initial valuation report
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initial valuation report
INITIAL VALUATION REPORT November 5th, 2014 Sector: Jewelry PHU NHUAN JEWELRY J.S.C (HSX: PNJ) Hoang Hieu Tri Senior Analyst Email: trihh@fpts.com.vn Tel: (84) - 86290 8686 - Ext : 7596 Current price Target price Rate of return Dividend yield 39.000 55.000 +41% 5,1% -18% Sell -7% Reduce 0% Neutral +7% Add +18% Buy BUY PNJ’s rate of return after being listed PNJ – THE FORGOTTEN “GOLDEN” STOCK 200% 190% 180% VNINDEX SUMMARY PNJ We initiate evaluate PNJ stock of Phu Nhuan Jewelry J.S.C (PNJ – HOSE). We believe that the current price of PNJ does not reflect completely the company’s growth prospect due to the lack of specialized information about PNJ’s business operation and the concern about the low liquidity of PNJ stock as well. However, we strongly believe that PNJ is one of the “must – have” stocks thanks to the leading position of PNJ in Viet Nam jewelry industry and the growth potential is quite large. Especially, the Circular No 22/2013-TT-BKHCN, which was valid on June 1st 2014, has been given an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to PNJ to acquire domestic market share and to reach out to other foreign markets with an ambition of becoming one of the biggest Asian jewelry companies. 160% 140% 120% 126% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Trading information Nov 4th 2014 Current price 39.000 52-week high (VND/share) 39.000 52-week low (VND/Share) 27.000 Listed share (Shares) 75.597.035 Outstanding shares (Shares) 75.597.035 3M Average trading volume 13.593 % current foreign ownership 49% Chartered Capital (VND bn) 756 Market Cap (VND bn) 2.948 Business Overview Name Phu Nhuan Jewelry J.S.C Address 170E Phan Dang Luu Street, Ward 3, Phu Nhuan District, HCMC Core revenue Fine gold (bar), gold and silver jewelry, oil and gas (ended since 4Q2014) Main cost Raw gold and silver materials, gems, gemstones, diamonds Competitive Advantage Main risk Biggest player in Vietnam jewelry industry, huge store chain Lost some key persons in design team and manufacturing team to competitors Shareholders Ms. Cao Thi Ngọc Dung (chairwomen and CEO) Vietnam Azalea Fund Limited (Mekong Capital) Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited (Dragon Capital) Route One Investment Company Rate (%) 10,14% 6,57% 5,04% Using FCFF valuation method, we expect that the fair value for PNJ stock in the end of 2014 will be at VND48.700 per share and VND55.000 per share in the end of 2015. Based on these two targets, we recommend a BUY position for PNJ stock in short-term, mid-term and long-term. PNJ is the biggest player in Viet Nam jewelry market with the production ability 8 times higher than the one of next follower. Moreover, PNJ also owns 70% of Viet Nam jewelry artisan (higher level than jeweler) and takes more than 5% total market share. The new policy (known as Circular No 22/2013-BKHCN, which was valid on June 1 2014) may help PNJ to dominate jewelry market which is highly fragmented. According to this circular, all jewelry manufacturers have to stamp the purity of gold on each gold jewelry to terminate the cheating business in gold jewelry market in all over Viet Nam. We expect that net revenue 2014 of PNJ will reach VND8.328 bn (-6,6 yoy) due to the downtrend of global gold price, however, net profit 2014 of PNJ will reach VND261 bn (+55% yoy) thanks to the increasing of retail business in both gold segment and silver segment and the unusual profit more than VND36 bn from the transfer SFC. Net revenue 2015 is expected to decrease 5% compared to 2014 given that PNJ will no longer consolidate SFC result in their consolidated financial statement, however, we HSX: PNJ Deutsche Bank AG & Deutsche Asset Management (Asia) Ltd 4,83% VOF Investment Limited (VinaCapital) 3,94% Other internal shareholders 3,9% Other local shareholders >30% Other foreign shareholders <10% Main competitors expect that net profit 2015 of PNJ will reach VND319 bn (+21% yoy). The growth potential of Viet Nam jewelry market is quite large. In 16 years from 1997 to 2013, Viet Nam has imported more than 326 tonnes of gold jewelry and more than 890 tonnes of gold bar that cost around $48 bn. The annual demand of gold product is about 19 tonnes of gold jewelry and 52 tonnes of gold bar. Doji Jewelry Corporation (Doji) PNJ has recently adjusted their sale policies with several added (unclear information) incentive terms to increase their market share. Customers may reimburse PNJ jewelries (excluding silver jewelries) and will be refund at least 70% of the invoice at any time after purchasing. For some special products, the refund rate may be at 90% to 98% of the invoice. Compared to the refund ate of other competitors that is at most 70% of the invoice, we believe that this is ambitious move of PNJ to acquire more market share from all other competitors thanks to their financial strength and their huge sales network. (More details). Sai Gon Jewelry Company Limited (SJC) (unclear information) Bao Tin Minh Chau Jewelry and Gemstone Co.Ltd (unclear information) Sacombank Jewelry (SBJ) PNJ has been the only listed jewelry company in Viet Nam. PNJ’s foreign ownership has been always full with the presence of almost foreign financial institutions in Viet Nam as Dragon Capital, VinaCapital, Mekong Capital, Vietnam Holdings… However, the liquidity of PNJ stock is quite low given that the stock price is not fluctuated significantly for a long time and the ownership is quite solid (internal shareholders own more than 40% of share capital). Table 1: Financial statistics and forecast for 2013 – 2022 Indicator Net Income Unit 2013 2014F 2015F 2016F 2018F 2020F 2022F VND bn 8.914 8.328 7.941 9.006 11.715 15.337 20.035 Gross profit VND bn 670 773 917 1.139 1.717 2.501 3.526 NPAT VND bn 163 264 319 400 575 782 1.005 EPS VND 2.153 3.496 4.225 5.288 7.605 10.351 13.300 DPS VND 1.238 2.011 2.430 3.042 4.374 5.953 7.649 DPS/EPS % 58% 58% 58% 58% 58% 58% 58% Income growth rate % 33% -7% -5% 13% 14% 14% 14% GP growth rate % 12% 15% 19% 24% 22% 20% 18% NPAT growth rate % -36% 62% 21% 25% 19% 16% 13% Net profit margin % 8% 9% 12% 13% 15% 16% 18% ROE % 12% 19% 21% 24% 27% 29% 29% ROA % 6% 8% 9% 11% 13% 15% 16% P/E times 17,5 10,8 8,9 7,1 5,0 3,6 2,8 P/B times 2,3 2,1 1,9 1,7 1,4 1,0 0,8 Source: FPTS www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 2 HSX: PNJ Investment Risks The biggest risk of PNJ is the loss of key designers and key jewelry artisans to their competitors as Doji or SJC. However, we believe that PNJ has well controlled this risk (See more details). Risk of input raw material volatility (gold and silver) Wholesale channel: almost gold raw material is supplied by PNJ’s customers, PNJ only gains from outsourcing fee, thus, PNJ can avoid the risk of gold price volatility. Retail channel: PNJ use an amount of 5% on their gross profit margin to hedge the volatility of gold price. More precisely, if the gold price change in the frame of +/- 5%, PNJ will not adjust their retail price to reassure their customers. If the gold price change out of the frame above, PNJ will adjust flexibly their retail price according to the level of volatility. Risk of safety of retail stores: Due to the characteristic of jewelry products that have small size but high value, PNJ has applied these policies below to ensure the safety for all their retail stores: Each PNJ store in any commercial shopping center has a mechanical safe which is used in bank and has the highest safety level with the average price 3 times higher than other normal safes. In the end of each day, all units have to follow the rule “minimum inventory” and all jewelry products have to be secured in these mechanical safes. For each retail stores, PNJ setup a “safe storage” which is also a mechanical safe using in bank. This “safe storage” is built fixed to the structure of the building that do not allow anyone to displace or to move. All retail stores have the security camera system. If any illegal penetration is detected, this system will alert the police, the security department of PNJ and even some key leader in BOD. Moreover, all jewelry products secured in safe of PNJ are insured. th On October 15 2014, a group of thieves broke into Maximax Cong Hoa supermarket and tried to break the safe of several jewelry stores and banks. Although some companies lost their assets, PNJ had no damage in this event given that these thieves could not break PNJ’s safe (reference link [VIE]) Risk of low liquidity of PNJ stock: According to FPTS research, the average trading volume of PNJ stock, after being adjusted through stock split and bonus shares, is more than 46.000 share per trading day. The main reason of this situation is the solid ownership of PNJ, in which internal shareholders hold more than 40% capital share, foreign investors hold 49% capital share and external shareholders only hold 11% capital share. www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 3 HSX: PNJ VALUATION BY FCFF METHOD AND P/E METHOD LONG TERM VALUATION USING FCFF METHOD DCF ASSUMPTION Value VALUATION SYNTHESIS WACC 2014 10,8% Assumption duration 22% Corporate tax rate (*) unit: VND bn 9 years 4.269 Total present value of cash flow Cost of equity 15,0% (+) Cash & ST investments Risk free (**) 8,7% (-) Short & Long term debt 1.133 Risk premium 9,3% Enterprise value 6.190 0,88 Minority interest 241 Beta coefficient (***) CAGR 788 12,0% Equity less minority interest 3,0% Outstanding shares (million) Terminal growth rate Price discounted to present 3.683 76 48.717 (*) Tax rate 22% for 2014 and 2015, 20% from 2016 onwards Cost of equity 11,0% (**) Risk free using 10 years government bond yield Dividend yield 3,9% (***) Beta coefficient is the average of others jewelry companies in the world Target price for 2015 54.896 Period Market price on Nov 04th 2014 End of 2014 (on Dec 31th 2014) End of 2015 (on Dec 31th 2015) Target price 39.000 48.700 55.000 Rate of return 25% 41% REFERENCE VALUATION IN SHORT TERM USING COMPARISON METHODS Market Cap. (VND bn) Bloomberg code Company PNJ VN Equity Phu Nhuan Jewelry J.S.C PNDORA DC Equity Pandora A/S 600612 CH Equity Lao Feng Xiang Co Ltd Market price Nov 4th /2014 (VND) P/E 2.948 39.000 13,5 226.198 1.769.471 23,3 45.009 102.748 P/E discounted Net sales 12T (VND bn) 3 years sales growth ROE 2013 10.017 0,2% 17,4% 15,7 39.221 11,7% 45,4% 9,4 6,6 111.138 32,6% 29,4% 1929 HK Equity Chow Tai Fook 288.975 28.941 14,8 10,3 210.218 32,6% 20,7% CFRUY US Equity Cie Financiere Richmont SA 994.858 173.260 18,0 12,1 300.771 16,0% 18,7% SIG LN Equity SIGNET JEWELERS LTD 202.695 2.532.910 24,0 16,3 97.519 7,0% 14,4% MC FP Equity LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton 1.786.549 3.526.282 20,0 15,3 844.149 13,0% 12,7% TIF US Equity Tiffany & Co 259.261 2.008.027 22,5 15,1 89.015 9,5% 8,5% PRANDA TB Equity Pranda Jewelry 1.691 4.137 15,7 12,2 2.318 -3,2% 6,2% 7937 JP Equity Tsutsumi Jewelry 9.937 495.148 26,5 19,8 5.138 2,5% 2,7% GITG IN Equity Gitanjali Gems 1.991 20.363 16,1 15,0 43.392 13,5% 0,9% 18,6 13,6 Average EPS 2014 (F) P/E PNJ target price 3.496 VND per share 11,6 12,6 13,6 14,6 15,6 40.679 44.176 47.672 51.168 54.664 The average PER of other major jewelry companies in the world is 13,6 after being discounted using country risk discount method. Based on this result, the fair value for PNJ stock is expected VND47.000 per share. www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 4 HSX: PNJ BUSINESS OPERATION OVERVIEW The unique position of PNJ in Viet Nam jewelry industry PNJ was rated as the 3rd largest jewelry manufacturer in the world by production capacity by Plimsoll, an individual UK organization. In 2012, PNJ inaugurated their new jewelry factory in HCMC that is still the biggest one in Viet Nam until now. The current production capacity of this factory is more than 4 billion units (8 times higher than the one of SJC – the 2nd largest jewelry manufacturer in Viet Nam). Besides, PNJ was the 3rd biggest retailer in Viet Nam (after Saigon Co.op supermarket and NguyenKim electronic appliance) before downgrading to the 6th position after BigC supermarket, SJC and Mobile World. PNJ is the only listed jewelry company in Viet Nam and is also the biggest outsourcing jewelry manufacturer for several other jewelry and gemstone companies in Viet Nam. Main product segments Main competitors of PNJ Gold bar, gold jewelry, silver jewelry, accessories, watch, gemstone and diamond inspection service. Company No 1 Doji Jewelry Corporation 2 Sai Gon Jewelry Company Limited (SJC) 3 Bao Tin Minh Chau Jewelry and Gemstone Co.Ltd 4 Viet Nam Agribank Gold Corporation J.S.C 5 Viet Nam Gold Investment and Trading Corporation 6 Kim Ngoc Phu Co.Ltd 7 Mi Hong Co.Ltd 8 Ngoc Hai Gemstone and Jewelry Co.Ltd 9 Ngoc Tham Gemstone and Jewelry Co.Ltd 11 Phuc Thanh Jewelry Co.Ltd 12 Phuong Nam Jewelry Commercial Corporation 13 Sacombank Jewelry (SBJ) 14 Phu Quy Gemstone and Jewelry 15 Vietinbank Gold and Jewelry Source: FPTS Gold bar trading (brand name SJC): This segment does not contribute significantly to PNJ result due to the low gross profit margin (GPM rate at 0,02%, which means gross profit of selling each VND35 mn gold bar is only VND70.000). However, PNJ continue to maintain this business segment given that trading gold bar is a basic demand of Vietnamese and customers may be interested in other PNJ’s products as jewelry, watch, accessories… after purchasing gold bar. Wholesale gold and silver jewelry: Main customers of PNJ in this segment is other jewelry companies in all over Viet Nam that do not have the ability of mass production jewelry products. These outsourcing products do not coincident with PNJ current product portfolio and have the lower sophistication, lower target market segment than PNJ jewelries. According to our research, at least 5 companies on the left table (including some jewelry companies owned by banks) are wholesale customers of PNJ for a long time. Besides, to develop this segment in higher level, PNJ is aiming to the new target wholesale customers, which are companies that have the demand of using bulk jewelries with stamped logo company as gift. Retail jewelry: This is the main segment that contributes greatest proportion in PNJ net profit each year with highest growth rate, including 03 main brand names that aim to 03 market segments as below: www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 5 HSX: PNJ However, the proportion of CAO Fine Jewelry is quite small (1% total revenue) given that the luxury market in Viet Nam is not developed yet to boom phase like Chinese market. PNJ Gold: Aim to the customer segment from 25 to 45 years old that their income and consumption budget are from the medium level upward. PNJ Silver: Aim to the young customers from 15 to 25 years old that love the new fashion and want to show up their ego. CAO Fine Jewelry: Aim to the luxury customer segment as high income customers, overseas Vietnamese, tourists… who always ready to spend more money for luxury jewelries Export jewelry: PNJ is the only jewelry exporter in Viet Nam. Thanks to the ability of jewelry mass production that meet high requirements of overseas customers, the export segment of PNJ is growing stably and mostly aims to some main market as Germany, US, Denmark… Manufacture and sell fashionable accessories, retail brand watch: These two segments take a small proportion in PNJ’s revenue structure and are not the main competitive advantage of PNJ. However, in long-term, given that the prospect for these two segments is quite large, PNJ still maintain their business activities to wait until their “uptrend period”. The certification ISO 17205 is issued by ISO (International Organization Standardization) for the inspection companies that have the ability to test, to inspect and to issue trusted technical certification. Therefore, PNJ’s gemstone certification is accepted in all over the world. Gemstone inspection service: PNJ was the first Vietnamese jewelry company that had the certification ISO 17025. Besides, PNJ is currently applying the classification and inspection standards equivalent to those of GIA (Gemological Institution of America – the leading gemstone inspection organization in the world). Chart 1: Stats of net revenue and profit of PNJ (parent company) in the period of 1989 - 2013 20.000 300 Net revenue and net profit increased strongly between 2008 and 2012 thanks to the uptrend of gold price, then turned back sharply after the downtrend of gold price and the intervention of the State Bank of Vietnam, in which they took the monopoly role in gold market 18.000 16.000 14.000 17.335 250 13.007 200 12.000 9.625 10.000 8.000 Net revenue 7.604 Net profit 6.428 6.000 4.000 2.000 1.801 … 1.254 871 724 447 71 217 142 198 131 257 213 347 183 203 218 377 100 3.501 2.233 - 50 - (*) See more details about the historical price of gold by various currency (USD, VND and CNY) and the correlation between these factors and PNJ’s operating result during years at Appendix 2 (Click here) www.fpts.com.vn 150 Source: PNJ, FPTS Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 6 HSX: PNJ Value chain of PNJ business activities Raw material Retail Design Distribution 1. Input raw materials: Input raw materials of PNJ are mostly raw gold, raw silver and finished gemstone and diamond. The main characteristic of these raw materials is the high frequency of price volatility that causes many risks to those companies that do not have an effective raw material price control method. To minimize the negative effect of raw material price volatility, PNJ is applying these policies below: Manufacture Raw materials Origin Supplier Gold material Viet Nam Local customers Local suppliers Silver material Belgium Viet Nam Metalor Other Gold bar Viet Nam Local customers Hong Kong RMC Thailand Creative Gems (BKK) Hong Kong Yakubov Hong Kong Forte Belgium Fischler Viet Nam Local customers Gemstones Diamond For raw gold material: Due to the restricted import gold policy of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV), the main raw material source of PNJ is come from the procurement from local customers or from local suppliers that collect raw material from various sources. These raw gold materials are separated into 2 groups: SJC group (gold bar with brand name SJC that the commercial price is unified in all over Viet Nam and is adjusted exclusively by SBV) is used for gold trading activities; non-SJC group or unbranded gold bar are bought with the price of fine gold (99,99%) that is lower significantly than the SJC gold (~15%) and nearly equal to the international price. The