Sharda Motor Industries Ltd.

Initiating Coverage
Sharda Motor Industries Ltd.

December 13, 2021

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Industry LTP Recommendation Base Case Fair Value Bull Case Fair Value Time Horizon

Auto Ancillaries Rs 836 Buy in Rs 830-845 band & add more on dips to Rs 735-750 band Rs 915 Rs 990 2 quarters

HDFC Scrip Code SHAMOT Our Take:

BSE Code 535602 Sharda Motor Industries Ltd. (SMIL) is a leading auto-ancillary company supplying exhaust and suspension systems to major OEMs. The
NSE Code SHARDAMOTR company is benefitting from the BS-VI implementation and prepared with products to meet the next significant update in emission norms
Bloomberg SHMO IN for CEV and tractors. It has entered in JV with Eberspaecher to manufacture commercial vehicle exhaust systems in India which would
CMP Dec 10 , 2021 835.8 double its addressable CV/CEV market (>2.5L) and increase content per equipment by more than 100%. Even in the PV segment its content
Equity Capital (Rs cr) 6.0 per vehicle is expected to increase by 15% with the implementation of Real Driving Emissions (RDE) norms.
Face Value (Rs) 2
Equity Share O/S (cr) 3.0 It has also forayed into EV space through a JV with Kinetic Green for developing Battery Packs with Battery Management Systems (BMS) for
Market Cap (Rs cr) 2492 electric vehicles and stationary applications. SMIL aims to become powertrain agnostic in the next 5-10 years. While SMIL could benefit out
Book Value (Rs) 749.1 of industry growth of PV and CV, implementation of TREM-IV from Oct’21 and turnaround in its JV with Eberspaecher till FY24, post that the
Avg. 52 Wk Volumes 45,100 growth due to TREM V implementation will be even faster.
52 Week High (Rs) 860.0
52 Week Low (Rs) 311.1 Valuation & Recommendation:
We expect SMIL’s revenue/EBITDA/PAT to grow at 21/35/53% CAGR over FY21-FY24, led by increased content per vehicle in both the PV
Share holding Pattern % (Sep, 2021) and CV segment, improvement in JV profitability and operating leverage. The company is debt-free, holds substantial cash and cash
Promoters 73.2 equivalents with healthy return ratios and available at inexpensive valuation considering the strong growth prospects. We believe investors
Institutions 0.4 can buy the stock in Rs 830-845 band and add on dips to Rs 735-750 band (10.5x Sep-23E EPS) for a base case fair value of Rs 915 (13x Sep-
Non Institutions 26.4 23E EPS) and bull case fair value of Rs 990 (14x Sep-23E EPS) over the next 2 quarters.
Total 100.0
Financial Summary
Particulars (Rs cr) Q2FY22 Q2FY21 YoY (%) Q1FY22 QoQ (%) FY21 FY22E FY23E FY24E
Operating Income 587 444 32.1 472 24.5 1,737 2,153 2,606 3,074
EBITDA 61 34 79.2 40 52.7 129 205 261 317
APAT 42 21 102.2 24 71.2 67 124 181 239
Diluted EPS (Rs) 14.0 6.9 102.2 8.2 71.2 22.4 41.8 60.7 80.2
* Refer at the end for explanation on Risk Ratings
RoE (%) 16.8 25.7 29.4 30.2
Fundamental Research Analyst P/E (x) 37.3 20.0 13.8 10.4
Atul Karwa
EV/EBITDA (x) 17.1 10.4 7.4 5.4
[email protected] (Source: Company, HDFC sec)

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Recent Developments
Q2FY22 Result Update
SMIL reported strong numbers for Q2FY22 with PAT doubling to Rs 42cr yoy and growing 71% sequentially. Consolidated revenue came in at
Rs 587cr, growing by 32% yoy. Gross Margins expanded 263bps to 20.4% driven by stable production. EBITDA increased by 79% yoy to Rs
61cr and EBITDA margin expanded 274bps led by gross margin improvement and higher capacity utilisation. Other income was higher at Rs
10cr against Rs 6cr in Q2FY21 on account of higher investments made by the company. The company has undertaken cost optimising
initiatives in its JV with Eberspacher and expects to breakeven in the next 3-4 quarters with a pickup in CV volumes.

