Blue Dart Express offers attractive investment opportunities

Blue Dart Express, which is currently 81.03% controlled by DHL Express Singapore, is a leading player in South Asia for courier and integrated express package distribution. It was promoted in 1983 by Clyde Cooper, Tushar Jani and Kushroo Dubash and DHL Express (Singapore ) took a majority stake in the company in 2005.
The current upturn in the domestic economy over the last few quarters is expected to help Blue Dart Express and other players in the logistics segment, to transport increased volumes of packages. In addition, the company’s brand Blue Dart is well recognised and as per various estimates, it helps the company get better realisations vis-à-vis other players in its segment. Blue Dart Express was also debt-free at the end of its financial year of December ‘08 and has strong cash flows to fund its organic growth. Investors with a medium- to long-term investment horizon can consider this stock.
Blue Dart Express follows an integrated business model and the company’s fleet of four Boeing 757s and three B737 freighter aircraft are operated by Blue Dart Aviation, an associate company. Besides, Blue Dart Express also had over 5,658 vehicles and 350 combined retail counters, and over 12.2 lakh square feet of facility space at the end of December ‘08. The company provided delivery of consignments to over 21,000 locations across the country and to over 220 countries world-wide through its sales alliance with DHL Express (India) at the end of CY08. The company invested, on a standalone basis, Rs 108.4 crore between December ‘06 and December ‘08, while its cash flow during this period was a healthy Rs 199.7 crore.
29/03/10 Amriteshwar Mathur/Economic Times

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Categories: Cargo Mar 2010