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Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd Net Income dropped on 14.7% in 2015 while EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.6 pp from -9.1% to -7.5%

29/06/2015 • About Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd ($60) • By InTwits

Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd is a company in decline: FY2015 revenue growth was -6.4%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -17.3%
  • The company operates at negative EBITDA Margin: -7.5%
  • Hong Kong Food Investment 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 -7.8%0
  • Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.6%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 3.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 0.94 in FY2015, 8.0 in FY2014, 15.1 in FY2013, 0.20 in FY2012, 0.61 in FY2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -3.9%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd ($60) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue439.5711.9386.1231.6216.8-6.4%
Gross Profit0.7-14.0-7.624.621.9-11.2%
SG&A45.552.545.7-13.0%
EBITDA-26.8-41.2-48.6-21.2-16.3-23.1%
Net Income-5.9-37.2-23.625.321.6-14.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash64.464.065.942.349.416.7%
Short Term Debt148.2255.3183.8147.8164.211.1%
Long Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Cash flow
Capex0.60.215.18.00.9-88.2%
Ratios
Revenue growth-21.4%62.0%-45.8%-40.0%-6.4%
EBITDA growth-768.9%53.5%17.9%-56.4%-23.1%
Gross Margin0.2%-2.0%-2.0%10.6%10.1%-0.5%
EBITDA Margin-6.1%-5.8%-12.6%-9.1%-7.5%1.6%
Net Income Margin-1.3%-5.2%-6.1%10.9%9.9%-1.0%
SG&A, % of revenue11.8%22.7%21.1%-1.6%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.1%0.0%3.9%3.4%0.4%-3.0%
ROIC-5.2%-6.8%-8.2%-4.7%-3.9%0.8%
ROE-1.2%-8.3%-5.7%6.1%4.9%-1.1%

Revenue and profitability


Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd's Revenue decreased on 6.4% in FY2015. Revenue decline happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.6 pp from -9.1% to -7.5% in FY2015.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 0.55 pp from 10.6% to 10.1% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased slightly on 1.6 pp from 22.7% to 21.1% in FY2015.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 0.97 pp from 10.9% to 9.9% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.43%. The company showed almost no change in CAPEX/Revenue from FY2012 to FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-3.88%) and low but positive ROE (4.95%). ROIC increased slightly on 0.84 pp from -4.7% to -3.9% in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 1.1 pp from 6.1% to 4.9% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -2.0x Net Debt / EBITDA and Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA didn't change in FY2015. Debt jumped on 11.1% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 16.7% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Food


Below you can find Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Food 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
Wealth Glory Holdings Ltd ($8269)-16.5%-53.8%555.7%-12.4%
Natural Dairy NZ Holdings Ltd ($462)12.0%-47.2%19.1%76.6%
China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd ($1117)88.8%50.7%96.1%52.8%
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd ($6863)256.3%91.5%38.3%11.1%
Asia Cassava Resources Holdings Ltd ($841)-3.0%99.6%32.6%-28.4%
 
Median (37 companies)22.5%9.4%6.4%2.7%-0.1%
Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd ($60)62.0%-45.8%-40.0%-6.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)42.2%57.2%59.0%57.8%
Shenguan Holdings Group Ltd ($829)61.9%58.2%58.5%54.9%
Yashili International Holdings Ltd ($1230)52.0%53.7%53.5%51.2%
Natural Dairy NZ Holdings Ltd ($462)16.3%-13.7%27.5%48.8%
Christine International Holdings Ltd ($1210)51.3%50.2%49.7%47.2%
 
Median (37 companies)18.1%16.8%19.7%20.0%22.7%
Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd ($60)0.2%-2.0%-2.0%10.6%10.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Shenguan Holdings Group Ltd ($829)57.2%58.7%59.2%54.5%
YuanShengTai Dairy Farm Ltd ($1431)147.8%40.3%48.4%47.1%
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd ($6863)109.2%45.1%47.9%47.1%37.2%
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)28.4%44.4%42.1%42.0%
China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd ($1117)33.9%33.5%27.0%25.3%
 
Median (37 companies)8.8%7.9%6.7%7.6%8.0%
Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd ($60)-6.1%-5.8%-12.6%-9.1%-7.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd ($6863)453.6%98.2%29.8%132.0%109.8%
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)25.3%6.0%10.8%50.8%
YuanShengTai Dairy Farm Ltd ($1431)182.5%26.1%18.3%43.4%
Yashili International Holdings Ltd ($1230)3.6%8.2%7.1%20.1%
Vedan International Holdings Ltd ($2317)2.8%2.5%2.4%18.8%
 
Median (37 companies)3.9%6.0%6.2%5.1%2.6%
Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd ($60)0.1%0.0%3.9%3.4%0.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)22.1%50.4%44.5%23.6%
Want Want China Holdings Ltd ($151)24.9%27.9%29.4%22.8%
Shenguan Holdings Group Ltd ($829)40.6%40.0%33.2%21.4%
Huisheng International Holdings Ltd ($1340)63.0%31.9%23.7%16.3%
Asia Cassava Resources Holdings Ltd ($841)13.8%4.2%5.9%13.6%11.6%
 
Median (37 companies)11.9%7.6%6.5%5.6%6.0%
Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Ltd ($60)-5.2%-6.8%-8.2%-4.7%-3.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Yurun Food Group Ltd ($1068)0.4x40.7x6.9x9.4x
Beijing Jingkelong Co Ltd ($814)3.4x5.0x4.8x5.3x
CP Lotus Corp ($121)2.3x6.5x5.1x
DaChan Food Asia Ltd ($3999)-0.3x0.1x1.3x4.8x
First Pacific Co Ltd/Hong Kong ($142)1.3x1.8x3.8x4.5x
 
Median (30 companies)0.0x-0.4x0.8x0.7x2.2x