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Royal Bank of Canada reports 11.4% Net Income growth

02.12.2015 • About Royal Bank of Canada ($RY) • By InTwits

Royal Bank of Canada reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Royal Bank of Canada has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 4.7%.
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 6.7%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Royal Bank of Canada ($RY) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue37,09438,12638,58142,01143,2793.0%
Net Income6,3437,4428,2448,9109,92511.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash12,42812,61715,55017,42112,452-28.5%
Short Term Debt44,28440,75647,12850,34547,658-5.3%
Long Term Debt9,6438,5157,4437,8597,362-6.3%
Cash flow
Capex1,4521,3519321,2271,3379.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth10.8%2.8%1.2%8.9%3.0%
Net Income Margin17.1%19.5%21.4%21.2%22.9%1.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.9%3.5%2.4%2.9%3.1%0.2%
ROIC6.5%6.5%6.5%6.9%6.7%-0.2%
ROE17.6%19.3%19.4%19.0%18.4%-0.5%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 3.0% in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 1.7 pp from 21.2% to 22.9% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 Royal Bank of Canada had CAPEX/Revenue of 3.1%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2012 to FY2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.8%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (18.42%) while ROIC is low (6.66%). ROIC showed almost no change in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 0.55 pp from 19.0% to 18.4% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt decreased on 5.5% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 28.5% in FY2015.

Management team


The company's CEO David I Mckay "Dave" has spent 4 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below you can find Royal Bank of Canada benchmarking vs. other companies in Financial 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
Westaim Corp/The ($WED)35.7%-99.9%38.0%5,680.8%
Wall Financial Corp ($WFC)35.2%-74.1%285.4%-75.3%
Element Financial Corp ($EFN)206.6%189.1%
DealNet Capital Corp ($DLS)-73.3%4,437.5%540.4%112.7%
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc ($GS)-39.1%60.6%97.9%-33.5%
 
Median (72 companies)11.2%9.3%7.2%8.4%-6.5%
Royal Bank of Canada ($RY)2.8%1.2%8.9%3.0%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Olympia Financial Group Inc ($OLY)85.3%80.9%82.6%83.2%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)74.8%74.0%69.9%68.6%
DealNet Capital Corp ($DLS)14.9%36.7%45.6%
Brookfield Asset Management Inc ($BAM.A)34.3%25.6%30.7%28.6%
Onex Corp ($OCX)20.0%20.1%26.2%27.9%
 
Median (11 companies)25.2%22.6%25.7%20.5%16.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($FC)88.7%87.6%87.9%88.8%
Equitable Group Inc ($EQB)89.7%88.1%87.4%86.0%
Alaris Royalty Corp ($AD)97.0%81.3%61.8%81.8%
Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc ($BRE)77.1%77.7%77.9%78.4%
First National Financial Corp ($FN)66.1%67.8%76.5%77.1%
 
Median (49 companies)35.6%32.3%32.1%31.5%47.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Killam Properties Inc ($KMP)73.6%80.7%114.1%143.5%
Dundee Corp ($DC.A)10.3%14.1%88.8%123.6%
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)29.6%150.5%73.3%79.1%
Mainstreet Equity Corp ($MEQ)152.4%115.8%62.3%75.8%
First Capital Realty Inc ($FCR)102.8%127.9%76.1%73.8%
 
Median (74 companies)1.3%1.4%0.8%1.0%1.7%
Royal Bank of Canada ($RY)3.9%3.5%2.4%2.9%3.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc ($GS)71.3%21.0%82.9%153.9%63.6%
Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc ($BRE)17.1%26.0%31.0%47.0%
Redishred Capital Corp ($KUT)-3.9%-24.5%6.5%15.8%
IGM Financial Inc ($IGM)15.3%14.2%14.2%13.7%
Street Capital Group Inc ($SCB)2.3%10.9%11.0%13.4%
 
Median (76 companies)4.9%4.8%4.5%4.8%5.0%
Royal Bank of Canada ($RY)6.5%6.5%6.5%6.9%6.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
First National Financial Corp ($FN)37.6x34.3x33.7x40.9x
Element Financial Corp ($EFN)140.2x31.9x37.6x
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)14.8x12.8x12.7x15.3x
Morguard Corp ($MRC)7.5x8.9x14.2x
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)6.0x11.2x9.7x13.6x
 
Median (41 companies)5.3x5.3x4.8x4.3x6.6x