Decadal changes in the Sensex: Exits from and entries into the Sensex by 2022 June 28, 2012

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              Decadal changes in the Sensex:
            Exits from and entries into the Sensex by 2022

Saurabh Mukherjea, CFA
Tel: +91 22 3043 3174
saurabhmukherjea@ambitcapital.com

Gaurav Mehta
Tel: +91 22 3043 3255
gauravmehta@ambitcapital.com

                                    Pg 1   Decadal changes
Summary
"Churn" is a constant
60% of the Sensex’s constituents in January 1992 were no longer in the index a decade later. This “churn” ratio was 53% for the 10-
year period beginning January 2002. Churn in the Indian market is not only twice as high as it is in the US market, churn appears to
be higher in India than that in the other large Emerging Markets.
   Of the 30 firms in the Sensex in 1992, 18 were out by 2002. Of the 18 firms exiting the Sensex by 2002, four belong to
    the Textiles sector and three to the Capital Goods sector. However, there are no Financial Services or FMCG firms amongst the
    exits. Of the 18 firms entering the Sensex by 2002, three each belong to the Pharma and IT sectors.
   Of the 30 firms in the Sensex in 2002, 16 were out by 2012. Of the 16 firms exiting the Sensex by 2012, barring Pharma (three
    firms exiting), there is no obvious sector concentration. However, there are no Financial Services firms or Capital Goods
    firms or Auto firms among the exits. (In fact, across the two decades, Financial Services exits from the Sensex appear to be rare.)
   11 of the 16 exits in the 2002-2012 period are firms which had entered the Sensex in the previous decade, underscoring just how
    hard it is to stay at the top of the Indian market for a sustained period.
The investment implications of "churn"
   The next ten years are more likely to be akin to the 1990s – a decade defined by the end of the “Licence Raj” in 1991 -
    than the noughties. Civil servants in New Delhi are already viewing the period 2010-2012 as being the end of the “Old Raj”.
   Even if we are conservative and assume a 50% churn ratio going forward, 15 companies will be ejected from the Sensex
    over the next 10 years and 15 new firms will enter the index. Slides 9 and 10 seek to identify these entries and exits based on
    five frameworks:
    1. Ambit's index of politically connected companies whose core competitive advantage is connectivity with the powers that
       be (see our note published on Jun 14, 2011 for more details)
    2. Ambit's forensic accounting model for the BSE500 (see our note published on Jan 20, 2012 for more details)
    3. Ambit's "greatness" model (see our note published on Jan 19, 2012 for more details)
    4. The size effect i.e. firms that are big at the beginning of the period tend to be big by the end of the period as well.
    5. The potential for Indian companies to use the 29% depreciation of the INR versus the Chinese currency over the past year to
        build export franchises.

                                                                        Pg 2      Decadal changes
“Churn” is a constant

   60% of the Sensex’s constituents in Jan 1992 were no longer in the index a decade later.

   This “churn” was 53% for the 10 year period beginning Jan 2002.

   Churn in the Indian market is twice as high as it is in the US market.

   Churn in the Indian market appears to be higher than that in other large EMs.

   Churn seems to have fallen in the most recent decade compared to the 1990s.

                                                   Index churn

                 70     60
                 60           53                         52                                                     48
    Churn (%)

                 50
                                                                                                    39               36
                                       33

                                                                              Data not available
                 40                                            30
                 30                         23
                 20
                 10
                -
                      Sensex (India)   DJIA (US)        Hang Seng       Bovespa (Brazil)                        Average
                                                        (Hongkong)
                                                         Market

                                                   1992-2002     2002-2012

                                                                       Pg 3                        Decadal changes
Churn in the 1992-2002 period: 18 companies

