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Morguard Corp CAPEX jumped on 196% in 2015 and Revenue surged on 58.8%

26.02.2016 • About Morguard Corp ($MRC) • By InTwits

Morguard Corp reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Morguard Corp has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 49.7%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 185 in 2015, 62.6 in 2014, 359 in 2013, 454 in 2012, 114 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 5.4%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 9.3x while industry average is 6.3x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Morguard Corp ($MRC) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue376.8396.8504.8551.4875.758.8%
Gross Profit281.8293.6353.0378.4670.177.1%
SG&A72.6
EBITDA180.9182.8247.2425.472.1%
Net Income288.0389.4286.4136.780.5-41.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash28.879.1129.4123.193.5-24.1%
Short Term Debt183.1414.7557.8323.4376.916.5%
Long Term Debt1,202.71,297.31,710.23,305.33,656.310.6%
Cash flow
Capex114.1453.5359.462.6185.1195.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth5.9%5.3%27.2%9.2%58.8%
EBITDA growth9.5%1.1%72.1%
Gross Margin74.8%74.0%69.9%68.6%76.5%7.9%
EBITDA Margin48.0%46.1%0.0%44.8%48.6%3.7%
Net Income Margin76.4%98.1%56.7%24.8%9.2%-15.6%
SG&A, % of revenue8.3%8.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue30.3%114.3%71.2%11.4%21.1%9.8%
ROIC5.7%4.8%4.6%3.9%5.4%1.5%
ROE18.8%20.9%13.1%5.7%3.1%-2.6%
Net Debt/EBITDA7.5x8.9x14.2x9.3x-4.9x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 58.8% in 2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 43.3 pp from 67.4% to 24.1% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased on 7.9 pp from 68.6% to 76.5% in 2015.

Net Income marign dropped on 15.6 pp from 24.8% to 9.2% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 21.1% in 2015. Morguard Corp showed big decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 93.2 pp from 114% in 2012 to 21.1% in 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 34.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (5.38%) and ROE (3.10%). ROIC increased slightly on 1.5 pp from 3.9% to 5.4% in 2015. ROE decreased on 2.6 pp from 5.7% to 3.1% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 9.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 9.5x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 4.9x from 14.2x to 9.3x in 2015. Debt surged on 11.1% in 2015 while cash dropped on 24.1% in 2015.

Management team


Kuldip Rai Sahi is a Morguard Corp's CEO. Kuldip Rai Sahi is a founder and has spent 16 years at the company. Paul Miatello is a The company's CFO. Paul Miatello has spent 11 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below you can find Morguard Corp benchmarking vs. other companies in Financial 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
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)13.2%9.4%7.1%8.9%1.3%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)5.3%27.2%9.2%58.8%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Olympia Financial Group Inc ($OLY)85.3%80.9%82.6%83.2%84.5%
DealNet Capital Corp ($DLS)14.9%36.7%45.6%
Brookfield Asset Management Inc ($BAM.A)34.3%25.6%30.7%28.6%27.5%
Onex Corp ($OCX)20.0%20.1%26.2%27.9%31.0%
Tuckamore Capital Management Inc ($TX)19.3%21.0%20.5%
 
Median (10 companies)22.6%20.1%25.2%19.7%30.1%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)74.8%74.0%69.9%68.6%76.5%


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%74.6%
 
Median (48 companies)35.6%32.3%32.1%30.5%42.6%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)48.0%46.1%44.8%48.6%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Killam Properties Inc ($KMP)73.6%80.7%114.1%143.5%46.7%
Dundee Corp ($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%56.7%
 
Median (75 companies)1.2%1.2%0.7%1.0%1.4%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)30.3%114.3%71.2%11.4%21.1%


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%13.7%
Street Capital Group Inc ($SCB)2.3%10.9%11.0%13.4%
 
Median (77 companies)4.9%4.8%4.5%4.8%4.8%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)5.7%4.8%4.6%3.9%5.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
First National Financial Corp ($FN)37.6x34.3x33.7x40.9x37.4x
Element Financial Corp ($EFN)140.2x31.9x37.6x
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)14.8x12.8x12.7x15.3x
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)6.0x11.2x9.7x13.6x
Killam Properties Inc ($KMP)9.8x8.9x9.7x12.0x11.5x
 
Median (40 companies)2.9x5.1x4.8x4.2x3.0x
Morguard Corp ($MRC)7.5x8.9x14.2x9.3x