Ritco Logistics-Microcap opportunity

Hi everyone,

I came across this company " Ritco Logistics " and found it a good prospect for further analysis.

Incorporated in 2001, Ritco Logistics Limited provides surface logistics services, including transportation of cargo and warehousing services.

The scope of services includes contract logistics, less than truck load (LTL) service and fleet rental services.

The company has pan-India presence through its 29 branches. It has seven warehouses and an in-house fleet of 304 trucks and about 1,000–1,200 attached vehicles to support its operations.

Working Model
The company has an asset-light business model with an in-house fleet of 304 trucks, while about 60–65% of the total requirement is met through fleet hired from the spot market on a daily basis

Important Features
(01) Domestic Leader in Less than Container Load (LCL) Consolidation segment of
Multimodal Logistics

(02) The largest provider of integrated logistics solutions in India for CL.

(03) Only Indian Company with significant presence across all industrial belt in the country…

(04) Amongst very few Indian companies specializing in contract logistics, a business with significant growth opportunities and potential

VALUATION
The company is available at market cap of 66 crores.
Since the company is clocking sales of around 480 crores, i found the valuation attractive.

Taking average net profit of 8 crores, the P/E comes at 8.25.

Profit and Loss

The company is aggressively growing its revenue by taking in new clients.

The company has an established customer base comprising reputed players including Gail India Ltd., Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited, ONGC Petro
Addition Limited, Nestle India Limited, etc.

Operating Margin is around 6 - 8%
Since the company is working on IT infrastructure and ERP systems, the slight improvement of margin is expected.

Rising Fuel cost is one of the problem. Transferring the cost to customers can be trouble due to stiff competition.

Interest Coverage
The yearly interest installment can be easily paid from yearly operation. We can say the survival risk of company is low.

Balance Sheet

Share issue
Recently the company has issued more shares for warehouse development and incorporation of WRP systems.

Debt
Rising debt is one of the issue of company.
Logistics sector is a working capital intensive business and the company has been taking working capital loan for is daily operations.

Debt to equity ratio is 1.32 .
It is slightly on higher side.

Debtor Days
Debtor days has increased to 110 days.
This increase is caused to covid situation which i think is a temporary phenomon.

I think the situation will improve for company in next 2-3 years.

Cash Flow

The company has generated positive FCF for 2021.

All the previous negative cash flow is attributed to high receivables.
Receivables might not be a problem since it has reputed client base which is less likely to default.

Management
The management appears to be good and experienced with more than 25 years of experience.

Recently they have hired CEO from Delhi college of Engineering with good amount of experience in reputed logistics brand.

Positive Points

(01) Reputed client base
The company has an established customer base comprising reputed players including Gail India Ltd., Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited, ONGC Petro
Addition Limited, Nestle India Limited, etc

(02) Asset Light Model
The company has an asset-light business model with an in-house fleet of 304 trucks, while about 60–65% of the total requirement is met through fleet hired from the spot market on a daily basis

(03) Management Mindset
The management has been taking steps to improve the efficient and productivity of operation throughout the incorporation.

Ritco is further consolidating by increasing its warehouse footprint by 1 million sq.ft. in the next financial year through Built to Suite warehouse infrastructure.

Negative Points
(01) Rising fuel price and spot price of truck fleets destroys profitability.

(02) High receivable is a concern.

(03) Highly competitive and fragmented market – The road logistics sector is highly fragmented with most business being generated by the unorganised segment

Ratings
ICRA Ratings = BBB+
https://www.icra.in/Rationale/ShowRationaleReport/?Id=101007

If anyone has done any kind of research, please share your thoughts on the company.

PS : Not invested. Tracking the company.

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Mr Preetkaran you did a good job, the information you collected is to tempt me to invest in this I have a doubt, recently the Indian Railways are going to be adopted the logistics service in a rapid manner so it may give some competition for this.
So what ever it may be it is a nice one which is available in a reasonable price of around Rs25/26 as on date with a face value of Rs10/- and a book value of Rs44/- ( 52 week high is Rs34/- and low is Rs13/-) so now it is available in between of the both values. So why don"t we miss the chance in this time.

Agreed.
The competition is immense.

Even the new VC backed companies like delhivery etc are also fighting for the space.

I think the USP of this company is that their management are experienced and have shown winning potential by managing esteemed clients.

I think by talking to current employees of the company we can get more idea about its future prospect…

Study model of Rivigo, in the same sector - with fastest delivery due to their driver relaying technique. It will provide intense competition to any company in this sector.

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Found this presentation on youtube in case anyone is interested…

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Further Notes after scuttlebutt

a. Investor Ashish chugh invested from lower levels in 2020

b. Company was started in 1970 by promoters father.
After fathers death, the company has been divided into two groups run by real brothers:
Ritco and rajdhani logistics.

Rajdhani logistics is not that well established as compared to ritco.

  1. Company is legit and has branches all over india.

  2. It runs the operation in full load i.e. it takes consignment for all truck load.

  3. Ex employee has been praising management’s attitude.

  4. the promoter is also involved in real estate business.

  5. The company has around 400-450 employees.

Disc: tracking

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Recently, ET Prime on 10th December ran an article where they showed the benefits of organized players vs small players.
mes.com/prime/economy-and-policy/a-truckload-of-woes-as-ownership-patterns-change-it-may-be-end-of-road-for-small-fleet-owners/primearticleshow/88193922.cms.

Any update on the quarterly result?

Q3 & Q4 FY2022 results. Overall good growth in a tough environment. Has run up a lot over last year or so.

Discl - Invested.

@preetkaran
you are tracking Ritco logistics or not ? any update

Hi @mandar_dubal

Sorry i am not tracking this anymore.
Reshuffled the portfolio

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Company has recently issued warrant to promoter at price of 247.

Ritco Logistics in FY23 Acquired 50-60 new fleet to venture new markets like steel sector. Plans to amplify its fleet by 150 trucks in 2 years. growth crossing 200 Cr in business for last 2 quarters. Projections this quarter Revenue expected beyond 250 crores & profit 10Cr. given the festive demand in this quater