Rating Rationale
September 24, 2020 | Mumbai
Shri Ram Cot Fab
Ratings migrated to 'CRISIL BB/Negative/CRISIL A4+'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.38.5 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL BB/Negative (Migrated from 'CRISIL BB+/Stable ISSUER NOT COOPERATING'*) 
Short Term Rating CRISIL A4+ (Migrated from 'CRISIL A4+ ISSUER NOT COOPERATING'*)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
*Issuer did not cooperate; based on best-available information
Detailed Rationale

Due to inadequate information, CRISIL, in line with SEBI guidelines, had migrated the ratings of Shri Ram Cot Fab (SRCF, part of Mahak Group {MG}) to 'CRISIL BB+/Stable/CRISIL A4+ Issuer Not Cooperating'. However, the management has subsequently started sharing requisite information, necessary for carrying out comprehensive review of the rating. Consequently, CRISIL is migrating the ratings on bank facilities of SRCF to 'CRISIl BB/Negative/CRISIl A4+' from 'CRISIL BB+/Stable/CRISIL A4+ Issuer Not Cooperating'.
 
The ratings reflect the extensive experience of MG's promoters in the textile industry, the company's established customer and supplier relationships, healthy operational efficiency backed by integrated operations. These rating strengths are partially offset by average financial risk profile, high term debt obligations and exposure to intense competition in the textile industry.

Analytical Approach

CRISIL has combined the business and financial risk profiles of Mahak Synthetics Mills Pvt Ltd (MSMPL), Balaji Polycot Private Limited (BPPL), Shri Laxmi Polycoat Pvt. Ltd (SLPPL), SRCF, Maruti Nandan Spinning Mills (MNSM), Shri Ambica Coat Spin (SACS) and Shree SiddhiVinayak Cotfab Private Limited (SSCPL) collectively referred to as the Mahak Group, due to significant business and financial linkages and common management.

Please refer Annexure - Details of Consolidation, which captures the list of entities considered and their analytical treatment of consolidation.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths:
* Promoters' extensive experience in the textile industry: The group benefits from the promoters' three decades' industry experience, their understanding of the dynamics of the local market, and established relationships with farmers and customers. The promoters have also supported the group through unsecured loans. CRISIL believes that the MG will continue to benefit from the strong industry experience of its promoters, resulting in sustained revenue growth over the medium term.

* Healthy operational efficiency backed by integrated operations: The group continues to benefit from its healthy operational synergies due to its vertically integrated operation with presence in yarn manufacturing, weaving and processing. The backward integrations supports the profitability and restrains working capital requirements of group. Further, close plant location of all the group companies lowers transportation cost.
 
Weaknesses:
* Average financial risk profile: Its financial risk profile supported by moderate networth of Rs. 89 cr  and high total outside liabilities to tangible networth (TOLTNW) ratio of 3.7 times as on March 31, 2020. Its debt protection metrics were moderate with interest coverage of 2.4 times and net cash accrual to total debt of 0.13 times in 2019-20.  The industry sluggishness had led to a weaker than expected performance of group in fiscal 2020 with moderation in margin and accruals. Over near to medium term, CRISIL believes that group's sales, profitability shall remain restrained, amidst COVID-19 and lockdown effects, which together with high repayment obligations continue to constrain the financial profile.
 
* Exposure to intense competition in the textile industry: The textile industry is largely unorganised with various players having small capacity. In addition, the entry barriers are low on account of low capital and technology intensity and low differentiation in end product. This has led to a highly-fragmented industry structure with intense competition amongst the players, leading to limited pricing power as the MG's final product is into mass market segment. The fragmented nature of the industry will continue to restrict the MG's pricing power over medium term.
Liquidity Stretched

The group has term debt obligations of around Rs. 13 cr in current fiscal and Rs. 21 cr in the following year. With the significant business disruptions in current year, accruals are expected to be declining sharply from the previous fiscal and just about covering the repayment obligations in FY21. Further, while group's topline and margin has remained muted, compared to CRISIL expectations over last couple of years, the working capital intensity has risen to around 5 months comparted to past levels of around 3 months. This has meant a highly drawn working capital limit for group. However, group continues to draw on funding support from promoter in form of unsecured loan (though reduced in fiscal 2020).

Outlook: Negative

CRISIL believes that pressure on accruals as against hefty repayment obligations shall continue to restrain MG's liquidity.

Rating Sensitivity factors
Upward factor
* Accruals improving above Rs. 30 cr on sustainable basis.
* Sharp improvement in working capital cycle
 
Downward factor
* Decline in the accruals around Rs. 10 cr
* Deterioration in the working capital cycle or withdrawal of funding support
About the Group

MSMPL, incorporated in 2001, manufactures finished fabrics, mainly for shirting, dress material from grey fabric, and processes denim fabric. BPPL (incorporated in 2012), SLPPL (2012), SRCF (2013) and SSCPL (2016) are engaged in the weaving activities. MNS and SACS, both incorporated in 2016, are engaged in cotton spinning. The entities are promoted and managed by Mittal family.

Key Financial Indicators
As on / for the period ended March 31   2020 2019
Operating income Rs crore 114 145
Reported profit after tax Rs crore 0.9 2.8
PAT margins % 0.8 2.0
Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth Times 4.4 3.5
Interest coverage Times 2.3 8.5

Status of non cooperation with previous CRA:
SRCF has not cooperated with CARE Ratings, which published its ratings as 'issuer not co-operating' through release dated May 14, 2020. The reason provided was non-furnishing of information by SRCF for monitoring the 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 Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 2 NA CRISIL A4+
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 10 NA CRISIL BB/Negative
NA Term Loan NA NA Sep- 2023 26.5 NA CRISIL BB/Negative
 
Annexure - List of entities consolidated
Names of Entities Consolidated Extent of Consolidation Rationale for Consolidation
Mahak Synthetics Mills Pvt Ltd Full Consolidation Significant business and financial linkages and common management.
Balaji Polycot Private Limited
Shree Laxmi Polycoat Pvt. Ltd
Shree Ram Cot Fab
Maruti Nandan Spinning Mills
Shri Ambica Coat Spin
Shree SiddhiVinayak Cotfab Private Limited
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  36.50  CRISIL BB/Negative      23-12-19  CRISIL BB+/Stable (Issuer Not Cooperating)*  16-01-18  CRISIL BBB-/Stable  30-12-17  CRISIL BBB-/Stable  -- 
            02-01-19  CRISIL BBB-/Stable           
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  2.00  CRISIL A4+      23-12-19  CRISIL A4+ (Issuer Not Cooperating)*  16-01-18  CRISIL A3    --  -- 
            02-01-19  CRISIL A3           
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
*Issuer did not cooperate; based on best-available information
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Bank Guarantee 2 CRISIL A4+ Bank Guarantee 2 CRISIL A4+/Issuer Not Cooperating
Cash Credit 10 CRISIL BB/Negative Cash Credit 10 CRISIL BB+/Stable/Issuer Not Cooperating
Term Loan 26.5 CRISIL BB/Negative Term Loan 26.5 CRISIL BB+/Stable/Issuer Not Cooperating
Total 38.5 -- Total 38.5 --
Links to related criteria
Assessing Information Adequacy Risk
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
CRISILs Approach to Recognising Default
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
Criteria for rating entities belonging to homogenous groups
Mapping global scale ratings onto CRISIL scale

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