second group is currently main raw material for gold jewelry of PNJ thanks to its low cost. According to our research, the supplying source for this kind of gold material in Viet Nam is quite large, thus, the risk of lacking raw gold material of PNJ is negligible. For silver raw material: Given that the import activities of this material is not restricted, PNJ has imported raw silver material from some Belgium suppliers. According to Mr. Le Hung Dung, chairman of Saigon Jewelry Company Limited (SJC), total domestic gold of Viet Nam is estimated at 500 tonnes (reference link [VIE]). According to FPTS research, total imported gold in Viet Nam in the last 16 years reached 1.200 tonnes (more details). Therefore, we believe that the domestic gold supplying ability is quite enough for local manufacturers, given the fact that PNJ’s annual raw gold demand has been around 4,8 tonnes that scored 9% of total imported raw gold material each year. For gemstones: These materials are mainly imported from Thailand and Hong Kong given that these two countries have the technology and experience of grinding gemstone that Viet Nam do not have. Diamond: PNJ has imported diamond from various sources that are inspected strictly by experienced experts of PNJ. Commonly, risk of supplying source for raw material and risk of price volatility are negligible given that PNJ can flexibly transfer these risks to customers by adjusting their product price tolerably (See more details about investment risk). 2. Research, design and develop products (R&D): This is one of the most important stage in PNJ business operation, which affect directly to the position, reputation and brand recognition of PNJ. PNJ have a R&D department where designers create new jewelry products following new fashion trend. There are more than 50 persons in this department, including about 20 “core persons” (4 senior experts), that follow the specialized process below: www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 7 HSX: PNJ Designing processes: 1. 2. 3. Hand-sketching. Using specialized software to complement handsketching and to create 3D model (using Cad-cam modelling – one of the most popular design method thanks to its accuracy and efficiency). Some popular specialized software are Jewel CAD, Rhinoceros (Rhino) and Matrix. The prototype after being approved by the R&D committee and the product committee will transfer to the product department and sales department that decide the production scale based on the market demand and the marketing strategy of PNJ. Plan in advance the design project for the next following years. Annually host “PNJ jewelry design contest” in all over Viet Nam to find potential designer.. Scholarship funding for potential students in design faculty of famous universities to attract these talents after graduation. Take part in local and international jewelry exhibition and contest to catch up new fashion trend and to “brain storm” for new creative ideas. Discuss with product department and sales department using analyzed data about market demand, design, style… to identify the current trend and build up the new products R&D project. The prototype of new products has to pass several inspection test before being approved by product committee (PC) and launched to mass production. The main risk in this stage is the probability of losing key designers to other competitors. Another noticeable risk is the ability of catching up new fashion trend of PNJ’s designers. According to our research, the renovation rate in this department is low, about 4% (2 – 3 persons each year that are almost enforcement person while the renovation rate of designer and creator is negligible). 3. Production of PNJ that includes technology factor and human factor: All production processed of PNJ follow the “Resin molding technology”. The crude embryos, after being created using the “Resin molding” process, will be transfer to the jeweler to be attached gemstones, polished, honed, metal plated… all these above processes are crafted manually and are totally depended on the craftsmanship and experience of jeweler to become perfect. According to our research, the luxury level and price of jewelry is highly correspondent with the need of manual processes and the craftsmanship level of jeweler. One of the most important characteristic of jewelry industry is the loss amount of raw material (gold and silver powder) during production has a remarkable value. Thus, jewelry manufacturer must have the technology and recovering procedure to collect these loss amounts and to reallocate them to the COGS. More precisely, PNJ use nearly 5 tonnes of gold each year, the loss rate of raw material is nearly 1%, that means the loss amount of gold raw material is about 50kg (which cost VND44 bn). Thanks to the deep investment in the high-end production line and the modern recovering technology (through the air filter and the specialized processes applied for the jewelers), PNJ have minimized the loss rate and have recovered almost their loss materials. However, excluding PNJ, the problem above is truly a threat for other jewelry manufacturers due to their low internal forces in finance and experience. www.fpts.com.vn Technology and production ability factor: In Dec 2012, PNJ inaugurated their new jewelry factory, which is the biggest one in Viet Nam, at Go Vap district (HCMC) with total area of 3.500 m 2, including 6 stages divided to 30 production groups. Total current production capacity of this factory is 4 million units per year and is 8 times higher than the production capacity of the 2nd biggest jewelry manufacturer in Viet Nam (known as SJC with total capacity around 500.000 unit per year, this factory was inaugurated in May 2015). Almost main equipment in this new factory are imported from Germany and Italia, two leading countries in mechanical industry and jewelry industry in the world, respectively. PNJ has only run 50% of their capacity by mechanical aspect (equal to 4 million unit per year), but more than 90% capacity of current human resource. Therefore, we believe that the unexploited capacity of this factory is enough for PNJ production demand from now on to 2022 and the capital expenditure demand in this period is not remarkable Human factor: is mostly concerned with the jewelers. Due to the specific characteristic of jewelry industry, the craftsmanship of jeweler is the most important factor than affect totally to the quality, the perfection of jewelry and even the reputation and position of jewelry company in the industry (See more details about jewelry career tree [VIE]). As a leading company in jewelry industry, almost Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 8 HSX: PNJ “Jewelers are the person who directly make various kind of jewelry as ring, earring, bangle, necklet, medal… using precious metal as gold, silver, platinum, bronze following the available design model. Each jeweler is in charge one of numerous processes in whole jewelry production as: honing and assembling jewelry parts together, attaching gemstones in an assembled jewelry or cutting, grinding and polishing gemstones. High-level jeweler, aka jewelry expert, is classified as “jewelry artisan” who cannot only do many processes professionally but also may create new designs and may satisfy many difficult requirement of customers. They can disassembly many kind of jewelries (gold, silver, gemstones…) into many individual parts before adjusting and re-assembling them into a new perfect jewelry. Moreover, they can engrave many kind of motifs and patterns in jewelry to increase its sophistication and perfection.” Source: nghekimhoan.wordpress.com Net revenue by region of PNJ Gold Southeast (including HCMC) 77% North of Viet Nam 7% Mekong River Delta 8% Central of Viet Nam 8% Source: PNJ, FPTS Net revenue by region of PNJ Silver Southeast (including HCMC) 63% North of Viet Nam 23% Mekong River Delta 7% Central of Viet Nam 7% PNJ’s jewelers are freshmen and are trained from beginning. PNJ always follow-up these jewelers to detect the excellent ones to enhance their craftsmanship through advanced training courses and also increase their remuneration to ensure their dedication for the company. Currently, PNJ have 800 jewelers with the annual renovation rate around 10%. Among these jewelers, more than 160 senior ones are classified as “jewelry artisan” that is equal to 70% of total “jewelry artisan” of Viet Nam. Losing high-level employees (especially jewelry artisan) to other competitors is a regular risk of PNJ during years. To minimize this risk, PNJ has applied two main methods, which are the remuneration policy corresponding with the level and experience (including ESOP policy) and the corporate culture policy that help to tighten the relationship between employee and the company. We admit that PNJ is well controlling this risk. 4. Distribution: a) Distributing wholesale jewelry: wholesale customers will receive directly their products at PNJ or PNJ will transport to them under the protection of police. b) Distributing to internal sales network: Currently, PNJ have 4 main depots at HCMC, Can Tho city, Da Nang city and Ha Noi city with the highest level of security given that inventories on these depot have small size but quite high value. To transport jewelry in long distance to Da Nang depot