Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles SAOG Research Initiation – 6th July 2010 MSM 30 AACT (CMP ) 12 Months Target Investment Rationale. 6,143.48 0.296 0.368 With dominating market share of nearly 60% in the local Key Figures 2008A 2009A 2010E 2011E market, the company has consistently outperformed the Net Sales 11,870 15,887 18,150 22,725 MSM30 general index. Despite the slowdown in the Operating Profit 3,930 5,624 6,201 8,380 economic activity in 2009, AACT operated at almost full EBITDA 4,704 6,409 6,949 9,292 capacity and there was little negative impact on the Net Income 3,516 4,952 5,457 7,374 results. in 1Q 2010, the company also kept the production level intact and in line with the 2009 level as the demand Key Ratios 2008A 2009A 2010E 2011E for ceramic tiles remains high. NPM 30% 31% 30% 32% ROE 26.0% 26.8% 22.9% 21.2% New proposed Capacity expansion of 3 million Sqm ROA 19.9% 22.0% 16.8% 17.7% Given the huge gap in demand and supply, the proposed Valuation 2008A 2009A 2010E 2011E new capacity expansion of additional 3 million sqm per EPS 0.035 0.044 0.034 0.035 annum is poised to generate better top lineled by volume growth. P/E(x) 8.5 6.7 8.8 8.5 P/BV(x) 2.2 1.8 2.0 1.8 Realization per Sqm is steady amid the slowdown in 2009 Basic Stock Details Market Price 0.296 52Wk high 0.482 The realization per unit for the company’s products ”Al Shares O/S ( In,000) 162,241.950 52Wk low 0.222 Sham” is quite competitive compared to the regional Market Cap 48023.620 YTD Change 26.35% market players as well as the low cost Chinese producers. The realization per unit has been steady and increasing, MSM Ticker AACT Bloomberg AACT OM reflecting reliable demand for the company product on Reuters AACT. OM the back of recovery in construction activities. 52 Weeks stock performance Diversified target market AACT OM Equity MSM30 Index The company’s target market has been predominantly the local market, Oman. Continued support of the 33% 30% government to increase local investment in the industrial 28% sector, in line with its diversification plan, augurs well for 25% the company in future. Also, the company has been able 23% to cover its decreasing sales in UAE through increased 20% 18% consumption in the Saudi market, which is the largest 15% consumer of ceramic tiles in the region. 13% 10% Initiating valuation at target price of RO 0.368 8% 5% 3% We initiate the valuation with target price of RO 0.368, 0% which is a potential upside of nearly 24% from the current 09090909090909090909090909101010101010101010101010 ‐3% 0000000000000000000000000 market price. 1/26/21/25/20/24/29/24/29/23/28/23/28/22/27/21/26/23/28/22/27/22/27/21/26/2 ‐5% 6/27/07/28/08/29/09/10/00/11/01/12/02/11/01/12/02/13/03/14/04/15/05/16/06/1 ‐8% 0000000111111000000000000 ‐10% The stock is currently trading at a P/E of 6.7x and 8.8x its FY2009A and FY2010E earnings. This document is provided for assistance only and is not intended to be and must not alone be taken as the basis for an investment decision. 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Neither National Bank of Oman, nor its directors or employees shall be liable for any damages whether direct or indirect, incidental, special or consequential including lost revenue or lost profits that may arise from or in connection with the use of the information. Al Anwwar Cerammic Tiles Research Innitiation Companyy Overview Set up in 1997, Al Annwar Ceramiic Tiles (AACCT) was the first ceramic tile manufacturer in Oman wwith a capitall of RO 1.8 miillion and a caapacity of 3 mmillion sqm per annnum.The company's plannt was setup in the town of Nizwa witth key technical ccollaboration from Italiann manufacturers. The coompany has been expanding steadily sincee inception, as we have seen expanded capacities in 2004 and 2008. Currently thee company is considering expansion off another 3 mmillion Sqm per annnum. The ppresent installed capacity is approx. 100 million sqmm and with the new expansion it is expectted to reach 13 million sqqm per annuum by end 2011. The compaany enjoys cloose proximityy to locally available raw materials. Foor the production process the plant sourcees most raw mmaterials such shale, limestone and silica ssand locally vvia its miningg rights. At thhe same timee other impoortant items such as pigmentss, glaze and frits are imported from leading Italiann and Spanish manufacturers. Thus the ccompany bennefits from being one oof the lowest costt producers due to the cosst competitiveeness. AACT prommotes its prodduct under the brand name of ‘Al Shamms’, which is oone of the more recognized and established brandds in the region, givenn the affordabilitty and qualityy of tiles. Sharehollding