Prabhudas Liladhar Analyst Gautam Duggad has a SUBSCRIBE recommendation,
CRIL’s diversified product basket in the discount apparel segment, coupled with wide retail network, provides strong edge in the highly fragmented and competitive marketplace. Not only has Cantabil scaled up its business (Turnover up 9x and profits 12.5x in 4 years), it has also improved its operating margin by nearly 620bps in last four years and with the commencement of proposed facility at Bahadurgarh, it will provide further impetus to its margin profile. Given the proposed store expansion plans, we expect CRIL to witness strong growth in the medium term. At the higher band, valuations at ~15.4x FY10 EPS look reasonable in comon with its peers. Higher inventory, working capital requirements and leverage (2.1x preissue) constitute key risks.