Rating Rationale
December 21, 2020 | Mumbai
Leather Crafts India Private Limited
Rating downgraded to 'CRISIL BBB-/Negative'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.10 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL BBB-/Negative (Downgraded from 'CRISIL BBB/Stable')
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has downgraded its ratings on the bank facilities of Leather Crafts India Private Limited (LCI) to 'CRISIL BBB-/Negative' from 'CRISIL BBB/Stable'.
 
The downgrade in rating reflects weakening of the company's business risk profile in fiscal 2021. Subdued demand coupled with lockdown and other measures taken by Central and State governments to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to result in decline in revenues and cash accruals in fiscal 2021. During April - September 2020 the company registered a revenue of Rs 9 crores. Further the key customer of LCI, Louis Vuitton Malletier (LVM) plans to close its Asian operations due to the impact of the pandemic and hence there will be an impact on business for LCI. As a result, the company's plans on its business, need to be monitored.
 
The ratings continue to reflect the company's above-average financial risk profile because of healthy capital structure and debt protection metrics, the extensive experience of its management in the leather industry. These strengths are partially offset by modest scale of operations in a fragmented industry and customer concentration in revenue.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths:
* Above-average financial risk profile
Adequate networth of Rs 62.86 crore led to a healthy gearing of 0.06 time as on March 31, 2020. Continued high operating profitability and modest debt resulted in robust debt protection metrics, reflected in net cash accrual to total debt and interest coverage ratios of 321% and 42 times, respectively, for fiscal 2020.
 
* Extensive experience of the management and established relationship with customer
Presence of more than three decades in the leather industry had enabled the promoters, Mr Mohan Goenka and Mr. Aditya Goenka, to establish a strong relationship with key customer, Louis Vuitton Malletier (LVM). However with LVM deciding to pull out of the Asian market the promoters have decided to close doen the operations.
 
Weaknesses:
* Modest scale of operations in a fragmented industry
Revenue of Rs 56 crore in fiscal 2020 reflects the company's small scale. This is compounded by intense competition from the unorganised segment (accounts for 65% of total production), which constrains bargaining power.
 
* Customer concentration in revenue
The company derives its entire revenue from jobwork for LVM. Consequently, LVM is now pulling out of Asian market and hence LCI also plans to wind up its operations.
Liquidity Adequate

The company has adequate liquidity marked by generation of accruals in the range of Rs.1.5 crore in fiscal 2021 against which the company has no repayment obligation. Liquidity is also supported by the liquid investments of Rs.10 crore as on Nov 30, 2020, 2019. The company has access to fund based limits of Rs.6 crore which is utilised at an average of 50% for the last 12 months through November 2020. 

Outlook: Negative

CRISIL believes LCI will continue to benefit from the management's industry experience. 

Rating Sensitivity factors
Upward factors:
* Increase in revenue to more than Rs.50 crore while the profitability is maintained which will be supported by addition of new customers
* Diversification in customer profile resulting in improved business profile
 
Downward factors
* Larger than expected decline in revenue or profitability due to delay in addition of new customers leading to accruals of less than Rs.3 crore
* Deterioration in financial risk profile due to large debt funded capex plans or any stretch on working capital requirements
About the Company

Established in 1979 by Mr Mohan Goenka, LCI manufactures leather goods on a jobwork basis for LVM. 

Key Financial Indicators
Particulars Unit 2020 2019
Revenue Rs Cr. 56.12 55.82
Profit After Tax Rs Cr. 9.86 11.63
PAT Margin % 17.6 20.8
Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Networth Times 0.06 0.21
Interest coverage Times 41.97 31.61

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 Cash Credit NA NA NA 6 NA CRISIL BBB-/Negative
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 4 NA CRISIL BBB-/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  10.00  CRISIL BBB-/Negative      24-09-19  CRISIL BBB/Stable/ CRISIL A3+  30-08-18  CRISIL BBB/Stable/ CRISIL A3+  29-06-17  CRISIL BBB/Stable/ CRISIL A3+  CRISIL BBB/Watch Developing/ CRISIL A3+ 
                    20-02-17  CRISIL BBB/Watch Developing/ CRISIL A3+/Watch Developing   
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
Cash Credit 6 CRISIL BBB-/Negative Cash Credit 6 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 4 CRISIL BBB-/Negative Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 1.5 CRISIL BBB/Stable
-- 0 -- Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 10 Withdrawn
-- 0 -- Proposed Short Term Bank Loan Facility 2 CRISIL A3+
-- 0 -- Term Loan .5 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Total 10 -- Total 20 --
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 Bank Loan Ratings
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
The Rating Process
Understanding CRISILs Ratings and Rating Scales

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