- Manufactures complex and critical precision engineered components
2 Segments -
- Automotive - 2W, PV, and CVs (88.5% of total revenue)
- Non-Automotive - aerospace, off-road, agriculture, engineering, and capital goods (11.5% of total revenue)
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Products -
Automotive - Connecting rods, rocker arm, crankshaft, gear shifter fork, etc that are critical for engine, transmission, suspension etc
Non-Automotive - range of precision components, supplying directly to OEMs in finished (forged and machined) condition
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Note - 83% of revenue (Top 4 products in the table) comes from components are used in an Internal combustion engine (ICE)
EV is a headwind for them (Mgmt said they will shift focus to EVs on a BQ interview. So this is a key monitorable)
Image 2 shows a connecting rod
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Geographic Revenue break up - (Img 1)
65% from India, 35% from abroad (Europe, US, etc)
Manufacturing - (Img 2)
15 plants in India and 1 in Sweden
Capacity Utilization - (Img 3)
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About the Issue -
Dates – 14 to 16 September
Price – Rs 734 to Rs 744
Issue Size – Rs 1283 Cr
Pure OFS, no fresh money being raised
MCap post listing – Rs 3773 Cr (34% of the company being sold)
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Quick Facts on Sansera (Img 1)
New products (Img 2) -
Some of their new products included components for both ICE and E-2Ws.
They sold components across 69 product families in FY21 v/s 51 in FY19.
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Customers -
In India – 9 of the top 10 2W OEMs + the leading PV OEM
Globally – 6 of the top 10 Light Vehicle OEMs + 3 of the top 10 global MHCV OEMs
Suppliers to 71 customers in FY21 v/s 64 in FY19
Bajaj is the biggest customer | Long-standing relationships (Img 2 & 3)
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Financials (Img 1)
Valuation -
Price to sales =2.4x
PE = 36.2x
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Conclusion -
The company derives major revenue from components related to the Internal combustion engine of a car.
As more and more EVs start to come, engines will be replaced by an electric motor and components will change drastically.
10/n
This is a classic example of a company that will undergo major disruption - Let's see how they adapt to the change!
Valuations seem priced in with 2.4x P/S as many ancillaries are available at 1x price to sales or below it even!
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Polymetallic nodules are considered a future resource due to their high concentrations of valuable metals
A thread on this alternate source that has the power to quench Humanity's material thirst for resources -
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The story goes back to HMS Challenger and some strange-looking potato-sized lumps she dredged up from the bottom of the Pacific a century and a half ago
These dark, slightly crumbly stones, smooth on the top, rough on the bottom, later became known as polymetallic nodules
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The most famous region is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and Mexico.
It’s estimated to hold: Over 21 billion tonnes of nodules - Enough to supply battery metals for hundreds of millions of EVs
Ather IPO opened today - I read the DRHP over the weekend
Capex when it's not needed, bad numbers, losing market share, amazing product, and a great team
A thread on Ather and this IPO, do retweet -
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About Ather -
- Sells E-2Ws, software, charging infra, and smart accessories
- Battery packs made in-house
- Portable chargers/motors, Motor controllers, transmissions, DC-DC converters, harnesses, and chassis are designed by Ather, but manufacturing is outsourced
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- Hosur Factory - Annual capacity - 4.2L Units (E2Ws) + 3.8L battery pack units (9MFY25)
- New capex post IPO for Factory 3.0 in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to take this to 14.2 L Units
- 265 experience & 233 service centres in India, 9 in Nepal, 11 in Sri Lanka
The biggest winner in the Ather IPO is IIT-Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC)!
IITMIC + IITMS Rural holds 15.58 L shares in Ather, valued at 50 Cr!
Their cost is just 15- 29L (1 Rs considered for IITMIC, but could be lower too)
172x to 333x made in 11 years! That's amazing :)
Forget Shark Tank, the real startup story is unfolding at IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) in the IIT Madras Research Park
It has an 80% success rate with Startups!
I was there for an Investing conclave by TIA in Feb 2024 -
Quick History –
- Started with a 400 Cr debt, returned 600 Cr (principal+interest)
- IITMIC didn’t take any grants as they wanted to experience and showcase to startups how to create a sustainable bootstrapped business – they grew from the ground up in a lean way!
Reliance’s Jamnagar Refinery is an engineering marvel
It is the World's most complex and largest integrated, single-site refinery
It was the largest industrial investment made by an Indian enterprise at a single location
Some amazing facts on this Refinery -
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History –
Twenty-five years ago, on December 28, 1999, RIL launched its first refinery at Jamnagar
Overnight, this turned India from a fuel deficit nation to a self-sufficient one and later into a surplus, exporting gasoline and gasoil to Europe and the US
Img - BS
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It wasn’t so easy!
When RIL first spoke of it, experts said that it would be impossible for an Indian company to set up the world's largest grassroots refinery in 3 years. RIL did it in a world-record time of 33 months!
Lack of infra and a severe cyclone also hit Jamnagar
I have read 170 books in the last 5 years – 18 in 2024, 38 books in 2023, 30 books in 2022, 50 in 2021 and 34 in 2020 (List of books of earlier years in the end)
List of all the books that I read in 2024 and my top 6 picks –
Books I read in 2024 –
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1 - Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison by @JignaVora5 (Scoop series is based on the book)
2 – Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by @siddharthkara
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3 - Spreading Joy: How @Joyalukkas Became the World's Favourite Jeweller by Joy Alukkas, Thomas Scaria and Nidhi Jain
4 – The Winning Way: Learning from Sport Managers by @bhogleharsha and @BhogleAnita
5 - From Oberoi To OYO: Behind The Scenes by Chitra Narayanan