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| Product | Quantum (Rs. Cr) | Long Term Rating | Short Term Rating |
| Bank Loan Ratings | 41.04 | ACUITE BBB- | Stable | Assigned | - |
| Bank Loan Ratings | 84.96 | ACUITE BBB- | Stable | Reaffirmed | - |
| Bank Loan Ratings | 1.00 | - | ACUITE A3 | Reaffirmed |
| Total Outstanding | 127.00 | - | - |
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Rating Rationale |
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Acuité has reaffirmed its long-term rating to ‘ACUITE BBB-’ (read as ACUITE triple B minus) and short-term rating of ‘ACUITE A3’ (read as ACUITE A three) on the Rs. 85.96 Cr. bank facilities of V.P. Tex Private Limited (VPTPL). The outlook is 'Stable'.
Acuité has assigned its long-term rating of ‘ACUITE BBB-’ (read as ACUITE triple B minus) on the Rs. 41.04 Cr. bank facilities of V.P. Tex Private Limited (VPTPL). The outlook is 'Stable'. Rationale for reaffirmation: The rating reaffirmation takes into account the improved operating income, improvement in EBITDA margin and moderate financial profile of VPTPL. The operating income of VPTPL has been consistently growing since the last two years ending FY2023. The Company's revenue stood at Rs.331.91 Cr. in FY2023 as against Rs. 268.40 Cr. in FY2022. The operating margins improved to 12.01 percent in FY2023 as against 10.00 percent in FY2022. The financial risk profile of the company continues to remain moderate with moderate debt protection metrics and moderate gearing. The overall gearing of the Company stood at 2.02 times as on March 31, 2023 as against 1.30 times as on March 31, 2022. The interest coverage ratio stood at 5.97 times in FY2023 as against 5.41 times in FY2022. The rating is however constrained on account of intensive working capital operations, exposure to supplier concentration risk and intense competition in the textile industry. |
| About the Company |
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Incorporated in 2011, V.P. Tex Private Limited (VPTPL) is an Erode (Tamil Nadu) based company VPTPL is a closely held private limited company, promoted by Mr. Velappan Srinvasan, Mr. Vasudevan Velappan, Mr. Velappan Sengodan, Mr. Manoj Kumar Srinivasan. VPTPL manufactures varieties of fabrics in Viscose / Micro Modal / Flax / Cotton Linen / Cotton Flax/ Rayon Linen/Viscose / Modal/Cotton Viscose/Cotton Modal/ Rayon Creap/Linen in its manufacturing facility located at Pallipalayam at Erode (Tamil Nadu). It has 230 airjet looms and 360 power looms for weaving to produce 40 lakh meters of cloth) per month.
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| Unsupported Rating |
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| Analytical Approach |
| Acuité has taken a standalone view of the business and financial risk profile of VPTPL to arrive at the rating. |
| Key Rating Drivers |
| Strengths |
VPTPL’s promoters’ have an established presence in the textile industry for nearly two decades with a competent management supported by a team of qualified and experienced second line personnels. This has helped VPTPL in building healthy relationship with its suppliers and customers to ensure a steady raw material supply and repeat business. VPTPL's revenue is expected to improve over the medium term driven by enhanced capacity from 130 airjet looms to 230 airjet looms in FY2023, further in current year (i.e, FY2024) they are enhancing their capacity to 246 airjet looms. Acuité believes that VPTPL is expected to benefit from its experienced management, established relations with its stakeholders and local presence.
The operating income of VPTPL has been improving last two years ending FY2023. The revenues stood at Rs.331.91 Cr. in FY2023 with YOY growth of 23.66 percent as against Rs.268.40 Cr. in FY2022. The improvement in the revenue is on account of addition of air – jet looms and Warping Machines in FY2023. The EBITDA margin is continued to be reported healthy which stood at 12.01 percent in FY2023 as against 10.00 percent in FY2022. Acuite believes that going forward; the margins would remain in the range of 13-14 percent and revenue’s are likely to show stable performance.
