Sunday, July 15, 2007

Omaxe IPO A Good Investment – The India Street Analysis

The India Street analyzed DLF IPO and HDIL IPO recently. Another Delhi based real estate developer, Omaxe Limited plans to raise about Rs.605 crores through their initial public offering. The issue opens on July 17 and ends on July 20. The proceeds of the IPO will be utilized to acquire lands, repay loans and to meet construction costs.

The company was originally promoted by Rohtas Goel as Omaxe Builders Private Llimited in 1989. The primary objective was to venture into construction and contracting business. It became a limited company in 1999 and the name got changed as Omaxe Construction Limited. Now it is just Omaxe limited. The company has executed more than 120 industrial, institutional, commercial, residential and hospital construction projects. Omaxe entered into real estate development in 2001.

Within about 5 years of its entry, it has completed and delivered 10 projects (8 residential and 2 commercial) covering approx 5.13 million square foot area, with on time schedule. About 52 projects are in currently in progress. These include 1 hotel, 14 commercial complexes / shopping malls, 16 integrated townships and 21 group housing projects. Omaxe has declared land reserves of 3,255 acres, representing 150 million square foot of developable area, mainly in North India, but spread across nine states.

The company has received several awards such as ‘Svedala’, ‘Udyog Ratna', ‘Pride of the Country', ‘Arya Vaidya Sala' for excellence in construction.

The following tables show the company’s residential projects:

Delhi:

Location

Name

Status

Bahadurgarh

Omaxe North Avenue

In progress

Faridabad

Green Valley

Omaxe Hills

Omaxe Heights

The Forest

Delivered

In progress

Delivered

In progress

Location

Name

Status

Ghaziabad

Habitat Floors

Delivered

Greater Noida

NRI City

Omax Palm Greens

Delivered

Future plans

Gurgaon

The Nile

South Avenue

Mayfield Garden

Olive Apartments

Executive Floor

Delivered

Delivered

Delivered

Delivered

Delivered

Noida

The Forest

Royal Residency

Grandwoods

Omaxe Twin Towers

The Forest Spa

Delivered

Delivered

In progress

In progress

In progress

Designer Villas at South Avenue, Gurgaon

Haryana:

Location

Name

Status

Palwal

Omaxe City

In progress

Rohtak

Omaxe City

In progress

Sonepat

Omaxe City

In progress

Himachal Pradesh:

Location

Name

Status

Baddi

Omaxe Park Woods

In progress

Madhya Pradesh:

Location

Name

Status

Indore

Omaxe City

Omaxe City II

In progress

Future plans

Punjab:

Location

Name

Status

Derabassi

Omaxe Greens

In progress

Patiala

Integrated Township

Future plans

Ludhiana

Royal Residency

In progress

Rajasthan:

Location

Name

Status

Bhiwadi

Group Housing

Future plans

Jaipur

Omax City

In progress

Uttaranchal:

Location

Name

Status

Rudrapur

Omaxe Riveria

In progress

Uttar Pradesh:

Location

Name

Status

Ghaziabad

Habitat Floors

In progress

Lucknow

Omaxe City

Omaxe Heights

In progress

In progress

The following tables show the company’s commercial projects:

Delhi:

Location

Name

Status

Jasola

Wazirpur

Omaxe Citadel

Pearls Omaxe

In progress

In progress

Haryana:

Location

Name

Status

Gurgaon

Omaxe Plaza

Wedding Mall

House2Home

Delivered

In progress

In progress

Sonepat

Omaxe Mall

Future plans

Punjab:

Location

Name

Status

Amritsar

Omaxe Terminal Mall

Omaxe Novelty Mall

In progress

In progress

Ludhiana

Omaxe Plaza

Omaze Mall

In progress

In progress

Patiala

Wedding Mall

In progress

Pearls Omaxe at Wazirpur, Delhi

Uttar Pradesh:

Location

Name

Status

Agra

Wedding Mall

In progress

Greater Noida

Omax Arcade

NRI City Centre

Omaxe Cannaught Palace

Delivered

In progress

In progress

Indirapuram

Park Plaza

In progress

Lucknow

Omaxe City Centre

In progress

Except Omaxe Plaza at Gurgaon and Omaxe Arcade at Greater Noida (which have been sold), rest of the commercial projects are ‘Lease only’ model.

The company has got ISO 9001 certification from Det Norske Veritas (DNV), The Netherlands.

Financial performance in the recent past:

(All figures in Rs. Crores)

Item

2004

2005

Income

283.73

396.60

Expenditure

264.18

367.02

Profit before tax

17.24

26.37

Net profit

8.35

5.04

Item

2006

2007

Income

819.86

1,439.68

Expenditure

667.27

1,083.99

Profit before tax

146.70

322.32

Net profit

118.82

257.26

It can be noted from the above tables that the net profit has gone up from Rs. 5 crores in 2005 to about Rs.257 crores in 2007. This indicates strong demand for the real estate sector during this period.

The following table compares the EPS and book value among some listed real estate companies in India.

Company

EPS

Book value

Omaxe

16.72

29.87

Mahindra Gesco

3.50

189.30

Unitech

7.90

2.80

Parsvnath

5.7

69.9

Sobha

22.2

118.3

IPO details:

Start Date: 17 July, 2007

End Date: 20 July, 2007

Issue Size: 1,77,96,520 shares

Face Value: Rs.10

Price Band: Rs.265 – Rs.310

Market Lot: 20 shares

Minimum Quantity: 20 shares

Download the RHP (Red Herring Prospectus) here.

Conclusion:

The company’s success has been primarily attributed to professionalism and transparency. It has successfully established in the real estate sector after starting as a civil engineering contractor. The track record of the company in executing the projects is exceptional. At the offer price of Rs.265 – Rs. 310, the P/E ratio is 18 to 20 times the company’s consolidated earnings for 2006 - 07 on the expanded equity base. The offer is at a discount to companies of a similar size in the real estate sector.

Some of its major competitors are concentrated in and around Delhi like DLF, Unitech etc. So this company faces tough challenges since they have to compete with better known players. It also has relatively lesser experience in this field than their main competitors.

Investment can be considered in the IPO with a long term perspective.