Banvit
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Banvit
Initiation of Coverage Banvit TURKEY- EQUITY RESEARCH April 15, 2010 Food Time to use the wings… OUTPERFORM Leader poultry meat producer with around 12% market share in very fragmented Turkish st market... Banvit has been ranked 1 in terms of poultry production for the last three years. Considering its long presence in the market and consumers’ high loyalty to the brand, the company has always enjoyed its strong image in the market while adjusting its prices, which is always ahead of sector average. (Initiation of Coverage) Metin Esendal +90 212 319 1491 Robust poultry meat demand in 2010… Owing to high red meat prices that increased by 34% during 2009 and 20% in 1Q10, the existing shift from red meat to poultry meat will continue this year as well. Thus, we foresee Banvit’s poultry meat sales to rise 8% in 2010. [email protected] Soaring prices will support top-line growth... Due to higher red meat prices coupled with stronger poultry meat demand, poultry meat prices surged by 17% in 2009. In an environment that imports are not allowed and domestic red meat supply is insufficient, we expect red meat prices to stay at 30% above last year average prices. Additionally, stronger poultry meat demand backed by existing shift from red meat to poultry meat as well as expansion in exports, we believe domestic poultry meat producers will have the chance to push up the prices further in 2010. Accordingly, we expect 10% increase in poultry meat prices this year. BANVT TI / BANVT.IS Valuation Share Price (TRL) 4.94 Target Price (TRL) 7.15 Upside Potential 45% Market Cap (USDmn) 336 Net Debt (USDmn) 153 Red meat revenue is forecast to triple by 2012... The company has currently 20k cattle in its facilities but it is aimed to surge to 50k by 2012. Moreover, since 65% of Banvit’s red meat products have sold in carcass form to third parties, the company is set to enjoy higher prices while its production expands. Accordingly, we foresee red meat revenue to reach TRL178mn level which is more than threefold of current figures. EV (USDmn) 489 Avg. Daily Vol. (USDmn) 5.3 Total revenues are expected to grow by 25% YoY in 2010… Thanks to developing demand for poultry meat and processed products coupled with more favorable prices as well as expansion in red meat production, we expect total revenues to rise by 25% YoY to TRL1bn in 2010, followed by 20% increase in 2011, reaching TRL1.2bn. Num. of shares (mn) 100 Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 2010E 989 25% 129 13.0% 49 5.0% 0.5 11% 10.2 5.7 2011E 1,191 20% 143 12.0% 57 4.8% 0.6 17% 8.8 5.1 18.9% 14.5% 19.3% Makbule Gorener 4.8% Free Float 17.7% Performance Chart Return TRL Rel. 1M 2% -9% 3M 28% 17% 12M 137% 16% Mcap (US$mn) Rel.Perf. 140% 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Apr-10 2009 792 22% 102 12.9% 44 5.6% 0.4 n.m. 11.4 7.2 24.8% Valid Faruk Ebubekir Esra Gorener Christoffel Emine Oksan Kocman Feb-10 2008 650 20% 31 4.8% -43 n.m. -0.4 n.m. n.m. 23.5 10% Ownership Structure Vural Gorener Oct-09 (TRLmn) Net Sales Sales growth EBITDA % margin Net Earnings % margin EPS EPS growth P/E EV / EBITDA 18 Foreign Ownership Dec-09 Forecasts and Ratios 5.26 / 2.15 Free Float Jun-09 Initiating with “OUTPERFORM” rating, 45% upside potential… On the back of bright outlook in poultry meat business and production expansion in red meat business along with soaring prices, we believe 2010 will be another good year for the company. 12m High / Low Aug-09 Multiple analysis shows significant discount to our peer average… Based on our 2010 EV/EBITDA estimate of 5.7x, BANVT trading at a 32% discount to our peer group average. -167 Trading Apr-09 Risks… Sudden hikes in poultry meat production, outbreak of any disease, surge in the commodity prices and depreciation of TRL can be stated as the major risks. However, we consider any improvement in incentives to boost exports as an upside risk to our valuation. Net FX Pos. (USDmn) 1 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... 2 INVESTMENT SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 3 RISKS ............................................................................................................................... 5 VALUATION ..................................................................................................................... 6 BUSINESS OUTLOOK..................................................................................................... 8 SECTOR OVERVIEW .................................................................................................... 16 COMPANY OVERVIEW ................................................................................................. 23 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ........................................................................................... 25 Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 2 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 INVESTMENT SUMMARY Leader poultry meat producer with 12% market share in very fragmented Turkish st market... Banvit has been ranked 1 in terms of production for the last three years. Besides, the company is the largest processed product producer in Turkey. Considering its long presence in the market and consumers’ high loyalty to the brand, the company has always enjoyed its strong image in the market while adjusting its prices, which is always ahead of sector average, despite lofty competition among the players in Turkey. Domestic poultry meat demand will continue to be strong in 2010 and beyond... Given that per capita meat consumption is at 27kg in Turkey which is quite behind developed countries, we believe domestic consumption has room to go a lot further. It is obvious that per capita meat consumption – both red meat and poultry meat- in Turkey will rise as the purchasing power of consumers improves. However, it seems to us that poultry meat business has significant advantages against red meat business mainly owing to lower prices (currently red meat price/poultry meat price ratio is at 3.7x which is 12% above 5-year average of 3.3x), making poultry sector more valuable, in our view. Considering that the existing shift from red meat to poultry meat, which can be mostly attributable to high red meat prices, is unlikely to reverse in the short run, the company apparently will continue to be beneficiary of this transaction in consumers’ preferences in the years ahead. We expect that Banvit will manage to deliver 8% growth figure in its domestic poultry meat sales volume this year, followed by 7% YoY in 2011. In addition, we foresee demand for processed products to rise by 20% this year on the back of rebound in the macroeconomic conditions. Soaring prices will support top-line growth... Poultry meat prices, on average, had increased by 17% during 2009 compared to previous year. We believe soared red meat prices played an important role in such a hike in prices in a year of economic slowdown. As a reminder, red meat prices were up 60% in March compared to beginning of 2009. On the back of rises in prices of red meat, that might be considered substitute of poultry meat, coupled with stronger demand with the help of expansion in exports, poultry meat producers had the chance to push up the prices in local market despite relatively marginal cost inflation thereby favouring top-line as well as margins during 2009. In the 1Q10, red meat prices again appeared very strong and were up by another 20%. Going forward, red meat prices are expected to stay at these high levels, helping poultry meat prices go up further in 2010. We anticipate poultry meat prices to rise by 10%, on average, over a year ago in 2010. Contribution of exports will be limited again in 2010… Although there has been news on a possible 500k tons of poultry meat exports to Russia in the market, market players had widely stated that such a number is not realistic considering the existing capacity in Turkey. Besides, production costs in Turkey are even higher than end-product prices in Russia. Without any strong incentive, we don’t expect any major chance in exports given that current incentive of USD26 per ton is quite away from building up a competitive advantage for Turkish players. We assume Banvit’s export revenues to ascend by 38% YoY this year, in USD terms, to USD30mn from USD21mn, followed by 19% increase in 2011 based on a modest improvement in current export sales - mainly in Iraq - with a limited Russian contribution( 3k tons for 2010 and 5k tons for the following years). Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 3 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Red meat revenue is forecast to triple by 2012... The company initiated its red meat business in 2006. Currently, the company has 20k cattle in its facilities but it is aimed to surge to 50k by 2012. Accordingly, total red meat production is anticipated to be at 12.5k tons in 2012, corresponding to 2% market share in Turkey. We believe strong price trend in red meat business is likely to persist in the years ahead. Since 70% of Banvit’s red meat products have sold in carcass form to third parties, the company will continue to enjoy higher prices while its production expands. Accordingly, we foresee red meat revenue to deliver considerable growth figures of 56%, 48% and 38% in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively, reaching TRL178mn which is more than threefold of current figures. Total revenues are expected to grow by 25% YoY in 2010… Thanks to rising demand for poultry meat and processed products coupled with more favorable prices as well as expansion in red meat production, we expect total revenues to rise by 25% YoY to TRL1bn in 2010, followed by 20% increase in 2011, reaching TRL1.2bn. Margins will be intact on the back of stronger high-margin red meat business despite some increases in raw material costs... Since around 55% of broiler meat production costs are stemmed from feed costs which mainly consist of corn & wheat (50%) and soy bean (35%), margins are highly sensitive to the changes in raw material costs. Prices of such grains are expected to show moderate increases in the short run according to sector players. Favorable effects of low-cost inventories seemed to be completed by the end of 2009. However, considering that the high-margin red meat business will raise its share in total, thereby compensating the unfavorable effects of cost inflation to a great extent. Thus, we anticipate EBITDA margin to be at 13.0% level in 2010 (vs. 12.9% in 2009). Accordingly, EBITDA will rise by 26% to TRL129mn in 2010 from TRL102mn in 2009 based on our assumptions. Multiple analysis shows significant discounts to our peer average… Based on both our 2010 EV/EBITDA and P/E estimates of 5.7x and 10.2x, respectively, BANVT shares are trading at a 32% discount compared to our peer group 2010 EV/EBITDA average. Initiating with “OUTPERFORM” rating, 45% upside potential… On the back of bright outlook in poultry meat business and production expansion in red meat business coupled with soaring prices, we believe 2010 will be another good year for the company, that will deliver 25% YoY revenue growth according to our assumptions. Given that relatively favorable raw material costs will be somewhat stable this year, margins will continue to be at favorable levels. We value the company via a blended valuation (60% DCF Analysis and 40% 2010 Multiple Analysis). All in all, we initiate our coverage of BANVT at an “OUTPERFORM” rating with a target price of TRL7.15 which indicates an attractive 45% upside potential. Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 4 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 RISKS Sudden hikes in poultry meat production in the local market… Since almost all of the total production in Turkey had been consumed in the local market, the price has been highly sensitive to the balance between demand and supply. Any sudden change in favor of supply will likely put pressure on prices, hitting the profitability as it happened in 2008 which coincided with extremely high raw material costs. Though we anticipate domestic demand to show high-single-digit growth figures for the foreseeable future, demand-supply imbalance derived from unplanned production jumps might pose a risk on margins, in our view. However, with the increase in exports, the companies now have the chance to sell their surplus production via exports, lifting such a pressure on prices to some extent. Outbreak of any disease remains as one of the major risks… Any news flow regarding diseases seen in poultry sector - the most known one is avian influenza aka bird flu -, might deteriorate consumer’s appetite, leading to lower demand in the domestic market as well as pressure on prices and margins. Depreciation of TRL is another short-term risk due to high short FX position… As of 2009YE, the company has USD167mn short FX position, which is mostly related to loans received for existing investments in Romania operation and red meat business. Thus, any change in TRL/USD in favor of USD might result in a contraction at the bottom-line in the upcoming periods. In addition, net debt position of the company stood at USD153mn. Accordingly, Net Debt/EBITDA ratio was at 2.3x level which can be evaluated as relative high in comparison with our industry coverage average of 1.4x despite traditionally highly-indebted structure of food companies. Surge in the commodity prices… Since 55% of poultry meat production costs have been derived from feed costs, more than expected increase in corn, soybean and wheat prices might pose a threat on profitability if the company cannot pass on the cost inflation to consumers. Improvement in incentives for exports is an upside risk… Considering the recent talks on poultry meat exports to Russia, Turkish government may initiate new incentive or improve its existing incentive to help local producers receive higher share in global market. Given current high raw material costs and inadequate incentives, Turkish producers have no chance to be an important player in the international arena at the moment. Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 5 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 VALUATION Our blended valuation consists of 60% DCF analysis and 40% multiple analysis… We have valued Banvit through a blended valuation including 60% DCF and 40% peer group analysis consisting of both domestic and international peers. Our DCF analysis for BANVT indicates a target value of USD425mn based on WACC of 10.4%, two-year beta of 0.9 and a longterm growth rate of 3% in USD terms. Accordingly, cost of equity and after-tax cost of debt are anticipated as 11.1% and 8.0%, respectively. Additionally, BANVT shares are trading at 32% discounts compared to our peer group average. All in all, our blended valuation shows a 12M target share price of TRL7.15, corresponding to 45% upside potential. Table 1. BANVT - Valuation Summary Weight Implied Mcap DCF 60% 425 Multiple Analysis( 2010 EV/EBITDA & P/E) 40% 451 100% 435 USDmn Blended Valuation - USD Current Mcap - USD 336 Current Share Price - TRL 4.94 12M Target Share Price -TRL 7.15 Upside Potential 45% Source: Oyak Securities Table 2. BANVT - DCF Analysis USDmn 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E 2013E 2014E 2015E 2016E Revenue 418 503 512 635 704 768 822 870 921 976 1153 63.8% 20.4% 1.8% 24.2% 10.9% 9.0% 7.1% 5.9% 5.8% 5.9% 5.6% Growth (%) EBITDA 2019E* 69 24 66 83 85 85 90 95 101 107 126 16.6% 4.8% 12.9% 13.0% 12.