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China High Precision Automation Group Ltd EBITDA dropped on 148% in 2015 and Revenue dropped on 29.6%

29/09/2015 • About China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591) • By InTwits

China High Precision Automation Group Ltd reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China High Precision Automation Group Ltd is a company in decline: FY2015 revenue growth was -29.6%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -15.7%
  • EBITDA Margin is declining: -5.2% in FY2015 vs. 7.6% in FY2014 vs. 42.3% in FY2011
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: -5.2% in FY2015, 7.6% in FY2014, 17.5% in FY2013, 36.5% in FY2012, 42.3% in FY2011
  • China High Precision Automation Group Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 16.3%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 3.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 1.7 in FY2015, 74.3 in FY2014, 47.0 in FY2013, 178 in FY2012, 297 in FY2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -3.0%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue900.6868.1516.5403.8284.3-29.6%
Gross Profit438.4392.8104.139.06.7-82.9%
SG&A76.2101.370.264.772.411.8%
EBITDA381.1316.990.430.6-14.8-148.4%
Net Income304.4259.236.3-19.5-65.8237.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash1,257.01,212.71,371.41,400.21,449.33.5%
Short Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Long Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Cash flow
Capex297.4178.047.074.31.7-97.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth34.9%-3.6%-40.5%-21.8%-29.6%
EBITDA growth36.2%-16.8%-71.5%-66.2%-148.4%
Gross Margin48.7%45.2%20.1%9.7%2.3%-7.3%
EBITDA Margin42.3%36.5%17.5%7.6%-5.2%-12.8%
Net Income Margin33.8%29.9%7.0%-4.8%-23.1%-18.3%
SG&A, % of revenue8.5%11.7%13.6%16.0%25.5%9.4%
CAPEX, % of revenue33.0%20.5%9.1%18.4%0.6%-17.8%
ROIC19.1%13.5%1.7%-0.9%-3.0%-2.1%
ROE16.3%12.2%1.6%-0.9%-3.0%-2.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA-3.3x-3.8x-15.2x-45.7x45.7x

Revenue and profitability


China High Precision Automation Group Ltd's Revenue dropped on 29.6% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 12.8 pp from 7.6% to -5.2% in FY2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 7.3 pp from 9.7% to 2.3% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 9.4 pp from 16.0% to 25.5% in FY2015.

Net Income marign dropped on 18.3 pp from -4.8% to -23.1% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 China High Precision Automation Group Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.59%. China High Precision Automation Group Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 19.9 pp from 20.5% in FY2012 to 0.59% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 9.4%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-3.04%) and ROE (-2.98%). ROIC decreased on 2.1 pp from -0.92% to -3.0% in FY2015. ROE decreased on 2.1 pp from -0.87% to -3.0% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash increased on 3.5% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Machinery-Diversified


Below we provide China High Precision Automation Group Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Machinery-Diversified 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
Sun East Technology Holdings Ltd ($365)-25.1%-10.7%39.3%6.4%
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%
North Asia Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8080)-52.2%-29.1%23.7%42.6%
Huazhang Technology Holding Ltd ($1673)131.6%9.5%22.9%23.5%
 
Median (22 companies)13.5%-5.0%-3.3%2.0%18.5%
China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591)-3.6%-40.5%-21.8%-29.6%


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%
Huazhang Technology Holding Ltd ($1673)29.0%28.0%28.5%27.9%24.7%
 
Median (22 companies)23.6%22.7%22.1%19.4%21.0%
China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591)48.7%45.2%20.1%9.7%2.3%


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%
Huazhang Technology Holding Ltd ($1673)3.1%11.6%11.2%12.5%11.3%
 
Median (22 companies)8.7%8.3%8.5%8.6%6.0%
China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591)42.3%36.5%17.5%7.6%-5.2%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
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%5.6%
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%
Honghua Group Ltd ($196)9.9%11.5%14.6%6.8%
 
Median (22 companies)5.7%4.2%3.4%3.8%2.4%
China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591)33.0%20.5%9.1%18.4%0.6%


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%
Huazhang Technology Holding Ltd ($1673)29.6%16.2%16.3%16.2%
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%
 
Median (22 companies)9.8%6.8%4.2%2.8%1.9%
China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591)19.1%13.5%1.7%-0.9%-3.0%


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)0.9x2.5x5.1x4.9x4.6x
 
Median (18 companies)-0.4x-0.7x-0.4x0.2x-0.5x
China High Precision Automation Group Ltd ($591)-3.3x-3.8x-15.2x-45.7x