Chemcon enjoys high entry barriers which leads to client stickiness and long standing relationships, said Motilal Oswal.
Chemcon Speciality Chemicals,
which earns around 65 percent revenue from the pharmaceutical industry, opened
with a bumper 115 percent premium over issue price on October 1.
The stock listed at
Rs 730.95 per shares on the BSE, against its issue price of Rs 340 per
share, meeting analysts' expectations.
On the National Stock Exchange,
it started off the inning at Rs 731, a 115 percent premium.

At 10:02 hours IST, Chemcon was
trading at Rs 614, up by Rs 274 or 80.59 percent over issue price, with
volume of 4.17 lakh shares, but was down 16 percent from opening
price on the BSE.
On the NSE, it was quoting
at Rs 619, up 82 percent, with volumes of
21,08,512 shares, but it was down
15.3 percent from opening price.
Chemcon Speciality Chemicals with
a small issue size of Rs 318 crore has seen stellar response from all
categories of investors and was subscribed 149.3 times during September 21-23.
Hence the listing premium seems to be clearly justified the demand witnessed
during subscription.
It is the speciality chemicals
manufacturer of pharma chemicals (HMDS, CMIC) and oilwell completion chemicals
(inorganic bromides).
It is the only manufacturer of
HMDS in India and 3rd largest globally. It is also the largest player of CMIC
in India and 2nd largest worldwide. Additionally, Chemcon is the only manufacturer
of zinc bromide and the largest of calcium bromide in India.
"We see Chemcon is
well-positioned to substitute the imports from China and has an opportunity to
grow and double its revenue as well as profits in 3-4 years. If we look at
specialized chemicals as a sector it is been re-rated in last 3-6 month due to
ongoing saga with Chinese but the concern remains on procurement of raw
materials from China which accounts around 20 percent to its total
expenditure," Prashanth Tapse, AVP Research at Mehta Equities told
Moneycontrol.
Company's 40 percent of the
revenues come from export which has grown at a CAGR of 18 percent over FY18-20.
Chemcon enjoys high entry
barriers which leads to client stickiness and long standing relationships, said
Motilal Oswal.
During FY18-20, Chemcon's
revenue/EBITDA/PAT grew at a CAGR of 29/25/36 percent, led by volume and price
growth.
Its EBITDA margins are strong at
26.8 percent in FY20 given the leadership position and high complex nature
products. Given continuous capex incurred over the last three years, the return
ratios have tapered down, though healthy with ROE/ROCE at 40/33 percent in
FY20, the brokerage said.
The maiden public issue comprised
a fresh issue of Rs 165 crore and an offer for sale of Rs 153 crore by
promoters.
Chemcon plans to set up two more
plants for manufacture of Pharma Chemicals (capex of Rs 41 crore), which would
increase its capacity from 375KL to 626KL (operational by FY22-end). This will
help Chemcon expand its reach in India which is currently net importer of HMDS/
CMIC.
Chemcon also aims to expand its
product portfolio and usage of its existing products to other industries.
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