Rating Rationale
July 22, 2025 | Mumbai
Shiv Aum Steels Limited
Ratings reaffirmed at 'Crisil BBB/Stable/Crisil A3+'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.90 Crore
Long Term RatingCrisil BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term RatingCrisil A3+ (Reaffirmed)
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Detailed Rationale

Crisil Ratings has reaffirmed its Crisil BBB/Stable/Crisil A3+ ratings on the bank facilities of Shiv Aum Steels Limited (SASL)

 

The rating reflects the established market position and healthy relationship of the company with the principals and its comfortable financial risk profile. These strengths are partially offset by the exposure to intense competition in the steel trading industry and its moderate working capital cycle.

Analytical Approach

To arrive at the ratings, Crisil Ratings has combined the business and financial risk profiles of SASL and its subsidiary, Shivoham ventures Pvt Ltd (SVPL), together referred to as Shiv Aum group.

 

Unsecured loans of Rs 15 crores as on March 31, 2025, extended by the promoters has been treated as debt

 

Please refer Annexure - List of Entities Consolidated, which captures the list of entities considered and their analytical treatment of consolidation.

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Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Established market position and healthy relationship with the principals: The group, backed by its 3 decade of promoter experience in the steel trading industry, has developed a healthy market position. Leveraging on the promoter’s experience, the group has established healthy relationships with its clientele and supplier over the years. It is an authorized distributor (sole distributor for western Maharashtra) of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) and authorized dealer of RINL, SAIL amongst the others. The same has also helped the group to increase its scale of operations over the years and establish a healthy market position. The revenues have grown to Rs 560 crores in fiscal 2025 from Rs 267 crores in fiscal 2022. Overall business risk profile will continue to remain supported by the extensive promoter experience and healthy relationship with its principals.

 

  • Comfortable financial risk profile: Financial risk profile of the company is comfortable as reflected in the tangible net worth of 116 crores as on March 31, 2025, led by the steady accretion to the reserves. With moderate reliance on the debt and improving net worth, the capital structure of the company has also been at comfortable levels as reflected in the gearing and total outside liability to adjusted net worth ratio of 0.81 times and 0.87 times as on March 31, 2025 (0.65 times and 0.69 times a year ago). The debt protection metrics are also above average as reflected in the interest cover of 2.6 times for fiscal 2025 (3.0 times for fiscal 2024). In absence of any large debt funded capex or significant dividend planning amidst the growing scale of operations and improving absolute profitability leading to steady accretion to the reserves, overall financial risk profile is further expected to improve over the medium term.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Susceptibility to cyclicality in the end-user industries and intense competition: Demand for steel products is linked to the capital expenditure of end-user industries like infrastructure development and real estate which is strongly correlated to economic cycles. Any economic slowdown coupled with volatile steel prices and high competition may impact revenue and profitability of the company. However, this is partially mitigated by the diversified product, customer base and end user portfolio coupled with established relationship with its key principals.

 

  • Moderately working capital-intensive operations: Working capital operations of the group are moderately capital intensive as reflected in the gross current assets (GCA) of 131 days as on March 31, 2025 (109 days a year ago) largely driven by the debtors of 39 days and 75 days respectively as on March 31, 2025 (38 days and 60 days a year ago). The group offers a moderate credit to the customers and the same is realized within the stipulated timelines and so far no significant stretch or instances of significant bad debts are observed. While the inventory levels has slightly increased in fiscal 2025, this is largely on account of the expansion to the Gujarat state region. Moving forward, while the inventory is expected to remain around 70 days , any sharp and sustained increase impacting its liquidity and reliance on the bank debt will remain a key monitorable. Overall working capital cycle is expected to remain moderate with gross current assets ranging around 100 to 130 days.

Liquidity: Adequate

Bank limit utilization is moderate at around 72 percent for the past ten months ended May 2025. Cash accruals are expected to be over Rs 11 crore additionally the company also does not have any repayment obligations. The current ratio is healthy at 2.3 times on March 31, 2025. The promoters are likely to extend support in the form of equity and unsecured loans to meet their working capital requirements and repayment obligations.

Outlook: Stable

Crisil Ratings believes SAS will continue to benefit over the medium term from the extensive experience of its promoters and its established relationship with its customers and Suppliers.

Rating sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Significant growth in the revenues while maintaining operating profitability leading to higher-than-expected net cash accruals of above 18-20 crores.
  • Sustenance of comfortable financial risk profile with improvement in the interest cover above 3 times

 

Downward factors:

  • Decline in revenue or moderation in operating margins leading to a significant decline in net cash accruals below Rs 6 crores
  • Stretch in working capital cycle or large dividend leading to weakening of financial risk profile

About the Group

Incorporated in 1982 and managed by Mr. Sanjay Bansal, Mr. Jatin Mehta and Mr. Krishna Mehta, SASL is engaged in trading of mild steel structural (angles, plates, channels, plates and thermo-mechanically treated bars) products. It is an authorized distributor for Jindal Steel and Power Limited and MOU dealer for Steel Authority of India Ltd and JSW Special Products. The company is listed on National Stock Exchange.

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31

 

2025

2024

Operating income

Rs crore

555

555

Reported profit after tax

Rs crore

12.92

14.03

PAT margins

%

2.32

2.52

Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth

Times

0.67

0.55

Interest coverage

Times

2.69

3.11

Status of non cooperation with previous CRA
SASL has not cooperated with India Ratings And Research Private Limited which has classified it as issuer not cooperative vide release dated December 13, 2024. The reason provided by India Ratings And Research Private Limited is non-furnishing of information for monitoring of ratings

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISIN Name Of Instrument Date Of Allotment Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Date Issue Size (Rs. Crore) Complexity Levels Rating Outstanding with Outlook
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 75.00 NA Crisil BBB/Stable
NA Letter of Credit NA NA NA 15.00 NA Crisil A3+

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Names of Entities Consolidated

Extent of Consolidation

Rationale for Consolidation

Shiv Aum Steels Limited

Full

Parent

Shivoham Ventures Private Limited

Full

Wholly owned subsidiary

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
Fund Based Facilities LT 75.0 Crisil BBB/Stable   -- 21-05-24 Crisil BBB/Stable 02-08-23 Crisil BBB/Stable 06-04-22 Crisil BBB/Stable Crisil BBB-/Stable
      --   -- 29-04-24 Crisil BBB/Stable 28-03-23 Crisil BBB/Stable   -- --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 15.0 Crisil A3+   -- 21-05-24 Crisil A3+ 02-08-23 Crisil A3+ 06-04-22 Crisil A3+ Crisil A3
      --   -- 29-04-24 Crisil A3+ 28-03-23 Crisil A3+   -- --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Cash Credit 25 Standard Chartered Bank Crisil BBB/Stable
Cash Credit 50 State Bank of India Crisil BBB/Stable
Letter of Credit 15 Standard Chartered Bank Crisil A3+
Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
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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