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New West Energy Services Inc EBITDA dropped on 103% in 2015 and Revenue decreased slightly on 0.63%

28.08.2015 • About New West Energy Services Inc ($NWE) • By InTwits

New West Energy Services Inc reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • New West Energy Services Inc doesn't have a profitable business model yet: FY2015 ROIC is -10.2%
  • EBITDA Margin is declining: -0.1% in FY2015 vs. 4.3% in FY2014 vs. 7.9% in FY2011
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: -0.1% in FY2015, 4.3% in FY2014, 8.1% in FY2013, 9.7% in FY2012, 7.9% in FY2011
  • New West Energy Services Inc has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 5.0%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 67.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 0.53 in FY2015, 1.4 in FY2014, 2.1 in FY2013, 0.63 in FY2012, 0.090 in FY2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -10.2%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

New West Energy Services Inc ($NWE) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue10.36715.34819.34721.97521.836-0.6%
Gross Profit3.0784.7045.6085.4664.616-15.5%
SG&A4.647
EBITDA0.8161.4941.5610.939-0.031-103.3%
Net Income0.9764.2691.628-0.015-3.77225,003.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash0.1104.5252.3660.2890.35422.2%
Short Term Debt0.3950.1190.0634.6732.823-39.6%
Long Term Debt0.1350.0790.1161.5873.09394.9%
Cash flow
Capex0.0900.6322.1501.3980.527-62.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth114.6%48.1%26.1%13.6%-0.6%
EBITDA growth26.4%83.0%4.5%-39.8%-103.3%
Gross Margin29.7%30.7%29.0%24.9%21.1%-3.7%
EBITDA Margin7.9%9.7%8.1%4.3%-0.1%-4.4%
Net Income Margin9.4%27.8%8.4%-0.1%-17.3%-17.2%
SG&A, % of revenue21.3%21.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.9%4.1%11.1%6.4%2.4%-3.9%
ROIC28.7%21.6%12.8%1.4%-10.2%-11.6%
ROE51.6%77.2%18.7%-0.2%-46.8%-46.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.5x-2.9x-1.4x6.4x-6.4x

Revenue and profitability


New West Energy Services Inc's Revenue decreased slightly on 0.63% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin surged on 10.1 pp from -34.3% to -24.1% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 3.7 pp from 24.9% to 21.1% in FY2015.

Net Income marign dropped on 17.2 pp from -0.068% to -17.3% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 2.4% in FY2015. CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 1.7 pp from 4.1% in FY2012 to 2.4% in FY2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 6.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-10.24%) and ROE (-46.84%). ROIC dropped on 11.6 pp from 1.4% to -10.2% in FY2015. ROE dropped on 46.7 pp from -0.15% to -46.8% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.1x Net Debt / EBITDA and Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 6.4x from 6.4x to in FY2015. Debt decreased on 5.5% in FY2015 while cash surged on 22.2% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Energy


Below you can find New West Energy Services Inc benchmarking vs. other companies in Energy industry. It's shown for the period of 5 years for the key financial metrics. Each table has median value for all the companies in the industry together with individual financial data of the top-5 companies in the industry by particular financial metric.

Top companies by Revenue growth, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Petro Rio SA ($PRJ)-36.3%-32.1%-34.9%10,977.1%
ONEnergy Inc ($OEG)6,002.6%
Sterling Resources Ltd ($SLG)-94.8%4,514.9%2,244.4%
Ikkuma Resources Corp ($IKM)22.5%17.0%-4.5%1,231.1%
Spartan Energy Corp ($SPE)-8.2%16.6%29.9%923.7%
 
Median (160 companies)37.7%9.5%16.2%18.5%-16.1%
New West Energy Services Inc ($NWE)48.1%26.1%13.6%-0.6%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
TransAlta Renewables Inc ($RNW)94.4%94.5%
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd ($AAV)70.5%62.0%84.5%92.5%
Freehold Royalties Ltd ($FRU)91.7%90.4%89.0%90.2%
MEG Energy Corp ($MEG)85.5%86.8%87.4%87.6%
NXT Energy Solutions Inc ($SFD)-43.2%65.6%36.0%87.3%
 
Median (140 companies)34.2%29.3%31.6%30.3%57.9%
New West Energy Services Inc ($NWE)29.7%30.7%29.0%24.9%21.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Seven Generations Energy Ltd ($VII)56.9%54.0%106.0%
Tourmaline Oil Corp ($TOU)67.4%67.9%80.0%97.6%
Bonavista Energy Corp ($BNP)63.8%64.6%62.6%91.6%
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd ($BXE)42.7%58.6%83.6%89.6%
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd ($AAV)-4.0%5.2%66.1%87.8%
 
Median (159 companies)25.5%25.7%31.1%29.6%-43.6%
New West Energy Services Inc ($NWE)7.9%9.7%8.1%4.3%-0.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Oryx Petroleum Corp Ltd ($OXC)1,997.8%
Petroshale Inc ($PSH)30.6%346.6%865.9%
Toro Oil & Gas Ltd ($TOO)192.4%139.0%39.2%808.7%
Athabasca Oil Corp ($ATH)176.2%2,426.4%596.6%504.7%
BNK Petroleum Inc ($BKX)139.2%195.8%789.1%316.6%
 
Median (162 companies)43.3%50.0%39.2%48.8%68.2%
New West Energy Services Inc ($NWE)0.9%4.1%11.1%6.4%2.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pason Systems Inc ($PSI)33.5%30.0%29.7%41.0%
Sea Dragon Energy Inc ($SDX)-10.1%8.1%21.8%32.9%
Raging River Exploration Inc ($RRX)29.1%
High Arctic Energy Services Inc ($HWO)27.0%31.4%26.3%24.9%
Rooster Energy Ltd ($COQ)22.9%
 
Median (165 companies)4.4%3.2%4.5%5.1%-17.3%
New West Energy Services Inc ($NWE)28.7%21.6%12.8%1.4%-10.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Veresen Inc ($VSN)22.3x16.2x14.7x30.3x
Lightstream Resources Ltd ($LTS)2.0x27.8x
Petroshale Inc ($PSH)0.1x21.7x
Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd ($CLC)9.7x16.7x8.8x17.1x
Pengrowth Energy Corp ($PGF)1.5x2.9x2.1x16.8x
 
Median (136 companies)1.2x1.6x1.5x1.4x16.1x
New West Energy Services Inc ($NWE)0.5x-2.9x-1.4x6.4x