Mahanagar Gas Ltd. share price target

MGL reiterates its position as a trusted natural gas supplier, it remains steadfast to further expand and extend green footprints far and wide, taking strides to responsibly fuel India. During the Pandemic MGL strived to ensure that all customers who need natural gas have an uninterrupted access to the same and they have proactively geared itself to sustain its business in this situation and is firmly on the way to recovery towards PreCovid levels. While there is ample scope for growing the business of MGL organically in its currently authorized GA's, they are continuously looking out for inorganic growth opportunities. Favourable regulatory...

Considering government's expansion plan in CNG sector and company's growth in Compressed Gas Distribution (CGD), we are positive on company's outlook, and reiterate our BUY rating on the stock with a...

10 August 2020 CNG volumes were down 78% YoY to 0.48mmscmd. PNG domestic was higher by 7% YoY to 0.43mmscmd. PNG I/C was down 49% YoY to 0.20mmscmd. At the end of 1QFY21, the company had ~256 CNG stations (~184 belong to OMCs). Raigad had ~14 CNG stations, and the minimum work program (MWP) is fulfilled at Raigad. Opex increased ~44% YoY to INR5.8/scm (+15% QoQ). Thus, EBITDA was 5% higher than est. at INR0.8b (-71% YoY; -67% QoQ). Reported PAT stood at INR0.45b (-73% YoY, but +9% vs.

Mahanagar Gas's (MAHGL) Q1FY21 PAT underperformed at Rs 0.45bn (73% YoY).

The CNG segment (down 77.8% YoY and 75.7% QoQ) due no movement of people and vehicles during the lockdown The domestic PNG segment reported flattish growth sequentially and up 7.1% YoY which was offset by a de-growth of 47% QoQ and 49.3% YoY in Industrial/commercial PNG segment. Overall PNG segment degrew 21.2% YoY and 21.3% QoQdomestic PNG segment increased which was offset by decline in industrial and commercial volumes. Gross margins have gone up by 573 bps QoQ and 821.4 bps YoY, due to low gas cost and spot prices. MGL got the advantage of relatively...

Muted performance all around: Mahanagar Gas' (MGL's) reported weak results in Q1FY21 with EBITDA and PAT at Rs800mn (PLe: Rs893mn; 71%YoY) and Rs452mn (PLe: Rs548mn; -73%YoY) respectively. Lower operating profit was due to weak volume, partly compensated by better than expected margins. For Q1, MGL's gross margins were at Rs17.6/scm vs Rs17.9 in Q4, but higher opex/scm at Rs8.2/scm (due to lower volumes) led to...

Weak gas prices to drive margins, given MGL's pricing power; we model EBITDA margin of Rs. 9.8/Rs. 10.7 per scm for FY21E/FY22E. Mahanagar Gas Limited's (MGL), a dominant city gas distribution (CGD) player in and around Mumbai, is expected to benefit from weak domestic gas prices, (that are likely to fall further over H2FY2021E-H1FY2022E after a sharp 53% reduction since 2015 to $2.4/mmBtu), which would drive MGL's margins given its strong pricing power in compressed natural gas (CNG) and domestic PNG business (86% of overall gas sales volumes of 3 mmscmd in FY2020). Notwithstanding near-term concerns of a fall in...

The government's priority allocation of domestic gas to CGD sector has enabled MGL to access cheaper gas for CNG, domestic business segments (~85% of sales mix). MGL's strong gas pipeline infrastructure and expanding operations in Mumbai, its adjoining areas and Raigad district will enable it to capture the benefits of the large and growing market given the low penetration. However, sales volume currently is at 42% of pre-Covid level. Given Mumbai is one of the more affected cities by spread of Covid19, we believe recovery in demand (mainly commercial PNG, CNG) will take time and sales growth will be seen only from Q3FY21E. The stock price has...

Volume de-growth at 2.8 mmscmd (down 7.4% YoY and 8.8% QoQ), against our estimates of 3 mmsmcd due to volumes of approx. 0.3 mmscmd lost in last 10 days of March'20 due to nationwide lockdown. The CNG segment (down 8.8% YoY and 12% QoQ) due no movement of people and vehicles during the lockdown The PNG segment reported flattish growth YoY and a decline of 3.8% QoQdomestic segment increased which was offset by decline in industrial and commercial volumes....

Mahanagar Gas's (MAHGL) Q4FY20 PAT underperformed at Rs 1.7bn (+25% YoY).