Ratio Analysis of ITC
Ratio Analysis of ITC
Ratio Analysis of ITC
The assignment assigned was to analyze the Annual Report of any company
in the country and to study its financial health. ITC Ltd. is one of India’s
biggest companies (under the leadership of Mr. Y.C. Deweshwar) in a sector
that has rapidly grown over the last few years. ITC Ltd. has been able to
diversify successfully.
Through this report, we try and analyze and evaluate the various ratios to
appreciate their impact on company’s performance over the last few years.A
Dupont analysis is also done to check the credibility of company as per
shareholders, financial analysts and other mutual funds.
The financial statements of last few years are identified, studied and
interpreted in light of company’s performance. As a benchmark, we also
analyze various components of the company vis-à-vis other competitors in
the same segment.
2. Prospects of FMCG Sector
The fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector would witness over 40 per
cent growth in the semi-urban and urban areas, according to an analysis
carried out by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
on `Future prospects of FMCG'.
The size of the sector would go up from the present Rs 38,500 crore to Rs
50,000 crore by 2010, says the analysis.
In urban India alone, the sector would witness over 100 per cent growth with
its size increasing to Rs 35,000 crore by 2010 from the present Rs 16,500
crore, says the analysis adding that the overall size of the sector, which
would include the rural and semi-urban market, would grow to Rs 85,000
crore.
Over the years the FMCG sector has registering an increase of double digit
per cent. Currently, the urban market for FMCG is growing at an annual
growth rate of around 20 per cent while the growth for semi-urban and rural
areas is less than 10 per cent, says the analysis.
Though the semi-urban and urban market for FMCG would grow larger,
according to the analysis, it is bound to put a severe pressure on the margins
of manufacturers of FMCG products due to intense competition. With 12.2%
of the world population living in the villages of India, the Indian rural FMCG
market is something no one can overlook. More focus on farm sector will
boost the rural income thus providing better growth prospects to the FMCG
companies. Better infrastructure facilities will improve their supply chain.
Also, with rising income and growing consumerism, FMCG sectors are likely
to benefit. Growth potential for all the FMCG companies is huge as the per
capita consumption of almost all products in the country is amongst the
lowest in the world. Further, if these companies can change consumer’s
mindset and offer new generation products, they would be able to generate
higher growth in the future.
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3. Company Overview
ITC's production facilities and hotels have won numerous national and
international awards for quality, productivity, safety and environment
management systems. ITC was the first company in India to voluntarily seek
a corporate governance rating.
ITC employs over 24,000 people at more than 60 locations across India. The
Company continuously endeavors to enhance its wealth generating
capabilities in a globalizing environment to consistently reward more than
3,81,000 shareholders, fulfill the aspirations of its stakeholders and meet
societal expectations. This over-arching vision of the company is
expressively captured in its corporate positioning statement: "Enduring
Value. For the nation. For the Shareholder."
HISTORY OF ITC
TC was incorporated on August 24, 1910 under the name of 'Imperial
Tobacco Company of India Limited'. Its beginnings were humble. A leased
office on Radha Bazar Lane, Kolkata, was the centre of the Company's
existence. The Company celebrated its 16th birthday on August 24, 1926, by
purchasing the plot of land situated at 37, Chowringhee, (now renamed J.L.
Nehru Road) Kolkata, for the sum of Rs 310,000. This decision of the
Company was historic in more ways than one. It was to mark the beginning
of a long and eventful journey into India's future. The Company's
headquarter building, 'Virginia House', which came up on that plot of land
two years later, would go on to become one of Kolkata's most venerated
landmarks. The Company's ownership progressively Indianised, and the
name of the Company was changed to I.T.C. Limited in 1974. In recognition
of the Company's multi-business portfolio encompassing a wide range of
businesses - Cigarettes & Tobacco, Hotels, Information Technology,
Packaging, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Agri-Exports, Foods, Lifestyle
Retailing and Greeting Gifting & Stationery - the full stops in the Company's
name were removed effective September 18, 2001. The Company now
stands rechristened 'ITC Limited'.
Though the first six decades of the Company's existence were primarily
devoted to the growth and consolidation of the Cigarettes and Leaf
Tobacco businesses, the Seventies witnessed the beginnings of a corporate
transformation that would usher in momentous changes in the life of the
Company.
