developed in the super critical space. GUVNL has 3 projects with 4GW capacity to be tendered in FY11, but BGR was disqualified in Gujarat on lack of experience Exhibit 3. Tenders to be bid/opened in near future Project Capacity Location Client Order type Value (` bn) Remarks 2x660 MW Suratgarh 1,320 Rajasthan RRVUNL EPC 65.0 2X660MW Chhabra 1,320 Rajasthan RRVUNL EPC 65.0 Awaiting coal linkage 660 Maharashtra Mahagenco MPP/BoP 10.0 BoP opportunity available 3x660MW Dondaicha 1,980 Maharashtra Mahagenco MPP/BoP 29.7 BoP opportunity available 1x600MW Ennore TPS 600 Tamil Nadu TNEB EPC 28.8 EPC Opportunity 1x600MW Muddanur 600 Andhra AP Genco EPC 32.0 BGR filed court case on unfair PQ 1x600MW Chelpur 600 Andhra AP Genco EPC 32.0 BGR filed court case on unfair PQ 1x660MW Bhusawal Source: SEBs, JM Financial Awaiting coal linkage AP Genco’s participation decision for to companies limit EPC with <1yr experience has been challenged by BGR JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 2 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Annual ordering in EPC/BoP has been in `130-150bn range Based on announced orders and industry checks in the last three years, combined annual ordering of BoP/EPC projects has been upwards of `130bn. We expect more EPC/BoP ordering p.a. as many state utilities want to crunch timelines by giving turnkey orders to one party. Unless there is a mandate to use domestic manufactured equipments, which eventually is likely, few private companies would continue placing orders with Chinese. Visa restriction on Chinese workers is a definite positive for domestic BoP players. Exhibit 4. Annual ordering (BoP and EPC combined) Project Type Executing Company (` mn) Capacity (MW) Order value (` mn) Realization (` mn/MW) FY08 IOC Captive Power EPC BHEL 170 4,310 25.4 DVC Durgapur EPC BHEL 1,000 32,200 32.2 Okari-Gujarat EPC BHEL 490 19,500 39.8 Anpara-D EPC BHEL 1,000 33,900 33.9 North Chennai EPC BHEL 600 24,750 41.3 Kaperkheda BoP BGR Energy 500 9,980 20.0 Konaseema EPS BoP BGR Energy 820 6,830 8.3 Kothagudem, AP BoP BGR Energy 500 7,930 15.9 Total FY09 Hindustan Zinc Captive Power Mettur Kalisindh Companies like Tata Power, RPower and Lanco Infra do BoP and EPC through inhouse or group capabilities 139,400 EPC Tata Projects BGR Energy 600 31,000 51.7 EPC BGR Energy 1,200 49,000 40.8 North Chennai Ext II EPC BHEL 600 21,750 36.3 Bokaro A, DVC Pallatana - ONGC, Tripura & IL&FS Total EPC BHEL 500 18,400 36.8 EPC BHEL 740 22,050 29.8 BoP 160 2,760 17.3 144,960 FY10 APPDCL BoP Sterlite CPP Project BoP Ideal Energy Nagpur BoP NTPC Bongaigaon BoP Mahagenco Parli Hydro Power Mahagenco Koradi Tata Projects Tata Projects McNally Bharat McNally Bharat BoP Sunil Hitech EPC L&T 1,600 27,750 17.3 160 3,000 18.8 270 4,140 15.3 250 4,360 17.4 250 4,878 19.5 68,970 34.8 1,980 Total 113,098 Source: Company, Media reports, JM Financial JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 3 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Clear preference for EPC over BoP EPC opportunity to be 2x BoP as states prefer single point responsibility for design, engineering, supply, erection and commissioning (Exhibit 5). Additionally, enforceable plant performance guarantees can be strictly implemented. Hence, we have a clear preference for EPC players as BoP space becomes more crowded with emerging competition from sub-vendors like Sunil Hitech and McNally Bharat (Exhibit 4). Exhibit 5. BoP packages and associated costs (`mn/MW) Electrical Packages (5.5) C&I packages Ash Handling (2.3) Coal Handling (4.5) DM Plant (0.4) HIGH Business Potential Fire Detection & Protection (0.6) WTP Package (0.6) LOW Cooling Tower (2.0) Chimney (1.3) AC System (0.4) Civil Packages (1.7) LP Piping (0.4) LOW HIGH Constraint of sourcing Source: CEA, Company, JM Financial JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 4 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 BGR Energy – Jostling higher BGR Energy, a BoP and EPC company, was incorporated in 1985 as JV between GEA Energietechnik GmbH and Mr. B G Raghupathy (promoter) to produce and sell specific boiler auxiliary and components such as condenser tube cleaning system, debris filter and rubber cleaning balls for thermal and nuclear power plants. From a turnover of `7.75bn in FY07, the company has catapulted itself into a prime player in the EPC and BoP space winning large ticket orders (>`50bn). Holistic Business Model Integration across BoP components: BGR has a unique business model. Major competitors in the equipment space generally sub-contract various packages while BGR does designing, engineering, erection and commissioning in-house for all major packages. Presence across entire power project value chain from civil works to help garner