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INITIAL VALUATION REPORT

Sector: Jewelry November 5th, 2014

PHU NHUAN JEWELRY J.S.C (HSX: PNJ)

Hoang Hieu Tri Current price 39.000


-18% -7% 0% +7% +18%
Senior Analyst Target price 55.000 Sell Reduce Neutral Add Buy
Email: trihh@fpts.com.vn Rate of return +41%
Tel: (84) - 86290 8686 - Ext : 7596 Dividend yield 5,1% BUY
PNJs rate of return after being listed
PNJ THE FORGOTTEN GOLDEN STOCK
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We initiate evaluate PNJ stock of Phu Nhuan Jewelry J.S.C (PNJ
120%
126% HOSE). We believe that the current price of PNJ does not reflect
100%
completely the companys growth prospect due to the lack of
80%
60%
specialized information about PNJs business operation and the
40% concern about the low liquidity of PNJ stock as well. However, we
20% strongly believe that PNJ is one of the must have stocks thanks
0% 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
Trading information Nov 4th 2014 ambition of becoming one of the biggest Asian jewelry companies.
Current price 39.000
Using FCFF valuation method, we expect that the fair value for PNJ
52-week high (VND/share) 39.000 stock in the end of 2014 will be at VND48.700 per share and
52-week low (VND/Share) 27.000 VND55.000 per share in the end of 2015. Based on these two
Listed share (Shares) 75.597.035 targets, we recommend a BUY position for PNJ stock in short-term,
Outstanding shares (Shares) 75.597.035 mid-term and long-term.
3M Average trading volume 13.593
PNJ is the biggest player in Viet Nam jewelry market with the
% current foreign ownership 49%
production ability 8 times higher than the one of next follower.
Chartered Capital (VND bn) 756
Moreover, PNJ also owns 70% of Viet Nam jewelry artisan
Market Cap (VND bn) 2.948
(higher level than jeweler) and takes more than 5% total market
Business Overview share.
Name Phu Nhuan Jewelry J.S.C

Address
170E Phan Dang Luu Street, Ward 3, The new policy (known as Circular No 22/2013-BKHCN, which
Phu Nhuan District, HCMC
was valid on June 1 2014) may help PNJ to dominate jewelry
Fine gold (bar), gold and silver jewelry, market which is highly fragmented. According to this circular, all
Core revenue
oil and gas (ended since 4Q2014)
jewelry manufacturers have to stamp the purity of gold on each
Raw gold and silver materials, gems,
Main cost
gemstones, diamonds
gold jewelry to terminate the cheating business in gold
Competitive Biggest player in Vietnam jewelry jewelry market in all over Viet Nam.
Advantage industry, huge store chain

Main risk
Lost some key persons in design team We expect that net revenue 2014 of PNJ will reach VND8.328 bn
and manufacturing team to competitors
(-6,6 yoy) due to the downtrend of global gold price, however, net
Shareholders Rate (%) profit 2014 of PNJ will reach VND261 bn (+55% yoy) thanks to
Ms. Cao Thi Ngc Dung the increasing of retail business in both gold segment and silver
10,14%
(chairwomen and CEO) segment and the unusual profit more than VND36 bn from the
Vietnam Azalea Fund Limited (Mekong
Capital) transfer SFC. Net revenue 2015 is expected to decrease 5%
Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited compared to 2014 given that PNJ will no longer consolidate SFC
6,57%
(Dragon Capital) result in their consolidated financial statement, however, we
Route One Investment Company 5,04%
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Deutsche Bank AG & Deutsche Asset expect that net profit 2015 of PNJ will reach VND319 bn (+21%
4,83%
Management (Asia) Ltd
yoy).
VOF Investment Limited (VinaCapital) 3,94%

Other internal shareholders 3,9% The growth potential of Viet Nam jewelry market is quite
large. In 16 years from 1997 to 2013, Viet Nam has imported
Other local shareholders >30%
more than 326 tonnes of gold jewelry and more than 890 tonnes
Other foreign shareholders <10% 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
Main competitors
bar.
Doji Jewelry Corporation (Doji)
(unclear information) PNJ has recently adjusted their sale policies with several added
Sai Gon Jewelry Company Limited (SJC) incentive terms to increase their market share. Customers may
(unclear information) reimburse PNJ jewelries (excluding silver jewelries) and will be
Bao Tin Minh Chau Jewelry and Gemstone Co.Ltd
refund at least 70% of the invoice at any time after purchasing.
(unclear information) For some special products, the refund rate may be at 90% to
98% of the invoice. Compared to the refund ate of other
Sacombank Jewelry (SBJ)
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).

