At 428, PE is 42. listed references could be Parag 65 and Modern Dairies 8 but both have extended to Whey markets, Parag launched its own whey protein brand. Milk processing is a low margin business so not surprising that Dodla has EBIT margin of 5%; expansion to value products is key and are they doing that? seems unlikely and thus PE looks too high thus.
Fair value of the company may be around 370-375 as per a quick back of the envelope DCF calculation based on limited data (3 year financials available). This is as per moderately optimistic assumptions.
My take: Seems like a stable, highly local model with limited expansion opportunities and without product expansion, margins will stay low. Nothing exciting to command such a high PE and thus I will avoid.
1. Dodla has full dairy product lines. 2. Dodla has good market share even in neighbouring Tamilnadu. 3. They spend a lot on marketing. 4. I remember when Hatsun came up people were making fun of it.
All good points and I agree, it''s a good company. I just think IPO pricing is too aggressive. While I am not good at predicting how market behaves but I will be happy to pick up some shares at a later stage if price comes down to a reasonable range.
My key issue is with operating margin at 5% and with the current product line (no diversification announcements in RHP so far) it may not improve much in future. Hatsun has ~15% because it has diversified and has built up assets to support that (Hatsun ~2000 cr vs Dodla ~500 Cr). Maybe Dodla will also reach there someday but for now I think the pricing is too expensive.
Valuations are very reasonable if you calculate with FY21 EPS, management committed to maintain margins at the same level as FY21, so EPS will sustain.
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June 18, 2021 10:28:42 AM
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Company is engaged in the business of one of the essentials for the life.
No scope for any reduction in demand, though demand may shift from one to another, depending on the pricing and quality of the products.
I do sincerely feel that demand would be incresing from year to year, on account of change of habits, increase in disposable income as well as increase in population.
Valuations may be on higher side now, but over a period of time same may turn out to reasonable.
Hence, I am applying along with all my famuly members.
Comparing Dodla with Hatsun gives a clear picture about the valuation gap. You can expect good gains just comparing PE ratios (pre covid times) ignoring the capital structure of Dodla which is far superior than Hatsun. The only sour fact is that Dodla operates at a lower operating margin (pre-covid levels) except the last 9 months performance. But th.e gross margins are more or less similar
I am expecting a significant upside in the short term.