Chennai-based Savera Industries Ltd (Savera) is a hospitality player incorporated in 1968. It owns and operates a 230-room four-star deluxe hotel in Chennai. Preferring to concentrate all business energy on this one property, it does not have any major expansion plans. We assign Savera a fundamental grade of ‘2/5’, indicating that its fundamentals are ‘moderate’ relative to other listed securities in India.
Hotel in the heart of Chennai provides a steady stream of cash flows
Savera Hotel is located in Mylapore, in the heart of Chennai, in close proximity to the airport, railway station and tourist spots. With the aim of attracting business travelers, it offers all modern amenities such as conference room, board room, banquet hall and Wi-Fi connectivity. The hotel has had a good influx of business travelers over a period of four decades as reflected by its occupancy rates (OR) and average room revenue (ARR) resulting in steady stream of cash flows. Although the ORs were low in FY09 and FY10 (47%), the economic revival has pushed it back to higher levels. Savera reported an OR of 68% in the first half of FY11. We expect a similar rate for the full year.
Improving industry outlook a positive
With an improvement in the domestic economy, the hotel industry is back on track with a sharp rise in room demand. Industry sources expect room demand to grow by 13-15% over FY10-12. Moreover, even though there are supply concerns in the premium hotel segment there is not much supply coming in the mid-market business segment where Savera is positioned.
No immediate expansion plan
Apart from the plan to acquire a 30-room budget hotel at an estimated cost of Rs 60 mn (Rs 2 mn per room) in Bengaluru, Savera has no major expansion plans. It is focused on profitably running the Chennai hotel. While this would result in steady cash flows, we believe it would not result in any substantial value creation for shareholders in the long term.
PAT to grow at a two-year CAGR of ~50%; EPS to more than double
We expect Savera to post a PAT CAGR of 50% from Rs 25 mn in FY10 to Rs 57 mn in FY12 driven by revenue growth and margin expansion. Revenues are expected to increase at a two-year CAGR of 12% to Rs 442 mn in FY12 while net margins are expected to improve from 7.2% in FY10 to 11.3% in FY11 and to 12.9% in FY12. We expect EPS to increase from Rs 2.1 in FY10 to Rs 4.8 in FY12.
Valuation - the current market price has strong upside
We have valued Savera on an EV/adjusted room basis. We have given a multiple of Rs 4.5 mn on EV/adj.room which translates into a fair value of Rs 73 per share. We initiate coverage on Savera with a valuation grade of ‘5/5’, indicating that the market price has ‘strong upside’ from the current levels.

