KEY DATA Strong profitability, well diversified

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Rating BUY Sector relative Outperformer Price (INR) 2,834 12 month price target (INR) 3,255 Market cap (INR bn/USD bn) 140/1.9 Free float/Foreign ownership (%) 47.4/7.7

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Strong profitability, well diversified

SKF India (SKF) reported robust Q1FY22 results with sales growth of 130% YoY (20% above estimates) driven by an uptick in industrials. EBITDA at INR1.1bn came in 23% higher than estimate on the back of gross margin expansion led by improving localisation. Sequentially, gross margin shot up 434bps while EBIDTA margin dipped just 109bps.

SKF envisages 1.5x GDP growth. This, in our view, is achievable given its diversified portfolio that benefits from improving industrial and auto cycles, with an uptick visible in general engineering. Building in improved sales and the structural improvement in margins, we are raising FY22/23E EPS by 10%/7%. Maintain ‘BUY’ at 36x Q3FY23E EPS, which yields a TP of INR3,255 (up from INR2,777).

FINANCIALS (INR mn)

Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

Revenue 26,707 32,906 37,915 44,058

EBITDA 4,201 5,575 6,361 7,571

Adjusted profit 3,044 3,966 4,560 5,538

Diluted EPS (INR) 61.6 80.2 92.2 112.0

EPS growth (%) 8.2 30.3 15.0 21.5

RoAE (%) 17.6 23.2 22.5 23.0

P/E (x) 46.0 35.3 30.7 25.3

EV/EBITDA (x) 33.5 25.2 21.8 17.9

Dividend yield (%) 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8

PRICE PERFORMANCE

Sharp rise in profitability

Q1FY22 revenue shot up ~130% YoY (down 18% QoQ) led by growth in the

automotive segment and industrials and a 61% decline in base (Q1FY21) owing to

lockdowns. Peer Schaeffler India reported 181% YoY sales growth. SKF’s gross margin

expanded 434bps QoQ as the company worked to contain the inflationary impact via

pass-through and a better sales mix (manufactured industrials). Thus, EBITDA swung

into positive INR1.1bn from a loss of INR6mn in Q1FY21.

Strategic focus areas aid market share gains

SKF has laid down strategic priorities of innovation, new business models, digital

sales, remanufacturing, and cleantech. With a performance-based model, the

company gained a major steel player for a five-year ‘pay per ton’ contract, leading

to increased bearings share. With its Rotating Equipment Performance (REP) value

proposition, SKF is maximizing customers’ performance. Its benefits should flow in

over the medium term. Management has launched an e-marketplace offering

products to retail and industrial buyers, and this aids in expanding reach to

customers. Management sounded upbeat with ongoing capex at INR1.5–1.7bn of

capex. The capex is targeted at raising localisation, which stands at ~35% within

Industrials, with plan targeted at 65% over three–four years.

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Outlook and valuation: Well diversified; maintain ‘BUY’

SKF is likely to be a key beneficiary of a cyclical uptick in auto and industrials given

its diversified portfolio and increasing localisation. With its key focus areas aiding in

market share gains, we estimate a 24% EPS CAGR over FY21-23, and value the stock

at 36x Q3FY23E EPS, at a premium to its average. This yields a TP of INR3,255.

Financials Year to March Q1FY22 Q1FY21 % Change Q4FY21 % Change

Net Revenue 6,935 3,012 130.2 8,475 (18.2)

EBITDA 1,138 ( 6) NM 1,483 (23.3)

Adjusted Profit 791 ( 2) NM 1,049 (24.6)

Diluted EPS (INR) 15.4 0.0 NM 20.4 (24.6)

