Rail Vikas Nigam - profitable PSU

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About Company

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a CPSE under Ministry of Railways, was created with the twin objectives of raising extra-budgetary resources and implementation of projects relating to creation & augmentation of capacity of rail infrastructure on fast track basis. The Company, incorporated on 24.01.2003, became fully functional with the appointment of all Directors of Board by March 2005. The Company has been granted Mini-Ratna status on 19.09.2013.

RVNL is implementing projects by awarding composite contracts on turnkey basis as per the international practices and standards. As on 31.03.2017, RVNL has completed 213.82 km of New Lines, 1590 km of Gauge Conversion, 2353.32 km of Doubling and 2837.07 km of Railway Electrification i.e. 6994.21 km of project length. In addition, five Workshop Projects and one cable stayed bridge have also been completed. These projects are being executed through 36 PIUs spread across the country.

Besides Doubling and Gauge Conversion, RVNL has also diversified to:

  • Railway Electrification
  • Railway Workshops
  • Metro Railways
  • Technically challenging new Hill Railway lines, etc.

The Company generally works on a turnkey basis and undertake the full cycle of project development from conceptualization to commissioning including stages of design, preparation of estimates, calling and award of contracts, project and contract management, etc.

The projects undertaken by the company are spread all over the country and for efficient implementation of projects, 37 project implementation units (PIUs) have been established at different locations to execute projects in their geographical hinterland. They are located at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata (4 units), Chennai, Secunderabad (2 units), Bhubaneshwar (3 units), Bhopal (3 units), Jhansi, Kota, Jodhpur, Waltair (2 units), Bengaluru, Pune, Raipur (3 units), Lucknow (2 units), Rishikesh, Ahmedabad (2 units), Kanpur, Varanasi (2 units), Chandigarh, Mughalsarai, Ambala and Guwahati.

The company’s major client is the Indian Railways. Its other clients include various central and state government ministries, departments, and public sector undertakings. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited came out with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 253,457,280 equity shares of Face Value of Rs 10 each of the company through an offer for sale by the President of India, acting through the Ministry of Raliways, Govt. of India (the selling shareholder) for a cash price of Rs 19 per equity share aggregating to Rs 477.11 Crores. The face value of equity shares is Rs 10 each.

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Financials

Profit and loss

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Balance Sheet

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RVNL has a good order book. It has guided for order inflow of ₹15000 cr in FY23E. It has bid for orders of ₹21000 cr. Of the of opened tenders of ₹6000 cr, it has won orders of ₹2000 cr.

It is also trying to diversify from railways. Rail Vikas Nigam announced that its consortium with P Singla Constructions has been awarded the Letter of Award (LoA) by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on 11 July 2022 for Construction of 4 laning of NH-S from Kaithlighat to Shakral Village in Himachal Pradesh. The estimated cost of project is Rs 1844.77 crore.

Key risk is that it is almost entirely dependent on government.

Disclaimer: Invested since ipo.

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Why RVNL stock price rising ?

Discl: Invested in RVNL as a part of my PSU basket containing Defence, Railway & renewable Energy stocks.

Not a buy or sell recommendation. The stock price of all railway stocks have gone up quite a lot. Investment in PSU stocks carry an inherent risk of changes in govt policy which may or may not be favourable to the investors. please do your own assesment before investing.

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RVNL bags ₹1,545 cr Maldives contract at an estimated cost of ₹ 1,544.60 crore the company has announced.
On December 22, the company had bagged an order said to be of ₹ 198 crore for construction of Bhesan Depot and workshop from Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC), to be executed within 20 months.
Recently, RVNL has won a contract worth ₹ 137 crore for increasing speed potential to 160 kmph in Pradhankhanta - Bandhua section of Dhanbad Division under East Central Railway.

RVNL is clearly on a fast track.

Disclosure: I am invested in it.

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The issue with these kind of stocks is that sooner or later there would be a OFS and one should be ready to digest the volatility - that happened recently with IRCTC.

In case of RVNL, the Govt holds 78% and they would have to mandatorily reduce to 75%.
And whenever there is an OFS, the govt sells @7-10% discount to market price and most people especially the traders involve in short selling in order to buy at lower levels. Even some investors sell stocks in order to buy at lower level.

However , if you are a long term investor , you need not worry these kind of short term volatility, as long as order book is bulging and earning visibility is there.

Discl: Invested at a price point of @ Rs 30 a share. Partially profit booked recently and in the process of adding again at decline.

It is not an investment advice. Please do your own assessment before investing.

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If it goes down a bit due to OFS, there may be an opportunity to add more.

With Budgetary Allotment Of Rs 2 41 Lakh Crore In Fy 2023 24 Indian Railways Plans To Boost Infrastructure Enhance Passenger Experience

In FY 2023-24, the Ministry of Railways is also focusing to boost connectivity to the remotest part of the country.

The ministry has set a target to lay tracks for a distance of 7,000 km in the next fiscal. This includes new lines, doubling, tripling, gauge conversion, etc.
RVNL was incorporated as an 100% owned PSU of Ministry of Railways (MoR) on 24-1-2003 with the twin objectives of raising extra-budgetary resources and implementation of projects relating to creation and augmentation of capacity of rail infrastructure on fast track basis.

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RVNL along with its Russian counterpart is the lowest bidder for 200 Vande Bharat trains worth 58000 Crores. (both Sales & Service)

Because the Russian counterpart was interested into this business, they must have quoted lower… But will they make profit???..only time will tell.

Discl: Remain invested in all railway PSU stocks as a part of my PSU and dividend yield basket in spite of heightened volatility +/- 10-15% .
The risk factor which is a hanging sword is the Stake Sale/ OFS in all these kind of stocks where Govt still holds more than 75% stake
It is not an investment advice. please do your own assessment before investing.

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Additional context is to offset relatively cheaper Russian oil. Its a win-win for both countries. Also important is to consider significant AMC which follows. RVNL will stand to gain.

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VANDE BHARAT WORKING

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