PNJ has been the only listed jewelry company in Viet Nam.
PNJs 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 Unit 2013 2014F 2015F 2016F 2018F 2020F 2022F


Net Income 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

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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 PNJs 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
th
On October 15 2014, a group of thieves broke into Maximax also a mechanical safe using in bank. This safe storage is
Cong Hoa supermarket and tried to break the safe of several built fixed to the structure of the building that do not allow
jewelry stores and banks. Although some companies lost anyone to displace or to move.
their assets, PNJ had no damage in this event given that
these thieves could not break PNJs safe (reference link All retail stores have the security camera system. If any
[VIE])
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.

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.

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VALUATION BY FCFF METHOD AND P/E METHOD

LONG TERM VALUATION USING FCFF METHOD

DCF ASSUMPTION Value VALUATION SYNTHESIS unit: VND bn

WACC 2014 10,8% Assumption duration 9 years


Corporate tax rate (*) 22% Total present value of cash flow 4.269
Cost of equity 15,0% (+) Cash & ST investments 788
Risk free (**) 8,7% (-) Short & Long term debt 1.133
Risk premium 9,3% Enterprise value 6.190
Beta coefficient (***) 0,88 Minority interest 241
CAGR 12,0% Equity less minority interest 3.683
Terminal growth rate 3,0% Outstanding shares (million) 76
Price discounted to present 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

Market price on End of 2014 End of 2015


Period
Nov 04th 2014 (on Dec 31th 2014) (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 Net sales 3 years
Market P/E dis- ROE
price Nov
Bloomberg code Company Cap. P/E 12T (VND sales
4th /2014 counted 2013
(VND bn) bn) growth
(VND)
PNJ VN Equity Phu Nhuan Jewelry J.S.C 2.948 39.000 13,5 10.017 0,2% 17,4%
PNDORA DC Equity Pandora A/S 226.198 1.769.471 23,3 15,7 39.221 11,7% 45,4%
600612 CH Equity Lao Feng Xiang Co Ltd 45.009 102.748 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%
Average 18,6 13,6

EPS 2014 (F) 3.496 VND per share


P/E 11,6 12,6 13,6 14,6 15,6

PNJ target price 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.

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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

Gold bar, gold jewelry, silver jewelry, accessories, watch, gemstone


Main competitors of PNJ
and diamond inspection service.
No Company
1 Doji Jewelry Corporation Gold bar trading (brand name SJC): This segment does not
contribute significantly to PNJ result due to the low gross profit
2 Sai Gon Jewelry Company Limited (SJC)
margin (GPM rate at 0,02%, which means gross profit of selling
Bao Tin Minh Chau Jewelry and Gemstone
3 each VND35 mn gold bar is only VND70.000). However, PNJ
Co.Ltd
4 Viet Nam Agribank Gold Corporation J.S.C continue to maintain this business segment given that trading gold
Viet Nam Gold Investment and Trading bar is a basic demand of Vietnamese and customers may be
5
Corporation interested in other PNJs products as jewelry, watch, accessories
6 Kim Ngoc Phu Co.Ltd after purchasing gold bar.
7 Mi Hong Co.Ltd
8 Ngoc Hai Gemstone and Jewelry Co.Ltd Wholesale gold and silver jewelry: Main customers of PNJ in this
9 Ngoc Tham Gemstone and Jewelry Co.Ltd segment is other jewelry companies in all over Viet Nam that do not
11 Phuc Thanh Jewelry Co.Ltd have the ability of mass production jewelry products. These
12 Phuong Nam Jewelry Commercial Corporation outsourcing products do not coincident with PNJ current product
13 Sacombank Jewelry (SBJ)
portfolio and have the lower sophistication, lower target market
segment than PNJ jewelries. According to our research, at least 5
14 Phu Quy Gemstone and Jewelry
companies on the left table (including some jewelry companies
15 Vietinbank Gold and Jewelry
owned by banks) are wholesale customers of PNJ for a long time.
Source: FPTS 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:

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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.
However, the proportion of CAO Fine Jewelry is quite small CAO Fine Jewelry: Aim to the luxury customer segment as high
(1% total revenue) given that the luxury market in Viet Nam income customers, overseas Vietnamese, tourists who always
is not developed yet to boom phase like Chinese market.
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 PNJs
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 Gemstone inspection service: PNJ was the first Vietnamese
(International Organization Standardization) for the jewelry company that had the certification ISO 17025. Besides, PNJ
inspection companies that have the ability to test, to is currently applying the classification and inspection standards
inspect and to issue trusted technical certification.
equivalent to those of GIA (Gemological Institution of America the
Therefore, PNJs gemstone certification is accepted in
all over the world.
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
18.000 strongly between 2008 and 2012 17.335
thanks to the uptrend of gold price,
then turned back sharply after the 250
16.000
downtrend of gold price and the
intervention of the State Bank of 13.007
14.000 Vietnam, in which they took the
monopoly role in gold market 200
12.000

9.625
10.000 150

7.604
8.000 Net revenue Net profit
6.428
100
6.000

4.000 3.501
1.801 50
2.233
2.000 1.254
724 871
71 217 142 198 131 257 213 347 183 203 218 377 447
- -

