G M Breweries..are we ignoring its potential?

GM Breweries is showing some interesting trends in prodn numbers.

Capacity utilization has increased from 42% in 2010 to 46.15% in 2016 indicating robust demand for its products. The March17 AR is not out yet.

The %prodn in PET bottles has also increased substantially since 2010 adding to the margins.

Post demonetization and 500 mtr bans it would be interesting to see the the numbers of both cap utilization and % prdn in PET bottles and evaluate the impact.

It is important to note that Shiv Sena dominates the Thane Municipal Corporation with 67 seats in 2017 which have increased from 54 in the previous election.

GM is poised interestingly.

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This company is always the earliest to post its result every quarter even before the IT companies announce their results. I think it is habit of a good management. Anways the results are normal, no improvement.

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One positive I could identify is:
A non-current investment in tax free bonds : 38 crore

Assuming a 8% rate it will add 3 cr to the bottomline every year non-taxable.

Not a great way to compound like the VPers but still adds 7.5 percent to last years post tax 41 cr profits.

But company’s very hidden about which tax free bonds they have applied in. No mention in the AR.

What is wrong with this sales figures in there annual report?? Or something is beyond my understanding?Can somebody explain please why sales in 2017 is different for AR 17 and AR 18?

Company has added Excise duty and VAT in the topline for 2018 and 2017 in P&L (and added ED/VAT as cost also hence no impact on the absolute margins)

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Interesting, but the question is why have they build such high capacity knowing that utilization would consistently be in 40-50 range.

Results of 18q1 out.June18 profit is double of June17

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hi
anybody received divident yet

Item 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Capacity Utilization 42% 44.40% 45.39% 47.13% 43.39% 45.43% 46.15% 46.56% 49.20%
% prdn in PET Bottles 25% 35.59% 43% 42.50% 46.31% 51.02% 55.98% 61.38%

Capacity Utilization has improved further to 49.2% in 2018, indicating good demand.

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GIven the positive tailwinds…any particular reason for the stock prices declining in the past few weeks?

Hi @Darkwanderer79

Prices are depressed for a lot of small and midcaps. However, as far as GM is concerned it looks more like a consolidation to me than a downtrend in prices. The main raw material for GMB is rectified spirit which is basically ethanol - a derivative of sugar manufacturing process. The operating margins of GM breweries are volatile but overall its a good business even with the RM volatility with an average ROE of 22% over the past 12 years. Sugar prices are expected to remain muted for sometime and I think margins may further improve in the future.

The co however doesn’t seem to believe in sharing and has instead done a lot of property & other financial investments. There are some other corporate governance flags as well but overall its a decent business available at what i think is an attractive valuation.

Best
Bheeshma

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https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/beer-and-breezers-to-cost-less-now/articleshow/65275470.cms

Good results driven by decent topline growth and margin expansion

Item Sep-18 Sep-17 Growth
Revenue 11324 10173 11%
COGS 7217 6680
Gross Profit 4107 3493 18%
Gross Margin 36% 34%
Operating Profit 3030 2405 26%
Operating Margin 27% 24%
PAT 1942 1573 23%
PAT Margin 17% 15%
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Bheeshma, couple of questions:

  1. As per the news articles in your earlier posts, molasses prices have fallen drastically. Then why the raw material cost has gone up in Q2 result, for similar sales revenue ?

  2. Is the data for the number of cases shipped per quarter available anywhere?

  3. The Q2FY2018 EPS of 10.63 is on fully diluted basis, adjusting for bonus shares. So in that sense is about 25% higher than Q2FY2017 EPS of 10.7. Is this correct?

  4. When this post was initiated the stock P/E was around 5. In between it went upto 20+. Industry average as per moneycontrol is around 54 and the top 5 liquor companies are in the range 15-50+. Given these, what should be a reasonable P/E that one can assign to GM Breweries? Currently it trades around 10-11 P/E on a annualized basis, it seems.

Hi @3vasup,

  1. COGS to Sales has gone down from 70% to 63%.
Item H1 18-19 H1 17-18
Revenue 81804 75107
Excise Duty 59586 55530
Net Sales 22218 19577
COGS 13949 13706
% of Cost to Net Sales 63% 70%
  1. I dont think cases shipped per quarter data is available. However demand for liquor in general is increasing in Mumbai and country liquor occupies a major share of it
  1. Yes

  2. Dont know about this but its attractively priced in my view

Best
Bheeshma

How will increase in ethanol price affect GMB? Also are they making liquor from mollasses or are they grain based?

Hi @Ganhk

GM runs a blending and bottling plant. They purchase rectified spirit from distilleries & other suppliers and sell it after blending & bottling it. I think in india you can produce ethanol only from molasses.

Thanks
Bheeshma

Dont compare H1FY18 to H1FY19. Compare Q1FY19 to Q2FY19. For similar sales revenue COGS has increased. I read its due to higher PET coke prices affecting plastic bottle cost. Looks like this overcame the effect of lower molasses price.

On a lighter note, the pricing attractiveness seems to only increase with time.

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