Heranba Industries Ltd - 543266 - Shareholding for the Period Ended March 02, 2021
Heranba Industries Ltd has submitted to BSE the Shareholding Pattern for the Period Ended March 02, 2021. For more details, kindly Click here16-03-2021
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Home First, Heranba, Brookfield, Nureca hit lowest levels since debut
Heranba Industries slipped 7% to Rs 708 in the intra-day trade today, falling 25% from its listing day high of Rs 945 on March 5, 202115-03-2021
With 44% gains, it's a stellar listing for agrochemicals maker Heranba
Agrochemicals maker Heranba Industries Limited (HIL) made a stellar 44% listing gains on the stock exchanges Friday, second-best amongst the past 1005-03-2021
Heranba Industries Ltd - 543266 - Listing of equity shares of Heranba Industries Ltd
Trading Members of the Exchange are hereby informed that effective from March 05, 2021, the equity shares of Heranba Industries Ltd (Scrip Code: 543266) are listed and admitted to dealings on the Exchange in the list of 'B' Group Securities. For further details please refer to the notice no 20210304-31 dated March 04, 2021.05-03-2021
Heranba Industries to debut on March 5: Can we expect a stellar listing?
Its shares already traded at a premium of Rs 230-240 in the grey market i.e. 37-38 percent premium (Rs 857-867) over issue price of Rs 627.04-03-2021
Heranba Industries' grey market premium suggest strong listing gains
Heranba Industries shares are expected list on March 5th.Heranba Industries IPO had got a strong response03-03-2021
Market Ahead, February 26: All you need to know before the opening bell
The initial public offer by Gujarat-based Heranba Industries was subscribed 83 times on Thursday, the issue's final day. The institutional investor portion was subscribed 67 times26-02-2021
Subscribe to Heranba Industries: ICICI Direct
ICICI Direct has come out with its report on Heranba Industries. The research firm has recommended to ''Subscribe'' the ipo in its research report as on February 22, 2021.22-02-2021
Heranba Industries - two brothers take their agrochemical business public
The volatile markets are set to welcome another company launching its initial public offering (IPO). Heranba Industries is the eighth company to enter the public markets in 2021. Heranba Industries, a Gujarat-based agrochemical family business, is opening its doors to outside investment for the first time. The company makes crop-protection chemicals which it sells in India and over 60 countries. With low market valuations compared to peers, an export focus, and a market leader position within an agrochemical niche, Heranba Industries is positioned as a strong bet in a growing industry. A Rs 625 crore offering This is Heranba Industries’ second attempt to go public. The agrochemical company first filed for an IPO in September 2019 and received approval from SEBI in February 2019. Due to unfavorable market conditions following the 2019 national elections, it delayed its public listing. In October 2020, right when the market began its rally and foreign institutional money began flowing in, several companies filed IPO papers. Heranba Industries was among them. Heranba Industries’ promoters are the Shetty brothers - Sadashiv Shetty and Raghuram Shetty, who started the company in 1994 and directly hold 68% of the company. The rest of the stake is held by the promoters’ immediate family members and SAMS Industries, a group company. Heranba Industries does not have any other investors. The issue comprises an offer for sale (OFS) of 90 lakh shares by the promoters and a fresh issue of 9.6 lakh shares. At the upper end of the Rs 625-627 price band, the OFS will fetch Rs 565 crore to the selling shareholders, and Rs 60 crore from the fresh issue. Post the IPO, the Shetty Brothers will decrease their stake to 48% from 68%. The promoter group will collectively hold just over 75% of the company and the public will hold 24.9%. This is in line with SEBI minimum public shareholding norms (MPS), which states that promoters cannot hold more than 75% stake in the company. Out of the Rs 60 crore proceeds from the fresh issue, Rs 50 crore will be used to fund its working capital requirements, and the rest will be earmarked for general corporate purposes. The fresh issue will fund 16% of Heranba Industries’ Rs 375 crore FY21 working capital requirements. The management said that the fresh issue proceeds will not be used for capital expenditure (capex). Heranba Industries’ earnings per share (EPS) for FY20 was Rs 25. Taking the upper price band of Rs 627 per share, and the EPS of FY20, it is valued at a price-to-earnings ratio of 27 times. This is relatively cheaper than its peers in the agrochemical industry. Prominent export player Heranba Industries manufactures crop protection products through the base agrochemical organic compound, pyrethroids. Its crop protection products come under technicals, intermediates, and formulations. Technicals are direct chemical compounds, whereas formulations are a combination of chemical compounds sold directly to farmers as pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Some of these formulations are marketed under the Heranba brand name. Under the branded formulations, the company also sells public health products like rat and mosquito kill in the domestic markets. It holds 18 registrations in the Indian technicals market, 169 registrations in the export formulations market, and 103 registrations in the export technical and formulations markets. The application pipeline (similar to ANDA or abbreviated new drug application pipeline for the pharma industry) consists of 14 and 7 registrations in the domestic and export