19 February 2012

Jain Irrigation: MIS growth to remain slow as focus on cash :Nomura research,

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Jain Irrigation’s 3QFY12 results were impacted by a higher-thananticipated
interest cost and high exchange loss on foreign currency
loans, which led to the company reporting only a tiny profit. Growth in
micro-irrigation systems (MIS) declined to an all time low as the
company was focused on controlling receivables. Agro-processing
disappointed massively, while the piping business surprised positively.
With the stock trading at 8.5x FY13F earnings we reiterate our Buy
rating.

Key result highlights:
 Net sales missed our estimates by 7%, increasing only 13% y-y. The
key contributors to the low growth were the core MIS business and the
agro-processing business.
 Operating profit also missed our estimate by 6%, as the company
saved on staff costs and selling and admin costs. Margins were higher
than our estimate on the MIS business but lower on the agroprocessing
front, which was a negative surprise given the much betterthan-
expected performance in 2QFY12.
 Interest costs at INR916mn surprised negatively, rising almost 60% yy
on higher amount of working capital debt and higher interest rates
resulting in profit before tax missing our estimate by 21% and reporting
a 25% y-y decline.
 As we expected, the company did not make use of the option provided
by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to amortize exchange losses on
foreign currency debt. It instead reported a surprisingly large exchange
loss of INR711.4mn vs. our estimate of INR450mn.
 The foreign exchange loss almost wiped out the profits of the
company, leaving only INR12.4mn to be reported as the PAT. The
company has taken tax shelter on the exchange loss to report almost
no tax payment during the quarter
 With the INR appreciating against the USD in the current quarter, we
expect some of the foreign exchange losses to be reversed in
4QFY11.
MIS business:
 The core MIS business grew only 10.5% y-y in 3Q, as the company
consciously reduced growth to ensure that receivables on account of
government subsidies did not increase.
 However, this low growth was a disappointment, suggesting that at an
average of 65% of the value of the system being subsidised the
company received only INR3bn from the various governments on older
subsidies during the quarter. Jain has reduced the gross receivables
on MIS by INR390mn q-q on a base of INR18.2bn. Due to lower bill
discounting though, the net receivables on account of MIS are up
INR1.5bn q-q. In terms of days of sales they are down 15 days q-q.
 Over the last nine months the company has reduced exposure to its
key markets like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to just

21% of overall MIS revenues from 37% in FY11 to retain control on the
ballooning receivables from these governments. It has tried to make
up for the deficit through Gujarat, Rajasthan and exports. In our view,
these new states may not have the market to absorb the entire
shortfall from the older ones and the company will continue to have to
rely on Maharashtra for its growth, where also receivables are an
issue.
 The company has cut down on its inventory over the last 12 months to
reduce the working capital requirement.
 We expect growth to remain weak in 4QFY12 too as company
conserves cash.
Pipes:
 The pipes business has been the saviour this quarter, with PVC pipes
growing 36% y-y after two quarters of slow growth as retail demand
has picked up along with exports to Africa.
 PE pipes have displayed a sudden revival growing 15.5% y-y after
seeing de-growth or very little growth over the past two years. The
growth has been led by the gas distribution and water segments with
margins also picking up after four quarters.
 Receivables are also down 20% q-q
Agro-processing:
 This segment was the big disappointment in 3Q after showing signs of
hope in the 1HFY12. We again reiterate our view that the company
should sell off this business as it is a low-return, low-margin, volatile
business which can no longer helping with cross-selling opportunities
for the MIS business. The company can use the cash generated from
the sale to invest in the working capital needs of the core MIS segment
 Dehydrated onions grew 72% y-y on an extremely low base, though
EBITDA margins fell 10 percentage points q-q, which is fairly
surprising, as onion prices have not risen. This is an export-oriented
business, and the depreciation of the INR against global currencies
should also have helped both revenues and margins. but surprisingly
has not.
 Fruit processing turned out to be the big disappointment, as lower
availability of pulp for 2HFY12 has led to a y-y decline in sales.
 Receivables for the combined agro processing segment are down
20%, too, q-q.
Balance sheet:
The company had USD157mn of foreign currency debt on its books as of
31 December 2011, with repayment of USD 3.8mn in FY12 and
USD48.6mn in FY13F. The total term loan is INR11.6bn on the balance
sheet up INR2.3bn from March 2011. It has a total term loan repayment
of INR6.7bn in FY13F and FY14F. The net working capital cycle is at
178 days of sales outstanding down 12 days q-q and 20 days y-y, which
is good news. We expect to see this decline further in 4QFY12 as
inventory moves down and receivables move down a bit too. The
company expects to receive INR3.5-4bn of receivables from the
Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh governments in 4QFY12.

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