or to Ha Noi depot, PNJ have a specialized transporter team using airway and dedicated cars under the protection of police. The distributing activities of PNJ is executed weekly to ensure the continuity of product flow in all over Viet Nam. 5. Retail: As of the end of 3Q2014, PNJ had 175 retail stores (gold and silver jewelry, gemstone…) with two main brain name as PNJ Gold and PNJ Silver. The number of retail store is expected to increase to 300 in 2017. In the past, PNJ developed parallel their retail stores and their shopping mall stores that aim to various customer segments. However, after strictly reconsidering the effectiveness using Value Partner’s advices, PNJ has adjusted the target segment for each store to focus to the real potential customer in each selling point; the selling effectiveness was changed to the “sales per square” method as well. PNJ’s stores are classified by 3 main types: PNJ has maintained two price policies as: Indicated price: Indicate by PNJ and is included: Crafting fee + design + profit + raw material (gold/silver…) price. This group of price takes more than 90% of total revenue and is popular in retail channel. Basic price by “raw material price + crafting fee”: This group takes a small proportion in PNJ’s total revenue and is commonly used in wholesale channel. www.fpts.com.vn Type 1: Total capital expenditure and inventories value are about VND12 – 14 bn Type 2: Total capital expenditure and inventories value are about VND8 bn Type 3: Total capital expenditure and inventories value are about VND6 bn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 9 HSX: PNJ For the customers who want to reimburse their products, PNJ have applied the most attractive refund policy in Viet Nam jewelry market (more details [VIE]) with some key points as below: Discount 5 – 10% value on bill within 3 days. Discount at most 30% value on bill with no time limited. Discount 2 – 7% value on bill for diamonds. Discount 20% value of jewelry coat. No imbursement for silver jewelry due to the high chemical sensitive (denaturation) of this metal. All processes in inventory management and selling activities are executed through the ERP system named Xman with two associated modules. Therefore, PNJ’s leaders and other departments can access real-time to the operating result of each store that help to optimize the management effectiveness and risk controlling. Moreover, this ERP system can also support for the promotional programs, sales campaigns, sales-off strategy of PNJ. Details about the ERP system of PNJ Management processes of the ERP Xman system The ERP system of PNJ named Xman (eXtra Management) is developed based on the 3-tier client/server architecture. More precisely, the end user interface (used for PNJ’s departments and even for the board of director) is totally based on web platform. End users may use this software through usual web browser without any installation. This system can ensure the highest secure level by using the right decentralization system and the ability of load balancing (which ensures the stability and minimize the overload situation of whole system) and the high accuracy by using uniformly in the overall internal system. According to our research, this ERP system is a unique one in Viet Nam jewelry industry given that it can connect and synchronize all modules of production processes with the modules of distribution and retail; therefore, it helps PNJ to minimize the ineffective median cost. Main competitors Retail network of PNJ Comparing by production capacity, market share and internal forces, PNJ have 3 main competitors as Sai Gon Jewelry Company Limited (SJC), Doji Jewelry Corporation (Doji) and Bao Tin Minh Chau Jewelry and Gemstone Co. Ltd (BTMC). At Hanoi market, which is the biggest market in the North of Viet Nam, PNJ have currently hold the 2nd position after BTMC and before Doji. According to our research, jewelries of BTMC have the traditional and classical style that meet the demand of North customers who hesitate to change their consumption habit. Therefore, BTMC still hold the leading position in Hanoi market. However, considering the ability of production, human resource, design quality, product diversity…, BTMC is still the follower of PNJ. In the rest regions, PNJ hold the leading position above Doji and SJC. According to our estimation, the current production capacity of PNJ is 4 times higher than the total capacity of both SJC and Doji. More over, we find that in the recent 2 years, at some key selling points of PNJ (that are deeply researched about customer’s demand, traffic density, and consumption taste…), Doji rooted their Source: PNJ www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 10 HSX: PNJ new stores to save market research expenses. We expect that this emergence of Doji near PNJ’s stores will create a specialized jewelry shopping town follow the philosophy “Birds of a feather flock together” that help to form jewelry consumption habit of customers. We believe that this circumstance is a positive factor for both PNJ and Doji given that the demand of professional and reputable jewelry selling points is increasing remarkably in Viet Nam. According to Mr. Huynh Trung Chanh, vice president of Viet Nam Gold Traders Association, major jewelry companies have only taken about 20% of market share, the rest 80% of market share is belong to the minor jewelry manufacturers (almost small household companies) and the common market share is strongly fragmented for years. According to PNJ’s estimation, they have achieved around 25% of 20% total market share above, that means their real market share is about 5% and they are currently the biggest market share holder in Viet Nam. Therefore, we believe that growth potential for PNJ is quite large. The Circular No. 22, the turning point of Viet Nam jewelry market and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for PNJ Summary of the Circular 22/2013/TT-BKHCN which was valid on June 1st 2014 Any balance used to identify gold purity in jewelry have to be certificated and lead sealed by the provincial Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality before using in commercial business. All jewelry manufacturers and retailers have to declare transparency all technical parameters of gold jewelry as the gold purity (age of gold), sort of products, information of gemstone, other metals or materials attached with the jewelry… following the national standards. Each gold jewelry must have to be stamped the purity of gold, the serial of product and do not have any chemical toxic before purchasing in commercial market. If any jewelry manufacturer or retailer cannot meet the requirements of the Circular No 22, they can be revoked business license from 01 to 06 months and will be punished by a fine of 5 times value of the qualityviolated product or a fine of VND2 bn for metrology violation. Domestic jewelry market situation before appearance of the Circular 22: Almost customers are cheated in purchasing jewelry at the small jewelry stores given that real gold purity in their products is significantly lower than the listed declaration of manufacturers. www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 11 HSX: PNJ The processes of cheating gold purity in jewelry of small and household jewelry manufacturers are as bellow: According to the Saigon Jewelry Association (SJA), almost small and household jewelry manufacturers and retailers by gold jewelries with the purity of gold at 65% from some major manufacturers (that the specific terms is “Chanh” in Vietnamese or also known as wholesale manufacturer – PNJ is the biggest “chanh” in HCMC and in Viet Nam as well). The real purity of gold in these products is usually 61% while the retailer sell them with the price of 67% gold product. 1. The international standard purity of gold in 18k gold is 75%, however, the cheaters above have decreased this rate down to 65% - 68% (equivalent to 16k gold – 17k gold), some others dared to reduce to 54% - 60% (equivalent to 13k gold and 14k gold) even though they still stamped the mark of 18k gold on their products. 2. They can self-produce the counterfeit product above or outsource to other major manufacturers (known as “Chanh” in Vietnamese). 3. Sell these counterfeit products as 18k gold price (in fact they are only 13k – 14k – 15k -16k gold) and enjoy a premium amount by cheating gold purity. There are two ways of cheating as: a) Cheating in production by combining other metals with gold; b) Cheating in measuring gold purity by using adjusted measure devices. 