Key Triggers
PV/CV regulation changes to drive strong topline growth
The new emission norms for construction equipment vehicles (CEV-IV) have been implemented from Apr 1, 2021 (for high powered), CEV-V
norms from April 2024 (for low powered) and for agricultural tractors and other equipment (TREM-IV- for higher HP) from October 1, 2021.
With the implementation of new emission norms, the addressable market segment for the company is expected to grow sharply in the next
5 years and content per equipment is likely to increase by more than 100%. TREM - IV norms were earlier intended to be implemented from
Oct 1, 2020. Further, the next stage of emission norms for construction equipment vehicles and tractors i.e. CEV-V and TREM-V (for lower
HP) is scheduled to be implemented from Apr 1, 2024 which would further increase the addressable market/content per vehicle for the
company and lead to strong topline growth over the medium term.

BS-VI (homologation) for PV got implemented from April 01, 2020 and this helped SMIL to show a sharp jump in sales in FY20 and FY21. In
the PV segment the government would be enforcing BS-VI norms on RDE norm Apr 1, 2023. RDE is the most preferred emission regulation
method since it is aimed at reducing the gap between type-approval emission that occur during the certification (homologation) testing
phase and those in the real world. Under these norms, car manufacturers will be made to randomly pick three customer vehicles every year
and test them for emissions. The exercise will be conducted in cooperation with government-backed vehicle test agencies that also issue
certification for a vehicle’s street-worthiness. RDE norms will result in addressable market CAGR of ~7% over the next 5 years and content
per vehicle is expected to increase by 10-15%.

Every higher emission norms results in higher costs and higher bought out component initially for SMIL. This leads to faster growth in
topline but slower growth in absolute operating profit. SMIL may manufacture some of this bought out components (like Catalyst) in house
to earn higher margins.

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JV performance set to improve
In FY19, SMIL had formed a 50:50 JV with Germany based Eberspaecher Exhaust Technology International to manufacture commercial
vehicle exhaust systems in India (SMIL investment Rs 37.5cr as of March 2021). The JV develops, produces and sells exhaust after treatment
systems for Indian CV manufacturers meeting the latest BS-VI norms. The second plant of the JV in Pune has started commercial production.
The JV reported loss of Rs 23.1cr in FY21 on a turnover of ~Rs 140cr as CV sales were hit due to economic slowdown, Covid pandemic and
chip shortage. In H1FY22, it reported sales of Rs 67cr. However, the management is confident of faster than industry growth, as the
economy revives and CV sales pick up in H2FY22.

The Eberspächer Group of Companies is an international automotive supplier with 80 locations in 28 countries, having revenues of Euro
4.9bn in 2020. It brings in global know-how for the local market. The company is a segment leader in the developed economies with a 75%
market share in Europe and 50% market share in the US.

Foray into EV space

SMIL has also forayed into EV space by forming a 74:26 JV with Kinetic Green Energy for developing Battery Packs with Battery Management
Systems (BMS) for electric vehicles and stationery applications. The JV has inked a technical collaboration with Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras, for the same. Under the technical collaboration agreement, Centre for Battery Engineering and Electric Vehicle
(CBEEV), the research and development centre of IIT Madras, will provide technology for Li-ion battery energy storage for electric 2
wheelers, 3 wheelers and other small electric vehicles to the JV.

Kinetic Green Energy manufactures electric 3W and has sold around 30,000 units so far. Recently it emerged as one of the six lowest bidders
for an estimated Rs 3,000cr state-run Convergence Energy Services Ltd’s (CESL) tender to procure 100,000 electric 3W vehicles. The JV
would start production by Q3FY23 and KGEL would be the only customer. In the 2 nd phase, it would look at supplying sub-components to
other companies as well.

KGEL has recently introduced a one tonne vehicle which can carry 500 kgs of cargo and tied up with all leading e-commerce companies like
Amazon, Flipkart, Delhivery, Big Basket and their third-party logistics companies.

SMIL is taking small steps in this JV and is committing small sums at this point. Depending on the progress it is ready to commit higher sums
going forward.

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Strong cash generation
SMIL is well capitalised and does not have any significant capex plans in the near future. The company is debt-free and any capex
requirement would be funded through internal accruals. Consequently cash generation is expected to remain strong in the coming years
which the company intends to utilise for inorganic opportunities or return it to shareholders. SMIL had cash and current investments of Rs
286cr at the end of H1FY22.

