Rating Rationale
February 08, 2023 | Mumbai
Aarnav Fashions Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'CRISIL BBB-/Stable/CRISIL A3'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.155.56 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB-/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A3 (Reaffirmed)
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1 crore = 10 million
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Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has reaffirmed its ‘CRISIL BBB-/Stable/CRISIL A3’ rating on bank facilities of Aarnav Fashions Limited (AFL; a part of the Aarnav group).

 

The ratings continue to reflect extensive experience of the promoters in the textile industry and locational benefit because of proximity to the textile-processing hub. These strengths are partially offset by large working capital requirement and exposure to intense competition.

Analytical Approach:

CRISIL Ratings has combined the business and financial risk profiles of GSPL, Aarnav Industries Pvt Ltd (AIPL), Aarnav Fashions Ltd (AFL) and Alpine Spinweave Pvt Ltd (ASPL) because of their operational and managerial linkages; the combined entity is referred as the Aarnav group.

 

Unsecured loan extended by the promoters and their family members has been treated as neither debt nor equity as the loan is subordinated to bank debt and is expected to remain in the business over the medium term.

 

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 promoters: The promoter, Mr Champalal G Agarwal, is the founder chairman of the entire group. He has more than four decades of experience in the textile business. Another director, Mr Sumit Agarwal, has around two decades of experience in marketing, finance and general administration. Expertise of the promoters, their strong understanding of market dynamics and healthy relations with customers and suppliers led to a well-established distribution network and strong credit risk profile of the group. Revenue group has been steady, driven by high-quality printing and finishing of cloth.

 

Locational advantage: The manufacturing facilities are in Ahmedabad, which is a major textile processing hub in India. This leads to competitive advantage in terms of proximity to raw material, trained workforce, and marketing.

 

Weaknesses:

Large working capital requirement: The working capital cycle is likely to remain stretched. Gross current assets (GCAs) were 265-270 days as on March 31, 2021, against historical levels of 200 days, driven by inventory and receivables of around 80 days and 155 days, respectively. The working capital is partially supported by payables of 90 days. GCAs were high due to increase in sales during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.

 

The group provides credit of around 90 days, but customers are able to stretch it on account of their long-term relationship. Inventory is usually 60-70 days owing to easy availability of raw material and strategic location of the plant.

 

Large working capital requirement and moderate credit from suppliers led to a moderately leveraged capital structure, as reflected in total outside liabilities to tangible networth ratio of 2 times as on March 31, 2022.

 

Exposure to intense competition: The textile industry is largely unorganised, as indicated by the presence of several players with small capacities. Entry barriers are low because of limited capital and technology requirement and small differentiation in the end products of different players. Also, players have limited pricing and bargaining power in case of fluctuations in raw material prices. Hence, the operating margin has been at 7-9%, leading to modest debt protection metrics, indicated by interest coverage and net cash accrual to total debt ratios of 2 times and 0.10 time, respectively, in fiscal 2022.

Liquidity: Adequate

Bank limit utilisation was around 88% over the 12 months through December 2022. Moderate cushion is expected between cash accrual and debt obligation. Cash accrual is expected at Rs 32-40 crore versus repayment obligation of Rs 20-22 crore. Large working capital requirement led to higher dependence on the short-term working capital limit and on suppliers, which in turn resulted in moderately leveraged capital structure, thus limiting financial flexibility. However, the timely, need-based funds extended by the promoters and their relatives and friends will continue to boost financial flexibility.

Outlook: Stable

The Aarnav group will continue to benefit from extensive experience of the promoters.

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward factors

  • Stable operating profitability
  • Improvement in the bank limit utilisation and interest coverage ratio rising above 2 times

Downward factors

  • Decline in the cash accrual to debt obligation ratio to below 1.4 times
  • Large, debt-funded capital expenditure

About the Group

AFL has proposed to merge Gopi Synthetics Ltd with other group companies (which are not rated by CRISIL Ratings), for which final approval from National Company Law Tribunal is pending. The company trades in fabrics.

 

Incorporated in 1984, GSPL is the flagship company of the Aarnav group. It processes (bleaching, dyeing, printing and finishing) fabrics such as suiting, shirting, dress material and dupattas and trades in grey fabrics. It also undertakes job work for other companies.

 

AIPL processes fabrics such as bedsheets and heavy suiting. The company has capacity to process cotton as well as polyester and blended fabrics and wider width cloth up to 120 inches. It was taken over by Mr Champalal Agarwal under a demerger scheme and given its current name. The demerger has been effective from April 2013 onwards.

 

ASPL was incorporated in February 2016 to size and weave cotton yarn; the unit was set up in two phases. Mr Champalal Agrawal and Mr Sandeep Agrawal are the promoters.

Key Financial Indicators

Particulars  Unit  2022 2021
Revenue Rs crore 48.29 32.49
Profit after tax (PAT) Rs crore 3.16 3.09
PAT margin % 6.54 9.51
Adjusted debt/adjusted networth Times - -
Interest coverage Times - 5827

Any other information: Not applicable

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISIN Name of
instrument
Date of
allotment
Coupon
rate (%)
Maturity
date
Issue size
(Rs crore)
Complexity 
levels
Rating assigned
with outlook
NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 3.5 NA CRISIL A3
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 84 NA CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Inland/Import Letter of Credit NA NA NA 4.41 NA CRISIL A3
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Sep-26 28.45 NA CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 10 NA CRISIL BBB-/Stable
NA Working Capital Term Loan NA NA Mar-26 25.2 NA CRISIL BBB-/Stable

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Names of Entities Consolidated Extent of Consolidation  Rationale for Consolidation 
Alpine Spinweave Private Limited Full Operational and financial fungibilties
Aarnav Industries Private Limited Full Operational and financial fungibilties
Aarnav Fashions Limited Full Operational and financial fungibilties
Gopi Synthetics Private Limited Full Operational and financial fungibilties
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2023 (History) 2022  2021  2020  Start of 2020
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 147.65 CRISIL BBB-/Stable   -- 05-09-22 CRISIL BBB-/Stable   --   -- --
      --   -- 27-04-22 CRISIL BBB-/Stable   --   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 7.91 CRISIL A3   -- 05-09-22 CRISIL A3   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bank Guarantee 2 State Bank of India CRISIL A3
Bank Guarantee 1.5 Punjab National Bank CRISIL A3
Cash Credit 26 State Bank of India CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Cash Credit 47 Punjab National Bank CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Cash Credit 11 SVC Co-Operative Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Inland/Import Letter of Credit 1.5 State Bank of India CRISIL A3
Inland/Import Letter of Credit 2.91 Punjab National Bank CRISIL A3
Long Term Loan 11 Punjab National Bank CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Long Term Loan 9.5 SVC Co-Operative Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Long Term Loan 7.95 State Bank of India CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 10 Not Applicable CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Working Capital Term Loan 8.7 State Bank of India CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Working Capital Term Loan 11.3 Punjab National Bank CRISIL BBB-/Stable
Working Capital Term Loan 5.2 SVC Co-Operative Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable

This Annexure has been updated on 08-Feb-2023 in line with the lender-wise facility details as on 26-Apr-2022 received from the rated entity

Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
The Rating Process
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation

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