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North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd reports 45.8% Net Income decline while 42.6% Revenue growth

11/06/2015 • About North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8080) • By InTwits

North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd doesn't have a profitable business model yet: FY2015 ROIC is 1.9%
  • North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd spends a lot for Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for FY2011-FY2015 is 0.0%. Average EBITDA Margin for the same period was -0.6%0
  • North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.0%.
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 1.9%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8080) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue2,1681,0357349081,29442.6%
Gross Profit31622313913017836.5%
SG&A2446378813.6%
EBITDA30-13251-1125-314.0%
Net Income22-241-334726-45.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash984884556573487-14.9%
Short Term Debt2346217317555.3%
Long Term Debt120000
Cash flow
Capex49133554.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth53.4%-52.2%-29.1%23.7%42.6%
EBITDA growth-5.8%-547.4%-138.8%-122.4%-314.0%
Gross Margin14.6%21.5%18.9%14.3%13.7%-0.6%
EBITDA Margin1.4%-12.8%7.0%-1.3%1.9%3.2%
Net Income Margin1.0%-23.3%-4.6%5.2%2.0%-3.2%
SG&A, % of revenue23.5%8.6%8.6%6.2%-2.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.3%1.2%0.4%0.6%0.4%-0.1%
ROIC-0.6%-9.8%4.0%-1.7%1.9%3.6%
ROE1.2%-17.3%-3.0%4.8%2.5%-2.3%
Net Debt/EBITDA-25.0x-10.5x-19.2x-19.2x

Revenue and profitability


North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd's Revenue jumped on 42.6% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 2,462 pp from 2,533% to 71.2% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 0.61 pp from 14.3% to 13.7% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 2.3 pp from 8.6% to 6.2% in FY2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 3.2 pp from 5.2% to 2.0% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.41%. North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.83 pp from 1.2% in FY2012 to 0.41% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.44%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (1.93%) and ROE (2.49%). ROIC increased on 3.6 pp from -1.7% to 1.9% in FY2015. ROE decreased on 2.3 pp from 4.8% to 2.5% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -19.2x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.7x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped19.2x from to -19.2x in FY2015. Debt surged on 555% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 14.9% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Machinery-Diversified


Below you can find North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Machinery-Diversified 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 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Sun East Technology Holdings Ltd ($365)85.7%-25.1%-10.7%39.3%
Shanghai Prime Machinery Co Ltd ($2345)30.3%2.6%-8.9%37.3%
Sinoref Holdings Ltd ($1020)1.5%-0.2%-42.2%29.2%
Asia Tele-Net & Technology Corp Ltd ($679)3.5%-36.9%23.0%18.6%
Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co Ltd ($568)1.4%7.8%-23.2%10.6%
 
Median (21 companies)26.8%-3.6%-4.2%-2.6%
North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8080)-52.2%-29.1%23.7%42.6%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Jingwei Textile Machinery ($350)38.3%49.1%51.7%54.9%
Renheng Enterprise Holdings Ltd ($3628)36.4%44.3%44.8%45.4%
Haitian International Holdings Ltd ($1882)29.7%30.1%31.6%32.4%
CHTC Fong's Industries Co Ltd ($641)26.5%24.4%30.0%32.3%
Good Friend International Holdings Inc ($2398)23.3%20.1%22.9%26.5%
 
Median (21 companies)23.8%23.8%21.5%18.7%
North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8080)14.6%21.5%18.9%14.3%13.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Jingwei Textile Machinery ($350)18.5%24.0%26.9%28.0%
Haitian International Holdings Ltd ($1882)20.5%19.7%20.7%21.9%
Renheng Enterprise Holdings Ltd ($3628)22.9%24.7%23.9%20.7%
Good Friend International Holdings Inc ($2398)11.7%6.7%9.1%12.9%
Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co Ltd ($568)12.9%12.9%6.5%12.3%
 
Median (21 companies)9.7%8.7%8.6%8.5%
North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8080)1.4%-12.8%7.0%-1.3%1.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591)33.0%20.5%9.1%18.4%
Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co Ltd ($568)14.9%20.5%20.3%11.6%
LK Technology Holdings Ltd ($558)7.6%9.3%10.2%9.1%
First Tractor Co Ltd ($38)6.3%4.9%4.3%7.3%
Greens Holdings Ltd ($1318)9.3%8.9%3.1%7.1%
 
Median (21 companies)6.3%4.2%4.3%4.5%
North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8080)2.3%1.2%0.4%0.6%0.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Haitian International Holdings Ltd ($1882)26.8%19.8%21.2%19.4%
Jingwei Textile Machinery ($350)23.3%19.4%20.9%17.4%
Good Friend International Holdings Inc ($2398)20.0%6.5%8.7%12.1%
China CNR Corp Ltd ($6199)11.1%7.9%9.3%10.6%
Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd ($2727)9.8%10.9%8.6%8.9%
 
Median (21 companies)9.9%7.1%3.1%2.6%
North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8080)-0.6%-9.8%4.0%-1.7%1.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
First Tractor Co Ltd ($38)1.1x0.5x2.5x9.2x
Shanghai Prime Machinery Co Ltd ($2345)-0.0x-0.6x0.3x6.0x
Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co Ltd ($568)1.9x3.0x11.4x5.6x
Honghua Group Ltd ($196)0.1x1.2x3.2x5.2x
LK Technology Holdings Ltd ($558)0.9x2.5x5.1x4.9x
 
Median (18 companies)-0.2x-1.6x0.3x0.2x