(*) See more details about the historical price of gold by various currency (USD, VND and CNY) and the
Source: PNJ, FPTS
correlation between these factors and PNJs operating result during years at Appendix 2 (Click here)

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Value chain of PNJ business activities


Raw
material 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
Retail Design
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


Distri- Manu- is applying these policies below:
bution facture

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
Raw
materials
Origin Supplier local suppliers that collect raw material from various sources. These
Local customers raw gold materials are separated into 2 groups: SJC group (gold
Gold material Viet Nam
Local suppliers bar with brand name SJC that the commercial price is unified in all
Silver material
Belgium Metalor over Viet Nam and is adjusted exclusively by SBV) is used for gold
Viet Nam Other
trading activities; non-SJC group or unbranded gold bar are
Gold bar Viet Nam Local customers
bought with the price of fine gold (99,99%) that is lower significantly
Hong Kong RMC
Gemstones than the SJC gold (~15%) and nearly equal to the international
Thailand Creative Gems (BKK) price. The second group is currently main raw material for gold
Hong Kong Yakubov jewelry of PNJ thanks to its low cost. According to our research, the
Hong Kong Forte supplying source for this kind of gold material in Viet Nam is quite
Diamond
Belgium Fischler large, thus, the risk of lacking raw gold material of PNJ is negligible.
Viet Nam Local customers
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.

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
According to Mr. Le Hung Dung, chairman of Saigon Jewelry
not have.
Company Limited (SJC), total domestic gold of Viet Nam is
estimated at 500 tonnes (reference link [VIE]).
Diamond: PNJ has imported diamond from various sources that
According to FPTS research, total imported gold in Viet Nam are inspected strictly by experienced experts of PNJ.
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
Commonly, risk of supplying source for raw material and risk of
PNJs annual raw gold demand has been around 4,8 tonnes price volatility are negligible given that PNJ can flexibly transfer
that scored 9% of total imported raw gold material each year. 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:

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Designing processes: Plan in advance the design project for the next following
years.
1. Hand-sketching.
2. Using specialized software to complement hand- Annually host PNJ jewelry design contest in all over
sketching and to create 3D model (using Cad-cam Viet Nam to find potential designer..
modelling one of the most popular design method Scholarship funding for potential students in design
thanks to its accuracy and efficiency). Some popular
specialized software are Jewel CAD, Rhinoceros (Rhino) faculty of famous universities to attract these talents
and Matrix. after graduation.
3. The prototype after being approved by the R&D Take part in local and international jewelry exhibition
committee and the product committee will transfer to the
product department and sales department that decide the
and contest to catch up new fashion trend and to brain
production scale based on the market demand and the storm for new creative ideas.
marketing strategy of PNJ. 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 PNJs 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:

Technology and production ability factor: In Dec 2012, PNJ


inaugurated their new jewelry factory, which is the biggest one in
All production processed of PNJ follow the Resin molding Viet Nam, at Go Vap district (HCMC) with total area of 3.500 m 2,
technology. The crude embryos, after being created using including 6 stages divided to 30 production groups. Total current
the Resin molding process, will be transfer to the jeweler to
be attached gemstones, polished, honed, metal plated all production capacity of this factory is 4 million units per year and is
these above processes are crafted manually and are totally 8 times higher than the production capacity of the 2nd biggest
depended on the craftsmanship and experience of jeweler to jewelry manufacturer in Viet Nam (known as SJC with total capacity
become perfect. According to our research, the luxury level
and price of jewelry is highly correspondent with the need of
around 500.000 unit per year, this factory was inaugurated in May
manual processes and the craftsmanship level of jeweler. 2015). Almost main equipment in this new factory are imported from
Germany and Italia, two leading countries in mechanical industry
One of the most important characteristic of jewelry industry is and jewelry industry in the world, respectively.
the loss amount of raw material (gold and silver powder)
during production has a remarkable value. Thus, jewelry PNJ has only run 50% of their capacity by mechanical aspect (equal
manufacturer must have the technology and recovering to 4 million unit per year), but more than 90% capacity of current human
procedure to collect these loss amounts and to reallocate
them to the COGS. More precisely, PNJ use nearly 5 tonnes
resource. Therefore, we believe that the unexploited capacity of this
of gold each year, the loss rate of raw material is nearly 1%, factory is enough for PNJ production demand from now on to 2022 and
that means the loss amount of gold raw material is about 50kg the capital expenditure demand in this period is not remarkable
(which cost VND44 bn). Thanks to the deep investment in the
high-end production line and the modern recovering Human factor: is mostly concerned with the jewelers. Due to the
technology (through the air filter and the specialized specific characteristic of jewelry industry, the craftsmanship of
processes applied for the jewelers), PNJ have minimized the
loss rate and have recovered almost their loss materials.
jeweler is the most important factor than affect totally to the quality,
However, excluding PNJ, the problem above is truly a threat the perfection of jewelry and even the reputation and position of
for other jewelry manufacturers due to their low internal forces jewelry company in the industry (See more details about jewelry
in finance and experience.
career tree [VIE]). As a leading company in jewelry industry, almost

