Rating Rationale
May 21, 2025 | Mumbai
Mos Utility Limited
Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn
 
Rating Action
Corporate Credit RatingCrisil BB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)
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Detailed Rationale

Crisil Ratings has reaffirmed its corporate credit rating on Mos Utility Ltd (MOS) and has subsequently withdrawn the rating at the company's request. The rating action is in line with the Crisil Ratings policy for withdrawal of ratings.

 

The rating reflects the extensive experience of the promoters in the diversified support services business, the varied service offerings of the company and its comfortable financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by modest scale of operations and volatility in operating margin.

Analytical Approach

Crisil Ratings has combined the business and financial risk profiles of MOS and its subsidiaries, MOS Logconnect Pvt Ltd, JC Ventures Pvt Ltd, Indicore Infocomm Pvt Ltd and Samruddhi Inclusive Network Growth Pvt Ltd. The subsidiaries are strategically important to MOS because of strong operational 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:

  • Extensive experience of the promoters and diversified service offerings: The promoters have experience of over 15 years in the diversified support services business, which has enabled them to have an understanding of market dynamics and diversification of operations. The company has established presence in the domestic market supported by the ability to provide over 24 digital services through franchises and agents all across India. It benefits from tie-ups with banks and a wide network of agents. Multiple product offerings have enabled the company to cater to large clients and expand its scale of operations. On a consolidated basis, revenue is estimated to have increased to above Rs 500 crore in fiscal 2025 from Rs 186 crore in fiscal 2024, driven by incremental revenue from acquisition along with steady revenue contribution from existing segments. Extensive experience of the promoters and diversified service offerings should continue to support the business risk profile over the medium term.

 

  • Comfortable financial risk profile: The financial risk profile is supported by estimated networth of Rs 75-80 crore as on March 31, 2025 (Rs 63 crore a year earlier). The capital structure was comfortable as reflected in estimated gearing and total outside liabilities to adjusted networth ratio of 0.20-0.25 time and 0.55-0.60 time, respectively, as on March 31, 2025 (0.20 time and 0.42 time, respectively, a year earlier). Debt protection metrics were adequate as indicated by interest coverage and net cash accrual to adjusted debt ratios of above 25 times and 0.9 time, respectively, in fiscal 2025. In the absence of large, debt-funded capital expenditure, the financial risk profile will remain healthy over the medium term.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Volatility in operating margin: The operating margin ranged between 2-7% over the three fiscals through 2024 owing to diversified business segments. The operating margins are largely dependent on the segment mix and increased over fiscals 2023 and 2024 due to the addition of high margin entertainment segment. However, margins are estimated to have moderated to around 3-3.5% in fiscal 2025 due to the addition of the mobile utility business.   Sustenance of operating margin, along with steady absorption of fixed costs amid increasing revenue and segment additions, remains monitorable over the medium term.

 

  • Exposure to intense competition: The banking and mobile utility segment, which contributes to the majority of sales, is intensely competitive, limiting the pricing flexibility and scalability of MOS. Hence, the sustenance of the increased scale of operations at healthy operating margins remains a key rating sensitivity factor over the medium term.

Liquidity: Stretched

Annual cash accruals is expected at Rs 14-15 crore against yearly debt obligation of Rs 0.70 crore over the medium term, and the surplus will aid cushion to the liquidity. The company has working capital limit of Rs 25 crore, which is sparsely utilised on need basis. Further, the company meets its working capital requirement through internal cash accrual. Unencumbered cash and equivalent, and current ratio stood at Rs 15-20 crore and 2-2.5 times, respectively, as on March 31, 2025.

Outlook: Stable

MOS will continue to benefit from the extensive experience of its promoters and its healthy financial risk profile.

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward Factors:

  • Steady increase in revenue and stable operating margin above 4% resulting in higher cash accrual on a sustained basis
  • Sustenance of financial risk profile and efficient working capital management

 

Downward Factors:

  • Decline in revenue or operating margin, resulting in net cash accrual below Rs 6 crore
  • Stretched working capital cycle, weakening the financial risk profile and liquidity

About the Group

Set up in 2009 by by Chirag Shah, MOS is a fintech company offering a unified open application programming interface (API) and wallet platform. The company provides an array of business to business to customer (B2B2C) financial and utility services, including ticket booking, Aadhaar-enabled payments and e-commerce services.

 

Thew company incorporated MOS Logconnect Pvt Ltd in fiscal 2023, which is engaged in courier and cargo business.

 

MOS acquired JC Ventures Pvt Ltd in fiscal 2024, which provides financial inclusion and services, information and communication technology, and e-governance related services on pan-India basis through its network of agents.

 

The company also acquired Indicore Infocomm Pvt Ltd in fiscal 2024, which is engaged in telecom software development, allied software development, selling telecom software, prepaid mobile recharge aggregation from operators and distributors, postpaid mobile bill payments aggregation from operators and distributors, DTH recharge aggregation services, payment services, technology development, e-commerce and logistics solutions for e-commerce based on software.

 

The company acquired Samruddhi Inclusive Network Growth Pvt Ltd in October 2024, which is engaged in providing banking and financial institution services.

Key Financial Indicators

As on/for the period ended March 31

Unit

H1FY2025

2024

2023

Operating income

Rs.Crore

263.3

186.7

106.1

Reported profit after tax (PAT)

Rs.Crore

5.77

12.14

5.68

PAT margin

%

2.19

6.50

5.35

Adjusted debt/adjusted networth

Times

0.03

0.07

0.36

Interest coverage

Times

82.73

32.35

6.12

Any other information: Not Applicable

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Annexure - Details of Instruments:

ISIN Name of the
instrument
Date of
Allotment
Coupon
Rate (%)
Maturity
Date
Issue size
(Rs.Crore)
Complexity
Level
Rating assigned
with outlook
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Annexure – List of Entities Consolidated

Names of Entities Consolidated

Extent of Consolidation

Rationale for Consolidation

MOS Utility Ltd

Full

Business and financial linkages

MOS Logconnect Pvt Ltd

Full

Business and financial linkages

JC Ventures Pvt Ltd

Full

Business and financial linkages

Indicore Infocomm Pvt Ltd

Full

Business and financial linkages

Samruddhi Inclusive Network Growth Pvt Ltd

Full

Business and financial linkages

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
Corporate Credit Rating LT 0.0 Crisil BB+/Stable (Rating Reaffirmed and Withdrawn)   -- 24-05-24 Crisil BB+/Stable   --   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Criteria Details
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Basics of Ratings (including default recognition, assessing information adequacy)
Criteria for manufacturing, trading and corporate services sector (including approach for financial ratios)
Criteria for consolidation

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