Brickwork Ratings revises the ratings for the Bank Loan Facilities of Rs. 36.44 Crs. of Advanced Rail Controls Pvt. Ltd(Formerly rated as Advance Rail Controls Pvt. Ltd)
Particulars| Facilities** | Amount (Rs.Crs.) | Tenure | Rating# | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | Present | Previous (13 May 2022) |
Present | ||
| Fund Based | 26.97 | 26.88 | Long Term |
BWR D
Downgrade |
BWR B
/Stable Upgrade |
| 5.00 | 5.00 | Short Term |
BWR D
Downgrade |
BWR A4
Upgrade |
|
| Non Fund Based | 4.56 | 4.56 | Short Term |
BWR D
Downgrade |
BWR A4
Upgrade |
| Grand Total | 36.53 | 36.44 | (Rupees Thirty Six Crores and Forty Four lakhs Only) | ||
The long-term rating is upgraded to BWR B/Stable from BWR D and the short-term rating is also upgraded to BWR A4 from BWR D. The revision of ratings takes into account the timely servicing of debt obligations for past 3 months as confirmed by the banker. Currently, the account is regular and the company has complied with the 3 months of cooling period before getting a regular rating. The Rating is constrained by moderate scale of operations, geographical concentration risk, and project execution risks due to shortage in semi conductors. However, the company's business and operations continue to be supported by the experience of the management in the business, established operational track record and demonstrated project implementation capabilities.
KEY RATING DRIVERSCredit Strengths:
The company is located in Bangalore cluster and thus has a competitive advantage in terms of skilled labor, logistics, production knowledge and vendors making the company more efficient and cost effective.
The directors are well experienced.
The FY 21 current ratio of 1.16 times indicates reasonable liquidity position.
The company is in existence for 17 years and has seen complete business cycles.
The onset of Covid-19 has added an unprecedented execution risk in general and the company in particular.
The industry is highly regulated by the government. Any changes in existing regulatory framework/ environment may adversely affect the profitability of the company.
Entry barriers in the industry are low on account of limited capital and technology requirement and also low differentiation in the end product leading to intense competition and limiting the pricing power resulting in low profitability
As it is a company, a standalone approach has been adopted and BWR has applied its rating methodology.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
The ability of the company to start generating revenues, improve its profitability margins, strengthen its credit risk profile and manage its working capital efficiently would remain the key rating sensitivities.
Upward:
The rating will be upgraded if the company is able to achieve significant growth in revenue and improvement in profit margins to improve its cash accruals and thereby the liquidity , with other metrics such as gearing, debt coverage ratios and working capital cycle.
Downward:
The rating may be downgraded if there is lower than expected revenues affecting the profitability margins or deterioration in its financial risk profile from current level.
LIQUIDITY INDICATORS - Stretched
The company is not able to generate adequate cash accruals for meeting its debt obligations. In FY21, the company has generated negative cash accruals of Rs. -2.84 Crs as against the debt obligations of Rs. 2.17 Crs. BWR expects that the liquidity position continued to be at a stretched level.
ABOUT THE ENTITYAdvanced Rail Controls Private Limited (ARCPL) was incorporated as a private limited company on February 15, 2005 for the manufacturing and developing high-end embedded control solutions for Railways, Defence and Aerospace industry. The registered office of the company is located at Bangalore, Karnataka. ARCPL’s management is constituted by three directors namely, Mr. Surekh Nayak, Chairman & Managing Director, Mrs. Shweta Nayak, Director and Mr. Sadasivan V, Director.
All the directors are qualified and have experience in the field of electronic equipment for the railways for more than 3 decades. ARCPL supplies mainly to Indian Railways which contributes more than 90 percent of its sales revenue and balance comprises companies in the private sector. The products manufactured includes, Diagnostic tool, Speed sensor, Driver display, Radio remote control equipment for Distributed Power Operation for Heavy Haul, Hall Effect based Active Rotational Speed Sensors for Traction Motors (Wireless), Remote diagnostic systems (Remote Diagnostics & Fleet Tracking of Locomotives, Test Loop, GTO firing kit, Vehicle control, Simulator, Master control unit (Torque control) etc.
