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Centamin Net Income dropped on 36.8% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin decreased on 5.3 pp from 35.6% to 30.4%

21.03.2016 • About Centamin ($CEE) • By InTwits

Centamin reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is declining: 30.4% in 2015 vs. 35.6% in 2014 vs. 61.9% in 2011
  • Centamin has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 37.1%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 20.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 70.9 in 2015, 88.5 in 2014, 281 in 2013, 238 in 2012, 140 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 4.5%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Centamin ($CEE) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue340.5426.1503.8472.6508.47.6%
Gross Profit212.3256.3226.4114.392.2-19.4%
SG&A5.315.011.49.10.6-93.0%
EBITDA210.8261.6226.2168.3154.3-8.3%
Net Income194.0232.2184.081.651.6-36.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash164.2147.1106.0125.7199.658.9%
Short Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Long Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Cash flow
Capex139.6238.1281.488.570.9-19.9%
Ratios
Revenue growth817.1%25.2%18.2%-6.2%7.6%
EBITDA growth754.1%24.1%-13.5%-25.6%-8.3%
Gross Margin62.3%60.2%44.9%24.2%18.1%-6.1%
EBITDA Margin61.9%61.4%44.9%35.6%30.4%-5.3%
Net Income Margin57.0%54.5%36.5%17.3%10.1%-7.1%
SG&A, % of revenue1.6%3.5%2.3%1.9%0.1%-1.8%
CAPEX, % of revenue41.0%55.9%55.8%18.7%14.0%-4.8%
ROIC30.2%24.6%15.7%6.6%4.5%-2.1%
ROE30.5%25.3%16.5%6.4%3.8%-2.6%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.8x-0.6x-0.5x-0.7x-1.3x-0.5x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 7.6% in 2015. Revenue growth was financed by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 5.3 pp from 35.6% to 30.4% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 6.1 pp from 24.2% to 18.1% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased slightly on 1.8 pp from 1.9% to 0.12% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 7.1 pp from 17.3% to 10.1% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Centamin had CAPEX/Revenue of 14.0%. Centamin showed big decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 41.9 pp from 55.9% in 2012 to 14.0% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 29.5%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (4.48%) and ROE (3.84%). ROIC decreased on 2.1 pp from 6.6% to 4.5% in 2015. ROE decreased on 2.6 pp from 6.4% to 3.8% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash surged on 58.9% in 2015.

Management team


Centamin's CEO is Andrew Pardey "Andy". Andrew Pardey "Andy" is a founder and has 3 years tenure at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Mining


Below you can find Centamin benchmarking vs. other companies in Mining 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
Rambler Metals & Mining ($RAB)-65.4%2,744.1%79.2%-34.2%
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc ($KGI)54.7%-5.1%14.2%26.9%
China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd ($CGG)-9.0%-8.2%22.4%
Caledonia Mining Corp ($CAL)33.6%-16.0%-15.4%-28.3%
Minera Irl Ltd ($IRL)29.0%-13.2%-22.4%-16.4%
 
Median (7 companies)15.1%2.9%-5.1%-15.4%-18.0%
Centamin ($CEE)25.2%18.2%-6.2%7.6%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Rambler Metals & Mining ($RAB)50.2%44.7%39.6%52.2%30.6%
China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd ($CGG)37.6%33.7%35.6%18.5%
Caledonia Mining Corp ($CAL)57.6%54.4%45.9%34.7%26.9%
Minera Irl Ltd ($IRL)47.3%41.0%20.7%22.7%
Orosur Mining Inc ($OMI)33.9%21.8%7.8%9.3%-5.8%
 
Median (7 companies)40.6%39.7%27.2%22.7%22.8%
Centamin ($CEE)62.3%60.2%44.9%24.2%18.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd ($CGG)41.7%38.3%47.3%33.7%
Rambler Metals & Mining ($RAB)-26.1%-194.4%29.6%45.1%20.5%
Orosur Mining Inc ($OMI)29.0%14.8%17.3%27.9%-49.7%
Caledonia Mining Corp ($CAL)49.0%31.9%38.9%27.1%18.3%
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc ($KGI)25.6%34.9%16.4%13.6%32.5%
 
Median (8 companies)29.0%31.9%29.6%20.3%20.5%
Centamin ($CEE)61.9%61.4%44.9%35.6%30.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd ($CGG)64.7%156.1%95.6%81.4%
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc ($KGI)54.9%44.6%72.9%47.7%21.6%
Serabi Gold ($SBI)3,151.4%44.5%
Orosur Mining Inc ($OMI)34.7%53.8%29.6%14.1%19.7%
Rambler Metals & Mining ($RAB)640.5%820.8%24.2%13.9%20.7%
 
Median (8 companies)34.7%44.6%24.2%14.0%21.6%
Centamin ($CEE)41.0%55.9%55.8%18.7%14.0%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Caledonia Mining Corp ($CAL)61.7%37.6%34.9%18.1%8.4%
Rambler Metals & Mining ($RAB)-1.5%-2.6%3.3%16.7%0.5%
Orosur Mining Inc ($OMI)22.0%3.8%-1.5%4.5%-84.1%
China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd ($CGG)5.9%4.0%3.0%1.5%
Minera Irl Ltd ($IRL)13.6%6.0%-0.4%-0.0%
 
Median (8 companies)11.3%4.9%2.4%1.5%1.5%
Centamin ($CEE)30.2%24.6%15.7%6.6%4.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Minera Irl Ltd ($IRL)-0.0x1.0x4.2x10.0x
China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd ($CGG)0.2x3.4x4.7x7.3x
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc ($KGI)-1.0x-0.3x3.2x4.1x0.6x
Rambler Metals & Mining ($RAB)2.5x0.6x2.4x
Orosur Mining Inc ($OMI)-0.6x-0.4x0.2x-0.3x
 
Median (6 companies)-0.6x-0.3x2.5x2.4x1.5x
Centamin ($CEE)-0.8x-0.6x-0.5x-0.7x-1.3x