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Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd reports 331% Net Income growth and 5.8 pp EBITDA Margin growth from 5.1% to 10.9%

28/06/2015 • About Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd ($681) • By InTwits

Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 10.9% in FY2015, 5.1% in FY2014, 7.2% in FY2013, 13.7% in FY2012, 12.4% in FY2011
  • Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 9.9%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 9.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 78.2 in FY2015, 70.1 in FY2014, 45.7 in FY2013, 128 in FY2012, 94.9 in FY2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 4.4%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd ($681) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue736.7920.2769.5832.6968.316.3%
Gross Profit198.2241.2150.4169.1220.530.4%
SG&A154.0154.8153.4-0.9%
EBITDA91.2125.955.242.7106.0148.2%
Net Income39.4244.1-335.447.3204.1331.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash221.3283.7258.5274.1250.8-8.5%
Short Term Debt20.357.426.025.020.3-19.0%
Long Term Debt162.2199.00.00.0162.0
Cash flow
Capex94.9128.145.770.178.211.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth18.4%24.9%-16.4%8.2%16.3%
EBITDA growth6.4%38.0%-56.1%-22.7%148.2%
Gross Margin26.9%26.2%19.6%20.3%22.8%2.5%
EBITDA Margin12.4%13.7%7.2%5.1%10.9%5.8%
Net Income Margin5.3%26.5%-43.6%5.7%21.1%15.4%
SG&A, % of revenue20.0%18.6%15.8%-2.8%
CAPEX, % of revenue12.9%13.9%5.9%8.4%8.1%-0.3%
ROIC5.6%5.1%0.1%1.5%4.4%2.8%
ROE4.5%21.0%-26.8%4.2%14.8%10.6%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.4x-0.2x-4.2x-5.8x-0.6x5.2x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 16.3% in FY2015. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased on 5.8 pp from 5.1% to 10.9% in FY2015.

Gross Margin increased on 2.5 pp from 20.3% to 22.8% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 2.8 pp from 18.6% to 15.8% in FY2015.

Net Income marign jumped on 15.4 pp from 5.7% to 21.1% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue was 8.1% in FY2015. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 5.8 pp from 13.9% in FY2012 to 8.1% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 7.5%.The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (73.8%) to CAPEX to secure its growth.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (14.81%) while ROIC is low (4.36%). ROIC increased on 2.8 pp from 1.5% to 4.4% in FY2015. ROE jumped on 10.6 pp from 4.2% to 14.8% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -0.6x and Debt / EBITDA is 1.7x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 5.2x from -5.8x to -0.6x in FY2015. Debt jumped on 629% in FY2015 while cash decreased on 8.5% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Pipelines


Below you can find Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Pipelines 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  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Ltd ($1600)74.6%58.9%27.3%47.4%
Tianjin Jinran Public Utilities Co Ltd ($1265)175.8%45.5%-3.4%-2.6%
 
Median (2 companies)125.2%52.2%12.0%22.4%
Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd ($681)24.9%-16.4%8.2%16.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Ltd ($1600)38.1%35.1%36.5%34.3%
Tianjin Jinran Public Utilities Co Ltd ($1265)13.1%10.2%7.1%4.9%
 
Median (2 companies)25.6%22.7%21.8%19.6%
Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd ($681)26.9%26.2%19.6%20.3%22.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Ltd ($1600)33.1%33.6%32.6%33.2%
Tianjin Jinran Public Utilities Co Ltd ($1265)15.3%14.3%11.3%8.7%
 
Median (2 companies)24.2%24.0%22.0%21.0%
Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd ($681)12.4%13.7%7.2%5.1%10.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Ltd ($1600)38.0%17.2%15.8%20.4%
Tianjin Jinran Public Utilities Co Ltd ($1265)2.8%0.9%0.7%1.1%
 
Median (2 companies)20.4%9.0%8.3%10.8%
Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd ($681)12.9%13.9%5.9%8.4%8.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Ltd ($1600)13.5%13.5%12.8%14.1%
Tianjin Jinran Public Utilities Co Ltd ($1265)10.5%10.3%6.1%3.6%
 
Median (2 companies)12.0%11.9%9.5%8.8%
Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd ($681)5.6%5.1%0.1%1.5%4.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Ltd ($1600)1.1x1.8x1.5x2.5x
Tianjin Jinran Public Utilities Co Ltd ($1265)-1.7x-1.7x-1.7x-0.7x
 
Median (2 companies)-0.3x0.1x-0.1x0.9x
Chinese People Holdings Co Ltd ($681)-0.4x-0.2x-4.2x-5.8x-0.6x