Presently, there are 96 employees for the day to day operations of the company. ARCPL has an R & D division to find optimum solutions for railways and other complex real time data interpretation to give remote management such as speed & health of any locomotives. Raw materials required for the manufacture include, Electronic items, Cable, Display and mechanical enclosure, which are procured from suppliers located in and around Bangalore and in the UAE.
KEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS (Standalone)| Key Parameters | Units |
FY 20-21 (Audited) |
FY 19-20 (Audited) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | Rs.Crs. | 16.82 | 22.14 |
| EBITDA | Rs.Crs. | 0.06 | 3.64 |
| PAT | Rs.Crs. | -3.78 | 0.50 |
| Tangible Net Worth | Rs.Crs. | 8.87 | 12.63 |
| Total Debt/TNW | Times | 3.05 | 2.33 |
| Current Ratio | Times | 1.16 | 1.12 |
The terms of sanction include standard covenants normally stipulated for facilities.
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ANY OTHER INFORMATIONNA
RATING HISTORY FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS (including withdrawal and suspended)| Facilities | Current Rating (2022) | 2022 (History) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Tenure | Amount (Rs.Crs.) |
Rating | Date | Rating | Date | Rating | Date | Rating | Date | Rating |
| Fund Based | LT | 26.88 |
BWR B/Stable
(Upgrade) |
13May2022 |
BWR D
(Downgrade) |
23Jul2021 |
BWR BStable
(Downgrade/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*) |
04Jun2020 |
BWR BB-Stable
(Downgrade) |
11Feb2019 |
BWR BBStable
(Reaffirmation) |
| Fund Based | ST | 5.00 |
BWR A4
(Upgrade) |
13May2022 |
BWR D
(Downgrade) |
23Jul2021 |
BWR A4
(Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*) |
04Jun2020 |
BWR A4
(Reaffirmation) |
11Feb2019 |
BWR A4
(Reaffirmation) |
| Non Fund Based | ST | 4.56 |
BWR A4
(Upgrade) |
13May2022 |
BWR D
(Downgrade) |
23Jul2021 |
BWR A4
(Reaffirmation/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*) |
04Jun2020 |
BWR A4
(Reaffirmation) |
11Feb2019 |
BWR A4
(Reaffirmation) |
| Grand Total | 36.44 | (Rupees Thirty Six Crores and Forty Four lakhs Only) | |||||||||
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Kuradapu Sarath Chandra Kumar Ratings Analyst sarathchandra.k@brickworkratings.com |
Nagaraj K Associate Director - Ratings Board : +91 80 4040 9940 nagaraj.ks@brickworkratings.com |
| 1-860-425-2742 | media@brickworkratings.com | |
| SL.No. | Name of the Bank/Lender | Type Of Facilities | Long Term(Rs.Crs.) | Short Term(Rs.Crs.) | Total(Rs.Crs.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canara Bank | Working Capital Term LoanOut-standing | 1.03 | _ | 1.03 | |
| 2 | Canara Bank | Bank GuaranteeSanctioned | _ | 4.56 | 4.56 | |
| 3 | Canara Bank | Working Capital Demand LoanOut-standing | 0.43 | _ | 0.43 | |
| 4 | Canara Bank | Funded Interest Term LoanOut-standing | 0.36 | _ | 0.36 | |
| 5 | Canara Bank | GECLOut-standing | 5.03 | _ | 5.03 | |
| 6 | Canara Bank | GECLOut-standing | 2.50 | _ | 2.50 | |
| 7 | Canara Bank | Working Capital (CC)Sanctioned | 7.00 | _ | 7.00 | |
| 8 | Canara Bank | Supply BillsSanctioned | _ | 5.00 | 5.00 | |
| 9 | Canara Bank | Loans to MSMEOut-standing | 0.96 | _ | 0.96 | |
| 10 | Canara Bank | Loans to MSMEOut-standing | 9.57 | _ | 9.57 | |
| Total | 26.88 | 9.56 | 36.44 | |||
| TOTAL (Rupees Thirty Six Crores and Forty Four lakhs Only) | ||||||
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