Deepak Nitrite Gets 'Add' Rating As ICICI Securities Initiates Coverage — Here's Why 

Deepak Nitrite generates strong operating cashflow, and company has embarked on large capex into import substitution products which should ensure medium term earning growth, says ICICI Securities.

Deepak Nitrite has a history of significant discipline in capital allocation, and has been smartly increasing capacities through de-bottlenecking – sodium nitrite, optical brighteners and phenol are a few such examples (Photo Source: Company website)

Deepak Nitrite is in the process of commissioning a few large projects that would help it see revenue/Ebitda/PAT CAGRs of 15%/21%/22% over FY25–27E; and FY28 onwards, growth is expected to leapfrog with its foray into PC. The next three years would be marked by a jump in capex investment – of over INR 100bn and likely stressed FCF; leverage may rise to Rs 65 billion at peak (from net cash). Reported return ratios are also likely to optically remain depressed at 14% in FY27; however, underlying RoCE may remain healthy.

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We initiate coverage on Deepak Nitrite Ltd. with an Add rating, and a target price of Rs 2,120, valuing it at 30x FY27E PE. While Deepak Nitrite generates strong operating cashflow, it has embarked on large capex into import substitution products – to be the crux of its sustained value creation in the medium term. Despite Deepak Nitrite’s large portfolio of bulk chemicals, we assign a higher multiple given its:

  1. prowess in executing large projects and achieving lowest-cost manufacturing efficiency while capturing dominant market share; and

  2. ability to identify good import substitution opportunities, and cater to the swiftly growing Indian market.

We expect Deepak Nitrite’s revenue/Ebitda/PAT to grow at CAGR of 15%/21%/22% over FY25–27E; FY28 onwards, the financials will likely leapfrog with Deepak Nitrite’s foray into polycarbonate-integrated facility.

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