Rating Rationale

Brickwork Ratings assigns 'BWR B' for the Bank Loan Facilities aggregating 12.18 Cr of Shreyas Cottons Ginning & Pressing Factory


Brickwork Ratings has assigned the following Rating1 for the Long-Term Bank Loan
Facilities of Shreyas Cottons Ginning & Pressing Factory (SCGPF).

Facility

Limits

(` Cr)

Tenure

Rating

Fund Based:

Cash Credit (CC) Term Loan (TL)

9.00

3.18

Long Term

BWR B (Outlook: Stable)

Total

12.18

(INR Twelve Crores Eighteen Lakhs only)

BWR has relied upon the projected financials up to FY15 of SCGPF, publicly available information and the information/clarifications provided by the Company.
The rating, inter alia, factors the strong business track record of Geeta group in cotton ginning industry and vast experience of promoters of this group, where SCGPF is an associate firm. The ratings, however, are constrained due to very limited operating track record of the firm, relatively low net worth of the firm and moderate net worth of the group, high gearing levels of the group, and low profit margins.

Company Background and Operations

Shreyas Cottons Ginning & Pressing Factory (SCGPF) is a part of Geeta group. It is a newly established firm where operations started in December 2013. It has installed the cotton ginning & pressing facility of 5oo Bales per day.

Management Profile

The firm is a family run business and is headed by Mr. Akash Patel (age 23), MBA from Pune University. He has a share of 90% in the firm. His father Mr. Nagnath Patel is in the business of cotton ginning since last 30 years. Mr. Nagnath Patel established Geeta
Cotton Company (flagship firm of Geeta group) in the year 1983 and is presently called

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as Geeta Cotton Company Pvt Ltd. Mrs. Shashikala Patil (relative of Mr. Akash Patel)
holds rest of the 10% in the firm.

Financial Performance

The firm is has only 2 months of operating track record and financial performance is not available.

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