Rating Rationale
August 22, 2022 | Mumbai
G.D. Foods Manufacturing (India) Private Limited
Ratings Reaffirmed and Withdrawn
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.93 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A3 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to Annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities

Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has reaffirmed its ratings on the bank facilities of G.D. Foods Manufacturing (India) Private Limited (GDF) and subsequently withdrawn its ratings at the company's request and on receipt of a ‘no-objection certificate’ from the bankers The withdrawal is in line with the policy of CRISIL Ratings regarding withdrawal of bank loan ratings.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

Established market position: GDF sells sauces, pickles, jams, and instant mixes corn flakes & choco flakes, noodles & vermicelli and culinary sauces under its brand name ‘Tops’, which has strong recall. Around 90% of sales is derived through its network of super stockiest across 18 states, mainly in Northern India. The remaining is through institutional customers and e-retail platforms. The company is also undertaking extensive marketing strategies to support the expected growth of the brand in the medium term.

 

Healthy product diversity, supporting the sustainability of scale: The product profile of the company is well diversified. The company has been constantly adding new products to its products line in order to penetrate into the market. It has been benefitted in fiscal 2020 by the introduction of new products like choco flakes, Mustard Oil etc. and over the medium term, GDF has plans to introduce new products and variants which would help contribute to the revenue growth of the company. Revenues stood at Rs 250.9 crores for fiscal 2021 and is around 271.68 crores for fiscal 2022. Further the company has booked revenues of more than 80 crores in Q1 of fiscal 2023. The same is expected to grow further in the medium term in line with the strategies undertaken by the company.


Extensive experience and funding support of promoters: The three decade-long experience of promoters in the food products segment and their established relationship with customers and suppliers have enabled them to survive business cycles. Moreover, promoters have regularly extended equity and unsecured loans to support operations and help repay debt.

 

Weakness:

Exposure to intense competition: The company has to compete with established brands such as Kissan, Maggi, MTR, and Heinz; and with unorganised players. This limits scale of operations and restricts ability to pass on any adverse movement in raw material prices to end-customers.

 

Moderately large working capital cycle: The company has moderate working capital cycle as reflected by gross current assets of  142 days as on 31st Mar 2022. The same is majorly driven by inventory levels which stood at 112 days as on 31st Mar 2022. The same is expected to remain at around similar levels. Working capital is supported by credit days of 70 days as on 31st Mar 2022.

Rating Sensitivity Factors

Upward factors

  • Increase in revenue by 20%, driven by diversification in product portfolio and sustenance of operating margin at over 10% leading to higher cash accruals
  • Improvement in financial risk profile

 

Downward factors

  • Decline in scale of operations by 5% or operating margin of below 9.0%.
  • Higher-than-expected debt-funded capital expenditure weakens capital structure and liquidity.
  • Increase in working capital requirement with average fund based bank limit utilization of over 90%.

Key Financial Indicators

Particulars

Unit

2022

2021

Revenue

Rs.Cr

271.68

250.88

Profit After Tax (PAT)

Rs.Cr

6.52

7.7

PAT Margin

%

2.4

3.1

Adjusted debt/adjusted networth

Times

1.1

1.1

Interest coverage

Times

3.93

3.34

CRISIL Ratings adjusted figures

Status of noncooperation with previous CRA:

GDF has not cooperated with Acuite Ratings and Research Limited., which led to its classification as ‘issuer not cooperative’ vide release dated July 07th, 2017. The reason provided by Acuite Ratings and Research Limited is non-furnishing of information for monitoring of ratings.

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 Cr)

Complexity level

Rating Assigned with Outlook

NA

Cash Credit

NA

NA

NA

44

NA

CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)

NA

Bank Guarantee

NA

NA

NA

0.5

NA

CRISIL A3 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)

NA

Letter of Credit

NA

NA

NA

2.5

NA

CRISIL A3 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)

NA

Working Capital Term Loan

NA

NA

Mar-2022

23.2

NA

CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)

NA

Rupee Term Loan

NA

NA

Dec-2022

21.1

NA

CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)

NA

Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility

NA

NA

NA

1.7

NA

CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)

Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2022 (History) 2021  2020  2019  Start of 2019
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 90.0 CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)   -- 24-12-21 CRISIL BBB-/Stable 02-11-20 CRISIL BBB-/Stable 07-06-19 CRISIL BBB-/Stable CRISIL BBB/Negative
      --   -- 15-12-21 CRISIL BBB-/Stable 29-04-20 CRISIL BBB-/Negative   -- --
      --   --   -- 31-03-20 CRISIL BBB-/Negative   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 3.0 CRISIL A3 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)   -- 24-12-21 CRISIL A3 02-11-20 CRISIL A3 07-06-19 CRISIL A3 CRISIL A3+
      --   -- 15-12-21 CRISIL A3 29-04-20 CRISIL A3   -- --
      --   --   -- 31-03-20 CRISIL A3   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bank Guarantee 0.5 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL A3 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Cash Credit 2.5 ICICI Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Cash Credit 13.5 Axis Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Cash Credit 17 State Bank of India CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Cash Credit 11 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Letter of Credit 1.5 Axis Bank Limited CRISIL A3 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Letter of Credit 1 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL A3 (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 1.7 Not Applicable CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Rupee Term Loan 13.1 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Rupee Term Loan 0.8 State Bank of India CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Rupee Term Loan 4.4 ICICI Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Rupee Term Loan 2.8 Axis Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Working Capital Term Loan 3.4 State Bank of India CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Working Capital Term Loan 13.2 HDFC Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Working Capital Term Loan 2 Axis Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
Working Capital Term Loan 4.6 ICICI Bank Limited CRISIL BBB-/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)

This Annexure has been updated on 22-Aug-2022 in line with the lender-wise facility details as on 15-Dec-2021 received from the rated entity. 

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