VPTPL’s financial risk profile remained moderate with moderate capital structure and debt protection metrics. The net worth of the company stood at Rs.49.02 Cr. and Rs.40.91 Cr. as on March 31, 2023 and 2022 respectively. The gearing of the company has slightly deteriorated on account increase in debt levels in FY2023, which stood at 2.02 times as on March 31, 2023 against 1.30 times as on March 31, 2022. However in next one to two years it expected to improve on account of repayment of the long term debt. Debt protection metrics – Interest coverage ratio and debt service coverage ratio stood at 5.97 times and 2.30 times as on March 31, 2023 respectively as against 5.14 times and 2.14 times as on March 31, 2022 respectively. TOL/TNW stood at 3.20 times and 2.90 times as on March 31, 2023 and 2022 respectively. The debt to EBITDA of the company stood at 2.47 times as on March 31, 2023 as against 1.95 times as on March, 2022. Acuité believes that the company will maintain its financial risk profile on account of its improving scale of operations, stable operating matrices and no additional debt funded capex plans over the medium term.
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| Weaknesses |
VPTPL’s operations are working capital intensive in nature as reflected by its gross current asset (GCA) days of 121 days as on March 31, 2023 as against 144 days as on March 31, 2021. However, there is slight improvement in GCA days is on account of improvement in debtor days and inventory days. Inventory days stood at 20 days as on 31st March, 2023 as against 25 days as on 31 March, 2022. The debtor day stood at 87 days as on March 31, 2023 as against 96 days as on March 31, 2022. Subsequently, the payable period stood at 65 days as on March 31, 2023 as against 97 days as on March 31, 2022 respectively. Further, the average bank limit utilization in the last twelve months ended December, 23 remained at ~65 percent for fund based.
As more than 90 percent of the raw material requirement (viscose fibre) is procured from Mothi spinner private limited (rated ACUITE BBB+/Stable/A2), VPTPL is exposed to significant supplier risk concentration. However, longstanding relationship with the supplier mitigates this risk. Intense competition in the textile industry because of many unorganised players restricts pricing flexibility and bargaining power with customers and suppliers. The operating profitability of VPTPL is exposed to volatility in key raw material prices, including polyester and viscose, as it has relatively limited pricing flexibility in a fragmented industry.
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| Rating Sensitivities |
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| Liquidity Position: Adequate |
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The company's liquidity is adequate marked by generation of adequate net cash accruals to its maturing debt obligations. The company generated cash accruals of Rs.29.35 Cr. in FY2023 as against the repayment of Rs.8.95 Cr. for the same period and expected to generate cash accruals in the range of Rs.34- 40 Cr. against CPLTD of Rs.12.06- 12.96 Cr. over the medium term. Further, the average bank limit utilization in the last twelve months ended December, 23 remained at ~65 percent for fund based. Unencumbered cash and bank balances stood at Rs. 0.34 Cr. as on March 31, 2023. The current ratio of the company stood at 1.21 times as on March, 2023. Acuité believes that VPTPL’s liquidity will remain sufficient over the medium term backed by repayment of its debt obligations and improving accruals.
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| Outlook: Stable |
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Acuité believes that VPTPL will maintain a 'Stable' outlook over the medium term from its promoter's entrepreneurial experience. The outlook may be revised to ‘Positive’ in case the company registers higher than-expected growth in revenues while achieving sustained improvement in operating margins, capital structure and working capital management. Conversely, the outlook may be revised to ‘Negative’ in case of a decline in the company’s revenues or profit margins, or any significant debt-funded capex leading to deterioration of its financial risk profile and liquidity.
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| Other Factors affecting Rating |
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| Particulars | Unit | FY 23 (Actual) | FY 22 (Actual) |
| Operating Income | Rs. Cr. | 331.91 | 268.40 |
| PAT | Rs. Cr. | 9.08 | 6.70 |
| PAT Margin | (%) | 2.74 | 2.50 |
| Total Debt/Tangible Net Worth | Times | 2.02 | 1.30 |
| PBDIT/Interest | Times | 5.97 | 5.41 |
| Status of non-cooperation with previous CRA (if applicable) |
| Not applicable |
| Any other information |
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| Applicable Criteria |
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• Default Recognition :- https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-52.htm • Entities In Manufacturing Sector:- https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-59.htm • Application Of Financial Ratios And Adjustments: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-53.htm |
| Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument |
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In order to inform the investors about complexity of instruments, Acuité has categorized such instruments in three levels: Simple, Complex and Highly Complex. Acuite’ s categorisation of the instruments across the three categories is based on factors like variability of the returns to the investors, uncertainty in cash flow patterns, number of counterparties and general understanding of the instrument by the market. It has to be understood that complexity is different from credit risk and even an instrument categorized as 'Simple' can carry high levels of risk. For more details, please refer Rating Criteria “Complexity Level Of Financial Instruments” on www.acuite.in
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