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% EBIT 53 1 43 57 57 57 62 65 69 73 86 Unlevered taxes 11 0 9 11 11 11 12 13 14 15 17 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 43 1 34 46 46 45 49 52 55 59 69 -40 -56 -38 -32.0803 -32 -22 -23 -26 -28 -29 -35 Margin(%) Effective tax rate (%) NOPAT Capital expenditures Depreciation & Amortization 14 21 21 23 25 25 25 26 28 30 35 Change in Working Capital 0 -34 27 10 5 2 8 6 6 7 8 17 0 -10 26 33 47 43 46 49 52 62 Free-cash-flow WACC Calculation: Value Target D/TC 20.0% 30 year bond 7.00% 3.00% Value of the period ( 2010 - 2019 ) 296 Company risk premium Terminal Value 282 Equity risk premium: Total Value 578 Beta: Net Debt 153 Tax rate: Financial Assets Implied Value driven by DCF 0 425 Cost of Debt*(1-t) 4.5% 0.90 20.0% 8.0% Cost of equity 11.1% WACC: 10.4% Long-term FCF growth rate 3.00% *for terminal value Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 6 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Multiple analysis shows significant discounts to our peer average… Based on both our 2010 EV/EBITDA and P/E estimates of 5.7x and 10.2x, respectively, BANVT shares are trading at 32% discount compared to our peer group 2010 EV/EBITDA average that comprises both domestic and international comparable companies. Table 3. BANVT - Multiple Analysis Company P/E EV/EBITDA 2007A 2008A 2009A 2010E 2011E 2007A 2008A 2009A 2010E 2011E 7.0 10.7 12.8 19.2 12.8 11.1 17.0 14.3 15.9 14.1 Tat Konserve - n.m. 14.2 13.1 9.7 - 14.2 10.2 9.4 7.4 Pınar Entegre Et ve Un Sanayi - 15.9 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.9 6.3 5.9 6.1 5.5 Pinar Sut Mamulleri Sanayi 9.1 11.7 7.1 7.8 6.6 6.5 7.9 5.2 6.0 5.2 Domestic Peers 8.0 12.7 10.2 11.7 8.8 8.2 11.4 8.9 9.3 8.1 Nippon Meat Packers 27.2 - 59.9 26.0 22.2 9.6 9.6 8.4 8.2 7.7 BRF - Brasil Foods 11.2 - 31.3 30.0 18.0 31.5 21.5 22.3 11.8 8.8 Tyson Foods 26.9 59.1 83.8 12.5 12.2 8.6 11.1 11.1 5.5 5.5 Rainbow Chicken 10.8 9.9 13.6 10.1 8.8 7.0 6.7 8.6 6.3 5.6 Astarta Holding 44.5 10.2 16.0 8.5 9.0 16.7 9.4 11.1 7.7 7.9 Maple Leaf Foods 17.8 53.8 17.0 12.5 10.4 7.0 8.7 6.9 6.3 5.8 Sanderson Farms 14.4 - 14.5 11.8 10.7 8.0 30.8 7.1 5.9 5.4 8.1 6.2 8.5 8.6 10.9 4.3 2.7 4.1 4.4 3.7 20.1 27.8 30.6 15.0 12.8 11.6 12.6 10.0 7.0 6.3 Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi People's Food Holding International Peers Domestic Peers 8.0 12.7 10.2 11.7 8.8 8.2 11.4 8.9 9.3 8.1 International Peers 20.1 27.8 30.6 15.0 12.8 11.6 12.6 10.0 7.0 6.3 Our Peer Group 14.1 20.3 20.4 13.3 10.8 9.9 12.0 9.4 8.2 7.2 8.8 -11.8 11.4 10.2 8.7 8.1 23.5 7.2 5.7 5.1 -37% n.m. -44% -24% -19% -18% 96% -24% -32% -29% Banvit - Our Estimate Pre (+) / Discount (-) Source: Bloomberg Estimates, Oyak Securities Estimates * Prices as of April 15, 2010 Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 7 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 BUSINESS OUTLOOK BANVIT – #1 Poultry meat producer in Turkey… Banvit is the leading poultry meat producer in Turkey while commanding around 12% market share in a very fragmented Turkish market. The company has also produced processed products and feed products. In addition to poultry business, red meat processing facility became operational in 2008. The company is ranked 1st in poultry meat production and red meat production as well as processed meat products in the domestic market. Table 4. Daily Capacity Operation Chicken Slaughterhouse Turkey Slaughterhouse Location Capacity(units) Bandirma 200k İzmir 100k İzmir 4k Red Meat Slaughterhouse Bandirma 37.5 tons Processed Product Bandirma 105 tons Hatchery Bandirma 400k Bandirma 1760 tons Bandirma 440 tons İzmir 880 tons Feed Eskişehir 220 tons Hatchery Romania 115k Feed Romania 240k Source: Banvit Broiler meat business comprises lion’s share of total revenues… Poultry meat business, consisting of broiler and turkey business, was again the main revenue generator during 2009 that constituted 68% of total revenues. Total poultry meat revenue - broiler (95%) and turkey (5%) - reached TRL534mn in 2009YE, was up by 29% on the back of impressive growth in broiler meat revenues driven by both stronger domestic and export sales and advanced prices in the local market. In addition, turkey meat revenue increased by 14% over a year ago in 2009. Processed meat segment is in the second position in terms of revenue contribution, holding around 14% share in total. Despite a slight decrease in sales volumes, processed meat revenue grew by 12% in comparison with last year in 2009 which was totally attributable to hikes in prices. On the other hand, feed segment lost some ground in 2009 due to weak demand in domestic market, ranked 3rd with 7% share in total revenues. Red meat business continued to climb up during last year again. It posted an impressive 183% YoY growth in 2009 owing to both volume growth and price increases thereby attaining TRL56mn level equalling to 7% of total revenues. Figure 1. Revenue Breakdown as of 2009 Turkey 4% Veal 7% Other 4% Broiler Processed Products Feed 7% Feed Processed Products 14% Broiler 64% Veal Turkey Other Source: Company Data Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 8 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 A clear domestic play… Since contribution of exports has been very limited, Banvit can be considered a clear domestic play. Around 96% of total revenues are generated in domestic operations whereas export’s share stood at 4% as of 2009. Moreover, as it can be seen in the figure below that historically export revenues hadn’t exceeded even 5% of total revenues. Even though there has been widely speculations appeared on the media regarding exports to Russia, we don’t expect any major impact from exports to Russia unless an attractive incentive will not be given considering current imbalance between production costs and possible export prices. All in all, it seems to us that exports will continue to have low contribution to the revenue for both Banvit and other local producers for the foreseeable future. Figure 2. Revenue Contribution by Division 1,400 Domestic Exports 6% Export's Share In Total 1,200 1,000 5% 5% 5% 800 5% 3% 4% 600 400 2% 2% 200 4% 2% 2% 1% 0 0% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E Source: Company data, Oyak Securities Total revenues are expected to grow by 25% YoY in 2010… Following a strong year, we anticipate the company to continue to post considerable top-line growth figure this year thanks to rising demand for poultry meat and processed products coupled with more favorable prices. As the red meat prices are likely to stay at current high levels during 2010, which surged by 25% last year and 20% YTD this year, the shift from red meat to poultry meat continues, in our view. Since Banvit’s red meat business is at early stages and it has sold 70% of red meat products in carcass form as well as penetration of its packaged red meat products has been very limited currently, we believe that the company will be less affected by this shift and the company will even enjoy higher prices. Moreover, with expansion in red meat production (capacity increase from 20k cattle to 30k cattle during the year), it is likely to support top-line growth further in 2010 as well. All in all, we expect total revenues to rise by 25% YoY to TRL989mn in 2010, followed by 20% increase in 2011, reaching TRL1.2bn. Figure 3. Revenue Forecasts (TRL mn) 1600 Broiler Meat Processed Products Feed Red Meat Turkey Meat Other 1200 800 400 0 327 365 544 2005 2006 2007 650 2008 989 1,191 2010E 2011E 792 2009 Source: Company data, Oyak Securities *2005&2006 Revenue Breakdown is not available. Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 9 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Domestic poultry meat business will continue to be the key revenue generator this year with another impressive 19% improvement over a year ago… Turkish poultry meat consumption has been on an impressive upward trend for a long time ( CAGR of 10% between 1990-2009 period). Accordingly, per capita poultry meat consumption in Turkey rose to 17kg in 2009 from 5kg in 1994, which was up by 250% (9% CAGR between 19942009 period) whereas per capita red meat consumption fell to 12kg from 21kg during the same period. We believe such trend in consumer’s preference won’t reverse in the short run and poultry meat demand will be robust in the following years. It is obvious that the company has mostly benefited from this trend as one of leading company in the domestic market. Besides, as the purchasing power of consumers rises, we suppose domestic meat consumption to go further considering low per capita consumption of Turkey compared to that of developed countries. We foresee domestic sales volume to grow 8% YoY this year, followed by 7% growth in 2011. Figure 4. Domestic Poultry Sales Volume & Volume Growth 160 Sales Volume 20% Volume Growth 120 16% 139 130 120 110 12% 98 80 85 8% 40 4% 0 0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E Source: Company data, Oyak Securities In addition to volume growth, the poultry meat price has been rising as well on the back of stronger demand and soared prices in substitutes. Given that red meat and poultry meat can be evaluated as good substitutes, consumers’ preference has been always sensitive to the changes in prices. It is worth noting that veal carcass prices jumped by 24% YoY in 2009, leading consumers to prefer less expensive products. As a result, total domestic poultry market was again up by around 4% during 2009 despite severe slowdown in the economy. During the first quarter, red meat prices has risen another 20%. Going forward, it seems to us that the current veal prices are likely to ease to some extent during 2010 with additional red meat supply, especially, after 2Q10 but not that much to change consumers` preferences. It will continue to stay close to these high levels in 2010, in our view, which makes poultry meat more attractive thereby strengthening the bargaining power of the poultry meat producers while the prices are being adjusted. Figure 5. Veal Carcass Price vs. Fresh Chicken Price(TRL) 20 Fresh Chicken Prices Veal Carcass 16 12 8 4 Mar'10 Dec'09 Jun'09 Sep'09 Mar'09 Dec'08 Sep'08 Jun'08 Mar'08 Dec'07 Sep'07 Jun'07 Mar'07 Dec'06 Sep'06 Jun'06 Mar'06 Dec'05 Sep'05 Jun'05 Mar'05 0 Source: Turkstats Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 10 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 To sum up, such strong price trend in red meat will favor poultry meat consumption further in 2010 and beyond, in our view, helping poultry meat producers attain more favorable end-product prices as well. As the prices are mostly determined by the demand-supply balance in domestic market, in the light of our stronger demand expectation along with high red meat prices, poultry meat prices are forecast to rise by 10% YoY, on average, this year following a very strong 17% YoY increase in 2009. All in all, we expect domestic poultry meat revenue to grow by 19% to TRL607mn in 2010 from TRL511mn in 2009. Figure 6. Domestic Poultry Revenue(TRLmn) and Revenue Growth 800 Revenue 60% Revenue Growth 50% 695 600 40% 607 376 200 30% 511 400 20% 406 10% 257 0% 0 -10% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E Source: Company data, Oyak Securities Processed products revenue is set to surge in 2010… Similar to higher demand for poultry meat, we believe consumers preference to company’s processed products volume will grow by 20% this year on the back of improvement in the macroeconomic environment. All in all, we envisage the company to record significant growth figures in the near term with 31% YoY and 23% YoY in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Figure 7. Domestic Processed Products Revenue (TRLmn) 200 Processed Products 160 176 143 120 99 80 109 87 71 40 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E Source: Company data, Oyak Securities Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 11 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Red meat business is on the rise… Red meat business of the company had become operational in 2006. Total amount, invested in this business, reached USD45mn and total cattle capacity is 48k units. Currently, the company has 20k cattle in its facilities but it is aimed to surge to 50k by 2012. Accordingly, total red meat production is anticipated to be at 12.5k tons in 2012, corresponding to 2% market share in Turkey. In other words, once the number of cattle will attain planned level, the company will widen its leading position in red meat production. As a reminder, red meat sector traditionally has been dominated by small-scale producers in Turkey and big facilities couldn’t control even 1% of the market due to extremely fragmented structure of the sector. Table 5. Number of Cattle Forecasts (000 units) Cattle Number 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E 20 30 40 50 Source: Company Estimates Accordingly, red meat revenue is forecast to triple by 2012… As we mentioned before, red meat prices has been on upward trend since the second half of 2009. Current prices are up by 60% compared to beginning of 2009 however we expect the prices to somewhat decrease starting from 2Q10. But we don’t expect a major drawback in red meat prices and strong price trend is likely to continue in the upcoming period since it is really hard to boost the supply the short run and current imbalance between demand-supply is likely to continue .On the other hand, we saw that company has benefited from this upward trend in red meat prices as a supplier since 70% of its products have sold in carcass form to third parties. Regarding the prices, we envisage red meat prices to be up by 25% compared to last year, on average, during 2010, followed by slightly-below-CPI trend for the foreseeable future. All in all, volume expansion combined with increasing in prices will support red meat revenues of the company this year and beyond. Thus, we project red meat revenue to deliver growth figures of 56%, 49% and 38% in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively, reaching TRL178mn which is more than threefold of current figures. Accordingly, share of red meat business in total will rise to 13% in 2012 from 7% in 2009, partly lowering the risks regarding the company’s dependency on poultry business. Figure 8. Red Meat Revenue (TRLmn) 200 Red Meat Revenue 178 160 120 129 80 87 56 40 6 8 2006 2007 20 0 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E Source: Company data, Oyak Securities Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 12 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Contribution of exports will continue to be limited in 2010… Export revenues had accounted for a small portion of total revenues of the company. Note that owing to low incentives as well as high production costs had made domestic players less competitive abroad. Besides, limitations on Turkish poultry meat producers implemented by importer countries lead Turkish companies to export to very limited number of markets. On the other hand, Iraqi market has suffered a supply problem during late-2008 since the major