Rating Rationale
May 30, 2019 | Mumbai
Vensa Infrastructure Limited
Ratings Reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.175 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL BBB/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A3+ (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its ratings on the bank facilities of Vensa Infrastructure Limited (VIL) at 'CRISIL BBB/Stable/CRISIL A3+'. The ratings continue to reflect the extensive experience of VIL's promoters in the civil construction business (primarily buildings and irrigation segment), moderate scale of operations and healthy order book. The ratings also factor in the company's comfortable financial risk profile and efficient working capital management. These rating strengths are partially offset by low profitability, geographical concentration in revenue profile and its exposure to intense competition in the civil construction industry and tender based nature of operations.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths:
* Extensive experience of promoters in the civil construction industry: VIL is an established player in the Telangana civil construction industry, primarily in the building and irrigation segment. It is promoted by Mr. P Ramdev who have extensive experience in the segment of more than two decades. The firm is a registered special class-1 contractor with Road and Building (R&B) department and Irrigation & CAD department in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh (AP) & Uttar Pradesh.

* Moderate scale of operations and healthy order book: VIL has been growing at a CAGR of 30% in the last four years ended fiscal 2018. VIL is expected to achieve around Rs. 460 Cr of operating income for FY19 against Rs. 340 Cr for FY18. VIL is expected to sustain the revenue growth backed by healthy order book of above Rs. 1300 Cr as on April 30, 2019.

* Comfortable financial risk profile: Financial risk profile of VIL remains comfortable on account of moderate networth, healthy capital structure and adequate debt protection metrics.
Networth was moderate at Rs. 50.62 Cr as on March 31, 2018 and expected to be around Rs. 58 Cr as on March 31, 2019. With moderate accretion to reserves, networth is expected to remain around Rs. 65-70 Cr over the medium term. Capital structure remains healthy with gearing 0f 0.25 times as on March 31, 2018 and expected to remain below 0.5 times as on March 31, 2019. With no major debt funded capital expenditure expected, capital structure should remain healthy over the medium term. Debt protection metrics remain adequate with interest cover of over 5 times and net cash accruals to total debt (NCATD) of 84 % for FY18.
 
* Efficient working capital management: VIL's working capital cycle is efficiently managed as indicated by gross current assets (GCAs) of 78 days as on March 31, 2018 backed by debtor of 51 days and inventory days 8 days as on March, 2018. Working capital cycle is smooth as the company majorly takes up funded projects where the payment cycle is smoother compared to the non-funded counterparts.
 
Weaknesses:
* Low profitability: Even though the revenue of VIL is increasing significantly year on year, operating profitability has declined from 9 % in FY17 to 6 % in FY18. It is expected to further decline to 3.5 % in FY19. Operating Profitability has declined due to increase in the portion of the revenue generated by sub-contracting works to others. Improvement in operating profitability while sustaining healthy revenue growth will remain a key rating sensitivity factor.
 
* Geographical concentration in the revenue profile: VIL's unexecuted order book in hand constitutes 75 % of order from Telangana region, thereby, leading to significant geographical concentration risk in its revenue profile.
 
* Exposure to intense competition in the civil construction industry and tender based nature of operations: Construction and civil works sector is highly fragmented with the presence of large companies as well as smaller local players. While large players operate in several sectors including roads, hydel projects, thermal plants, and urban infrastructure; smaller players specialise in one or two business segments. VIL specializes in civil works related to irrigation and building works. VIL's operations are tender based and hence the revenues are dependent on the company's ability to bid successfully for tenders. The margins are susceptible to competitive pricing nature of the industry.

Liquidity

Liquidity profile of the company remains comfortable marked by healthy cash accruals against minimal debt obligations, moderate bank limit utilization and a healthy current ratio.
VIL has generated cash accruals of Rs. 11.68 Cr for FY18 and is expected to generate around Rs. 9 Cr for FY19 against repayment obligations below Rs. 1 Cr. Due to efficient working capital management, bank limit utilization remains low at 52 % for the past 14 months ending April 2019. Current ratio remains healthy at 1.36 times as on March 31, 2018 and expected to be maintained at similar level as on March 31, 2019.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes VIL will continue to benefit over the medium term from its sizeable order book and its promoters' extensive industry experience. The outlook may be revised to 'Positive' if the company reports sustained improvement in profitability while maintaining healthy revenue growth, and comfortable capital structure. Conversely outlook being may be revised to 'Negative', in case of deterioration in the company's financial risk profile and liquidity, most likely because of reduced profitability margins or stretch in the working capital cycle resulting in increased reliance on external debt.

About the Company

Established in 1970 as a public ltd company in the name of CMR Projects Limited (CMRPL) and later renamed as Vensa Infrastructure Limited (VIL) in May, 2015, VIL is a Hyderabad (Telangana) based Class 1 civil contractor. It undertakes projects for irrigation and building construction, and highway contracts. Its day to-day operations are managed by managing director, Mr. P. Ramdev.

Key Financial Indicators
As on / for the period ended March 31  Unit 2018 2017
Operating income Rs crore 341.70 192.73
Reported profit after tax (PAT) Rs crore 8.80 7.18
PAT margins % 2.53 3.62
Adjusted Debt/Adjusted Net worth Times 0.29 0.68
Interest coverage Times 4.22 5.13

Any other information: Not applicable

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
ISIN Name of Instrument Date of Allotment Coupon
Rate (%)
Maturity Date Issue
Size
( Rs Cr )
Rating
Assigned with
Outlook
NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 120 CRISIL A3+
NA Cash Credit NA NA NA 15 CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA Proposed Cash Credit Limit NA NA NA 15 CRISIL BBB/Stable
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 25 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2019 (History) 2018  2017  2016  Start of 2016
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  55.00  CRISIL BBB/Stable      22-02-18  CRISIL BBB/Stable  06-12-17  CRISIL BBB/Stable  14-09-16  CRISIL BBB-/Stable  CRISIL BBB-/Stable 
                30-11-17  CRISIL BBB/Stable       
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  120.00  CRISIL A3+      22-02-18  CRISIL BBB/Stable/ CRISIL A3+  06-12-17  CRISIL A3+  14-09-16  CRISIL A3  CRISIL A3 
                30-11-17  CRISIL A3+       
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
Bank Guarantee 120 CRISIL A3+ Bank Guarantee 90 CRISIL A3+
Cash Credit 15 CRISIL BBB/Stable Cash Credit 15 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Proposed Cash Credit Limit 15 CRISIL BBB/Stable Proposed Bank Guarantee 60 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 25 CRISIL BBB/Stable Proposed Cash Credit Limit 10 CRISIL BBB/Stable
Total 175 -- Total 175 --
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
Rating Criteria for Construction Industry
Rating Criteria for Engineering Sector
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings

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