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Mainstreet Equity Corp Net Income dropped on 73.5% in 2016 and EBITDA Margin decreased on 4.1 pp from 58.4% to 54.3%

06.12.2016 • About Mainstreet Equity Corp ($MEQ) • By InTwits

Mainstreet Equity Corp reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Mainstreet Equity Corp has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 73.3%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 5.7 in FY2016, 3.5 in FY2015, 1.9 in FY2014, 1.6 in FY2013, 1.5 in FY2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 3.6%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 13.8x while industry average is 6.1x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Mainstreet Equity Corp ($MEQ) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue66.878.290.4100.4100.3-0.1%
EBITDA38.344.051.458.654.4-7.1%
Net Income56.163.366.664.717.2-73.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash2.21.81.01.51.1-28.2%
Short Term Debt0.0105.561.10.00.0
Long Term Debt511.0452.0540.9651.3754.615.9%
Cash flow
Capex77.448.768.656.556.5-0.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth17.4%17.0%15.7%11.0%-0.1%
EBITDA growth19.7%14.8%16.8%14.0%-7.1%
EBITDA Margin57.4%56.3%56.8%58.4%54.3%-4.1%
Net Income Margin83.9%80.9%73.6%64.5%17.1%-47.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue115.8%62.3%75.8%56.3%56.4%0.1%
ROIC4.0%4.0%4.1%4.2%3.6%-0.6%
ROE13.9%13.6%12.6%10.9%2.8%-8.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA13.3x12.6x11.7x11.1x13.8x2.8x


Mainstreet Equity Corp ($MEQ) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CADFY16Q1FY16Q2FY16Q3FY16Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue252525252.9%1.1%-2.3%-2.1%
EBITDA151413136.7%1.7%-10.2%-20.5%
Net Income-8-27-053-284.6%-26.6%
Balance Sheet
Cash3411181.5%1,573.6%-92.2%-28.2%
Short Term Debt0000
Long Term Debt65970070675517.8%9.0%5.1%15.9%
Ratios
EBITDA Margin 59.2% 55.1% 53.9% 51.1%2.1%0.3%-4.7%-11.8%
Net Income Margin -33.4% -107.2% -1.1% 211.2%-52.0%-96.0%36.1%-70.6%

Revenue and profitability


Mainstreet Equity Corp's Revenue showed almost no change in FY2016. Revenue decline showed acceleration in FY16Q4 - it was 2.1% YoY. Revenue decline was worsened by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 4.1 pp from 58.4% to 54.3% in FY2016.

Net Income marign dropped on 47.3 pp from 64.5% to 17.1% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 56.4%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 6.0 pp from 62.3% in FY2013 to 56.4% in FY2016. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 62.8%.Battling declining revenue the company made large investments to CAPEX (104% of EBITDA) but that didn't help at least in this year.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (3.62%) and ROE (2.84%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.62 pp from 4.2% to 3.6% in FY2016. ROE decreased on 8.1 pp from 10.9% to 2.8% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 13.8x Net Debt / EBITDA and 13.9x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 2.8x from 11.1x to 13.8x in FY2016. Debt jumped on 15.9% while cash dropped on 28.2%.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below you can find Mainstreet Equity Corp 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