20 February 2011

Shoppers Stop, SHOP IN, UW:: HSBC - India Investor Conference Highlights

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Building a robust retail model
 Shoppers Stop has a total of 3.2m sq ft and 111 stores in 15 cities across 8 formats. The move from “premium” to “bridgeto-
luxury” positioning is resulting in better sales and margins.
 Model is being de-risked by expanding consignment/concessionaire proportion from 40% in FY07 to 60% currently. Trade
working capital has reduced from INR442 per sq ft to INR101 per sq ft over three years as a result.
 EBITDA margin could go up 100bps on introduction of GST as service tax can then be offset against VAT.
 1.9m first citizen members, 73% of sales comes from these members. Any stock over 18 months fully written off as per
company policy ensuring no surprises on inventory write-off.
 Store openings – expect 8 Shoppers Stop stores, ie total of c0.4m sq ft in FY12. Hypercity – to expand from 0.9m to 2.5m
sq ft in next 3-4 years. Breakeven expected by FY12 on EBITDA and FY14 on net profit.

Valuation and risks
 Our target price of INR309 is based on SOTP. We value Shoppers Stop business at INR280 based on forward
EV/EBITDA of 12x applied to Sep-12e EBITDA. We value the 51% stake in Hypercity at INR29 on a DCF basis. We
expect a 3-year (FY10-13e) EPS CAGR of 23.5%.
 Upside risk: Improvement in consumer demand; faster than expected break even in new formats, margin expansion.

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