Rating Rationale
September 24, 2020 | Mumbai
K.R.C. Infraprojects Private Limited
Ratings downgraded to 'CRISIL BB+/Negative/CRISIL A4+'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.25 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL BB+/Negative (Downgraded from 'CRISIL BBB-/Negative')
Short Term Rating CRISIL A4+ (Downgraded from 'CRISIL A3')
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has downgraded its rating on the bank facilities of K.R.C. Infraprojects Private Limited (KRC) to 'CRISIL BB+/Negative/CRISIL A4+' from 'CRISIL BBB-/Negative/CRISIL A3'.
 
The downgrade in rating reflects deterioration in KRC's liquidity profile, primarily on account of unprecedented stretch in receivables in the current fiscal. Subsequently the company's working capital bank lines have remained fully utilised with stray incidents of overdrawals. The movement of work orders and timeliness of payments from counter parties will remain a key monitorable over the near term.
 
The ratings continue to reflect the promoters' extensive experience in the civil construction business, steadily increasing revenues and strong order book, and adequate debt protection metrics. These strengths are partially offset by its order book and segment concentration in revenue, and aggressive capital structure.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Promoters' extensive experience in the civil construction business:
KRC benefits from its promoters' experience of over three decades in the civil construction industry and their understanding of business dynamics. This has helped establish strong relationships with customers such as Gawar Construction Limited and get repeat orders.
 
* Increasing revenue and strong order book:
Revenue improved to Rs 208.16 crore in fiscal 2020 from Rs 63.54 crore in fiscal 2018 on account of strong order flow. Order book of Rs 324 crore to be executed over the next 12-18 months, provides strong revenue visibility over the medium term. The company's sustained and robust order book can be attributed to its proven execution capabilities.
 
* Adequate debt protection metrics:
KRC's debt protection metrics are adequate, with interest coverage at 7.46 times and net cash accrual to total debt ratio at 0.75 time in fiscal 2020 due to controlled debt levels. Debt protection metrics are expected to remain comfortable over the medium term.
 
Weaknesses
* Order and segment concentration in revenue and exposure to intense competition:
Revenue is entirely generated from road construction projects thus, resulting in segment concentration. Moreover, it currently has orders of Rs 324 crore, which are contributed by the top two projects, rendering the revenue vulnerable to progress on these projects and exposing the business to higher counterparty risks as Also, KRC's sales are predominantly tender-based, revenue depends on its ability to successfully bid for tenders. Competition from major players as well as from many local and small unorganised players constrains profitability.
 
* Aggressive capital structure:
The total outside liabilities to adjusted networth ratio was moderately high at 2.58 times as on March 31, 2020, on account of high creditors and moderate debt levels. The capital structure is likely to improve over the medium term with sustained accretion to reserve.
Liquidity Stretched

Cash accrual is expected at Rs 13-15 crore per annum in fiscals 2021 and 2022 against debt obligation of Rs 4 crore in each fiscal. Fund-based limit of Rs 11 crore was fully utilised on average during the 12 months through June 2020. Also, stray instance of overdrawals was observed recently. Cash and equivalent were at Rs 1.46 crore as on March 31, 2020. The company had availed moratorium on the equipment loan from March'20 to August'20.

Outlook: Negative

CRISIL believes KRC business risk profile and in turn liquidity will be under pressure owing to high working capital requirements.
 
Rating sensitivity factors
Upward factors
* Improvement in working capital cycle leading to improvement bank limit utilization to less than 90%
* Improvement in scale of operation with sustained operating margin
 
Downward factors
* Further stretch in the working capital cycle deteriorating its liquidity profile
* Decline in the scale of operations or profitability leading to net cash accruals below Rs 5 Crore

About the Company

KRC was established in 2010 as a partnership firm by Mr Mahipal Singh and Mr Arun Kumar, and was reconstituted as a private limited company in the same year. KRC constructs and maintains roads and bridges for private players across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2020* 2019
Revenue Rs crore 208.16 207.53
Profit after tax (PAT) Rs crore 9.26 8.61
PAT margin % 4.45 4.1
Adjusted debt / adjusted networth Times 0.77 1.56
Interest coverage Times 7.46 10.64
*Provisional

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 Name of instrument Date of allotment Coupon rate (%) Maturity date Issue size (Rs crore) Complexity level Rating assigned with outlook
NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 5 NA CRISIL A4+
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 11 NA CRISIL BB+/Negative
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 9 NA CRISIL BB+/Negative
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  20.00  CRISIL BB+/Negative  30-07-20  CRISIL BBB-/Negative  17-07-19  CRISIL BBB-/Stable          Suspended/ Suspended 
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  5.00  CRISIL A4+  30-07-20  CRISIL A3  17-07-19  CRISIL A3    --    --  -- 
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
Bank Guarantee 5 CRISIL A4+ Bank Guarantee 5 CRISIL A3
Cash Credit 11 CRISIL BB+/Negative Cash Credit 11 CRISIL BBB-/Negative
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 9 CRISIL BB+/Negative Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 9 CRISIL BBB-/Negative
Total 25 -- Total 25 --
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
Rating Criteria for Construction Industry
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings

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