Thejo Engineering announces 1:1 bonus issue and maiden dividend of 50%

Moneylife Digital Team 17 July 2013

The first company to get listed on the NSE’s SME platform, EMERGE, is showing promise as it announces a dividend and bonus shares in its first year of listing. The ambitious company, with decent fundamentals, is also rapidly expanding abroad

Thejo Engineering, the first company to get listed on the EMERGE platform of National Stock Exchange (NSE), has announced the issue of fully paid bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1 (one equity share for every one existing equity share). The company also declared a maiden dividend of 50% (Rs5 per share) in the first year of going public.

Earlier, under trying circumstances, the company posted good annual results for fiscal 2012-2013. It earned an operating income of Rs133 crore for the year ended March 2013, a growth of 16% over the previous year. Net profit from operations, excluding exceptional items, showed an impressive 44% increase to Rs14.38 crore. Post-tax profit stood at Rs9.75 crore yielding earnings per share (EPS) of more than Rs65. Roughly 61% of its revenues comes from products, while remaining 39% comes from services. Between FY09 and FY12, revenues from the product division grew at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.2% while that of services grew at CAGR of 29.2% over the same period.

In a report released on 9 November 2012, CRISIL Independent Equity Research (Crisil IER) believes Thejo to be worth Rs402 per share. It also expects revenues of the company to grow at 28% CAGR till FY14. Crisil IER has assigned a rating of 5/5 to the company, indicating that its fundamentals are excellent relative to other small & medium enterprises (SMEs) in India.

Thejo Engineering is an engineering solutions provider for bulk material handling, mineral processing and corrosion protection to core sector Industries like mining, power, steel, cement, ports, fertilizers, etc. Thejo’s services include belt conveyor installation, maintenance and operations, while its product portfolio covers design, manufacture and supply of engineering products for bulk material handling, mineral processing and corrosion protection. The operations and maintenance division, which was commenced recently, has started growing at a fast pace and is expected to contribute considerable share of growth, volume and profit in the coming years.

In his newly appointed role as the managing director, VA George says, “We have a strong brand as a provider of comprehensive solutions to meet maintenance needs in the industry and we are making further efforts to enhance our capabilities further to meet growing needs of the industry.”

Thejo is ambitious and rapidly expanding abroad, especially in the Gulf countries as well as Western Australia. It is also seeking opportunities in Africa. Thejo Hatcon Industrial Services Company LLC, Thejo’s joint venture in Saudi Arabia with Hatcon LLC of Bahrain, has become profitable. Thejo has incorporated Thejo Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary in Australia, to enable it to enter the services business. The Australian subsidiary will focus on offering conveyor belt-related maintenance services and rubber lining activities, initially to clients in Western Australia. The operations of both subsidiaries will contribute substantially in future towards growth. Thejo also has secured certain orders for mill liners from Ghana and is intensifying its marketing efforts to capture a larger market space in the West African region. The company is also exploring the South American market, particularly Brazil and Chile, to establish its footprint.

The NSE EMERGE is a platform for SMEs like Thejo to obtain capital funding. According to NSE, it supposedly takes lower time and cost to raise funds. Only 50 allottees are required (the main market of NSE requires 1,000 allottees) to be listed on the platform, and is mostly targeted at institutional and high networth individuals. IPO grading is not mandatory. This platform targets small companies which want less stringent requirements and want to grow before attaining critical size to list itself on the main market. As of now, only three companies are listed on the EMERGE platform: Thejo Engineering, Veto Switchgears & Cables and Opal Luxury Time Products.

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