In 1975 the Company launched its Hotels business with the acquisition of a
hotel in Chennai which was rechristened 'ITC-Welcomgroup Hotel Chola'.
The objective of ITC's entry into the hotels business was rooted in the
concept of creating value for the nation. ITC chose the hotels business for its
potential to earn high levels of foreign exchange, create tourism
infrastructure and generate large scale direct and indirect employment.
Since then ITC's Hotels business has grown to occupy a position of
leadership, with over 70 owned and managed properties spread across India.
In 1985, ITC set up Surya Tobacco Co. in Nepal as an Indo-Nepal and British
joint venture. Since inception, its shares have been held by ITC, British
American Tobacco and various independent shareholders in Nepal. In August
2002, Surya Tobacco became a subsidiary of ITC Limited and its name was
changed to Surya Nepal Private Limited (Surya Nepal).
Also in 1990, leveraging its agri-sourcing competency, ITC set up the Agri
Business Division for export of agri-commodities. The Division is today one
of India's largest exporters. ITC's unique and now widely acknowledged e-
Choupal initiative began in 2000 with soya farmers in Madhya Pradesh. Now
it extends to 10 states covering over 4 million farmers. ITC's first rural mall,
christened 'Choupal Saagar' was inaugurated in August 2004 at Sehore. On
the rural retail front, 24 'Choupal Saagars' are now operatonal in the 3 states
of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
In 2000, ITC launched a line of high quality greeting cards under the
brand name 'Expressions'. In 2002, the product range was enlarged with
the introduction of Gift wrappers, Autograph books and Slam books. In
the same year, ITC also launched 'Expressions Matrubhasha', a
vernacular range of greeting cards in eight languages and 'Expressions
Paperkraft', a range of premium stationery products. In 2003, the company
rolled out 'Classmate', a range of notebooks in the school stationery
segment.
ITC also entered the Lifestyle Retailing business with the Wills Sport range
of international quality relaxed wear for men and women in 2000. The Wills
Lifestyle chain of exclusive stores later expanded its range to include Wills
Classic formal wear (2002) and Wills Clublife evening wear (2003). ITC
also initiated a foray into the popular segment with its men's wear brand,
John Players, in 2002. In 2006, Wills Lifestyle became title partner of the
country's most premier fashion event - Wills Lifestyle India Fashion
Week - that has gained recognition from buyers and retailers as the single
largest B-2-B platform for the Fashion Design industry. To mark the occasion,
ITC launched a special 'Celebration Series', taking the event forward to
consumers. In 2007, the Company introduced 'Miss Players'- a fashion
brand in the popular segment for the young woman.
In 2000, ITC spun off its information technology business into a wholly owned
subsidiary, ITC Infotech India Limited, to more aggressively pursue
emerging opportunities in this area. Today ITC Infotech is one of India’s
fastest growing global IT and IT-enabled services companies and has
established itself as a key player in offshore outsourcing, providing
outsourced IT solutions and services to leading global customers across key
focus verticals - Manufacturing, BFSI (Banking, Financial Services &
Insurance), CPG&R (Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail), THT (Travel,
Hospitality and Transportation) and Media & Entertainment.
Source:
http://itcportal.com
4. Financial Statement Analysis
1. Liquidity Ratios
Year 2008
a. Current ratio: Current assets / Current Liabilities
The current ratio of 1.58 times says that the company is in relatively good
short-term financial standings.
The reason why the ratio increases mainly is because of a more than
proportionate increase of the Current Assets when compared to the Current
Liabilities.
Refer Table # 1
1. Liquidity Ratios
Year 2008
b. Quick ratio or Acid test ratio: (Current assets - inventories)/
Current Liabilities
The company has also shown an increasing trend in the liquidity ratio over
the years. The current assets (less inventories) have again increased more
than proportionately reflecting in an increasing liquidity ratio.
