Trending stocks

Canyon Services Group Inc reports 232% EBITDA decline and 19.8 pp EBITDA Margin decline from 6.1% to -13.6%

02.03.2017 • About Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC) • By InTwits

Canyon Services Group Inc reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Canyon Services Group Inc is a company in decline: 2016 revenue growth was -40.7%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -8.4%
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: -13.6% in 2016, 6.1% in 2015, 19.9% in 2014, 9.4% in 2013, 29.5% in 2012
  • Canyon Services Group Inc has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 11.5%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 7.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 15.7 in 2016, 28.9 in 2015, 113 in 2014, 14.8 in 2013, 69.9 in 2012
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -21.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue353.1299.6591.0404.0239.6-40.7%
Gross Profit97.319.8104.83.5-49.4-1,492.2%
SG&A23.124.536.633.320.4-38.7%
EBITDA104.228.3117.524.8-32.7-231.7%
Net Income54.4-4.449.1-62.1-72.2
Balance Sheet
Cash22.621.320.63.12.5-19.2%
Short Term Debt2.12.714.33.91.7-55.3%
Long Term Debt3.53.136.264.828.5-56.0%
Cash flow
Capex69.914.8112.728.915.7-45.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth-5.1%-15.2%97.3%-31.6%-40.7%
EBITDA growth-31.8%-72.8%315.1%-78.9%-231.7%
Gross Margin27.5%6.6%17.7%0.9%-20.6%-21.5%
EBITDA Margin29.5%9.4%19.9%6.1%-13.6%-19.8%
Net Income Margin15.4%-1.5%8.3%-15.4%-30.1%-14.8%
SG&A, % of revenue6.5%8.2%6.2%8.2%8.5%0.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue19.8%5.0%19.1%7.1%6.6%-0.6%
ROIC21.1%-1.4%16.2%-7.5%-21.1%-13.7%
ROE16.7%-1.4%13.6%-16.2%-20.9%-4.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.2x-0.5x0.3x2.6x-2.6x


Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CAD16Q116Q216Q316Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue71266280-54.2%-40.4%-44.0%-14.6%
EBITDA-9-15-6-2-150.3%-150.1%-136.7%
Net Income-21-23-17-12
Balance Sheet
Cash2112-77.5%-85.0%-75.6%-19.2%
Short Term Debt3222-84.8%-89.6%-80.7%-55.3%
Long Term Debt591828-89.2%-81.3%-73.8%-56.0%
Ratios
Gross Margin-15.8%-68.8%-19.4%-10.4%-23.2%-30.1%-26.9%-10.7%
EBITDA Margin -12.0% -59.9% -10.4% -2.8%-22.9%-33.9%-22.1%-9.3%
Net Income Margin -28.9% -87.9% -26.9% -15.2%-28.2%-37.2%-8.1%4.2%

Revenue and profitability


Canyon Services Group Inc's Revenue dropped on 40.7%. Annual revenue decline showed slowdown in 16Q4 - revenue dropped on 14.6%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 6.3 pp from -7.1% to -0.78% in 2016.

Gross Margin dropped on 21.5 pp from 0.88% to -20.6% in 2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in 2016.

Net Income marign dropped on 14.8 pp from -15.4% to -30.1% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Canyon Services Group Inc's CAPEX/Revenue was 6.6% in 2016. Canyon Services Group Inc's CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 1.6 pp from 5.0% in 2013 to 6.6% in 2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 10.9%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-21.12%) and ROE (-20.89%). ROIC dropped on 13.7 pp from -7.5% to -21.1% in 2016. ROE decreased on 4.7 pp from -16.2% to -20.9% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 0.4x and Debt / EBITDA is . Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 2.6x from 2.6x to in 2016. Debt dropped on 56.0% while cash dropped on 19.2%.

Management team


Canyon Services Group Inc's CEO Bradley P D Fedora "Brad" is a founder and has spent 9 years at the company. The company's CFO Barry J O'Brien has spent 11 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Energy


Below you can find Canyon Services Group Inc 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%16.9%-27.7%-18.0%
Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC)-15.2%97.3%-31.6%-40.7%


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%32.2%32.4%33.9%32.5%
Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC)27.5%6.6%17.7%0.9%-20.6%


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)25.3%35.7%28.9%9.0%29.2%
Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC)29.5%9.4%19.9%6.1%-13.6%


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%
Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC)19.8%5.0%19.1%7.1%6.6%


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%5.8%5.5%-8.5%-1.9%
Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC)21.1%-1.4%16.2%-7.5%-21.1%


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 (78 companies)1.6x1.5x1.4x2.6x2.7x
Canyon Services Group Inc ($FRC)-0.2x-0.5x0.3x2.6x