              Exits from the Sensex by 2002                                                          Entry into the Sensex by 2002
                                                         CAGR-92-02 (rel                                                                            CAGR-92-02 (rel to
 Company name        Sector                 CAGR-92-02                     Ranking    Company name                Sector               CAGR-92-02
                                                             to Sensex)                                                                                     Sensex)
 Bombay Dyeing       Textiles                     (21)             (26)        11     BHEL                        Cap. Goods                   1                   (5)
 Ballarpur Inds      Paper                        (18)             (23)        15     Castrol                     Chemicals                   12                    7
 Ceat Tyres          Tyres                        (15)             (20)        23     Reliance Infra              Power Gen. & Dist.           4                   (1)
 Century Spinning    Diversified                  (20)             (25)         4     Colgate Palm (India) Ltd.   FMCG                         1                   (4)
 G.E. Shipping       Shipping                     (14)             (19)        14     Infosys                     IT - Software               87                  82
 GSFC                Fertilizers                  (28)             (33)         8     Guj. Ambuja Cements Ltd.    Cement                      11                    6
 Hind. Motors        Automobile                   (16)             (21)        24     HPCL                        Refineries                   3                   (2)
 Indian Hotels       Hotels & Restaurants            7                 2       27     Rel Petroleum               Refineries                   0                   (5)
 Indian Rayon        Textiles                      (8)             (13)        16     Dr. Reddy's                 Pharma                      39                  34
 Kirloskar Cummins   Cap. Goods                      7                 1       18     NIIT LTD.                   Computer Education          21                   16
 Indian Organic      Textiles                     (21)             (27)        28     ICICI                       Banks                       20                   15
 Mukand              Steel                        (29)             (34)        22     MTNL                        Telecomm-Service            (9)                 (14)
 Philips             Consumer Durables             (3)               (8)       19     Ranbaxy Lab                 Pharma                      26                   21
 Premier Auto        Cap. Goods                   (21)             (26)        29     State Bank of India         Banks                       (3)                  (8)
 Siemens             Cap. Goods                    (3)               (8)       17     Cipla Ltd.                  Pharma                      52                   47
 Tata Power          Power Gen. & Dist.            (6)             (11)        21     Zee Telefilms               Entertainment               33                   28
 Voltas              Diversified                  (10)             (15)        25     Satyam                      IT - Software               67                   62
 Zenith              Steel                        (31)             (36)        30     Bajaj Auto                  Automobile                  14                    9

    Of the 18 firms exiting the Sensex by 2002, 3 each belong to the Textiles and Capital Goods sectors. However,
     there are no Financial Services of FMCG firms amongst the exits. (Textiles accounts for 4 exits if you include
     Century Spinning.)
    Of the 18 firms entering the Sensex by 2002, 3 each belong to the Pharma and IT sectors. Barring that, there is
     no obvious sector concentration.
    Obviously, identifying these exits and entrants early helps investment performance.

                                                                                     Pg 4      Decadal changes
Churn in the 2002-2012 period: 16 companies

                Exits from the Sensex by 2012                                                         Entry into the Sensex by 2012
                                                         CAGR-02-12 (rel                                                                           CAGR-02-12 (rel to
 Company name           Sector               CAGR-02-12                     Ranking     Company name           Sector                 CAGR-02-12
                                                               to Sensex)                                                                                  Sensex)
 ACC                    Cement                      22                 5        23      Bharti Airtel          Telecomm-Service              45                  28
 Castrol                Chemicals                   16                (1)       26      Coal India Ltd.        Mining & Mineral              (4)                (21)
 Rel Infra              Power Gen. & Dist.           6               (11)       22      HDFC Bank              Banks                         25                    8
 Colgate Palm (India)   FMCG                        20                 3        27      Wipro                  IT - Software                 10                   (7)
 Nestle                 FMCG                        23                 6        12      Sterlite Inds          Non Ferrous Metals            39                  22
 Guj. Ambuja Cem        Cement                      20                 3        21      ONGC                   Crude Oil & Nat. Gas          28                  11
 Glaxosmit Pharma       Pharma                      21                 4        28      Jindal Steel & Power   Steel                         68                  51
 Grasim                 Textiles                    25                 8        25      NTPC                   Power Gen. & Dist.             9                   (8)
 HPCL                   Refineries                   6               (11)       15      HDFC Ltd.              Finance                       26                    9
 Rel Petorleum          Refineries               Merged with RIL                 5      DLF Ltd.               Realty                       (36)                (53)
 Dr. Reddy's            Pharma                      13                (4)       10      Sun Pharma             Pharma                        33                  16
 NIIT LTD.              Computer Education           2               (15)       30      Maruti Suzuki          Automobile                    12                   (5)
 MTNL                   Telecomm-Service           (16)              (33)        8      Hero Motocorp          Automobile                    22                    6
 Ranbaxy Lab            Pharma                       7               (10)        7      Tata Power             Power Gen. & Dist.            22                    5
 Zee Telefilms          Entertainment                8                (9)       16      TCS                    IT - Software                 19                    3
 Satyam                 IT - Software               (6)              (23)        9      JP Associates          Construction                  11                   (6)

        Of the 16 firms exiting the Sensex by 2012, barring Pharma (3 firms exiting), there is no obvious sector
         concentration.
        However, there are no Financial Services firms or Capital Goods firms or Auto firms amongst the exits.
        11 of the 16 exits are firms which had entered the Sensex in the previous decade underscoring just
         how hard it is the stay at the top of the Indian market for a sustained period of time.
        Of the 16 firms entering the Sensex by 2012, there is no obvious sector concentration.

