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Trican Well Service Ltd Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 28.6x from 2.9x to 31.4x in 2015 while Debt dropped on 26.9%

24.02.2016 • About Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW) • By InTwits

Trican Well Service Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Trican Well Service Ltd is a company in decline: 2015 revenue growth was -73.0%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -15.2%
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 2.6% in 2015, 10.3% in 2014, 8.5% in 2013, 10.8% in 2012, 26.7% in 2011
  • Trican Well Service Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 11.3%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 17.1 in 2015, 90.0 in 2014, 108 in 2013, 445 in 2012, 578 in 2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -3.6%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 31.4x while industry average is 3.9x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue2,3102,2132,1152,407650-73.0%
Gross Profit59019672151-27-117.7%
SG&A10310811511032-71.0%
EBITDA61724017924717-93.2%
Net Income33954-46-5-82816,307.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash126114648249-40.4%
Short Term Debt2598030107261.8%
Long Term Debt400695594759469-38.1%
Cash flow
Capex5784451089017-81.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth56.2%-4.2%-4.4%13.8%-73.0%
EBITDA growth85.0%-61.1%-25.1%37.6%-93.2%
Gross Margin25.6%8.8%3.4%6.3%-4.1%-10.4%
EBITDA Margin26.7%10.8%8.5%10.3%2.6%-7.7%
Net Income Margin14.7%2.4%-2.2%-0.2%-127.4%-127.2%
SG&A, % of revenue4.4%4.9%5.4%4.6%4.9%0.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue25.0%20.1%5.1%3.7%2.6%-1.1%
ROIC32.3%3.9%-1.9%1.9%-3.6%-5.5%
ROE28.6%3.9%-3.4%-0.4%-90.0%-89.6%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.5x2.5x3.4x2.9x31.4x28.6x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue dropped on 73.0% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin surged on 52.8 pp from -62.6% to -9.8% in 2015.

Gross Margin dropped on 10.4 pp from 6.3% to -4.1% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in 2015.

Net Income marign dropped on 127 pp from -0.21% to -127% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Trican Well Service Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 2.6%. Trican Well Service Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 17.4 pp from 20.1% in 2012 to 2.6% in 2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.8%.Battling declining revenue the company made large investments to CAPEX (102% of EBITDA) but that didn't help at least in this year.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-3.58%) and ROE (-90.03%). ROIC decreased on 5.5 pp from 1.9% to -3.6% in 2015. ROE dropped on 89.6 pp from -0.38% to -90.0% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 31.4x and Debt / EBITDA is 34.3x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 28.6x from 2.9x to 31.4x in 2015. Debt dropped on 26.9% in 2015 while cash dropped on 40.4% in 2015.

Management team


Trican Well Service Ltd's CEO Dale M Dusterhoft is a founder and has spent 9 years at the company. Michael A Baldwin is a Trican Well Service Ltd's CFO. Michael A Baldwin has spent 10 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Energy


Below we provide Trican Well Service Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Energy 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
Petro Rio SA ($PRJ)-36.3%-32.1%-34.9%10,977.1%
ONEnergy Inc ($OEG)6,002.6%
Sterling Resources Ltd ($SLG)-94.8%4,514.9%2,244.4%
Ikkuma Resources Corp ($IKM)22.5%17.0%-4.5%1,231.1%
Spartan Energy Corp ($SPE)-8.2%16.6%29.9%923.7%
 
Median (160 companies)38.0%10.4%17.1%18.5%-24.5%
Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW)-4.2%-4.4%13.8%-73.0%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
TransAlta Renewables Inc ($RNW)94.4%94.5%94.5%
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd ($AAV)70.5%62.0%84.5%92.5%
Freehold Royalties Ltd ($FRU)91.7%90.4%89.0%90.2%
MEG Energy Corp ($MEG)85.5%86.8%87.4%87.6%84.1%
NXT Energy Solutions Inc ($SFD)-43.2%65.6%36.0%87.3%
 
Median (140 companies)34.2%29.3%31.6%30.3%37.2%
Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW)25.6%8.8%3.4%6.3%-4.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Seven Generations Energy Ltd ($VII)56.9%54.0%106.0%
Tourmaline Oil Corp ($TOU)67.4%67.9%80.0%97.6%
Bonavista Energy Corp ($BNP)63.8%64.6%62.6%91.6%
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd ($BXE)42.7%58.6%83.6%89.6%
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd ($AAV)-4.0%5.2%66.1%87.8%
 
Median (159 companies)24.7%25.7%31.1%29.6%5.2%
Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW)26.7%10.8%8.5%10.3%2.6%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Oryx Petroleum Corp Ltd ($OXC)1,997.8%
Petroshale Inc ($PSH)30.6%346.6%865.9%
Toro Oil & Gas Ltd ($TOO)192.4%139.0%39.2%808.7%
Athabasca Oil Corp ($ATH)176.2%2,426.4%596.6%504.7%
BNK Petroleum Inc ($BKX)139.2%195.8%789.1%316.6%
 
Median (162 companies)43.3%50.0%39.2%48.8%21.4%
Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW)25.0%20.1%5.1%3.7%2.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pason Systems Inc ($PSI)33.5%30.0%29.7%41.0%
Sea Dragon Energy Inc ($SDX)-10.1%8.1%21.8%32.9%
Raging River Exploration Inc ($RRX)29.1%
High Arctic Energy Services Inc ($HWO)27.0%31.4%26.3%24.9%
Rooster Energy Ltd ($COQ)22.9%
 
Median (165 companies)4.4%3.2%4.6%5.1%-7.5%
Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW)32.3%3.9%-1.9%1.9%-3.6%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Veresen Inc ($VSN)22.3x16.2x14.7x30.3x
Lightstream Resources Ltd ($LTS)2.0x27.8x
Petroshale Inc ($PSH)0.1x21.7x
Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd ($CLC)9.7x16.7x8.8x17.1x
Pengrowth Energy Corp ($PGF)1.5x2.9x2.1x16.8x
 
Median (136 companies)1.2x1.5x1.5x1.4x4.8x
Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW)0.5x2.5x3.4x2.9x31.4x