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China National Culture Group Ltd revenue returned to growth in FY2015: increased 592% vs. 55.8% decline a year earliner

29/06/2015 • About China National Culture Group Ltd ($745) • By InTwits

China National Culture Group Ltd reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China National Culture Group Ltd motivates its personel by high Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for FY2011-FY2015 was 0.0%. On average EBITDA Margin was -43.2% for the sames years0
  • China National Culture Group Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.6%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 13.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 0.19 in FY2015, 0.12 in FY2014, 0.039 in FY2013, 0.35 in FY2012, 2.8 in FY2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 2.4%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China National Culture Group Ltd ($745) key annual financial indicators

mln. 201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue47.23228.7546.6772.95120.429592.3%
Gross Profit-22.0070.2620.8110.3036.6022,078.9%
SG&A20.243
EBITDA-33.191-8.751-4.851-8.2409.257-212.3%
Net Income-21.534-41.150-89.881-203.701-159.994-21.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash16.19011.6142.5012.18346.4242,026.6%
Short Term Debt7.5003.4560.4000.00043.877
Long Term Debt43.778228.070213.880214.5060.000-100.0%
Cash flow
Capex2.7950.3500.0390.1230.19155.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth-68.0%-39.1%-76.8%-55.8%592.3%
EBITDA growth-62.0%-73.6%-44.6%69.9%-212.3%
Gross Margin-46.6%0.9%12.1%10.3%32.3%22.0%
EBITDA Margin-70.3%-30.4%-72.7%-279.2%45.3%324.5%
Net Income Margin-45.6%-143.1%-1,346.1%-6,902.8%-783.2%6,119.6%
SG&A, % of revenue99.1%99.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue5.9%1.2%0.6%4.2%0.9%-3.2%
ROIC-50.1%-2.4%-1.0%-1.7%2.4%4.2%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.3x-0.3x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 592% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin surged on 82.5 pp from 52.0% to 135% in 2015.

Gross Margin jumped on 22.0 pp from 10.3% to 32.3% in FY2015.

Net Income marign surged on 6,120 pp from -6,903% to -783% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.93%. China National Culture Group Ltd showed almost no change in CAPEX/Revenue from FY2012 to FY2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.9%.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -0.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 4.7x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped0.3x from to -0.3x in FY2015. Debt dropped on 79.5% in FY2015 while cash surged on 2,027% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Engineering&Construction


Below you can find China National Culture Group Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Engineering&Construction 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
Richly Field China Development Ltd ($313)-45.0%464.2%-65.7%
Junefield Department Store Group Ltd ($758)22.9%-20.3%-24.9%126.6%
CNQC International Holdings Ltd ($1240)401.9%21.6%91.0%103.7%
Wison Engineering Services Co Ltd ($2236)1.2%-2.9%-24.9%90.3%
China Resources and Transportation Group Ltd ($269)939.8%3,196.3%87.9%-41.6%
 
Median (40 companies)15.4%11.5%21.8%14.0%14.3%
China National Culture Group Ltd ($745)-39.1%-76.8%-55.8%592.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Huayu Expressway Group Ltd ($1823)2.2%43.6%65.6%64.0%
HNA Infrastructure Company Ltd ($357)61.6%66.4%62.1%62.4%
Freetech Road Recycling Technology Holdings Ltd ($6888)50.1%54.1%54.3%41.5%
Grand Ming Group Holdings Ltd ($1271)20.4%11.0%18.1%35.7%19.7%
China Saite Group Co Ltd ($153)29.4%32.1%33.7%29.8%
 
Median (35 companies)11.0%12.4%11.7%12.9%9.5%
China National Culture Group Ltd ($745)-46.6%0.9%12.1%10.3%32.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Huayu Expressway Group Ltd ($1823)-0.5%46.2%73.8%77.1%
HNA Infrastructure Company Ltd ($357)60.0%62.8%63.7%62.8%
Beijing Capital International Airport Co Ltd ($694)55.1%53.4%52.9%50.3%
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd ($1038)39.8%31.2%20.6%36.2%
Grand Ming Group Holdings Ltd ($1271)17.5%10.0%15.8%31.0%19.0%
 
Median (41 companies)8.5%9.2%7.8%6.8%3.7%
China National Culture Group Ltd ($745)-70.3%-30.4%-72.7%-279.2%45.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
HNA Infrastructure Company Ltd ($357)43.3%36.8%5.7%85.4%
PYI Corp Ltd ($498)6.6%3.7%4.2%24.5%13.1%
Shun Cheong Holdings ($650)7.2%16.4%8.0%23.9%
Freetech Road Recycling Technology Holdings Ltd ($6888)6.1%4.2%7.7%20.2%
KFM Kingdom Holdings Ltd ($3816)6.5%4.6%11.5%14.9%9.6%
 
Median (41 companies)4.4%2.5%3.5%1.8%2.4%
China National Culture Group Ltd ($745)5.9%1.2%0.6%4.2%0.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Chun Sing Engineering Holdings Ltd ($2277)98.3%54.9%43.7%
Ngai Shun Holdings Ltd ($1246)68.8%77.2%45.2%31.0%
CNQC International Holdings Ltd ($1240)23.1%12.2%22.3%40.4%
China Saite Group Co Ltd ($153)46.3%64.0%53.2%35.3%
Excel Development Holdings Ltd ($1372)33.1%27.2%16.4%8.6%
 
Median (42 companies)7.0%5.8%5.3%4.1%2.7%
China National Culture Group Ltd ($745)-50.1%-2.4%-1.0%-1.7%2.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Resources and Transportation Group Ltd ($269)66.7x29.7x
CNC Holdings Ltd ($8356)-0.7x22.0x21.9x24.3x
Deson Development International Holdings ($262)3.1x3.8x4.9x13.7x47.0x
Chun Wo Development Holdings Ltd ($711)14.3x8.1x12.6x15.9x
Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd ($404)4.3x1.8x8.0x10.2x
 
Median (35 companies)0.7x1.7x1.9x2.6x4.6x