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Richmont Mines Inc reports 126% CAPEX growth and 8.7% Revenue growth

22.02.2016 • About Richmont Mines Inc ($RIC) • By InTwits

Richmont Mines Inc reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 22.3% in 2015, 23.3% in 2014, 4.2% in 2013, 8.0% in 2012, 34.1% in 2011
  • Richmont Mines Inc has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 32.8%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 28.2%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 24.0 in 2015, 15.5 in 2014, 24.9 in 2013, 12.7 in 2012, 2.8 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 5.6%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Richmont Mines Inc ($RIC) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue118.6101.790.2132.2143.78.7%
Gross Profit46.927.94.420.325.425.1%
SG&A9.8
EBITDA40.58.23.830.832.14.1%
Net Income25.9-45.0-34.38.26.8-17.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash63.559.817.635.361.073.0%
Short Term Debt0.01.31.22.03.153.7%
Long Term Debt0.00.75.25.70.0-100.0%
Cash flow
Capex31.737.941.923.152.1126.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth31.1%-14.2%-11.3%46.5%8.7%
EBITDA growth105.1%-79.9%-53.2%706.5%4.1%
Gross Margin39.5%27.4%4.9%15.4%17.7%2.3%
EBITDA Margin34.1%8.0%4.2%23.3%22.3%-1.0%
Net Income Margin21.9%-44.3%-38.0%6.2%4.7%-1.5%
SG&A, % of revenue6.8%6.8%
CAPEX, % of revenue26.7%37.2%46.4%17.4%36.2%18.8%
ROIC24.5%-2.0%-10.2%8.3%5.6%-2.7%
ROE22.6%-35.7%-33.5%8.4%5.2%-3.2%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.6x-7.1x-2.9x-0.9x-1.8x-0.9x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 8.7% in 2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 65.9 pp from 50.0% to -15.9% in FY2015.

Gross Margin increased on 2.3 pp from 15.4% to 17.7% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 1.5 pp from 6.2% to 4.7% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Richmont Mines Inc had CAPEX/Revenue of 36.2%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.97 pp from 37.2% in 2012 to 36.2% in 2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 33.4%.The company investments to CAPEX were large: 162% of EBITDA.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (5.59%) and ROE (5.19%). ROIC decreased on 2.7 pp from 8.3% to 5.6% in 2015. ROE decreased on 3.2 pp from 8.4% to 5.2% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -1.8x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.1x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.9x from -0.9x to -1.8x in 2015. Debt dropped on 60.3% in 2015 while cash jumped on 73.0% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Basic Materials


Below we provide Richmont Mines Inc benchmarking against other companies in Basic Materials 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
Northern Sun Mining Corp ($NSC)-93.3%315.4%-99.4%8,924.9%
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd ($TRQ)-34.0%3,268.9%-5.8%
Asian Mineral Resources Ltd ($ASN)859.1%
Ur-Energy Inc ($URE)285.4%
Nevsun Resources Ltd ($NSU)3.3%-72.5%256.5%
 
Median (130 companies)27.6%8.5%-5.0%-1.1%-0.6%
Richmont Mines Inc ($RIC)-14.2%-11.3%46.5%8.7%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Nevsun Resources Ltd ($NSU)90.3%89.9%94.8%95.5%
Franco-Nevada Corp ($FNV)84.6%86.1%85.0%83.5%
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp ($LIF)80.2%80.2%80.2%80.2%
Lucara Diamond Corp ($LUC)42.5%57.4%66.7%
Royal Gold Inc ($RGL)68.9%71.5%70.6%57.6%86.0%
 
Median (133 companies)30.1%32.0%21.8%17.6%15.5%
Richmont Mines Inc ($RIC)39.5%27.4%4.9%15.4%17.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Royal Gold Inc ($RGL)86.1%88.2%88.6%84.4%65.0%
Franco-Nevada Corp ($FNV)38.6%62.1%44.6%72.3%
Silver Wheaton Corp ($SLW)84.8%82.6%75.3%69.6%
Sandstorm Gold Ltd ($SSL)63.8%74.3%49.9%62.1%
Nevsun Resources Ltd ($NSU)81.0%76.8%54.5%60.4%
 
Median (137 companies)22.0%18.6%11.7%9.7%6.8%
Richmont Mines Inc ($RIC)34.1%8.0%4.2%23.3%22.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd ($BGM)123.7%38.5%49.9%7,166.9%3.2%
Marlin Gold Mining Ltd ($MLN)508.8%
Imperial Metals Corp ($III)28.2%69.2%185.7%280.2%
Golden Minerals Co ($AUM)462.4%36.9%16.8%212.8%
Franco-Nevada Corp ($FNV)9.3%3.7%35.5%201.6%
 
Median (139 companies)23.9%26.3%25.2%16.0%11.7%
Richmont Mines Inc ($RIC)26.7%37.2%46.4%17.4%36.2%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Lucara Diamond Corp ($LUC)-7.1%-2.9%41.3%54.7%
CanAf Group Inc ($CAF)74.9%37.0%65.2%37.6%
Nevsun Resources Ltd ($NSU)89.8%52.2%8.8%35.0%
Dynacor Gold Mines Inc ($DNG)45.6%62.8%50.9%31.3%
Canfor Pulp Products Inc ($CFX)103.5%4.9%13.2%21.3%24.1%
 
Median (143 companies)5.4%4.9%0.1%-0.1%-3.6%
Richmont Mines Inc ($RIC)24.5%-2.0%-10.2%8.3%5.6%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
VMS Ventures Inc ($VMS)86.7x4.7x
Ur-Energy Inc ($URE)55.1x
Katanga Mining Ltd ($KAT)0.4x19.4x3.3x18.8x
HudBay Minerals Inc ($HBM)-2.8x-4.8x2.0x14.0x
Imperial Metals Corp ($III)-0.1x1.5x4.9x12.9x
 
Median (94 companies)-0.0x0.3x0.9x0.9x1.6x
Richmont Mines Inc ($RIC)-1.6x-7.1x-2.9x-0.9x-1.8x