Operating cash generation has been strong

(Source: Company, HDFCsec)

Focus on R&D
SMIL has a strong focus on R&D and develops a lot of products in-house which enable it to control development costs. Its R&D department
is headed by Dr S. Rajadurai, who is a world-renowned scientist in the field of catalysis, physical chemistry, and emission control, focused on
protection of the global environment. His research on solid oxide solutions, free radicals, catalyst structure sensitivity, catalytic converter
designs and exhaust system for emission control & noise control has revolutionized the field of chemistry.

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R&D Expenses trend

(Source: Company, HDFCsec)

Established market position and strong customer base

SMIL is a prominent player in the Indian automotive components industry with strong presence in both the spaces – exhaust systems and
suspension systems. Experience of around three decades in manufacturing exhaust systems has enabled the promoters to develop healthy
relationships with OEMs such as M&M, for which SMIL is the preferred supplier of independent front suspension systems. It also caters to
various models of Hyundai Motor India Ltd and Tata Motors. Apart from exhaust systems, SMIL manufactures and supplies various
suspension systems and also trades in catalytic convertors for its customers.

The JV with Eberspächer has enabled the company to manufacture exhaust systems for CV which could result in incremental opportunity
with companies where it is supplying exhaust system for PV.

Risk & Concern

Slowdown in automobile sales
The products of the company primarily cater to the automobile industry (PV and CV) and any slowdown in the industry could have a
significant impact on the company’s profitability.

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Losses in JV company
The JV with Eberspächer has been making losses due to lower CV sales in the last couple of years. The company has commenced production
at the 2nd plant and delays in revival of CV sales would further impact consolidated profits.

Susceptibility to increase in raw material prices and pricing pressure from OEMs
The company has limited bargaining power with OEMs, which periodically revise prices based on their financial standing and willingness. As
such, any benefit in operating margin comes with a lag.

Faster adoption of EV could render products obsolete

Large scale adoption of EV for passenger and commercial vehicles would take time in India. However, faster adoption could render many
products of the company obsolete in few years.

Covid related disruptions

The 3rd/4th wave of Covid is causing disruptions in western countries. Any such wave in domestic markets could derail the economic revival
and may negatively impact the auto volumes. Further, if the general economic slowdown extends further, it will impact the economy which
may have negative implications for the company. Chip shortage is impacting vehicle sales and hence the sales of SMIL could also get
affected going ahead if the situation does not improve soon.

Customer concentration
The top 3 customers accounted for ~80% of the FY21 revenue. Loss of any of these customers could have a substantial impact on the
company’s financials.

Any further postponement of the implementation schedule for the emission norms could postpone the revenue upside for SMIL.

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Company Background:
SMIL is the market leader in manufacturing of Exhaust System. It also manufactures Catalytic Converter, Independent Suspension, Seat
Frames, Seat Covers (Two Wheelers & Four Wheelers), Soft Top Canopies, and Pressed part- White goods products. Established in 1986,
SMIL is fully backward integrated and has nine manufacturing units including the JV plants, three sales offices and one world class R&D
center. Its plants are strategically located across the country – Nashik, Pune (Maharashtra), Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu), Haridwar
(Uttranchal), Gautam Budh Nagar, Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), & Sanand (Gujarat) – near the auto clusters. Capacity utilisation across
the plants is close to 85% and higher output requires incrementally smaller capex.

SMIL has a market share of ~30% in exhaust systems in the domestic PV industry catering to almost all major OEMs except Maruti. Ex-
Maruti its share is 60%. It also caters to major tractor manufacturers like Escorts, TAFE, Kubota, etc. and CV players like Tata Motors, Ashok
Leyland, Force Motors, etc. In addition, the company also supplies to non-auto players (for genset applications) like Cummins, Carriers,
and, others. Apart from SMIL, the other key players in the Indian market are Tenneco, Faurecia, JBM and Mark Exhaust in the exhaust
systems. In the CV segment SMIL has lower market share of 10-20% due to requirement of high technology, which post the recent JV, MIL
has and this could lead to higher market share going forward.

As a backward integration step, it also has 3 stamping plants managing all critical stamping in-house and two tube mills producing stainless
steel and aluminium steel tubes for exhaust systems. In the suspension segment it has market share of 7-8% with two manufacturing units
at Nashik and Pune.