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Jewelers are the person who directly make various kind of PNJs jewelers are freshmen and are trained from beginning. PNJ
jewelry as ring, earring, bangle, necklet, medal using
always follow-up these jewelers to detect the excellent ones to
precious metal as gold, silver, platinum, bronze following the
available design model. Each jeweler is in charge one of enhance their craftsmanship through advanced training courses
numerous processes in whole jewelry production as: honing and also increase their remuneration to ensure their dedication for
and assembling jewelry parts together, attaching gemstones
the company. Currently, PNJ have 800 jewelers with the annual
in an assembled jewelry or cutting, grinding and polishing
gemstones. renovation rate around 10%. Among these jewelers, more than 160
senior ones are classified as jewelry artisan that is equal to 70%
High-level jeweler, aka jewelry expert, is classified as of total jewelry artisan of Viet Nam.
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 Losing high-level employees (especially jewelry artisan) to other
disassembly many kind of jewelries (gold, silver, competitors is a regular risk of PNJ during years. To minimize this risk,
gemstones) into many individual parts before adjusting and PNJ has applied two main methods, which are the remuneration policy
re-assembling them into a new perfect jewelry. Moreover,
they can engrave many kind of motifs and patterns in jewelry
corresponding with the level and experience (including ESOP
to increase its sophistication and perfection. policy) and the corporate culture policy that help to tighten the
relationship between employee and the company. We admit that
Source: nghekimhoan.wordpress.com PNJ is well controlling this risk.

4. Distribution:
Net revenue by region of PNJ Gold a) Distributing wholesale jewelry: wholesale customers will receive
directly their products at PNJ or PNJ will transport to them under
Southeast (including HCMC)
the protection of police.
77%

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
North of
have small size but quite high value. To transport jewelry in long
Viet Nam distance to Da Nang depot or to Ha Noi depot, PNJ have a
7%
specialized transporter team using airway and dedicated cars under
Mekong River Delta Central of Viet Nam
8% 8%
the protection of police. The distributing activities of PNJ is
executed weekly to ensure the continuity of product flow in all over
Source: PNJ, FPTS
Viet Nam.
Net revenue by region of PNJ Silver
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
Southeast (including HCMC) Gold and PNJ Silver. The number of retail store is expected to
63%
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 Partners advices, PNJ has adjusted the
North of target segment for each store to focus to the real potential customer
Viet Nam
23% in each selling point; the selling effectiveness was changed to the
Mekong River Delta
sales per square method as well.
Central of Viet Nam
7% 7%

PNJs stores are classified by 3 main types:


PNJ has maintained two price policies as:
Indicated price: Indicate by PNJ and is included: Type 1: Total capital expenditure and inventories value
Crafting fee + design + profit + raw material
(gold/silver) price. This group of price takes more
are about VND12 14 bn
than 90% of total revenue and is popular in retail Type 2: Total capital expenditure and inventories value
channel.
Basic price by raw material price + crafting
are about VND8 bn
fee: This group takes a small proportion in PNJs Type 3: Total capital expenditure and inventories value
total revenue and is commonly used in wholesale
channel. are about VND6 bn

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For the customers who want to reimburse their products, PNJ All processes in inventory management and selling activities are
have applied the most attractive refund policy in Viet Nam
jewelry market (more details [VIE]) with some key points as executed through the ERP system named Xman with two
below: associated modules. Therefore, PNJs leaders and other
Discount 5 10% value on bill within 3 days. departments can access real-time to the operating result of each
Discount at most 30% value on bill with no time store that help to optimize the management effectiveness and risk
limited.
Discount 2 7% value on bill for diamonds. controlling. Moreover, this ERP system can also support for the
Discount 20% value of jewelry coat. promotional programs, sales campaigns, sales-off strategy of PNJ.
No imbursement for silver jewelry due to the high
chemical sensitive (denaturation) of this metal.
Details about the ERP system of PNJ

Management processes
The ERP system of PNJ named Xman (eXtra Management) is
of the ERP Xman system
developed based on the 3-tier client/server architecture. More
precisely, the end user interface (used for PNJs 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 customers
demand, traffic density, and consumption taste), Doji rooted their
Source: PNJ

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new stores to save market research expenses. We expect that this


emergence of Doji near PNJs 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 PNJs 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 quality-
violated 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.

