Anant Raj - Jul24 - IC
Anant Raj - Jul24 - IC
INITIATING COVERAGE
Digits and Dwellings: The Intersection of Realty and Data
BUY
(Rsm/USDm) 675.5/8.1 Sharp improvement in financial parameters. We expect revenue to rise at a CAGR of
35% from FY24 to FY26 and EBITDA to rise at 65% CAGR in the same period. EBITDA
Shares outstanding (m) 341.9 margin is likely to improve from 23% in FY24 to 34% in FY26 driven by high-margin
Free float (%) - data center business and launch of luxury residential projects. We expect residential
operating cashflows to remain robust and support Data Center capex going ahead. We
Promoter holding (%) 60 see operating cashflows to rise to Rs17bn in FY26 from Rs4bn in FY24. We believe
that the data center potential is not yet priced in, and the street is waiting for further
Price performance – relative & absolute execution of capacity expansion. ARCP reaching 28MW by FY25 end is a key trigger.
Anant Raj Sensex
800 Key valuation metrics
600 Year to 31 Mar FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E
Net sales (Rs m) 4,619 9,569 14,833 18,598 26,944
400
EBITDA (Rs m) 759 1,971 3,338 4,701 9,053
200 Adj. net profit (Rs m) 549 1,511 2,659 3,574 7,154
0 Adj. EPS (Rs) 1.7 4.8 8.1 10.5 20.9
Jul-21 Apr-22 Jan-23 Oct-23 Jul-24
% change 369.4 184.0 68.8 28.8 100.2
(%) 3-mth 6-mth 1-yr
PE (x) 39.1 25.5 38.4 42.4 21.2
ARCP IN 36.9 48.7 150.2 Price/ Book (x) 0.8 1.3 2.8 3.8 3.2
BSE Sensex 7.4 10.0 22.8 EV/ EBITDA (x) 40.7 24.6 31.5 32.6 16.7
RoE (%) 2.1 5.5 8.1 9.3 16.3
RoCE (%) 1.5 4.5 7.2 9.3 17.1
Source: Company, DAM Capital Research
Prateek Singh
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Anant Raj
STORY IN CHARTS
Exhibit 1: Pre-sales to rise sharply driven by launches Exhibit 2: Strong collections to aid cashflows
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30
20
20
10
10
0 0
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Source: Company Data, DAM Capital Research Source: Company Data, DAM Capital Research
Exhibit 3: Revenue to rise at 35% CAGR from FY24 to FY26 Exhibit 4: Better EBITDA margin as Data Center ramps up
7.5 30%
20
5.0 20%
10
2.5 10%
0 0.0 0%
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Source: Company Data, DAM Capital Research Source: Company Data, DAM Capital Research
Exhibit 5: We expect 157MW capacity by FY28 end Exhibit 6: Strong data center EBITDA run-rate from FY28
Data Center Capacity (MW) Avg. Rented (MW) Data Center EBITDA (Rs bn)
180 15
135
10
90
5
45
0 0
2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Source: Company Data, DAM Capital Research Source: Company Data, DAM Capital Research
Exhibit 7: Residential cashflows to fund data center capex Exhibit 8: We see a 40% upside in ARCP based on SOTP
NAV (Rs mn) Per Share
Residential OCF (Rs bn) Data Centre FCF (Rs bn)
40 Residential 72,033 211
Commercial 15,429 45
30
Data Centers 102,107 299
20 Land Bank 25,263 74
10 GAV 214,832 628
Debt -2,900 -8
0
NAV 211,932 620
-10 CMP 444
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Upside 40%
Source: Company Data, DAM Capital Research Source: Company Data, DAM Capital Research
Investment Rationale
Gurugram real estate – still ripe for the picking
In the last three years, the NCR has consistently seen greater absorption rates than
With a strong residential
available supply. This trend is mainly due to improved affordability, alongside
pipeline, ARCP is also
ongoing and upcoming infrastructure projects that facilitate easier movement.
venturing into the high growth
Gurugram shines as a vibrant real estate market within the NCR. In 2022, it
Data Center space with a
captured a substantial 51% of the total units sold across the region. Inventory levels
target to achieve 307MW.
remain low in both NCR and Gurugram in particular. We believe this upcycle has still
more room to go, driven by changing preference towards home ownership versus
renting, move towards branded developers and luxury segments and favorable
interest rates.
Exhibit 9: Demand continues to outpace supply in NCR… Exhibit 10: …leading to lower inventory levels
60,000
150,000
45,000
100,000
30,000
15,000 50,000
0 0
2019 2020 2021 2022 9MCY23 2019 2020 2021 2022 9MCY23
Source: Cushman Wakefield, DAM Capital Research Source: Cushman Wakefield, DAM Capital Research
Gurugram shines as a vibrant real estate market within the NCR. In 2022, it captured
a substantial 51% of the total units sold across the region. In the last three years,
Gurugram has witnessed multiple launches, featuring plots and units with additional
amenities like study rooms, catering to growing demand influenced by the work-from-
home trend. Inventory levels in Gurugram continue to remain below Covid peak.
