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Medicure Inc reports 646% EBITDA growth and 10.1 pp EBITDA Margin growth from 14.4% to 24.5%

30.03.2016 • About Medicure Inc ($MPH) • By InTwits

Medicure Inc reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Medicure Inc is a fast growth stock: 2015 revenue growth was 337%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 46.1% at 2015 ROIC 129%
  • Medicure Inc has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.3%.
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 129.4%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Medicure Inc ($MPH) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue3.6284.7972.6035.05122.083337.2%
Gross Profit2.1153.7281.9374.18319.823373.9%
SG&A2.3233.33010.237207.5%
EBITDA-0.3430.887-1.5500.7265.412645.8%
Net Income-1.63523.386-2.574-1.6391.668-201.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash0.7501.1240.1270.2343.5691,423.1%
Short Term Debt22.4690.0001.2720.0001.625
Long Term Debt0.0004.6483.5104.8472.618-46.0%
Cash flow
Capex0.0020.0010.0030.0060.2274,009.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth9.4%32.2%-45.7%94.1%337.2%
EBITDA growth-83.8%-358.5%-274.7%-146.8%645.8%
Gross Margin58.3%77.7%74.4%82.8%89.8%7.0%
EBITDA Margin-9.5%18.5%-59.5%14.4%24.5%10.1%
Net Income Margin-45.1%487.5%-98.9%-32.4%7.6%40.0%
SG&A, % of revenue89.2%65.9%46.4%-19.6%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%1.0%0.9%
ROIC-127.1%129.4%129.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA4.0x6.4x0.1x-6.2x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 337% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin surged on 10.1 pp from -34.3% to -24.1% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased on 7.0 pp from 82.8% to 89.8% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue dropped on 19.6 pp from 65.9% to 46.4% in 2015.

Net Income marign jumped on 40.0 pp from -32.4% to 7.6% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Medicure Inc had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.0%. CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 0.99 pp from 0.031% in 2012 to 1.0% in 2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.42%.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.1x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.8x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 6.2x from 6.4x to 0.1x in 2015. Debt dropped on 12.5% in 2015 while cash surged on 1,423% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Consumer, Non-cyclical


Below you can find Medicure Inc benchmarking vs. other companies in Consumer, Non-cyclical 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
Theratechnologies Inc ($TH)-9.1%-44.3%-10.9%346.4%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)23.7%12.5%56.0%284.2%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)159.5%275.7%
Patient Home Monitoring Corp ($PHM)170.2%1.9%433.0%238.4%
Nobilis Health Corp ($NHC)45.3%49.0%169.9%172.8%
 
Median (76 companies)46.5%8.7%6.7%12.7%13.3%
Medicure Inc ($MPH)32.2%-45.7%94.1%337.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc ($CPH)99.5%98.3%92.7%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)87.9%88.7%88.4%88.0%89.1%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)77.4%77.5%80.4%80.9%87.6%
Theratechnologies Inc ($TH)38.7%62.7%50.9%63.5%86.6%
Merus Labs International Inc ($MSL)88.6%91.4%82.8%84.6%
 
Median (63 companies)35.4%36.1%35.9%35.1%35.7%
Medicure Inc ($MPH)58.3%77.7%74.4%82.8%89.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Merus Labs International Inc ($MSL)32.9%64.7%46.2%61.5%
CRH Medical Corp ($CRH)22.1%21.0%24.5%29.1%44.1%
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc ($VRX)37.0%30.6%27.8%45.6%39.8%
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)43.7%37.0%39.8%
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc ($RBA)36.9%36.8%36.3%36.4%39.7%
 
Median (75 companies)7.9%7.4%9.0%10.6%10.6%
Medicure Inc ($MPH)-9.5%18.5%-59.5%14.4%24.5%


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%
Westbond Enterprises Corp ($WBE)3.5%7.6%2.4%4.7%39.5%
Microbix Biosystems Inc ($MBX)1.0%1.2%3.0%40.3%38.7%
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc ($PLI)2.1%33.6%34.6%23.3%
 
Median (75 companies)2.4%2.8%2.4%2.6%2.4%
Medicure Inc ($MPH)0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%1.0%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Response Biomedical Corp ($RBM)-75.0%-158.5%52.0%
Biosyent Inc ($RX)45.5%71.7%62.4%62.9%48.2%
Immunotec Inc ($IMM)-11.5%1.8%8.8%-10.5%40.8%
Information Services Corp ($ISV)56.0%71.8%72.8%58.9%38.1%
Medical Facilities Corp ($DR)41.0%36.1%39.5%26.5%28.5%
 
Median (76 companies)7.4%6.7%6.9%6.9%6.7%
Medicure Inc ($MPH)-127.1%129.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Concordia Healthcare Corp ($CXR)-1.3x5.6x20.2x
CIBT Education Group Inc ($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
 
Median (65 companies)1.9x2.5x2.2x2.6x1.9x
Medicure Inc ($MPH)4.0x6.4x0.1x