larger pie of the opportunity vis-à-vis competition Exhibit 6. Power generation project value chain Source: Company, JM Financial Strong technical know how, pre-qualifications and product expertise While operating in the BoP and EPC segments, BGR also manufactures certain products related to these businesses. This rich portfolio of products (air cooled condensers, de-aerators etc.) caters to both power and industrial segment and is one of BGR’s strengths. These manufactured products not just give BGR an edge over competition in giving integrated solutions but also helps manage costs. All these products are designed by either collaborating with international players or their technology has been transferred to BGR under an agreement (Exhibit 7). BGR has pre-qualification for upto 800MW units, combined cycle power plants (except Main Plant area) upto 400kV substation and GIS, Oil & gas pipeline and sea water desalination plant. JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Water being scarce, its products like Air cooled condensers and heat exchangers are gaining popularity especially in states like Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu Page 5 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Exhibit 7. Systems/Products offering and technology tie up Systems / Equipment Manufactured Cooling Towers Air Cooled Condensers Coal Handling Plant De-aerators Water Treatment Plant Effluent Treatment Plant Condensate Polishing Unit Condenser Tube Cleaning System and Debris Filter Air Cooled Heat Exchanger Gas Compressor Skid Gas Metering & Conditioning Skid Fin Tubes for HRSG Waste Heat Recovery Module HP Heater Super Heater Coil Pressure Vessels Technology Partner GEA, Germany Crane, USA * Termo Mechanicca, Italy ** AES, Saudi Arabia ** Termo Mechanicca, Italy GEA, Germany * GEA Btt, France * GEA Spirogills, UK * - BGR manufactures equipments totalling upto `1-1.5mn/MW out of the total BoP value Source: Company, JM Financial, *- The technology transfer is completed, **- Case by case Co-operation Graduation from BoP to EPC in 2008 BGR was primarily a BoP player while equipment manufacturing formed a small portion of its revenues. BGR executed number of turnkey contracts, supplying the BOP equipment, services and civil works for power generation projects. But in FY08, BGR won two large contracts in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) space, and thereon it concentrated its core skills from design, engineering and supply of BoP to entire EPC including procurement of BTG equipments. Due to its strong track record and ability to integrate solutions, it bagged two major orders from Mettur TPP and Kalisindh TPP worth `80bn (combined). As of FY10end, EPC contracts formed a major part (58%) of its total OB (`102.3bn). Exhibit 8. Evolution of order backlog over the years 80,000 BoP EPC Natural progression from BoP to EPC to offer better and more complete solutions (` mn) Equipments 70,000 FY08 6,352 32,550 0 0 10,000 52,690 20,000 0 7,628 30,000 74,040 40,000 7,310 50,000 26,870 60,000 FY09 FY10 Source: Company, JM Financial BTG indigenisation to happen over a period of time; will set up facility in 3 years post Completing offering by entering BTG space; JV with Hitachi BGR has announced JVs with Hitachi Germany and Hitachi Japan for setting up the BTG facility with an investment of `44bn. The boiler JV will have 70% BGR holding while the turbine JV will have 74% BGR holding. All this while, BGR had been sourcing BTG from third parties for its contracts. Initial sourcing came from Europe (players like Rolls Royce), but in recent times, Chinese manufacturers (like Dongfang) have been providing BGR with the BTG equipment. This JV will initially source components from Hitachi but slowly BGR will look at indigenising the equipment, resulting in better margins once initial phase is over. JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited agreement signing JV to offer 5 units per annum of 660-800MW capacity each, once fully commissioned Page 6 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 BTG space is becoming competitive for newer players… BTG facility will enable BGR to edge out competition in the BoP space and also enhance acceptability of its tender in the wake of growing opposition to Chinese power equipments. Many established Indian power equipment companies have announced their JVs or technological collaborations for entering the BTG space (see Exhibit below). Exhibit 9. BTG competitive landscape Domestic Player Foreign Partner Boiler BGR Alstom Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hitachi Turbine Siemens Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hitachi JSW - Bharat Forge JV Holding (%) Capital Outlay (` mn) Capacity (MW) Expected