Exhibit 11: Strong absorption in Gurugram as well Exhibit 12: Inventory levels below Covid peak
Source: Cushman Wakefield, DAM Capital Research Source: Cushman Wakefield, DAM Capital Research
Golf Course Extension Road has emerged as a viable alternative to the renowned
Golf Course Road, establishing itself as a central hub for luxury real estate in
Gurugram. This extension was developed to satisfy the increasing demand for
upscale residential and commercial properties.
Golf Course Extension Road enjoys excellent connectivity to adjacent urban areas
and important hubs. The distance of Sector 63A from prominent landmarks across
Delhi-NCR is as follows:
ARCP has a strong 9.1mn sft ongoing and upcoming project pipeline. During early
stressed years after the demerger, ARCP was focussing on plots and floors, but it
launched its marquee “Estate Residences” group housing with 1mn sft saleable
area (GDV of Rs18bn+) in Jan-2024 which are already fully booked. With the land
parcels that ARCP has, we believe that they should be able to launch 4 such
projects over the next 3 years. We tabulate key planned launches below.
Ashok Estate
Completely sold out plotted development with sizes up to 180 sq. yards, total
inventory of 320 units in this project. Since its launch in July-2022, it has seen a
price appreciation of over 60%. Rs4bn from sold inventory will be realised in FY25..
We believe ARCP will launch 4 more such projects and with the optionality to add
more land parcels, further development cannot be ruled out.
Group Housings 2 and 3 with 1.1mn sft each and revenue potentials of Rs21bn and
Rs25bn will be launched in FY25 and FY26.
Apart from these projects in Gurugram, ARCP has also ventured in affordable
housing in Tirupati which was launched in Nov-2023 with available space of 1.22
mn sft and with a revenue potential of Rs3bn.
In FY24, ARCP’s pre-sales rose sharply to Rs28bn from Rs7bn in FY23, driven by the
newly launched Estate Residences (GH1) being fully booked in the same quarter of
launch, with revenue potential of Rs18bn. We expect ARCP’s pre-sales to rise from
Rs28bn in FY24 to Rs34bn in FY26.
Driven by new launches and strong bookings, collections also are expected to rise
from Rs9bn in FY24 to Rs26bn in FY26.
Exhibit 14: Pre-sales to rise sharply driven by launches Exhibit 15: Strong collections to aid cashflows
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40
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30
20
20
10
10
0 0
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Source: Company, DAM Capital Research Source: Company, DAM Capital Research
ARCP has 88 acres of fully paid up, undeveloped land in Delhi as well. The company
awaits the notification of Delhi Master Plan and would likely develop the land for
warehousing, hospitality and residential projects. We ascribe a value of Rs25bn
(Rs74/share) to it.
Mumbai facilitates 48% of the total capacity and is the largest city in the country to
run data centers of 462 MW. However, cities such as Chennai, NCR and Hyderabad
have picked up the pace to provide facilities and incentives for establishing data
centers. NCR (outskirts of its cities), Hyderabad and Chennai are witnessing a
steady rise in data center constructions by big giants of the data center industry as
well as new entrants due to ample availability of land parcels, data center-friendly
state-run policies along with no-disturbance zones and constant water and
electricity supply.
Data centers are the backbone of the digital age, housing critical IT infrastructure
that keeps businesses and organizations running smoothly. To ensure optimal
performance and security, data center operators and developers need to ensure
that they take into account various factors before establishing a data center to
safeguard the data centers from various risks and redundancies.
Data center operators and developers should ensure that they implement:
High speed internet connectivity, multiple internet service providers and a
secured network infrastructure;
Robust physical security to prevent unauthorized entry, cyber security and
encryption of data security;
Power redundancy through UPS and generators;
Cooling redundancy with multiple systems regulating temperature and humidity;
Network redundancy via various connections for uninterrupted data access and
Comprehensive disaster recovery plans for swift recuperation from disruptions.
India’s Data Center capacity is expected to rise at 38% CAGR between 2023 to
2026.
Exhibit 17: India Data Center supply to rise at 38% CAGR Exhibit 18: Key players in India Data Center landscape
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2250
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2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Source: Cushman Wakefield, DAM Capital Research Source: Cushman Wakefield, DAM Capital Research
The demand for data center has witnessed a significant growth over the last couple
of years, especially post Covid-19. This uptick in demand is primarily attributed to
the recent development in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and the
widespread transition of 4G to 5G in India.
The transition of mobile networks from 4G to 5G has been huge and sudden. As per
the leading mobile operators, rollout of 5G across the country has occurred in less
than a year and has led to 100 million+ users within that time span, making it the
47th in mobile download speeds. This sudden growth is only going to further
increase as the conversion is out of the 600 million active smartphone users.
