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Response Biomedical Corp EBITDA Margin surged on 45.0 pp from -36.7% to 8.4% in 2015 and Revenue surged on 40.0%

21.03.2016 • About Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM) • By InTwits

Response Biomedical Corp reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Response Biomedical Corp is a fast growth stock: 2015 revenue growth was 40.0%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 16.7% at 2015 ROIC 52.0%
  • Response Biomedical Corp motivates its personel by high Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for 2011-2015 was 0.0%. On average EBITDA Margin was -19.8% for the sames years0
  • Response Biomedical Corp has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.4%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 88.3%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 0.45 in 2015, 0.41 in 2014, 0.20 in 2013, 0.31 in 2012, 0.11 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 52.0%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue9.47311.75011.53111.01415.41840.0%
Gross Profit2.5054.2464.9434.3678.07985.0%
SG&A5.4955.7455.8754.893-16.7%
EBITDA-3.720-3.059-2.212-4.0391.288-131.9%
Net Income-5.371-5.281-5.998-2.090-0.150-92.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash7.3552.0802.9583.2212.511-22.0%
Short Term Debt0.0000.0000.0000.4940.84370.6%
Long Term Debt0.0000.0000.0001.0040.360-64.1%
Cash flow
Capex0.1060.3110.1960.4100.4499.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth33.2%24.0%-1.9%-4.5%40.0%
EBITDA growth-53.4%-17.8%-27.7%82.6%-131.9%
Gross Margin26.4%36.1%42.9%39.6%52.4%12.8%
EBITDA Margin-39.3%-26.0%-19.2%-36.7%8.4%45.0%
Net Income Margin-56.7%-44.9%-52.0%-19.0%-1.0%18.0%
SG&A, % of revenue46.8%49.8%53.3%31.7%-21.6%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.1%2.6%1.7%3.7%2.9%-0.8%
ROIC-75.0%-158.5%52.0%52.0%
ROE-82.4%-199.4%0.0%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.0x-1.0x

Revenue and profitability


Response Biomedical Corp's Revenue surged on 40.0% in 2015. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin jumped on 45.0 pp from -36.7% to 8.4% in 2015.

Gross Margin jumped on 12.8 pp from 39.6% to 52.4% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue dropped on 21.6 pp from 53.3% to 31.7% in 2015.

Net Income marign jumped on 18.0 pp from -19.0% to -0.97% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Response Biomedical Corp had CAPEX/Revenue of 2.9%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from 2012 to 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.8%.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -1.0x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.9x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped1.0x from to -1.0x in 2015. Debt dropped on 19.7% in 2015 while cash dropped on 22.0% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Consumer, Non-cyclical


Below we provide Response Biomedical Corp 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 ($GDI)-38.8%-72.9%218,969.1%18.7%
Cardiome Pharma Corp ($COM)-47.6%471.7%566.0%-30.4%
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)45.3%49.0%169.9%172.8%
 
Median (86 companies)13.6%8.7%6.7%13.2%11.9%
Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM)24.0%-1.9%-4.5%40.0%


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 ($HGP)99.5%95.7%62.5%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)87.9%88.7%88.4%88.0%89.1%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)79.4%86.0%
 
Median (74 companies)35.6%38.6%35.9%35.1%35.7%
Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM)26.4%36.1%42.9%39.6%52.4%


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 ($VRX)37.0%30.6%27.8%45.6%39.8%
EnerCare Inc ($ECI)59.0%52.8%51.0%45.5%39.3%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)34.1%39.6%39.6%37.6%36.1%
 
Median (85 companies)7.9%8.5%9.0%11.0%10.6%
Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM)-39.3%-26.0%-19.2%-36.7%8.4%


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%2.8%2.4%2.5%2.3%
Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM)1.1%2.6%1.7%3.7%2.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Biosyent Inc ($RX)45.5%71.7%62.4%62.9%48.2%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)56.0%71.8%72.8%58.9%38.1%
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)7.7%7.1%6.7%6.9%7.1%
Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM)-75.0%-158.5%52.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
CIBT Education Group Inc ($MBA)-7.0x-0.3x18.4x
SunOpta Inc ($SOY)2.9x2.9x3.5x1.3x16.9x
Centric Health Corp ($CHH)10.3x5.6x10.2x11.2x15.6x
Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc ($ACC)11.7x9.4x14.7x13.8x12.3x
Sienna Senior Living Inc ($SIA)10.6x9.5x11.8x9.2x9.1x
 
Median (56 companies)1.9x2.6x2.2x2.7x1.6x
Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM)-1.0x