Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd. share price target

Incorporated in 1999, Nuvoco Vista Corporation (NVCL), a part of Nirma Group Company, is the fifth largest cement company in India and the largest cement company in East India in terms of capacity. As of December 31, 2020, their cement production capacity constituted ~4.2% of total cement capacity in India, 17% of total cement capacity in East India and 5% of total cement capacity in North India. It is also one of the leading ready-mix concrete manufacturers with 49 RMC plants across India. The company forayed into the cement business in 2014 through a greenfield cement plant...

Nuvoco Vista Corp (NVCL), India's 5th largest cement manufacturer (22mt capacity) is coming out with an IPO to raise Rs50bn. IPO size is ~25% of post issue equity with promoter selling stake of Rs35bn and fresh issue of Rs15b. NVCL operates in East region (70% of capacity) and has highest capacity market share of 17% in the region. Company has increased its capacity from ~2.5mtpa in FY16 to 22mtpa in FY21 by way of acquisition (~85% of capacity is inorganic addition). NVCL has plan of organic expansion in east of 2.7mtpa (12% addition) over FY22E and FY23E. We understand NVCL IPO at upper band is priced at 10x FY23E EV/EBITDA or EV/t of USD131 (exhibit 5). Valuation is...