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Grindwell Norton Ltd. – Saint Gobain Group

Grindwell Norton pioneered the manufacture of grinding wheels in India in 1941 and have become the primary majority-owned subsidiary of French main Saint-Gobain in India. Firm’s companies embrace abrasives, ceramics & plastics (contains silicon carbide, efficiency ceramics and refractories, efficiency plastics, ADFORS) and others.

The corporate has its registered and company workplace in Mumbai and its manufacturing models are positioned in Mora (close to Mumbai), Bengaluru, Tirupati, Nagpur, Bated (Himachal Pradesh) and Halol (close to Vadodara). The regional/ department places of work are positioned at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Noida, Pune, and Navi Mumbai.

Merchandise & Companies:

The corporate enterprise contains 4 segments specifically Abrasives, Ceramics & Plastics, Digital companies and others.

Abrasives – The corporate manufactures and markets a full vary of bonded abrasives, coated abrasives (together with non-woven abrasives), skinny wheels and tremendous abrasives

Ceramics & Plastics – The phase contains silicon carbide (SiC), efficiency ceramics and refractories (PCR), efficiency plastics (PPL) and ADFORS. The efficiency plastics enterprise develops merchandise with excessive efficiency properties resembling fluid techniques, Foams & Tapes, Bearings, and so on. ADFORS manufactures polyester mesh to be used in coal mining operations.

Digital companies – It contains IT Growth Centre (INDEC), which gives IT infrastructure monitoring and administration options & companies to dad or mum Saint-Gobain companies globally.

Others – Sure Teed enterprise, which presents exterior constructing merchandise. Its portfolio stretches from particular person homes, resorts and academic establishments to authorities buildings and mega townships.

Subsidiaries: As on FY23, the corporate had 2 Subsidiaries, 1 Joint Enterprise and 1 Affiliate firm.

Key Rationale:

• Robust Parentage – Grindwell Norton is amongst the highest two gamers in India in abrasives with an total market share of ~26% (30-35% share within the organised house). Firm, with silicon carbide crude and grain services at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) and close to Phuentsholing (Bhutan), is a lead participant in silicon carbide grains in India. With such a powerful presence throughout the worth chain, the corporate is ready to preserve sturdy pricing energy with give attention to profitability. The dad or mum Saint-Gobain is a world chief in high-performance options, which, with its technological functionality, a powerful R&D arrange and advertising/gross sales attain throughout the globe, has progressive choices and a formidable product portfolio. Saint Gobain’s R&D help gives Grindwell an edge in product innovation and options.

• Latest Acquisitions – The corporate’s current acquisition, PRS Permacel, has grow to be a wholly-owned subsidiary efficient Could’22. It’s a producer of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes (PSAT) and it caters to finish industries like EVs, railways, aerospace, defence and metal. The acquisition consideration is of Rs.122 crs. The goal firm has main share in aesthetic decals enterprise with main 2-wheeler producers. Permacel has a producing facility in Ambarnath, close to Mumbai. The efficiency plastic enterprise is the important thing division within the ceramics & Plastics phase of the corporate and the current acquisition will add the gasoline for the expansion. The corporate additionally just lately commissioned its Paper Maker facility in Bengaluru campus to fabricate paper primarily based abrasive merchandise.

• FY23 – The corporate reported a income progress of 26% YoY in FY23 to Rs.2541 crs. The EBITDA had a progress of 25% YoY to Rs.498 crs in FY23 with an EBITDA margin of 19.6%, a decline of 30 bps from FY22. The Revenue after tax reported a progress of 23% YoY to Rs.362 crs in FY23 from Rs.295 crs in FY22. Phase clever, Abrasives reported a income progress of 12% YoY, adopted by Ceramics & Plastics with 47% YoY, Digital companies with 22% YoY and others with 64% YoY in FY23.

