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Brick Brewing Co Ltd CAPEX dropped on 34.0% in 2015 and Revenue decreased on 3.6%

13.04.2015 • About Brick Brewing Co Ltd ($BRB) • By InTwits

Brick Brewing Co Ltd reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Brick Brewing Co Ltd has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 7.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 11.7 in 2015, 101 in 2014, 119 in 2013, 62.6 in 2012, 46.0 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 6.8%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Brick Brewing Co Ltd ($BRB) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue30.10634.07835.29537.67436.333-3.6%
Gross Profit6.9957.9878.6219.81610.1973.9%
SG&A6.9717.7717.564-2.7%
EBITDA4.3183.7823.8224.4145.70429.2%
Net Income2.7440.6570.3510.5251.395165.6%
Balance Sheet
Cash0.0000.0000.0000.0000.595
Short Term Debt1.1583.5053.9663.2511.670-48.6%
Long Term Debt3.0515.8906.0794.2653.910-8.3%
Cash flow
Capex3.4251.7803.9172.9831.968-34.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth0.6%13.2%3.6%6.7%-3.6%
EBITDA growth37.1%-12.4%1.1%15.5%29.2%
Gross Margin23.2%23.4%24.4%26.1%28.1%2.0%
EBITDA Margin14.3%11.1%10.8%11.7%15.7%4.0%
Net Income Margin9.1%1.9%1.0%1.4%3.8%2.4%
SG&A, % of revenue19.8%20.6%20.8%0.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue11.4%5.2%11.1%7.9%5.4%-2.5%
ROIC6.6%4.6%3.6%3.8%6.8%2.9%
ROE11.2%2.4%1.2%1.7%4.2%2.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.0x2.5x2.6x1.7x0.9x-0.8x

Revenue and profitability


Brick Brewing Co Ltd's Revenue decreased on 3.6% in FY2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 4.0 pp from 11.7% to 15.7% in FY2015.

Gross Margin increased on 2.0 pp from 26.1% to 28.1% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased on 2.4 pp from 1.4% to 3.8% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Brick Brewing Co Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue was 5.4% in FY2015. The company's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2012 to FY2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (6.77%) and ROE (4.17%). ROIC increased on 2.9 pp from 3.8% to 6.8% in FY2015. ROE increased on 2.5 pp from 1.7% to 4.2% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.9x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.0x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.8x from 1.7x to 0.9x in FY2015. Debt dropped on 25.8% in FY2015 while cash surged.

Appendix 1: Peers in Consumer, Non-cyclical


Below we provide Brick Brewing Co Ltd 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
GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc ($GDI)43.8%-38.8%-72.9%218,969.1%
Cardiome Pharma Corp ($COM)-97.7%-47.6%471.7%566.0%
Nobilis Health Corp ($NHC)16.6%45.3%49.0%169.9%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)159.5%
Covalon Technologies Ltd ($COV)-19.9%46.6%9.0%119.2%
 
Median (77 companies)10.8%7.0%5.3%12.2%5.9%
Brick Brewing Co Ltd ($BRB)13.2%3.6%6.7%-3.6%


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%
Heritage Global Inc ($HGP)99.5%95.7%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)87.9%88.7%88.4%88.0%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)79.4%86.0%
 
Median (65 companies)32.6%34.5%35.6%34.6%47.5%
Brick Brewing Co Ltd ($BRB)23.2%23.4%24.4%26.1%28.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc ($CPH)-50.0%40.6%71.4%63.7%
Merus Labs International Inc ($MSL)32.9%64.7%46.2%
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc ($VRX)37.0%30.6%27.8%45.6%
EnerCare Inc ($ECI)59.0%52.8%51.0%45.5%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)34.1%39.6%39.6%37.6%
 
Median (77 companies)8.3%8.6%9.0%11.0%-195.9%
Brick Brewing Co Ltd ($BRB)14.3%11.1%10.8%11.7%15.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc ($NTB)6.0%4.7%73.6%84.6%
CanaDream Corp ($CDN)68.6%43.3%38.1%70.4%
Feronia Inc/Canada ($FRN)129.0%191.4%117.4%42.4%
Microbix Biosystems Inc ($MBX)1.0%1.2%3.0%40.3%
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc ($PLI)2.1%33.6%34.6%23.3%
 
Median (77 companies)2.4%2.8%2.4%2.4%13.2%
Brick Brewing Co Ltd ($BRB)11.4%5.2%11.1%7.9%5.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Biosyent Inc ($RX)45.5%71.7%62.4%62.9%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)56.0%71.8%72.8%58.9%
Covalon Technologies Ltd ($COV)-49.6%-75.8%-30.1%50.6%
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc ($CPH)-22.9%21.8%81.4%44.6%
Nobilis Health Corp ($NHC)-20.2%49.4%29.7%39.0%
 
Median (77 companies)8.5%7.8%6.9%8.0%-4.1%
Brick Brewing Co Ltd ($BRB)6.6%4.6%3.6%3.8%6.8%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc ($ACC)11.7x9.4x14.7x13.8x
Cott Corp ($BCB)2.6x2.0x2.2x13.4x
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)-2.3x-3.1x-3.5x12.0x
Centric Health Corp ($CHH)10.3x5.6x10.2x11.2x
Sienna Senior Living Inc ($SIA)10.6x9.5x11.8x9.2x
 
Median (64 companies)1.9x2.6x2.1x2.6x
Brick Brewing Co Ltd ($BRB)1.0x2.5x2.6x1.7x0.9x