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The processes of cheating gold purity in jewelry of small and


household jewelry manufacturers are as bellow:

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.
According to the Saigon Jewelry Association (SJA), almost
small and household jewelry manufacturers and retailers by 2. They can self-produce the counterfeit product above or
gold jewelries with the purity of gold at 65% from some major outsource to other major manufacturers (known as Chanh
manufacturers (that the specific terms is Chanh in
in Vietnamese).
Vietnamese or also known as wholesale manufacturer PNJ
is the biggest chanh in HCMC and in Viet Nam as well). The 3. Sell these counterfeit products as 18k gold price (in fact they
real purity of gold in these products is usually 61% while the are only 13k 14k 15k -16k gold) and enjoy a premium
retailer sell them with the price of 67% gold product. 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.

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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 PNJs prospect

According to Dojis estimation in 2012 by collecting and analyzing


Jewelry consumption per capita in some data of World Gold Council, the total jewelry spent of Vietnamese
countries in 2009 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).
US 260 This consumption rate was lower than the global rate at $43
researched in 2009, given that Viet Nam has been one of the top
EU 214
20 gold jewelry consumers in the world for years (the 2nd biggest
Hong Kong 97 gold consumer in ASEAN, after Indonesia).
Japan 81
According to Mr. Cao Xuan Lanh, deputy CEO of SJC, the gold
Worldwide 43 jewelry demand in Viet Nam is quite large with the average growth
Viet Nam
39 rate of 20 25% per year, in a circumstance that Viet Nam is the
(in 2012)
7th biggest gold consumer (including gold bar, coin and gold jewelry)
Ma Cao 36 in the world. In 2013, Viet Nam imported more than 92 tonnes of
China 19 gold that cost $4,2 bn, and the demand was just lower than China,
India, US, Turkey, Thailand and Germany (See more details).
0 100 200 300

Noticeably, among the top gold importers in the world, the


Source: FPTS, Frost & Sullivan
proportion of gold jewelry in total imported gold of Viet Nam is just

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13%, which is one of the lowest rate (excluding Thailand, Germany


Gold jewelry consumption per capita by and Switzerland given that these countries have imported raw gold
total imported value (USD) just only for their production industries). Compared this rate with the
similar countries that have the tradition of gold jewelry consumption
UAE 303
Hong Kong as India (62%), China (63%), US (63%), Turkey (42%), UAE (81%),
Other Gulf
Source: FPTS, WGC Russia (100%), Arab Saudi (76%), the rate of 13% of Viet Nam
Saudi Arabia
Greater China
proves two main characteristic of Viet Nam jewelry market as
Russia bellow:
China 22
India
Egypt The domestic raw gold material demand for jewelry
USA production is quite large, even when the State Bank of Viet
UK Nam has taken the monopoly control in gold bar market.
Taiwan
Italy The gold accumulation demand of Vietnamese people is
World total 14 still high to avoid and minimize the negative effect of
South Korea
Indonesia
inflation risk and policy volatility risk.
Japan
Vietnam 6 Based on the analysis above, we highly appreciate the probability
Turkey
Thailand
of switching consumption demand from gold bar to gold jewelry and
jewelry in common, in a circumstance that the macroeconomic of
0 200
Viet Nam and the correlation between USD and VND are becoming
Considering the value of gold imported in 2013, the gold
stable, and the income per capita of Vietnamese people is
jewelry imported spent per capita of Vietnamese people was increasing significantly.
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 Considering the potential growth of Viet Nam jewelry industry
almost purchased jewelries in Viet Nam are produced
domestically. 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).

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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, PNJs 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 SFCs result out of the
consolidated result, the CAGR of PNJs revenue is expected at
14,3%.

Chart 2: Net revenue and Net profit after tax forecasted for the period of 2007 2022
23 200%
VND Thousand billion

20
18
18 150%
18
15
14
13 100%
13 12
10 9 10
9 50%
7 8 8
8
0%
4
3 2
0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0 -50%
0,1 0,1 0,2 0,2 0,3 0,3 0,2 0,3 0,3 0,4 0,5

(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

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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
PNJ gold bar with their own brand around 1%. However, after the validation of the Decision No
Phoenix PNJ DongA Bank 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).
Forecasting for the proportion of each
Gold jewelry group: This is the main contributing group in
subgroup in gold jewelry group in the period
of 2013 2022 both revenue and profit of PNJ during years. The proportion
of this group in net revenue in the period of 2008 2022 is
100% 1%
expected at 61%. Excluding the period of 2009 2011
2% 1%
90%
80% 29%
44%
when its proportion was down to 21% due to the uptrend of
70% 58% the gold bar trading group, the average proportion of this
60%
50%
group is expected at 71% total revenue (that will increase
40% slightly from 2013 and will reach 87% in 2022). Considering
69%
30% 55%
42%
the contribution in profit, the gold jewelry group is expected
20%
10%
to contribute about 82% in total gross profit with the average
0% 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 Retail Export
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.
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
A wedding collection named Huong Sac Tinh Hong of PNJ
internal forces to increase domestic market share
using 24k gold (99,99%) with attached ruby gemstone that
cost VND152 million (~USD7.240) thanks to the converging of all positive factors as
favorable policy high growth potential strong
human resource judicious orientation of leaders.

