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Initiating Coverage

VST Industries Ltd.

19-February-2021

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Industry LTP Base Case Fair Value Bull Case Fair Value Recommendation Time Horizon

Cigarette Rs.3641.8 Rs.3760 Rs.4012 Buy on dips to Rs.3384 and add more in the Rs.3006 band 2 quarters

Our Take:

VST Industries is the third-largest player in the Indian cigarette market, with a significant presence in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. The Company has posted strong RoE/RoCE of 42%/52% in FY20 with debt-free status and liquid balance sheet. In an industry with strong entry barriers, VST has created a niche for itself as a leading player in lower end category industry. It flagship brands includes Charminar (since 1994), Charms Virginia (since 1997), Special Extra Filter (since 2004) and Moments (since 2007). VST has been enhancing a portfolio of higher range (Rs.6-7) cigarette which help to improve profitability and realization. ‘Total’ & ‘Edition’ (high priced brands) are contributing 45% to volume.

The company has a strong track record of consistent free cash flow generation along with high margins which has been gradually improving from 27% in FY17 to 33.5% in FY20.It has a strong dividend payout ratio and we expect it to remain stronger which provide a dividend yield of ~3%. VST has a wide presence at lower price point cigarettes. With a continuous increase in taxes & duties, the consumer market now has been largely concentrated at 64- & 69-mm cigarettes which can lead to market share gains for the latter.

Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2020 can impact adversely to volume growth and realization going forward.

Valuations & Recommendation: We expect that the company will get benefits from the strong market share with volume growth, good presence over the country, leading market position, improving realization & EBIDTA / stick, decent financial which would lead to 2% CAGR in top-line and 9% EPS CAGR over FY20-23E. Moreover, recent tax reform would also boost the profitability for VST Ind, as the company was paying ~35% taxes in the previous years and which will come down to 25-26%. We feel the base case fair value of the stock is Rs.3760 (14.9x FY23E EPS) and the bull case fair value is Rs.4012 (15.8x FY23E EPS). Investors could buy the stock on dips to Rs.3384 (13.4x FY23E EPS) and further add on dips to Rs.3006 (11.9x FY23E EPS).

HDFC Scrip Code VSTINDEQNR

BSE Code 509966

NSE Code VSTIND

Bloomberg VST:IN

CMP Feb 19, 2021 3641.8

Equity Capital (cr) 15

Face Value (Rs) 10

Eq- Share O/S(cr) 1.54

Market Cap(Rscr) 5613

Book Value (Rs) 510

Avg.52 Wk Volume 30188

52 Week High 4400.00

52 Week Low 2550.00

Share holding Pattern % (Dec, 2020)

Promoters 32.16

Institutions 20.52

Non Institutions 47.32

Total 100.0

Fundamental Research Analyst Jimit Zaveri [email protected]

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Financial Summary

Particulars (Rs cr) Q3FY21 Q3FY20 YoY-% Q2FY21 QoQ-% FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E FY23E

Operating Income (Net of excise) 287 344 -17% 300 -4% 1,099.0 1,239.4 1,119.1 1,217.6 1,318.1

EBITDA 100 108 -7% 113 -12% 353.1 414.7 412.2 437.0 472.1

RPAT 74 81 -10% 89 -17% 226.8 304.1 316.0 351.1 390.8

Diluted EPS (Rs) 47.73 52.77 -10% 57.34 -17% 146.9 196.9 204.6 227.4 253.1

RoE-% 36.4 41.9 36.5 35.0 34.9

P/E (x) 24.8 18.5 17.8 16.0 14.4

EV/EBITDA 15.8 13.5 13.6 12.8 11.8 (Source: Company, HDFC sec)

Q3FY21 Result Update Reported Result

• Revenue for the quarter stood at Rs. 287 cr, -17/-4 % YoY/QoQ.

• EBIDTA for the quarter stood at Rs. 100 cr, -7/12 % YoY/QoQ.

• PAT for the quarter stood at Rs. 74 cr, -10/17 % YoY/QoQ.

Margins

• EBITDA Margin expanded by 345bps YoY and contracted by 282bps QoQ to 34.84%.

• PAT Margin expanded by 200bps YoY and contracted by 383bps QoQ to 25.68%.

Earnings and Valuation

• EPS for the quarter stood at Rs. 47.73, -10/17 % YoY/QoQ.

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Long term Triggers Established market position

VST is an established player in the cigarette industry with over 8 decades of operations. It is the third-largest player in the Indian cigarette

market, with a significant presence in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. The company has a portfolio of

reputed brands such as Charminar, Charms, Special, Moments, Total, and Editions in the 64 millimetres (mm) and 69 mm segments. It has

also entered the 84 mm segment with its brand, Editions. It has an 8% market share in low priced cigarette segment.

