Rating Rationale
February 25, 2025 | Mumbai
Jehlum View
'Crisil BB-/Stable' assigned to Bank Debt
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.26 Crore
Long Term RatingCrisil BB-/Stable (Assigned)
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Detailed Rationale

Crisil Ratings has assigned its Crisil BB-/Stable rating to the long term bank facilities of Jehlum View (JVE).

 

The rating reflects JVE’s favorable location of the hotel and extensive industry experience of the proprietor. These strengths are partially offset by exposure to risks associated with nascent stage of operations, susceptibility to seasonality in tourism industry and leveraged capital structure.

Analytical Approach

Crisil Ratings has evaluated the standalone business and financial risk profiles of JVE.

 

Unsecured loans of Rs 22.37 crore as on March 31, 2024, is treated as 75% equity and 25% debt as they are subordinated to bank debt, is interest free and expected to remain in business.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Favorable location of the hotel: The hotel is situated in Rajbagh, Srinagar along the banks of the Jhelum River which is expected to enable it to attract tourists visiting the area and the same to aid in the offtake of hotel.

 

  • Extensive industry experience of proprietor: Proprietor Mr. Nasim Munshi, son of Kasmir-based prominent hotel businessman Mr. Mushtaq Chaya, has over 2 decades of experience in hotel industry. Mushtaq group manages around 14 hotels in Jammu and Kasmir, Delhi and has established a strong reputation in hotel industry. Crisil Ratings believe this extensive experience of proprietor would help firm in offtake of the new hotel and navigate through seasonality faced by hotel industry.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Exposure to risks associated with nascent stage of operations- JVE commenced operations at its hotel on June 15, 2024. The business profile remains dependent on the successful traction of tourists, on which the local hotel industry thrives. The expected healthy occupancy along with the ability to command healthy profitability remains crucial in supporting the financial and liquidity profile of the firm in the medium term and remains key monitorable.  

 

  • Susceptibility to seasonality in tourism industry- Tourism industry in Jammu and Kashmir is marked by seasonality with period of September to February generally lean affecting the overall tourism and dependent sectors. JVE’s business profile is expected to remain susceptible to this inherent cyclicality in the medium term too.

 

  • Leveraged capital structure: JVE has an aggressive capital structure as marked by gearing and total outside liability to adjusted networth (TOLANW) at 3.7 and 3.9 as on March 31, 2024 with due to long term loan taken for hotel construction. With commencement of operations in June 2024, capital structure is expected to improve in medium term supported by steady accretion to reserves.

Liquidity: Stretched

Cash accruals are expected to be over Rs 3-4 crore with full fiscal operations in fiscal 2026 and 2027 against repayment obligations of around Rs 2-2.4 crore for the period. Liquidity is further supported by unsecured loans from proprietor and other group entities standing at Rs 22.37 crore as on March 31, 2024 and further need basis support available. Cash and bank balance stood at Rs 0.1 lakh and current ratio stood at 1.4 times as on March 2024. The firm doesn’t have working capital limits sanctioned as of January 31, 2025.

Outlook: Stable

Crisil Ratings believes that JVE will continue to benefit over the medium term from its favorable location of the hotel and extensive experience of proprietor. 

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Successful operational ramp-up along with healthy profitability resulting in higher-than-expected net cash accruals. 
  • Improvement in financial risk profile supported by healthy offtake, resulting in gearing below 2.5 times.

 

Downward factors:

  • Subdued business offtake resulting in deterioration of liquidity profile such that net cash accruals to repayment cushion remains below 1.1 times on sustained basis.
  • A significant stretch in working capital cycle or other requirements leading to a significant rise in external debt levels resulting in weakening of financial risk profile.

About the firm

JVE, proprietary concern of Mr Naseem Munshi (son of Mr Mushtaq Chhaya), has set up a 60-room luxurious hotel along with restaurant and banquet hall in Rajbagh, Srinagar. The hotel became operational on 15th June 2024.

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

Unit

*FY 2024

*FY 2023

Operating income

Rs crore

0.00

0.00

Reported profit after tax

Rs crore

0.00

0.00

PAT margins

%

NA

NA

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth

Times

3.7

19.95

Interest coverage

Times

NA

NA

*Hotel under construction phase, became operational on June 15, 2024

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 Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 0.68 NA Crisil BB-/Stable
NA Term Loan NA NA 30-Nov-32 25.32 NA Crisil BB-/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 26.0 Crisil BB-/Stable   --   --   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 0.68 Not Applicable Crisil BB-/Stable
Term Loan 25.32 The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited Crisil BB-/Stable
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