Revenue breakup (FY21) Exhaust system revenue breakup

(Source: Company, HDFCsec)

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Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet
(Rs cr) FY20 FY21 FY22E FY23E FY24E As at March (Rs cr) FY20 FY21 FY22E FY23E FY24E
Net Revenues 863 1,737 2,153 2,606 3,074 SOURCE OF FUNDS
Growth (%) -24.3 101.2 24.0 21.0 18.0 Share Capital 6 6 6 6 6
Operating Expenses 767 1,607 1,949 2,345 2,758 Reserves 359 425 531 685 885
EBITDA 96 129 205 261 317 Shareholders' Funds 365 431 537 691 891
Growth (%) -34.0 34.8 58.3 27.4 21.5 Borrowings 0 0 0 0 0
EBITDA Margin (%) 11.1 7.4 9.5 10.0 10.3 Net Deferred Taxes 0 -4 -4 -4 -4
Depreciation 40 44 39 41 43 Other Non-curr. Liab. 10 12 14 22 22
Other Income 24 21 27 34 42 Total Source of Funds 375 439 547 709 909
EBIT 79 107 193 254 316 APPLICATION OF FUNDS
Interest expenses 1 1 2 2 3 Net Block & Goodwill 186 179 170 165 162
PBT 78 105 191 251 313 CWIP 1 0 0 0 0
Tax 21 27 48 64 79 Investments 40 41 131 281 461
PAT 58 79 142 188 234 Other Non-Curr. Assets 15 12 17 28 26
Share of Asso./Minority Int. -5 -12 -18 -7 5 Total Non-Current Assets 242 232 318 473 649
Adj. PAT 52 67 124 181 239 Inventories 107 139 211 262 285
Growth (%) -39.7 27.3 86.5 45.3 32.1 Trade Receivables 117 324 315 407 501
EPS 17.6 22.4 41.8 60.7 80.2 Cash & Equivalents 146 263 261 290 330
Other Current Assets 10 12 18 23 24
Total Current Assets 380 738 805 982 1141
Trade Payables 207 471 487 640 762
Other Current Liab & Provisions 40 59 89 106 119
Total Current Liabilities 247 530 576 746 880
Net Current Assets 133 207 229 236 261
Total Application of Funds 375 439 547 709 909

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Cash Flow Statement Key Ratios
(Rs cr) FY20 FY21 FY22E FY23E FY24E FY20 FY21 FY22E FY23E FY24E
PBT 78 105 173 244 318 Profitability Ratios (%)
Non-operating & EO items -174 -6 -4 -2 2 EBITDA Margin 11.1 7.4 9.5 10.0 10.3
Interest Expenses -5 -9 2 2 3 EBIT Margin 9.2 6.1 8.9 9.7 10.3
Depreciation 40 44 39 41 43 APAT Margin 6.1 3.8 5.8 6.9 7.8
Working Capital Change 17 45 -23 22 16 RoE 12.5 16.8 25.7 29.4 30.2
Tax Paid -21 -32 -48 -64 -79 RoCE 18.9 26.8 39.8 41.3 39.9
OPERATING CASH FLOW ( a ) -64 148 138 243 302 Solvency Ratio (x)
Capex -13 -24 -30 -35 -40 Net Debt/EBITDA -1.5 -2.0 -1.3 -1.1 -1.0
Free Cash Flow -77 124 108 208 262 Net D/E -0.4 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4
Investments 79 -13 -90 -150 -180 PER SHARE DATA (Rs)
Non-operating income 8 -116 0 0 0 EPS 17.6 22.4 41.8 60.7 80.2
INVESTING CASH FLOW ( b ) 73 -152 -120 -185 -220 CEPS 31.1 37.2 54.9 74.4 94.5
Debt Issuance / (Repaid) 0 0 0 0 0 BV 122.5 144.8 180.6 232.3 299.6
Interest Expenses -1 -1 -2 -2 -3 Dividend 0.0 2.6 6.0 9.0 13.0
FCFE 8 -6 16 56 79 Turnover Ratios (days)
Share Capital Issuance 0 0 0 0 0 Inventory 53 46 54 51 54
Dividend 0 0 -18 -27 -39 Debtor 44 26 30 33 32
FINANCING CASH FLOW ( c ) -1 -1 -20 -29 -41 Creditors 84 71 81 79 83
NET CASH FLOW (a+b+c) 8 -6 -2 29 40 VALUATION (x)
P/E 47.5 37.3 20.0 13.8 10.4
Price chart P/BV 6.8 5.8 4.6 3.6 2.8
EV/EBITDA 24.2 17.1 10.4 7.4 5.4
EV/Revenues 2.7 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.6
Dividend Yield (%) 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.6
Dividend Payout (%) 0.0 11.7 14.4 14.8 16.2
(Source: Company, HDFC sec)

(Source: Company, HDFC sec)

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