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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.
A silver ring with an attached violet stone that cost
VND542.000 (~USD26) Chart 3: Stats and forecast for proportion of main product
segment of PNJ in the period of 2008 2022
100%
87%
90%
80% 72%
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


Some platinum and white gold jewelries in luxury a tiny proportion in total revenue of PNJ (nearly 1%). Based
segment named CAO Fine Jewelry of PNJ 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 PNJs net revenue (1%)
but has the fastest growth rate, at 22% per years and has
the highest gross profit margin among all PNJs 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 ex-
subsidiary company has no longer been consolidated in
PNJs 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.

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Expense structure and forecast for the period of 2014 2022

We predict that the COGS will take the major proportion in PNJs
Average cost structure cost structure in the period of 2014 2022, at 87% of net revenue.
in the period of 2014 2022
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.
COGS; 87%
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
Financial
expenses; Sales expenses; operating expense rate of PNJ will increase slightly each year and
2,9%
1,0% G&A expenses; will reach 10,4% of net revenue in 2022, especially for the selling
1,3% expense that is concordant with the expansion of retail activities of
PNJ in the next years.

Total assets and total equity structure for the period of 2014
2022

Total assets and total equity structure for the Commonly, the PNJs total asset will change noticeably by
period of 2014 2022 increasing the proportion of current assets (at an average rate of
100% 65% of total assets) and decreasing the proportion of non-current
90% 48% 56% assets to the average rate of 35% of total assets). In this period,
80%
70% PNJ will have no major capital expenditure amount and will have
60% 52% 44% only the annual investment in upgrading current production line and
50% some new equipment, given the fact that current used capacity of
40% 35% 33%
PNJs factory is only 50%.
30%
20% 67%
65%
10% The total equity structure of PNJ will be changing by decreasing
0% slightly the proportion of total liabilities and increasing the
proportion of owner equity given that PNJ will have no any long-
term loan in the period of 2014 2022 and their short-term loan will
Short-term assets Long-term assets
be only used for their working capital. The balance between total
Total liabilities Owner's equity
liabilities and total owner equity is expected at 44% - 56%.

ROE DuPont analysis


ROE DuPont analysis
30% 28% 28% 3,5
27% 28%
26% Our DuPont indicators prove that the ROE ratio of PNJ is beginning
25%
25% 23% 3,0 to increase slightly from 2014 to the peak of 28,1% in 2021 thanks
20% to the improvement of net profit margin that is expected at an
2,5
20% average rate of 4,3% in this period.
18% 2,0
15% 12% The asset turnover is also expected to be improved in the next
1,5
10%
years thanks to the higher annual growth rate of net revenue (12%)
1,0 than the annual growth rate of total assets (10%).
5% 0,5
The financial leverage of PNJ is expected to be decreased in the
0% 0,0 next years although their cost of debt is quite low (at 6% per year),
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
given that the accumulated retained earnings of PNJ will increase
Net profit margin ROE Dupont
at an average rate of 15% each year.
Assets turnover Financial leverage

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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 South Korea


48% 12%

US
1% Japan
11%
Switzerland
1%
Germany
1%
Italia
2% Thailand Hong Kong
3% Singapore French Malaysia 9%
4% 4% 4%

Source: ICE, FPTS

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Appendix 2: Historical gold price by currency (adjusted by inflation)

After being adjusted follow Viet Nams 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.

Chart 5: Historical correlation between gold price by USD and by VND (unit: troy ounce)

40 2.000

USD
Million VND

35 1.800
Quarterly gold price by VND ( inflation and exchange rate adjusted)
1.600
30 Quarterly gold price by USD ( inflation and exchange rate adjusted)
1.400
25 1.200
20 1.000

15 800
600
10
400
5 Source; FPTS, WGC 200
0 0
Q4 1989
Q3 1990
Q2 1991
Q1 1992
Q4 1992
Q3 1993
Q2 1994
Q1 1995
Q4 1995
Q3 1996
Q2 1997
Q1 1998
Q4 1998
Q3 1999
Q2 2000
Q1 2001
Q4 2001
Q3 2002
Q2 2003
Q1 2004
Q4 2004
Q3 2005
Q2 2006
Q1 2007
Q4 2007
Q3 2008
Q2 2009
Q1 2010
Q4 2010
Q3 2011
Q2 2012
Q1 2013
Q4 2013
Q3 2014
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.

