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19-Mar-21
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Godrej Industries Limited: [ICRA]AA (Stable) assigned to Rs. 1,500 crore proposed NonConvertible Debenture programme
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Rationale
The rating takes into
account the status of Godrej Industries Limited (GIL) as the flagship company
of the Godrej Group and its leadership position in its core business of
oleochemicals in the domestic market. GIL has a healthy portfolio of
investments in the Group companies, which provides a stable source of dividend
income and lends financial flexibility because of its market value, which is
significantly higher than its net debt outstanding. Besides being an investment
holding company, GIL's standalone business profile remains restricted to its
oleochemicals and estate management businesses. Over the years, GIL has
gradually evolved as a holding company for the Group's new business initiatives
and has demonstrated its capability to incubate businesses. While the ratings
favourably factor in the diverse business profile of GIL's investee companies,
its credit profile remains vulnerable to their performances and funding
requirements. In 9M FY2021, GIL reported ~13% YoY decline in its operating
income (OI), primarily due to lower dividend income from its investee
companies. This further resulted in a net loss of Rs. 66.1 crore in 9M FY2021,
against a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 29.8 crore in 9M FY2020. Its financial
profile remains vulnerable to the cyclicality in its oleochemicals business,
which has remained volatile over the years owing to fluctuating raw material
prices. The company's leverage and coverage indicators remain moderate. ICRA
notes that GIL's reliance on short-term borrowings for meeting its funding
requirements leads to refinancing risks. Nonetheless, following the issue of
Rs. 1,500 crore nonconvertible debentures in the current fiscal, its debt mix
has improved sequentially. Furthermore, GIL has announced fund raising for an
amount not exceeding Rs. 1,500 crore through debt instruments over the next one
year to fund the expansion and diversification into housing finance and
non-banking finance business through acquisition of 51.16% stake (to be further
increased to 81.25%) in Pyxis Holdings Private Limited (PHPL) and 95% stake in
Godrej Housing Finance Limited (GHFL) from Anamudi Real Estates LLP (AREL).
Coupled with the ongoing investment and capital expenditure (capex) plans, this
acquisition will result in an increase in GIL's standalone net leverage (net
debt/OPBDITA1 ) over the next few years. However, ICRA draws comfort from the
sizeable market value of GIL's listed investments vis-à-vis its net debt
outstanding, which lends high financial flexibility. GIL has a track record of
monetising investments to support its cash flows, whenever required, and ICRA
expects this trend to continue. ICRA notes that the volatile stock market
conditions may reduce GIL's financial flexibility derived from the market value
of its listed investments in Group entities. ICRA notes that the acquisition
will result in diversification of GIL's business areas into housing finance and
non-banking finance and leverage the Group's established presence in the real
estate sector via Godrej Properties Limited. However, the company's ability to
scale up and generate cash flows from the financial services business, thereby
leading to an improvement in the credit metrics, would be a key monitorable.
The Stable outlook reflects ICRA's opinion that GIL will continue to benefit
from the significant market value of its listed investments, which lends strong
financial flexibility.
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