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Bank of Montreal reports 8.1% revenue growth in FY2016

06.12.2016 • About Bank of Montreal ($BMO) • By InTwits

Bank of Montreal reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Bank of Montreal has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.3%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 3.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 1,073 in 2016, 2,994 in 2015, 5,290 in 2014, 6,297 in 2013, 5,478 in 2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 6.7%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Bank of Montreal ($BMO) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue20,96720,65122,80323,78425,7178.1%
Net Income4,1154,1304,2774,3704,6225.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash19,94126,08928,38640,29531,653-21.4%
Short Term Debt23,43922,44627,34821,22625,10618.3%
Long Term Debt4,5553,9964,9134,4164,4390.5%
Cash flow
Capex36636135517922425.1%
Ratios
Revenue growth10.4%-1.5%10.4%4.3%8.1%
Net Income Margin19.6%20.0%18.8%18.4%18.0%-0.4%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.7%1.7%1.6%0.8%0.9%0.1%
ROIC5.5%5.7%7.0%6.3%6.7%0.5%
ROE16.0%14.8%14.1%12.6%12.0%-0.6%


Bank of Montreal ($BMO) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CADFY16Q1FY16Q2FY16Q3FY16Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue6,1456,2326,8396,501-1.5%10.6%15.8%8.3%
Net Income1,0609731,2451,3447.5%-2.0%5.1%11.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash38,96136,11137,74831,653-12.2%-10.6%-22.5%-21.4%
Short Term Debt24,20827,07127,09225,106-19.3%4.5%-2.6%18.3%
Long Term Debt5,2504,6434,4614,4395.8%4.7%0.6%0.5%
Ratios
Net Income Margin 17.2% 15.6% 18.2% 20.7%1.4%-2.0%-1.9%0.6%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 8.1%. Revenue growth showed acceleration in FY16Q4 - it increased 8.3% YoY.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 0.87% in FY2016. CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.88 pp from 1.7% in FY2013 to 0.87% in FY2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (6.73%) and ROE (11.98%). ROIC showed almost no change in FY2016. ROE decreased slightly on 0.63 pp from 12.6% to 12.0% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt jumped on 15.2% while cash dropped on 21.4%.

Management team


The company's CEO is William Downe. William Downe has 11 years tenure at the company. Bank of Montreal's CFO Thomas E Flynn "Tom" has spent 11 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below you can find Bank of Montreal benchmarking vs. other companies in Financial 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 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp ($GRC)317.2%
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)22.2%7.5%111.8%
Slate Retail REIT ($SRT.UN)316.8%229.7%92.5%21.6%
Mogo Finance Technology Inc ($GO)13.7%34.6%86.0%14.6%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)27.2%9.2%58.8%4.6%
 
Median (54 companies)7.1%9.0%3.3%5.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Olympia Financial Group Inc ($OLY)80.9%82.6%83.2%84.5%83.5%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)74.0%69.9%68.6%76.5%75.5%
Mogo Finance Technology Inc ($GO)70.4%64.5%63.4%62.3%
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)18.2%22.6%18.3%52.4%
Clarke Inc ($CKI)28.1%20.0%18.9%43.4%41.6%
 
Median (9 companies)28.1%30.7%28.3%43.4%30.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($FC)87.6%87.9%88.8%86.6%
Equitable Group Inc ($EQB)88.1%87.4%86.0%84.7%83.0%
Atrium Mortgage Investment Corp ($AI)79.8%81.9%83.2%
Trez Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($TZZ)76.2%
First National Financial Corp ($FN)67.8%76.5%77.1%74.6%
 
Median (37 companies)43.7%33.5%39.8%32.5%43.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Dundee Corp ($DC.A)10.3%14.1%88.8%123.6%
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)80.2%43.3%52.1%69.3%95.5%
First Capital Realty Inc ($FCR)127.9%76.1%73.8%56.7%79.7%
Killam Properties Inc ($KMP)80.7%114.1%143.5%46.7%59.9%
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)150.5%73.3%79.1%21.4%
 
Median (56 companies)0.6%0.6%0.7%0.7%0.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
CI Financial Corp ($CIX)24.1%
FirstService Corp ($FSV)17.4%
IGM Financial Inc ($IGM)14.2%14.2%13.7%13.7%13.1%
Alaris Royalty Corp ($AD)9.5%10.1%10.7%7.3%12.3%
Genworth MI Canada Inc ($MIC)11.9%9.6%9.7%9.5%9.4%
 
Median (56 companies)4.6%3.8%3.9%3.0%3.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Element Financial Corp ($EFN)140.2x31.9x37.6x79.9x22.6x
First National Financial Corp ($FN)34.3x33.7x40.9x37.4x
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)11.2x9.7x13.6x35.7x
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)12.8x12.7x15.3x22.1x15.2x
Equitable Group Inc ($EQB)11.8x10.2x9.8x12.3x13.7x
 
Median (28 companies)5.3x4.6x4.7x6.0x7.8x