Rating Rationale
March 27, 2025 | Mumbai
 
Conveyor and Ropeway Services Private Limited
Ratings migrated to 'Crisil BBB-/Stable/Crisil A3'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.9.49 Crore
Long Term Rating Crisil BBB-/Stable (Migrated from 'Crisil D ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*')
Short Term Rating Crisil A3 (Migrated from 'Crisil D ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*')
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*Issuer did not cooperate; based on best-available information

 

Detailed rationale

Due to inadequate information and in line with the guidelines of the Securities Exchange Board of India, Crisil Ratings had migrated its ratings on the bank facilities of Conveyor and Ropeway Services Pvt Ltd (CRSPL) to ‘Crisil D/Crisil D Issuer Not Cooperating'. However, the management has subsequently started sharing information, necessary for carrying out a comprehensive review of the ratings. Consequently, Crisil Ratings is migrating the ratings on the bank loan facilities of CRSPL to ‘Crisil BBB-/Stable/Crisil A3’ from Crisil D/Crisil D Issuer Not Cooperating'.

 

The ratings reflect the extensive experience of the promoters in the ropeway industry and healthy operating efficiency and comfortable financial risk profile of the company. These strengths are partially offset by the moderate scale of operations and susceptibility to regulatory risks.

Analytical approach
Crisil Ratings has considered the standalone business and financial risk profiles of CRSPL.

Key rating drivers and detailed description

Strengths:

  • Extensive experience of the promoters in the ropeway industry: Experience of over 50 years in the ropeway and conveyor industry has provided the promoters with a strong understanding of the market dynamics and helped build longstanding relations with suppliers. The clientele includes government as well as private players. Outstanding orders of Rs 141 crore as on December 31, 2024 i.e. around 3.5 times the operating income for fiscal 2025, to be executed over the next 24 months provide adequate revenue visibility over the medium term. The company’s robust track record in the ropeway industry, professional management and strong technical capabilities should support steady order flow over the medium term. Crisil Ratings believes the extensive experience of the promoters will continue to support the business.

 

  • Healthy operating efficiency: The company gets its revenue from EPC (engineering, procurement and construction), O&M (operation & maintenance) and BOOT (build-own-operate-transfer) contracts wherein, with high engineering and in-house capacity for trolley ways, the company should maintain its healthy profitability of more than 20% over the medium term.

 

  • Moderate financial risk profile: Healthy networth of around Rs 25.7 crore yielded comfortable gearing and total outside liabilities to tangible networth (TOL/TNW) ratios of 0.3 and 0.6 time, respectively, as on March 31, 2024 owing to low dependence on external borrowings. The capital structure is expected to remain stable with steady accretion to reserve and the absence of any major debt-funded capital expenditure. Further, the debt protection metrics are moderate with expected interest cover and net cash accrual to adjusted debt (NCAAD) ratios of 6 times and 0.7 time, respectively, in fiscal 2025. The metrics are expected to improve backed by healthy operating margin and moderate leverage.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Moderate scale of operations: Despite continuing to increase, revenue is expected to remain moderate over the medium term (Rs 36 crore in fiscal 2024). The timely execution of orderbook, primarily leading to further growth in revenue will be monitorable.

 

  • Susceptibility to risks inherent in the tender-based business: Revenue and profitability depend entirely on the ability to win tenders. Intense competition necessitates aggressive bidding to win contracts, which restricts the operating margin. Given the cyclicality inherent in the construction industry, the ability to maintain profitability through operating efficiency and high-margin projects becomes critical and will remain monitorable.

 

  • Susceptibility to fluctuations in traffic volume and risks inherent in the projects: The stretch is vulnerable to variations in traffic volume owing to the seasonal variations in tourist’s traffic. Susceptibility to economic downturns could also adversely impact the traffic volumes on the projects. Nevertheless, comfort is derived from a healthy track record and strong market share in tourist ropeways for the project stretch.

 

Ticket collection is the major source of revenue, and hence, any volatility because of factors such as delay in operations, unexpected breakdown or halts, lack of timely increase in rates, fluctuation in tourist volume could inversely impact the cash flows and remain a key monitorable.

Liquidity: Adequate

Fund-based bank limit utilisation was moderate around 58% on average for the 12 months through January 2025. Net cash accrual is expected to be stable over Rs 6 crore in fiscal 2025 against yearly term debt obligation of Rs 0.7 crore. The current ratio was healthy at 1.5 times and the company had free cash and bank balance of over Rs 2 crore as on December 31, 2024. In FY16 the company had instances of delays in repayment of debt obligations owing to delays in operations leading to a stretch in liquidity. Post closure of the loan in FY19-20 the account conduct has remained satisfactory, and no irregularity has been observed.

Outlook: Stable

Crisil Ratings believes CRSPL will continue to benefit from the extensive experience of its promoters and moderate orderbook.

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Increase in revenue and stable profitability leading to net cash accrual higher than Rs 10 crore
  • Maintenance of financial and liquidity profiles

 

Weaknesses:

  • Significant decline in revenue and profitability leading to net cash accrual below Rs 4 crore
  • Any major unexpected debt funded capex impacting the financial risk profile

About the company

CRSPL, established in 1975, is engaged in the designing, manufacturing, erection and commissioning of aerial ropeway systems, material handling plants and coal washing plants apart from providing techno feasibility studies for ropeway systems.

Key financial indicators

As on/for the period ended March 31

Unit

2024

2023

Operating income

Rs crore

35.96

30.76

Reported profit after tax (PAT)

Rs crore

4.57

4.50

PAT margin

%

12.74

14.64

Adjusted debt/adjusted networth

Times

0.34

0.28

Interest coverage

Times

6.00

7.51

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 Outstanding with Outlook
NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 3.00 NA Crisil A3
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 1.00 NA Crisil A3
NA Overdraft Facility NA NA NA 3.25 NA Crisil BBB-/Stable
NA Proposed Working Capital Facility NA NA NA 2.24 NA Crisil BBB-/Stable
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2025 (History) 2024  2023  2022  Start of 2022
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 5.49 Crisil BBB-/Stable   -- 16-10-24 Crisil D (Issuer Not Cooperating)* 18-08-23 Crisil D (Issuer Not Cooperating)* 10-06-22 Crisil D (Issuer Not Cooperating)* Crisil D (Issuer Not Cooperating)*
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 4.0 Crisil A3   -- 16-10-24 Crisil D (Issuer Not Cooperating)* 18-08-23 Crisil D (Issuer Not Cooperating)* 10-06-22 Crisil D (Issuer Not Cooperating)* Crisil D (Issuer Not Cooperating)*
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
* - Issuer did not cooperate; based on best-available information
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bank Guarantee 3 State Bank of India Crisil A3
Letter of Credit 1 State Bank of India Crisil A3
Overdraft Facility 1.18 State Bank of India Crisil BBB-/Stable
Overdraft Facility 2.07 State Bank of India Crisil BBB-/Stable
Proposed Working Capital Facility 2.24 Not Applicable Crisil BBB-/Stable
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