supplier, Brazil, had faced some difficulties in delivery. Then, some of Iraqi demand had met by Turkish players. Although the prices of Turkish exports were above that of Brazilian exports, taste of Turkish fresh poultry meat had been liked by consumers in Iraq, according to market players. Since then, exports to Iraq gained momentum during 2009. Though total Iraqi import demand from Turkey is foresee to grow by 20% this year from 50k tons of poultry meat to 60k tons, contribution will be limited given that the amount is still very low and the prices are below prices in local market. Likewise, we assume Banvit’s export revenues to ascend by 38% YoY this year, in USD terms, to USD30mn from USD21mn, followed by 19% increase in 2011 based on a modest improvement in current export sales with a limited Russian contribution (3k tons for 2010 and 5k tons for the following years). Figure 9. Export Revenues (USDmn) 40 Other Exports Russian Contribution 8 30 5 20 10 6 8 12 21 25 27 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 0 Source: Company data, Oyak Securities Despite higher raw material costs, margins are anticipated to be intact on the back of stronger high-margin red meat business in 2010... Around 65% of poultry meat production costs are stemmed from feed costs - corn and soybean costs comprised 55% of feed costs. As a reminder, 90% soybean need of Turkey has been imported with an 8-13% customs duty. However, corn has been met from local market but at a higher price compared to international prices. Moreover, customs duty on corn stands at 130%. Note that global material prices hit their record-highs in mid-2008, since then those started to fall during second half of 2008 and 2009. In parallel to global trends, corn prices had dropped by 8% in Dec’09 compared to record-highs seen in mid-2008, favoring the profitability of the company. Furthermore, poultry meat prices were up by 25% YoY, on average, during 2009, pushing up the margins further. Accordingly, EBITDA margin stood at 12.9% in 2009 (vs. 4.8% in 2008). Figure 10. Profitability 20% EBITDA Margin 16.6% 10% 12.9% 13.0% 12.0% 11.0% 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E+ 9.2% 6.2% 4.8% 0% 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: Company Data, Oyak Securities Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 13 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Going forward, on the domestic front, corn prices and soy bean prices, on average, are anticipated to be surpass the increases in poultry meat prices to some extent during this year. In addition, favorable effect of low-cost inventories seemed to be completed by the end of 2009. However, considering that the high-margin red meat business will raise its share in total, thereby compensating the unfavorable effects of cost inflation. Accordingly, the company will be successful in keeping EBITDA margin at 13% level in 2010, in our view. Since the prices are mostly determined by the balance between demand and supply, considering the fluctuations in raw material prices and possibility of over-production, we believe EBITDA margin will be stabilized at 11% level in 2012 and beyond. Figure 11. Breakdown of Feed Costs Other 15 Corn& Wheat 50 Soybean 35 Source: Company data, Oyak Securities Depreciation of TRL is a short-term risk due to high short FX position… As of 2009YE, the company has USD167mn short FX position, which is mostly related to loans received to finance existing investments in Romania and its red meat business. Thus, any change in TRL/USD in favor of USD might result in a contraction at the bottom-line in the upcoming periods. In addition, net debt position of the company stood at USD153mn, while majority of debt was USD denominated. Accordingly, Net Debt/EBITDA ratio was at 2.3x level which can be evaluated as relative high in comparison with our industrial coverage average of 1.4x despite traditionally highly-indebted structure of food companies. Capital expenditures… Banvit has allocated around USD20mn capital expenditures for its existing facilities per year in Turkey. The company also has a new investment in Romania. Around EUR26mn had already been invested for those operations. Additional EUR12mn will be invested in Romania in the following two years. Besides, the company has another investment in bio-energy production by using wastes derived from red meat business. The company plans to complete EUR6mn investment for this project in two years again Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 14 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Table 6. Segmental Analysis Revenue - TRL mn 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E 2013E 2014E CAGR 2009-14E 366 389 506 612 704 796 893 1,002 15% Processed Products 89 102 114 149 183 215 253 298 21% Feed 48 67 58 78 100 116 135 151 21% Red Meat 15 20 56 87 129 178 217 230 33% 8 25 28 35 43 50 57 64 18% Broiler Meat Turkey Meat Other 18 48 30 29 34 38 43 48 10% Total 544 650 792 989 1,191 1,392 1,597 1,792 18% 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E 2013E 2014E Growth % Broiler Meat n.a. 6% 30% 21% 15% 13% 12% 12% Processed Products n.a. 15% 12% 31% 23% 18% 18% 18% Feed n.a. 39% -14% 35% 28% 16% 16% 12% Red Meat n.a. 29% 183% 56% 48% 38% 22% 6% Turkey Meat n.a. 218% 14% 25% 20% 17% 15% 12% Other n.a. 170% -38% -2% 15% 13% 12% 12% Total n.a. 20% 22% 25% 20% 17% 15% 12% 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E 2013E 2014E CAGR 2009-14E 142 93 171 218 256 292 335 376 17% 26.2% 14.4% 21.5% 22.0% 21.5% 21.0% 21.0% 21.0% 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E 2013E 2014E CAGR 2009-14E 69 2 67 89 97 103 120 134 15% 12.7% 0.3% 8.4% 9.0% 8.1% 7.4% 7.5% 7.5% 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E 2013E 2014E CAGR 2009-14E 90 31 102 129 143 154 175 197 14% 16.6% 4.8% 12.9% 13.0% 12.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% Gross Profit - TRL mn Total Gross Margin Operating Profit - TRL mn Total EBIT Margin EBITDA - TRL mn Total EBITDA Margin Source: Company Data, Oyak Securities Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 15 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 SECTOR OVERVIEW Turkish Poultry Sector According to TZOB data, around 12,650 broiler and 2,800 egg poultry houses have operated in Turkey. More than 500k people are employed in the sector and the contribution of the sector to Turkish economy is about USD3bn annually. In addition to these, total capacity attained approximately 4,500 tons daily production of poultry meat, amounting to around 1.40mn tons production per year. Accordingly, the capacity utilization ratio in slaughterhouses is at around 90% level as of 2008. According to sector officials, total capacity can be raised to 1.5mn tons in a short time by improving the efficiency of the supplier side even without new investments. Turkish poultry production has been on a strong upward trend during the last 30 years. Moreover, the development of the sector had gained enormous momentum between 1990 – 2000 periods; reaching a total of production level of 752k tons in 2000 compared to 217k tons in 1990. We see that the trend had continued over 2000-2009 albeit at a slower pace compared to pre-2008 period, thereby increasing the total production by almost twofold to 1.31mn in 2009. Keeping in mind that almost all of the production had been consumed in the local market, consumption is highly sensitive to domestic conditions. During the last decade, the market had experienced two significant declines in 2001 and 2006. The reason behind the former was the economic crisis seen in Turkey in 2001 and total production was down by around 11% compared to previous