Chart 5: Historical correlation between gold price by CNY and by VND (unit: troy ounce)

40 12.000
CNY
Million VND

Quarterly gold price by VND ( inflation and exchange rate adjusted)


35
Quarterly gold price by CNY ( inflation and exchange rate adjusted) 10.000
30 China devaluated their
currency in 1993 8.000
25 (devaluated rate at 70%
compared with 1985)
20 6.000

15
4.000
10
Source: FPTS, WGC
2.000
5

0 0
Q4 1989
Q3 1990
Q2 1991
Q1 1992
Q4 1992
Q3 1993
Q2 1994
Q1 1995
Q4 1995
Q3 1996
Q2 1997
Q1 1998
Q4 1998
Q3 1999
Q2 2000
Q1 2001
Q4 2001
Q3 2002
Q2 2003
Q1 2004
Q4 2004
Q3 2005
Q2 2006
Q1 2007
Q4 2007
Q3 2008
Q2 2009
Q1 2010
Q4 2010
Q3 2011
Q2 2012
Q1 2013
Q4 2013
Q3 2014

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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).

Chart 7: Gold jewelry, gold bar and coin consumption in the world in 2013 (by tonnes)
Tonnes of gold

4.500
4.000
3.500
3.000 Gold jewelry imported
In 2013, Viet Nam imported 12 tonnes of
2.500 gold jewelry (+4% yoy) and 80 tonnes of Gold bar and coin imported
2.000 gold bar and coin (+23% yoy) that take
1.500 2,4% of total world demand.
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.

Chart 8: Gold jewelry, gold bar and coin consumption in the world in 2013 (by USD)

55
Billion USD

45
Gold jewelry imported
35 In 2013, Viet Nam imported USD554 mn Gold bar and coin imported
gold jewelry (-1% yoy) and USD3,6 bn
25 gold bar and coin (+2,7% yoy) that make
Viet Nam becoming the 7th biggest gold
15 importer in the world.

-5

Source: FPTS, WGC

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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), Mot Hennesy Louis Vuitton (LVMH French) do identify
the level of development and the growth prospect of PNJ in the near future.

90 100%
77
Billuon Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)

80 79,2% Chow Tai Fook


80% (1929 HK Equity)
70
57 61% 57
Net revenue
60 60%
NPAT
50
40% Revenue growth rate
35
40 23
27,3% NPAT growth rate
30 20%

18 15,2% % of operating expenses on


20 sales
0% Gross profit margin
10 6 6 7
2 2 4

0 -20%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Source: FPTS, Bloomberg

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%.

35 32,8 450%
Billion CNY

30 350%
25,4 Lao Feng Xiang
25 (600612 CH Equity)
21,0 250%
Net revenue
20
150% NPAT
15 Revenue growth rate
18,3%
50%
10 NPAT growth rate

-50% % operating expenses on sales


5
Gross profit margin
0,6 0,9
-150%
0

-5 -250%

Source: FPTS, Bloomberg


-10 -350%

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%.

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5 200%
Billion USD

4,0
4 3,8
39% 59,3%
100%
4
Tiffany
3 0% TIF US Equity

3 Net revenue
-100%

2 NPAT

-200% Revenue growth rate


2
NPAT growth rate
1 -300% % of operating expenses on
sales
0,4 Gross profit margin
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%.
Average operating expenses on sales (sales + G&A): 40%. Average gross profit margin: 54%.

65%
Billion Euro

35 70%

30 60%
49%

25 50% Mot Hennesy Louis Vuitton


LVMH (MC FP Equity)
20 40%
Net revenue

15 30% NPAT

Revenue growth rate


10 20%
% of operating expenses on
sales
5 10%

0 0%

Source: FPTS, Bloomberg


-5 -10%

Mot 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 Mot 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%.

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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 Zinc Palladium


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% 1,3%
Normal gold 24k 99,99%
White gold 9k 37,5% 62,5%
White gold 10k 41,7% 47,4% 0,9% 10%
White gold 14k 58,3% 32,2% 9.50%
White gold 18k 75,0% 25% (*)
White gold 22k n/a n/a 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% 8,4% Source: WGC, FPTS
(*) The palladium may be also replaced by platinum in some luxury jewelries

2. The exchange method between measuring units

Exchange Vietnamese Troy (*): This unit, which is also known as troy ounce, is belong
Gram
method Ounce (V.O0 Ounce (*)
to SI measurement system (International System) applied
1 Ounce (*) = 0,8293 31,103
widely for global gold sector. Besides, the U.K has their
1 Gram = 0,0266 0,0325 own measurement system in which 1 UK ounce is equal
1 V.O = 37,50 1,2057 to 28,3495 gram.
Source: PNJ, FPTS