4. To compete and survive in jewelry market, these cheaters offer a quite low crafting fee than the major prestigious manufacturers as PNJ, SJC, Doji… given that they still ensure their profits by cheating gold purity. The cheating situation above happens popularly in all over Viet Nam due to 02 main reasons: The jewelry manufacturers get benefits above the lack of knowledge of customers and the lack of associated legislation and the lack of effectiveness of sanctions. Given that the small and household jewelry manufacturers have used the old production technology in a small scale, they have met many difficulties in recovering loss raw materials in production (gold, silver and platinum powder) to reallocate in their COGS. Therefore, these manufacturers choose the cheating gold purity method and transfer the risk to their customers, instead of transfer these loss amounts to the commercial price, that certainly makes their price higher than the similar products of major manufacturers. Commonly, due to the cheating business above, customers who want to reimburse their counterfeit jewelry products (that they do not even realize) have to come back exactly to their purchasing store to enjoy the best refund price with the discount rate at least 30% upwards, this is also called as the “sell your jewelry at where you buy it” situation. Thus, before appearance of the Circular 22, customers have to suffer all risks in purchasing gold jewelry from small and household jewelry manufacturers. www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 12 HSX: PNJ Domestic jewelry market situation after appearance of the Circular 22: According to the Saigon Jewelry Association (SJA), from the validation of the Circular 22 up to now, more than 50% of 3.000 members of SJA in HCMC had to postpone their business given that these members do not have any effective method to handle their counterfeit jewelry inventory. They cannot continue their productions due to low competitive ability with the similar products of major manufacturers as PNJ, Doji… according to Circular No 22, they cannot melt and re-purify all their gold products as well due to the high-related expenses. In the other side, major manufacturers as PNJ, SJC, and Doji are enjoying numerous benefits from the Circular 22. Especially, PNJ is the most supported player in Viet Nam market thanks to their biggest market share and outstanding production scale compared with their two main competitors. We strongly believe that 2H2014 will be the “warm-up” period of the Circular No 22 for small and household manufacturers to solve their remaining problems, to learn and to adapt with this new policy (that was issued on Sept 26 th 2014). From 2015 onwards, the related government agencies will tighten their inspection and monitoring activities in jewelry market to ensure the rational benefit of customers. Therefore, we expect that major players as PNJ, SJC and Doji will acquire the current fragmented market share and the market will remove the cheating players, one by one. Viet Nam jewelry industry growth potential and PNJ’s prospect Jewelry consumption per capita in some countries in 2009 260 US 214 EU 97 Hong Kong 81 Japan Worldwide 43 Viet Nam (in 2012) 39 Ma Cao 36 According to Mr. Cao Xuan Lanh, deputy CEO of SJC, the gold jewelry demand in Viet Nam is quite large with the average growth rate of 20 – 25% per year, in a circumstance that Viet Nam is the 7th biggest gold consumer (including gold bar, coin and gold jewelry) in the world. In 2013, Viet Nam imported more than 92 tonnes of gold that cost $4,2 bn, and the demand was just lower than China, India, US, Turkey, Thailand and Germany (See more details). 19 China 0 100 200 300 Source: FPTS, Frost & Sullivan www.fpts.com.vn According to Doji’s estimation in 2012 by collecting and analyzing data of World Gold Council, the total jewelry spent of Vietnamese has been $3,5 bn per year ( source [VIE]). Thus, the jewelry spent per capita of Viet Nam has been around $39,4 (~ VND836.000). This consumption rate was lower than the global rate at $43 researched in 2009, given that Viet Nam has been one of the top 20 gold jewelry consumers in the world for years (the 2nd biggest gold consumer in ASEAN, after Indonesia). Noticeably, among the top gold importers in the world, the proportion of gold jewelry in total imported gold of Viet Nam is just Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 13 HSX: PNJ Gold jewelry consumption per capita by total imported value (USD) UAE Hong Kong Other Gulf Saudi Arabia Greater China Russia China India Egypt USA UK Taiwan Italy World total South Korea Indonesia Japan Vietnam Turkey Thailand 303 Source: FPTS, WGC 13%, which is one of the lowest rate (excluding Thailand, Germany and Switzerland given that these countries have imported raw gold just only for their production industries). Compared this rate with the similar countries that have the tradition of gold jewelry consumption as India (62%), China (63%), US (63%), Turkey (42%), UAE (81%), Russia (100%), Arab Saudi (76%), the rate of 13% of Viet Nam proves two main characteristic of Viet Nam jewelry market as bellow: 22 14 6 0 200 Considering the value of gold imported in 2013, the gold jewelry imported spent per capita of Vietnamese people was only $6,2, that was lower than the global average rate of $14 and was quite lower than the spent amount of $39 for jewelry in common that we estimate. This comparison proves that almost purchased jewelries in Viet Nam are produced domestically. The domestic raw gold material demand for jewelry production is quite large, even when the State Bank of Viet Nam has taken the monopoly control in gold bar market. The gold accumulation demand of Vietnamese people is still high to avoid and minimize the negative effect of inflation risk and policy volatility risk. Based on the analysis above, we highly appreciate the probability of switching consumption demand from gold bar to gold jewelry and jewelry in common, in a circumstance that the macroeconomic of Viet Nam and the correlation between USD and VND are becoming stable, and the income per capita of Vietnamese people is increasing significantly. Considering the potential growth of Viet Nam jewelry industry above, after taking the leading position in Viet Nam market, PNJ have an ambition to compete fairly with other leading Asian jewelry corporation in domestic market in the future. These giant players are expected to deep penetrate in Viet Nam market following the WTO and AFTA commitment, in which Viet Nam has to open the domestic jewelry market since 2015 and decrease the import tax rate down to 0% since 2018. To realize this ambition, in 2011, PNJ signed a consulting contract with Value Partners Management Consulting (Italia). This consulter inspected all business, management activities, strategy of PNJ and even the growth potential of Viet Nam jewelry market. Using the stats of Value Partner and their overall restructuring strategies, PNJ have expected that the CAGR of their core business in jewelry segment (excluding gold trading, oil and gas trading) will be at 20% per year in the period of 2012 – 2022. We believe that the expectation above of growing 20% per year in core business is quite feasible by comparing with the growth rate of some similar jewelry corporations in other similar markets as China, India, and Indonesia (See more details about these companies). www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 14 HSX: PNJ FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD OF 2014 – 2022 Revenue and gross profit Before 2007, net revenue and profit of PNJ increased at an average rate of 21% and 27% per year since their establishment in 1988, respectively. After 2007, when the global gold price begin its uptrend, PNJ’s revenue increased impressively at an average rate of 67% each year in the period of 2007 – 2011 thanks to their gold trading business. However, given that the profit of PNJ has mainly come from the jewelry segment, the growth rate of their net profit has increased at a stable average rate of 21% each year. For the period of 2014 – 2022, we expect that net revenue of PNJ will increase 11,6% each year, net profit after tax of parent company will increase 18,2% each year. Excluding the fiscal year 2014 with the abnormal profit from transferring SFC (a subsidiary company), the net profit of PNJ is expected to increase 17,8% each year in the period of 2015 – 2018. Besides, excluding the business result in 2014 and 2015 due to the removal of SFC’s result out of the consolidated result, the CAGR of PNJ’s revenue is expected at 14,3%. Chart 2: Net revenue and Net profit after tax forecasted for the period of 2007 – 2022 VND Thousand billion 23 200% 20 18 15 14 13 150% 18 18 100% 13 10 9 9 7 8 8 12 10 50% 8 0% 4 3 2 0,1 0,1 0,2 0,2 0,3 0,3 0,2 0,3 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0 -50% (2) -100% Net revenue Net profit Revenue growth rate Net profit growth rate Source: FPTS, PNJ Gold and silver products group: This major group is contained in 3 subgroups as: Gold trading bar, gold jewelry and silver jewelry. This group has mainly contributed in net revenue and gross profit of PNJ during years, at 91% of total revenue and 87% of gross profit in the period of 2007 – 2013. Details about each group are as bellow: Gold bar trading group: This is one of the basic businesses of PNJ since their establishment. Before the www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 15 HSX: PNJ validation of the Decision No 24/ND-CP, PNJ purchased their own gold bar brand as “Phoenix gold bar PNJ – DongA Bank”. Gross profit margin of this product segment was around 1%. However, after the validation of the Decision No 24/ND-CP since 2012, PNJ had to stop purchasing their own gold bar and to switch to the national gold bar named “SJC gold bar” which was monopoly controlled by the State Bank of Viet Nam. Consequently, gross profit margin of this group decreased to 0,2%. The proportion of this group in total revenue of PNJ, that reached the peak of 48% in 2011 when global gold