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Westbond Enterprises Corp CAPEX surged on 838% in 2015 and Revenue jumped on 11.4%

28.07.2015 • About Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE) • By InTwits

Westbond Enterprises Corp reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Westbond Enterprises Corp doesn't have a profitable business model yet: FY2015 ROIC is 0.1%
  • Westbond Enterprises Corp has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 11.5%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2.9 in FY2015, 0.31 in FY2014, 0.15 in FY2013, 0.46 in FY2012, 0.21 in FY2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 0.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue6.0856.0786.3246.5997.34911.4%
Gross Profit1.1461.2921.3521.3431.3681.9%
SG&A1.1891.2211.36411.7%
EBITDA0.2910.4420.4800.4540.348-23.2%
Net Income0.0290.1240.1210.047-0.431-1,024.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash0.1590.0980.0761.6380.096-94.1%
Short Term Debt0.3370.5550.3540.0440.358706.0%
Long Term Debt0.0000.0000.0000.0000.291
Cash flow
Capex0.2100.4620.1500.3092.901838.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth-1.8%-0.1%4.0%4.3%11.4%
EBITDA growth-32.3%52.1%8.6%-5.5%-23.2%
Gross Margin18.8%21.2%21.4%20.3%18.6%-1.7%
EBITDA Margin4.8%7.3%7.6%6.9%4.7%-2.1%
Net Income Margin0.5%2.0%1.9%0.7%-5.9%-6.6%
SG&A, % of revenue18.8%18.5%18.6%0.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.5%7.6%2.4%4.7%39.5%34.8%
ROIC1.6%4.7%4.0%2.6%0.1%-2.5%
ROE1.0%4.2%3.9%1.1%-9.0%-10.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.6x1.0x0.6x-3.5x1.6x5.1x

Revenue and profitability


Westbond Enterprises Corp's Revenue surged on 11.4% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 37.0 pp from 30.2% to -6.8% in FY2015.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 1.7 pp from 20.3% to 18.6% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in FY2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 6.6 pp from 0.71% to -5.9% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 39.5% in FY2015. The company showed fast CAPEX/Revenue growth of 31.9 pp from 7.6% in FY2012 to 39.5% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 15.5%.To fuel this fast growth Westbond Enterprises Corp made large investments to CAPEX (834% of EBITDA).

Return on investment


The company operates at low but positive ROIC (0.07%) and negative ROE (-8.97%). ROIC decreased on 2.5 pp from 2.6% to 0.071% in FY2015. ROE dropped on 10.1 pp from 1.1% to -9.0% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 1.6x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.9x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 5.1x from -3.5x to 1.6x in FY2015. Debt jumped on 1,360% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 94.1% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Consumer, Non-cyclical


Below we provide Westbond Enterprises Corp 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%
Family Memorials Inc ($FAM)-13.6%54.7%22.9%245.3%
Nobilis Health Corp ($NHC)16.6%45.3%49.0%169.9%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)159.5%
 
Median (85 companies)11.5%8.7%6.9%13.2%6.3%
Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE)-0.1%4.0%4.3%11.4%


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%
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 (73 companies)35.4%37.4%36.1%35.6%28.3%
Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE)18.8%21.2%21.4%20.3%18.6%


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 (84 companies)8.2%8.5%9.0%10.8%10.3%
Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE)4.8%7.3%7.6%6.9%4.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc ($NTB)6.0%4.7%73.6%84.6%119.0%
CanaDream Corp ($CDN)68.6%43.3%38.1%70.4%63.4%
Ceapro Inc ($CZO)2.2%3.9%35.3%52.0%
Feronia Inc/Canada ($FRN)129.0%191.4%117.4%42.4%
Microbix Biosystems Inc ($MBX)1.0%1.2%3.0%40.3%
 
Median (85 companies)2.3%2.6%2.5%2.4%4.2%
Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE)3.5%7.6%2.4%4.7%39.5%


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%
Ceapro Inc ($CZO)69.9%-33.5%15.5%43.5%
 
Median (85 companies)8.0%7.2%6.7%7.8%8.0%
Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE)1.6%4.7%4.0%2.6%0.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Noble Iron Inc ($NIR)25.5x12.9x227.3x
Family Memorials Inc ($FAM)15.2x
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
 
Median (69 companies)1.9x2.8x2.2x2.7x1.6x
Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE)0.6x1.0x0.6x-3.5x1.6x