Sunday, July 29, 2007
Asian Granito India Limited
Asian Granito India Ltd (AGIL), started as a ceramic tile-manufacturing unit under
the name M/s Kedia Cera Tiles Private Ltd in 1993. With the change of
management in September 2002, the company’s name was changed to M/s Asian
Granito India Ltd. With an initial vitrified tiles manufacturing capacity of 4000 sq
mts per day, today AGIL has emerged as one of the leading manufacturers of
vitrified tiles in India with a capacity of 14000 sq mts per day of vitrified tiles as on
July 2007. AGIL’s plants are set up in the ceramic zones of Dalpur, Himmatnagar &
Sabarkantha, Gujarat. AGIL caters to a wide spectrum of consumers through a vast
range of products at various price points - either made designs or customized as
per client requirement. It has the ability to provide most of the major tiling
solutions under one roof. AGIL has a subsidiary named Asian Tiles Limited (ATL),
for manufacture of ceramic tiles. ATL commenced manufacturing in 2000 with a
capacity of 2500 sq mts per day, which currently stands at 7000 sq mts per day.
To expand its product portfolio, AGIL is setting up a wall tile unit with a capacity of
3.4mn sq mts pa. The vitrified manufacturing capacity is also being expanded from
14,000 sq mts per day (5.11mn sq mts pa) to 16000 sq mts per day (5.84mn sq
mts pa). AGIL has advantage over other manufactures due to their proximity to the
raw material source (clay, quartz and feldspar are found abundant in Rajasthan
and receive imported Ukraine clay from Kandla port) and use of natural gas, which
is cheaper(~20-25%) as compared to the use of LPG for production purpose.
Objects of the issue
Setting up of wall tile unit (Rs486.86mn)
Modernization and expansion of the existing vitrified plant (Rs126.79mn)
General corporate purposes
Valuation
At the price band of Rs85-102, AGIL is expensively priced at 8.5x to 10.2x FY07
post issue diluted EPS. AGIL’s cost advantage (proximity to raw material source
and port, use of natural gas), diversified sales distribution (West-44%, South-31%,
North-20% & East-5%) are the key positives for the company. The risks include
competition from cheap Chinese imports and unorganized players, changes in the
regulatory framework for the industry and downturn in construction industry.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
agro tech foods limited
Company Profile |
Agro Tech Foods Limited (ATFL), established in 1986, is engaged in the business of marketing food and food ingredients to consumers and institutional customers with major focus on branded edible oils, branded foods and sourcing. ATFL is a 48% subsidiary of ConAgra Foods Inc. of USA, which is one the world’s largest food company. ITC Limited, its erstwhile promoter holds 17% currently. Sundrop, Crystal, Rath and Act II are some of the Company’s brands. It has a dominant market share and value leadership in the premium refined oil segment. ATFL’s aim is to be an innovative food company with targeted sales of Rs15bn, a profit of Rs500mn with ROIC of 14%+ by FY 2010. |
During, FY07 sales of ATFL increased by 11% to Rs10.38bn and net profit jumped 2.5 times to Rs161mn. OPM stood at 2.34%. Recently, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad has allowed the Company's appeal against the levy of capital gains tax on slump sale of Mantralayam undertaking of Rs128.70mn for the assessment year 1997-1998
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Public Issue of CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA
Issue Opens | July 24, 2007 |
Issue Closes | July 27, 2007 |
Issue Type | 100% Book Building |
Issue Size | 8,00,00,000 Equity Shares |
Price Band | Rs. 85.00 - Rs. 102.00 |
Face Value | Rs. 10/- |
Lot Size | 60 shares |
Company Profile |
Central Bank of |
and is currently wholly owned by the GOI. CBoI is the third largest bank in |
based on number of branches. As of |
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267 extension counters, 261 ATM’s, 34 satellite offices, 17 zonal offices and 78 |
regional offices in 27 states and 3 union territories. It has implemented the Core |
Banking Solution (CBS) in 324 branches and 29 extension counters, covering |
approximately 35.4% of their total gross deposits and advances. CBoI subsidiaries |
include Centbank Financial and Custodial Services Limited’ (PAT Rs1.69mn FY07), & |
Cent Bank Home Finance Limited’ (PAT Rs50.28mn FY07), CBoI has also sponsored |
11 Regional Rural Banks in collaboration with the state governments of MP, |
Chhattisgarh, |
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Going forward CBoI plans to improve customer service by implementing CBS |
to |
cover ~80% of the business, increase number of ATM from 261 to 500. It is looking |
at entering into ATM sharing agreement with other banks and also planning to join |
VISA network all by end of FY08. It proposes to leverage on the extensive branch |
network and large customer base to increase CASA from current 42% and to |
Objects of the issue |
Augment capital to meet future capital requirement arising out of the |
implementation of |
General corporate purpose.
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