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Trinidad Drilling Ltd reports 68.3% CAPEX decline and 34.4% Revenue decline

01.03.2017 • About Trinidad Drilling Ltd ($TDG) • By InTwits

Trinidad Drilling Ltd reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Trinidad Drilling Ltd is a company in decline: 2016 revenue growth was -34.4%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -15.0%
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 31.5% in 2016, -28.4% in 2015, 19.1% in 2014, 30.4% in 2013, 23.8% in 2012
  • Trinidad Drilling Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 19.9%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 7.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 44.3 in 2016, 140 in 2015, 277 in 2014, 90.3 in 2013, 186 in 2012
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -3.0%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 5.1x while industry average is 4.3x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Trinidad Drilling Ltd ($TDG) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue859.3845.9941.3551.9362.1-34.4%
Gross Profit329.2329.8315.2222.2159.6-28.2%
SG&A57.571.065.662.956.8-9.7%
EBITDA204.6257.3180.2-156.7114.1
Net Income55.071.06.6-218.4-52.5
Balance Sheet
Cash4.9268.271.163.725.8-59.5%
Short Term Debt0.60.00.02.62.0-24.9%
Long Term Debt509.2468.7527.8704.3601.1-14.7%
Cash flow
Capex185.790.3276.6140.044.3-68.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth5.0%-1.6%11.3%-41.4%-34.4%
EBITDA growth-16.3%25.8%-30.0%-186.9%-172.8%
Gross Margin38.3%39.0%33.5%40.3%44.1%3.8%
EBITDA Margin23.8%30.4%19.1%-28.4%31.5%59.9%
Net Income Margin6.4%8.4%0.7%-39.6%-14.5%25.1%
SG&A, % of revenue6.7%8.4%7.0%11.4%15.7%4.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue21.6%10.7%29.4%25.4%12.2%-13.1%
ROIC6.1%9.0%3.2%-14.5%-3.0%11.6%
ROE6.5%7.2%0.6%-17.8%-4.1%13.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.5x0.8x2.5x5.1x5.1x


Trinidad Drilling Ltd ($TDG) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CAD16Q116Q216Q316Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue108946793-44.6%-0.8%-46.1%-32.6%
EBITDA34452114-39.3%67.5%
Net Income11-16-36-12-6.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash48442926-30.1%-61.7%18.7%-59.5%
Short Term Debt2222-21.6%-24.9%
Long Term Debt616574583601-1.5%-8.0%-13.9%-14.7%
Ratios
Gross Margin43.4%65.3%34.3%30.3%6.2%21.3%-7.5%-10.2%
EBITDA Margin 31.8% 48.0% 30.6% 15.0%2.8%19.6%110.0%117.5%
Net Income Margin 10.5% -17.2% -53.4% -12.7%4.3%-15.7%17.0%89.8%

Revenue and profitability


Trinidad Drilling Ltd's Revenue dropped on 34.4%. Annual revenue decline showed slowdown in 16Q4 - revenue dropped on 32.6%. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin surged on 59.9 pp from -28.4% to 31.5% in 2016.

Gross Margin increased on 3.8 pp from 40.3% to 44.1% in 2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 4.3 pp from 11.4% to 15.7% in 2016.

Net Income marign surged on 25.1 pp from -39.6% to -14.5% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2016 Trinidad Drilling Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 12.2%. Trinidad Drilling Ltd showed small growth in CAPEX/Revenue of 1.6 pp from 10.7% in 2013 to 12.2% in 2016. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 22.3%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-2.99%) and ROE (-4.10%). ROIC surged on 11.6 pp from -14.5% to -3.0% in 2016. ROE jumped on 13.7 pp from -17.8% to -4.1% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 5.1x Net Debt / EBITDA and 5.3x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA surged5.1x from to 5.1x in 2016. Debt dropped on 14.7% while cash dropped on 59.5%.

Appendix 1: Peers in Energy


Below you can find Trinidad Drilling Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Energy 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
Oryx Petroleum Corp Ltd ($OXC)-18.4%141.2%
Seven Generations Energy Ltd ($VII)115.7%340.2%39.0%94.4%
Athabasca Oil Corp ($ATH)342.7%5.5%-22.9%73.1%
Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd ($PPY)41.3%56.0%-42.5%60.7%
ONEnergy Inc ($OEG)6,002.6%231.5%57.4%
 
Median (116 companies)16.2%17.0%-27.7%-18.0%
Trinidad Drilling Ltd ($TDG)-1.6%11.3%-41.4%-34.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Americas Petrogas Inc ($BOE)77.1%43.3%-34.3%121.1%
TransAlta Renewables Inc ($RNW)94.4%94.5%94.5%91.1%
Serinus Energy Inc ($SEN)80.5%76.5%86.8%88.5%
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd ($AAV)62.0%84.5%92.5%88.5%90.3%
Polaris Infrastructure Inc ($PIF)39.9%33.6%32.0%86.7%88.6%
 
Median (114 companies)32.0%32.1%32.2%33.6%31.5%
Trinidad Drilling Ltd ($TDG)38.3%39.0%33.5%40.3%44.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Granite Oil Corp ($GXO)59.4%64.5%70.8%201.9%
Perpetual Energy Inc ($PMT)35.5%70.7%58.0%110.3%
Petro Rio SA ($PRJ)-4,809.7%-6,899.7%28.2%90.7%
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp ($PEY)86.1%83.2%86.3%84.6%80.7%
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc ($INE)111.8%110.0%82.9%83.4%83.5%
 
Median (128 companies)25.9%35.7%28.9%9.0%27.3%
Trinidad Drilling Ltd ($TDG)23.8%30.4%19.1%-28.4%31.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Oryx Petroleum Corp Ltd ($OXC)1,997.8%712.8%
WesternZagros Resources Ltd ($WZR)385.6%
Athabasca Oil Corp ($ATH)2,426.4%596.6%504.7%315.2%83.7%
TORC Oil & Gas Ltd ($TOG)453.8%466.9%104.5%229.4%76.3%
Seven Generations Energy Ltd ($VII)452.8%513.1%227.4%191.2%73.5%
 
Median (129 companies)43.8%39.2%45.6%28.1%23.8%
Trinidad Drilling Ltd ($TDG)21.6%10.7%29.4%25.4%12.2%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Enerplus Corp ($ERF)-17.3%10.2%11.5%-55.5%16.3%
Whitecap Resources Inc ($WCP)7.1%8.1%9.6%-10.6%10.1%
Ecopetrol SA ($ECP)29.3%24.4%16.5%3.0%9.6%
Parkland Fuel Corp ($PKI)22.3%23.3%9.9%7.8%8.6%
Inter Pipeline Ltd ($IPL)9.5%8.0%7.5%9.6%8.5%
 
Median (128 companies)3.6%5.4%5.7%-8.2%-1.9%
Trinidad Drilling Ltd ($TDG)6.1%9.0%3.2%-14.5%-3.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
BlackPearl Resources Inc ($PXX)-0.2x-0.1x0.2x3,726.1x-0.2x
Paramount Resources Ltd ($POU)14.6x23.9x8.9x421.5x-5.8x
Precision Drilling Corp ($PD)2.2x1.9x2.0x68.4x7.6x
Trican Well Service Ltd ($TCW)2.5x3.4x2.9x31.4x
Trilogy Energy Corp ($TET)2.6x1.8x2.3x25.5x7.3x
 
Median (79 companies)1.5x1.5x1.4x2.6x2.6x