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SpiceJet Event Update Mar 16 EDEL
SpiceJet Event Update Mar 16 EDEL
EVENT UPDATE
SPICEJET
Warrants issue gets going
India Equity Research| Aviation
The Delhi High Court has directed SpiceJet to pass a board resolution to EDELWEISS RATINGS
issue shares to outgoing promoters—Mr. Kalanithi Maran and KAL Absolute Rating BUY
Airways—post the latter’s plea alleging that the company had defaulted Investment Characteristics Growth
in issuing the same. The company stated that necessary board resolution
will be passed to make a joint representation before BSE/SEBI. It had
MARKET DATA (R: SPJT.BO, B: SJET IN)
earlier cited lack of regulatory approval as the reason for non-issuance of
CMP : INR 61
the warrants. We now assume issuance of 189mn shares in FY17 (not
Target Price : INR 100
accounted for earlier, though highlighted as key risk) leading to 24%
52-week range (INR) : 95 / 17
dilution and hence revise TP to INR100 (INR127 earlier). Maintain ‘BUY’.
Share in issue (mn) : 599.5
M cap (INR bn/USD mn) : 36 / 540
Allotment of warrants pending regulatory clearances Avg. Daily Vol. BSE/NSE (‘000) : 0.0
The shareholders in the 30th AGM held in September 2014 had approved allotment of
~189mn warrants convertible into equivalent number of equity shares at a price of SHARE HOLDING PATTERN (%)
INR16.3/share (total consideration of INR3.08bn) to the outgoing promoters. SpiceJet Current Q2FY16 Q1FY16
received an amount aggregating INR2.3bn (75% of total consideration) against such Promoters * 60.3 60 58.5
proposed warrants. However, the company has not allotted warrants till date citing MF's, FI's & BKs 0.1 - -
non-receipt of regulatory approvals. Further, the board in January 2015 also approved FII's 1.3 0.8 0.5
issuance of 3.75mn non-convertible CRPS of INR1,000 each to outgoing promoters on Others 38.3 38.9 41.0
preferential basis and had received INR1.2bn as advance. * Promoters pledged shares : NIL
(% of share in issue)
Mid-December 2014
Owing to liquidity constraints and regulatory clampdown the airline was forced to suspend its operations partially - total number of
daily flights reduced from 340 during July 2014 to 230 during December 2014
Others
Others
39%
41%
Ajay Singh
& family
60%
Kal
Institution Airways Institutions
s Pvt Ltd 1%
0% 34%
Source: Company, Edelweiss research
Others
30%
Kalanithi Maran
& Kal Airways
24%
Source: Company, Edelweiss research
Company Description
SpiceJet, erstwhile Royal Airways (erstwhile Modiluft), is India’s No.2 low fare airline with
market share of ~13%. The company started operations in May 2005 with 3 aircrafts and
had scaled up to a fleet of 55 aircrafts at its peak without generating adequate profits and
hence was in need of recapitalization. Owing to difficulty in meeting some of its financial
obligations due to liquidity constraints, the airline had to cancel a considerable number of
scheduled flights consequent to which the airline lost significant market share. In January
2015, Mr. Ajay Singh (one of the founder members) through a share purchase agreement
took over ownership and control of the company from erstwhile promoters and was
instrumental in turning around the company.
Investment Theme
Revenue maximisation an appropriate strategy at current scale
SpiceJet’s revenue maximisation strategy has been backed by tactical pricing which has
successfully propped up occupancy levels (industry best PLF of 90% plus). The company’s
yield is at 6% discount to competition, but superior asset utilisation ensures that it earns 9%
higher revenue per seat flown (as of Q2FY16). Unlike competition, SpiceJet’s current scale
(smaller fleet) prevents cannibalization, thereby maximising revenue. This, coupled with
obsessive focus on ancillary revenue generation, has paid rich dividends — high margin
ancillary income share jumped to 13% from 9% in FY15.
Key Risks
Sharp uptick in ATF prices (accounted for 50% of revenue in past) and INR depreciation (bulk
of cost is USD denominated) will impact profitability given high price sensitivity of the Indian
consumer leaving limited ability to pass on costs.
Economic slowdown putting pressure on demand for corporate / leisure travel will impact
load factors and hence profitability given the high operating leverage structure of the airline
business. Failure to keep the occupancy levels at 90% plus owing to any demand weakness
will pressurize the RASK and hence a risk to the earnings/valuations.
Existing airports at Indian metros like Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata running at peak
capacity could prove to be bottlenecks for growth.
Financial Statements
Key Assumptions Income statement (INR mn)
Year to March FY15 FY16 FY17E FY18E Year to March FY15 FY16 FY17E FY18E
Macro Net revenue 52,015 49,014 62,911 74,605
GDP(Y-o-Y %) 7.2 7.4 7.9 8.3 Aircraft fuel expenses 24,096 14,223 17,262 21,206
Inflation (Avg) 5.9 4.8 5.0 5.2 Employees Costs 5,375 4,918 6,049 7,080
Repo rate (exit rate) 7.5 6.8 6.0 6.0 Selling and Dist. Exp. 2,794 - - -
USD/INR (Avg) 61.1 65.0 67.5 67.0 Operating expenses 17,689 17,225 21,111 23,921
Sector Total operating expenses 49,954 36,366 44,422 52,206
Domestic pax growth(%) 15.2 20.0 18.0 18.0 EBITDAR 2,062 12,648 18,489 22,399
Domestic ASKM growth(%) 4.4 15.0 15.0 15.0 Aircraft Lease Rentals 8,644 8,061 11,345 12,688
Domestic oil price(INR/Ltr) 67.9 48.3 45.0 48.0 Depreciation 1,266 1,220 1,309 1,365
Company EBIT (7,849) 3,367 5,835 8,346
Average fleet size(No) 41.5 37.0 47.0 55.0 Add: Other income 2,000 1,242 885 1,165
Avg. flying hours (Hrs) 9.2 10.0 9.9 9.9 Less: Interest Expense 1,635 921 759 558
Employee Exp. Growth(%) (6.6) (8.5) 23.0 17.0 Profit Before Tax (6,871) 3,688 5,961 8,954
S&D Exp/pax (INR) 238 250 250 250 Less: Provision for Tax - - - 1,791
Airport chg/dep (INR) 37,178 38,114 39,000 39,000 Extraordinary item 614 - - -
Maint. Cost/B Hr (USD) 1,031 820 768 731 Reported Profit (6,871) 3,688 5,961 7,163
Lease rent/Aircrart (USDmn) 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.6 Exceptional Items 614 654 - -
Pax growth (%) (7.1) 0.8 25.7 17.4 Adjusted Profit (7,484) 3,034 5,961 7,163
Pax yield/RPKM 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.8 Shares o /s (mn) 599 599 789 789
Cargo rev as % of pax 9.1 11.7 11.7 11.7 Diluted shares o/s (mn) 599 599 789 789
Tax rate (%) - - - 20.0 Adj. Diluted EPS (INR) (12.5) 5.1 7.6 9.1
Adjusted Cash EPS (9.3) 8.2 9.2 10.8
Additional Data
Directors Data
Mr. Ajay Singh Promoter Director ( Managing Director) Mr. R Sasiprabhu Independent & Non-Executive director
Mrs. Shiwani Singh Promoter Director (Non-Executive)
Auditors -
*as per last available data
Bulk Deals
Data Acquired / Seller B/S Qty Traded Price
27 Jan 2016 The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc As Trustee Of Jupiter India Fund Buy 3202386 86.43
*as per last available data
Insider Trades
Reporting Data Acquired / Seller B/S Qty Traded
No Data Available
*as per last available data
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