About the Company
Adani Wilmar (AWL) is a JV between Adani Enterprises and Wilmar International, which offers most of the essential kitchen commodities for Indian consumers, including edible oil, wheat flour, rice, pulses, and sugar. The company’s business is categorized into 1) Edible Oil (82% of revenue): AWL is the largest player in branded edible oil, with 25% of India’s refining capacity, and has 2x market share of the next competitor. 2) Packaged Food and FMCG (5%): It ranks among the top 3 players in foods in India. 3) Industry Essentials (13%): It ranks first and is the world’s largest castor oil player, most of which is exported to Europe, the US and China. AWL produces 32% of the country’s stearic acid requirement, 23% of glycerine requirement and 9% of soap noodles requirement. It operates in 28 states and 8 UTs with 10 crushing units and 19 refineries, and the business spans to 1.6mn retail outlets. The company’s “Fortune” flagship brand is the largest-selling edible oil brand in India. Rural population contributes to 30%-35% of the edible oil share. Recently, AWL has focused on value-added products and has launched edible oil products, rice bran health oil, fortified foods, khichdi etc. The company has strong raw material sourcing capabilities and was India’s largest importer of crude edible oil as of FY21. AWL’s edible oil refinery in Mundra is one of the largest single-location refineries in India with a capacity of 5,000MT per day. In addition to the 22 plants, the company also used 36 leased tolling units as of Sept’21 for additional manufacturing capacities. The IPO’s price band is fixed at Rs218-230 per share, raising Rs36bn (at a higher band) with the fresh issue. The objective of the issue is to fund the capex of existing manufacturing facilities and develop new manufacturing facilities. The company also plans to repay its borrowings and fund strategic acquisitions.
Financials in Brief
AWL has been mostly resilient to the fallouts from the Covid pandemic. Despite a dip in the EBITDA margin from 4.4% in FY20 to 3.6% in FY21, the company reported a 62% YoY jump in PAT at Rs6.6bn, led by the saving in interest cost, which also helped to improve the net margin to 1.8% in FY21, from 1.4% in FY20. Debt-to-equity improved from 0.9x in FY20 to 0.6x in FY21. For 1HFY22, its revenue jumped by 54% YoY to Rs248bn, with an EBITDA of Rs8bn (up 23% YoY) and PAT of Rs3.3bn (up 36% YoY).
Our View: SUBSCRIBE
On FY22 annualized financials, the IPO is valued at 19x EV/EBITDA, 0.6x EV/sales and 44.6x P/E. On FY22 annualized financials, the IPO is valued at 19x EV/EBITDA, 0.6x EV/sales and 44.6x P/E. The IPO is available at ~53x TTM PE vs. the industry average of 67x TTM PE, which is a discount of ~21%. AWL is the largest player in branded edible oil, with 25% of India’s refining capacity, and has 2x market share of the next competitor. The company’s market share increased from 17% in FY20 to 18.3% in FY21, and it believes that there is great opportunity to increase it further on the back of a strong brand equity and fragmented nature of the branded market. AWL ranks #1 in large categories of soya oil & mustard oil. The company believes that a player has to be present in all types of oils that the country consumes and offer multiple SKUs across the price spectrum. Currently, its export business comprises of 3 portfolios namely food (~Rs4bn revenue), oleochemicals (~Rs15bn) and castor oil (~Rs25bn), and it looks to add more products to exports, going ahead. India would consume more value-added functional products as people are becoming aware of health issues. AWL continues to focus on sustainability and with a professional and experienced board, it looks to grow over the years. In view of the differentiated product portfolio, leading market position and extensive distribution network, decent financials, likely margin improvement from current level and valuation comfort compared to peers, we recommend SUBSCRIBE to the issue.