Growth in volume and Improving EBITDA/stick

The company has witnessed decent growth in cigarette volume over a period on the base of demand from consumer, new product launches

and that is expected to rebound in FY22E.

*Cigarette Volume is an assumption.

Source –Other broker reports, Company, HDFC sec Research

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The company has witnessed continuous improvement in cigarette net realization (Net Sales/stick) and EBITDA/stick over a period and that

is expected to improve again in FY22E. In the last two year, VST has introduced two new brands 'Edition' & 'Total' at higher price points,

increasing the volume contribution of high-priced brands (Rs.6 to Rs.11). Growth of higher price cigarette and shift of consumer preference

from Rs.4-5 range of sticks to Rs.6-7 range of cigarette will be going to improves realization.

Source – Company, HDFC sec Research

Robust financial

VST Industries has a debt-free balance sheet. The company has been one of the most efficient in terms of working capital and return ratio

compared to the peer. VST has strong cash flow and free cash flow with strong liquidity of Rs.790 cr of Investment + cash on the balance

sheet which is 97.7% of the entire balance sheet. This is showing strength and liquid balance sheet. The company has strong and consistent

dividend payout which we expect to remain to continue in future. Strong dividend payout rewarded as a dividend yield of 2.91%. Ongoing

pandemic affects the return ratio on a temporary period but that will again be expected to be getting normal by FY22E. We expect that

dividend payout ratio will improves from current level due to higher cash+ investment on the balance sheet.

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Source – Company, HDFC sec Research

No new cess or raise of GST on cigarette, bidis

The Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on 11th February,2021 that there was no proposal to raise the excise duty on cigarettes, 'bidis' and

smokeless tobacco. Due to higher taxation on cigarettes, legal industry volumes continued to remain significantly below June 2014 levels.

While legal cigarette industry volumes have declined by about 20% between 2010-11 and 2019-20, the illicit duty-evaded cigarette segment

has grown by 36% during the same period, accounting for about one-fourth of the domestic industry and making India one of the fastest

growing illicit cigarette markets in the world.

Consequently, while the share of legal cigarettes in total tobacco consumption in the country has declined considerably from 21% in 1981-

82 to a mere 9% (against global average of 90%), aggregate tobacco consumption in the country has increased over the same period. As a

result, despite accounting for less than 1/10th of the tobacco consumed in the country, duty-paid cigarettes contribute more than 4/5th of

the revenue generated from the tobacco sector. It is estimated that on account of illegal cigarettes alone, revenue loss to the Government

is almost Rs.15000 cr per annum.

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What could go wrong Covid-19 led lockdown has an impact on growth

March quarter was largely unaffected by lockdown given pre-stocking by dealers, But Q1FY21 has significantly impacted by 45 days

production halt as well as the shutdown of most retail shops in the country.

A large number of grocery stores selling essential food, health and hygiene products were permitted to remain open, they operated with

significant restrictions concerning the duration of opening hours, timings, number of customers that could be serviced at a time etc. In many

geographies, convenience outlets remained closed for extended durations. Non-availability of public transport adversely impacted the

availability of manpower involved in value chain operations like warehousing, order capture, transportation and so on. Q2FY21 and Q3FY21

also has witnessed by fall in volume. So that 9MFY21 has reported ~22% of volume degrowth.

Higher taxation such as GST and excise duty will affect the industry profitability. Also, perception as a sin industry to affect adversely.

Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and

Distribution) Amendment Act, 2020

The government has drafted the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and

Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2020. The provision for raising the age limit to 21 years (from the current

of 18 years) is part of the new bill being piloted by the Union Health Ministry. Trade/commerce in cigarettes or other tobacco product shall

be in sealed, intact and original packaging. Contravention of this Section 7 will lead to imprisonment of two years or fine going up to Rs 1

lakh and second conviction leading to prison for 5 years or fine going up to Rs 5 lakh.

The bill also has a provision for coming down on the manufacture and sale of illicit cigarettes and tobacco products. Sale of illicit products

will lead to a punishment of imprisonment of 1 year and a fine of Rs 50,000 and a second conviction of imprisonment of 2 years and Rs 1

lakh. The fine on the manufacture of illicit cigarettes is imprisonment of 2 years and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. The penalty for smoking at restricted

areas is being increased from Rs 200 to Rs 2,000.

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No person shall directly or indirectly advertise cigarettes or any other tobacco products through any medium and no person shall take part

in any advertisement that directly or indirectly promotes the use or consumption of cigarettes or any other tobacco products.