technical and formulations market respectively. Heranba Industries has three manufacturing facilities in Vapi and Sarigam, Gujarat. The combined manufacturing capacity of the facilities is 14,024 million metric tonnes per year (MMTPA). Export revenue amounted to Rs 470 crore or nearly 50% of FY20 revenue. Over the past three years (FY 18 - 20), export revenue contributed 50% of total revenue via technicals and formulations. In FY20, 14% of total revenue and 27% of export revenue came from China. Three countries - China, Iran, and Thailand account for 48% of the export revenue Heranba’s Chinese dependence lowers FY20 revenue Heranba Industries' export dependence, especially to China, was emphasized in its FY20 revenue drop. While India enforced the lockdown in the last week of FY20, China, where the Covid-19 outbreak began, went into lockdown in January 2020. Exports to China amounted to Rs 128 crore in revenue or 13.2% of FY20 revenue. The exports to China were lower by 24% from FY19 to FY20, due to the lockdown. This led to Heranba Industries' FY20 revenue declining by 5.3% YoY to Rs 951 crore. In FY19, in the absence of any export barriers, its revenues were Rs 1,004 crore, a 34% rise YoY. Heranba Industries’ FY20 YoY revenue drop stands in stark contrast to the agrochemicals market. For the six months ended September 2020, Heranba Industries’ revenue was Rs 618 crore, a rise of 23% YoY. The management expects the FY21 revenue to reach Rs 1,200 crore (a 26% YoY increase) due to resurgent economic activity. Net profits for FY20 came in at Rs 97.7 crore, a 30% jump YoY despite the revenue decline. This was because the company opted for the lower corporate tax rate announced in FY20. This decreased the annual tax expenses by 33% from FY19 to FY20. For the six months ended September 2020, net profits were Rs 66 crore, a rise of 24.5% on a YoY basis. The company’s profit margins in FY20 were Rs 10.3%, this is up from 6.3% in FY18. Here’s how Heranba Industries’ return on equity (RoE) measures up to the listed agrochemical space: Inventory build-up increases working capital needs Heranba Industries’ Chinese dependence is not limited to just exports. An increasing amount of the company’s raw materials is imported from China. In FY20, 13.2% of all raw materials came from China. This is up from 6% of raw materials imported from China in FY18. This dependence on China was reflected in the inventory pile-up in FY20 and H1FY21. At the end of FY20, inventories were Rs 145 crore (30% of current assets, and 23% of total assets). This was a 27% increase on a YoY basis. This lowered the cash flow from operations for FY20 to Rs 54.2 crore, a 30% YoY decline. However, free cash flow for the year remained positive at Rs 14.4 crore. But this was its lowest free cash flows in the last three years. The inventory pileup continued in FY21. For the six months ended September 2020, inventories were Rs 173.5 crore, a 30% rise against the year-ago period. This led to a 43% increase in Heranba Industries’ working capital to Rs 226 crore in H1FY21, from Rs 158 crore in H1FY20. For the six months ended September 2019, Heranba Industries had a negative free cash flow. This was because it spent Rs 16.8 crore in capex. In H1FY21, Heranba Industries lowered the capex to Rs 7.3 crore. In addition to this, the management is looking to spend Rs 50-60 crore to expand its Sarigam facility in FY21. This is in line with the guidance of a Rs 150 crore capex for the next 2-3 years. This will be funded through internal accruals and not through the proceeds of the fresh issue. Heranba, the pyrethroid market leader Heranba Industries is present in a market that is shifting eastwards. India’s agrochemical market is valued at Rs 19,500 crore (4.1% of the global market and 15% of the Asian market) as of 2019. It is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.5% by 2025. This is higher than the 3.3% CAGR of the global market and the 3.8% CAGR of the Asian market. The pyrethroid market, which is the base chemical used in Heranba Industries’ products is growing in value. In 2016, the Indian pyrethroid market was worth Rs 1,340 crore and grew at a CAGR of 19% to reach Rs 2,200 crore in 2019. This market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% to reach Rs 3,300 crore by 2025. Pyrethroids are also increasingly being used in the agricultural sector. Between 2014 - 2019, India’s pyrethroids’ production volume grew at a CAGR of 18.2% to 17,747 tonnes. In 2020, the production volume dropped 5.2% due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it is expected to continue to grow at a CAGR of 8.2% by 2025. Growth despite export dependence The domestic agrochemical space is promising, and Heranba Industries aptly poised. In 2020, the central government allocated Rs 2 lakh crore to 10 sectors as part of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. This gave a boost to the domestic production of automobiles, pharmaceuticals, and textiles. Agrochemicals could be next in line. This possible PLI boost could be a big catalyst for Heranba Industries considering its export focus. However, given how the export dependence hurt its FY20 revenue, it could be a double-edged sword for the company. China accounted for 14% of revenue, and 13% of raw materials import in FY20. If any further border tensions with China arise, Heranba Industries’ topline could suffer. Even with the export dependency, its numbers look strong. Its cheap valuation relative to the industry, high return on equity, resilient cash flows, and pyrethroid market leadership make Heranba Industries a good choice for investors looking for a long-term play in the agrochemicals space.22-02-2021