Brickwork Ratings revises the ratings for the Bank Loan Facilities of Rs. 36.08 Crs. of Arun Construction(Formerly known as Arun Kumar Contractor)
Particulars| Facilities** | Amount (Rs.Crs.) | Tenure | Rating# | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | Present | Previous (01 Feb 2021) |
Present | ||
| Fund Based | 2.58 | 6.08 | Long Term |
BWR B+
/Stable Downgraded/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING |
BWR BB
/Stable Upgrade |
| Non Fund Based | 13.00 | 30.00 | Short Term |
BWR A4
Reaffirmed/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING |
BWR A4 +
Upgrade |
| Grand Total | 15.58 | 36.08 | (Rupees Thirty Six Crores and Eight lakhs Only) | ||
Brickwork Ratings (BWR) has upgraded the long-term rating and short term rating to BWR BB+ (Stable) and A4+ respectively on the account of extensive experience of the proprietor in civil construction business, healthy order book position and moderate capital structure and healthy debt protection metrics.
The ‘Stable’ outlook indicates a low likelihood of a rating change in the medium term. BWR expects that the firm’s performance is likely to be maintained in the medium term.
The rating is constrained by proprietorship constitution, exposure to tender based nature of operations, intense competition, execution risks for all upcoming projects, highly fragmented industry with geographical and customer concentration risks.
KEY RATING DRIVERSCredit Strengths:
Proprietor has been undertaking irrigation projects for more than a decade which has enabled him to establish relations with suppliers and various government bodies and to understand the intricacies of the business.
The firm has 6 ongoing projects with an outstanding order book size of Rs.150 Cr. providing revenue visibility for the next one year. The ongoing projects are from various state government departments. The firm has also applied for tenders for 4 major projects with a total contract value of Rs.138 Cr.
In FY21 (Prov.) the firm has reported a moderate Capital Structure with an Proprietor's Capital and Reserves of Rs.19.64 Cr, owing to which Gearing is low at 0.09X in FY21 (Prov.). The firm projects an improved Proprietor's Capital and Gearing of Rs.45.00 Cr. and 0.20X respectively in FY22 (Proj.) mainly on the account of accumulation of profits and infusion of capital. In FY20 TOL/TNW stood at 2.62X which has improved to 2.19X in FY21. Debt servicing capabilities remained healthy, reflected by ISCR and DSCR at 12.81X and 9.34X in FY21 (Prov.). As per FY22 (Proj.) ISCR and DSCR have been projected to be at 24.22X and 20.17X depicting the financial capacity of the firm to repay its debt and interest obligations.
Credit Risks:
The firm being a proprietorship concern, is exposed to the inherent risk of the capital being withdrawn at the time of personal exigencies which will affect its capital structure.
The firm operates in tender-based business and faces competition not only from companies based in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, but also from other national players who operate in the irrigation projects. Additionally, the firm is also exposed to the execution risk of the projects due to the likelihood of the implementation of the lock-down in India in the near future. Execution risks for newly awarded projects in a timely manner will be key to achieving growth in revenues and profits.
Most of the firm’s projects are the irrigation projects in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, exposing the firm to geographical and customer concentration risk.
Positive : The ratings may be upgraded if the firm sustains the growth in scale of operations as well as in the profitability margins it has registered in FY21, besides maintaining the liquidity position.
Negative : The ratings may be downgraded if there is deterioration in current capital structure and debt protection metrics.
LIQUIDITY INDICATORS - Adequate
Liquidity position of the firm is adequate, marked by healthy internal Net Cash Accruals of Rs.9.53 Cr. in FY21 (Prov.) which has increased from Rs.7.69 Cr. Despite the firm being into EPC business, as on FY21 the firm has maintained receivables day of 13 days, reflecting a healthy receivable cycle The firm also has a sanctioned fund-based working capital facility of Rs.5.0 Cr., the average utilization of which remained moderate at ~35% over the past 6 months.The firm largely utilizes the Bank guarantee facility which remains utilized upto 100% on an average within the last 6 months.
ABOUT THE ENTITYM/s Arun Constructions was established on 08.02.2006 as a proprietorship. Mr. Arun Kumar. is the Proprietor of the firm. The firm is in the business of Engineering Procurement and Construction and is a certified and registered AA Class contractor. Mr. Arun Kumar has been working in the same line of business for more than a decade. The firm is registered in various government departments, like Municipal Corporation and Nagar Nigam of Rampur, Bijnor and Amroha. The firm majorly executes irrigation projects and barrage constructions in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
KEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS (Standalone)| Key Parameters | Units |
FY 19-20 (Audited) |
FY 18-19 (Audited) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | Rs.Crs. | 78.89 | 50.04 |
| EBITDA | Rs.Crs. | 8.09 | 4.80 |
| PAT | Rs.Crs. | 7.08 | 4.49 |
| Tangible Net Worth | Rs.Crs. | 14.34 | 9.17 |
| Total Debt/Tangible Net Worth | Times | 0.26 | 0.42 |
| Current Ratio | Times | 1.23 | 1.21 |
| Facilities | Current Rating (2021) | 2021 (History) | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Tenure | Amount (Rs.Crs.) |
Rating | Date | Rating | Date | Rating | Date | Rating | Date | Rating |
| Fund Based | LT | 6.08 |
BWR BB/Stable
(Upgrade) |
01Feb2021 |
BWR B+/Stable
(Downgraded/Issuer Not Cooperating) |
NA |
NA
|
04Nov2019 |
BWR BB-/Stable
(Upgraded) |
08May2018 |
BWR B+/Stable
(Assignment) |
| Non Fund Based | LT | NA |
NA
|
NA |
NA
|
NA |
NA
|
04Nov2019 |
BWR A4
(Reaffirmed) |
08May2018 |
BWR A4
(Assignment) |
| Non Fund Based | ST | 30.00 |
BWR A4+
(Upgrade) |
01Feb2021 |
BWR A4
(Reaffirmed/Issuer Not Cooperating) |
NA |
NA
|
NA |
NA
|
NA |
NA
|
| Grand Total | 36.08 | (Rupees Thirty Six Crores and Eight lakhs Only) | |||||||||
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| SL.No. | Type Of Facilities | Long Term(Rs.Crs.) | Short Term(Rs.Crs.) | Total(Rs.Crs.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over DraftSanctioned | 5.00 | _ | 5.00 | ||
| 2 | Term LoanOut-standing | 1.08 | _ | 1.08 | ||
| 3 | Bank GuaranteeSanctioned | _ | 13.00 | 13.00 | ||
| 4 | Bank GuaranteeProposed | _ | 17.00 | 17.00 | ||
| Total | 6.08 | 30.00 | 36.08 | |||
| TOTAL (Rupees Thirty Six Crores and Eight lakhs Only) | ||||||
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