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TECSYS Inc revenue jumped on 23.0% in 2015 while EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.3 pp from 9.0% to 7.7%

08.07.2015 • About TECSYS Inc ($TCS) • By InTwits

TECSYS Inc reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • TECSYS Inc has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.9%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 1.8%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 0.44 in FY2015, 0.43 in FY2014, 0.69 in FY2013, 1.4 in FY2012, 0.90 in FY2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 8.3%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is -1.4x while industry average is -2.0x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

TECSYS Inc ($TCS) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue35.65439.50243.75946.55857.28423.0%
Gross Profit15.67617.45118.28320.29327.57335.9%
SG&A11.01911.67712.80518.62645.5%
EBITDA2.3043.1523.2204.2084.4154.9%
Net Income1.5701.0570.8851.7951.515-15.6%
Balance Sheet
Cash6.4045.2175.3488.83910.81522.4%
Short Term Debt3.8270.0851.0701.0001.45645.6%
Long Term Debt0.0000.0003.5002.5003.33333.3%
Cash flow
Capex0.8951.4130.6850.4270.4351.9%
Ratios
Revenue growth-3.0%10.8%10.8%6.4%23.0%
EBITDA growth-29.9%36.8%2.2%30.7%4.9%
Gross Margin44.0%44.2%41.8%43.6%48.1%4.5%
EBITDA Margin6.5%8.0%7.4%9.0%7.7%-1.3%
Net Income Margin4.4%2.7%2.0%3.9%2.6%-1.2%
SG&A, % of revenue27.9%26.7%27.5%32.5%5.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.5%3.6%1.6%0.9%0.8%-0.2%
ROIC7.7%8.5%7.4%11.8%8.3%-3.4%
ROE9.5%6.7%5.7%11.3%7.6%-3.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.1x-1.6x-0.2x-1.3x-1.4x-0.1x

Revenue and profitability


TECSYS Inc's Revenue surged on 23.0% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 47.6 pp from 40.4% to -7.2% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased on 4.5 pp from 43.6% to 48.1% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 5.0 pp from 27.5% to 32.5% in FY2015.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 1.2 pp from 3.9% to 2.6% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 TECSYS Inc had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.76%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 2.8 pp from 3.6% in FY2012 to 0.76% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (8.34%) and ROE (7.58%). ROIC decreased on 3.4 pp from 11.8% to 8.3% in FY2015. ROE decreased on 3.7 pp from 11.3% to 7.6% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -1.4x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.1x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA decreased on 0.1x from -1.3x to -1.4x in FY2015. Debt surged on 36.8% in FY2015 while cash surged on 22.4% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Technology


Below we provide TECSYS Inc benchmarking against other companies in Technology 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
Mitel Networks Corp ($MNW)-9.0%3.8%-5.7%91.4%
Redknee Solutions Inc ($RKN)25.9%-4.5%151.6%81.4%
Intrinsyc Technologies Corp ($ITC)-19.0%-26.8%-21.7%70.8%
Espial Group Inc ($ESP)10.2%-9.5%-5.5%59.4%
iLOOKABOUT Corp ($ILA)-7.6%19.6%8.9%58.8%
 
Median (33 companies)11.0%3.7%12.4%15.2%-3.8%
TECSYS Inc ($TCS)10.8%10.8%6.4%23.0%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
ProntoForms Corp ($PFM)90.1%96.1%98.1%98.0%
Constellation Software Inc/Canada ($CSU)85.5%86.2%85.5%86.1%
Symbility Solutions Inc ($SY)82.1%80.6%79.9%81.0%
Espial Group Inc ($ESP)77.9%77.5%81.7%78.5%
Absolute Software Corp ($ABT)71.6%73.6%76.3%78.4%
 
Median (31 companies)50.9%59.2%53.2%52.2%47.6%
TECSYS Inc ($TCS)44.0%44.2%41.8%43.6%48.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Wi-LAN Inc ($WIN)26.5%40.9%12.2%56.2%
Computer Modelling Group Ltd ($CMG)51.5%53.8%52.2%51.5%50.8%
Open Text Corp ($OTC)27.1%26.5%29.1%30.0%
Sandvine Corp ($SVC)5.1%0.9%24.0%28.2%
Enghouse Systems Ltd ($ESL)24.8%25.4%23.6%24.7%
 
Median (33 companies)8.9%8.6%5.5%7.0%17.1%
TECSYS Inc ($TCS)6.5%8.0%7.4%9.0%7.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Halogen Software Inc ($HGN)4.9%9.0%8.4%
Intermap Technologies Corp ($IMP)0.4%1.0%3.2%7.4%
Kinaxis Inc ($KXS)2.2%2.9%2.3%5.0%
BlackBerry Ltd ($BB)5.2%4.9%3.8%4.2%2.6%
ProntoForms Corp ($PFM)1.3%1.1%0.8%3.6%
 
Median (33 companies)1.3%1.5%1.4%1.3%2.1%
TECSYS Inc ($TCS)2.5%3.6%1.6%0.9%0.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Kinaxis Inc ($KXS)61.8%63.6%
Computer Modelling Group Ltd ($CMG)75.5%74.2%68.6%62.9%63.5%
SMART Technologies Inc ($SMA)43.2%21.4%-18.9%28.1%43.8%
Constellation Software Inc/Canada ($CSU)45.8%45.9%22.4%24.7%
Sandvine Corp ($SVC)-1.7%-4.9%16.9%20.2%
 
Median (33 companies)4.7%2.9%-4.8%0.5%6.7%
TECSYS Inc ($TCS)7.7%8.5%7.4%11.8%8.3%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Data Group Ltd ($DGI)3.2x3.5x3.7x4.0x
Critical Control Energy Services Corp ($CCZ)1.9x1.4x2.7x
Mitel Networks Corp ($MNW)4.9x3.7x3.8x2.6x
Open Text Corp ($OTC)0.0x0.1x0.2x1.8x
CGI Group Inc ($GIB.A)1.3x6.0x2.4x1.3x
 
Median (21 companies)-0.3x-0.2x-0.6x-1.3x1.3x
TECSYS Inc ($TCS)-1.1x-1.6x-0.2x-1.3x-1.4x