INSTITUTIONAL EQUITY RESEARCH Page | 1 | PHILLIPCAPITAL INDIA RESEARCH Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUVR IN) Recovery to be protracted INDIA | FMCG | Company Update 10 June 2015 Key highlights of HUL’s FY15 annual report and management commentary: Demand environment continues to remain sluggish: FY15 saw a marked slowdown in growth in developed markets (such as Europe and Japan) and emerging markets (such as China). The operating environment in India remained challenging due to faltering demand, consumer down-trading, volatile input costs, and heightened competitive intensity. Domestic consumer business grew 10%, with 5% underlying volume growth. Premiumisation continues in soaps & detergents: Led by mix growth, soaps & detergents grew 9% yoy in FY15 (8%/19%/21% in FY14/13/12). Lower commodity costs and better cost management helped the segment’s profit grow faster (14% yoy) despite sustained investments in quality and brand marketing. We expect this category’s revenue to stay sluggish for the next two years (see 9%/11% growth in FY16/FY17). Personal products growth, while ahead of the market, was muted: Due to sluggish demand in the personal products market, this category grew 11% yoy in FY15 (9%/13%/13% in FY14/13/12). The segment’s profit grew faster (17% yoy) due to lower commodity costs and better cost management. Our channel checks show that growth in personal products continues to face severe headwinds. Hence, we expect a slow revival (FY16/FY17 revenues to grow by 11%/ 12%). Other categories performed well: Beverages revenues grew 9% yoy in FY15 across both tea and coffee, lower than 11-13% growth in the preceding three years, due to lower price growth (as commodity costs were softer in H2FY15). We expect revenue growth of 11% and 12% yoy for FY16 and FY17 respectively. Packaged foods saw superior 15% growth driven by good growth in Kissan and Knorr. Water delivered double-digit growth while its margins improved significantly. ‘Customer development’ function sees a major overhaul, but yet to deliver results: In line with its project, ‘Winning In Many Indias’ (WIMI), the company has restructured its sales organisation with a new fifth sales branch in Lucknow. Going forward, the sales performance will be driven through 14 consumer clusters that will report to five sales branches, thereby helping the management to focus on unique consumer needs in each cluster. Cash flow down, royalty up: Operating cash flow declined 10% yoy to Rs 40.5bn. Royalty payments increased 40% to Rs 7.35bn (currently 2.4% of sales which will go to 3.15% by 2018 in a staggered manner). Capital expenditure declined 2.5% to Rs 4.8bn. Working capital days increased by 2.6 because of lower current liabilities, and higher cash & cash equivalents. Balance sheet highlights: According to the management, cost of equity decreased to 10.9% in FY15 from 11.6% in FY14 (because of decreasing interest rates). Cash and cash equivalents increased by Rs 3.1bn to Rs 25.3bn. Current investment grew by Rs 1.6bn to Rs 26.2bn. Maintain estimates and recommendation (Neutral), cut the multiple: We have maintained our estimates incorporating slower volume growth and resurgence in crude oil prices. Currently, the company trades at 40x FY16 and 34x FY17 estimated earnings. We reduce our target P/E multiple for FY17 to 35x considering the de-rating of the FMCG sector; we value the stock at Rs 844 (Rs 920 earlier). Take into account the limited upside from current levels and sluggishness of growth in FY16, we maintain our recommendation at Neutral. Neutral (Maintain) CMP RS 823 TARGET RS 844 (+3%) COMPANY DATA O/S SHARES (MN) : 2164 MARKET CAP (RSBN) : 1757 MARKET CAP (USDBN) : 27.4 52 - WK HI/LO (RS) : 979 / 610 LIQUIDITY 3M (USDMN) : 23.2 PAR VALUE (RS) : 1 SHARE HOLDING PATTERN, % PROMOTERS : 67.2 FII / NRI : 15.4 FI / MF : 3.8 NON PROMOTER CORP. HOLDINGS : 1.1 PUBLIC & OTHERS : 12.5 PRICE PERFORMANCE, % 1MTH 3MTH 1YR ABS -9.2 -13.5 27.2 REL TO BSE -7.1 -3.6 22.7 PRICE VS. SENSEX Source: Phillip Capital India Research KEY FINANCIALS Rs mn FY15E FY16E FY17E Net Sales 301,705 331,592 370,907 EBIDTA 58,266 67,121 77,951 Net Profit 38,445 45,002 52,062 EPS, Rs 17.8 20.8 24.1 PER, x 46.3 39.5 34.2 EV/EBIDTA, x 30.1 26.0 22.3 P/BV, x 47.8 45.4 41.2 ROE, % 103.2 114.8 120.6 Source: PhillipCapital India Research Est. Naveen Kulkarni, CFA, FRM (+ 9122 6667 9947) [email protected]Jubil Jain (+ 9122 66679766) [email protected]60 100 140 180 220 Apr-13 Apr-14 Apr-15 HUL BSE Sensex