                                                                                      Pg 5      Decadal changes
The constants: the 9 firms that were in the Sensex in ‘92 & ‘12

                           Firms which were in the Sensex in 1992 and 2012
                                                                   CAGR-92-12 (rel    Forward    Ranking   Ranking
 Company Name          Sector                         CAGR-92-12
                                                                       to Sensex)    (FY13) PE    (1992)    (2012)
 Hindalco              Non Ferrous Metals                     9                (1)           7       10        28
 Hindustan Unilever    FMCG                                  17                 7          32         5        13
 ITC                   Tobacco Products                      20               10           27         2         6
 Mahindra & Mahindra   Automobile                            23               12           12        26        21
 Larsen & Toubro       Infra Developers & Operators          19                 8           16       12        15
 Reliance Industries   Refineries                            18                 7           11        6         2
 Tata Power            Power Gen. & Dist.                     7                (4)          12       21        29
 Tata Motors           Automobile                             9                (2)           6        3        17
 Tata Steel            Steel                                  4                (7)           8        1        23

    It is hard to find common denominators across these constants

    It is hard to rationalise some of these firms’ durability even with the benefit of hindsight

                                                                   Pg 6   Decadal changes
Who will be the exits and entrants of 2022?

   The next ten years are more likely to be akin to the 1990s – a decade defined by the end
    of the “License Raj” in 1991 - than the noughties. Civil servants in New Delhi are already
    viewing the period 2010-12 as being the end of the “Old Raj”.

   Even if we are conservative and assume a 50% churn ratio going forward, 15
    companies will be ejected from the Sensex over the next 10 years and 15 new
    firms will enter the index.

   As shown in the preceding slides, identifying these exits and entrants has a meaningful
    bearing on investment performance.

   What determines their identity?

      Sector specific forces?

      Company specific forces?

      Current size?

                                                            Pg 7   Decadal changes
Our framework for identifying Sensex entries and exits
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Pg 8          Decadal changes
Likely exits (table contains all the names in the Sensex currently)
                                                                                                                        1 yr sh price  1 yr sh price    Last 3 yr EPS
Ticker              Name                                Index Wt (%) Accounting   P75    Govt interface   Greatness   chg (absolute) chg (relative to           CAGR
ITC IN Equity       ITC Ltd                                      9.5                                                            35%             39%             21%
RIL IN Equity       Reliance Industries Ltd                      9.0                                                       -16%            -13%             10%
INFO IN Equity      Infosys Ltd                                  8.4                                                         -10%             -7%             12%
HDFCB IN Equity     HDFC Bank Ltd                                7.1                                          -                 17%             20%             28%
ICICIBC IN Equity   ICICI Bank Ltd                               6.8                                          -                -16%            -13%             29%
HDFC IN Equity      Housing Development Finance Corp             6.6                                         -                 -1%              3%             23%
LT IN Equity        Larsen & Toubro Ltd                          5.2                                                        -18%            -14%             17%
TCS IN Equity       Tata Consultancy Services Ltd                5.0                                                          15%             18%             26%
ONGC IN Equity      Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd                   4.1                                                          7%             10%              9%
SBIN IN Equity      State Bank of India                          4.1                                         -                  1%              4%             10%
HUVR IN Equity      Hindustan Unilever Ltd                       3.4     -                                                     48%             51%              4%
TTMT IN Equity      Tata Motors Ltd                              3.3                                                          32%             35%             73%
BHARTI IN Equity    Bharti Airtel Ltd                            2.9                                                        -19%            -15%            -16%
MM IN Equity        Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd                      2.2                                                           8%             11%             27%
TATA IN Equity      Tata Steel Ltd                               2.0                                                         -25%            -22%              -6%
SUNP IN Equity      Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd            1.8                                                           23%             26%             12%
NTPC IN Equity      NTPC Ltd                                     1.7                                                        -13%            -10%              6%
WPRO IN Equity      Wipro Ltd                                    1.7                                                          -1%              2%             16%
BJAUT IN Equity     Bajaj Auto Ltd                               1.5     -                                    -                 15%             18%             78%
COAL IN Equity      Coal India Ltd                               1.5     -                                                  -11%             -8%             DNA
HMCL IN Equity      Hero Motocorp Ltd                            1.4                                                            19%             23%             23%
DRRD IN Equity      Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd                  1.4                                                          5%              8%             39%
BHEL IN Equity      Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd                 1.3                                                         -43%            -39%             32%
JSP IN Equity       Jindal Steel & Power Ltd                     1.3                                                        -29%            -26%             11%
GAIL IN Equity      GAIL India Ltd                               1.2                                                        -22%            -19%             12%
HNDL IN Equity      Hindalco Industries Ltd                      1.1                                                        -30%            -27%             33%
CIPLA IN Equity     Cipla Ltd/India                              1.1                                                          -3%              1%             10%
MSIL IN Equity      Maruti Suzuki India Ltd                      1.1                                                         -2%              1%              5%
TPWR IN Equity      Tata Power Co Ltd                            1.1                                                          -23%            -20%              -1%
STLT IN Equity      Sterlite Industries India Ltd                1.0                                                      -36%            -32%             10%

