Auto Ancillary Sector - Monthly Update - Aug 09

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MONTHLY UPDATE

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19 August 2009Auto Ancillary Sector

Smooth ride with caution

B&Ks view

With car major Maruti and two-wheeler major Hero Honda achieving record levels of

production, the auto ancillaries supplying components to these companies like Omax

Auto, Rico Auto, Sona Koyo and Subros are witnessing uptrend in volumes.

The replacement demand for auto ancillaries is in tact. Though there is sequential

improvement in demand from CV segment, it is still below the peak levels achieved.

As per our interaction with auto ancillary companies, so far there is no downward

revision of schedule from auto majors due to monsoon failure. However, more clarity

on this front will emerge only by December, after the festival season.

On the export front, car segment in Europe and US is showing signs of sequential

improvement due to incentive schemes announced by European and US governments.

We expect the inventory levels to come down due to this improvement in sales. Overall,

the demand from overseas market continues to be under pressure, as the CV sector is

yet to witness revival.

After bottoming out, the commodity prices have started moving up. Due to raw material

price increase, we expect margins of battery and tyre companies to be under pressure

in the current quarter compared to the last quarter.

At the current valuations, our top picks in the auto ancillary space are Subros, Amara

Raja Batteries and Balkrishna Industries Limited.

Domestic OEM demand

Demand from passenger vehicle OEMs improved 13.5% YoY in July 2009. Demand from

Maruti improved 29.4% while demand from Tata Motors also witnessed a marginal

improvement of 0.7%. However, demand from Hyundai fell 12.6% owing to the labour

unrest at its facility in Chennai.

Share Data

(%) Absolute price performance

1M 3M 12M

Sensex 2.0 5.3 2.7

B&K Auto Ancillary Universe

ABC Bearings 41.4 43.3 (28.2)

Amara Raja Batteries 18.4 98.7 17.8

Apollo Tyres 11.3 37.8 12.9

Asahi India Glass 6.1 17.7 (7.1)

Automotive Axles 62.6 90.1 (27.4)

Balkrishna Industries 13.5 50.2 (26.0)

Bharat Forge 54.4 29.4 (12.8)

Ceat 10.2 114.0 70.5

Clutch Auto 6.1 40.7 (24.1)

Denso India 25.3 53.9 2.5

Dynamatic Tech. 24.9 65.8 (3.4)

Exide Industries 7.1 49.7 17.6

FAG Bearings India 1.5 47.2 15.3

JK Tyers and Ind. 2.7 44.1 (0.3)

LG Balakrishnan 11.0 5.8 (12.5)

MM Forgings 7.8 20.0 (37.3)

Motherson Sumi 0.1 (5.3) (0.9)

Bosch 13.6 25.5 3.7

MRF 24.4 63.1 18.4

NRB Bearings 5.5 32.3 (32.5)

Omax Autos 29.2 49.0 (1.1)

Pricol 5.7 24.7 (32.7)

Rico Auto Industries 55.6 90.3 52.9

SKF India 3.8 39.7 14.8

Sona Koyo Steering 23.7 31.9 (18.8)

Subros 28.4 56.3 3.6

Suprajit Engineering 46.9 88.7 21.3

Sundram Fasteners 31.2 51.2 30.5

Tube Investments 1.8 78.0 14.9

PV production and growth

Source: SIAM

Demand from two-wheeler OEMs improved 14.5% YoY in July 2009. Demand from

Hero Honda and HMSI continues to be robust at 22.7% and 26.1% while demand from

TVS Motor grew 13.1%. Baja Auto reported negative growth of 7.0%.


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AUTO ANCILLARY SECTOR 2

B&K RESEARCH AUGUST 2009

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Two-wheeler production and growth

Source: SIAM

The LCV segment saw a growth of 7.2% YoY. However, demand from MHCV dropped

15.5%. Overall, the CV segment reported a negative growth of 3.3 %.

Overseas demand

Export markets, mainly Europe and US continue to witness pressure. Demand for light trucks

and medium & heavy trucks declined 21.0% and 38.4% YoY. Demand from car OEMs also

saw a sharp fall of 48.1%.

US Auto production

Month Year-to-Date

July July Volume January-July Volume

2009 2008 (%) Chg. 2009 2008 (%) Chg.

U.S. Car 147,473 284,028 (48.1) 1,031,031 2,258,869 (54.4)

U.S. Light Truck 215,606 272,984 (21.0) 1,592,213 3,063,357 (48.0)

Total Light Vehicle 363,079 557,012 (34.8) 2,623,244 5,322,226 (50.7)

U.S. Med./Hvy. Truck 9,414 15,292 (38.4) 75,921 141,445 (46.3)

Total U.S. Vehicle 372,493 572,304 (34.9) 2,699,165 5,463,671 (50.6)

Source: Wardsauto

LCV production and growth

Source: SIAM

MHCV production and growth


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Domestic RSS 4 Intl RSS 3

Impact of raw material

Lead

From US$ 1,000/tonne in January 2009, lead price has now moved up to ~US$ 1,800-

1,900/tonne. Considering the current stable prices in automotive replacement market, we

expect the margins to be under pressure in the current quarter for battery companies like

Exide and Amara Raja batteries compared to last quarter in which they reported record

profits.

