Gabriel India’s Strategic Business Restructuring: 5 Things Investors Need to Know

Business restructurings can make or break a company’s growth path.

For Gabriel India, the intent was crystal clear — simplify, consolidate, and scale.

And the market got the message loud and clear… with the stock zooming 20% in a single day earlier this week! In fact, the stock zoomed another 20% on the next day.

Gabriel Share Price Performance Over 5 Days

Restructuring Details

Under the restructuring, Gabriel will amalgamate Anchemco India into Asia Investments, followed by a demerger.

This two-step restructuring will consolidate its automotive-related businesses under one roof. The goal is to bring multiple group companies involved in the auto sector directly into Gabriel India to strengthen its product portfolio and unlock synergies.

Here’s the simplified version of Gabriel’s strategic business restructuring.

Step 1: Merger

Under the first phase, Anchemco India (AIPL), which makes auto fluids like brake oil and coolant, will be merged into Asia Investments (a holding/promoter group company).

Step 2: Demerger & Merger into Gabriel

The automotive business of AIPL, including investments in other auto-related firms like Dana Anand, Henkel Anand, and ACYM, will be demerged from Asia Investments and merged into Gabriel India.

Share Exchange Ratio: Promoters will receive 1,158 Gabriel shares for every 1,000 shares of AIPL held.

Valuation: The deal is being executed at a valuation of 8x FY25 EV/EBITDA.

Step	Action	Entities Involved	Effective Date	Key Notes
1	Merger	Anchemco India Pvt. Ltd. → Asia Investments Pvt. Ltd.	April 1, 2025	Consolidates auto fluids business under Asia Investments
2	Demerger	Auto biz (including investments) carved out from Asia Investments	April 1, 2026	Includes Dana Anand, Henkel Anand, ACYM
3	Merger	Demerged auto biz → merged into Gabriel India	April 1, 2026	Auto portfolio consolidation under Gabriel
4	Share Issuance	Gabriel to issue shares to AIPL promoters	Post-merger	1,158 Gabriel shares for every 1,000 AIPL shares
	Valuation	—	—	Deal done at 8x FY25 EV/EBITDA
	Approvals	Board, Creditors, Stock Exchanges, NCLT, Shareholders	Within 10–12 months	All steps subject to regulatory approvals

About Gabriel India

Gabriel India, which has over 60+ years of experience in the auto ancillary industry, is the flagship company of the Anand Group. 

It provides the widest range of ride control products in India including shock absorbers, struts, front forks and dampers.

Gabriel’s Competitive Advantage

Source: Investor Presentation

The company is the preferred supplier to most original equipment manufacturers (except Hero MotoCorp) in the auto industry. 

In fact, for companies like Volkswagen, Skoda and most of the 2W/3W EVs, Gabriel is the single supplier of suspension systems. It is also a preferred vendor to many utility vehicle models of Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra.

Gabriel’s Marquee Customer Base

Source: Investor Presentation

Gabriel has 8 plants located close to the plants of major OEMs, allowing quick delivery and inventory management along with better management of logistic costs.

Financial Snapshot

In Q4 of FY25, Gabriel India reported a robust growth of 17% YoY in revenue due to higher volumes and strong sales performance in all segments.

Operating profit (EBITDA) was up 35.1% YoY with margins at 10.1%. Its net profit also grew by 31.2% YoY.

Segment wise, 2-wheeler/3-wheeler segment contributed 63% of revenue, passenger cars contributed to 25% of revenues, 11% from commercial vehicles and balance 1% from trading.

For the full year ended March 2025, the annual revenue grew 19.4% majorly on account of strong growth in the 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler segment.

EBITDA for the year was up 33.2% YoY while net profit came in at Rs 250 crore, up 37.1% YoY.

What Next?

The key rationale behind the restructuring is to transform Gabriel from a single product suspension manufacturing company into a diversified, technology driven mobility solutions provider, reducing the product concentration risk.

Post merger, the promoter holding is expected to go up from 55% to 63.5%.

Source: Investor Presentation

The restructuring is also expected to enhance supply chain synergies through exports and new customer acquisition by leveraging global relationships of foreign strategic partners.

Gabriel has KYB Japan, Yamaha Motor Hydraulic System and KONI as its technology partners.

KYB is one of the world’s largest suppliers of shocks and struts for OEMs and the aftermarket. 

Meanwhile, Yamaha Motor Hydraulic System manufactures shock-absorbing equipment for motorcycles, automobiles, and outboard motor hydraulic systems. 

Koni is also a premier manufacturer of performance and adjustable shocks in the world.

Also, one thing peculiar about auto ancillary companies is that they usually command higher valuation multiples compared to the OEMs they supply to. 

This is because as an investor, if you invest in the stock of Maruti or Hero, you are exposed to a specific industry risk (passenger vehicle industry in case of Maruti and 2W industry in case of Hero) as well as company risk (rising competition). However, auto ancillaries mitigate both the above risks as they supply to multiple segments and multiple companies in the auto industry. 

Another factor in favour of auto ancillaries is the deep-rooted connection they have with OEMs leading to stickiness. OEMs generally don’t change auto ancillaries easily. This acts as an entry barrier to some extent.

For Gabriel India, it’s a market leader in shock absorbers. In fact, rarely does one find a company which has:

-Market leadership in all the segments which it operates.

-Supplies to both the EV as well as non-EV clients

-Strong financials with net cash and best in class ROCE and ROE

As the Indian car market is moving towards premiumisation, Gabriel India is also diversifying and adding a sunroof business. It has got clients like Hyundai and Kia.

Source: Investor Presentation

Nevertheless, the sunroof market is already competitive with large players like Tata Power dominating the segment.

It remains to be seen how Gabriel India navigates this environment and diversifies its operations. The restructuring is expected to make Gabriel a diversified, technology driven mobility solutions provider.

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