pattern as on Marrch 2010 Name No of Shares Percentagge Holding Al Jazeira Servvices 35677.005 22.0% DAMAC Inv. KKuwait 16743.369 10.3% Inv. Stabilizatiion Fund 10480.830 6.5% DAMAC Inv. UUAE 9604.723 5.9% DAMAC Inv. MMuscat 9507.378 5.9% State general Reserve Fund 8955.756 5.5% Others 53182.911 32.8% Shares Outstanding 162241.950 88.9% Share HHolding Structurre Al Jazeera Services 32.8% 22.00% DAMAC Inv. KKuwait 10.3%% Inv. Stabilizattion Fund 5.5%% 6.5% 5.9% 5.9%% Equity Reesearch Investmeent Banking: NBO Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles Research Initiation Installed Capacity & Utilization In 2008, AACT was operating with two production lines with a capacity of approximately 7 million Sq. meters per annum. After Q3’08, AACT added a new production line which gave an additional 3 million Sq. meters per annum taking the total capacity to 10 million Sq. meters per annum. As stated earlier, AACT has recently planned to add a new production line with a capacity of 3 million Sq. meters per annum which would increase the overall ceramic tile production capacity of the company to about 13 million sq. meters per annum making them one of the largest producers in the GCC region. The expansion plan is estimated to cost around RO 8 million which will be funded from a mix of internal accruals and external financing through banks. At the moment, the company’s factory and offices occupy only 20% of the total leased area. Therefore, acquiring land for the expansion plan will not be a problem. 25000 102% 22500 100% 20000 98% 17500 96% 15000 94% 12500 92% 10000 90% 7500 88% 5000 86% 2500 84% 0 82% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 E 2011 E Installed Capacity (Mn Sqm) Revenue(RO Mn) Utilized Capacity (%) Source: Company Reports, NBO Research The company uses both the dry as well as the wet process of producing ceramic tiles. Two of the lines are being engaged with dry process, which gives the company better cost control and improved realization on output. Installed Utilized Revenue Revenue Realization Net profit Capacity Capacity Year (Mn Sqm) (%) (RO Mn) Growth Per Sqm (RO Mn) 2005 5500 97.5% 6,767 NA 1.26 1411.81 2006 6500 94.5% 8,051 19% 1.31 1782.72 2007 6500 100.0% 8,774 9% 1.35 2315.70 2008 7500 96.4% 11,870 35% 1.64 3515.88 2009 10000 98.7% 15,887 34% 1.61 4952.44 2010 E 10000 99.0% 18,150 14% 1.75 5456.75 2011 E 13000 88.5% 22,725 25% 1.85 7374.32 Source: Company Reports, NBO Research Equity Research Investment Banking: NBO Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles Research Initiation Financial Analysis AACT reported a 12% increase in total sales for Q1’10 amounting to RO 4.575 million as compared to RO 4.096 million in the same period last year due to high capacity utilization coupled with the added production resulting from installation of third production line which was completed in the last quarter of 2008. On Q‐o‐Q basis, the company has managed to increase sales by an impressive 25% in Q1’10 from RO 3,654 million in Q4’09. Source: Company Reports, NBO Research The company’s focus on local market was successful in generating higher top line. Contribution from local market in Q1’10 was 60% to the total sales by value as well as volume and the market share of the company increased to nearly 50% in local market. During the year, AACT has managed to improve its output and income owing to growing demand and better product mix and market penetration. During Q1’10, the company operated at full capacity thereby producing 2.50 million sq. meters of tiles, an increase of 7% over the same period last year. 25000.0 40% 35% 35% 34% 20000.0 30% 15000.0 25% 25% 19% 20% 10000.0 14% 15% 5000.0 9% 10% 5% 0.0 0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E Revenue Growth Equity Research Investment Banking: NBO Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles Research Initiation Cost Structure & profitability Raw materials such as silica, sand, limestone, shale (produced locally) and glaze, (imported from Italy, Spain and India) which is a thin shiny coating that represents almost 50% of the direct cost. However, through better sourcing and improved programs, the company managed to reduce manufacturing costs. The company’s advantage against other players in the region is its low cost reach to the raw materials. Hence the company has been able to keep the cost per square meter in a tight range showing an absolute increase of only 5% over 2001 while realizations are 16% higher compared to 2001 levels. The capital expenditure of RO 8 million for the new production line, which will be funded through the company’s internal accruals, seems to be high due to additional civil construction, installation