year. The latter was stemmed from the avian influenza seen in Turkey in late 2005 and 2006, leading to around 5% contraction in domestic demand over a year ago in 2006. However, it can be clearly seen in the figure below, apart from a few years, Turkish poultry meat production had been on an impressive increasing trend for a long time, delivering a 10% CAGR between 1990-2009 periods. We expect 8% growth in poultry meat production in 2010 on the back of high prices in red meat business coupled with soaring export demand… We expect domestic poultry production to deliver 8% growth in 2010 on the back of lower red meat demand driven by recent jump in prices, followed by 7% and 6% growths in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Later, we expect 5% increase in the domestic market per year in line with 5-year CAGR of 5% on the back of increase in both domestic demand and addition of new export markets. Figure 12. Turkish Poultry Meat Production(mn tons) 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 2011E 2008 2005 2002 1999 1996 1993 1990 0.0 Source: BESD-BIR, Oyak Securities Estimates Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 16 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Per capita domestic consumption still has room to go… Though the consumption had posted considerable increases over the last decades, we believe domestic consumption has still room to go since the per capita meat consumption is lagging behind the developed countries with 27kg meat consumption vs EU per capita consumption of 80kg or Russian consumption of 58kg. On the other hand, if we just consider the poultry meat, Turkey is not away from such countries in terms of per capita consumption. However, in our view, it is better to evaluate the meat consumption as all, instead of partial analysis. Hence, we strongly believe total meat consumption will increase as the purchasing power of the consumers advances and eating habits changes towards healthier products in the upcoming years and Turkish meat consumption is likely to narrow the gap to some extent in the medium term. Figure 13. Per Capita Meat Consumption By Country as of 2009 150 Broiler Pork Beef and Veal 120 90 60 30 India Eastern Europe Egypt Turkey CIS South Africa Japan South Korea Russia Mexico Taiwan New Zeland EU Brazil Australia Canada Argentina United States 0 Source: FAPRI 2009 Global Outlook, Oyak Securities Estimates Highly fragmented domestic market… Turkish poultry market has been a highly fragmented market as it is seen in the figure below. Currently, more than 20 companies are operating in the market. However, top ten companies have been dominating the market with around 77% market share. Banvit has been in the first place for three years with around 12% market share, followed by Beypilic and Erpilic. Sekerpilic, the other listed company, can be counted as one of a mid-scale producer so far and according to 2008 th figures it was ranked 7 in the market with around 6% market share. Figure 14. Companies by market share as of 2008 Banvit 12% Other 23% 11% Koy-tur Pak Mudurnu Abalioglu 3% 4% 6% 6% 11% 6% Sekepilic Keskinoglu Beypi Erpilic 9% 9% Senpilic CP Source: Banvit Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 17 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 The major cost items - corn and soy bean- prices appear to be still at relatively favorable levels… Corn and soy bean are the major cost items in poultry meat production, which constitute 55% of feed production costs. Thus, price changes in such grains might have an important impact on profitability of the sector. During 2000-2006 period, the price trends in both corn and soybean seem to be flat with the exception of some small periods. However, those started to surge in line with other commodities in early 2007 on the back of higher global demand for consumption and also bio-energy production. Since the energy costs had surged during that period and also such commodities had been also using in bio-energy generation, global prices had surged further during 2007 and 2008 and hit its all-time highs in mid-2008. Figure 15. Corn & Soy bean price trends 600 Corn Prices - USD Soybean Prices - USD 500 400 300 200 100 Feb'09 Jun'09 Dec'08 Jun'08 Dec'07 Jun'07 Dec'06 Jun'06 Dec'05 Jun'05 Dec'04 Jun'04 Dec'03 Jun'03 Dec'02 Jun'02 Dec'01 Jun'01 Dec'00 Jun'00 0 Source: Indexmundi.com All in all, we saw that surge in corn and soybean prices hurt the margins of the whole companies in Turkish poultry sector in 2008 due to the facts that Roughly half of feed costs have been stemmed from corn and soy bean costs 90-95% of soy bean need has been exported Domestic corn prices are correlated with global price trends but it almost two times of global price Due to over-production in domestic market, the company(and also all other players in domestic market) couldn’t pass on cost inflation to consumers On the other hand, with the decrease in consumption and declined energy costs in second half of 2008, the prices began to decrease. Current global prices look to be 35-40% lower compared to all-time-highs realized in mid-2008. Going forward, according to many sector players in both domestic and global arena the prices seem to be stabilized at these levels on the back of larger harvest and lower demand as well as favorable oil prices resulting in less bio-energy demand. It is anticipated that the prices won’t hit peaks recorded in 2008 again in the short-mid run. Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 18 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 High raw material cost & Low incentives deteriorate exports… Turkish live chicken production cost stands at around 76 Euro cent, which is quite high compared to foremost exporters, namely USA and Brazil. It is obviously seen that production costs are almost two times of costs in such countries. The reason behind this huge difference is much higher feed prices in Turkey, accounting for around 55% of chicken production costs. Figure 16. Live Chicken Production Cost Broiler Meat Production Cost (EU Cent) Turkey Turkey 80 EU EU USA USA Brazil 50 Brazil Broiler Meat Exports (000 tons) 20 -500 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 Source: TZOB, USDA *The width of bubbles shows total broiler meat production… In addition to cost disadvantages, Turkish producers had also suffered from very low government incentives which can be considered extremely ineffective in comparison with the amount of the incentives provided by the EU and USA. According to deal between Turkey and World Trade Organization (WTO), incentives are only permitted to be provided to exporter company via export refund of USD26 per ton. However, EU’s export refund has started to offer export refund at EUR240 per ton and it has been escalating every year, reaching EUR550 per ton in 2008(Following the global recession, it fell to EUR300 as of 21.11.2008). Given that production costs are significantly high compared to global competitors and export refunds are far behind EU and USA’s incentives, Turkish producers hadn’t been price-competitive, thereby having a very small portion in world trade. On the other hand, considering the neighborhood of Turkey, namely Russia and Middle East Countries, demanding one third of global exports, Turkish producers would have a great potential to be an important exporter if the problems derived from costs and incentives are solved. Figure 17. Incentives 800 Incentives USD 600 600 400 400 200 26 0 Turkey EU USA Source: Company Data Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 19 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Gate to Middle East: Iraq... Iraqi poultry industry definitely