Laurentian Bank of Canada reports 27.0% Net Income decline
09.12.2015 • About Laurentian Bank of Canada (
$LB) • By InTwits
Laurentian Bank of Canada reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
- Laurentian Bank of Canada doesn't have a profitable business model yet: FY2015 ROIC is 1.2%
- Laurentian Bank of Canada has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.3%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 4.9%.
- CAPEX is quite volatile: 14.6 in FY2015, 64.5 in FY2014, 96.7 in FY2013, 77.3 in FY2012, 58.3 in FY2011
- The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 1.2%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.
Laurentian Bank of Canada ($LB) key annual financial indicators
| mln. CAD | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015/2014 |
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P&L
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| Revenue | 1,337 | 1,441 | 1,487 | 1,458 | 1,463 | 0.3% |
| Net Income | 124 | 141 | 119 | 140 | 102 | -27.0% |
Balance Sheet
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| Cash | 82 | 91 | 83 | 126 | 109 | -13.6% |
| Short Term Debt | 1,471 | 1,350 | 1,464 | 1,562 | 1,840 | 17.8% |
| Long Term Debt | 5,003 | 6,481 | 5,420 | 5,311 | 5,943 | 11.9% |
Cash flow
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| Capex | 58 | 77 | 97 | 64 | 15 | -77.3% |
Ratios
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| Revenue growth | 12.5% | 7.7% | 3.2% | -1.9% | 0.3% | |
| Net Income Margin | 9.3% | 9.8% | 8.0% | 9.6% | 7.0% | -2.6% |
| CAPEX, % of revenue | 4.4% | 5.4% | 6.5% | 4.4% | 1.0% | -3.4% |
| ROIC | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.2% | -0.7% |
| ROE | 10.9% | 11.4% | 8.7% | 10.1% | 6.9% | -3.2% |
Revenue and profitability
The company's Revenue showed almost no change in FY2015.
Net Income marign decreased on 2.6 pp from 9.6% to 7.0% in FY2015.
Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments
Laurentian Bank of Canada's CAPEX/Revenue was 1.00% in FY2015. The company showed decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 4.4 pp from 5.4% in FY2012 to 1.00% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 4.0%.
Return on investment
The company operates at low ROIC (1.24%) and ROE (6.90%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.72 pp from 2.0% to 1.2% in FY2015. ROE decreased on 3.2 pp from 10.1% to 6.9% in FY2015.
Leverage (Debt)
Debt surged on 13.2% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 13.6% in FY2015.
Management team
Francois Desjardins is a Laurentian Bank of Canada's CEO. Francois Desjardins is a founder and has spent 3 years at the company. Laurentian Bank of Canada's CFO is Francois Laurin. Francois Laurin has 3 years tenure at the company.
Appendix 1: Peers in Financial
Below you can find Laurentian 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 |
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| 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 ($GS) | | -39.1% | 60.6% | 97.9% | -33.5% |
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| Median (72 companies) | 9.9% | 9.3% | 7.2% | 8.9% | 0.9% |
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| Laurentian Bank of Canada ($LB) | | 7.7% | 3.2% | -1.9% | 0.3% |
Top companies by Gross margin, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| 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 ($OCX) | 20.0% | 20.1% | 26.2% | 27.9% | |
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| Median (11 companies) | 25.2% | 22.6% | 25.7% | 20.5% | 16.9% |
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Top companies by EBITDA margin, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($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% | |
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| Median (49 companies) | 35.6% | 32.3% | 32.1% | 31.5% | 48.1% |
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Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| 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% | 56.3% |
| First Capital Realty Inc ($FCR) | 102.8% | 127.9% | 76.1% | 73.8% | |
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| Median (74 companies) | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 2.1% |
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| Laurentian Bank of Canada ($LB) | 4.4% | 5.4% | 6.5% | 4.4% | 1.0% |
Top companies by ROIC, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| 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 ($SCB) | 2.3% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 13.4% | |
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| Median (76 companies) | 5.3% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 4.8% | 5.4% |
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| Laurentian Bank of Canada ($LB) | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| First National Financial Corp ($FN) | 37.6x | 34.3x | 33.7x | 40.9x | |
| Element Financial Corp ($EFN) | | 140.2x | 31.9x | 37.6x | |
| Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT) | 14.8x | 12.8x | 12.7x | 15.3x | |
| Morguard Corp ($MRC) | 7.5x | 8.9x | | 14.2x | |
| StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI) | 6.0x | 11.2x | 9.7x | 13.6x | |
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| Median (41 companies) | 5.3x | 5.3x | 4.8x | 4.3x | 2.9x |
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