of conveyor belts for the entire facility and hardware to convert natural gas from LPG. The key concern here is the non‐ availability of gas as a fuel for the capacity expansion program which could in turn increase the overall productions costs. However, there are indications that AACT will receive gas supply from the government for its expansion plan. 8000.0 60% 7000.0 54% 50% 6000.0 5000.0 39% 40% 35% 4000.0 32% 30% 30% 3000.0 20% 2000.0 10% 10% 1000.0 0.0 0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E Net Profit Growth Net income for the first quarter 2010 increased by 14.2% Y‐o‐Y and 30.9% Q‐o‐Q to OMR 1.4 million backed by robust growth in top line as well as improvement in margins. Revenues increased by 25.2% Q‐o‐Q and 11.7% Y‐o‐Y to OMR4.6 million mainly due to higher unit sales. Gross profit margin improved to 52.5% from 48.5% in 4Q2009 and 50.4% in 1Q2009 which is the highest gross margin that the company has achieved. Equity Research Investment Banking: NBO Al Anwwar Cerammic Tiles Research Innitiation Ceramic tiles markett Predominantly GCC hass been the neet importer oof ceramic tiles over the yyears. The GCC ceeramic tiles mmarket size iss estimated aat nearly 125 million sqm while the total innstalled capaacity is nearly around 800 million sqmm. The majorrity of demand is coming from the Saudi Arrabian and the UAE markeets. Given the huge gap in demmand and suppply, the industry has been witnessing several cappacity expansionss over the lasst few years. This also prrovides a hugge opportunitty for local manuufacturers to fill the gap by providing in‐time deelivery and quality products. Market Structuure 10% 20% Local Prooducers 70% Emergin Market Supplierss Western Players The industry has registered a CAGRR of 11% (20000‐2009) making it one oof the fastest growwing marketss in the worldd. Currently tthe GCC tile mmarket constitutes only 5% of the world mmarkets. We eexpect the oppening of the real estate ssector to foreign investments coupled witth the increaase in liquidity in the reggional economies will provide ffurther thrust to the indusstry. Domesticc market The Omanii market is drriven by demmand primarilyy from the reetail segmentt. The mid‐segmeent retail prooduct forms more than 770% of the mmarket and tthis is being caterred to by loccal manufactuurers such ass AACT and AAl‐Maha Ceraamics. The premiuum product, wwhich forms aaround 10% oof the overall market, is caatered to by western players. TThe rest of thhe market, wwhich is roundd 10‐20%, is being catered to by low cost CChinese manuufacturers. Favorablle demograpphic The total GGCC populatioon of around 30 million peeople is expeected to doubble by 2050. Further favorable demographhic factors such as 70% of the totall GCC population being beloww the age of 330, increasing number of families and hhigher purchasing power have created a surrge in demand for user inddustries. Supply deficiency creeates opporrtunity The current boom in the end user inndustries has triggered exponential demand growth in tthe ceramic and tile markket. Althoughh the GCC manufacturers have stepped upp production,, more than 35‐40% of thhe demand iss currently mmet by imports. Thhe major countries that seell their produucts in the GCCC are Italy, SSpain, China, Indiaa, Indonesia aand Iran. Equity Reesearch Investmeent Banking: NBO Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles Research Initiation SWOT Analysis Strengths (cid:190) Building new plant to meet demand (cid:190) Effective capacity utilization. (cid:190) Lower production costs and better realizations (cid:190) Strong Brand equity of Al Shams Threats Opportunities (cid:190) Non‐availability of gas as a fuel for (cid:190) Demand in the premium sector its upcoming capacity expansion (cid:190) Custom duty exemption in the GCC program markets. (cid:190) Local competition from Al Maha (cid:190) Permitting expatriates to own property (cid:190) Competition from Chinese low cost (cid:190) Significant investments to boost tourism players. and leisure industry Weakness (cid:190) High correlation with construction industry. (cid:190) Sensitivity of average price realization especially in the export segment. Outlook There has been a supply gap in the region which is estimated between 30 million to 40 million square metres on an annual basis. This leaves a huge opportunity for all the players in the GCC to capitalize on. The Construction Industry in the GCC continues to witness satisfactory recovery and the medium term demand view remains optimistic. We expect growing consumption for the company’s products. However increased supplies and price competition from non‐GCC manufacturers, particularly China is also a concern. So