Rating Rationale
March 01, 2022 | Mumbai
Good Leather Shoes Private Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'CRISIL BBB / Stable / CRISIL A3+ '; rated amount enhanced for Bank Debt
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.67.57 Crore (Enhanced from Rs.29.03 Crore)
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A3+ (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to Annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities

Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has reaffirmed its ‘CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+’ ratings on bank facilities of Good Leather Shoes Private Limited (GLSPL; part of the GL group).

 

The rating continues to reflect the GL group’s comfortable business risk profile, marked by its moderately integrated manufacturing set-up and a moderate scale of operations and profitability. The ratings also factor in the healthy financial risk profile of the group. These strengths are partially offset by exposure to intense competition and geographical concentration in the leather industry.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at the ratings, CRISIL Ratings has fully consolidated the business and financial risk profiles of GLSPL and Good Leather Company (GLC). This is because the two entities, collectively referred to as the GL group, are in the same line of business, under a common management, with significant operational and financial linkages.

 

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:

  • Comfortable business risk profile: The three-decade-long experience of the partners, and the moderately integrated manufacturing set-up, from tannery to processing finished leather, supports the business risk profile. Revenue of Rs.182 crore in fiscal 2021, reflects the moderate scale of operations in the highly fragmented leather industry.

 

  • Healthy financial risk profile: Despite the huge withdrawals in fiscal 2021, networth remains moderate and gearing is comfortable at Rs.76 crores and 0.70 times respectively as on March 31,2021. Debt protection metrics is comfortable marked by interest coverage ratios of  time and 6.75 times in fiscal 2021. Going forward, any significant withdrawals impacting the financial risk profile shall remain a key monitorable.

 

Weakness:

  • Exposure to intense competition: The Indian leather and leather products industry faces intense competition from players in China, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong, having a larger presence globally. Domestic players also face stiff competition from unorganised entities, accounting for over 65% of the market. These players, who also enjoy tax and other fiscal benefits, are able to undercut the organised market. Furthermore, the industry also faces the risk of duplication of designs and constant changes in customer preferences.

 

  • Exposure to geographical concentration: The group faces high geographical concentration risk as it derives its revenue primarily from exports to Europe. Any change in the customer preference or any regional impact may significantly impact the group’s revenue profile.

Liquidity- Adequate

Bank limit utilisation is moderate at around 87.01 percent for the past twelve months ended 31st December 2021. Cash accruals are expected to be over Rs 11 crores which are sufficient against term debt obligation of Rs 3-4 crores over the medium term.

Outlook Stable

CRISIL Rating believes the GL group will continue to benefit from the extensive experience of its partners, and the moderately integrated set up of operations

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward factors

  • Sustained growth in revenue to more than Rs.250 crore and stable operating margin, leading to higher cash accrual
  • Sustenance in debt protection metrics and capital structure, leading to a stable financial risk profile.

 

Downward factors

  • Weakening of business risk profile, due to sharp fall in revenue or operating profitability leading to cash accruals of less than Rs.8 crore
  • Increase in the working capital requirement weakening the financial risk profile especially liquidity

About the Group

GLC, the GL group’s flagship entity was set up as a partnership concern in 1985. The firm processes and exports finished leather.

 

GLSPL, which was set up in 1994, manufactures leather shoes and shoe uppers.

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

 

2021

2020

Operating income

Rs crore

181.79

227.06

Reported profit after tax

Rs crore

7.41

10.64

PAT margins

%

4.07

4.69

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth

Times

0.70

0.41

Interest coverage

Times

6.75

8.09

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
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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

Levels

Rating assigned with outlook

NA

Letter of Credit

NA

NA

NA

5

NA

CRISIL A3+

NA

Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility

NA

NA

NA

0.47

NA

CRISIL BBB/Stable

NA

Line of Credit

NA

NA

NA

10

NA

CRISIL A3+

NA

Export Packing Credit

NA

NA

NA

45

NA

CRISIL A3+

NA

Term Loan

NA

NA

Mar-28

7.1

NA

CRISIL BBB/Stable

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Names of Entities Consolidated

Extent of Consolidation

Rationale for Consolidation

Good Leather Shoes Private Limited

100%

Under a common management, operate in the same business, and have operational linkages

Good Leather Company

100%

Under a common management, operate in the same business, and have operational linkages

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/ST 62.57 CRISIL A3+ / CRISIL BBB/Stable   -- 20-05-21 CRISIL A3+ / CRISIL BBB/Stable 11-03-20 CRISIL A3+ / CRISIL BBB/Stable   -- CRISIL A3+ / CRISIL BBB/Stable
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 5.0 CRISIL A3+   -- 20-05-21 CRISIL A3+ 11-03-20 CRISIL A3+   -- CRISIL A3+
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Export Packing Credit 20 State Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Export Packing Credit 25 State Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Letter of Credit 4.03 State Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Letter of Credit 0.97 State Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Line of Credit 5 State Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Line of Credit 5 State Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 0.47 Not Applicable CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 7.1 State Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable

This Annexure has been updated on 01-Mar-2022 in line with the lender-wise facility details as on 01-Feb-2022 received from the rated entity.

Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation

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