Rating Rationale
January 02, 2024 | Mumbai
Pradeep Metals Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.102 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCRISIL A3+ (Reaffirmed)
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1 crore = 10 million
Refer to Annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities

Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has reaffirmed its ‘CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+’ ratings on the bank loan facilities of Pradeep Metals Limited (PML).

 

The rating continues to reflect the extensive experience of the promoters in the forging industry and established relationships with the customers. The rating also factors in comfortable financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by working capital-intensive operations and moderate scale of operations

Analytical Approach

For arriving at the ratings, CRISIL Ratings has combined the business and financial risk profiles of PML; its wholly owned subsidiary, PML Inc., USA; and its step-down subsidiary, Dimensional Machine works LLC (DMW). The entities are collectively referred to as the PML group

 

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:

  • Promoters' extensive experience in the forging industry and established relations with customers: Mr. Pradeep Goyal (Chairman and Managing Director) has a B Tech (Metallurgy) from IIT, Kanpur, and MS (Materials Science and Engineering) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Benefits from the promoters' experience of over three decades, and healthy relations with customers backed by the ability to ensure just-in-time delivery and supply customized components in small lots should continue to support the business. Customers include reputed players such as Flowserve US Inc, Rosemount Inc, Alfa Laval, and Emerson, amongst others. Group has reported revenue of Rs 129 crore for 6 months ended Sept 2013 against Rs 137 crore during previous period

 

  • Comfortable financial risk profile: Healthy net worth base of around Rs 90.63 Cr represents comfortable capital structure. Further, the debt protection metrics are also comfortable as marked by a moderate interest coverage ratio and net cash accruals to adjusted debt ratio in fiscal 2023.Group’s financial risk profile is expected to remain comfortable over the medium term.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Working capital-intensive nature of operations: Gross Current Asset (GCA) days have been in the range of 160 to 210 days in the three years ended March 31, 2023, with inventory of 96 days debtors of 83 days (on operating income) as on March 31, 2023. Overall GCA days are expected to remain in the same range over medium term.

 

  • Moderate scale of operations: Although on an improving trend, group has moderate scale of operations with revenue remaining in the range of Rs 130-240 Cr in the last three fiscals ended fiscal 2023.The business risk profile is expected to improve over medium termon account of  addition of new customers from different segments and enhanced orders from current customers and improvement in operating margins on account of better fixed cost absorption with increase in volume.

Liquidity: Adequate

Bank limit utilization is moderate at around 86 percent for the past twelve months ended Oct 2023. Cash accrual is expected to be over Rs 25 crore which is sufficient against term debt obligation of Rs 10 crore over the medium term. In addition, it will act as cushion to the liquidity of the company.

 

Current ratio is moderate at 1.35 times on March 31, 2023.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL Ratings believes that group will continue to benefit from enhanced demand of its products, improving operating efficiency resulting from extensive experience of the promoters and their long-standing relationships with customers leading to a comfortable financial risk profile.

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward Factors:

  • Increase in scale of operations with enhanced operating profitability resulting in net cash accruals to remain above Rs. 32 crores
  • Sustenance of improved financial risk profile particularly TOLANW
  • Improvement in working capital cycle

 

Downward Factors:

  • Cash accruals below Rs 20 crore on account of subdued operating performance
  • Higher-than-expected debt-funded capital expenditure or acquisitions or stretch in working capital cycle weakens key credit metrics

About the Group

Incorporated in 1982, PML manufactures intricate closed-die stainless, alloy, and carbon steel forgings as finished and semi-finished machined components for multiple sectors, such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, and general engineering. The manufacturing facility is in Navi Mumbai. During 2013-14, PML had set up its 100% subsidiary PML Inc. USA, in order to identify new potential customers and facilitate growing exports to USA.  DMW, which is a step-down subsidiary of PML, is engaged in manufacturing of precision machined components

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

 

2023

2022

Operating income

Rs crore

267.96

221.05

Reported profit after tax

Rs crore

26.23

19.97

PAT margins

%

9.79

9.04

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth

Times

0.80

1.13

Interest coverage

Times

7.44

8.03

Any other information: Not applicable

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISIN Name of the instrument Date of
Allotment
Coupon
Rate (%)
Maturity
Date
Issue size
(Rs. Crore)
Complexity
Level
Rating assigned
with outlook
NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 3 NA CRISIL A3+
NA Bill Discounting NA NA NA 11 NA CRISIL A3+
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 18 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA  Term Loan NA NA Mar-27 28.41 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA Packing Credit NA NA NA 28 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 13.59 NA CRISIL BBB/Stable

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Names of Entities Consolidated

Extent of Consolidation

Rationale for Consolidation

Pradeep Metals Limited

Full

Parent company holding 100% stake along with business and financial linkages with Pradeep Metals Ltd Inc, USA and Dimensional Machine works LLC

Pradeep Metals Limited Inc USA

Full

Wholly owned subsidiary of Pradeep Metals Ltd

Dimensional Machine Works LLC

Full

Wholly owned step-down subsidiary of Pradeep Metals Ltd

Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2024 (History) 2023  2022  2021  Start of 2021
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT/ST 99.0 CRISIL A3+ / CRISIL BBB/Stable   --   -- 04-10-22 CRISIL A3+ / CRISIL BBB/Stable 29-07-21 CRISIL BBB-/Positive / CRISIL A3 CRISIL BBB-/Stable / CRISIL A3
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 3.0 CRISIL A3+   --   -- 04-10-22 CRISIL A3+ 29-07-21 CRISIL A3 CRISIL A3
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bank Guarantee 3 Union Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Bill Discounting 11 Union Bank of India CRISIL A3+
Cash Credit 18 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Packing Credit 28 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 13.59 Not Applicable CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 3 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 14.27 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 2.54 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 2.24 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 1.86 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 2.29 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 1.51 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Term Loan 0.7 Union Bank of India CRISIL BBB/Stable
Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation

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