has anyone got the valuation report done by Varma and Varma CA? The updated offer price is 1043 with 10% interest. please send it if anyone finds it.
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- Anyone knows at What price did Vista acquire shares from Warburg pincus?
- Why did Warburg Pincus exit this investment so early ? (they typically hold for longer periods)
- Does it make sense to tender at 1043- now ? Why ? Why not?
(I was expecting atleast a 20% premium to their previous open offer price of around 950)
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I got access to that valuation report by writing to JM Financial (manager to the offer). It calculates value through 2 ways and then takes the average of 2.
The report is faulty and it does not provide any data supporting their valuation numbers.
First, For example, for value calculated using comparable companies method, it just says that there are no actual comparable companies and therefore, they are considering companies of âsimilar sizeâ as proxy and they found 12 such IT service companies. The average PE multiple of these 12 companies is 11.32x.
This is multiplied with the EPS of 82.73 for year ending June 30, 2019 to calculate value of Rs 937.
There is no mention of:
- What are the names of these 12 companies?
- What is the PE multiple of each?
- Why have they used this logic of âsimilar sizeâ?
They should use only companies of similar Quality (margins, ROCE, ROE, payout) and Growth characteristics.
Accelyaâs margins and ROE/ROCE are the best in the entire IT pack, and therefore a comparable could be the second best company in the IT pack which is TCS. PE multiple for TCS is in the range 25x-30x.
Therefore, the PE of 11.32x used here is unjustified and too low.
In second approach, Profit Capitalization, it uses constant growth DDM and considers growth as the past 5 year cagr of PBT.
No data is given on actual numbers used.
It just mentions that the value under this method comes to Rs 1123.
Finally, it just applies equal weights to the two values, and comes to value of Rs 1030.
This is faulty because the first value itself is wrong because the âcomparables setâ used to arrive at the first value itself is wrong and the set they used will grossly underestimate value.
Now, the question is : Can we as long term investors approach SEBI questioning this valuation report citing above, and also asking for the supporting data used ?
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Too late. The SEBI has appointed Varma & Varma CA to come up with the valuation. I think they have done the same thing by taking average PE of comparable firms (which are not comparable given the margins and ROE)
What are you doing then? Tendering your shares ?
Not Invested. I was just tracking this company.
Disclosure: I am invested in this company and I was revisiting my investment thesis.
I am not worried about the dip in last yearâs results, which in all likelihood will continue into 2021. Debtors days have also gone up obviously since entire sector has taken a hit and the management will want to extend favorable terms to clients of good standing. The business is sticky though competition is high. Many airlines might go out of business over the coming years, but a business offering like Accelyaâs will always be in vogue because of the flexibility it provides to itâs clients. I also did observe that the company is actively recruiting development talent for itâs offices worldwide and in Mumbai which means added support for existing product lines or for creating new product lines. I am a believer that the airline travel volume should see a recovery (though it will take time) and Accelyaâs results should get back on track as a result. It has also recently acquired a product that provides new growth areas into airline retailing, which also augurs well for when the sector rebounds.
Going through the AR, I observed that the shareholding of directors and key managerial personnel is very low. I also wasnât able to find evidence of a healthy ESOP benefit for employees. This contradicts my thesis of promoter ownership. In my assessment the executive teamâs incentive must be linked to a stock component which makes them true part owners of the business. Can anyone shed light as to why promoter holding is as high as 89% and the executive team have very low ownership?
Can someone who has also analyzed Accelyaâs competitors also shed light if there is strategy shift in their thinking? Accelya being a neutral provider across the airline industry is more focused on itâs core portfolio of products. I expect few competitors to drop out entirely because of the current scenario and their need to focus on their core focus area of running an airline business.
It is surprising that the stock has found support at these levels given what the COVID impact has been. I donât plan on increasing my allocation but I am not selling yet. When the airline travel volume bounces back, Accelya should prove to be one of those companies selling pickaxes to the big players as they mine for gold.
Appreciate wiser heads chiming in on my observations.
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I had a decent holding but exited to lock in my gains after Kale got acquired by Accelya. This turned out to be a bad move which I regretted. Therefore end of calendar 2020, I again entered the stock on the premise that by June/July 21 Airlines would be back to normal business. So far I feel that it was a correct guess. And if the airlines are back to flying, Accelya should do well.
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Company seems comfortably ensconced in its niche space, with little appetite to venture beyond their comfort zone. Their employee strength is almost the same as what it was 10 years ago, which you donât want to see in a mid-cap I.T. company. Sales have grown at around 10% p.a. while profit growth is higher. High dividend payouts keeps the existing shareholders happy but provide little incentive to new investors to enter. The hunger for growth seems missing. While there is nothing wrong with this approach per se, there are many better opportunities elsewhere IMHO.
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Recently in November Promoter âAurora UK Bidco Ltdâ bought 14.62% shares from open market, now the promoters holding is 89.27%.
Can they buy 0.73% share from open market and make their holding 90% to delist the company?
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What will be the effect of delisting on retail investor ? Does it benefit him or he should quietly exit ?
When a company gets delisted and its shares stops trading on exchanges, it becomes really very very difficult to sell our holdings, that is a big problem for minority shareholders like us.
My view is that, if one have holding amounting few lacs then its not worth of spending time on it, but if holding is amounting in crores then he/she should directly contact with company and ask for clarification on their plans.
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IMHO, There is a process to delisting as laid down by SEBI. An offer price has to made to all the share holders. who may then choose to accept the delisting price or reject the same. If rejected, the management can make another revised offer. The share holders can accept or reject. If accepted by majority of the shareholders, the management then move forward with the delisting process at the accepted price and shareholders get the money. Recent successful delisting was done by Hexaware (made decent returns in a short period) and failed delisting attempt was made by Vedanta. It would be instructive to read the delisting thread on the forum: Delisting Discussions - Hexaware, Vedanta & all of them
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Thank you. That is beautifully explained.
Can someone highlight why delisting is being discussed so much? Is there any announcement made by co.? I checked bse announcement section and didnt find any.
Is there any upcoming tendering, and if yes at what price.
Pls excuse me if I missed something obvious
Disc. Invested
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the bse shareholding does not show this
where is this information from
irrespective of the pain in the air line industry , they stand to Gain⌠More Pain , more gain
most airlines now ramping up, will require more support in the IT solutions
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We were discussing delisting as Promoter shareholding increased to 89% but now since last 2 quarters it has again gone back to 75%.
Business is gaining traction. Top management has been revampedâŚmostly from Amadeus.
Recent orders from Virgin Atlantic for cargo suite indicate things moving in right direction. With SaaS model should do good in coming years.
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Just no growth https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachHis/2727e2e7-fdc3-4969-8ab3-4a8d04b719db.pdf
The business is still stuck in that 80-90 crores quarterly run rate and 30 odd crores of EBITDA. Wonder whether this is becoming a value trap?
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