Motilal Oswal Specialty Chemicals Sector Update
Motilal Oswal Specialty Chemicals Sector Update
Motilal Oswal Specialty Chemicals Sector Update
Specialty Chemicals
Specialty Chemicals
Kindly refer our detailed report Companies high on Specialty retain pricing power…
on Specialty Chemicals …according to our analysis of the industry wide gross margins
Reverse DCF suggests high terminal growth for most of the companies
After holding the center stage for the past couple of quarters, amid high
margins, high growth and China+1 prospects – the multiples of most of the
chemical companies have started contracting along with the EBITDAM erosion
stated above.
Over the past six months, four stocks under our coverage have corrected by 5-
24% – with the highest erosion of 24% witnessed in Alkyl Amines, while
FINEORG and CLEAN have delivered returns of 51% and 21% with the remaining
stocks up 2-5% during the same period, respectively. We run a three-stage DCF
to analyze what revenue growth the stock prices imply in terms of terminal
growth. The parameters for growth, WACC and margin profile are the same
across all the companies.
Our study infers that current market prices of most companies imply 5-8%
terminal growth even after 15 years of double-digit topline growth. We
recommend a BUY rating on NOCIL, Galaxy Surfactants and Vinati Organics
under our coverage universe.
With the Indian tyre industry likely to grow by 15-17% in volume terms in FY22E,
tyre companies are planning to ramp up production with a planned capex of
INR200b over the next three years. The debottlenecking activity would be
carried out at NOCIL’s existing unit in the near term, even as it evaluates its
plans for the next three-to-five years. The stock is trading at 15x FY24E EPS of
INR13.6 and 9x FY24E EV/EBITDA, with an asset turnover of ~0.7x (which is set
to rise to 1.1x in FY24E). We maintain our BUY rating on the stock.
GALSURF’s continued focus on R&D (with an expenditure of INR400-500m per
year) and increased wallet share from existing customers are likely to drive
volume growth and expand EBITDA margin. It has capex plans of INR4b over
FY22-24E. The stock is trading at 30x FY24E EPS and 19x FY24E EV/EBITDA. We
maintain our BUY rating on the stock.
VO’s sales are expected to grow 50% YoY in FY22 and 25-30% YoY in FY23 and
FY24, as per management guidance. The growth will be led by recovery in IBB
demand, commissioning of an antioxidant plant, and foray into niche chemicals
through Veeral Organics. The stock is trading at 33x FY24E EPS and 24x FY24E
EV/EBITDA with a fixed asset turnover of 1.3x as of FY21. We maintain our BUY
rating on the stock.
Exhibit 1: Reverse DCF calculation for our coverage universe implied by current market price
Reverse DCF
Terminal growth implied by CMP (%)
8 6 6 5 4 3 3 3 0
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Exhibit 3: Correlation between Fluorspar prices and NFIL’s Exhibit 4: Correlation between Fatty Alcohol prices and
gross margins gross margins of GALSURF and FINEORG
Fluorspar China (CNY/mt) NFIL gross margin (%) Fatty Alcohol prices (USD/mt)
4,300 GALSURF gross margin (%)
69%
FINEORG gross maegin (%)
3,300 44%
3,600 63%
2,600 38%
2,900 57%
1,900 32%
2,200 51% 1,200 26%
1,500 45% 500 20%
1QFY19
2QFY19
3QFY19
4QFY19
1QFY20
2QFY20
3QFY20
4QFY20
1QFY21
2QFY21
3QFY21
4QFY21
1QFY22
2QFY22
3QFY22
3QFY20
4QFY20
1QFY21
2QFY21
3QFY21
4QFY21
1QFY22
2QFY22
3QFY22
4QFY22
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Exhibit 5: Aggregate gross margin for our coverage universe declined 900bp during 1QFY21-3QFY22
Aggregate Gross margin (%)
51% 51%
49% 49%
48% 47%
46% 46% 46%
44%
42% 43% 43% 43%
41%
1QFY19
2QFY19
3QFY19
4QFY19
1QFY20
2QFY20
3QFY20
4QFY20
1QFY21
2QFY21
3QFY21
4QFY21
1QFY22
2QFY22
3QFY22
Source: Company, MOFSL
Exhibit 6: Aggregate EBTIDAM for our universe declined 700bp during 1QFY21-3QFY22
Aggregate EBITDA margin (%)
26% 25% 26%
25%
24% 24%
23% 23% 23%
2QFY19
3QFY19
4QFY19
1QFY20
2QFY20
3QFY20
4QFY20
1QFY21
2QFY21
3QFY21
4QFY21
1QFY22
2QFY22
3QFY22
Source: Company, MOFSL
Exhibit 7: One-year forward P/E for our sector was 42.5x as on our IC date, while currently the sector is trading at a
multiple of 38.9x on one-year forward basis
52.6 46.0 33.3 32.0 68.7 60.9 24.3 23.9 44.1 48.2 31.4 32.5 58.6 48.0 24.0 17.7 45.2 41.1
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