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Gazit-Globe Ltd reports 749% Net Income growth and 2.2 pp EBITDA Margin growth from 38.2% to 40.3%

31.03.2016 • About Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT) • By InTwits

Gazit-Globe Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Gazit-Globe Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 71.2%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 3,353 in 2015, 3,296 in 2014, 3,044 in 2013, 5,741 in 2012, 6,483 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 2.5%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 22.1x while industry average is 8.9x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT) key annual financial indicators

mln. ILS201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue5,8347,1627,0366,3254,836-23.5%
EBITDA2,5693,1313,0092,4131,949-19.2%
Net Income71995792773620749.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash1,5391,6831,0186502,037213.4%
Short Term Debt3,9782,7333,1713,2643,3412.4%
Long Term Debt35,47339,13036,14434,23941,85822.3%
Cash flow
Capex6,4835,7413,0443,2963,3531.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth10.3%22.8%-1.8%-10.1%-23.5%
EBITDA growth1.5%21.9%-3.9%-19.8%-19.2%
EBITDA Margin44.0%43.7%42.8%38.2%40.3%2.2%
Net Income Margin12.3%13.4%13.2%1.2%12.8%11.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue111.1%80.2%43.3%52.1%69.3%17.2%
ROIC4.5%4.8%4.5%3.6%2.5%-1.1%
ROE10.9%12.6%11.8%0.9%8.0%7.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA14.8x12.8x12.7x15.3x22.1x6.9x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue dropped on 23.5% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 2.2 pp from 38.2% to 40.3% in 2015.

Net Income marign surged on 11.7 pp from 1.2% to 12.8% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 69.3% in 2015. Gazit-Globe Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 10.8 pp from 80.2% in 2012 to 69.3% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 54.9%.Battling declining revenue Gazit-Globe Ltd made large investments to CAPEX (172% of EBITDA) but that didn't help at least in this year.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (2.52%) and ROE (7.98%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.1 pp from 3.6% to 2.5% in 2015. ROE increased on 7.1 pp from 0.92% to 8.0% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 22.1x and Debt / EBITDA is 23.2x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 6.9x from 15.3x to 22.1x in 2015. Debt jumped on 20.5% in 2015 while cash surged on 213% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below we provide Gazit-Globe Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Financial 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
Mogo Finance Technology Inc ($GO)13.7%34.6%86.0%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)5.3%27.2%9.2%58.8%
Terra Firma Capital Corp ($TII)306.8%61.9%39.1%56.9%
Chesswood Group Ltd ($CHW)12.2%9.4%-47.4%53.7%
Callidus Capital Corp ($CBL)19.0%93.5%134.2%49.6%
 
Median (70 companies)52.7%9.3%7.8%9.0%1.3%
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)22.8%-1.8%-10.1%-23.5%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Olympia Financial Group Inc ($OLY)85.3%80.9%82.6%83.2%84.5%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)74.8%74.0%69.9%68.6%76.5%
Mogo Finance Technology Inc ($GO)70.4%64.5%63.4%62.3%
Clarke Inc ($CKI)9.9%28.1%20.0%18.9%43.4%
Onex Corp ($OCX)20.0%20.1%26.2%27.9%31.0%
 
Median (10 companies)25.2%25.0%26.2%24.2%30.5%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($FC)88.7%87.6%87.9%88.8%86.6%
Equitable Group Inc ($EQB)89.7%88.1%87.4%86.0%84.7%
Atrium Mortgage Investment Corp ($AI)84.5%79.8%81.9%
Trez Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($TZZ)76.2%
First National Financial Corp ($FN)66.1%67.8%76.5%77.1%74.6%
 
Median (45 companies)35.6%29.5%31.9%29.4%27.0%
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)44.0%43.7%42.8%38.2%40.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Imperial Equities Inc ($IEI)23.1%22.8%16.0%27.7%147.5%
Dundee Corp ($DC.A)10.3%14.1%88.8%123.6%
Wall Financial Corp ($WFC)1.8%13.5%9.8%6.1%65.3%
First Capital Realty Inc ($FCR)102.8%127.9%76.1%73.8%56.7%
Mainstreet Equity Corp ($MEQ)152.4%115.8%62.3%75.8%56.3%
 
Median (72 companies)1.0%1.0%0.7%1.0%1.0%
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)111.1%80.2%43.3%52.1%69.3%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc ($GS)71.3%21.0%82.9%153.9%63.6%
Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc ($BRE)17.1%26.0%31.0%47.0%61.0%
IGM Financial Inc ($IGM)15.3%14.2%14.2%13.7%13.7%
Clairvest Group Inc ($CVG)7.6%8.6%12.3%11.5%12.8%
Canadian Western Bank ($CWB)13.0%12.4%12.1%12.4%11.6%
 
Median (72 companies)5.3%4.8%4.6%4.8%4.8%
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)4.5%4.8%4.5%3.6%2.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Element Financial Corp ($EFN)140.2x31.9x37.6x79.9x
First National Financial Corp ($FN)37.6x34.3x33.7x40.9x37.4x
Wall Financial Corp ($WFC)6.2x3.4x19.9x4.6x20.1x
Equitable Group Inc ($EQB)12.7x11.8x10.2x9.8x12.3x
Rifco Inc ($RFC)9.8x9.4x10.7x11.9x
 
Median (35 companies)2.9x5.2x4.8x4.2x5.6x
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)14.8x12.8x12.7x15.3x22.1x