while the demand grows, so does supply. Instead of competitive pricing, controlling cost of production remains the key to profitable growth. Equity Research Investment Banking: NBO Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles Research Initiation Valuation We initiated our valuation for AACT with cost of equity of 13% and a WACC of 12.8%. We assigned the company a the terminal growth rate of 1%. Based on the above mentioned assumptions, we reached a fair value of RO 0.368, which offers a likely upside of nearly 25% from the current market price. Assumptions Risk Free rate (10 yr bond) 4.1% Market cap 33,119.7 Risk Premium 9.9% Debt 1,126.8 Beta 0.9 Av cost of debt 6.0% Cost of Equity 13.0% Market Returns 14.0% WACC 12.8% Terminal growth rate 1.0% DCF Calculation 2009A 2010E 2011E No of years 0 1 2 Terminal Value Calculation Terminal Value Growth Rate 1.0% Projected Free Cash Flow 6,722.1 Discount Rate (WACC) 12.8% Terminal Enterprise Value 57,067.1 Discounted Cash Flows at WACC Unlevered Free Cash Flow 14,639.1 Terminal Value 44,866.9 Total Discounted Cash Flows 59,506.0 Less Debt (1,126.8) Add cash 1,279.1 Equity Value 59,658.3 Shares in issue 162,241.950 DCF per share 0.368 Share Price 0.296 Upside/(Downside) 24% Though our valuation is based on a very conservative terminal growth rate of 1%, we believe the price is sensitive to the presence of the increased Chinese players and the capacity expansion in the regional market coming into effect at the same time that AACT is planning its capacity expansion. Equity Research Investment Banking: NBO Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles Research Initiation Annexure 2007A 2008A 2009A 2010E 2011E INCOME STATEMENT OMR 000 OMR 000 OMR 000 OMR 000 OMR 000 Revenue 8774.00 11869.93 15886.99 18150.00 22725.00 Total Turnover 8774.00 11869.93 15886.99 18150.00 22725.00 % Growth 9% 35% 34% 14% 25% Cost of sales 4747.37 5935.40 7937.13 9067.73 11353.40 COGS % of sales 54% 50% 50% 50% 50% Gross Profit 4026.63 5934.53 7949.86 9082.27 11371.60 Gross Profit Margin 46% 50% 50% 50% 50% Other income 96.3 80.114 97.316 72.987 98.53245 Operating Expenses General & adm exp 837.27 1161.25 1317.69 1449.45 1594.40 Selling & Dist Exp 887.65 848.45 1111.86 1167.45 1225.83 Net Interest Expense 13.312 23.677 5.472 337.5 270 Others 36 51.309 ‐11.6 0 0 Total Operating Expenses 1774.23 2084.69 2423.42 2954.41 3090.23 Profit Before tax 2348.70 3929.95 5623.76 6200.85 8379.91 EBIT Margin 27% 33% 35% 34% 37% Tax (33.00) (414.07) (671.32) (744.10) (1005.59) Net Income 2315.70 3515.88 4952.44 5456.75 7374.32 NI Margin 26% 30% 31% 30% 32% Shares o/s (,000) 85,759.000 100,987.000 111,891.000 162,241.950 210,914.535 EPS 0.027 0.035 0.044 0.034 0.035 EBITDA 3,043.0 4,703.8 6,408.9 6,949.2 9,291.7 EBITDA margin 34.7% 39.6% 40.3% 38.3% 40.9% EBIT Margin 27% 33% 35% 34% 37% Equity Research Investment Banking: NBO Al Anwar Ceramic Tiles Research Initiation Balance Sheet 2007A 2008E 2009A 2010E 2011E Fig. in RO ,000 Assets Cash and bank balances 589.7 1,279.1 1,211.9 3,420.7 6,829.9 Inventories 1,415.1 2,164.4 2,197.8 2,510.8 3,143.7 Trade receivables 1,847.2 2,587.9 3,667.6 4,190.0 4,399.5 Other receivables 346.7 178.3 0.0 717.2 898.0 Financial assets held ‐ to ‐ maturity 3,425.2 107.9 4,570.7 5,570.7 6,620.7 Total Current Assets 7,623.8 6,317.6 11,647.9 16,409.4 21,891.8 Property, plant and equipment 6,233.4 11,341.2 10,792.8 15,968.7 19,455.3 Financial assets available ‐ for ‐ sale 74.2 22.9 34.4 134.4 234.4 Total Assets 13,931.4 17,681.7 22,475.1 32,512.6 41,581.5 Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity Current Liabilities Current portion of Government soft loans 308.3 308.3 308.3 350.0 (350.0) Trade and other payables 1,255.9 2,404.6 2,171.7 2,237.7 2,801.7 Taxation 0.0 342.1 617.2 377.2 396.0 Total Current Liabilities 1,564.3 3,055.0 3,097.3 2,964.9 2,847.7 Non ‐current Government soft loans 793.8 485.6 239.8 5,000.0 3,000.0 Deferred Government grant 131.0 131.0 68.5 0.0 0.0 Employee End Service benefits 145.0 201.8 254.1 309.7 379.3 Deferred tax liability 217.0 289.0 343.9 429.9 537.3 Total Liabilities 1,286.8 1,107.4 906.3 5,739.5 3,916.6 Share capital 7,172.6 8,607.1 11,189.2 16,224.3 21,091.5 Legal reserve 1,000.1 1,356.8 1,850.9 2,396.6 3,134.0 Retained earnings 353.7 3,564.1 5,428.7 5,187.2 10,591.8 Proposed bonus shares/Dividend 2,510.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fair value reserve 43.6 (8.8) 2.7 0.0 0.0 Total Equity 11,080.3 13,519.2 18,471.6 23,808.1 34,817.3 Total Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity 13,931.4 17,681.7 22,475.1 32,512.5 41,581.6 Equity Research Investment Banking: NBO
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