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Ashish Kejriwal

Event update: GMDC (Outperformer) - Price booster

Event

GMDC has announced an average price hike of ~Rs130/t (~10%) for lignite effective from 1st June, 2019.

Details

GMDC has earlier increased prices by an average Rs150/t in April 2018. GMDC’s lignite prices were trading at a discount of 20-35% compared to its alternative fuels on GCV basis. The company tried to bridge the gap by increasing the lignite prices by an average of Rs130/t (~10%) effective 1st June, 2019. The price hike ranges from Rs110-175/t across different mines. Notwithstanding the hike, GMDC’s lignite price is (~Rs0.91/kcal) still at 13-26% discount to alternative fuels.

Impact on financials

Out of FY20e volume of 9.2mt, this increase should be applicable for merchant volumes i.e. 75% of FY20e volume (6.8mt). Cost of mining is expected to increase in FY20E with higher stripping ratio (already factored in). Timely average price hike of ~Rs130/t is likely to give boost to lignite EBITDA/t by Rs51 to Rs469/t in FY20E. We now factor in the price hike and as a result, FY20E/FY21E EBITDA stands increased by 15%/22%.

Valuation & view: Reiterate Outperformer with revised TP of Rs126

We expect FY20 volumes to remain flat (9.2mt) as volume growth from other mines will be offset by absence of any production from Panandhro mines (0.7mt in FY19) as its reserves have been exhausted. We expect lignite prices to stay steady in FY20. GMDC has cash & cash equivalents of Rs10.5bn (Rs33/sh) at FY19-end which is 40% of CMP. Though majority of cash is parked with government bodies but it earns interest on it (FY19 interest income was Rs1.18bn). At CMP of Rs81, the stock is trading inexpensive at 1.9x FY20E EV/EBITDA. With increase in earnings, we revise upwards our TP to Rs126 (earlier Rs114), valuing it at 4.5x FY20E EV/EBITDA. Reiterate Outperformer.

Underlying
Gujarat Mineral Development Corp. Ltd.

Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited is a holding company. The Company operates through two segments: Mining and Power. The Company's projects include Lignite, Bauxite, Fluorspar, Multi-Metal, Manganese, Power, Wind and Solar. It operates over six lignite mines, namely, Panandhro, Mata-No-Madh, Rajpardi, Tadkeshwar, Bhavnagar and Umarsar. The Company has bauxite mining operations at its Mewasa Bauxite Mines in Devbhoomi Dwarka, district of Gujarat. The Company's Fluorspar project is located at Kadipani, district of Baroda. The Company's Multi-Metal project is located at Ambaji, district of Banaskantha. The Company's Manganese project is located at Shivrajpur, district of Panchmahal. Its Power project is located at Nani Chher, district of Kutch. The Company's Wind Farm projects of 150.9 megawatts are situated at different locations in Gujarat, and a five megawatt peak Solar Power Project is situated at Panandhro Lignite Project.

Provider
IDFC Securities
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Analysts
Ashish Kejriwal

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