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International Barrier Technology Inc CAPEX surged on 254% in 2015 and Revenue increased on 3.9%

29.09.2015 • About International Barrier Technology Inc ($IBH) • By InTwits

International Barrier Technology Inc reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 13.1% in FY2015, 12.4% in FY2014, 5.1% in FY2013, -7.7% in FY2012, -4.7% in FY2011
  • International Barrier Technology Inc has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.0%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 1.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 0.47 in FY2015, 0.13 in FY2014, 0.16 in FY2013, 0.12 in FY2012, 0.075 in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 19.7%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

International Barrier Technology Inc ($IBH) key annual financial indicators

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P&L
Revenue3.2564.1455.9958.1548.4723.9%
Gross Profit0.1100.2580.7101.5661.79114.4%
SG&A0.2090.0970.0930.0960.11418.9%
EBITDA-0.152-0.3190.3031.0121.1129.9%
Net Income0.896-0.140-0.0590.5860.70219.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash0.2690.1020.1800.7090.80413.5%
Short Term Debt0.1340.1580.1240.1390.049-65.0%
Long Term Debt0.5720.7420.6940.5480.280-48.9%
Cash flow
Capex0.0750.1160.1550.1340.475253.9%
Ratios
Revenue growth24.9%27.3%44.6%36.0%3.9%
EBITDA growth-83.6%110.6%-195.1%233.7%9.9%
Gross Margin3.4%6.2%11.8%19.2%21.1%1.9%
EBITDA Margin-4.7%-7.7%5.1%12.4%13.1%0.7%
Net Income Margin27.5%-3.4%-1.0%7.2%8.3%1.1%
SG&A, % of revenue6.4%2.3%1.5%1.2%1.3%0.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.3%2.8%2.6%1.6%5.6%4.0%
ROIC-22.2%-20.9%-0.0%20.8%19.7%-1.2%
ROE53.5%-6.3%-2.6%22.7%20.5%-2.2%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.1x-0.0x-0.4x-0.4x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 3.9% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 16.3 pp from -3.2% to -19.5% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 1.9 pp from 19.2% to 21.1% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 1.1 pp from 7.2% to 8.3% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 5.6%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue increased on 2.8 pp from 2.8% in FY2012 to 5.6% in FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.3%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROE (20.46%) while ROIC is a bit lower (19.68%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.2 pp from 20.8% to 19.7% in FY2015. ROE decreased on 2.2 pp from 22.7% to 20.5% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -0.4x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.3x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.4x from -0.022x to -0.4x in FY2015. Debt dropped on 52.1% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 13.5% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Industrial


Below we provide International Barrier Technology Inc benchmarking against other companies in Industrial 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
Electrovaya Inc ($EFL)104.3%-4.0%-71.2%160.5%
Enterprise Group Inc ($E)14.5%3.5%88.3%128.5%
Carmanah Technologies Corp ($CMH)5.8%-26.4%-2.0%68.8%
Exco Technologies Ltd ($XTC)22.4%19.7%0.9%50.5%
Lumenpulse Inc ($LMP)56.7%33.9%47.0%61.8%
 
Median (91 companies)12.5%10.3%4.9%9.1%21.3%
International Barrier Technology Inc ($IBH)27.3%44.6%36.0%3.9%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
WSP Global Inc ($WSP)81.1%81.1%83.2%81.0%
Pure Technologies Ltd ($PUR)75.7%77.9%78.0%77.5%
Alarmforce Industries Inc ($AF)76.4%75.0%76.5%72.2%
Epicore BioNetworks Inc ($EBN)59.0%60.8%63.2%64.1%
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd ($FLY)54.0%57.2%59.2%62.9%
 
Median (87 companies)23.3%23.2%23.4%22.9%26.1%
International Barrier Technology Inc ($IBH)3.4%6.2%11.8%19.2%21.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Canadian National Railway Co ($CNR)46.3%46.5%45.9%46.8%
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd ($CP)28.1%26.1%32.4%43.7%
Vitreous Glass Inc ($VCI)29.0%31.4%32.2%37.8%
Questor Technology Inc ($QST)25.1%25.7%34.9%34.1%
Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd ($BIN)32.2%30.7%33.1%34.0%
 
Median (84 companies)8.2%9.3%8.3%7.1%9.8%
International Barrier Technology Inc ($IBH)-4.7%-7.7%5.1%12.4%13.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cargojet Inc ($CJT.A)6.8%7.0%6.3%54.1%
Newalta Corp ($NAL)17.2%21.7%34.5%35.1%
Enterprise Group Inc ($E)3.6%17.4%27.2%32.7%
ENTREC Corp ($ENT)35.0%26.7%29.5%
Horizon North Logistics Inc ($HNL)25.1%26.5%16.3%24.1%
 
Median (91 companies)2.7%3.1%3.7%3.3%2.6%
International Barrier Technology Inc ($IBH)2.3%2.8%2.6%1.6%5.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Vitreous Glass Inc ($VCI)26.1%30.5%32.3%48.3%
Photon Control Inc ($PHO)10.1%21.0%44.4%38.0%
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc ($SNC)14.6%10.7%4.0%35.2%
Alarmforce Industries Inc ($AF)18.3%5.3%24.0%33.9%
Epicore BioNetworks Inc ($EBN)24.8%28.1%16.1%32.5%
 
Median (92 companies)9.1%9.7%8.5%8.3%8.4%
International Barrier Technology Inc ($IBH)-22.2%-20.9%-0.0%20.8%19.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Sigma Industries Inc ($SSG)4.4x11.3x225.9x2.9x
H2O Innovation Inc ($HEO)4.2x73.2x1.6x
Grand Power Logistics Group Inc ($GPW)47.8x53.1x
Cargojet Inc ($CJT.A)1.8x1.5x1.5x31.5x
IBI Group Inc ($IBG)4.2x6.5x8.3x
 
Median (71 companies)1.1x1.5x1.5x1.3x1.7x
International Barrier Technology Inc ($IBH)2.1x-0.0x-0.4x