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PC Jeweller IPO looks fairly placed -Anand Rathi Sec


PC Jeweller is entering the capital market on 10th December 2012 through a fresh issue of 4.51 crore equity shares of Rs.10 each, priced in the band of Rs. 125 to Rs. 135 per share. A discount of Rs. 5 per share will be offered to the retail investors. Company will raise Rs. 556 crore and Rs. 601 crore, at the lower and upper end of the price band, respectively. Representing 25.20% of the fully diluted post issue paid-up capital of the company, the issue closes on 12th December 2012.


Objects of the Issue
1) To finance establishment of new showrooms (estimated required fund of Rs. 516.8crs)
2) General corporate purposes

Recommendation
Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers, one of the leading brokerage and research house has recommended subscription to the PCJ IPO.

The company has been showing good traction in the performance, looking at its expansion track record and future plans shows good potential in the company. Comparing to its peers it looks fairly placed in terms of size, brand recognition and showroom counts. At higher price band the stock trades at 7.8x its FY12 earnings and with good return ratios over a period of time we feel that investors can SUBSCRIBE to the issue.

Peer comparison
Name of the company  Sales  FV  PE  EPS  RONW %  NAV
(Rupees in crs)
PC Jeweller 3041.9 10 7.86 17.17 41 41.48
Titan Industries  8838.3 1 45.27 6.76 41.39 16.33
Gitanjali gems  7755.4 10 16.07 29.43 10.2 277.8
TBZ  1385.4 10 23.95 11.44 35.4 31.92
Note: Financials are for FY12
PCJ PE, calculated @135








Company Description

It is one of the leading jewellery companies in India and their operations include the manufacture, retail and export of jewellery. They have a strong brand name in North and central India. They offer wide range of products including gold and diamond jewellery and other jewellery including silver articles with a focus on diamond jewellery and wedding jewellery. For Sep 2012 the domestic gold jewellery, diamond jewellery and other jewellery contributed 67.1%, 32.6% and 0.3% respectively of the revenue from domestic sales.

As on Sep 2012 they have 30 showrooms under the “PC jeweler” brand and located across 23 cities in North and Central India with an aggregate area of 1,64,572 sq ft., of these showrooms, 27 are large format (with an area of 3,000 sq ft. or more) including 11 showrooms which have an area of more than 5,000 sq ft. and of which 4 are more
than 10,000 sq ft.

They have 2 manufacturing facilities in Selaqui, Dehradun, Uttarakhand that cater to the sales in India, they also have 2 facilities at Noida SEZ, Uttar Pradesh that cater to the export sales.

Business Highlights

Further expand the retail network
They intend to open an additional 20 showrooms by fiscal 2014 across India including Southern region and western parts of India. This will take the count of showrooms to 50 by FY14 if the expansions are on track.

Export comprises of good share of revenue
For Sep 2012 end export consists of 32.6% of the total revenue. They also export gold and diamond jewellery on a wholesale basis to international distributors in Dubai and Hong Kong.

Network of strategically large format showrooms
With 30 showrooms across 23 cities in North and Central India with an aggregate area of 1,64,572 sq ft., major showrooms are in the area of Karol Bagh and South Extension in New Delhi and Gurgaon and Panchkula in Haryana. These are typically in the high street areas, which give higher visibility and customer traffic.

Continue to increase focus on diamond and the higher margin jewellery sales
They continue to increase their focus on diamond jewellery and other precious stone jewellery, as these typically involve higher profit margins than other types of jewellery. Domestic diamond jewellery sales constituted of 32.6% for Sep 2012 and 21.9% of the total revenue operations in the same period.

Strong Financials
The financials for the company show consistent improvement in the business with increasing profitability levels including EBITDA and PAT margins and comfortable ROCE, RONW, gearing and interest coverage ratios.

Particulars (Rs. In crs)  12-Sep  FY12
Total Income   2064.2 3674.2
Total Exp  1886.8 3409.2
PBT  177.44 265
Current tax 36.3 53.4
MAT - -19.31
Deferred tax -0.3 -0.3
PAT  141.5 231.2
Equity 133.9 133.9
FV  10 10
EPS  10.57 17.27
Ratios  FY12  FY11  FY10
ROCE %  43.02 57.75 40.63
RONW %  52.24 57.61 50.08
Average collection period (days)  67 63 76
Average creditors (days)  103 102 98
Average Inventory (days) 122 92 111
Operating cycle (days)]  86 53 89
Source: RHP








Concerns
- Competition from unorganized sector.
- Changes in prices of gold, diamond and other precious metals.

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