Hindustan Tin Works-Packaging Good Fortune: BSE CODE 530315
Hindustan Tin Works-Packaging Good Fortune: BSE CODE 530315
Fortune
BSE CODE 530315
Packaging Industry is poised for an exciting future in the days ahead. The
Government's incentive to agriculture industry for targeting world markets will see
the growth of this allied industry. Hindustan Tin Works is the leader in the can
industry with consistent performance over the years.
Hindustan Tin Works Limited produces a wide range of Cans and provides quality-
packing solutions to Dairy Products, Edible Oils, Tea, Coffee, Motor Oils,
Medicines, Pesticides, Chemical and Paint Industries. It is one of the largest
manufacturer of lithographed metal containers in India.
The cans produced by Hindustan Tin Works are recyclable and are environmental
friendly. The manufacturing facility at Bhigan Haryana is equipped with
sophisticated machinery from UK, Switzerland, Germany, USA, Taiwan, Italy and
Japan. The production capacity at Hindustan Tin Works ranges from 80 to 300
cans per minute. The annual capacity is in excess of 20,000 tons of tinplate.
The Quality Management system of the company has been certified to conform to
International Quality Management System Standard ISO 9001 2000 .The
Company has placed emphasis on In house Research and Development of new
products, which has paid rich dividends over the years.
Nestle, Heinz, Hindustan Lever, Wockhardt, Gujarat Dairy, Britannia, Tata Coffee,
DS Group, Vadilal, Pepsi , Coca-Cola, Britannia, Amul, Tata Coffee, Haldiram and
Asian Paints are some of the notable clients of the company.
The product range of the company includes various types of tin containers
suitable for packing baby foods, edible oils, paints, pure ghee, lubricants, coffee,
processed foods, pesticides etc.
The company's Quality efforts have been well appreciated and it has won the
Cans of the year award in 2003,certificate of export excellence in 2002,Gold
award for best can company in 1997 and General award in 1996.
The total sales of the company for financial year 2003-2004 were Rs.130.66
crores The Profit before tax (after interest and depreciation charges) was Rs.2.61
crores and the profit after tax Rs. 1.60 crores. While the sales showed an increase
of 12.53 percent the net profit remained steady. The Company has been
successful in reducing interest cost considerably by Rs. 54.49 lacs.
For the half year ended 30 Sept 2004 the company has posted heartening results
with sales increasing by 31.08 percent, while net profit increased by over 58.49
percent compared to the corresponding period in the previous financial year. EPS
for 2004-2005 on annualized works out to 6.22.The turnover from flexible
packaging division contributed to Rs54 lacs . The company has exceeded the net
profit figures of the previous financial year in the first half itself and is expected to
repeat the same in the second half.
Future Prospects
The company has been successful in making inroads in the area of flexible
packaging by leasing out facilities at M/s Nutech Packaging Limited, Industrial
Area, and Ghaziabad for manufacture of flexible packaging. The company plans
to go in for a Greenfield project soon.
Plans are also on the anvil to undertake tin packaging for non-food products such
as paints, shoe polish and other polishes.
The Hindustan Tin Plate share is trading at Rs 26 .The Company has posted
impressive performance over the years. The company has a low equity of 5.43
crores and has been paying consistent dividends over the years. The book value
of the share is 59.78 as on 30 March 2004.
The company is expected to continue its growth momentum due to the bright
prospects for the packaging industry as well diversification in to the flexible
packaging sector.
Many companies in the Printing and packaging sector are quoting at a higher
forward P/E valuation. Some examples are Kaira Can (P/E 39.55, price Rs 239),
oriental container (P/E 8.3, price Rs 42) Shetron (P/E 22.15, price Rs 23) etc. In
comparison Hindustan Tin Works which has made a profit of 1.68 crores with an
Annualized EPS of 6.22 is trading at Rs 26. The forward P/E at the current price is
around 4.66 against a normal industry P/E valuation for tin products
manufacturing companies which is around 12.