Increase in data volume would be supported by high growth in e-commerce
expansion, rising usage of social media, greater preference for ‘over the top’ (OTT)
platforms, government backing of the Digital India initiative, and the rapid adoption
of digital services, cloud computing boom across sectors. Further, data localization
norms initiated by the government and regulators mandates storage of sensitive
data within India, which, in turn, would support development of local data centers.
Exhibit 19: NCR capacity to rise at 39% CAGR Exhibit 20: Key data center players in NCR
Delhi NCR Operational Capacity (MW) New Supply (MW) Key Players in Delhi NCR (MW)
400 40
300 30
200 20
100 10
0 0
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Yotta ST Telemdia Nxtra Sify
Source: Cushman Wakefield, DAM Capital Research Source: Cushman Wakefield, DAM Capital Research
It will add 7MW at Panchkula by Dec-2024 and it has land to add another 50MW,
greenfield. In Rai, it can add 100MW in existing building structure, and another
100MW greenfield center can be constructed on its land.
The company has also signed an MoU with with Orange Business Services India
Technology Pvt. Ltd., a business services arm of Orange S.A., a global integrator of
Communications, products and services to (i) Design, Build and provide Operation
(Hardware & Software) services for ARC's Cloud Platform, (ii) establish servers for its
captive requirement at ARC Data Center; and (iii) support, promote and sell ARC
Colocation Data Center and Cloud Platform Services to its existing and future
Customers on terms and conditions mutually agreed. We expect that this should aid
the absorption of new capacity and also help in expanding the cloud footprint.
Exhibit 22: Operational data center in Manesar Exhibit 23: Operational data center in Manesar
Source: Company, DAM Capital Research Source: Company, DAM Capital Research
Lease rentals for ARCP’s data centers stand at Rs9mn/MW/month while operation
costs are in the range of Rs1.5-Rs1.8mn/MW/month. Given the lower cost of
construction, it is a high yielding business for ARCP (Rs86mn/MW annual EBITDA on
Rs260mn/ME capex).
We expect ARCP to reach 157MW capacity by FY28 and expect steady state EBITDA
of Rs13bn+ FY28 onwards. While the company has an option to add 150MW on top
of it via the greenfield route, we are not building it in yet. We ascribe a NAV of
Rs102bn to ARCP’s data center business.
Exhibit 24: We expect 157MW capacity by FY28 end Exhibit 25: Sharp jump in EBITDA as data center ramps up
Data Center Capacity (MW) Avg. Rented (MW) Data Center EBITDA (Rs bn)
180 15
135
10
90
5
45
0 0
2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Source: Company, DAM Capital Research Source: Company, DAM Capital Research
Hospitality
ARCP is developing ARCP provides hotels, hospitality, convention and commercial facilities at multiple
a retail and office locations in New Delhi. Additionally, it has existing hotel projects in premium
space project ‘Ashok hospitality, banquet and convention districts of NCR. These projects include Hotel
Tower’ in Sector Bel-LA Monde and Hotel Stellar Resorts, which are presently being operated by third-
63A, Gurugram. parties on long-term leases.
Hotel Bel-LA Monde is operational with a Leasable area of 0.07mn sft and
generates a monthly rental income of Rs4.7mn. Further, due to increase in FSI, an
additional leasable area of 0.49 million square feet is also under development and
will consist of commercial properties which will be sold and a hotel and serviced
apartment property which will be leased out.
Hotel Stellar Resorts is operational with a Leasable area of 0.09mn sft, generating a
monthly rental income of Rs7.1mn. Further, an additional leasable area of 0.61mn
sft is also under development.
It has further developed a LEED certified Grade A office building in Sector 44,
Gurugram which is fully leased and operational with a Leasable area of 0.12mn sft
and it generates a monthly rental income of ₹12mn.
Anant Raj Tech Park in Panchkula currently has a Leasable area of 0.44mn sft and
generates a monthly rental income of Rs3.3mn.
In addition, Ashok Tower is a retail and office space project in Sector 63A with a
Leasable area of 0.16mn sft, which is expected to be completed by June, 2027.
We expect revenue to rise at a CAGR of 35% from FY24 to FY26 and EBITDA to rise
at 65% CAGR in the same period. High margin data center business, coupled with
higher value add luxury residential projects, will see EBITDA margins rising from 23%
in FY24 to 34% in FY26.
Exhibit 27: Revenue to rise at 35% CAGR in FY24-26 Exhibit 28: EBITDA to rise at 65% CAGR in FY24-26
7.5 30%
20
5.0 20%
10
2.5 10%
0 0.0 0%
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Source: Company, DAM Capital Research Source: Company, DAM Capital Research
Collections (Rs bn) Residential OCF (Rs bn) Data Centre FCF (Rs bn)
50 40
40 30
30 20
20 10
10 0
0 -10
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Source: Company, DAM Capital Research Source: Company, DAM Capital Research
Key risks
Any delays in launch of projects and a downside risk to pricing assumptions
would reduce the NAV values for residential projects.
Slower than expected expansion of Data Center capacity
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