Roll out Facility Remarks 100 8,000 Current 15,600 51:49 36,000 - 4,000 FY11 Hazira JV 74:26 44,000 - 4,000 FY12 JV signed in August'10 Toshiba 24:76 12,000 - 3,000 FY12 Chennai Tamil Nadu - Alstom 49:51 24,000 - 5,000 FY12 GB Engineering Ansaldo Caldie NA 15:85 10,000 - 2,000 NA Thermax Babcock & Wilcox NA 51:49 7,000 1,500 3,000 FY12 Cethar Vessels Riley Power, Siemens Power Machines BHEL L&T 100% Boiler; 49% TG 15,500 - Expansion 5,000 FY12 NA Technical Collaboration 3,000 NA Mundra Trichy JV JV started construction in Dec'09 JV in initial stages of setting up facility In process JV signed in March'10 Trichy Technical collaboration with Riley Power and JV with Power Machines ( Russia) Source: Company, Media Reports JM Financial …and is essential for success in EPC contracts: We believe BoP offering with BTG supplies help a company gain edge over competition. It not only helps bag orders but execution is also better when the entire package is being given to a single contractor. Pursuant to the aggressive domestic power generation capacity addition, most domestic equipment biggies have announced plans to ramp up capacities to cater to the burgeoning market. Companies like L&T and Thermax and utilities like JSW have already got their agreements in place and are setting up their capacities. BGR to leverage its EPC understanding with BTG technology acquisition In our view, the long standing experience in turnkey engineering and EPC business, offering of complete BTG and EPC would give BGR an edge over competition. Only BHEL and L&T, apart from BGR, have integrated offering of BTG/EPC. Long standing project management track record In its long history of 25 years, BGR has successfully executed complex projects in the power and oil & gas sectors. It has executed more than 150 contracts in 45 countries. It was one of the early entrants in the BoP space in India and did milk the early mover advantage to fuel growth in its initial history. The company has transformed itself from a component manufacturer to a multi product specialist providing complete BoP and EPC solutions. JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Testimony to effective and timely completion is faith of many SEBs in BGR (repeat ordering) Page 7 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Exhibit 10. Key completed projects Project Customer/Location Value Commissioned In EPC 120 MW CCPP Aban Power, Karuppur, Tamil Nadu 3,293 July’05 92.2 MW CCPP TNEB, Valuthur (Phase-II), Tamil Nadu 4,339 May’08 25 MW IPP MALCO, Mettur, Tamil Nadu 914 March’09 95 MW CCPP T N E B, Valuthur (Phase-I), Tamil Nadu 725 December’02 23 MW TPP Grasim Industries, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan 542 330 MW CCPP RRVUNL, Dholpur, Rajasthan 2,558 December’07 500 MW TPP APGENCO, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 7,066 April’ 09 Strong execution aiding to bag large ticket orders BoP February’03 Source: Company, Media reports, JM Financial Developed a strong team of >1,700 to take up 10-12 projects simultaneously Over the years, as it increased its scale of projects, BGR developed a strong team of professionals handling the EPC and BoP business. As at end-May’10, it had 1,735 employees, with c.84% being engineers. The management is highly experienced with over 25 years of average experience in the industry. Exhibit 11. Experienced management Key Professionals Designation Mr. B.G. Raghupathy Mr. T. Sankaralingam Mr. S. Rathinam Chairman & Managing Director Managing Director Director (Finance) Director (Technologies, HR & Infrastructure) Chief Financial Officer Mr. V.R. Mahadevan Mr. P.R. Easwar Kumar 27 16 rich in BoP and EPC experience Experience with BGR Energy 25 Industry Experience (Years) 36 34 30 Management and engineering professionals 17 22 15 Source: Company, JM Financial 100% of domestic OB from SEB BGR’s order inflow witnessed 21% CAGR during FY07-FY10, first three years of the 11th FYP when much cap addition plans were announced and most of them materialised. There was subdued ordering from IPPs in FY05-08, and incremental ordering came primarily from CPSUs and SEBs. BGR managed its inflows well as it picked up quite a chunk of public sector orders (100% of domestic OB is from the public sector). Though this means more transparency and assured terms w.r.t the project but also entails stretched working capital as SEBs have stretched payment terms. Significant SEB exposure led to transparency in ordering and execution but affected WC levels Has to increase focus towards IPPs for incremental orders The public sector focussed strategy worked well for the Chennai based manufacturer, but to maintain future growth and market share BGR has to look beyond public sector orders and bag private sector orders. The