If this draft becomes law then the cigarette industry will face difficulties to grow volume and also to improves realization.

A discriminatory taxation and regulatory regime along with a sharp increase in illegal trade in recent years, especially at the premium end

cigarette, continue to pose significant challenges to the legal cigarette industry in the country.

Competition from unorganized players:

Non duty-paid cigarettes have benefited from the large price distortion arising from exponential tax hikes which has adversely affected large

organized players.

Ban on loose Sticks

Continuation of harsher regulations such as selling restrictions and ban on sale of loose sticks in key large states can pose challenges for

volume growth of the organized industry and VST in particular.

Healthy lifestyle awareness can affect growth

Cigarettes contain about 600 ingredients. Smoking generates more than 7,000 chemicals. Many of these are poisonous and at least 69 of

them can cause cancer. In India, among tobacco use, smoking is one of the major causes of deaths and diseases, accounting for millions of

such cases.

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Higher competition from bidis and unmanufactured tobacco

In India 'Bidi' consumption is 7-8 times more common than conventional cigarettes and when compared bidis produce equal or higher levels

of nicotine, tar, and other toxic chemicals. After inhalation, these compounds not only reach the lungs but are absorbed and can affect

almost all organs of the body.

Discriminatory taxation on cigarettes has caused progressive migration from consumption of duty-paid cigarettes to other lightly taxed/tax-

evaded forms of tobacco products, comprising illegal cigarettes, bidi, chewing tobacco, gutkha, zarda, snuff, etc.

Funds following ESG investing may not invest in cigarette and tobacco industry

Cigarette and tobacco industry does not fall under ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) framework. ESG concept is widespread in the

developed markets. ESG funds are growing in popularity among investors who want to be seen to be making a contribution to cutting global

warming and adding to human development, without compromising on financial returns.

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Industry India has a unique pattern of tobacco consumption. Legal Cigarettes account for just 9% of overall tobacco consumed. The balance 91% consumption is represented by traditional products like chewing tobacco, beedis, khaini etc. and illegal Cigarettes. This is unlike the rest of the world where tobacco is synonymous with Cigarettes representing 90% of tobacco consumption.

Cigarette taxes in India are among the highest in the world. Therefore, high tax rates make cigarettes unaffordable to a large section of consumers. As a result, they shift towards the consumption of beedi and other forms of smokeless tobacco. Hence, the overall tobacco market experiences slow growth. About the Company The Vazir Sultan Tobacco Company Ltd, incorporated in the year 1930 at Hyderabad, is an associate of British American Tobacco Plc, which

holds a 32.2% stake in the company. It manufactures and markets cigarettes and trades in unmanufactured tobacco.

The Company has a manufacturing facility at Hyderabad and Toopran (Telangana) and its principal activities are manufacture & sale of

cigarettes and unmanufactured tobacco. The Company's cigarette brands include Charminar Specials, Shah-I- Deccan, Charms Virginia Filter

Kings, Vazir, Qila, Kingston Mini Kings, XL Filter, Vijay, Shaan and Ambassador. The company's products are targeted at the lower-income

segment where it has dominance. As on FY20, Cigarettes containing tobacco comprised of ~83% of revenues while the residual 17% revenue

comprised of unmanufactured tobacco.

Peer Comparison as per FY20 Financial

Company CMP (As on 19-02-

2021) Mcap (Rs. Cr.) NPM% RoE% RoCE% D/E(x) TTM P/E (x)

VST Industries 3642 5608 25 42 52 0.0 18

Godfrey Phillips 919 4779 13 15 20 0.2 15

ITC 216 265834 31 25 33 0.0 21

Sales (Rs. Cr) EBIDTA Margin (%) PAT (Rs. Cr)

FY20 FY21E FY22E FY23E FY20 FY21E FY22E FY23E FY20 FY21E FY22E FY23E

VST Industries 1239 1119 1218 1318 33 37 36 36 304 316 351 391

ITC Ltd 49404 48292 54691 58908 39 35 37 37 15228 13435 16164 17229

Godfrey Phillips* 2877 3059 3585 NA 21 22 22 NA 385 444 531 NA *Bloomberg estimates, NA- Not Available

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Financials Income Statement Balance Sheet

(Rs Cr) FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E FY23E As at March FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E FY23E

Net Revenue 948 1099 1239 1119 1218 1318 SOURCE OF FUNDS

Growth (%) 2.7 16.0 12.8 -9.7 8.8 8.3 Share Capital 15.4 15.4 15.4 15.4 15.4 15.4

