14 February 2012

Chennai Petroleum: Poor fare; but bottom closer ::Elara

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Poor fare; but bottom closer
Forex losses continue to hit hard
CPCL reported another poor quarter with in-line revenue of INR111bn
but forex losses hitting the EBITDA and bottom-line. The Q3FY12
EBITDA came in at INR619mn, significantly below Street estimates of
INR1.5-2.0bn, while CPCL reported a net loss of INR634mn. The
company reported GRMs of USD3.36/bbl, below our estimate of
USD4.3/bbl. The Q3FY12 throughput was also affected marginally due
to the cyclone hitting the east coast leading to a standstill in crude
supply around Dec’11-end.
Key takeaways from concall: GRMs break-up and refinery plans
􀂃 The inventory gain for Q3FY12 was INR1.48bn (USD1.48/bbl),
while the exchange related losses net of crude (INR2.23bn) and
product gains (INR0.20bn) were INR2.03bn (USD2.04/bbl). With
the reported GRMs of USD3.36/bbl, our analysis suggests that the
operational margin was ~USD3.9/bbl. We expect better Q4FY12
GRMs, as well as FY13 due to recovery in spreads of light products.
􀂃 CPCL achieved ~70% of distillate yield in Q3FY12 (22% light and
47.9% middle distillates) while the fuel and loss was higher 9.8%
due to additional fuel consumption for secondary units. Post the
residue upgradation project in FY13, CPCL expects the distillate
yield to reach 85-90%. Also, CPCL would be taking a 2-month
shutdown in Jun/Jul 2012, post which another 0.6MMT of
capacity will be blended in through debottlenecking.
􀂃 Capex for FY12 so far stands at INR3.2bn, and it should be INR5bn
for FY12 and around INR8bn for FY13.
Still some pain left, but bottom getting closer; Upgrade to Reduce
We upgrade CPCL to Reduce from Sell as we see the stock bottoming
out after declining 14% and under-performing the Sensex by 23%
since our downgrade in Oct’11. We see operational concerns hurting
earnings for another 2-3 quarters, which should keep CPCL under
pressure. In the near term, we would turn positive only if CPCL corrects
another 10-12% from the current levels. CPCL trades at 6x EV/EBITDA
on FY14 estimates, a slightly rich multiple for a simple refiner. We value
CPCL at 5.5x EV/EBITDA, revising our TP to INR160/sh.

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