private sector space becomes even more quintessential for growth when we consider the fact that the 12th plan envisages 100-120GW of capacity addition, both IPPs and CPSUs combined. The 12th plan will differ from 11th plan as the IPPs will have a larger share (c.43%, see Exhibit 12) of ordering for capacity vis-à-vis the 10th and 11th FYP. So, the company will have to eye the private IPP pie for incremental orders in the coming years. JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Smaller IPPs (ex-Tata Power, RPower, Lanco) to be targeted for incremental ordering Page 8 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Exhibit 12. Sectoral break up of capacity addition Central Sec tor 100% 13 S tate Sec tor Priv ate Sec tor 19 80% 43 33 60% 34 24 40% 20% (%) 54 47 33 0% 10th Plan 11th Plan 12th Plan Source: CEA, Ministry of Power, JM Financial Competition catching up in BoP The company would have to work hard to secure a place for itself in the 12th plan ordering as big IPPs like Tata Power (BUY, `1,440), Reliance Power, Lanco Infratech have in-house EPC capabilities and hence don’t tender out full BoP orders. Smaller and regional players order out EPC contracts and not the complete BoP orders, and competition is increasing from other sub-contractors/BoP manufacturers like McNally Bharat and Sunil Hi-tech. But, as a natural extension, BGR has signed a MoU with Hitachi, Japan to manufacture BTG equipments under a separate JV to offer integrated solutions as per changing market conditions. JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Recent order wins by Sunil Hitech and McNally heighten competition Page 9 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Valuation Initiating coverage with a BUY rating and target price of `930 We are initiating coverage on BGR Energy with a BUY rating and Sept’11 target price of `930. With sales CAGR of 32%, net profit CAGR of 31% over FY10-13 (leading to 31% BV growth) and 32-38% RoEs, we arrive at our target price using an exit multiple of 16x to Sept’12E EPS of `58.2. At CMP, the stock trades at 13.7x FY12E earnings and 9.1x FY12 EV/EBITDA. In the past, the stock has traded in the range of 10-16x 1yr fwd EPS, but we assign an exit multiple of 16x, near to BTG manufacturing peers. We think the company will enjoy premium valuations on high growth, superior return ratios than peers and its progression from competitive BoP to high-end BTG manufacturing. PE multiple of 16x is at c.15% discount to BHEL based on- a) BGR’s impressive earnings growth profile, b) rerating potential with BTG manufacturing JV, and c) possibility of earnings upgrade as street expects just one 1,320MW order from RRVUNL (worth `65bn) while tender flow/management guidance is higher at `150-200bn. Large ticket orders will be triggers for an earnings upgrade. Based on impressive project management track record and huge power generation equipment opportunity, we recommend a BUY. We believe most 12th FYP plan projects will be ordered in FY12; we have built in c.`80bn order inflows in FY11E, primarily due to expectation of two orders in the EPC space. We expect near-term order book accretion mainly from SEB (Exhibit 3) and in the longer run from IPPs as they will drive incremental power generation capacity addition (Exhibit 2 and 12). Our order inflow and growth projections are presented in Exhibit 13. Exhibit 13. Growth assumptions Order Inflow % YoY growth Order Book % YoY growth Gross Sales % YoY growth At our TP, BGR trades at 11.0x EV/EBITDA and 5.4x P/BV (FY12) US$40bn opportunity in the 12th FYP coupled with > `200bn ordering from SEB (` mn) FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11E FY12E FY13E 20,541 25,510 82,780 36,840 79,826 94,163 131,079 0% 24% 225% -55% 117% 18% 39% 21,660 32,120 95,230 102,300 125,520 158,223 113,788 0% 48% 196% 7% 23% 26% -28% 7,751 15,048 19,221 30,738 46,811 61,576 71,832 0% 94% 28% 60% 52% 32% 17% Though management has guided for order inflow of `150-200bn in FY11, we assume c.`80bn order inflow in FY11E and c.`94bn in FY12E Source: Company, JM Financial Our forecasts are 11-9% higher than consensus for FY11E and FY12E as we are positive on the business opportunity in FY11-12, and hence, company would like to showcase better execution to gain EPC pre-qualification in other states. Exhibit 14. Consensus EPS upgrades for FY11E and FY12E and stock price performance 900 Stoc k Pric e (RHS) JMFe FY11E Mean EPS FY11E JMFe 42. 8 45.0 S toc k Pric e (RHS ) JMFe FY12E Mean EPS FY12E JMFe 54. 