has been in a crisis for a long time on the back of weaker price competitiveness against international counterparts and withdrawal of government subsidies. As a result, it was seen that 60% of poultry farms was closed in some regions. On the other hand, with relatively low prices compared to local producers, importers had a chance to gain more market shares. By lowering local production during the years, weight of importers in total market reached 74% in 2006 from 48% in 2003 according to USAID data. Besides, total market contracted by 18% to 100k tons in 2006 during the same period. On the other hand, per capita broiler meat consumption had significantly contracted to 3.8kg in 2006 from 15kg in 1992 (pre-embargo times). Given that the poultry consumption has been on the rise in whole Middle East countries (per capita consumption in Saudi Arabia is 33kg and in UAE 50kg), per capita consumption in Iraq might bounce back to its pre-embargo levels gradually in the mid to long run. Figure 18. Poultry Meat Consumption Per Capita in Iraq 1,000 Total Market (000 tons) 25 Consumption per person kg 800 20 600 15 400 10 200 5 0 0 2005 2006 2010E 2020E Source: IZDIHAR, USAID However, considering the price gap between local products and imports ( the price of localproduction chicken ranges between USD2500-3000 per ton vs imported Brazilian chicken is USD1650 per ton), the dominance of imports over local products is highly likely to continue in the years ahead unless any major import restriction won’t be imposed by the government. Going forward, we predict exports to Iraq to continue to rise gradually. As a consequent, we expect 20% increase in exports over a year ago in 2010, followed by 10% growth in the foreseeable future. Figure 19. Poultry Meat Prices in Iraq Market(USD per ton) Iraqi Fresh Meat Turkish Fresh Meat Brazilian Frozen Meat 0 1000 2000 3000 Source: IZDIHAR, Thepoultrysite.com, BESD-BIR Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 20 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Long-awaiting story: Exports to EU Countries According to the report of the committee sent by EU in 2003, it was stated that Turkish poultry producers had adequate technological and hygienic standards to export to EU countries. Again, in 2006, one of representative of SANCO repeated the intention that Turkey was suitable to be added to the list including the countries that are able to export to EU countries. Talks between Turkey and EU regarding the poultry export had, however, geared down following the avian influenza appeared in Turkey in 2005. Since then, it is seen that the negotiations had been in idle mode until the beginning of 2009. In March 2009, seven Turkish companies had been approved to export products which are processed over 70C to European Union. Table 7. Turkish Poultry Establishments Authorized by the EU Company City Banvit Balikesir Seker Pilic Balikesir Beypi Bolu Pinar Entegre Et ve Un Sanayi Izmir Keskinoglu Erpilic Senpilic Manisa Bolu Sakarya Source: USDA Following approval, such companies started to export to EU at limited amounts. On the other hand, since Turkey is not among the countries that can export poultry meat to EU, exports of processed products put on hold by the EU officials again. Currently, companies are awaiting approval again to restart processed products’ exports. Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 21 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Will Russia-US dispute on chlorine-treated poultry meat open a new export opportunity for Turkish poultry sector? It is better to start with what recently happened between Russia and US in order to understand the current situation. Remember that Russia banned the import of poultry meat treated with chlorine st effective from Jan 1 2010, thus, US - the biggest exporter to Russia - had to stop its exports due to this regulation. According to sector officials, aim of this new regulation was to put a cab on imports thereby supporting the local production in Russia. Note that Russia consumed around 3.5mn tons of poultry meat in 2009, about 900k of which was imported, mostly from the US ( around 22% of total market) according to Russian sources. On the other hand, Russian Prime Minister Putin previously announced that poultry meat imports may be stopped by 2015 as the country plans to be self-sufficient by that day. Besides, Russia plans to import a total of 780k tons of poultry meat in 2010 and gradually decrease the share of imports to 550k tons by 2012. Following Russia-US dispute on exports, there had been a conversation between Turkish and Russian politicians regarding poultry meat need of Russia in the short run. Then, it was stated by Turkish officials that 500k tons of poultry meat was demanded by Russia for 2010. At the first sight, it seemed to be possible but we believe Russian market is far away from being such a significant growth opportunity for Turkish players. The reasons behind our thought are as follows: As we mentioned above, Russia plans to be self-sufficient in terms of poultry meat production by 2015. Furthermore, the country supports local production instead of meeting its need through much cheaper imports. Capacity of Turkish market stands at around 1.30mn tons of poultry meat. Thus, such a supply will lead to shortages in domestic market as well as sharp increase in local prices. Current prices in Russian market are even below Turkish player’s production costs. Without any incentive, exports to Russia don’t look feasible. 80-85% Russian exports are chicken leg or derivatives of it, which are also popular in Turkey. If Turkey will export just chicken legs rather than a whole chicken, it has to find another market to sell remaining parts, that are as valuable as legs in domestic market. On the other hand, according to recent announcements by the officials in Turkey, Turkish players can start to export with an amount of 50-60k tons of poultry meat this year and 100k tons in 2011. Yet, at first Russia has to allocate some quota for Turkey in order to start the exports, which was stopped in 2005 due to bird flu news. Currently, 6 poultry meat producer have been approved by Russian Authority and another 11 producer are awaiting approval. All in all, we expect exports to Russia to initiate this year and to attain as much as 50k tons that would make a limited positive impact on Turkish sector outlook, in our view. Going forward, even though Russia would be selfsufficient in the near term, we believe Turkish exports will be successful in keeping at least 50k tons export per year by mostly serving to niche markets. Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 22 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Red meat business in Turkey… It is clearly seen that total number of cattle and sheep&goat in Turkey has been on a declining trend for a long time. Indeed, cattle number seems to be almost flat during the last 20 years however sheep&goat population had almost halved in this period. Figure 20. Total Number of Cattle and Sheep&Goat in Turkey (mn) 80 Sheep&Goat Cattle 60 40 20 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 0 Source: Turkstat The reasons resulted in contraction in domestic cattle and sheep population during such period can be summarized as follows: The increase in meat prices fell behind the increase in costs Low margins Decrease in number of pastures due to unfavorable weather conditions Illegal entries from neighbor countries Low state incentive compared to neighbor countries Lack of strategic planning in the sector Due to imbalance between demand and supply, red meat prices started to increase in mid-2008 following a 5-year flat period. Although the current imbalance structure has been exist in the past years, the prices seem to have been flat due to additional cow supply from milk producers. Note that some of the milk producers had sent their cows to slaughterhouse due to low profitability in milk business. Considering the current structure in Turkish red meat business is likely to continue, we don’t expect the prices to come back to 2009 levels again in the short run. However, with the additional supply starting from 2Q10, red meat prices will ease to some extent in the upcoming periods, in our view. Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 23 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 COMPANY OVERVIEW Banvit A.Ş. began operations in 1968 under the name of “Bandirma Abic Ltd.” as a small feed producer company. Following long presence in feed production, the company gradually started to produce broiler chickens in 1984, thereby becoming the first domestic company to provide the local market with cleaned and packaged fresh chicken. With addition of other production lines coupled with introduction of modern equipments, the company managed to enlarge its production capacity during the years. Besides, it acquired a poultry processing plant, Tadpi facility, located in Armutlu, İzmir in 2000. Currently, the company owns the largest facility for broiler chicken production in Turkey with availability of processing 400k birds per day and 125mn birds per year. In addition to domestic facilities, the company has a hatchery with a capacity of 700k eggs per week in Romania. Domestic Operations… The company management started a restructuring process in 1996. İzmir Armutlu plant was acquired in 2000 and started to produce turkey products in 2001 following a revision in the facility. After the addition of food production facility in Bandirma (further processing plant) became operational, new ready-to-products such as cooked meatballs, kebabs, gyros, burgers, coated products, salami, sausages and franks were added to company’s production portfolio in 2001 as well. In addition to these, the production of red meat has begun in 2005. The Armutlu plant in İzmir was transformed to chicken processing facility from turkey processing facility. Therefore, turkey production was relocated to new processing facilities leased in İzmir, with capacity of 900 turkeys per hour. Besides, red meat processing facility became operational in 2008 by expanding further processing plant. Operations in Romania… Banvit Aliment Romania S.R.L. “Banvit Romanya” was founded in 1999. A hatchery with capacity of 345k eggs per week was established in Romania in 2007(following the addition of new machinery, total capacity raised to 700k eggs per week in 2008). In addition to those, 5 breeder pullet farms, 10 hatcheries and a feed mill were acquired in Romania in 2008. Ownership structure… Gorener Family members have been the main shareholders of the company. Since 1992, company shares have become listed on Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). As of 9M09, 17.74% of total are trading on ISE while 6% of those are held by foreign investors as of November-end. Figure 21. Ownership Structure Free Float 17.74% Fatma Görener 4.83% Emine Esra Cristoffel Görener 14.51% Vural Görener 24.76% Emine Okşan Koçman 19.29% Valid Faruk Ebubekir 18.87% Source: Banvit Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 24 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Table 8. BANVT - Income Statement TRLmn 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 544 650 792 989 1,191 1,392 -401 -556 -621 -772 -935 -1,100 Revenues Cost of Goods Sold 2012E Gross Profit 142 93 171 218 256 292 Operating Expense -73 -92 -104 -129 -160 -189 Operating Profit 69 2 67 89 97 103 Depreciation 19 27 32 36 42 45 Severance Provisions EBITDA 2 3 4 4 5 5 90 31 102 129 143 154 2 2 11 2 2 2 Other Expenses -1 -1 -8 -2 -2 -2 Financial Income/Expenses 11 -55 -12 -27 -25 -27 Other Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 -52 58 62 72 76 -25 10 -13 -12 -14 -15 57 -43 44 49 58 61 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E Gross Margin 26.2% 14.4% 21.5% 22.0% 21.5% 21.0% Operating Margin 12.7% 0.3% 8.4% 9.0% 8.1% 7.4% EBITDA Margin 16.6% 4.8% 12.9% 13.0% 12.0% 11.0% Net Margin 10.5% -6.5% 5.6% 5.0% 4.8% 4.4% 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E Minority Interest PBT Taxes Net Income Profitability Growth Sales Growth 49.0% 19.6% 21.8% 25.0% 20.4% 16.9% Gross Profit Growth 97.5% -34.3% 82.5% 27.6% 17.7% 14.1% Operating Profit Growth 403.6% -97.3% n.m. 33.9% 8.4% 6.8% EBITDA Growth 168.0% -65.4% 228.4% 25.7% 11.4% 7.2% Net Profit Growth 369.7% n.m. n.m. 11.7% 16.9% 5.3% 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E Assumptions CPI avg 8.8 10.5 6.2 10.1 8.0 7.0 USD/TL Average 1.3015 1.2929 1.5471 1.5572 1.6917 1.8132 USD/TL Year-End 1.1647 1.5123 1.5057 1.6424 1.7409 1.8855 Euro/USD Average 1.3662 1.4663 1.3900 1.3423 1.3500 1.3240 Euro/USD Year-End 1.4684 1.4156 1.4347 1.3500 1.3500 1.3000 Source: Company Data, Oyak Securities Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 25 BANVT / Initiation of Coverage April 16, 2010 Table 9. BANVT - Balance Statement 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E Cash and cash equivalents 8.2 19.6 4.3 2.9 3.6 9.3 Investment securities 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Trade receivables 82.3 90.3 125.1 157.2 186.1 213.6 Inventories 64.8 65.0 73.5 88.8 105.1 120.5 Live İnventories 34.8 56.0 74.8 90.9 112.7 135.6 Other current assets 10.8 25.0 34.3 36.1 38.0 39.9 Total current assets 203.3 255.9 312.0 375.9 445.4 518.9 Trade Receivables 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Investment securities 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tangible assets 99.0 127.8 145.4 155.6 163.1 151.9 Intangible assets 0.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 TRLmn ASSETS Current assets: Non-current assets: Other non-current assets 6.7 23.0 12.9 13.3 13.8 14.3 Total non-current assets 106.5 152.6 159.8 170.6 178.6 167.7 Total Assets 309.7 408.6 471.8 546.4 623.9 686.6 Short-term bank borrowings 33.5 99.2 145.4 139.2 138.9 103.3 Trade payables 49.2 79.9 83.6 103.6 130.7 156.7 Other current liabilities 15.1 9.9 18.2 21.8 26.6 31.3 Total current liabilities 97.7 189.0 247.1 264.6 296.2 291.3 LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Non-current liabilities Long-term bank borrowings 55.3 130.3 88.6 96.5 84.9 91.9 Provision for employment termination benefits 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 Other non-current liabilities 2.4 1.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.2 59.5 133.8 96.2 104.1 92.4 99.4 Total liabilities 157.2 322.7 343.3 368.7 388.6 390.7 Minority interest 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total non-current liabilities Total shareholders' equity 152.5 85.8 128.5 177.8 235.3 296.0 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity 309.7 408.6 471.8 546.4 623.9 686.6 EFFICIENCY RATIOS Net Cash Cycle 135 108 96 94 91 89 Receivables Days 55 51 58 58 57 56 Payables Days 45 52 49 49 51 52 Inventory Days w/o live assets 59 43 43 42 41 40 Inventory Days with live assets 124 110 87 85 85 85 Source: Company Data, Oyak Securities Please see the important disclosures at the end of this report 26 EQUITY RESEARCH Valuation Approach Valuation tools employed most frequently are Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and International Peer Group Comparison, though other metrics such as Dividend Discount, Gordon Growth, and Replacement Value Methods are also used wherever appropriate. 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