Above In line Below

Profit

Margins

Revenue Growth

Overall

36,000

39,600

43,200

46,800

50,400

54,000

1,425

1,710

1,995

2,280

2,565

2,850

Jul-20 Oct-20 Jan-21 Apr-21 Jul-21

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Financial Statements

Income Statement (INR mn) Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

Total operating income 26,707 32,906 37,915 44,058

Gross profit 11,095 14,169 15,974 18,226

Employee costs 2,463 2,967 3,348 3,621

Other expenses 4,430 5,627 6,265 7,033

EBITDA 4,201 5,575 6,361 7,571

Depreciation 580 627 769 885

Less: Interest expense 21 23 25 24

Add: Other income 362 363 512 722

Profit before tax 3,963 5,288 6,080 7,384

Prov for tax 918 1,322 1,520 1,846

Less: Other adj 0 0 0 0

Reported profit 3,044 3,966 4,560 5,538

Less: Excp.item (net) 0 0 0 0

Adjusted profit 3,044 3,966 4,560 5,538

Diluted shares o/s 49 49 49 49

Adjusted diluted EPS 61.6 80.2 92.2 112.0

DPS (INR) 14.5 17.0 21.0 23.0

Tax rate (%) 23.2 25.0 25.0 25.0

Important Ratios (%) Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

Automotive (% of rev) 33.8 35.4 33.7 32.6

Industrials (% of rev) 50.6 54.5 56.6 58.3

Gross margin (%) 41.5 43.1 42.1 41.4

EBITDA margin (%) 15.7 16.9 16.8 17.2

Net profit margin (%) 11.4 12.1 12.0 12.6

Revenue growth (% YoY) (6.0) 23.2 15.2 16.2

EBITDA growth (% YoY) 20.2 32.7 14.1 19.0

Adj. profit growth (%) 8.2 30.3 15.0 21.5

Assumptions (%) Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

GDP (YoY %) (8.0) 0 7.0 7.0

Repo rate (%) 4.0 4.0 4.3 5.3

USD/INR (average) 75.0 73.0 72.0 71.0

2W OEM (% YoY) (14.0) 17.0 10.0 10.0

4W OEM (% YoY) (11.0) 20.0 10.0 10.0

Auto Aftermkt (% YoY) (9.1) 32.2 10.2 10.2

CV OEM (% YoY) (43.0) 75.0 30.0 12.0

Industrials (% YoY) (17.0) 34.0 17.0 16.0

Exports (% YoY) (32.6) 10.0 10.0 10.0

Valuation Metrics Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

Diluted P/E (x) 46.0 35.3 30.7 25.3

Price/BV (x) 9.0 7.5 6.4 5.4

EV/EBITDA (x) 33.5 25.2 21.8 17.9

Dividend yield (%) 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8

Source: Company and Edelweiss estimates

Balance Sheet (INR mn) Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

Share capital 494 494 494 494

Reserves 15,144 18,093 21,438 25,646

Shareholders funds 15,638 18,588 21,933 26,140

Minority interest 0 0 0 0

Borrowings 176 74 74 74

Trade payables 5,769 5,647 6,492 7,573

Other liabs & prov 889 889 889 889

Total liabilities 22,827 25,553 29,743 35,032

Net block 3,450 4,323 5,054 5,369

Intangible assets 3 3 3 3

Capital WIP 648 400 500 300

Total fixed assets 4,100 4,726 5,557 5,672

Non current inv 25 25 25 25

Cash/cash equivalent 5,003 5,069 6,989 10,007

Sundry debtors 5,834 6,491 7,375 8,570

Loans & advances 1,650 1,650 1,650 1,650

Other assets 6,215 7,592 8,147 9,108

Total assets 22,827 25,553 29,743 35,032

Free Cash Flow (INR mn) Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

Reported profit 3,044 3,966 4,560 5,538

Add: Depreciation 580 627 769 885

Interest (net of tax) 14 15 17 16

Others (382) (378) (529) (738)

Less: Changes in WC (16) (2,156) (594) (1,075)

Operating cash flow 3,240 2,074 4,222 4,626

Less: Capex (736) (1,252) (1,600) (1,000)

Free cash flow 2,504 821 2,622 3,626

Key Ratios Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

RoE (%) 17.6 23.2 22.5 23.0

RoCE (%) 22.7 30.8 30.0 30.7

Inventory days 108 105 105 100

Receivable days 70 68 67 66

Payable days 116 111 101 99

Working cap (% sales) 25.6 27.3 25.3 24.2

Gross debt/equity (x) 0 0 0 0

Net debt/equity (x) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4)

Interest coverage (x) 170.0 215.1 223.7 278.6

Valuation Drivers Year to March FY21A FY22E FY23E FY24E

EPS growth (%) 8.2 30.3 15.0 21.5

RoE (%) 17.6 23.2 22.5 23.0

EBITDA growth (%) 20.2 32.7 14.1 19.0

Payout ratio (%) 23.5 21.2 22.8 20.5


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Q1FY22 conference call: Key highlights

Overall highlights

SKF’s Q1FY22 revenue grew 130% YoY but dipped 18% QoQ to INR6.9bn. This

was led by robust growth across both automotive and industrials as the base

quarter remained weak. During Q1FY22, auto, industrials, exports stood at 38%,

53% and 9% of the mix, versus 33%, 60% and 8% of the mix in Q1FY21

respectively.

Gross margin expanded ~645bps YoY, and also up 434bps QoQ to 45%, despite

increase in metal prices. Further manufactured industrial improved strong

leading to profitable mix.

While the inflationary pressure remains, management is working to minimise the

impact and remains in discussions with customers for price hikes on the same.

Productivity improvement has also aided the same as SKF has focused on fixed-

cost reduction structurally.

While the company reported a loss at EBITDA level in Q1FY21, it was profitable

in Q1FY22 at INR1.1bn with EBITDA margin of 16.4% down mere 109bps QoQ.

PAT was reported at INR791mn, against a loss in the base quarter.

