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Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd CAPEX surged on 783% in 2015 and Revenue jumped on 11.3%

04.03.2016 • About Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd ($HMM.A) • By InTwits

Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 5.3%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 6.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 17.1 in 2015, 1.9 in 2014, 1.3 in 2013, 2.8 in 2012, 4.9 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 12.2%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd ($HMM.A) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue85.592.492.9105.3117.211.3%
Gross Profit23.125.327.532.437.114.6%
SG&A15.717.519.126.230.215.2%
EBITDA5.04.86.18.18.89.0%
Net Income1.81.72.33.63.6-2.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash0.60.40.80.30.3-19.3%
Short Term Debt10.611.610.67.316.7127.5%
Long Term Debt2.11.91.20.40.780.2%
Cash flow
Capex4.92.81.31.917.1782.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth8.8%8.1%0.6%13.3%11.3%
EBITDA growth-21.3%-4.1%25.8%33.3%9.0%
Gross Margin27.0%27.4%29.6%30.8%31.7%0.9%
EBITDA Margin5.9%5.2%6.5%7.7%7.5%-0.2%
Net Income Margin2.1%1.8%2.4%3.5%3.0%-0.4%
SG&A, % of revenue18.4%18.9%20.5%24.9%25.8%0.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue5.7%3.1%1.4%1.8%14.6%12.7%
ROIC7.2%6.4%8.2%12.7%12.2%-0.5%
ROE6.2%5.5%7.0%10.2%8.8%-1.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.4x2.7x1.8x0.9x2.0x1.0x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 11.3% in 2015. EBITDA Margin showed almost no change in 2015.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 0.91 pp from 30.8% to 31.7% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 0.88 pp from 24.9% to 25.8% in 2015.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 14.6%. The company showed fast CAPEX/Revenue growth of 11.5 pp from 3.1% in 2012 to 14.6% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 5.9%.To fuel this fast growth the company made large investments to CAPEX (194% of EBITDA).

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (12.16%) while ROE is low (8.76%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2015. ROE decreased slightly on 1.5 pp from 10.2% to 8.8% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 2.0x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.0x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 1.0x from 0.9x to 2.0x in 2015. Debt jumped on 125% in 2015 while cash dropped on 19.3% in 2015.

Management team


Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd's CEO Robert Frederick Hammond is a founder and has spent 40 years at the company. Alexander Stirling is a The company's CFO. Alexander Stirling has spent 11 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Industrial


Below you can find Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Industrial 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
Electrovaya Inc ($EFL)-4.0%-71.2%160.5%123.8%
Enterprise Group Inc ($E)14.5%3.5%88.3%128.5%
Carmanah Technologies Corp ($CMH)5.8%-26.4%-2.0%68.8%
Exco Technologies Ltd ($XTC)19.7%0.9%50.5%35.3%
Lumenpulse Inc ($LMP)56.7%33.9%47.0%61.8%
 
Median (92 companies)9.7%11.5%5.3%9.1%8.1%
Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd ($HMM.A)8.1%0.6%13.3%11.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
WSP Global Inc ($WSP)81.1%81.1%83.2%81.0%
Pure Technologies Ltd ($PUR)75.7%77.9%78.0%77.5%
Alarmforce Industries Inc ($AF)76.4%75.0%76.5%72.2%69.2%
Epicore BioNetworks Inc ($EBN)59.0%60.8%63.2%64.1%58.1%
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd ($FLY)54.0%57.2%59.2%62.9%
 
Median (88 companies)23.2%23.0%23.3%22.6%24.8%
Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd ($HMM.A)27.0%27.4%29.6%30.8%31.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Canadian National Railway Co ($CNR)46.3%46.5%45.9%46.8%50.9%
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd ($CP)28.1%26.1%32.4%43.7%48.9%
Vitreous Glass Inc ($VCI)29.0%31.4%32.2%37.8%39.0%
Questor Technology Inc ($QST)25.1%25.7%34.9%34.1%
Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd ($BIN)32.2%30.7%33.1%34.0%9.8%
 
Median (85 companies)8.3%9.4%8.3%7.2%9.7%
Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd ($HMM.A)5.9%5.2%6.5%7.7%7.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cargojet Inc ($CJT.A)6.8%7.0%6.3%54.1%
Newalta Corp ($NAL)17.2%21.7%34.5%35.1%42.0%
Enterprise Group Inc ($E)3.6%17.4%27.2%32.7%
ENTREC Corp ($ENT)35.0%26.7%29.5%
Horizon North Logistics Inc ($HNL)25.1%26.5%16.3%24.1%14.7%
 
Median (92 companies)2.4%3.0%3.7%3.2%3.9%
Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd ($HMM.A)5.7%3.1%1.4%1.8%14.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Vitreous Glass Inc ($VCI)26.1%30.5%32.3%48.3%51.0%
Photon Control Inc ($PHO)10.1%21.0%44.4%38.0%
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc ($SNC)14.6%10.7%4.0%35.2%11.4%
Alarmforce Industries Inc ($AF)18.3%5.3%24.0%33.9%19.0%
Epicore BioNetworks Inc ($EBN)24.8%28.1%16.1%32.5%26.3%
 
Median (93 companies)9.1%10.0%8.5%8.5%10.0%
Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd ($HMM.A)7.2%6.4%8.2%12.7%12.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Sigma Industries Inc ($SSG)4.4x11.3x225.9x2.9x
H2O Innovation Inc ($HEO)4.2x73.2x1.6x
Grand Power Logistics Group Inc ($GPW)47.8x53.1x
Cargojet Inc ($CJT.A)1.8x1.5x1.5x31.5x
IBI Group Inc ($IBG)4.2x6.5x8.3x
 
Median (72 companies)1.1x1.5x1.4x1.3x1.3x
Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd ($HMM.A)2.4x2.7x1.8x0.9x2.0x