Rating Rationale
August 31, 2017 | Mumbai
R Systems International Limited
Ratings Reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.38 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL A/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A1 (Reaffirmed)
* Interchangeable with Letter of Credit, EPC, PCFC and PSC
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its ratings on the bank facilities of R Systems International Limited (R Systems) at 'CRISIL A/Stable/CRISIL A1'.
 
The ratings continues to reflect the company's healthy financial risk profile supported by adequate networth and strong liquidity. The rating also factors in R Systems' moderate business risk profile supported by industry and customer diversity.  These strengths are partially offset by R Systems' moderate scale of operations and geographical and customer concentration in its revenue profile.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at its ratings, CRISIL has combined the business and financial risk profiles of R Systems and its subsidiaries, which are an integral part of the company's business and are, therefore, critical to its credit risk profile.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Healthy financial risk profile, especially liquidity
Adjusted Networth was Rs 246 crore as on Dec 31, 2016, and cash and cash equivalents Rs 120 crore. Debt protection metrics are strong because of negligible debt of Rs 2.4 crore. Steady accrual and moderate requirement will ensure financial risk profile will remain strong.
 
* Moderate business risk profile, supported by industry and customer diversity
The company has over 160 customers in 40 countries across diversified verticals such as banking and finance, independent software vendors, telecom and digital media, government, healthcare, and manufacturing and logistic industries. The company derives majority of its revenues, about 93% during 2017, from software development and customisation services (SDCS) during 2017. Within SDCS, more than 90% of revenue comes from its integrated product life cycle management solutions. Business risk profile also benefits from high customer diversity, with no customer contributing more than 6% to overall revenue.
 
Weaknesses
* High geographical concentration in revenue
Though R Systems has more than 160 customers in over 40 countries, US and Europe accounted for 59% and 18%, respectively, of its revenue in 2016; dependence on these geographies has been high at over 70% since 2006. High dependence on the US and Europe makes the company vulnerable to market slowdown and government policies in these regions.


* Modest scale of operations and profitability
Though the company has been in business for over 20 years and has been making small acquisitions since 2002, it has only gradually ramped up operations compared with peers. Profitability of 12.5% during 2016 also ranks below more established Tier II players in the industry who register margins between 15 to 20%. Profitability moderated to about 6% during the six months of 2017 due to sluggish revenue growth, currency fluctuations, and recognition of provision against bad debt. CRISIL believes R Systems' operating profitability will improve gradually driven by revenue growth and shift toward digital technology.
Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes R Systems will continue to maintain its healthy financial risk profile over the medium term, supported by negligible debt levels, healthy liquid surplus, and conservative financial policies. The outlook may be revised to 'Positive' if there is a substantial improvement in business risk profile driven by healthy revenue growth and strong improvement in profitability leading to better cash generation. The outlook may be revised to 'Negative' if profitability continues to remain weak at about 5%-6% or if there is a material decline in revenue or significant debt-funded capex or acquisitions results in weakening of financial risk profile.

About the Company

R Systems was promoted in 1993 by Mr. Satinder Singh Rekhi as a private limited company. It was reconstituted as a public limited company in April 2000 and came out with its initial public offering in 2006. As on December 31, 2016, the promoters held around 50.85% per cent of R Systems' equity shares.
 
The company is a leading provider of software product engineering and ITeS services and solutions. Clientele includes Fortune 1000, government, and mid-sized organisations across a wide range of industry verticals including banking and finance, independent software vendors, telecom and digital media, government, healthcare, and manufacturing and logistic industries. As on December 31, 2016, R Systems maintains fifteen development and service centres to serve customers in USA, Europe and the Far East. About 77% of revenue comes from the US and Europe.
 
For 2016, R Systems, on a consolidated basis, reported a net profit of Rs 53.7 crore on net sales of Rs 588 crore, against net profit of Rs 97.8 crore (including exceptional profit of Rs 57 crore) on net revenue of Rs 605 crore for 2015. For the six months ended June 2017, R Systems reported a net profit of Rs 9.92 crore on net sales of Rs 292 crore, against a net profit of Rs 24.32 crore on net sales of Rs 291 crore in six months ended June 2016.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2016 2015
Revenue Rs. Cr. 589 607
Profit After Tax Rs. Cr. 50 97
PAT Margin % 8.4 15.9
Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth Times NA NA
Interest coverage Times  105.10 96.02

Any other information
R Systems has not declared any dividend during 2016 but has completed a share buy-back of Rs 19.5 crore during the year. 

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
ISIN Name of Instrument Date of Allotment Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Date Issue Size (Rs. Cr) Rating Assigned with Outlook
NA Cash Credit* NA NA NA 20.0 CRISIL A/Stable
NA Loan Equivalent Risk limits NA NA NA 18.0 CRISIL A1
* Interchangeable with Letter of Credit, Export Packing Credit (EPC), Pre Shipment credit in Foreign currency (PCFC) and Pre shipment credit(PSC)
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2017 (History) 2016  2015  2014  Start of 2014
Instrument Type Quantum Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  38  CRISIL A/Stable/ CRISIL A1    No Rating Change    No Rating Change    No Rating Change  09-06-14  CRISIL A/Stable/ CRISIL A1  CRISIL A/Stable 
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST    --    --    --    --    --  CRISIL A1 
Table reflects instances where rating is changed or freshly assigned. 'No Rating Change' implies that there was no rating change under the release.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Cash Credit* 20 CRISIL A/Stable Cash Credit* 20 CRISIL A/Stable
Loan Equivalent Risk Limits 18 CRISIL A1 Derivatives Facility 18 CRISIL A1
Total 38 -- Total 38 --
* Interchangeable with Letter of Credit, Export Packing Credit (EPC), Pre Shipment credit in Foreign currency (PCFC) and Pre shipment credit(PSC)
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
Rating Criteria for Software Industry
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation
Criteria for rating Short-Term Debt (including Commercial Paper)

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