On the industrials side, SKF has seen pick up across segments, barring wind and

railways.

The focus of the company remains on offerings in rotation equipment

performance to offer a comprehensive solutions. This is margin accretive versus

the overall bearings portfolio. The REP value proposition is a commercial

relationship where SKF provides the customer with functionality at a fixed

recurring fee, leveraging the full SKF portfolio: bearings, seals, lubrication

systems, remanufacturing, oil regeneration and many other engineering services

Further they were optimistic on Condition monitoring which helps in gauging

equipment downtime. The global condition monitoring market is projected to

grow at a CAGR of 9.4% between 2021- 2026 to USD 5346.8 million.

In the year under review, SKF India signed a five year ‘pay-per ton’ performance

contract with a leading steel customer, to increase the plant utilization level.

Management believes such performance based contracts will start yielding well

over 3-4 years.

Within industrials, SKF produces small and medium-sized bearings while larger

bearings are bought from the other group entity.

Management aims to grow at 1.5 times the GDP in overall sales and outperform

the market.

Capex of INR1.5-1.7bn should continue, despite the pace slowing down due to

the second wave.

Automotive (~38% of sales)

In the interim, management remains optimistic on 2W, PV. Management

remains optimistic on electrification across auto, particularly in 2W and 4W in

PVs, and in commercial public transport. However, demand from CVs is likely to

falter as structural weakness persists.

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SKF is currently working with 8-9 manufacturers and ~25 component

manufacturers on electrification.

With EVs, while overall content per vehicle is expected to fall, the contribution

of the same should be higher on value basis.

SKF became the strategic partner with tier-1 suppliers of a leading 2W company

to integrate the product line, increasing the share of business by 3x.

Industrials (~53% of sales)

Infra linked industrial equipment segments like cement steel and consumer-

linked segments like food & beverages and textiles remained on a stronger

footing.

While the segment has seen growth, there has been some slowdown in railways

and wind portfolios. Other segments continue to remain strong.

Wind segment has seen a slow catch up as number of players had put their plans

on hold, however, companies exports continue strong.

While passenger side on railways has been weak in the lockdown, even in the

aftermarket due to poor utilisation, orders remain strong from freight trains.

Class K should see additional traction post the complete launch of the DFC (which

has got delayed) by mid-2022. SKF has been strong in locomotives and gathering

steam in metros across small and large cities.

With launch of the e-marketplace, management aims to increase reach across

customers and reduce counterfeiting at customers’ ends.

Growth in the aftermarket has been good and should gain traction with

increasing distribution reach.

Localisation for industrials has been 35% and management aims to grow it to 65-

70% over 3-4 years.


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Quarterly financial snapshot

Year to March Q1FY22 Q1FY21 % change Q4FY21 % change FY21 FY22E FY23E

Revenues 6,935 3,012 130.2 8,475 (18.2) 26,707 32,906 37,915

Raw material 3,786 1,839 105.9 4,994 (24.2) 15,612 18,737 21,940

Staff costs 680 567 19.8 646 5.3 2,463 2,967 3,348

Other expenses 1,333 613 117.5 1,353 (1.5) 4,430 5,627 6,265

Total expenditure 5,798 3,019 92.1 6,993 (17.1) 22,506 27,331 31,554

EBITDA 1,138 (6) NM 1,483 (23.3) 4,201 5,575 6,361

Depreciation 140 145 (3.1) 137 2.3 580 627 769

EBIT 997 (151) 1,345 3,622 4,948 5,592

Interest 4 5 (30.0) 5

Other income 64 153 (58.0) 47 37.6 362 363 512

Add: Exceptional items - - - - - -

Profit Before Tax 1,058 (3) NM 1,387 (23.7) 3,984 5,311 6,105

Less: Provision for Tax 267 (1) NM 338 (21.1) 986 1,322 1,520

Reported Profit 791 (2) NM 1,049 (24.6) 2,998 3,989 4,585

Adjusted Profit 791 (2) NM 1,049 (24.6) 2,977 3,966 4,560

Equity capital (FV INR 10) 527 527 - 527 - 527 527 527

No. of Diluted shares outstanding (mn) 51 51 51 49 49 49

Adjusted Diluted EPS 15.4 (0.0) NM 20.4 (24.6) 60.2 80.2 92.2

Diluted P/E (x) 45.3 34.0 29.6

EV/EBITDA (x) 30.9 23.3 20.1

ROAE (%) 17 23 23

As % of net revenues 1 1 1 1 1 1

Raw material 54.6 61.0 58.9 58.5 56.9 57.9

Staff expenses 9.8 18.8 7.6 9.2 9.0 8.8

Other expenses 19.2 20.3 16.0 16.6 17.1 16.5

EBITDA 16.4 -0.2 17.5 15.7 16.9 16.8

Reported net profit 11.4 -0.1 12.4 11.2 12.1 12.1

Source: Company, Edelweiss Research

We have raised FY22/23E EPS by 10/7%

(INR mn) Old New % Change

FY22E FY23E FY22E FY23E FY22E FY23E

Revenue 32,157 37,470 32,906 37,915 2.3 1.2

EBITDA 5,098 5,980 5,575 6,361 9.4 6.4

PAT 3,595 4,277 3,966 4,560 10.3 6.6

Source: Edelweiss Research

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Company Description

SKF India (SKF) is part of Sweden’s AB SKF Group (53% stake), a leading global

supplier of bearings. The parent reported revenue of SEK86bn in CY19. In India, SKF