price scored the highest result in history at $1.700 per ounce, was about 36% in the period of 2008 – 2013. However, for the period of 2014 – 2022, we expect that PNJ will decrease the proportion of this group in their total annual revenue due to its low gross profit margin (0,17%) and its tiny contribution in PNJ’ gross profit (0,2%). The proportion of this group is expected at 10% of total revenue in 2022 (see chart 3). PNJ gold bar with their own brand “Phoenix PNJ DongA Bank” Forecasting for the proportion of each subgroup in gold jewelry group in the period of 2013 – 2022 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1% 2% 1% 29% 44% 58% 69% 55% 42% Wholesale Retail Export Gold jewelry group: This is the main contributing group in both revenue and profit of PNJ during years. The proportion of this group in net revenue in the period of 2008 – 2022 is expected at 61%. Excluding the period of 2009 – 2011 when its proportion was down to 21% due to the uptrend of the gold bar trading group, the average proportion of this group is expected at 71% total revenue (that will increase slightly from 2013 and will reach 87% in 2022). Considering the contribution in profit, the gold jewelry group is expected to contribute about 82% in total gross profit with the average gross profit margin at 14,3% in the period of 2011 – 2022. There are 3 main subgroups in jewelry group with each growth rate and gross profit margin as bellow: Wholesale group: Increase 10% per year with the average gross profit margin at 3%. Retail group: Increase at an average rate of 25,6% each year in the period of 2013 – 2022) and will decrease slightly to 20% in 2022 with the average gross profit margin at 26%. This expected growth rate is come from the expansion of retail store in all region of Viet Nam to increase the coverage rate and to acquire market share of other competitors. The number of PNJ Gold retail store is expected to be at 176 stores in 2017 and bypass the milestone of 400 stores in 2022. A wedding collection named “Huong Sac Tinh Hong” of PNJ using 24k gold (99,99%) with attached ruby gemstone that cost VND152 million (~USD7.240) www.fpts.com.vn Export group: We expect conservatively that this group will not grow in the period of 2013 – 2022 based on the opinion that PNJ will use all their internal forces to increase domestic market share thanks to the converging of all positive factors as “favorable policy – high growth potential – strong human resource – judicious orientation of leaders”. Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 16 HSX: PNJ A silver ring with an attached violet stone that cost VND542.000 (~USD26) Silver jewelry group: Although this group has contributed a small proportion in total revenue of PNJ (2%), its contribution in gross profit of PNJ is remarkable (11%). This groups is contained in several subgroups as fine silver jewelry, silver jewelry with attached gemstone, gemstone and precious stone, jewelry accessories, fashion accessories, exported silver jewelry… The average growth rate of this group is expected at 13,7% in the period of 2013 – 2022. Besides, the number PNJ Silver store is planned to be at 124 stores in 2017 and more than 170 stores in 2022. Chart 3: Stats and forecast for proportion of main product segment of PNJ in the period of 2008 – 2022 100% 87% 90% 72% 80% 70% 60% 48% 50% 40% 25% 30% 20% 10% 20% 10% 2,1% 0% Gold bar trading Gold jewelry Silver jewelry Source: FPTS Luxury group (CAO Fine Jewelry): This group has taken a tiny proportion in total revenue of PNJ (nearly 1%). Based on the conservative opinion, we have not reflected the contribution of this group in our valuation model yet, however, we believe that this group is a “strategic weapon” of PNJ that aims to the luxury segment that have not developed yet in Viet Nam. Therefore, the growth potential for this segment in the future is optimistic. Accessories and inspection services group: This group has also taken a small proportion in PNJ’s net revenue (1%) but has the fastest growth rate, at 22% per years and has the highest gross profit margin among all PNJ’s groups, at 79%. The proportion of this group, that are mainly contributed by the inspection services and branded watch distribution, is about 6% of total gross profit. Oil and gas purchasing group: After disinvesting from SFC in Sep 29th 2014, revenue and profit of this exsubsidiary company has no longer been consolidated in PNJ’s business result since 4Q2014. Although the removal of SFC is the main reason that makes the 2014 expected revenue of PNJ decreasing 4,6%, common gross profit margin of PNJ has been improved remarkably due to the high revenue but low gross profit margin of oil & gas purchasing business. Excluding this group, the common revenue of PNJ is expected to increase 12,8% in 2014. Some platinum and white gold jewelries in luxury segment named CAO Fine Jewelry of PNJ www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 17 HSX: PNJ Expense structure and forecast for the period of 2014 – 2022 We predict that the COGS will take the major proportion in PNJ’s cost structure in the period of 2014 – 2022, at 87% of net revenue. Due to the high frequency of gold price volatility, the days of account receivable and days of account payable of PNJ are quite low, at 2,7 days and 3,6 days, respectively. Average cost structure in the period of 2014 – 2022 COGS; 87% Financial expenses; 1,0% G&A expenses; 1,3% The proportion of selling and G&A expenses of PNJ were at 2,9% and 1,3% of net revenue in 2013. Total operating expense of PNJ was only 4,2%, lower than the average rate of other major jewelry manufacturers in the world (See more details at Appendix 4). Therefore, for the period of 2014 – 2022, we estimate that the operating expense rate of PNJ will increase slightly each year and will reach 10,4% of net revenue in 2022, especially for the selling expense that is concordant with the expansion of retail activities of PNJ in the next years. Sales expenses; 2,9% Total assets and total equity structure for the period of 2014 – 2022 Total assets and total equity structure for the period of 2014 – 2022 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 48% 56% 52% 44% 35% 33% 65% 67% Short-term assets Long-term assets Total liabilities Owner's equity 26% 28% 28% 27% 28% 25% 3,5 3,0 23% 25% 20% 2,5 20% 12% 1,5 10% 1,0 5% 0,5 0% 0,0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Net profit margin ROE Dupont Assets turnover Financial leverage www.fpts.com.vn Our DuPont indicators prove that the ROE ratio of PNJ is beginning to increase slightly from 2014 to the peak of 28,1% in 2021 thanks to the improvement of net profit margin that is expected at an average rate of 4,3% in this period. 2,0 18% 15% The total equity structure of PNJ will be changing by decreasing slightly the proportion of total liabilities and increasing the proportion of owner equity given that PNJ will have no any longterm loan in the period of 2014 – 2022 and their short-term loan will be only used for their working capital. The balance between total liabilities and total owner equity is expected at 44% - 56%. ROE DuPont analysis ROE DuPont analysis 30% Commonly, the PNJ’s total asset will change noticeably by increasing the proportion of current assets (at an average rate of 65% of total assets) and decreasing the proportion of non-current assets to the average rate of 35% of total assets). In this period, PNJ will have no major capital expenditure amount and will have only the annual investment in upgrading current production line and some new equipment, given the fact that current used capacity of PNJ’s factory is only 50%. The asset turnover is also expected to be improved in the next years thanks to the higher annual growth rate of net revenue (12%) than the annual growth rate of total assets (10%). The financial leverage of PNJ is expected to be decreased in the next years although their cost of debt is quite low (at 6% per year), given that the accumulated retained earnings of PNJ will increase at an average rate of 15% each year. Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 18 HSX: PNJ Appendix 1: Viet Nam imported jewelry market overview According to Italian Trade Agency (ITA), in the period of 2009 – 2011, total value of jewelry imported in Viet Nam was USD71 mn, USD83 mn, and USD214mn, respectively. Remarkably, total value of jewelry imported in Viet Nam tripled in 2011 given that local jewelry companies boosted their imported raw gold material inventories before the validation of the Decision No 24/ND-CP issued by the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) on June 25th 2012. Then, the value of raw gold imported was back to the normal amount at USD69 mn while the SBV took the monopoly control on gold bar market. Commonly, Viet Nam is belong to the “medium income per capita” group and the income per capita of Vietnamese people has been increased impressively, especially in some center of economic as HCMC, Hanoi, Da Nang, Binh Duong… The demand of young generation and high-income consumers in luxury and delicate jewelries, that help to show off their characteristic or to honor themselves, are increased remarkably. Noticeably, the imported jewelry group (excluding unbranded and cheap imported jewelry from China) has not deep penetrated in Viet Nam market and the brand recognition of this group is still low. Therefore, Vietnamese people may easily try new jewelry brands that are still novel for local customers. More precisely, the imported jewelry group took a small proportion at 6% of total domestic jewelry consumption value compared with the rate of 94% of local produced jewelry group. Thanks to the absolute advantage in low labor cost and incentive import tax rate (5%), China has been the top jewelry exporter in Viet Nam and took the major market share at 48% (the total value of imported jewelry from China was more than USD32 mn in 2012). The market share and import tax rate of the rest countries are as follow: South Korea (12,2% of market share, import tax rate at 15%), Japan (10,9% of market share, import tax rate at 19%), Hong Kong (9,1% of market share, import tax rate at 5%). Excluding ASEAN members and China, the rest countries cannot compete by commercial price with jewelry of China and Hong Kong due to the high import tax rate (15% - 21%), therefore, these countries have compete by focusing on the quality and the sophistication and the diversity of jewelries that mainly aim to the mid-income segment in Viet Nam. Besides, the luxury jewelries imported from European countries have its own position although its market share is small (8%). This group are imported mainly from French, Italia, Switzerland and is classified at luxury segment with some famous brand name as Cartier and Korloff (French), Bvlgari and Celine (Italia), Chopard (Switzerland). The import tax rate for this group has been quite high, from 25% to 30%, that also known as the main barrier of penetration in Viet Nam market. Chart 4: Proportion of imported jewelry in Viet Nam in 2012 by country China 48% South Korea 12% US 1% Switzerland 1% Germany 1% Italia 2% Thailand 3% Japan 11% Singapore 4% French 4% Malaysia 4% Hong Kong 9% Source: ICE, FPTS www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 19 HSX: PNJ Appendix 2: Historical gold price by currency (adjusted by inflation) After being adjusted follow Viet Nam’s inflation, gold price in VND has changed closely with global price. Before 2011, domestic gold price was always lower than then global price; however, after being monopoly controlled by the State Bank of Viet Nam due to various domestic volatilities in 2009 – 2011, the domestic gold price has been stable and still higher than the global price. 40 2.000 35 Quarterly gold price by VND ( inflation and exchange rate adjusted) 30 Quarterly gold price by USD ( inflation and exchange rate adjusted) 1.800 USD Million VND Chart 5: Historical correlation between gold price by USD and by VND (unit: troy ounce) 1.600 1.400 25 1.200 20 1.000 15 800 600 10 400 5 Source; FPTS, WGC 200 Q3 2014 Q4 2013 Q1 2013 Q2 2012 Q3 2011 Q4 2010 Q1 2010 Q2 2009 Q3 2008 Q4 2007 Q1 2007 Q2 2006 Q3 2005 Q4 2004 Q1 2004 Q2 2003 Q3 2002 Q4 2001 Q1 2001 Q2 2000 Q3 1999 Q4 1998 Q1 1998 Q2 1997 Q3 1996 Q4 1995 Q1 1995 Q2 1994 Q3 1993 Q4 1992 Q1 1992 Q2 1991 Q3 1990 0 Q4 1989 0 Comparing the historical volatility of domestic gold price in VND with the one in CNY, we can recognize that the gold price in China was always higher than the one in Viet Nam after China devaluated their currency in the end of 1993. However, after the intervention of SBV in gold market in 2011, the gold price in Viet Nam has been the highest one in the world. 40 12.000 Quarterly gold price by VND ( inflation and exchange rate adjusted) 35 Quarterly gold price by CNY ( inflation and exchange rate adjusted) 30 10.000 China devaluated their currency in 1993 (devaluated rate at 70% compared with 1985) 25 20 CNY Million VND Chart 5: Historical correlation between gold price by CNY and by VND (unit: troy ounce) 8.000 6.000 15 4.000 10 Source: FPTS, WGC 2.000 5 www.fpts.com.vn Q3 2014 Q4 2013 Q1 2013 Q2 2012 Q3 2011 Q4 2010 Q1 2010 Q2 2009 Q3 2008 Q4 2007 Q1 2007 Q2 2006 Q3 2005 Q4 2004 Q1 2004 Q2 2003 Q3 2002 Q4 2001 Q1 2001 Q2 2000 Q3 1999 Q4 1998 Q1 1998 Q2 1997 Q3 1996 Q4 1995 Q1 1995 Q2 1994 Q3 1993 Q4 1992 Q1 1992 Q2 1991 Q3 1990 0 Q4 1989 0 Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 20 HSX: PNJ Appendix 3: Gold jewelry and gold bar demand of Viet Nam for years According to stats of World Gold Council (WGC) and FPTS research, Viet Nam is the 7th biggest gold importer in the world. Among these major importers, Viet Nam has been the countries that have the lowest correlation rate between gold jewelry imported and total gold imported (13%), lower than the rate of China and India (63%) and the global rate at 56%. This comparison is excluded Thailand, Germany and Switzerland given that these three countries have only used imported gold for their production industries (jewelry production for export in Thailand; mechanical and precision engineering in Germany; watch production in Switzerland). Tonnes of gold Chart 7: Gold jewelry, gold bar and coin consumption in the world in 2013 (by tonnes) 4.500 4.000 3.500 3.000 2.500 2.000 1.500 In 2013, Viet Nam imported 12 tonnes of gold jewelry (+4% yoy) and 80 tonnes of gold bar and coin (+23% yoy) that take 2,4% of total world demand. Gold jewelry imported Gold bar and coin imported 1.000 500 0 Source: FPTS, WGC According to FPTS research, in the period of 1997 – 2013, Viet Nam has annually imported an average amount of 19,2 tonnes of gold jewelry that cost USD563 mn and the total accumulative imported amount in 16 years was about 326 tonnes. Noticeably, in this period, Viet Nam has annually imported an average amount of 52 tonnes of gold bar and raw gold material that cost around USD1,5 bn, the total accumulative amount in 16 years was 890 tonnes that cost more than USD25,8 bn. Therefore, considering the imported side, Viet Nam has totally imported more than 1.216 tonnes of gold that cost more than USD48,1 bn in the recent 16 years. Billion USD Chart 8: Gold jewelry, gold bar and coin consumption in the world in 2013 (by USD) 55 45 35 25 15 Gold jewelry imported In 2013, Viet Nam imported USD554 mn gold jewelry (-1% yoy) and USD3,6 bn gold bar and coin (+2,7% yoy) that make Viet Nam becoming the 7th biggest gold importer in the world. Gold bar and coin imported 5 -5 Source: FPTS, WGC www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 21 HSX: PNJ Appendix 4: Stats about financial indicators of major jewelry manufacturers in the world We compare PNJ with some other similar jewelry manufacturers in the world as Chow Tai Fook (Hong Kong), Lao Feng Xiang (Shanghai), Tiffany (US), Signet (UK), Pandora (India), Moët Hennesy Louis Vuitton (LVMH – French)… do identify the level of development and the growth prospect of PNJ in the near future. Billuon Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) 90 100% 77 79,2% 80 Chow Tai Fook (1929 HK Equity) 80% 70 61% 57 57 Net revenue 60 60% NPAT 50 40 40% 35 23 Revenue growth rate 27,3% 30 20 NPAT growth rate 20% % of operating expenses on sales 15,2% 18 0% 10 2 2 6 4 Gross profit margin 7 6 0 -20% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Source: FPTS, Bloomberg 2014 Chow Tai Fook is the biggest jewelry manufacturer and retailer headquartered in Hong Kong, established in 1966 and listed in 2011. This company is holding the biggest market share in Greater China, including: China (12,6%), Hong Kong and Macau (20,1%). Market capitalization (in VND): VND278.000 bn. CAGR of revenue from 2009 to 2013: 33,3%. Average operating expenses on sales (sales + G&A): 14,8%. Average gross profit margin: 28,4%. Billion CNY 35 32,8 30 450% 350% 25,4 25 250% 21,0 Net revenue 20 150% 15 NPAT Revenue growth rate 18,3% 50% NPAT growth rate 10 -50% 5 % operating expenses on sales Gross profit margin 0,6 0 Lao Feng Xiang (600612 CH Equity) 0,9 -150% -5 -250% -10 -350% Source: FPTS, Bloomberg Lao Feng Xiang has headquartered in Shanghai, established in 1848. After 150 years of development, Lao Feng Xiang is now the 2nd jewelry manufacturer and retailer in China (after Chow Tai Fook) with the market share in China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) at 9%. Market capitalization (in VND): VND45.347 bn. CAGR of revenue from 1992 to 2013: 33%. Average operating expenses on sales (sales + G&A): 8,6%. Average gross profit margin: 4,9%. www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 22 HSX: PNJ Billion USD 5 200% 4,0 4 59,3% 39% 3,8 100% 4 Tiffany TIF US Equity 0% 3 3 Net revenue -100% NPAT 2 Revenue growth rate -200% 2 NPAT growth rate 1 -300% % of operating expenses on sales Gross profit margin 0,4 1 0,2 -400% 0 -1 -500% Source: FPTS, Bloomberg Tiffany is an US jewelry manufacturer headquartered in New York, established in 1837, listed in 1987. Their main products are jewelry, silver 925, delft, perfume, watch, accessories, leather products and especially diamonds. Market capitalization (in VND): VND254.023 bn. CAGR of revenue from 1987 to 2013: 12,1%. Billion Euro Average operating expenses on sales (sales + G&A): 40%. Average gross profit margin: 54%. 