Car Trade

IPO Size

`2998.51 Cr

Price Band

`1585-1618 Per Share

Minimum Lot Size

9 Share

Face Value

`10 Per Share

Employee Discount

NA

Retail Allocation

35%

Issue Open Date

09 Aug, 2021

Issue Close Date

11 Aug, 2021

Listing Date

23 Aug, 21

About the Company:

The process of buying vehicles requires buyers to go through several channels and numerous stages. The multiplicity of transactions creates potential inefficiencies and negatively affects the margins of the seller that can be achieved on the sale of a vehicle physically. Therefore, an online automotive marketplace that can bring the buyers and sellers together and match the right vehicle buyers and vehicle sellers on a single platform possess a great opportunity.

Car Trade is a multi-channel auto platform with coverage and presence across vehicle types and value-added services. The platforms of Car Trade operate under several brands: CarWale, CarTrade, Shriram Automall, BikeWale, CarTrade Exchange, Adroit Auto and AutoBiz. Through these platforms, the company enables new and used automobile customers, vehicle dealerships, vehicle OEMs and other businesses to buy and sell their vehicles in a simple and efficient manner. Their vision is to create an automotive digital ecosystem which connects automobile customers, OEMs, dealers, banks, insurance companies and other stakeholders.

 

Outstanding Litigation:

S.No. 1 - Company 2 - Promoters 3 - Directors
Entity Name By the Company Against the Company By the Promoters Against the Promoters By the Subsidiaries Against the Subsidiaries
Criminal cases 1 - - - 5 -
Material civil cases - - - - - 5
Taxation matters - 4 - 1 - 7
Regulatory Procedings - - - - - -
Amt. (In Million Rs.) 0.33 6.43 - 0.4 0.59 41.92

 

Financial Statements:

Income Statement (In Millions)   FY21 FY20 FY19
Gross Operating Income 2815.23 3184.45 2668.05
Cost of Employee & Inventory 1313.63 1502.18 1276.10
Other Expenses 789.59 1084.41 861.65
EBITDA 712.01 597.86 530.3
Depreciation 199.27 173.82 152.18
Interest  42.98 34.89 23.81
Profit Before Tax 469.76 389.15 354.31
 Tax -540.98 76.21 95.14
Profit After Tax   1010.74 312.94 259.17

Recommendation

Used vehicle automotive industry in India is highly unorganized which claims for a strong demand of online used automotive industry in upcoming years. Rising internet and smartphones penetration is the major strength of online automotive industry. Moreover, auto finance schemes in used automobiles industry is aiming high that will push the industry further. On financials front, the direct revenues of the company have increased marginally by 2.72% in last two years. The online automotive platform generate majority of their revenues from the Commissions on generating sales of new and used vehicles from OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), dealers and retailers. EBITDA margins of the company stood at 25.3% in FY21 increased from 18.8% in FY20. EV/Sales of the company stood at 26 times while EV/EBITDA is 103.83x. Considering the upper price band at Rs. 1,618 and FY21 Earning Per Share (EPS) of Rs. 22.09, the company is demanding a P/E multiple of 73.24x. Flat revenues are on account of Covid-19, which may get to restoration. E-commerce platforms are asset -light models and their major expenditure is allocated to employees. These platforms generally carries higher valuations..

Promoter of the Company

There are no identifiable promoters as Car trade is a professionally managed entity.

Peer Comparison

The company has no listed peers.

Objectives of the Issue

Offer for Sale

The object of the Offer for Sale is to allow CMDB, Highdell Investments, Mac Ritchie Investments, Springfield Venture International and others to sell an aggregate of up to 18.5 million equity Shares held by them amounting at Rs. 2,998.51 cr. The company will not receive any proceeds from the Offer for Sale.

Fresh Issue

The issue is a complete offer for sale.

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