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Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUVR IN)
Recovery to be protracted INDIA | FMCG | Company Update
10 June 2015
Key highlights of HUL’s FY15 annual report and management commentary: Demand environment continues to remain sluggish: FY15 saw a marked slowdown in growth in developed markets (such as Europe and Japan) and emerging markets (such as China). The operating environment in India remained challenging due to faltering demand, consumer down-trading, volatile input costs, and heightened competitive intensity. Domestic consumer business grew 10%, with 5% underlying volume growth. Premiumisation continues in soaps & detergents: Led by mix growth, soaps & detergents grew 9% yoy in FY15 (8%/19%/21% in FY14/13/12). Lower commodity costs and better cost management helped the segment’s profit grow faster (14% yoy) despite sustained investments in quality and brand marketing. We expect this category’s revenue to stay sluggish for the next two years (see 9%/11% growth in FY16/FY17). Personal products growth, while ahead of the market, was muted: Due to sluggish demand in the personal products market, this category grew 11% yoy in FY15 (9%/13%/13% in FY14/13/12). The segment’s profit grew faster (17% yoy) due to lower commodity costs and better cost management. Our channel checks show that growth in personal products continues to face severe headwinds. Hence, we expect a slow revival (FY16/FY17 revenues to grow by 11%/ 12%). Other categories performed well: Beverages revenues grew 9% yoy in FY15 across both tea and coffee, lower than 11-13% growth in the preceding three years, due to lower price growth (as commodity costs were softer in H2FY15). We expect revenue growth of 11% and 12% yoy for FY16 and FY17 respectively. Packaged foods saw superior 15% growth driven by good growth in Kissan and Knorr. Water delivered double-digit growth while its margins improved significantly. ‘Customer development’ function sees a major overhaul, but yet to deliver results: In line with its project, ‘Winning In Many Indias’ (WIMI), the company has restructured its sales organisation with a new fifth sales branch in Lucknow. Going forward, the sales performance will be driven through 14 consumer clusters that will report to five sales branches, thereby helping the management to focus on unique consumer needs in each cluster. Cash flow down, royalty up: Operating cash flow declined 10% yoy to Rs 40.5bn. Royalty payments increased 40% to Rs 7.35bn (currently 2.4% of sales which will go to 3.15% by 2018 in a staggered manner). Capital expenditure declined 2.5% to Rs 4.8bn. Working capital days increased by 2.6 because of lower current liabilities, and higher cash & cash equivalents. Balance sheet highlights: According to the management, cost of equity decreased to 10.9% in FY15 from 11.6% in FY14 (because of decreasing interest rates). Cash and cash equivalents increased by Rs 3.1bn to Rs 25.3bn. Current investment grew by Rs 1.6bn to Rs 26.2bn. Maintain estimates and recommendation (Neutral), cut the multiple: We have maintained our estimates incorporating slower volume growth and resurgence in crude oil prices. Currently, the company trades at 40x FY16 and 34x FY17 estimated earnings. We reduce our target P/E multiple for FY17 to 35x considering the de-rating of the FMCG sector; we value the stock at Rs 844 (Rs 920 earlier). Take into account the limited upside from current levels and sluggishness of growth in FY16, we maintain our recommendation at Neutral.
