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Great Eastern Shipping Co reports 149% CAPEX growth and 11.8% Revenue growth

10-04-2015 • About Great Eastern Shipping Co ($GESHIP) • By InTwits

Great Eastern Shipping Co reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Great Eastern Shipping Co has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 54.1%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 45.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 15,506 in FY2015, 6,228 in FY2014, 14,368 in FY2013, 14,979 in FY2012, 25,621 in FY2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 7.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Great Eastern Shipping Co ($GESHIP) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue24,32929,34329,82130,49234,08011.8%
EBITDA8,93810,89711,62414,35715,2376.1%
Net Income4,6873,1665,3785,7407,48230.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash30,782138,54221,347149.9%
Short Term Debt7,8987,35010,50011,4350-100.0%
Long Term Debt51,66356,72556,89449,76054,6269.8%
Cash flow
Capex25,62114,97914,3686,22815,506149.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth-40.9%20.6%1.6%2.3%11.8%
EBITDA growth-23.2%21.9%6.7%23.5%6.1%
EBITDA Margin36.7%37.1%39.0%47.1%44.7%-2.4%
Net Income Margin19.3%10.8%18.0%18.8%22.0%3.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue105.3%51.0%48.2%20.4%45.5%25.1%
ROIC4.1%4.4%4.5%6.0%7.1%1.1%
ROE8.0%5.3%8.7%8.8%10.5%1.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA3.2x5.9x5.8x3.7x2.2x-1.5x

Revenue and profitability


Great Eastern Shipping Co's Revenue jumped on 11.8% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 9.3 pp from 14.2% to 23.5% in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased on 3.1 pp from 18.8% to 22.0% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 45.5%. Great Eastern Shipping Co showed decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 5.5 pp from 51.0% in FY2012 to 45.5% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 38.0%.To fuel this fast growth Great Eastern Shipping Co made large investments to CAPEX (102% of EBITDA).

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (7.07%) and ROE (10.54%). ROIC increased slightly on 1.1 pp from 6.0% to 7.1% in FY2015. ROE increased slightly on 1.8 pp from 8.8% to 10.5% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 2.2x and Debt / EBITDA is 3.6x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 1.5x from 3.7x to 2.2x in FY2015. Debt dropped on 10.7% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 150% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Shipping


Below we provide Great Eastern Shipping Co benchmarking against other companies in Shipping 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  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Global Offshore Services ($GLOBOFFS)-55.7%14.0%2.9%52.2%
Shreyas Shipping & Logistics ($SHREYAS)-71.0%42.2%43.6%25.3%
Shipping Corporation Of India ($SCI)-32.7%7.8%8.7%0.0%
 
Median (3 companies)-55.7%14.0%8.7%25.3%
Great Eastern Shipping Co ($GESHIP)20.6%1.6%2.3%11.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Global Offshore Services ($GLOBOFFS)42.7%42.1%62.4%48.3%
Shipping Corporation Of India ($SCI)27.2%7.8%6.1%14.2%
Shreyas Shipping & Logistics ($SHREYAS)16.2%9.0%10.7%9.4%
 
Median (3 companies)27.2%9.0%10.7%14.2%
Great Eastern Shipping Co ($GESHIP)36.7%37.1%39.0%47.1%44.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Global Offshore Services ($GLOBOFFS)39.6%140.1%106.2%
Shipping Corporation Of India ($SCI)92.1%57.3%70.2%27.3%
Shreyas Shipping & Logistics ($SHREYAS)2.7%7.5%17.9%1.3%
 
Median (3 companies)47.4%39.6%70.2%27.3%
Great Eastern Shipping Co ($GESHIP)105.3%51.0%48.2%20.4%45.5%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Shreyas Shipping & Logistics ($SHREYAS)8.9%4.8%9.4%9.8%
Global Offshore Services ($GLOBOFFS)6.0%5.6%9.0%7.1%
Shipping Corporation Of India ($SCI)4.8%-2.5%-3.6%-1.8%
 
Median (3 companies)6.0%4.8%9.0%7.1%
Great Eastern Shipping Co ($GESHIP)4.1%4.4%4.5%6.0%7.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Shipping Corporation Of India ($SCI)2.3x16.3x27.2x12.3x
Global Offshore Services ($GLOBOFFS)7.0x6.8x5.8x6.4x
Shreyas Shipping & Logistics ($SHREYAS)1.9x3.0x3.0x2.3x
 
Median (3 companies)2.3x6.8x5.8x6.4x
Great Eastern Shipping Co ($GESHIP)3.2x5.9x5.8x3.7x2.2x