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Intact Financial Corp reports 23.4% Net Income decline while 5.2% Revenue growth

08.02.2017 • About Intact Financial Corp ($IFC) • By InTwits

Intact Financial Corp reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Intact Financial Corp has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 4.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 610 in FY2016, 426 in FY2015, 292 in FY2014, 159 in FY2013, 144 in FY2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 3.7%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Intact Financial Corp ($IFC) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue7,0747,3717,9618,0928,5115.2%
Net Income571431782706541-23.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash172998914116819.1%
Short Term Debt00000
Long Term Debt1,1431,1431,1431,1431,39321.9%
Cash flow
Capex7398978912034.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth28.9%4.2%8.0%1.6%5.2%
Net Income Margin8.1%5.8%9.8%8.7%6.4%-2.4%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.0%1.3%1.2%1.1%1.4%0.3%
ROIC4.4%2.8%5.4%4.8%3.7%-1.1%
ROE13.3%9.2%16.1%13.4%9.6%-3.8%


Intact Financial Corp ($IFC) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CAD16Q116Q216Q316Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue2,0642,1292,2152,1031.2%6.9%9.7%3.1%
Net Income15293125171-14.6%-53.3%-4.6%-13.6%
Balance Sheet
Cash22117413716818.8%8.1%-25.9%19.1%
Short Term Debt0000
Long Term Debt1,3921,3921,3921,39321.8%21.8%21.8%21.9%
Ratios
Net Income Margin 7.4% 4.4% 5.6% 8.1%-1.4%-5.6%-0.8%-1.6%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 5.2%. Revenue growth showed slow down in 16Q4 - it was 3.1% YoY.

Net Income marign decreased on 2.4 pp from 8.7% to 6.4% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 1.4% in 2016. Intact Financial Corp's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from 2013 to 2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.2%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (3.69%) and ROE (9.62%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.1 pp from 4.8% to 3.7% in 2016. ROE decreased on 3.8 pp from 13.4% to 9.6% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt jumped on 21.9% while cash surged on 19.1%.

Management team


Charles Brindamour is a the company's CEO. Charles Brindamour is a founder and has spent 10 years at the company. Intact Financial Corp's CFO Louis Marcotte has spent 5 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below you can find Intact Financial 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 (53 companies)7.5%9.1%3.6%5.7%
Intact Financial Corp ($IFC)4.2%8.0%1.6%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 (55 companies)0.5%0.5%0.6%0.7%0.6%
Intact Financial Corp ($IFC)1.0%1.3%1.2%1.1%1.4%


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 (55 companies)4.8%4.3%3.9%2.8%3.0%
Intact Financial Corp ($IFC)4.4%2.8%5.4%4.8%3.7%


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