Rating Rationale
September 16, 2020 | Mumbai
Parth Enterprises
Rating Reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.10 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL BB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its rating on the long-term bank facility of Parth Enterprises (PE) at 'CRISIL BB/Stable'.

The rating reflects extensive experience of the partners and established position in notebooks manufacturing business, and moderate operating efficiencies leading to adequate debt protection metrics. These strengths are partly offset by its presence in a highly fragmented industry with limited size leading to moderate operating profitability and modest networth.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths: 
* Extensive industry experience of the partners: The partners have an experience of over 25 years in printing and notebook manufacturing business. This has given them an understanding of the dynamics of the market, and enabled them to establish relationships with suppliers and customers. The experience also helped the firm to scale up operations continuously. Firm is estimated to record an operating income of Rs 110.08 crore in fiscal 2020.
 
* Moderate operating efficiencies and adequate debt protection metrics: PE has moderate operating efficiencies, marked by adequate return on capital employed (RoCE) and moderate working capital cycle. RoCE had remained in the range of 14-18% while gross current assets (GCAs) ranged between 80 to 160 days in last four fiscals ended 2020. This working capital efficiency led to moderate reliance on debt, and adequate debt protection metrics. Interest coverage and net cash accruals to adjusted debt (NCAAD) ratios are estimated at 3.3 times and 0.13 times in fiscal 2020.
 
Weaknesses:
* Presence in a highly fragmented industry with limited size leading to moderate operating profitability: The industry is highly fragmented and competitive, with a large number of unorganized players in the market. Such high fragmentation limits the pricing flexibility and bargaining power of the players. This has led to moderate operating profitability of 3.2-3.3% over the last two fiscals ended 2020. Also, the threat from large integrated players in the form of capacity additions limits the growth. The industry is exposed to the risk of low entry barriers. The small initial investment and the low complexity of operations have resulted in existence of innumerable entities, much smaller in size, leading to significant fragmentation.
 
* Modest networth: Firm has a modest networth estimated at Rs 6.67 crore as on March 31, 2020 owing to small accretion to reserves due to moderate operating profitability.
Liquidity Stretched

Average utilization in bank lines has been 54% over the 12 months ended July 2020. Net cash accruals, expected at Rs 0.8-2.0 crore, though moderate are more than adequate against repayments of Rs 0.28-0.61 crore over the medium term. Unsecured loans of Rs 4.48 crore as on March 31, 2020 also support the liquidity. However, the unsecured loans are expected to be paid off in fiscal 2021 and hence partners are expected to infuse capital of around Rs 3 crore in fiscal 2021. Cash & bank balance of Rs 5.21 lakhs estimated as on March 31, 2020.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes PE will continue to benefit from the extensive experience of its partner, and established relationships with clients.

Rating Sensitivity factors
Upward Factors:
* Sustenance of healthy growth in revenue with an operating margin over 6% leading to higher than expected net cash accruals
* Improvement in financial risk profile
 
Downward Factors:
* Steep decline in revenue below Rs 70 crore leading to lower than expected net cash accruals
* Stretch in working capital cycle leading to higher contraction of working capital debt weakening the financial risk profile and liquidity
About the Company

Mumbai based PE was set up in year 2006. PE prints notebooks. Its facility is located at Palghar, Maharashtra. PE is managed by Mr. Dinesh Shah and Mrs. Parul Shah.

Key Financial Indicators
As on / for the period ended March 31   Units 2020* 2019
Operating income Rs crore 110.08 81.64
Reported profit after tax (PAT) Rs crore 1.50 1.06
PAT margins % 1.4 1.3
Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth Times 1.74 1.68
Interest coverage Times 3.3 2.9
*Provisional

Status of non cooperation with previous CRA:
PE has not cooperated with Acuite Ratings and Research Limited (Acuite), which led to its classification as 'issuer not cooperative' vide release dated November 15, 2019. The reason provided by Acuite is non-furnishing of information for monitoring of ratings.

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. Cr)
Complexity Level Rating
Assigned with Outlook
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA   10 NA CRISIL BB/Stable
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 BB/Stable      30-07-19  CRISIL BB/Stable    --    --  -- 
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 10 CRISIL BB/Stable Cash Credit 10 CRISIL BB/Stable
Total 10 -- Total 10 --
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
The Rating Process

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