Small & Beautiful

Voltamp Transformer (310.00) has special expertise in production of dry type vacuum resin impregnated (upto 3 MVA/11 kV class) and cast resin transformers (upto 7.5 MVA/33 kV class) apart from manufacturing regular oil filled power & distribution transformers, induction furnace transformers & unitized substations. Infact, company is the market leader in dry type transformers with around 40% market share. Currently company is in the midst of putting up a Greenfield plan with an installed capacity of 4000 MVA thereby taking the total transformer manufacturing capacity to 13000 MVA. This plant being set up with an investment of Rs 35 cr is expected to get ready by April 2009. For the Sept’08 company reported 15% growth in sales to Rs 170 cr whereas PAT jumped up 50% to Rs 27 cr. Incidentally it has already posted an EPS of Rs 50 for H1FY09. And with the recent fall in copper prices, its margin is expected to improve which will positively impact the bottomline going forward. So for the entire FY09 it may clock a turnover of Rs 650 cr and profit of Rs 85 cr i.e. EPS of Rs 84 on equity of Rs 10.10 cr. Being debt free and having huge reserves of more than Rs 150 cr, liquid cash worth Rs 60 cr, ROCE of 95% and ROE of 60% it’s a screaming buy.

Shanthi Gears (30.00) is the second largest player in industrial gear segment with 20% market share and at the same time is the undisputed leader in the customized product segment where the manufacturing is as per clients’ requirements. Remarkably, it is also the only listed manufacturer of gears for helicopters and light combat aircrafts to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Of late, company has even started manufacturing gearboxes of 250 KV for windmills. For six months ending Sept’08, it recorded nearly 15% growth in sales and NP to Rs 126 cr and 23 cr respectively. Incidentally, the recent fall in steel and other metals will reduce its input cost considerably and may give a good fillip to its bottomline in coming qtrs. Accordingly it may end FY09 with sales of Rs 260 cr and PAT of Rs 40 cr i.e. EPS of Rs 5 on fully diluted equity of Rs 8.60 cr having face value as Rs 1/- per share. Moreover if rumors are to be believed then India’s largest windmill manufacturer Suzlon, through its subsidiary Hansen Transmission (world’s fifth largest maker of gearbox), was interested in taking a stake in SGL. If it happens, this may lead to re-rating of the company and share price may see a vertical rise

Elecon Engineering (35.00) is a leading manufacturer of bulk Material Handling Equipment (MHE) and Asia’s largest producer of industrial gear with 26% market share in India. For more than five decades, it has been supplying hi-tech equipment to core sectors such as steel, fertilizer, cement, coal, petrochemicals, lignite and iron are mines, power stations, defense and port mechanization in India and abroad. With a strategy of diversification, last fiscal company started a new business of setting up of Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) farms and manufacturing of WTG gear boxes. It has started manufacturing of WTG gear box having capacity of 1 MW to 2 MW, which is the import substitute, thereby becoming the first Indian company to manufacture gearboxes of such sizes. As on 30th Sept 2008, it has an pending order in hand of Rs 1772 cr comprising of Rs 1527 cr for MHE division and Rs. 245 cr for gear division. On the back of satisfactory H1FY09 nos, it is estimated to clock a turnover of Rs 950 cr and net profit of Rs 55 cr for FY09. This translates into EPS of almost Rs 6 on current equity of 18.60 having face value as Rs 2/- per share. Moreover the promoters are constantly buying shares from open market to increase their stake thru creeping acquisition. A solid bet.

Jyoti Structure (55.00) has an expertise to take on turnkey projects for transmission lines from 33 kV to 800 kV and substations upto 400 kV irrespective of terrain, location and requirements of power utilities within and outside India. In order to provide end-to-end solutions company has two manufacturing facilities which are capable of making proto types, fabricating and galvanizing transmission towers and structures, microwave towers, wind mill tower, railway electrification structures, etc up to 76,000 MTPA. Besides, its wholly owned subsidiary JSL Structures is having a capacity to manufacture another 19800 tons of transmission line towers. On the back of huge flow of investments in the power transmission and distribution segment, its current order book stands at an all time high value of more than Rs 3500 cr. Meanwhile, company has reported encouraging set of nos for both Q1 & Q2, and is expected to end FY09 with topline of Rs 1650 cr and PAT of Rs 75 cr leading to an EPS of Rs 9 on current equity of Rs 16.20 cr with face value as Rs 2/- per share. Apart from above company is betting on international market and has formed a couple of joint venture companies in UAE and South Africa. Keep accumulating at sharp declines.