                                                                                                                      “ – “ indicates Data Not Available

                                                                                  Pg 9    Decadal changes
Likely entrants (table shows biggest non-Sensex names from our “greatness” model)
                                     Free Float MCap (Rs                Limited interface with        Export 1 yr sh price chg      1 yr sh price chg   Last 3 yr
Ticker            Name                                     Accounting
                                                    mn)                             the Govt?    opportunity?       (absolute)   (relative to Sensex) EPS CAGR
APNT IN Equity    Asian Paints                  274,979                                                                33%                   36%          35%
KMB IN Equity     Kotak Mah. Bank               196,616                                                                 36%                   39%          38%
NEST IN Equity    Nestle India                  148,803                                                                 15%                   19%          22%
LPC IN Equity     Lupin                         139,763                                                                24%                   27%          27%
HCLT IN Equity    HCL Technologies              100,521                                                                 2%                    6%          23%
ACC IN Equity     ACC                            97,729                                                                 27%                   30%          -7%
TTAN IN Equity  Titan Inds.                      93,987                                                                 3%                    6%          43%
DABUR IN Equity Dabur India                      91,319                                                                 0%                    3%           7%
BOB IN Equity     Bank of Baroda                 82,859                                                                 -18%                  -14%          37%
IDEA IN Equity    Idea Cellular                  81,999                                                                   2%                    5%          -8%
GLXO IN Equity    Glaxosmit Pharma               79,332                                                                -13%                  -10%          11%
SHTF IN Equity    Shriram Trans.                 61,133                                                                -15%                  -11%          23%
FB IN Equity      Federal Bank                   58,586                                                                  2%                    5%          17%
EXID IN Equity    Exide Inds.                    57,258                                                               -10%                   -6%          12%
SKB IN Equity     GlaxoSmith C H L               56,456                                                                  8%                   11%          24%
SRCM IN Equity    Shree Cement                   48,549                                                                 73%                   76%          40%
HPCL IN Equity    HPCL                           42,947                                                                 -10%                   -6%         -39%
OFSS IN Equity    Oracle Fin.Serv.               39,772                                                                 12%                   16%          21%
KKC IN Equity     Cummins India                  37,300                                                                -8%                   -5%          16%
PLNG IN Equity    Petronet LNG                   35,561                                                                  -2%                    2%          37%
APTY IN Equity    Apollo Tyres                   33,716                                                                10%                   13%          43%
CDH IN Equity     Cadila Health.                 33,338                                                               -12%                   -8%          27%
CSTRL IN Equity   Castrol India                  32,519                                                                  6%                    9%          12%
HZ IN Equity      Hind.Zinc                      27,754                                                                  -9%                   -5%          27%
NMDC IN Equity    NMDC                           26,612                                                                 -32%                  -28%          18%
CRIN IN Equity    Coromandel Inter               22,616                                                                 -22%                  -19%          15%
EIM IN Equity     Eicher Motors                  19,371                                                                66%                   69%          85%

Note: shading indicates potential entrants

                                                                                Pg 10       Decadal changes
The “certain” constants from 2012-2022?
                                                                                                                               1 yr sh price chg
                                                        % Index                             Govt           1 yr sh price chg                         Last 3 yr
Ticker              Name                                          Accounting   P75               Greatness                           (relative to
                                                        Weight                         interface                  (absolute)                        EPS CAGR
                                                                                                                                        Sensex)
ITC IN Equity       ITC Ltd                                 9.5                                                         35%                 39%          21%
HDFCB IN Equity     HDFC Bank Ltd                           7.1                                    DNA                  17%                 20%          28%
ICICIBC IN Equity   ICICI Bank Ltd                          6.8                                    DNA                 -16%                -13%          29%
HUVR IN Equity      Hindustan Unilever Ltd                  3.4        DNA                                             48%                 51%           4%
SUNP IN Equity      Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd       1.8                                                        23%                 26%          12%
BJAUT IN Equity     Bajaj Auto Ltd                          1.5        DNA                         DNA                  15%                 18%          78%
HMCL IN Equity      Hero Motocorp Ltd                       1.4                                                         19%                 23%          23%

 “DNA“ indicates Data Not Available

                                                                               Pg 11       Decadal changes
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     analysts provide important inputs into AMBIT Capital’s investment banking and other business selection processes.
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     and may also be represented in the supervisory board or on any other committee of those companies.

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19. The research report is solely a product of AMBIT Capital
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