Refer Table # 1
1. Liquidity Ratios
Year 2008
c. Cash ratio or Absolute liquidity ratio: (Cash + Marketable
securities)
/Current liabilities
II.3c:Cash and bank Balances 570.25
Add: Marketable securities 0.0
570.25
II.4: Current liabilities and provisions 4432.3
(II.3c)/(II.4) 0.13
The cash ratio of 0.13 times says that the company is not in the position to
very quickly liquidate its assets and cover short-term liabilities. But there is
no such liquidity need for the company and so the small value of the ratio has
no such important implications. (The ratio is of interest to short-term
creditors)
The absolute cash ratio follows more or less the same trend as the other two
liquidity measures. The increase again is because of a more than
proportionate increase in the cash items (and near cash items) of ITC Limited.
Refer Table # 1
2. Solvency Ratios
Year 2008
a. Debt – equity ratio: Long term debt/ equity (net worth)
The ratio of 0.018 times, which means that the company has not been
aggressive in financing its growth with debt. Thus its earnings are stable. The
company has better support from the shareholders.
Over the years, ITC Limited has shown a mix-match of the debt-equity ratio.
Refer Table # 1
2. Solvency Ratios
Year 2008
b. Debt ratio: debt (long term)/ (debt (long term) + equity) or debt
/capital employed
The ratio of 0.018 times signifies that the company has employed more
capitals over its debts. Thus the company is efficiently utilizing its loan funds.
2. Solvency Ratios
Year 2008
c. Interest Coverage ratio : (earnings before interest and tax) /
Interest
The ratio of 6178.1 times is magnificently very high and hence the company
has very sound financial position. It has no tension of paying interests over its
loans.
Refer Table # 1
3. Turnover Ratios
Year 2008
a. Inventory turnover: Cost of goods sold or net sales /Average (or
closing) inventory.
The ratio of 3.15 times signifies that the company is efficient in selling its
stocks.
3. Turnover Ratios
Year 2008
b. Days of Inventory holding: Number of days in the year (say 360)/
Inventory turnover ratio.
116
3. days or about four months periods for the liquidation of stocks is quiet
efficient. Turnover Ratios
Year 2008
c. Debtors turnover ratio: Credit sales or net sales/ Average (or
closing) debtors (or accounts receivable (total debtors +bills
receivable)
P/L:IB:Net sales 13947.53
II.3b:Sundry debtors 736.93
(P/L:IB)/(II.3b) 18.93
The ratio of 18.93 times signifies that the company is getting good returns
and has no visible risk but benefits out of its debtors.
3. Turnover Ratios
Year 2008
d. Collection period: Number of days in the year (say 360)/ Debtors
turnover
The debt collection period of 19 days is quiet good and the company is
efficient in getting back its dues.
3. Turnover Ratios
Year 2008
e. Current assets turnover: Net sales/ Current assets
P/L:IB:Net sales 13947.53
II.3: Current assets, loans and advances 4432.30
((P/L:IB)/(II.3) 3.15
The ratio of 3.15 times signifies that, in spite of the current liabilities, the
company is efficient in making sales revenue.
3. Turnover Ratios
Year 2008
f. Net current assets turnover: Net sales/ Net current assets
The ratio of 5.39 times signifies that the company is highly efficient in
utilizing its net current assets and generating sales revenue.
3. Turnover Ratios
Year 2008
g. Fixed assets turnover: Net sales/ Net fixed assets
The ratio of 1.91 times signifies that the company is very efficiently utilizing
its fixed assets for generating sales revenue.
3. Turnover Ratios
Year 2008
h. Net assets turnover: Net sales/ Net assets or capital employed :
(Net assets = all assets – accumulated depreciation)
P/L:IB:Net sales 13947.53
II.1:Net Fixed Assets 7295.65
II.2: Investments 2934.55
Net Current assets 2586.97
Net assets 12817.17
(P/L:IB)/(NA) 1.09
4. Profitability Ratios
The ratio of 1.09 times signifies that the company is efficient in utilizing its
Year
net assets in2008
generating sales revenue but needs to improve more.
a. Profit Margin: (Profit before interest and tax (PBIT)/ Net
sales)×100
The ratio between the profit before interest and taxes (equal to the operating
income, in our case) to that of the sales for the given period during which the
profit has been earned is a measure of the profitability of the company for
that period.
The Profit margin of 32.78% is quiet impressive and the company is making
good profits.