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Appendix 6: Stats and financial forecast for the period of 2013 2022

unit: VND bn

Incom e statem ent 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2020 2022 Balance sheet 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022
Net incom e 8.914 8.328 7.941 9.006 11.715 15.337 20.035 Assets
- COGS -8.244 -7.555 -7.024 -7.867 -9.998 -12.835 -16.508 + Cash & equivalent 508 788 832 740 639 531 293 (328)
Gross profit 670 773 917 1.139 1.717 2.501 3.526 + Short-term investments - - - - - - - -
- Sales & Marketing -262 -295 -329 -427 -696 -1096 -1672 + Accounts receivable 76 61 58 66 75 85 112 146
- General & Adm in -113 -106 -109 -133 -196 -287 -415 + Inventories 1.087 1.297 1.321 1.600 1.926 2.305 3.244 4.458
Operating profit 294 372 479 580 825 1.119 1.440 + Other current assets 46 43 41 47 53 61 80 104
+ Financial profit (61) (21) (54) (62) (80) (105) (137) Total current assets 1.718 2.189 2.252 2.453 2.693 2.982 3.728 4.380
+ Other profit 1 - - - - - - + Gross fixed assets 498 518 543 573 605 639 705 1.097
EBIT 234 351 424 518 745 1.013 1.302 - Accum. depreciation -118 -139 -163 -191 -223 -258 -344 -454
- Interest expense - - - - - 2,00 4,00 + Long-term investments 590 590 590 590 590 590 590 590
EBT 234 351 424 518 745 1.015 1.306 + Other long-term assets 14 142 135 153 174 199 261 341
- Incom e tax expense -64 -77 -93 -104 -149 -203 -260 Total long-term assets 1.239 1.334 1.353 1.401 1.454 1.513 1.640 2.112
EAT 169 274 331 414 596 813 1.046 Total Assets 2.957 3.523 3.605 3.854 4.148 4.496 5.368 6.492
PAT (less m inority interests) 163 264 319 400 575 782 1.005
EPS (VND per share) 2.153 3.496 4.225 5.288 7.605 10.351 13.300 Liabilities & Equity 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022
EBITDA 257 372 448 545 780 1059 1360 + Accounts payable 1.415 1.922 1.868 1.947 2.036 2.139 2.393 2.710
Depreciation 24 21 24 28 35 46 58 + Short-term borrow ings 1.164 1.133 1.104 1.071 1.033 989 883 744
Net incom e grow th rate 33% -7% -5% 13% 14% 14% 14% + Other ST liabilities 252 789 764 876 1.003 1.150 1.510 1.966
Operating profit grow th rate -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
EBIT grow th rate - 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
EPS grow th rate -39% 62% 21% 25% 19% 16% 13% + Other LT liabilities - - - - - - 2,00 4,00
Total LT liabilities 135 135 135 135 135 135 137 139
Profitability ratios 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2020 2022 Total Liabilities 1.551 2.057 2.003 2.082 2.171 2.275 2.528 2.845
Gross m argin 8% 9% 12% 13% 15% 16% 18% + Total preferred equity - - - - - - 2,00 4,00
PAT m argin 2% 3% 4% 4% 5% 5% 5% + Additional paid in capital 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105
ROE DuPont 12% 19% 21% 24% 27% 29% 29% + Share capital 756 756 756 756 756 756 756 756
ROA DuPont 6% 8% 9% 11% 13% 15% 16% + Retained earnings 274 307 348 399 460 534 719 961
EBIT Margin 3% 4% 5% 6% 6% 7% 6% + Minority interest 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88
PAT/PBT 70% 75% 75% 77% 77% 77% 77% Total equity 1.318 1.431 1.566 1.736 1.941 2.185 2.805 3.611
PBT/EBIT 80% 94% 89% 89% 90% 91% 90% Liabilities & equity 2.957 3.575 3.657 3.906 4.200 4.548 5.421 6.544
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 Cash flow 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022
ROIC 6% 11% 12% 15% 19% 22% 24% 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
Efficiency ratios 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2020 2022 + Depreciation 24 21 24 28 32 35 46 58
Days inventory on hand 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 + Other non-cash adjust. 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Days AR outstanding 42 63 69 74 84 92 99 + Changes in non-cash -353 343 -46 -174 -209 -243 -324 -422
Days AP outstanding 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Cash from Operations -25 715 403 371 448 537 735 938
Cash conversion cycle 41 56 67 67 76 84 90 + Disposal fixed assets 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inventory turnover 7,58 5,82 5,32 4,92 4,34 3,96 3,70 + Capex -57 -41 -49 -58 -64 -69 -78 -422
+ Change in investments 154 0 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 - - - - - - Net changes in cash 39 491 140 50 69 94 151 -136
Ending cash 469 508 999 1.139 1.189 1.258 1.474 1.805

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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.

The expected at 18% is estimated based on 12-month government bond rate in addition to market risk premium in Vietnam.

Recommendation Explanation

12 months period
Buy If targeted price is higher than market price 18%
Increase If targeted price is higher than market price about 7%-18%
Monitor If targeted price compared to market price within -7%-7%
Decrease If targeted price is lower than market price from -7% to -18%
Sell If targeted price is lower than market price -18%

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