Rating Rationale
November 05, 2020 | Mumbai
B and A Packaging India Limited
Rated amount enhanced
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.40 Crore (Enhanced from Rs.22.35 Crore)
Long Term Rating CRISIL BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A3+ (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 B and A Packaging India Limited (BAPIL) at 'CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+'.

The ratings continue to reflect the extensive experience of the promoters and BAPIL's strong market position and comfortable financial profile. These strengths are partially mitigated by large working capital requirement and exposure to volatility in raw material prices and to intense competition.
 
CRISIL had upgraded its ratings on the bank facilities of BAPIL to 'CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+' from 'CRISIL BBB-/Stable/CRISIL A3' as on 15th September 2020.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Promoters' extensive experience and the company's established market position
The promoters' experience of over three decades, their strong understanding of local market dynamics, and healthy relationships with suppliers and customers should continue to support the business. BAPIL has been constantly developing new products based on customer needs; it has diversified its paper sack customer base and successfully ramped up the flexible laminates vertical.
 
* Comfortable financial risk profile
The financial risk profile may continue to be healthy, despite the proposed debt-funded capital expenditure (capex) plans, owing to adequate accretion to reserve. Networth was comfortable at Rs 35.86 crore as on March 31, 2020, with gearing of 0 time. Debt protection metrics were also strong, with interest coverage and net cash accrual to total debt ratios of 10.00 times and 0.24 time, respectively, for fiscal 2020.
 
Weaknesses
* Exposure to volatility in raw material prices and to intense competition
Since cost of procuring the raw materials (paper and polypropylene granules) accounts for a bulk of the production expenses even a slight variation in price can drastically impact profitability. Further, intense competition continues to constrain scalability, pricing power and profitability. BAPIL has, however, attempted to partially combat competition in the paper sack division by manufacturing value-added paper sacks and in the flexible packaging division by doing customised jobs for customers.
 
* Large working capital requirement
BAPIL's operations are working capital intensive, marked by gross current assets (GCAs) of 166-187 days over the 4 years through fiscal 2019, because of moderate receivable days and significant inventory. The receivables and inventory have ranged from 64-75 days and 84-114 days over the same period. Efficiency in working capital management amidst increasing scale shall continue to be a key rating driver over the medium term.  
Liquidity Adequate

Bank limit utilisation averaged around 24% during the 12 months through August 2020. Cash accrual is projected at over Rs 8-9 crore per annum over the medium term, sufficient to meet the yearly debt obligation of Rs 1-2 crore; the surplus cash should aid financial flexibility. The ratio was healthy as on March 31, 2020. The promoters may extend timely, need-based funds (equity and unsecured loans) to service working capital requirement and repayment obligation.

Outlook: Stable

BAPIL should continue to benefit from the extensive experience of the promoters.
 
Rating Sensitivity Factors
Upward Factors
*Substantial and sustainable increase in revenue and profitability, leading to cash accrual of Rs 12 crore
*Ramp up and successful commencement of additional capacity for paper sack division
 
Downward Factors
*Steep decline in revenue or profitability, resulting in cash accrual below Rs 6 crore
*Large, debt-funded capex, leading to gearing of more than 2 times.

About the Company

Established as B&A Sacks Ltd in 1986 and renamed as B&A Multiwall Packaging Ltd in February 1997, the company got its current name in July 2010. BAPIL manufactures paper sacks used for packaging tea, carbon-black, and chemicals. It also set up a flexible laminates packaging unit in Odisha in April 2012.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2020 2019
Operating income Rs.Crore 75.68 72.27
Reported profit after tax (PAT) Rs.Crore 7.53 4.8
PAT margins % 9.95% 6.6%
Adjusted debt/adjusted networth times 0.10 0.34
Interest coverage times 9.5 5.5

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 level Rating Assigned with Outlook
NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 0.2 NA CRISIL A3+
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 15 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 11 NA CRISIL A3+
NA Proposed Fund-Based Bank Limits NA NA NA 3.3 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA Sept-2026 10.5 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
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  28.80  CRISIL BBB/Stable  15-09-20  CRISIL BBB/Stable  26-11-19  CRISIL BBB-/Positive  31-03-18  CRISIL BBB-/Stable      CRISIL BBB-/Stable 
            19-02-19  CRISIL BBB-/Positive           
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  11.20  CRISIL A3+  15-09-20  CRISIL A3+  26-11-19  CRISIL A3  31-03-18  CRISIL A3      CRISIL A3 
            19-02-19  CRISIL A3           
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 .2 CRISIL A3+ Bank Guarantee .2 CRISIL A3+
Cash Credit 15 CRISIL BBB/Stable Cash Credit 10.94 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Letter of Credit 11 CRISIL A3+ Letter of Credit 11 CRISIL A3+
Proposed Fund-Based Bank Limits 3.3 CRISIL BBB/Stable Term Loan .21 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 10.5 CRISIL BBB/Stable -- 0 --
Total 40 -- Total 22.35 --
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 Paper Industry
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt

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