Operating Expenses 654 746 825 707 781 846 Reserves 567 649 772 929 1045 1161

EBITDA 294 353 415 412 437 472 Minority Interest 0 0 0 0 0 0

Growth (%) 18.7 20.1 17.4 -0.6 6.0 8.0 Other Equity & Liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 0

EBITDA Margin (%) 31.0 32.1 33.5 36.8 35.9 35.8 Shareholders' Funds 582 664 787 944 1060 1176

Other Income 24.6 38.9 47.4 48.0 72.0 90.0 Long Term Debt 0 0 0 0 0 0

Depreciation 39.2 41.4 41.8 38.0 39.8 39.8 Long Term Provisions & Others 14 19 20 20 21 21

EBIT 279 351 420 422 469 522 Total Source of Funds 596 683 807 964 1081 1197

Interest 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 APPLICATION OF FUNDS

PBT 279 351 420 422 469 522 Net Block 229 214 200 200 195 190

Tax 97.6 123.8 116.2 106.3 118.1 131.5 Non-Current Investments 2 2 2 2 2 2

RPAT 182 227 304 316 351 391 Deferred Tax Assets (net) 25 31 26 26 32 40

Growth (%) 20.0 24.7 34.1 3.9 11.1 11.3 Long Term Loans & Advances 3 1 5 8 10 13

EPS 117.8 146.9 196.9 204.6 227.4 253.1 Other Assets 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total Non Current Assets 259 248 233 236 239 244

Current Investments 414 573 751 751 819 893

Inventories 253 282 298 307 324 343

Trade Receivables 27 14 15 20 27 29

Short term Loans & Advances 68 47 58 66 80 97

Cash & Equivalents 38 37 37 75 106 117

Other Current Assets 5 6 4 5 6 7

Total Current Assets 805 959 1164 1224 1360 1486

Short-Term Borrowings 0 0 0 0 0 0

Trade Payables 58 83 143 93 94 93

Other Current Liab & Provisions 410 441 428 385 404 420

Short-Term Provisions 0 0 20 19 20 21

Total Current Liabilities 468 524 590 496 518 533

Net Current Assets 337 434 574 728 843 953

Total Application of Funds 596 683 807 964 1081 1197

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Cash Flow Statement Key Ratios (Rs Cr) FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E FY23E (Rs Cr) FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21E FY22E FY23E

Reported PBT 279 351 420 422 469 522 Profitability (%)

Non-operating & EO items -25 -39 -47 -48 -72 -90 EBITDA Margin 31.0 32.1 33.5 36.8 35.9 35.8

Interest Expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 EBIT Margin 29.5 31.9 33.9 37.7 38.5 39.6

Depreciation 39 41 42 38 40 40 APAT Margin 19.2 20.6 24.5 28.2 28.8 29.7

Working Capital Change -19 -98 -139 -116 -84 -98 RoE 32.4 36.4 41.9 36.5 35.0 34.9

Tax Paid -98 -124 -116 -106 -118 -131 RoCE 46.9 51.4 52.1 43.8 43.4 43.6

OPERATING CASH FLOW ( a ) 177 131 160 189 235 242 Solvency Ratio

Capex -47 -26 -27 -39 -35 -35 D/E 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Free Cash Flow 131 105 133 151 200 207 Interest Coverage NA NA NA NA NA NA

Investments -1 -5 1 -3 -8 -11 PER SHARE DATA

Non-operating income 25 39 47 48 72 90 EPS 117.8 146.9 196.9 204.6 227.4 253.1

INVESTING CASH FLOW ( b ) -23 9 21 6 30 44 CEPS 143.2 173.7 224.0 229.2 253.2 278.9

Debt Issuance / (Repaid) 3 4 1 0 1 0 BV 377 430 510 611 687 762

Interest Expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dividend 75.0 77.5 95.0 103.0 152.0 178.0

FCFE 134 110 134 151 201 207 Turnover Ratios (days)

Share Capital Issuance 0 0 0 0 0 0 Debtor days 11 5 5 7 8 8

Dividend -116 -167 -177 -159 -235 -275 Inventory days 112 89 85 100 97 95

FINANCING CASH FLOW ( c ) -113 -162 -175 -159 -234 -275 Creditors days 32 35 50 48 44 40

NET CASH FLOW (a+b+c) 42 -22 6 37 30 12 Working Capital Days 91 59 40 59 61 63

VALUATION

P/E 30.9 24.8 18.5 17.8 16.0 14.4

P/BV 9.7 8.5 7.1 6.0 5.3 4.8

EV/EBITDA 19.0 15.8 13.5 13.6 12.8 11.8

Dividend Yield 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.8 4.2 4.9

Dividend Payout 168.3 52.8 48.2 50.3 66.8 70.3 Source: Company, HDFC sec Research

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