India is the domestic largest player with market shares of ~28% and ~45% in the

overall bearings industry and the ball bearings segment, respectively. By segment,

automotive accounts for ~45% of sales and industrial bearings ~50%. Exports make

up 11% of sales (mainly in the automotive segment). While the company

manufactures automotive bearings and some industrial bearings (~15%), the

balance 85% of the industrial bearings are imported. As a result, traded (industrial)

goods constitute 46% of overall revenue, which are majorly imported from group

companies. Within Automotive, company offers customised bearings, seals, and

related products for wheel-end, driveline, engine, e-power train, suspension, and

steering applications. They are a leader in wheel-end solutions and a strong position

in application-driven powertrain solutions. It remains a leading player in component

development for automotive electrification. Within Industrial company offers wide

product portfolio of bearings, seals, and lubrication systems, coupled with rotating

equipment solutions and remanufacturing. They have applications catering to over

40 industries globally, directly as well as indirectly, through a network of distributors.

They are an undisputed leader in the industrial distribution market, which primarily

serves the aftermarket. Further they are a key player in railway and heavy industries.

Investment Theme

SKF is a strong beneficiary of a cyclical and structural uptick in auto and industrials

owing to its diversification. The company has a strong diversified portfolio (36:53:11

auto: industrials: exports). SKF’s 2025 strategic priorities of digitalisation, new

business models, innovation, world-class manufacturing, clean tech and future

workforce, enthuse us. SKF India scores high on technological competence,

relationships with OEMs, presence in after-markets, diversified portfolio, and

distribution network. Company has set sight on market share gains and strong

supply chain management. SKF India continues to make strategic investments for

future growth. By virtue of innovation, the company offers extensive solutions such

as Rotating Equipment Performance (REP), Remanufacturing and SKF Solution

Factory that bring people and technology together to create a superior asset

performance.

Post the parent reviewing the transfer pricing itself, the gross margin and EBIDTA

margin on an overall company basis have been healthy. Further company has been

taking price hikes to pass inflation and lot of cost cutting measures leading to ~16%+

EBIDTA margin. In-line with improved sales growth led by both auto and industrial

segments and improved margins, we expect 19% sales CAGR and 24% EPS CAGR over

FY21-23.

Key Risks

Delay in recovery of key segments

Forex fluctuations

Hike in royalty rate


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Additional Data Management

Chairman Gopal Subramanyam

Managing Director

Manish Bhatnagar

Director - Finance Anurag Bhagania

Company Secretary

Ranjan Kumar

Auditor PwC & Co

Holdings – Top 10* % Holding % Holding

HDFC AMC 8.92 HDFC Life Insurance 1.09

Mirae AMC 5.55 New India Assurance 1.00

SBI Mutual Fund 3.97 Franklin Resources 0.93

Kotak Mahindra MF 2.74 PGIM India AMC 0.64

UTI AMC 2.57 Caisse de Depot 0.59

*Latest public data

Recent Company Research Date Title Price Reco

17-May-21 Healthy margins; key cogs rolling; Result Update

2,317 Buy

05-Feb-21 Cyclical, structural recovery unfolding; Result Update

2,019 Buy

29-Oct-20 Demand rebounds in automotive OEMs; Result Update

1,501 Hold

Recent Sector Research Date Name of Co./Sector Title

22-Jul-21 Schaeffler India Strong showing across the board; Result Update

28-Jun-21 Orient Refractories Strong portfolio, parentage to spur gain; Result Update

14-Jun-21 AIA Engineering Balanced risk-reward; Company Update

Rating Interpretation

Source: Bloomberg, Edelweiss research

Daily Volume

Source: Bloomberg

Rating Distribution: Edelweiss Research Coverage

Buy Hold Reduce Total

Rating Distribution* 170 54 19 244

>50bn >10bn and <50bn <10bn Total

Market Cap (INR) 214 40 5 259

*1 stocks under review

Rating Rationale

Rating Expected absolute returns over 12 months

Buy: >15%

Hold: >15% and <-5%

Reduce: <-5%

TP2,600

TP2,146

TP1,935

TP1,188

1175

1510

1845

2180

2515

2850

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