Source: London Metal Exchange

Natural rubber

The natural rubber price in the domestic market has moved up from Rs 65 to Rs 101 and in

the international market from Rs 62 to Rs 98. We expect the margins for tyre companies to be

under pressure in the current quarter compared to the last quarter, in which tyre companies

reported record margins. The margin impact will depend on the price at which NR is contractedby the individual companies locally/internationally.

NR price

Source: Rubber Board

Lead price


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Valuation matrix

(Rs mn) S/C Reco Price (Rs) Revenue (Rs mn) EPS (Rs) P/E (x)

18 Aug 09 FY09E FY10E FY11E FY09E FY10E FY11E FY09E FY10E FY11E

ABC Bearings S BUY 54 1,338 1,436 1,569 6.3 12.5 13.3 8.6 4.4 4.1

Amara Raja Batteries S BUY 115 13,177 13,159 14,857 9.4 16.0 16.9 12.3 7.2 6.8

Apollo Tyres C OP 40 49,841 54,265 59,796 2.8 4.0 4.6 14.3 10.0 8.7

Asahi India Glass S SELL 54 12,182 13,816 15,617 (0.1) (2.4) 0.1 NA NA 535.5

Automotive Axle S UR 205 2,470 2,868 3,143 3.0 8.3 9.3 68.5 24.7 22.1

Balkrishna Industries C BUY 298 14,071 14,143 15,065 38.6 67.6 72.1 7.7 4.4 4.1

Bharat Forge C UP 230 47,740 38,644 43,124 2.6 2.2 5.2 88.3 104.4 44.2

Bosch S OP 3,864 46,202 48,304 53,434 197.8 180.7 204.9 19.5 21.4 18.9

Ceat S NR 133 25,560 27,229 29,709 (4.7) 38.1 37.8 NA 3.5 3.5

Clutch Auto S UP 30 1,960 2,091 2,251 3.0 2.9 4.4 9.9 10.2 6.7

Denso India S OP 67 5,307 5,985 6,563 6.5 9.8 11.1 10.3 6.8 6.0

Dynamatic Technologies C OP 1142 4,056 4,180 4,859 (3.1) 37.4 59.3 NA 30.5 19.3

Exide Industries S BUY 84 33,930 38,024 41,900 3.6 4.8 5.4 21.2 15.9 14.1

FAG Bearing S BUY 445 7,444 8,023 8,884 60.2 58.2 73.5 7.4 7.6 6.1

JK Tyres* S OP 93 49,221 35,157 37,786 3.1 14.1 15.2 29.9 6.6 6.1

LG. Balakrishnan S OP 14 5,076 5,363 5,913 1.1 1.7 2.1 12.4 8.0 6.5

MM Forgings S OP 54 2,068 1,556 1,709 8.8 4.1 8.1 6.2 13.2 6.7

Motherson Sumi**** C OP 78 25,956 62,810 70,375 5.0 5.3 6.2 15.6 14.7 12.6

MRF S OP 4,218 55,876 62,588 594.4 635.3 7.1 6.6

NRB Bearings S UP 47 2,907 3,187 3,450 0.9 4.6 5.2 52.6 10.3 9.1

Omax S OP 40 8,121 9,136 10,324 2.5 4.5 6.0 15.8 8.8 6.6

Pricol S UP 11 6,163 6,703 7,399 (3.3) 0.2 0.9 NA 55.3 12.3

Rico Auto C OP 27 9,197 10,567 12,103 (0.4) 1.1 2.1 (66.3) 24.1 12.6

SKF India S OP 263 16,202 15,663 17,273 24.2 18.2 24.2 10.9 14.5 10.9

Sona Koyo Steering S UP 12 6,932 7,765 8,717 (1.6) (0.3) 0.1 NA NA 120.1

Subros Limited S BUY 32 6,958 8,287 9,184 2.2 3.5 5.1 14.5 9.1 6.2

Sundram Fasteners S BUY 35 12,622 12,919 14,127 0.8 3.3 3.5 43.6 10.6 10.0

Suprajit Engineering C OP 83 2,046 2,212 2,433 7.5 10.0 11.2 11.0 8.3 7.4

Tube Investments S OP 57 20,752 22,087 24,229 1.4 4.1 4.7 35.8 12.2 10.6

*JK Tyres has changed its accounting period, the FY09E numbers are for the eighteen-month period from 01 October 2007 to 31 March 2009.

**After considering the insurance business valuation

***After considering the insurance business and investments valuation

****Visiocorp numbers included from FY10E onwards

Note: S Standalone, C Consolidated, UP Underperformer, OP Outperformer, NR Not Rated, UR Under Review.


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Annamalai Jayaraj Shweta Mungre Alarmelumangai S

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