ITC Limited has done well in the last few years and has continuously reported
higher and higher profit every subsequent time. The sales of the company
have also experienced a similar trend that has led to the expansion of profit.
Because the growth in the two components has nearly been equal, the ratio
between them has not changed significantly.
Refer Table # 1
4. Profitability Ratios
Year 2008
b. Net margin: Profit after tax (PAT) ×100 / Net sales
PAT or, the profit after tax is directly correlated with the profit before tax. The
interest component is the sole parameter that can differentiate the trend
followed by the ratio above and this one.
The net margin of 22.4% is quiet impressive, and the company is performing
well.
PAT for ITC Limited, like PBIT, has shown an upward trend. The financing
decisions and also the tax have altered the overall impact on the profitability
of the company.
4. Profitability Ratios
Year 2008
c. Net assets turnover: Net sales/ Net assets or capital employed :
(Net assets = all assets – accumulated depreciation)
P/L:III:Profit before taxation and 5471.77
Exceptional items
II.1:Net Fixed Assets 7295.65
II.2: Investments 2934.55
Net Current assets 2587.97
Net assets 12817.17
(P/L:IB)/(NA)x100 42.69
4. Profitability Ratios
Year 2008
d. Return on equity: (PAT/Equity (net worth)) ×100
The ratio of net income after taxes to total end of the year net-worth of the
company is called the RONW for that company. This ratio indicates the return
on stockholder's total equity that is invested in the business.
The ratio of 25.88% is quiet good and the company is utilizing the
shareholders funds in a better way.
Refer Table # 1
5. Equity-related Ratios
Year 2008
a. Earning per share (EPS): PAT/Number of ordinary shares
Earnings per share, as it is called, are a company's profit after tax (PAT)
divided by its number of outstanding (equity) shares. It is therefore measured
as the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of
common stock. EPS serves as an indicator of a company's profitability.
It is to be noted that there was a stock split in the year 2005-06 due to which
the face value of the shares changes from Rs. 10/- per share to from Rs. 1/-
per share.
Refer Table # 1
5. Equity-related Ratios
Year 2008
b. Dividends per share (EPS): PAT/Number of ordinary shares
Dividend per share (DPS) is a simple and intuitive number. It is the amount of
the dividend that shareholders have (or will) receive, over a year, for each
share they own. As mentioned earlier, there was a stock split for ITC Limited
in the year 2005-06 that resulted in more than a 10 fold increase in the
number of equity shares in the market.
Refer Table # 1
5. Equity-related Ratios
Year 2008
c. Pay out ratios: DPS/EPS or Dividends/PAT
DPS 3.5
EPS 8.28
(DPS)/(EPS) .42
5. Equity-related Ratios
Year 2008
e. Price/Earning ratio: Market value per share/ EPS
Price-Earnings ratio is a measure of the price paid for a share relative to the
income or profit earned by the firm per share. A higher P/E ratio means that
investors are paying more for each unit of income.
Refer Table # 1
5. Equity-related Ratios
Year 2008
g. Book value per share: Net worth/ Number of ordinary shares
The return on capital employed is another measure of the returns that the
business generates. This is expressed as the ratio between the profit before
interest and taxes (PBIT) to the Capital Employed (Loans and Owner’s Fund)
in the business. The ROCE of 35.67% signifies that the company is getting
good return out of its investment decisions.
Refer Table # 1
6. Equity-related Ratios
Year 2008
b. Return on assets or earning power (ROTA): (PAT/ Average total
assets (of the given years, here 2006&07)) ×100 or ((PAT+
Interest)/Average fixed assets) ×100
The return on Total Assets is yet another method of calculating the return of
the company. This is calculated by taking the ratio between the PBIT (Profit
before Interest and Taxes) to the Total Assets of the company.
Earning power of the company, i.e. 19.37% is quiet good and the company is
doing well.
Refer Table # 1
6. Equity-related Ratios
Year 2008
c. ROTSE (return on total shareholders equity): (PAT/ Total
shareholders equity) ×100
The ratio (25.88 times) is same as that of “Return on equity”, since there
are no preference shares.
Du Pont analysis for year 2008:
Net Profit after Tax: 3120.10
Net sales: 13947.53
Net Profit Margin: 22.27%