HOV Services @ Rs 153~up 62% in 4 days and worth more despite undervaluation of Investment Sale to Promoters
Disclaimer : My Clients and I do have an interest in HOV Services from 2013
HOV Services @ Rs 153~up 62% in 4 days and worth much more despite undervaluation of Investment Sale to Promoters
Earlier SS Recommendation in 2013 of HOV Services @ Rs 39
We had recommended this Pune based Scrip to Clients last year at Rs 39 precisely for the potential unlocking of value of the 26.1 % equity stake it held in US based SourceHOV through it’s wholly owned US Subsidiary…most of the remaining Equity of SourceHOV is held by Citigroup through Citi Venture Capital International (CVCI Private Equity) which bought out on March 19,2013 the full ownership interest of Apollo Global Management LLC Private Equity Group that the latter had acquired as a result of the restructuring of SourceCorp + some stake held by some minority shareholders
Unlocking of Value of the 26.1% Stake in SourceHOV by selling Stake at undervalued US % 95 m to Promoters themselves !
This 26.1% Stake is proposed to be sold for US $ 95 m (@ Rs 580+ crs) to US based HandsOn Fund 4 LLC (HOF4LLC) whose ultimate beneficiary owners are from the promoters of the Indian Listed HOV Services Ltd !
HOV Services Prospectus filed with SEBI when it came out with the IPO in 2005/6 reveals that HandsOn at that time was 100% owned by Mr Parvinder Chadha and members of his family and managed by a team of seven of which four were promoters of HOV Services Ltd…Mr Chadha currently is the Executive Director of HOV Services Ltd
While this deal sounds like a bonanza for HOV Services Shareholders as it amounts to Rs 464 per share (HOV Services Equity is Rs 12.5 crs of FV Rs 10) the Deal Valuation is clearly undervalued in my view
The Valuation should be over 160% more @ US $ 250 m and not just US $ 95 m !
The Valuation of this stake should be @ US $ 250 m => over 160% than just the US $ 95 m that has been arrived at !
If this 26.1% stake is valued at just US $ 95 Million it means that the whole of SourceHOV is valued at just US $ 364 m ! =.just 0.6 of Sales of US $ 600 m !….when it was reported to be seeking a twice Sales US $ 1.2 Billion Valuation last year like faster growth and bigger competitor Genpact had
SourceHOV is a leader in providing Transactions Processing Solutions and this merger will create a Global Leadership position with Revenues exceeding US $ 900 m
In the latest 15 months Annual Report of HOV Services Ltd as on March 31,2014,the Chairman and Promoter,Mr Sunil Rajadhyaksha said this in his Message