Note: *Personal Products sales in FY12 are lower being adjusted for Other Operating Income. Reported
growth is 17% yoy for FY12
** Other business includes Water
Source: Company, PhillipCapital India Research
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Soaps: Due to volatile prices of palm oil and subdued growth in volumes, soaps saw 8% growth (6%/25%/9% in FY14/13/12). Lifebuoy clocked a revenue of Rs 20bn and reached its highest-ever market share. HUL re-launched Lux in the year, with a new fragrance; it garnered good consumer response, according to the company. In the premium segment, Dove continued to deliver volume-led growth. The company continued to invest in the promising categories of liquid hand wash and liquid body wash. Our take: We expect the demand in soaps to show a slow improvement; we see FY16/FY17 growth at 9%/11%. Low-inflation will increase competitive pressures from local and regional players. Detergents: Driven majorly by mix and price hike, detergents grew 10% (vs. 8%/13%/29% in FY14/FY13/FY12). The company passed on the benefits of low commodity prices to consumers, which helped improve the product mix. All the three detergent brands—Surf, Rin, and Wheel—are now Rs 20bn brands. Surf achieved double-digit growth. Higher growth in Surf and muted growth in Wheel saw Surf dislodging Wheel as HUL’s largest brand. Within Rin, the bars portfolio grew welle while powders saw moderate growth. Fabric conditioner (Comfort) showed double-digit growth. Our take: We expect detergents demand to pick up slowly over the next two financials—we peg FY16/FY17 detergent revenue growth at 8%/10%. The company has taken price cuts in Surf and Rin. We expect the detergents portfolio to continue to premiumize in FY16. Household care: Vim sustained double-digit growth. Growth was driven by the tub and liquids portfolio. The Vim tub segment continued to see strong growth with the launch of a 250gm pack in the third quarter to complement the existing 500gm pack. Skin care: Face care growth was ahead of the market across skin lightening, facial cleansing, anti-ageing and men’s formats. Fair & Lovely continued to deliver good growth in the second year of its re-launch as ‘Best Ever’ Fair & Lovely. Pond’s continued to deliver double-digit growth led by the good performance, particularly of the skin lightening and talcs portfolio. During the year, Pond’s forayed into the male-grooming segment (including face washes and moisturisers), which has performed well according to the management. Lakmé sustained its growth momentum during the year. Our take: Though HUL’s skin care segment has managed to outperform the market, its absolute growth is not very exciting; for FY16 and FY17 it will continue to remain challenging due to tepid demand environment in the category. Hair care: Hair care delivered another strong year of competitive volume-led double-digit growth on superior performance across brands (Dove, Sunsilk, Clinic Plus and TRESemme). Clinic Plus consolidated its position as the largest shampoo franchise growing in strong double digits. Dove saw double digit growth. TRESemmé continued its premiumisation agenda. It launched two new products—Split Remedy and Spa Rejuvenation. It has quickly joined HUL’s Rs 1bn club. Toni&Guy, the premium brand from the Unilever’s hair portfolio was rolled out in key premium outlets during the year. Oral Care: Oral care saw muted growth because of elevated competition and promotional intensity. Closeup launched a new variant, Diamond Attraction, a first-of-its-kind premium (instant) whitening variant. While Close Up performed well, Pepsodent continued to struggle. Color cosmetics: Lakmé Colors business sustained double-digit growth and is focused on premiumisation. It has two platforms ‘9 to 5’ and ‘Absolute’ under which it launched Absolute Gloss Addict. It also launched a Makeup Pro App, a real-time
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virtual makeover mobile application. Other launches include creaseless lipsticks and Eyeconic shades. Deodorants: It recently launched ‘Axe Signature’ perfume sprays. A new deodorant manufacturing facility was commissioned in Khamgaon (Maharashtra). This will support the indigenization of production for a large portion of deodorants in the aerosol form that are currently imported. Beverages: Beverages segment saw 9% revenue growth across tea and coffee. Premiumisation in tea was driven by Taj Mahal and 3 Roses. Instant coffee business saw growth with BRU Gold performing particularly well, according to the company. Foods: Packaged foods revenue grew 15% with profit growth of 36%. Kissan grew in double digits. Knorr’s growth was led by soups, particularly the single-serve format. Knorr Noodles launched Chinese flavours. We believe that due to recent controversy surrounding Maggi, Knorr will be able to gain some market share in the noodles category. The frozen desserts and ice-cream business grew 21% and improved profitability led by new launches and increase in distribution. Magnum, the premium ice-cream brand is now present in Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Kolkata. Water: Pureit delivered double-digit growth while improving margins significantly. It introduced Ultima (RO+UV purifier). The product has been able to gain presence in the premium RO+UV segment with a double-digit market share in modern trade. Beauty and wellness: Lakme Lever delivered double-digit growth for the fifth consecutive year, although the market slowed down because of consumers pulling back discretionary spends. It opened 25 new salons taking the total count to 230. Significant initiatives
HUL undertook the project ‘Winning In Many Indias’ (WIMI) to leverage the diversity of people, culture, habits, economics, and demographics that exists across India. The company restructured its sales structure by setting up the fifth sales branch in Lucknow to unlock growth in Central India. In line with the WIMI strategy, performance of the country will be driven through 14 consumer clusters, reporting to five sales branches, focusing the categories on the unique consumer needs in each cluster.
In order to tap the fast growing e-commerce channel, HUL has launched a website www.humarashop.com. Though the website is functional only in select areas of Mumbai and Gurgaon, the company is well placed to lead category growth in this channel.
HUL’s supply chain saving was 5% driven by various cross-functional teams, such as R&D, procurement, manufacturing and logistics.
Project Shakti (Hindustan Unilever's rural direct-to-consumer retail distribution initiative) now has over 70,000 Shakti Entrepreneurs (Shakti Ammas) and 48,000 Shaktimaans covering 165,000 villages and reaching over four million rural households.
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