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CRH Medical Corp EBITDA surged on 482% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin surged on 15.0 pp from 29.1% to 44.1%

25.02.2016 • About CRH Medical Corp ($CRH) • By InTwits

CRH Medical Corp reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • CRH Medical Corp is a fast growth stock: 2015 revenue growth was 284%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 66.2% at 2015 ROIC 17.9%
  • EBITDA Margin is expanding: 44.1% in 2015 vs. 29.1% in 2014 vs. 22.1% in 2011
  • CRH Medical Corp has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.5%.
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 17.9%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

CRH Medical Corp ($CRH) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue5.5186.8297.68311.98446.048284.2%
Gross Profit2.9093.0583.5166.30018.576194.9%
EBITDA1.2221.4351.8823.48920.291481.6%
Net Income1.1981.3322.4931.4983.076105.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash2.8674.5126.6034.1343.572-13.6%
Short Term Debt0.0000.0000.0006.6133.818-42.3%
Long Term Debt0.0000.0000.00039.50926.920-31.9%
Cash flow
Capex0.0340.0180.0200.0950.18594.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth52.0%23.7%12.5%56.0%284.2%
EBITDA growth-838.0%17.4%31.1%85.4%481.6%
Gross Margin52.7%44.8%45.8%52.6%40.3%-12.2%
EBITDA Margin22.1%21.0%24.5%29.1%44.1%15.0%
Net Income Margin21.7%19.5%32.4%12.5%6.7%-5.8%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.6%0.3%0.3%0.8%0.4%-0.4%
ROIC35.8%27.8%27.3%8.3%17.9%9.7%
ROE39.0%28.4%36.0%11.1%9.2%-1.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA-2.3x-3.1x-3.5x12.0x1.3x-10.7x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 284% in 2015. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin jumped on 15.0 pp from 29.1% to 44.1% in 2015.

Gross Margin dropped on 12.2 pp from 52.6% to 40.3% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 5.8 pp from 12.5% to 6.7% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 CRH Medical Corp had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.40%. CRH Medical Corp's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from 2012 to 2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.48%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (17.92%) while ROE is low (9.25%). ROIC increased on 9.7 pp from 8.3% to 17.9% in 2015. ROE decreased slightly on 1.8 pp from 11.1% to 9.2% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 1.5x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 10.7x from 12.0x to 1.3x in 2015. Debt dropped on 33.4% in 2015 while cash dropped on 13.6% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Consumer, Non-cyclical


Below you can find CRH Medical Corp benchmarking vs. other companies in Consumer, Non-cyclical 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
GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc ($GDI)43.8%-38.8%-72.9%218,969.1%
Cardiome Pharma Corp ($COM)-97.7%-47.6%471.7%566.0%
Patient Home Monitoring Corp ($PHM)170.2%1.9%433.0%238.4%
Family Memorials Inc ($FAM)-13.6%54.7%22.9%245.3%
Nobilis Health Corp ($NHC)16.6%45.3%49.0%169.9%
 
Median (86 companies)17.4%8.1%5.3%12.7%6.9%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)23.7%12.5%56.0%284.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Nobilis Health Corp ($NHC)99.8%
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc ($CPH)99.5%98.3%92.7%
Heritage Global Inc ($HGP)99.5%95.7%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)87.9%88.7%88.4%88.0%89.1%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)79.4%86.0%
 
Median (74 companies)34.5%36.1%35.9%35.1%34.5%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)52.7%44.8%45.8%52.6%40.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc ($CPH)-50.0%40.6%71.4%63.7%12.8%
Merus Labs International Inc ($MSL)32.9%64.7%46.2%61.5%
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc ($VRX)37.0%30.6%27.8%45.6%
EnerCare Inc ($ECI)59.0%52.8%51.0%45.5%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)34.1%39.6%39.6%37.6%
 
Median (85 companies)7.7%7.4%8.7%10.6%10.9%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)22.1%21.0%24.5%29.1%44.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc ($NTB)6.0%4.7%73.6%84.6%119.0%
CanaDream Corp ($CDN)68.6%43.3%38.1%70.4%63.4%
Ceapro Inc ($CZO)2.2%3.9%35.3%52.0%
Feronia Inc/Canada ($FRN)129.0%191.4%117.4%42.4%
Microbix Biosystems Inc ($MBX)1.0%1.2%3.0%40.3%38.7%
 
Median (86 companies)2.4%2.8%2.4%2.6%2.1%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)0.6%0.3%0.3%0.8%0.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Biosyent Inc ($RX)45.5%71.7%62.4%62.9%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)56.0%71.8%72.8%58.9%
Covalon Technologies Ltd ($COV)-49.6%-75.8%-30.1%50.6%-12.4%
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc ($CPH)-22.9%21.8%81.4%44.6%-0.1%
Ceapro Inc ($CZO)69.9%-33.5%15.5%43.5%
 
Median (86 companies)7.4%6.3%6.7%6.7%7.2%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)35.8%27.8%27.3%8.3%17.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Noble Iron Inc ($NIR)25.5x12.9x227.3x
Family Memorials Inc ($FAM)15.2x
Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc ($ACC)11.7x9.4x14.7x13.8x12.3x
Cott Corp ($BCB)2.6x2.0x2.2x13.4x4.9x
Centric Health Corp ($CHH)10.3x5.6x10.2x11.2x
 
Median (70 companies)1.9x2.8x2.2x2.6x1.6x
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)-2.3x-3.1x-3.5x12.0x1.3x