65% 35 30 70% 60% 49% 25 50% 20 40% Moët Hennesy Louis Vuitton LVMH (MC FP Equity) Net revenue 15 30% 10 20% 5 10% 0 0% -5 -10% NPAT Revenue growth rate % of operating expenses on sales Source: FPTS, Bloomberg Moët Hennesy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) is the biggest corporation in the world in luxury jewelry and luxury fashion with the total market cap more than USD65 bn. This corporate has headquartered in Paris and has more than 60 subsidiary companies, established in 1987 after the acquisition between Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennesy. Market capitalization (in VND): VND1.738.044 bn. CAGR of revenue from 1987 to 201: 10,3%. Average operating expenses on sales (sales + G&A): 43,4%. Average gross profit margin: 64,3%. www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 23 HSX: PNJ Appendix 5: Some information about several kinds of gold and the distinction method 1. Karat is the unit used to measure the purity of gold in jewelry divided in 24 levels. The 18k gold has the purity of gold at 18/24 = 75%, the 24k gold (a.k.a fine gold) has the purity of gold at 24/24 ≈ 99,99%. Excluding fine gold, all the rest kinds of gold are the combination of gold and other metals (a.k.a alloys) that may be silver, zinc, palladium, copper, platinum…) to create more chemical and useful physical characteristic for production and preservation as: Increase the stiffness, decrease the abrasion of jewelries. Given that fine gold is flexible and is easily thinned, the combination with alloys, that makes the final gold more stiff, will help the jewelers to easily craft complex jewelries. Decreasing the melting temperature of gold to simplify the complexity of other processes as soldering of rejoining damaged or dented jewelries (that require to use gold with similar purity with the products). Create more colors, the porosity, the fineness, the polish of jewelries… that increase its aesthetics Each major jewelry manufacturer (including PNJ) has deep invested in researching and developing their own alloys. The formula of these alloys is the top secret of each manufacturer that may affect to their reputation and position in market. Some popular metals used to create alloys are: Silver (mostly known as 925 silver which have the purity of silver at 92,5% and used to increase the stiffness and decrease the abrasion); Copper (used to increase the stiffness and add the red/pink color in gold jewelry); Zinc (used to anti oxidize and decrease the melting temperature); Nickel (used to discolor and increase the stiffness); Palladium (used to discolor); Cobalt, Mangan, Iridium (used to smooth the metal seed in demetalization process); Silicon, phosphorus (used to anti oxidize) Some popular combination of gold and alloys: Purity of gold Gold Silver Copper Normal gold 9k 37,5% 42,5% 20,0% Normal gold 10k 41,7% 52,0% 6,3% Normal gold 14k 58,3% 30,0% 11,7% Normal gold 18k 75,0% 15,0% 10,0% Normal gold 22k 91,7% 5,0% 2,0% Normal gold 24k 99,99% White gold 9k 37,5% 62,5% White gold 10k 41,7% 47,4% White gold 14k 58,3% 32,2% White gold 18k 75,0% White gold 22k n/a n/a n/a Pink gold 9k 37,5% 20,0% 42,5% Pink gold 10k 41,7% 20,0% 38,3% Pink gold 14k 58,3% 9,2% 32,5% Pink gold 18k 75,0% 9,2% 22,2% Pink gold 22k 91,7% Zinc Palladium 1,3% 0,9% 10% 9.50% 25% (*) 8,4% n/a n/a Source: WGC, FPTS (*) The palladium may be also replaced by platinum in some luxury jewelries 2. The exchange method between measuring units Exchange method 1 Ounce (*) 1 Gram 1 V.O = = = Vietnamese Ounce (V.O0 0,8293 0,0266 Gram Troy Ounce (*) 31,103 37,50 0,0325 1,2057 (*): This unit, which is also known as troy ounce, is belong to SI measurement system (International System) applied widely for global gold sector. Besides, the U.K has their own measurement system in which 1 UK ounce is equal to 28,3495 gram. Source: PNJ, FPTS www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 24 HSX: PNJ Appendix 6: Stats and financial forecast for the period of 2013 – 2022 unit: VND bn Incom e statem ent 2013 2014 2015 2016 Net incom e 8.914 - COGS -8.244 -7.555 -7.024 -7.867 Gross profit 8.328 7.941 9.006 2018 11.715 1.717 773 917 - Sales & Marketing -262 -295 -329 -427 -696 - General & Adm in -113 -106 -109 -133 -196 Operating profit 294 372 479 580 825 + Financial profit (61) (21) (54) (62) (80) + Other profit EBIT - Interest expense EBT 1 639 531 293 - - - - - -1096 -1672 + Accounts receivable -287 1.119 (105) - - - - - - 234 351 424 518 745 -104 -149 -203 -415 1.440 (137) 85 112 146 1.087 1.297 1.321 1.600 1.926 2.305 3.244 4.458 46 43 41 47 53 61 80 104 Total current assets 1.718 2.189 2.252 2.453 2.693 2.982 3.728 4.380 1.097 + Inventories + Other current assets 498 518 543 573 605 639 705 - Accum. depreciation -118 -139 -163 -191 -223 -258 -344 -454 2,00 4,00 + Long-term investments 590 590 590 590 590 590 590 590 1.015 1.306 + Other long-term assets 14 142 135 153 174 199 261 341 Total long-term assets 1.239 1.334 1.353 1.401 1.454 1.513 1.640 2.112 Total Assets 2.957 3.523 3.605 3.854 4.148 4.496 5.368 6.492 -260 414 596 813 1.046 319 400 575 782 1.005 2.153 3.496 4.225 5.288 7.605 10.351 13.300 EPS grow th rate 75 + Gross fixed assets 331 EBIT grow th rate 66 - 264 Operating profit grow th rate 58 1.302 274 Net incom e grow th rate 61 - 163 Depreciation 76 1.013 169 780 1059 1360 Liabilities & Equity 1.133 1.104 1.071 1.033 989 883 744 252 789 764 876 1.003 1.150 1.510 1.966 2.710 28 35 46 58 14% 14% 14% -36% 62% 21% 25% 19% 16% 13% Current liabilities 1.551 2.057 2.003 2.082 2.171 2.275 2.528 2.845 27% 29% 21% 19% 16% 13% + Long-term debt 135,20 135,20 135,20 135,20 135,20 135,20 135,20 135,20 62% 21% 25% 19% 16% 13% 4,00 -39% Gross m argin 8% 9% 12% 13% 15% 16% 18% PAT m argin 2% 3% 4% 4% 5% 5% 5% ROE DuPont 12% 19% 21% 24% 27% 29% ROA DuPont 6% 8% 9% 11% 13% EBIT Margin 3% 4% 5% 6% 70% 75% 75% 77% + Other ST liabilities + Other LT liabilities Total Liabilities - - - - - - 2,00 135 135 135 135 135 135 137 139 1.551 2.057 2.003 2.082 2.171 2.275 2.528 2.845 + Total preferred equity - - - - - - 2,00 4,00 + Additional paid in capital 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 29% + Share capital 756 756 756 756 756 756 756 756 15% 16% + Retained earnings 274 307 348 399 460 534 719 961 6% 7% 6% 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 77% 77% 77% Total equity 1.318 1.431 1.566 1.736 1.941 2.185 2.805 3.611 Liabilities & equity 2.957 3.575 3.657 3.906 4.200 4.548 5.421 6.544 80% 94% 89% 89% 90% 91% 90% Asset turnover 3,01x 2,36x 2,20x 2,34x 2,61x 2,86x 3,09x Leverage ratio 2,24x 2,46x 2,30x 2,22x 2,06x 1,91x 1,80x 6% 11% 12% 15% 19% 22% 24% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2020 2022 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 42 63 69 74 84 92 99 Cash conversion cycle 2022 1.164 2.393 13% 2022 Days AP outstanding 2020 + Short-term borrow ings 2.139 24 2020 Days AR outstanding 2018 2.036 -5% 2018 Days inventory on hand 2017 1.947 21 2016 Efficiency ratios 2016 1.868 -7% 2015 ROIC 2015 1.922 24 2014 PBT/EBIT 2014 1.415 33% 2013 PAT/PBT 2013 + Accounts payable Total LT liabilities Profitability ratios (328) 740 - 745 545 2022 832 - 448 2020 - 518 372 2018 788 - 257 2017 - PAT (less m inority interests) EBITDA 2016 508 EAT EPS (VND per share) 2015 + Short-term investments 424 -93 2014 + Cash & equivalent - -77 2013 Assets 3.526 351 -64 Balance sheet 2.501 234 - Incom e tax expense 2022 20.035 -9.998 -12.835 -16.508 670 1.139 2020 15.337 + Minority interest Cash flow 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022 Beginning cash 469 508 999 1.139 1.189 1.258 1.474 1.805 Profit after tax 233 351 424 518 625 745 1.013 1.302 + Depreciation 24 21 24 28 32 35 46 58 + Other non-cash adjust. 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + Changes in non-cash -353 343 -46 -174 -209 -243 -324 -422 938 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Cash from Operations -25 715 403 371 448 537 735 41 56 67 67 76 84 90 + Disposal fixed assets 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + Capex -57 -41 -49 -58 -64 -69 -78 -422 + Change in investments 0 Inventory turnover 7,58 5,82 5,32 4,92 4,34 3,96 3,70 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liquidity/Solvency 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2020 2022 + Other investments 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Current ratio 1,2 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,6 1,6 Cash from Investing 119 -41 -49 -58 -64 -69 -78 -422 Quick ratio 0,4 0,5 0,5 0,4 0,3 0,2 (0,0) + Dividends paid -94 -152 -184 -230 -278 -331 -450 -578 Cash ratio 0,4 0,4 0,4 0,4 0,2 0,1 (0,1) + Change in capital 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Debt-to-assets 0,4 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,2 0,2 0,1 + Change in ST debt 3 -31 -29 -33 -38 -43 -57 -74 Debt-to-capital 0,5 0,4 0,4 0,4 0,3 0,2 0,2 + Change in LT debt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Debt-to-equity 1,0 0,8 0,7 0,6 0,5 0,3 0,2 + Other financing act. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Short-term debt to equity 0,4 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,2 0,2 0,1 Cash from Financing -55 -183 -213 -263 -315 -374 -507 -652 Long-term debt to equity 0,0 - - - - - - 39 491 140 50 69 94 151 -136 469 508 999 1.139 1.189 1.258 1.474 1.805 Net changes in cash Ending cash www.fpts.com.vn Bloomberg - FPTS<GO> | 25 HSX: PNJ RECOMMEND EXPLANATION This recommendation based on the difference between targeted value and market value of each stocks in order to provide appropriate information for investors in 12-month investment period from recommend day. 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