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Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc Net Income surged on 49.7% in 2015 and Revenue increased on 7.2%

25.02.2016 • About Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA) • By InTwits

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 10.1%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 8.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 22.1 in 2015, 25.0 in 2014, 38.1 in 2013, 58.7 in 2012, 77.1 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 18.8%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue396.1438.0467.4481.1515.97.2%
Gross Profit348.1388.3413.4423.2459.88.7%
SG&A244.3268.2287.0248.2255.02.7%
EBITDA146.1161.2169.7175.0204.917.1%
Net Income76.679.593.891.0136.249.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash109.3178.1234.4139.8210.150.3%
Short Term Debt12.639.534.47.855.7610.5%
Long Term Debt133.9200.7147.2110.854.6-50.8%
Cash flow
Capex77.158.738.125.022.1-11.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth10.8%10.6%6.7%2.9%7.2%
EBITDA growth13.0%10.3%5.3%3.1%17.1%
Gross Margin87.9%88.7%88.4%88.0%89.1%1.2%
EBITDA Margin36.9%36.8%36.3%36.4%39.7%3.3%
Net Income Margin19.3%18.2%20.1%18.9%26.4%7.5%
SG&A, % of revenue61.7%61.2%61.4%51.6%49.4%-2.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue19.5%13.4%8.1%5.2%4.3%-0.9%
ROIC13.7%14.1%13.9%14.8%18.8%4.0%
ROE12.8%12.5%13.9%13.1%19.5%6.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.3x0.4x-0.3x-0.1x-0.5x-0.4x

Revenue and profitability


Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc's Revenue increased on 7.2% in 2015. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased on 3.3 pp from 36.4% to 39.7% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 1.2 pp from 88.0% to 89.1% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 2.2 pp from 51.6% to 49.4% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased on 7.5 pp from 18.9% to 26.4% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 4.3%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 9.1 pp from 13.4% in 2012 to 4.3% in 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 5.9%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (18.77%) and ROE (19.53%). ROIC increased on 4.0 pp from 14.8% to 18.8% in 2015. ROE increased on 6.4 pp from 13.1% to 19.5% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -0.5x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.5x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.4x from -0.1x to -0.5x in 2015. Debt decreased on 7.1% in 2015 while cash jumped on 50.3% in 2015.

Management team


Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc's CEO Ravichandra K Saligram "Ravi" is a founder and has spent 4 years at the company. Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc's CFO is Sharon Driscoll. Sharon Driscoll has 3 years tenure at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Consumer, Non-cyclical


Below we provide Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc benchmarking against other companies in Consumer, Non-cyclical 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
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%13.2%9.0%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)10.6%6.7%2.9%7.2%


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 ($HGP)99.5%95.7%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)79.4%86.0%
Merus Labs International Inc ($MSL)88.6%91.4%82.8%84.6%
 
Median (74 companies)34.5%36.1%35.9%35.1%34.5%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)87.9%88.7%88.4%88.0%89.1%


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%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)36.9%36.8%36.3%36.4%39.7%


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%2.6%2.4%2.5%2.1%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)19.5%13.4%8.1%5.2%4.3%


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%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)13.7%14.1%13.9%14.8%18.8%


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
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)-2.3x-3.1x-3.5x12.0x1.3x
 
Median (70 companies)1.9x2.8x2.2x2.7x1.6x
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)0.3x0.4x-0.3x-0.1x-0.5x