Few days back, I shared my investment thesis for ITC.

Today, I want to share the detailed presentation.

Focus is on explaining & analyzing the ITC 'business' and not the divided opinions about its 'stock price'.

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@finbloggers @dmuthuk @FinMedium @ITCCorpCom

1/ Financial Performance

- Decent overall growth.
- Weak revenue growth in recent years.
- PAT growth > EBIT growth > revenue growth.
2/ Financial Position

- NCA have almost tripled.
- Equity has almost quadrupled.
- Negligible debt / insignificant liabilities.
3/ Cash Management

- CFO growth < PAT growth.
- CFO enough to cover both re-investments & dividend.
- Consistent re-investment & increasing shareholder payouts.
4/ Key Metrics

- ROCE/ROE near minimum but still healthy.
- Margins at decade highs.
- Asset utilizations at decade lows.
- Comfortable solvency, minimal leverage.
- Strong cash conversion.
5/ Business Portfolio Analysis

Based on BCG matrix:

- Cash cow: Cigarettes
- Star: FMCG, Agriculture, Paper & Packaging
- Question Mark: IT
- Dog: Hotels
6/ TTM Segment Performance

- Cigarettes: profit bedrock
- FMCG: highest asset allocation
- Agriculture: ~40% inter-segment revenue
- Hotels: too much capital, drag on profit
- Paper: 4th in revenue but 2nd in profit
- IT: decent standalone performance
7/ Future Outlook

- Cigarettes: stable
- FMCG: strong
- Agriculture: strong
- Paper: average
- Hotels: questionable
- IT: strong
8/ Value Drivers & Major Challenges

Drivers: Integrated business model, FMCG business, e-Choupal, Cash generation.

Challenges: Sales growth, Cigarettes regulation
9/ Cigarettes

- Decent growth despite regulations
- Insane financial metrics (margins, ROA)
- Increasing illegal trade
- Depressed/declining volumes
10/ FMCG

- Unique product portfolio (leader or low competition)
- Decent growth
- Improvements expected in asset utilizations & margins
- Strong distribution
- Continuous new product launches
11/ Agriculture

- Volatile growth & financial performance
- e-Choupal shifting from kiosks to mobile app
- Backward integration for FMCG
- Creating organized ecosystem for farmers
12/ Paper & Packaging

- Stable but low growth
- Decent financial performance
- Market leader
- Product innovation (bio-degradable board, recycled paper)
13/ Hotels

- Volatile & declining EBIT trend
- Low revenue growth vs asset growth
- Declining margins & low asset utilizations
- Catering to various segments
- Shift to asset-light model (can only evaluate impact after few years)
14/ IT Services

- Solid growth & improving financial performance
- Niche & differentiated offerings
- Partnerships with large industry players
- Can be good value addition to the group (similar to other conglomerates)
15/ Disclaimer

Please do your own research before making any investment decisions. Do not make any decisions based on this.

I'm invested so obviously biased.
Thanks for reading.

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Watch the video here: https://t.co/auPvwEClxz

Link to presentation: https://t.co/fGN7em2STT

Thanks!

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