Mercator Ltd

₹ 0.85 0.00%

10 Mar 2023

About

Mercator Ltd along with its subsidiaries is a diversified group engaged in shipping, gas, coal mining and E&P activities. It commenced business as a shipping company in 1984 and has over the years, through its subsidiaries, diversified into various other sectors like coal mining and logistics, E&P and dredging. ^[1]

Key Points

Segment Revenue in FY21
Coal Mining, Trading and Logistics - 98% vs (78% in FY 20)
Shipping & Dredging - 2% vs (21% in FY 20)
Revenue in FY21 decreased drastically mainly due to decrease in revenue of Shipping business from 132 Cr in FY20 to 7 Cr in FY21 ^[1]

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Market Cap ₹ 25.7 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 0.85
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Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ -57.7
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -0.75 %
ROE %
Face Value ₹ 1.00

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Promoter holding is low: 3.01%
Contingent liabilities of Rs.252 Cr.
Promoters have pledged 98.9% of their holding.
Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -7.98%

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Peer comparison

Sector: Shipping Industry: Shipping

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023
	144.88	3.97	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	125.17	33.65	6.36	-3.80	4.08	1.05	0.64	0.66	0.55	0.45	0.30	0.21	0.28
Operating Profit	19.71	-29.68	-6.36	3.80	-4.08	-1.05	-0.64	-0.66	-0.55	-0.45	-0.30	-0.21	-0.28
OPM %	13.60%	-747.61%
	6.75	4.91	0.05	0.08	0.02	0.25	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.01
Interest	74.99	80.73	12.66	0.51	0.08	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.01	0.00	0.00
Depreciation	14.22	0.62	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Profit before tax	-62.75	-106.12	-18.99	3.35	-4.17	-0.85	-0.68	-0.70	-0.59	-0.49	-0.33	-0.23	-0.29
Tax %	-4.11%	-8.90%	5.95%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	-65.33	-115.56	-17.86	3.35	-4.17	-0.85	-0.68	-0.70	-0.59	-0.49	-0.33	-0.23	-0.29
EPS in Rs	-2.39	-3.82	-0.59	0.11	-0.14	-0.03	-0.02	-0.02	-0.02	-0.02	-0.01	-0.01	-0.01
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	TTM
	3,699.91	3,733.35	3,457.78	3,091.63	2,706.75	2,115.39	932.02	867.35	638.61	373.78	0.00	0.00	0.00
	3,117.00	3,315.29	2,827.11	2,981.42	2,657.98	1,529.19	818.09	1,367.79	762.24	382.48	7.69	2.30	1.24
Operating Profit	582.91	418.06	630.67	110.21	48.77	586.20	113.93	-500.44	-123.63	-8.70	-7.69	-2.30	-1.24
OPM %	15.75%	11.20%	18.24%	3.56%	1.80%	27.71%	12.22%	-57.70%	-19.36%	-2.33%
	64.82	-204.83	25.44	-100.67	-429.59	14.87	-32.68	-15.58	-375.61	36.54	0.39	0.05	0.03
Interest	212.95	245.04	205.14	225.30	273.42	232.42	144.09	153.70	260.75	292.49	13.27	0.13	0.05
Depreciation	382.41	447.48	440.87	474.56	427.46	318.64	154.46	176.89	141.42	39.45	0.10	0.08	0.08
Profit before tax	52.37	-479.29	10.10	-690.32	-1,081.70	50.01	-217.30	-846.61	-901.41	-304.10	-20.67	-2.46	-1.34
Tax %	42.45%	-2.75%	247.52%	-2.40%	-0.94%	42.41%	-27.72%	-3.84%	-1.23%	-5.12%	5.47%	0.00%
	30.14	-492.48	-14.90	-706.90	-1,091.89	28.80	-277.54	-879.09	-912.46	-319.68	-19.54	-2.46	-1.34
EPS in Rs	0.84	-15.19	1.31	-18.36	-44.59	0.91	-9.76	-30.04	-30.62	-10.98	-0.65	-0.08	-0.05
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	7.61%	-1.09%	-0.22%	5.51%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	7%
5 Years:	15%
3 Years:	26%
TTM:	52%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	-30%
5 Years:	-29%
3 Years:	-2%
1 Year:	0%

