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Great-West Lifeco Inc revenue dropped on 13.7% in 2015

11.02.2016 • About Great-West Lifeco Inc ($GWO) • By InTwits

Great-West Lifeco Inc reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts: The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 2.1%.

Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Great-West Lifeco Inc ($GWO) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue29,89830,59726,44639,18133,820-13.7%
Net Income2,1181,9212,4082,6682,8888.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash2,0561,8952,7912,4982,81312.6%
Short Term Debt23000
Long Term Debt4,8464,4475,9035,5175,5560.7%
Cash flow
Capex00000
Ratios
Revenue growth-0.7%2.3%-13.6%48.2%-13.7%
Net Income Margin7.1%6.3%9.1%6.8%8.5%1.7%
ROIC2.3%2.1%2.1%2.2%2.1%-0.2%
ROE17.7%15.1%16.8%16.0%15.1%-0.9%

Revenue and profitability


Great-West Lifeco Inc's Revenue dropped on 13.7% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 1.7 pp from 6.8% to 8.5% in 2015.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (15.06%) while ROIC is low (2.07%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2015. ROE decreased slightly on 0.91 pp from 16.0% to 15.1% in 2015.

Management team


Paul A Mahon is a the company's CEO. Paul A Mahon has spent 5 years at the company. Garry Macnicholas is a The company's CFO. Garry Macnicholas has spent 3 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below we provide Great-West Lifeco Inc benchmarking against other companies in Financial 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
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 (73 companies)9.9%9.4%7.4%8.9%0.4%
Great-West Lifeco Inc ($GWO)2.3%-13.6%48.2%-13.7%


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%27.7%


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)35.8%32.5%32.1%31.5%45.1%


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%56.3%
First Capital Realty Inc ($FCR)102.8%127.9%76.1%73.8%
 
Median (75 companies)1.3%1.6%0.8%1.0%1.0%
Great-West Lifeco Inc ($GWO)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%


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 (77 companies)5.3%4.8%4.6%4.8%5.3%
Great-West Lifeco Inc ($GWO)2.3%2.1%2.1%2.2%2.1%


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)4.1x5.2x4.8x4.3x2.4x