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Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd reports 27.2% Net Income growth and 11.4% Revenue growth

24/04/2015 • About Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd ($900) • By InTwits

Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.4%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 31.4%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 22.7 in FY2015, 45.8 in FY2014, 24.4 in FY2013, 31.1 in FY2012, 19.7 in FY2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 6.1%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 5.5x while industry average is 1.2x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd ($900) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue1,1171,1571,1411,1701,30411.4%
EBITDA47751450041449619.7%
Net Income25230129522228227.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash263357156516346-33.0%
Short Term Debt1,1012807148031,04730.5%
Long Term Debt2,1592,7282,4262,5872,032-21.4%
Cash flow
Capex2031244623-50.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth-4.4%3.6%-1.5%2.6%11.4%
EBITDA growth-3.1%7.7%-2.8%-17.1%19.7%
EBITDA Margin42.7%44.4%43.8%35.4%38.0%2.6%
Net Income Margin22.6%26.0%25.9%19.0%21.7%2.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.8%2.7%2.1%3.9%1.7%-2.2%
ROIC5.7%6.8%6.8%4.9%6.1%1.3%
ROE12.9%14.8%13.8%9.7%11.8%2.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA6.3x5.2x6.0x6.9x5.5x-1.4x

Revenue and profitability


Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd's Revenue surged on 11.4% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 0.82 pp from 81.6% to 82.4% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased on 2.7 pp from 19.0% to 21.7% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.7%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.95 pp from 2.7% in FY2012 to 1.7% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (6.14%) and ROE (11.78%). ROIC increased slightly on 1.3 pp from 4.9% to 6.1% in FY2015. ROE increased on 2.1 pp from 9.7% to 11.8% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 5.5x and Debt / EBITDA is 6.2x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 1.4x from 6.9x to 5.5x in FY2015. Debt decreased on 9.1% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 33.0% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Diversified Finan Serv


Below we provide Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Diversified Finan Serv industry for the last 5 years. We show data for the top-5 companies by key financial metric together with the median value for all the companies in the industry.

Top companies by Revenue growth, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China New Energy Power Group Ltd ($1041)100.0%0.0%64,246.0%
ReOrient Group Ltd ($376)63.3%112.8%75.1%1,106.9%
Global Strategic Group Ltd ($8007)2.2%-3.9%2.1%806.3%
AID Partners Capital Holdings Ltd ($8088)-38.7%0.9%-79.5%655.2%
Willie International Holdings Ltd ($273)543.9%
 
Median (60 companies)6.3%0.9%12.9%26.5%
Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd ($900)3.6%-1.5%2.6%11.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Freeman Financial Corp Ltd ($279)97.1%52.3%99.3%98.5%
Chinese Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8089)97.9%99.1%97.9%97.0%
First China Financial Network Holdings Ltd ($8123)98.6%93.4%94.5%
Allied Group Ltd ($373)94.5%95.1%94.4%93.6%
China Fortune Financial Group Ltd ($290)86.7%91.4%93.7%91.6%
 
Median (12 companies)80.8%64.2%75.1%81.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Styland Holdings Ltd ($211)68.6%198.6%91.5%161.0%
First China Financial Network Holdings Ltd ($8123)-231.6%-329.2%-211.2%124.3%
Willie International Holdings Ltd ($273)75.3%95.2%
Get Nice Holdings Ltd ($64)28.4%2.6%153.4%92.7%
Freeman Financial Corp Ltd ($279)-52.0%-6,089.9%83.0%83.4%
 
Median (61 companies)28.4%11.8%35.4%43.6%
Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd ($900)42.7%44.4%43.8%35.4%38.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gemini Investments Holdings Ltd ($174)14.9%479.1%37.3%216.0%
China Assurance Finance Group Ltd ($8090)94.7%68.9%53.3%
Chinese Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8089)93.2%376.0%5.7%32.6%
AID Partners Capital Holdings Ltd ($8088)196.3%4.1%2.9%28.4%
Asian Capital Holdings Ltd ($8295)2.3%0.1%0.2%15.6%
 
Median (61 companies)2.3%1.8%1.8%1.1%
Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd ($900)1.8%2.7%2.1%3.9%1.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
ReOrient Group Ltd ($376)-24.9%-45.6%-53.5%128.6%
Convoy Financial Holdings Ltd ($1019)31.1%3.4%39.3%47.3%
Willie International Holdings Ltd ($273)-28.1%-9.5%4.7%30.9%
Value Partners Group Ltd ($806)8.7%16.8%16.5%26.8%
China New Energy Power Group Ltd ($1041)-8.5%-5.6%-4.2%24.9%
 
Median (63 companies)4.6%3.4%3.5%4.6%
Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd ($900)5.7%6.8%6.8%4.9%6.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cash Financial Services Group Ltd ($510)-1.1x7.8x67.5x
Far East Horizon Ltd ($3360)17.8x16.9x21.7x20.0x
Bright Smart Securities & Commodities Group Ltd ($1428)7.3x2.1x10.3x9.3x
China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd ($1359)2.1x5.0x7.7x8.4x
Shenyin Wanguo HK Ltd ($218)-4.5x9.6x7.1x6.1x
 
Median (43 companies)-1.1x-1.7x-0.0x-0.1x
Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd ($900)6.3x5.2x6.0x6.9x5.5x