• Monetary Efficiency – The corporate’s income and PAT CAGR stands at 12% and 20% between FY18-23. The corporate has generated a cumulative working cashflow of round Rs.1275 crs within the final 5 years. The Working Cashflow to PAT (CFO/PAT) ratio stands at 98% in FY23 which signifies that the corporate is extraordinarily good at changing accounting revenue into money. The identical ratio for the common of final 5 years (FY19-23) stands sturdy at 105%.

Business:

India’s Capital Items manufacturing trade serves as a powerful base for its engagement throughout sectors resembling Engineering, Building, Infrastructure and Client items, amongst others. Capital Items sector contributes to 12% of India’s manufacturing output and 1.8% to GDP. Market valuation of the capital items trade was US$ 43.2 billion in FY22. India’s Goal Manufacturing measurement of capital items might be $ 112 Bn by 2025. The Indian machine instruments market measurement reached US$ 1.4 Billion in 2022 and is predicted to succeed in US$ 2.5 billion by 2028, exhibiting a progress price (CAGR) of 9.4% throughout 2023-28.  Indian machine software manufacturing and consumption had been estimated at Rs. 6,602 crore (US$ 879.38 million) and Rs. 12,036 crore (US$ 1.6 billion), respectively, in FY21, whereas exports stood at Rs. 531 crore (US$ 66.48 million). Manufacturing may very well be the sectoral chief on this cycle with a big push coming from the federal government and geo-political components now favouring India. The coverage reforms like tax concessions, PLI and duties/import bans are large drivers for investments to capitalise on China+1 sentiments.

Development Drivers:

• In Funds 2023-24, Authorities has dedicated an outlay of Rs. 10 lakh crore (US$ 120 billion) throughout 2023-24 in direction of infrastructure capital expenditure in comparison with Rs. 7.5 lakh crore (US$ 90 billion) (BE) throughout 2022–23

• City areas are anticipated to grow to be dwelling to 40% of India’s inhabitants and contribute to 75% of India’s GDP by 2030 with the rise in urbanization.

• Car penetration is predicted to succeed in 72 automobiles per 1000 folks by 2025.

Rivals: Carborundum Common

Peer Evaluation:

Grindwell (26%) and Carborundum (25%) enjoys the foremost a part of market share within the extremely concentrated Abrasives trade. These two gamers are dominant within the trade with few different small gamers and others who depend upon Chinese language imports. Grindwell is means forward of its competitors by way of Margins, return ratios and debt profile.

Outlook:

The contribution from Abrasives to the general income has been drastically decreased from 70% in FY14 to 50% in FY23. That is the results of the outperformance of Ceramics & Plastics phase of the corporate. The Ceramics & Plastics phase contributed 41% of the general gross sales in FY23 from simply 27% in FY24. This helped the corporate to diversify its income profile. The contribution to EBIT (Earnings earlier than Curiosity and Tax) is excessive from the Ceramics & Plastics phase at 50% in FY23 from simply 28% in FY14. The efficiency ceramics & plastics are excessive margin enterprise and the sturdy progress within the phase will ultimately result in a rise within the ROCE going ahead. We count on the corporate to learn from its newest acquisitions, excessive margin product enterprise, dad or mum help and the economic restoration in India put up covid together with the excessive capital funding outlay within the Funds 2023-24.

Valuation:

Grindwell Norton with its market chief standing backed by a big dad or mum group is a powerful play within the close to duopolistic abrasives market.  We advocate a BUY score within the inventory with the goal value (TP) of Rs.2230, 40x FY26E EPS.

Dangers:

• Demand associated Threat – Although the corporate has a diversified finish consumer portfolio, any slowdown within the demand from the foremost contributor like Auto & Auto ancillary sector will affect the income of the corporate.
• Technological Threat – Technological modifications within the abrasives trade is quite common and any lack of funding in upgrading the ability, expertise, and so on, will make the corporate out of date.
• Foreign exchange Threat – Firm imports a serious a part of its grain necessities. Any depreciation within the Indian rupee vs. its friends will depart a big problem for the corporate.

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