4 800 800 40.0 700 600 35.0 30.0 400 60.0 50.0 700 40.0 600 500 500 30.0 400 20.0 300 300 25.0 200 100 Jan-09 900 20.0 Apr-09 Jul-09 Oc t-09 Jan-10 Apr-10 Jul-10 10.0 200 100 Jan-09 Apr-09 Jul-09 Oc t-09 Jan-10 Apr-10 Jul-10 Source: Bloomberg, JM Financial JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 10 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Exhibit 15. Valuation multiple charts 1 year fwd P/E band chart 1 year fwd PBV band chart 900 900 800 700 600 12x 500 300 4x 500 10x 8x 400 5x 700 14x 600 6x 800 16x 400 2.5x 300 6x 200 200 100 100 2x 1.5x 0 0 Apr-08 Jan-09 Oct-09 Apr-08 Jul-10 1 year fwd EV/OB band chart Jan-09 Oct-09 Jul-10 1 year fwd EV/EBITDA band chart 60000 10x 55000 0.4x 50000 50000 8x 45000 40000 40000 0.3x 6x 35000 30000 0.25x 30000 0.20x 25000 20000 4x 20000 3x 0.15x 15000 2x 10000 0.08x 10000 5000 0 Apr-08 Jan-09 Oct-09 Jul-10 Apr-08 Jan-09 Oct-09 Jul-10 Source: Bloomberg, JM Financial Peer valuation comparisons Exhibit 16. Valuation Comparisons BGR Energy* M Cap (US$ bn) P/E (x) EV/EBITDA (x) P/BV (x) RoE (%) BHEL L&T Rel Infra Alstom Shriram EPC Punj Lloyd Patel Engg McNally Bharat Sunil Hitech 1.2 28.0 27.3 5.9 1.3 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.05 FY10 26.7 28.6x 22.2x 15.8x 33.0x 24.4x - 12.3x 17.2x 9.4x FY11E 17.4 22.7x 28.0x 21.4x 28.9x 18.2x 20.2x 16.7x 10.8x 6.1x FY12E 13.7 18.9x 22.4x 19.0x 23.1x 12.1x 12.9x 15.4x 8.2x 4.5x FY10 15.4 19.5x 16.2x 10.9x 14.1x 8.8x 24.4x 9.2x 6.9x 2.1x FY11E 10.6 14.5x 17.6x 24.9x 17.9x - 8.4x 10.5x 2.8x - FY12E 9.1 11.7x 13.2x 20.6x 13.4x - 7.0x 8.7x 2.3x - FY10 7.6 7.8x 5.7x 1.4x 11.1x 2.6x 1.4x 1.9x 3.2x 1.2x FY11E 5.7 6.2x 5.1x 1.7x 9.2x 2.4x 1.3x 1.9x 2.3x 0.8x FY12E 4.3 4.9x 4.3x 1.6x 7.2x 2.1x 1.2x 1.7x 1.8x 0.7x FY10 31.8 29.9 31.2 8.1 37.1 11.3 -3.9 16.6 21.0 6.0 FY11E 37.5 30.0 20.0 8.1 33.6 12.8 6.6 10.9 23.0 14.3 FY12E 35.9 29.1 20.8 8.1 34.7 16.2 10.2 11.3 22.8 16.6 Source: Bloomberg, JM Financial, *-JMFe, Valuation as on 15/10/2010 JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 11 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Risks Unforeseen execution delays: Power utilities in India have been facing an average 4-6 months delay for most projects under construction. Timely execution is important for any EPC/BoP player and BGR is also susceptible to execution delays due to unavailability of coal, evacuation of water, as the balance 10% amount is based on performance guarantee. Since, it has fewer but large ticket orders, timely execution is even more important and unforeseen delays would adversely impact our estimates and may bear downside risk to our valuation. The delays may also result in penalty being doled out by BGR to clients. Vulnerability to raw material and currency fluctuations: Though BGR safeguards its margins as it does BoP associated works in-house, it is also vulnerable to fluctuating raw material and commodity prices. With c.30% of the current OB having a price variation clause (PVC), BGR’s operating margins could be dented in the event of sharp raw material price hikes. High working capital intensity: EPC and BoP space is a working capital intensive industry and more so if one is dealing with SEBs. Hence, any adverse movement in interest rates and borrowing terms would stretch BGR’s borrowing ability and hence earnings estimates. Concentration risk with only SEB clients: BGR faces huge concentration risk as the current order wins have been from few SEBs. While it is pre-qualified in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu for EPC and BoP qualification is also available in states like Maharashtra and Andhra, cases like Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh disqualifying BGR for EPC jobs due to lack of experience pose risk in future contracts. BGR needs to prove its mettle in IPP projects as future capacity addition will be dominated by IPP/Case-2 route. LD/PG risks for using Chinese equipment: While many IPPs have installed Chinese equipments earlier and few are working as good as Indian equipments, we are still not sure of their performance with high-ash Indian coal. In that context, BGR may have to bear performance guarantee (PG) on their account. Order booking is crucial: Being an order book driven industry, dry years like FY09 could stifle growth for BGR until it attains a larger size and has 8-10 projects in its order book. Our projections are based on `80bn and `95bn inflow assumptions in FY11 and FY12 each, and could be at risk, if the company doesn’t achieve the desired inflows. JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 12 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Financials EPC orders to drive growth; sales and earnings CAGR of 30-32% BGR has been one of the early beneficiaries of the BoP opportunity in India and post its transformation from a component manufacturer to a complete BoP solutions provider it clocked 67% CAGR in OB and 72% CAGR in earnings during FY07-10 (see Exhibit 17). Going forward, the financial performance