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DirectCash Payments Inc Debt surged on 10.5% in 2015 while EBITDA decreased on 5.4%

22.03.2016 • About DirectCash Payments Inc ($DCI) • By InTwits

DirectCash Payments Inc reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • DirectCash Payments Inc has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.1%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 6.8%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 10.6 in 2015, 5.6 in 2014, 4.0 in 2013, 8.6 in 2012, 4.2 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 4.0%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

DirectCash Payments Inc ($DCI) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue112.3192.1241.7277.1283.72.4%
Gross Profit51.880.6104.9124.9136.08.9%
EBITDA36.752.567.073.069.1-5.4%
Net Income20.36.90.13.7-7.3-298.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash56.342.950.914.221.249.2%
Short Term Debt52.119.111.61.59.1521.6%
Long Term Debt0.0197.9231.8194.9207.96.6%
Cash flow
Capex4.28.64.05.610.689.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth6.0%71.0%25.8%14.7%2.4%
EBITDA growth5.2%43.2%27.6%9.0%-5.4%
Gross Margin46.1%41.9%43.4%45.1%47.9%2.9%
EBITDA Margin32.6%27.3%27.7%26.4%24.4%-2.0%
Net Income Margin18.1%3.6%0.0%1.3%-2.6%-3.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.8%4.5%1.7%2.0%3.7%1.7%
ROIC15.6%6.3%3.8%5.3%4.0%-1.3%
ROE23.4%5.9%0.0%3.5%-8.6%-12.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.1x3.3x2.9x2.5x2.8x0.3x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 2.4% in 2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 10.8 pp from 50.1% to 39.3% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased on 2.9 pp from 45.1% to 47.9% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 3.9 pp from 1.3% to -2.6% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


DirectCash Payments Inc's CAPEX/Revenue was 3.7% in 2015. CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.76 pp from 4.5% in 2012 to 3.7% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.5%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low but positive ROIC (4.04%) and negative ROE (-8.62%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.3 pp from 5.3% to 4.0% in 2015. ROE dropped on 12.1 pp from 3.5% to -8.6% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 2.8x and Debt / EBITDA is 3.1x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 0.3x from 2.5x to 2.8x in 2015. Debt surged on 10.5% in 2015 while cash surged on 49.2% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Consumer, Non-cyclical


Below we provide DirectCash Payments Inc benchmarking against other companies in Consumer, Non-cyclical industry for the last 5 years. We show data for the top-5 companies by key financial metric together with the median value for all the companies in the industry.

Top companies by Revenue growth, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Theratechnologies Inc ($TH)-9.1%-44.3%-10.9%346.4%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)23.7%12.5%56.0%284.2%
Patient Home Monitoring Corp ($PHM)170.2%1.9%433.0%238.4%
Nobilis Health Corp ($NHC)45.3%49.0%169.9%172.8%
Merus Labs International Inc ($MSL)172.4%-7.9%87.2%
 
Median (70 companies)20.5%8.7%5.3%12.7%11.9%
DirectCash Payments Inc ($DCI)71.0%25.8%14.7%2.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Nobilis Health Corp ($NHC)99.8%
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc ($CPH)99.5%98.3%92.7%
Heritage Global Inc ($HGP)99.5%95.7%62.5%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)87.9%88.7%88.4%88.0%89.1%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)79.4%86.0%
 
Median (74 companies)35.4%36.1%35.9%35.1%35.1%
DirectCash Payments Inc ($DCI)46.1%41.9%43.4%45.1%47.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Merus Labs International Inc ($MSL)32.9%64.7%46.2%61.5%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)22.1%21.0%24.5%29.1%44.1%
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc ($VRX)37.0%30.6%27.8%45.6%39.8%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)36.9%36.8%36.3%36.4%39.7%
EnerCare Inc ($ECI)59.0%52.8%51.0%45.5%39.3%
 
Median (69 companies)7.5%7.4%8.7%10.6%10.6%
DirectCash Payments Inc ($DCI)32.6%27.3%27.7%26.4%24.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc ($NTB)6.0%4.7%73.6%84.6%119.0%
CanaDream Corp ($CDN)68.6%43.3%38.1%70.4%63.4%
Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE)3.5%7.6%2.4%4.7%39.5%
Microbix Biosystems Inc ($MBX)1.0%1.2%3.0%40.3%38.7%
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc ($PLI)2.1%33.6%34.6%23.3%
 
Median (69 companies)2.3%2.6%2.4%2.6%2.4%
DirectCash Payments Inc ($DCI)3.8%4.5%1.7%2.0%3.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM)-75.0%-158.5%52.0%
Biosyent Inc ($RX)45.5%71.7%62.4%62.9%48.2%
Immunotec Inc ($IMM)-11.5%1.8%8.8%-10.5%40.8%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)56.0%71.8%72.8%58.9%38.1%
Medical Facilities Corp ($DR)41.0%36.1%39.5%26.5%28.5%
 
Median (70 companies)7.0%7.1%6.9%7.3%7.5%
DirectCash Payments Inc ($DCI)15.6%6.3%3.8%5.3%4.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
CIBT Education Group Inc ($MBA)-7.0x-0.3x18.4x
SunOpta Inc ($SOY)2.9x2.9x3.5x1.3x16.9x
Centric Health Corp ($CHH)10.3x5.6x10.2x11.2x15.6x
Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc ($ACC)11.7x9.4x14.7x13.8x12.3x
Sienna Senior Living Inc ($SIA)10.6x9.5x11.8x9.2x9.1x
 
Median (60 companies)1.9x2.5x2.2x2.7x1.6x
DirectCash Payments Inc ($DCI)-0.1x3.3x2.9x2.5x2.8x