Rated Corporate Construction Materials

A&A Green Phoenix Group Joint Stock Company

Ticker: Unlisted
A Current rating
Stable Outlook
4 Rating status
0 SPOs published

About the Issuer

Phenikaa is a multi-sectoral corporate group comprising over 30 member companies that operate in Vietnam and globally. The group's core business involves the industrial production of countertop materials, in which the key product is quartz stone having been for sale in Vietnam and global markets since 2004. This business is operated and managed under the group's key subsidiaries including Vicostone Joint Stock Company (JSC), Style Stone JSC, Vietnam Stone Work - Top Fabrication JSC.
Since 2018, the group has expanded in the education and healthcare sectors in Vietnam. The group now runs Phenikaa University and Phenikaa School with a total of two campuses in Hanoi.

Basic information
Sector level 1 Corporate
Sector level 2 Construction Materials
Ticker Unlisted
Customer code COM001801

Rating Results

Issuer rating - Long-term
A
Outlook: Stable
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Credit Opinion

Factors that could lead to an upgrade

(1) The group demonstrates its ability to scale and improve the operating performance of both of its core and new businesses, and
(2) maintains a track record of strong financial metrics, including Debt/ EBITDA ratio of below 2x, EBIT/ interest expense ratio of above 5x, and CFO/ Debt ratio of above 35%

Factors that could lead to a downgrade

(1) experiences significant and continued deterioration in the operating performance and cash flow generation in quartz stone business due to severe slowdown in the US residential construction market, causing, for example, EBIT/ interest expense ratio falling below 2x, and CFO/ Debt ratio below 15%;
(2) increases its leverage substantially in pursuit of growth in its new businesses, for example, Debt/ EBITDA ratio rising above 4.5x; and/or
(3) begins to show increasing signs of liquidity risks, for example increasing reliance on short-term borrowings and difficulties in refinancing at market rates

Strengths

(1) One of the largest exporters to the US market among Vietnamese quartz stone producers
(2) High level of vertical integration in quartz stone production process
(3) Very Strong profitability and efficiency

Challenges

Many of Phenikaa new businesses remain at a nascent stage of development or operations

Issuer analysis reports

Related sector reports

Construction Materials Sector Comment
28/03/2025
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Rating Results

LATEST CORPORATE CREDIT RATING RESULTS  |  03/2026
A
Outlook: Stable

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