is expected to be driven by incremental EPC orders as we witness the shift in focus from BoP to EPC orders. In FY09, BGR picked up two large ticket EPC orders for Mettur and Kalisindh worth `31bn and `49bn respectively. EPC orders likely to be the main stay of order accretion as well as earnings growth (contributing c. 57% of FY10 OB) Exhibit 17. Order backlog segment wise BoP 140 (` bn) EPC Equipments 120 100 Other large EPC players would be occupied 80 124 with in house projects 26 78 26 9 10 FY11E FY12E FY13E 0 0 6 8 7 20 8 53 24 33 74 27 40 94 60 0 FY08 FY09 FY10 Source: Company, JM Financial Order inflow expected to remain robust over FY11-13 We expect BGR’s order inflow to witness CAGR of 52% in FY10-FY13E and OB to reach `158bn in FY12E. In the coming years we expect strong OB accretion as 12th FYP ordering picks up, and has to be completed before FY12 (Exhibit 18). Exhibit 18. Order inflow and order book till FY12E 140 Order Inflow Given the current opportunity in Rajasthan, Order Booking where 131 160 (` mn) established strong 94 126 114 37 32 26 95 60 102 80 158 80 83 100 20 has each in FY11E and FY12E 120 40 BGR credentials, we expect one 2x660MW project 0 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11E FY12E FY13E Source: Company, JM Financial JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 13 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Earnings growth of 30% expected over FY10-13 Owing to more in-house capabilities to execute BoP and EPC projects rather than depending on sub-vendors and sub-contractors, BGR has better cost control and hence better margin. We expect EBITDA margins to remain in the 10-11% range till FY12 (Exhibit 19). We estimate net earnings CAGR of 30% over FY10-13E. Exhibit 19. Net income and operating margins 5,000 PAT Significant EPC in initial years to impact 11.6 Operating Margins margins due to BTG outsourcing to Chinese 4,000 11.2 11.2 3,000 11.2 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.4 2,000 10.0 10.0 1,149 2,010 3,084 3,916 4,508 0 845 1,000 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11E FY12E FY13E 9.6 9.2 Source: Company, JM Financial EBIT margins amongst the highest Its EBIT margins are amongst the highest, second only to E&C behemoth L&T, when compared with related peers. Exhibit 20. EBIT margins (vis-à-vis peers) BGR Energy L&T* Reliance Infra* Sunil Hi-tech Mc Nally Bharat FY08 FY09 FY10 End to end integrated package offering 9.8% 11.1% 10.9% translates into better margins vis-à-vis 12.2% 12.1% 12.6% peers 9.1% 8.2% 8.1% 13.3% 7.0% 10.0% 8.0% 8.7% 5.1% Source: Company, JM Financial, * note-only EPC segment numbers have been considered High working capital cycle; to get better… Owing to the nature of its business, BGR has always had high working capital levels and resorts to WC loans to manage operations. In FY08, it had WC levels of as much as 159 days which have now reduced to 87 days (FY10, see Exhibit 21), owing to speedier receivables recovery and increase in creditors (advances from customers). We expect WC cycle to remain in a similar range going forward as EPC orders will contribute most to the revenues and require high WC. WC intensity (WC/sales) is expected to remain in early 20s in the future from 30% odd levels in FY09. JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 14 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Exhibit 21. WC cycle and WC/sales 180 WC Cy c le 160 33% 140 Exhibit 22.Working capital cycle WC/S ales (%) 34% 120 20% 100 80 20% 21% 20% 35% 300 30% 250 25% 200 20% 150 FY10 FY11E 65 FY09 72 FY08 87 - 66 5% 150 20 159 40 10% FY12E (days) Creditors Debtors 20 270 16 15% 60 Inv entory (RHS) 350 40% 244 309 222 134 6 100 123 91 50 163 10 159 3 FY08 136 132 6 5 4 2 FY07 190 185 - 0% 15 203 FY09 FY10 3 FY11E FY12E FY13E FY13E Source: Company, JM Financial WC intensity (WC/sales) likely to remain in …resulting in positive free cash flow 20-21% range on outsourcing of BTG Over the last two years, BGR’s working capital cycle has improved considerably, owing to better receivables management and reasonable payment terms from the SEBs. This improvement has led to positive free cash flow (`1.7bn) for BGR in FY10 vis-à-vis negative `2.3bn in FY08. High RoE; to remain >30% Over FY08-10, BGR consistently generated strong return ratios - RoEs of above 30% (see Exhibit below). Going forward, as earnings grow at higher rate and despite debt equity ratio expected to come down, we estimate RoEs to settle in the c.32-38% range for the next two years. Exhibit 23. RoEs vs D:E ratio 1.4 D:E ratio 40 RoE 37.5 1.2 31.8 30.4 1.0 35.9 31.9 20 22.3 10 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.6 30 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11E FY12E FY13E - Source: Company, JM Financial Better capital efficiency amongst peer group In-house capabilities help it manage costs better, leading to better return on capital employed than its peers. Exhibit 24. RoCEs BGR Energy L&T* Reliance Infra* Sunil Hi-tech Mc Nally Bharat FY08 174% 70% 22% 46% 20% FY09 115% 59% 132% 25% 24% Despite high WC, BGR has healthy RoCE (%) FY10 67% 61% 68% 36% NA Source: Company, JM Financial, * note-only E&C segment has been considered JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 15 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Company background BGR was incorporated in 1985, as a joint venture between GEA Energietechnik GmbH, Germany and Mr. B.G. Raghupathy to produce and sell on-line condenser tube cleaning systems, debris filters and rubber cleaning balls used in thermal and nuclear power plants. The company carries out businesses in two segments, the supply of systems and equipment and turnkey engineering project contracting. BGR Energy employed more than 1,700 people as at end-May’10, with c.84% being engineers and remaining administration staff. Exhibit 25. Board of directors Name Post Background Mr. B.G. Raghupathy Chairman Managing Director Mr. T. Sankaralingam Managing Director Mr. S. Rathinam Director-Finance Mr. V. R. Mahadevan Director – Technologies, HR & Infrastructure Mr. A. Swaminathan Director (Sales & Marketing) He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Madras. Prior to founding BGR, Mr. Raghupathy worked as a marketing executive specializing in the sale of industrial equipment, instruments and control systems. He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Introls, a company engaged in trading. He has over 33 years of experience in the fields of marketing, sales and management. Electrical Engineer from REC, Trichy, Mr. Sankaralingam previously worked with NTPC Limited, and lastly served as Chairman and Managing Director. He has over 34 years of experience in planning, design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of power plants. He has been conferred the “Distinguished Fellowship Award” by Institution of Directors and Eminent Engineer Award (2005) by Institution of Engineers, Delhi. A chemistry graduate from the University of Madras and qualified chartered accountant, Mr. Rathinam is responsible for the overall management and supervision of the finance and audit functions. Prior to joining BGR in 1992, he was associated with Tamil Nadu Industrial Explosives Limited as Joint General Manager and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation as Accounts Officer. He has over 30 years of experience in the fields of finance, management and accounting. Electrical Engineer from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, he is responsible for the overall management and supervision of the operations of the technology, human resources and infrastructure divisions. Prior to joining the company in 1987, he worked as a project manager with Best and Crompton Limited. He has over 27 years of experience in the fields of project and business management. Mechanical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mr. Swaminathan holds a leadership position and is responsible for Sales and Marketing functions of the company. Prior to BGR Energy, Mr. Swaminathan was with TATA Power Limited as General Manager-Projects. He has more than 30 years of rich and varied experience in design, engineering, construction, erection, commissioning, operation & maintenance of Power Projects. Source: Company, JM Financial Most of BGR’s manufacturing comes under JV or is through associate route. Promoter is involved in other businesses as well, presented in Exhibit 26. Exhibit 26. Subsidiaries and their offering Company BGR Power Ltd. (`0.5mn equity) Shareholding 100% Promoters Business Interest Power generation from gas Cuddalore Power Company Ltd. (`2.4mn equity) 59% promoters; 41% BGR Energy Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services India Schmitz India Pvt. Ltd. GEA Cooling Tower Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. 