Rating Rationale
November 30, 2020 | Mumbai
DCM Limited
Ratings Reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.82.39 Crore (Reduced from Rs.375.88 Crore)
Long Term Rating CRISIL D (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL D (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its 'CRISIL D/CRISIL D' ratings on the bank facilities of DCM Limited (DCM) and subsequently withdrawn the rating on the bank facilities of Rs. 293.49 crore at the company's request. The withdrawal is in line with CRISIL's policy on withdrawal of bank loan ratings.

The ratings continue to reflect DCM's delay in debt servicing because of weak liquidity. The company has a modest financial risk profile and is susceptible to volatility in offtake from the automotive (auto) sector. These weaknesses are partially offset by the extensive experience of the promoters in the capital goods industry.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
* Delays in debt repayment
On account of insufficient net cash accrual generated by the company, resulted in delays in meeting the interest and principal obligation on its term loan.
 
Weaknesses:
* Modest financial risk profile: The financial risk profile is constrained by modest adjusted networth of Rs 13.87 crore and high total outside liabilities to adjusted networth ratio of 8.34 times as on March 31, 2020. Financial risk profile will remain modest over the medium term.
 
* Vulnerability to fluctuations in demand from the auto sector: Susceptibility to fluctuations to demand from the auto sector continue to constrain the operating margin. The margin fluctuated between 2.3% and 7.2% in the five fiscals through March 2019 (business and financial risk profiles of DCM and DCM Engineering Ltd [DCME] combined for fiscals before 2016) and was negative in fiscal 2020.
 
Strength:
* Extensive experience of the promoters: The present management comprises the fourth generation of the promoter family in the business. Over the years, the company has diversified into real estate, engineering, and information technology segments, and forged healthy relationships with customers and suppliers.
Liquidity Poor

Liquidity is stretched, leading to delay in debt repayment.

Rating Sensitivity factors
Upward factors
* Improvement in operating income by over 10%, and margin by 300 basis points
* Sufficient cash accrual against the maturing debt
* Track record of three months for timely repayment of debt obligations
About the Company

Set up by the late Mr Lala Shriram in 1889, DCM (formerly, Delhi Cloth and General Mills Company Ltd) is headed by Dr Vinay Bharat Ram. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. It expanded and diversified its activities into a number of manufacturing activities such as Textiles, Engineering products and Information Technology. DCM also has presence in real estate.

The engineering products division was set up in 1974 in Ropar, Punjab, as a division of DCM. It was hived off into DCME in 2004, following the restructuring of DCM's debt. DCME was merged with DCM in fiscal 2016. The engineering division is one of India's large independent manufacturers of grey iron castings, supplied to auto players (cars, multi-utility vehicles, tractors, light commercial vehicles, heavy commercial vehicles, and earth-moving equipment). DCM also specialises in cylinder heads, cylinder blocks, and housing.

In IT division it provide services such as system administration, storage management, backup recovery, disaster management, and databases in the infrastructure service segment.

In May 2019 the textile division got demerge into DCM Nouvelle Limited effective from April 01, 2019 and IT business transferred to wholly owned subsidiary DCM Infotech Limited in September 2019.

Key Financial Indicators
As on / for the period ended March 31   2020 2019
Operating income Rs crore 129.65 1100.04
Reported PAT Rs crore -30.74 2.00
PAT margin % -23.7 0.2
Adjusted debt /adjusted networth Times 2.07 1.28
Interest coverage Times -3.32 2.27

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 Facility Allotment date Coupon rate (%) Maturity date Amount
(Rs crore)
Complexity level Rating assigned
with outlook
NA Bill Discounting NA NA NA 15 NA CRISIL D
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 142 NA Withdrawn
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 48 NA CRISIL D
NA Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 4.5 NA CRISIL D
NA Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 8.75 NA Withdrawn
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Jan-23 5.89 NA CRISIL D
NA Long Term Loan NA NA Jan-23 81.16 NA Withdrawn
NA Overdraft NA NA NA 9 NA CRISIL D
NA Proposed Long Term
Bank Loan Facility
NA NA NA 61.58 NA Withdrawn
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  77.89  CRISIL D/ CRISIL D      14-08-19  CRISIL D/ CRISIL D  21-11-18  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  08-12-17  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  CRISIL BBB-/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A3/Watch Negative 
            13-08-19  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  28-08-18  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  12-09-17  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative   
            20-05-19  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  29-05-18  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  09-06-17  CRISIL BBB-/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A3/Watch Negative   
            20-02-19  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  08-03-18  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  25-05-17  CRISIL BBB-/Watch Negative   
            13-02-19  CRISIL BB+/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative      17-05-17  CRISIL BBB-/Watch Negative   
                    07-02-17  CRISIL BBB-/Watch Negative/ CRISIL A3/Watch Negative   
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  4.50  CRISIL D      14-08-19  CRISIL D  21-11-18  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  08-12-17  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  CRISIL A3/Watch Negative 
            13-08-19  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  28-08-18  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  12-09-17  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative   
            20-05-19  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  29-05-18  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  09-06-17  CRISIL A3/Watch Negative   
            20-02-19  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  08-03-18  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative  25-05-17  CRISIL A3/Watch Negative   
            13-02-19  CRISIL A4+/Watch Negative      17-05-17  CRISIL A3/Watch Negative   
                    07-02-17  CRISIL A3/Watch Negative   
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
Bill Discounting 15 CRISIL D Bill Discounting 15 CRISIL D
Cash Credit 48 CRISIL D Cash Credit 190 CRISIL D
Cash Credit 142 Withdrawn Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 13.25 CRISIL D
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 4.5 CRISIL D Long Term Loan 100.51 CRISIL D
Letter of credit & Bank Guarantee 8.75 Withdrawn Overdraft 9 CRISIL D
Long Term Loan 5.89 CRISIL D Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 48.12 CRISIL D
Overdraft 9 CRISIL D -- 0 --
Long Term Loan 81.16 Withdrawn -- 0 --
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 61.58 Withdrawn -- 0 --
Total 375.88 -- Total 375.88 --
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
CRISILs Approach to Recognising Default
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt

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