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Intertape Polymer Group Inc Net Income surged on 58.2% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.8 pp from 11.2% to 13.0%

10.03.2016 • About Intertape Polymer Group Inc ($ITP) • By InTwits

Intertape Polymer Group Inc reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is expanding: 13.0% in 2015 vs. 11.2% in 2014 vs. 7.5% in 2011
  • Intertape Polymer Group Inc has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.0%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 6.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 34.3 in 2015, 40.6 in 2014, 46.8 in 2013, 21.6 in 2012, 14.0 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 23.0%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Intertape Polymer Group Inc ($ITP) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue786.7784.4781.5812.7781.9-3.8%
Gross Profit114.5138.7158.5163.6168.02.7%
SG&A77.079.182.786.084.1-2.2%
EBITDA59.365.566.091.0101.711.7%
Net Income9.020.467.435.856.758.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash4.35.92.58.317.6111.2%
Short Term Debt3.19.78.75.75.70.6%
Long Term Debt191.1141.6121.1117.6147.125.1%
Cash flow
Capex14.021.646.840.634.3-15.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth9.2%-0.3%-0.4%4.0%-3.8%
EBITDA growth70.8%10.5%0.6%38.1%11.7%
Gross Margin14.6%17.7%20.3%20.1%21.5%1.4%
EBITDA Margin7.5%8.4%8.4%11.2%13.0%1.8%
Net Income Margin1.1%2.6%8.6%4.4%7.2%2.8%
SG&A, % of revenue9.8%10.1%10.6%10.6%10.8%0.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.8%2.7%6.0%5.0%4.4%-0.6%
ROIC9.0%12.3%13.7%22.5%23.0%0.5%
ROE6.4%14.0%35.1%15.6%25.5%9.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA3.2x2.2x1.9x1.3x1.3x0.1x

Revenue and profitability


Intertape Polymer Group Inc's Revenue decreased on 3.8% in 2015. Revenue decline happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.8 pp from 11.2% to 13.0% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 1.4 pp from 20.1% to 21.5% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in 2015.

Net Income marign increased on 2.8 pp from 4.4% to 7.2% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 4.4%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 1.6 pp from 2.7% in 2012 to 4.4% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 5.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (23.01%) and ROE (25.51%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2015. ROE increased on 9.9 pp from 15.6% to 25.5% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 1.5x. Net Debt / EBITDA increased on 0.1x from 1.3x to 1.3x in 2015. Debt jumped on 24.0% in 2015 while cash jumped on 111% in 2015.

Management team


Gregory A C Yull is a the company's CEO. Gregory A C Yull is a founder and has spent 8 years at the company. The company's CFO Jeffrey Crystal has spent 4 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Industrial


Below we provide Intertape Polymer Group Inc benchmarking against other companies in Industrial 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
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)5.8%11.5%5.3%9.4%9.4%
Intertape Polymer Group Inc ($ITP)-0.3%-0.4%4.0%-3.8%


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)23.4%23.4%23.4%23.1%24.4%
Intertape Polymer Group Inc ($ITP)14.6%17.7%20.3%20.1%21.5%


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%9.5%
Intertape Polymer Group Inc ($ITP)7.5%8.4%8.4%11.2%13.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cargojet Inc ($CJT.A)6.8%7.0%6.3%54.1%41.3%
Newalta Corp ($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%18.0%
Horizon North Logistics Inc ($HNL)25.1%26.5%16.3%24.1%14.7%
 
Median (92 companies)3.0%3.1%3.5%3.1%4.0%
Intertape Polymer Group Inc ($ITP)1.8%2.7%6.0%5.0%4.4%


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)9.0%9.3%8.5%8.5%9.4%
Intertape Polymer Group Inc ($ITP)9.0%12.3%13.7%22.5%23.0%


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)1.8x1.5x1.5x31.5x12.9x
IBI Group Inc ($IBG)4.2x6.5x8.3x
 
Median (72 companies)1.1x1.5x1.4x1.2x1.6x
Intertape Polymer Group Inc ($ITP)3.2x2.2x1.9x1.3x1.3x