50% Promoters; 50% Germanischer Lloyd Offshore & Industrial Services 100% Promoters 51% GEA Energietechnik GmbH 1% BGR Energy 48% Promoters 100% promoters 2 X 660 MW coal based combined cycle thermal power project; power purchase agreement has been signed by the company with the TNEB on September 28, 2006 and the company is awaiting tariff approvals from the Tamil Nadu electricity regulatory commission Industrial services, including industrial certification and inspection services GEA BGR Energy System India Ltd. Progen Systems and Technologies Ltd. BGR Aquaatech India Ltd. ANI Constructions Pvt. Ltd. Sasikala Estate Pvt. Ltd. 100% promoters 100% promoters 100% promoters Mega Funds India Ltd. 100% Promoters 70% BGR Energy, 30% promoters Manufacturing sponge rubber cleaning balls Design and Engineering of Air cooled condensers and cooling towers On load condenser tube cleaning system, debris filter and sponge rubber cleaning balls Heat exchangers and condensers, pressure vessels and boiler components, heat recovery steam generator Aquaculture real estate residential and non- residential buildings real estate development property development and trade related business Source: Company, JM Financial JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 16 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 Financial Tables (Consolidated) Profit & Loss (` mn) Balance Sheet Y/E March FY09A FY10A FY11E FY12E FY13E Net sales (Net of excise) 19,221 30,692 46,811 61,576 71,832 59.7 52.5 31.5 16.7 0 0 0 0 0 15,193 24,207 38,010 50,184 58,615 731 1,248 1,722 2,277 2,655 Other expenses (or SG&A) 1,218 1,803 1,826 2,401 2,801 Minority interest EBITDA 2,079 3,435 5,253 6,713 7,761 Sources of funds 10.8 11.2 11.2 10.9 10.8 Intangible assets 65.2 52.9 27.8 15.6 Fixed assets 315 247 308 203 153 70 98 155 168 200 2,324 3,584 5,406 6,748 7,714 -579 -538 -734 -815 -955 1,745 3,047 4,672 5,933 6,759 Def tax assets/- liability 596 1,037 1,588 2,017 2,298 Current assets Add: Extraordinary items 0 0 0 0 0 Inventories Less: Minority interest 0 0 0 0 0 Sundry debtors Reported net profit 1,149 2,010 3,084 3,916 4,461 Cash & bank balances Adjusted net profit 1,149 2,010 3,084 3,916 4,461 Other current assets 6.0 6.5 6.6 6.4 6.2 Growth (%) Other operational income Raw material (or COGS) Personnel cost EBITDA (%) Growth (%) Other non-op. income Depreciation and amort. EBIT Add: Net interest income Pre tax profit Taxes Margin (%) Diluted share cap. (mn) Diluted EPS (`) Growth (%) Total Dividend + Tax Y/E March (` mn) FY09A FY10A FY11E FY12E FY13E Share capital 720 720 720 720 720 Other capital 0 0 0 0 0 Reserves and surplus 4,891 6,312 8,674 11,674 15,091 Networth 5,611 7,032 9,394 12,394 15,811 Total loans 7,078 9,326 11,293 10,868 11,938 0 0 0 0 0 12,689 16,358 20,687 23,261 27,748 0 0 0 0 0 1,132 1,704 2,164 2,624 3,084 Less: Depn. and amort. 221 313 461 623 817 Net block 910 1,391 1,703 2,001 2,267 Capital WIP 54 104 55 60 142 Investments 48 48 1,896 6,516 9,288 Loans & advances -785 -1,589 -1,589 -1,589 -1,589 25,653 37,635 43,710 44,994 50,723 125 154 385 844 1,181 12,780 19,787 25,650 31,210 37,392 6,108 10,234 9,202 3,710 2,420 186 189 204 210 210 6,454 7,270 8,270 9,020 9,520 72 72 72 72 72 Current liabilities & prov. 13,191 21,230 25,088 28,720 33,082 16.0 27.9 42.8 54.4 62.0 Current liabilities 12,290 18,898 21,812 24,102 27,695 NA 74.9 53.4 27.0 13.9 Provisions and others 902 2,332 3,277 4,618 5,387 253 590 722 916 1,044 12,462 16,405 18,622 16,274 17,641 Source: Company, JM Financial Net current assets 0 0 0 0 0 12,689 16,358 20,687 23,261 27,748 FY09A FY10A FY11E FY12E FY13E BV/Share (`) 77.9 97.7 130.5 172.1 219.6 ROCE (%) 23.3 37.2 40.5 28.7 22.7 ROE (%) 20.5 31.8 37.5 35.9 31.6 0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 12.0 Others (net) Application of funds Source: Company, JM Financial Cash flow statement Y/E March (` mn) Key Ratios FY09A FY10A FY11E FY12E FY13E 1,149 2,010 3,084 3,916 4,461 Depreciation and amort. 61 92 148 162 194 -Inc/dec in working cap. 2,012 -429 -3,179 -3,728 -2,927 0 0 0 0 0 Cash from operations (a) 3,222 1,674 52 350 1,728 -Inc/dec in investments Reported net profit Others Y/E March Net Debt/equity ratio (x) Valuation ratios (x) 1,509 0 -1,848 -4,620 -2,772 PER 46.7 26.7 17.4 13.7 Capex -563 -622 -411 -465 -542 PBV 9.6 7.6 5.7 4.3 3.4 Others -3,320 612 -71 585 269 26.2 15.3 10.2 8.1 6.9 Cash flow from inv. (b) -2,374 -10 -2,330 -4,500 -3,045 2.8 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 243 235 200 185 190 2 2 3 5 6 295 285 209 175 172 Inc/-dec in capital Dividend+Tax thereon Inc/-dec in loans Others -253 -590 -722 -916 -1,044 2,065 2,248 1,967 -425 1,070 392 804 0 0 0 Financial cash flow ( c ) 2,204 2,463 1,245 -1,341 26 Inc/-dec in cash (a+b+c) 3,052 4,126 -1,032 -5,492 -1,291 Opening cash balance 3,057 6,108 10,234 9,202 3,710 Closing cash balance 6,108 10,234 9,202 3,710 2,420 EV/EBITDA EV/Sales Turnover ratios (no.) Debtor days Inventory days Creditor days Source: Company, JM Financial Source: Company, JM Financial JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited Page 17 BGR Energy 18 October 2010 JM Financial Institutional Securities Private Limited MEMBER, BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE LIMITED AND NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA LIMITED 51, Maker Cha mber s III, Nari man Point , Mu mba i 400 021, In dia . 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