Rating Rationale
December 02, 2020 | Mumbai
AR Apparel
Ratings Reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.6.5 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL BB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A4+ (Reaffirmed)
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 AR Apparel (ARA; part of Jayachitra Group) at 'CRISIL BB/Stable/CRISIL A4+'.
 
The ratings continue to reflect the extensive experience of the promoters in the textile industry and a healthy financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by vulnerability to fluctuations in raw material prices, and a moderate scale of operations with customer concentration in revenue.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at the rating, CRISIL has combined the business and financial risk profiles of Jayachitra Garments (JG), Dinesh textile Mills (DTM), and AR. This is because all the companies, collectively referred to as the Jayachitra group, operate in similar lines of business, have a common management team, and have significant operational linkages.

Please refer Annexure - List of entities consolidated, which captures the list of entities considered and their analytical treatment of consolidation.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths:
* Extensive experience of the promoters: Benefits from the promoters' experience of more than two decades, a healthy relationship with customers and suppliers, and the ability to maintain good product quality while meeting stringent delivery deadlines should continue to support the business.
 
* Healthy financial risk profile: The networth and gearing were moderate, estimated at Rs 20.96 crore and 1.02 times, respectively, as on March 31, 2020. Debt protection metrics were also robust, with estimated interest coverage and net cash accrual to adjusted debt ratios of 5.64 times and 0.22 time, respectively, in fiscal 2020. The healthy financial risk profile is likely to be sustained in the absence of any significant debt-funded capital expenditure (capex) plans.
 
Weaknesses:
* Moderate scale of operations with customer concentration in revenue: Revenue was moderate, estimated Rs 101.63 crore for fiscal 2020 because of high fragmentation given the low entry barrier in the readymade garments segment. The group also has to compete with players from China (largest exporter of readymade garments), Pakistan, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam. Also, the top three customers contribute around 75% of the topline exposing it to significant customer concentration risk. Any change in the preferences of the customers might impact the group's revenue.

* Exposure to volatility in cotton and cotton yarn prices, and to fluctuation in demand: Operating performance remains susceptible to volatility in raw material prices. Fragmentation in the textile industry limits the ability to pass on any steep increase in raw material price to customers. Any change in customer preference will also affect performance.
Liquidity Adequate

Cash accrual is sufficient to meet repayment obligation, while bank limit utilisation is moderate. Cash accrual is estimated at Rs 4.5-6.50 crore per fiscal, against repayment obligation of Rs 0.95 crore in fiscal 2021 and Rs 3.71 crore in fiscal 2022. The group has access to a packing credit limit of Rs 19.75 crore and bill discounting limit of Rs 15.50 crore, which have been moderately utilised during the 12 months through October 2020. Further, it has availed a loan of Rs 7.99 crore to meet the Covid-19 stress, which will support liquidity. 

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes the Jayachitra group will continue to benefit from the extensive experience of the promoters.

Rating Sensitivity factors
Upward factors:
* An increase in revenue by over 20% per fiscal with a stable operating margin, leading to better cash accrual
* Improvement in the working capital cycle, thus strengthening the financial risk profile.
 
Downward factors:
* A decline in revenue or in the operating profitability margin by more than 250 basis points
* An increase in the gearing to more than 2 times, either due to a stretch in the working capital cycle or larger-than-expected debt-funded capex.
About the Group

The Jayachitra group is promoted by Ms Jayanathi her husband, Mr A Shanmugam, and their sons, Mr A S Dinesh and A S Rajesh. Mr Shanmugam's brother, Mr A Ramasamy, also assists in the business. The facilities are at Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.
 
Established in 1992 as a partnership firm by Ms Jayanthi and Mr A Ramasamy, JG manufactures readymade garments for women and children.
 
Set up in 2008, AR manufactures knit wear garments.
 
DTM, established in 2012, manufactures readymade garments primarily for children. The firm has in-house knitting, printing and embroidery facilities.

Key Financial Indicators - Consolidated
As on / for the period ended March 31   2019 2018
Operating income Rs crore 114.89 105.87
Reported profit after tax (PAT) Rs crore 3.36 3.06
PAT margin % 2.9 2.0
Adjusted debt/Adjusted networth Times 1.03 1.86
Interest coverage Times 3.35 3.39

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
CRISIL complexity levels are assigned to various types of financial instruments and are included (where applicable) in the Annexure -- Details of Instrument in this Rating Rationale. For more details on the CRISIL complexity levels, please visit www.crisil.com/complexity-levels.
Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
ISIN Name of instrument Date of allotment Coupon rate (%) Maturity date Issue size (Rs.Cr) Complexity
Levels
Rating assigned
with outlook
NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 0.02 NA CRISIL A4+
NA Bill Discounting NA NA NA 2 NA CRISIL BB/Stable
NA Packing Credit NA NA NA 2 NA CRISIL A4+
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 1.58 NA CRISIL BB/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA Mar-22 0.7 NA CRISIL BB/Stable
NA Working Capital Term Loan NA NA Aug-24 0.2 NA CRISIL BB/Stable
 
Annexure - List of entities consolidated
Names of Entities Consolidated Extent of Consolidation Rationale for Consolidation
Jayachitra Garments 100% Group entity with common promoters
Dinesh Textile Mills 100% Group entity with common promoters
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2020 (History) 2019  2018  2017  Start of 2017
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  6.48  CRISIL BB/Stable/ CRISIL A4+      05-11-19  CRISIL BB/Stable/ CRISIL A4+    --    --  -- 
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  0.02  CRISIL A4+      05-11-19  CRISIL A4+    --    --  -- 
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Bank Guarantee .02 CRISIL A4+ Bank Guarantee .02 CRISIL A4+
Bill Discounting 2 CRISIL BB/Stable Bill Discounting 2 CRISIL BB/Stable
Packing Credit 2 CRISIL A4+ Packing Credit 2 CRISIL A4+
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 1.58 CRISIL BB/Stable Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 1.78 CRISIL BB/Stable
Term Loan .7 CRISIL BB/Stable Term Loan .7 CRISIL BB/Stable
Working Capital Term Loan .2 CRISIL BB/Stable -- 0 --
Total 6.5 -- Total 6.5 --
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 Cotton Textile Industry
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation
The Rating Process
Understanding CRISILs Ratings and Rating Scales

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