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Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Sep 2023
Equity Capital	24.49	24.49	24.49	24.49	24.49	26.99	30.25	30.25	30.25	30.25	30.25	30.25	30.25
Reserves	2,471.01	2,171.76	2,318.77	1,954.43	862.02	964.92	922.43	-86.85	-1,088.45	-1,399.30	-1,438.41	-1,457.18	-1,774.60
	3,578.12	3,465.44	3,714.66	3,886.06	2,631.82	1,838.94	1,728.02	1,680.02	1,614.79	1,627.00	1,641.33	1,665.95	703.76
	1,009.35	1,202.47	1,220.85	1,793.16	1,301.64	1,111.23	535.13	568.72	736.96	960.80	876.85	903.84	2,170.73
Total Liabilities	7,082.97	6,864.16	7,278.77	7,658.14	4,819.97	3,942.08	3,215.83	2,192.14	1,293.55	1,218.75	1,110.02	1,142.86	1,130.14
	5,714.80	5,032.23	5,439.52	4,983.64	2,658.56	1,864.37	1,642.08	841.43	331.71	283.67	196.65	212.80	214.91
CWIP	31.29	35.88	2.58	620.33	687.80	694.07	292.31	281.47	3.18	2.75	3.35	3.63	3.67
Investments	40.72	35.05	35.67	5.36	2.14	185.86	205.73	180.38	86.03	61.04	63.24	68.48	69.18
	1,296.16	1,761.00	1,801.00	2,048.81	1,471.47	1,197.78	1,075.71	888.86	872.63	871.29	846.78	857.95	842.38
Total Assets	7,082.97	6,864.16	7,278.77	7,658.14	4,819.97	3,942.08	3,215.83	2,192.14	1,293.55	1,218.75	1,110.02	1,142.86	1,130.14

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023
	452.51	198.44	424.48	1,013.91	570.05	520.16	324.84	109.61	-35.10	34.82	-37.97	-1.43
	13.61	386.42	-409.08	-746.50	1,069.89	368.68	-207.44	102.88	270.47	0.98	87.56	1.59
	-595.38	-491.05	-171.80	-172.88	-1,808.12	-879.52	-188.82	-221.66	-217.17	-40.48	-47.83	-0.13
Net Cash Flow	-129.26	93.81	-156.40	94.54	-168.18	9.32	-71.42	-9.17	18.20	-4.68	1.77	0.03

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023
Debtor Days	50.19	64.24	66.73	96.23	78.04	67.34	126.00	46.42	57.47	133.50
Inventory Days
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Cash Conversion Cycle	50.19	64.24	66.73	96.23	78.04	67.34	126.00	46.42	57.47	133.50
Working Capital Days	-12.14	-1.53	-0.18	-78.80	-93.88	-66.50	1.60	-195.49	-586.28	-1,186.79
ROCE %	4.24%	-0.07%	3.45%	-5.52%	-7.45%	9.06%	-0.14%	-22.91%	-21.03%	-1.82%	-2.17%	-0.75%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023
	10.83%	7.11%	7.11%	6.84%	6.84%	6.84%	4.45%	4.45%	4.45%	4.45%	3.01%	3.01%
	3.74%	3.21%	3.21%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	85.40%	89.66%	89.66%	93.16%	93.16%	93.16%	95.53%	95.51%	95.55%	95.54%	96.99%	96.99%
No. of Shareholders	83,947	87,701	90,148	95,040	1,09,348	1,08,983	1,07,644	1,06,642	1,05,725	1,05,710	46,591	46,525

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Dec 2023
	34.33%	30.73%	29.68%	19.57%	10.83%	6.84%	4.45%	3.01%
	14.14%	17.16%	13.65%	4.12%	3.74%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	0.93%	0.03%	0.05%	0.03%	0.03%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	50.61%	52.08%	56.62%	76.29%	85.40%	93.16%	95.55%	96.99%
No. of Shareholders	81,356	83,128	80,876	84,187	83,947	1,09,348	1,05,725	46,525

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