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Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd reports 422% CAPEX growth while 2.1% Revenue decline

30/09/2015 • About Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($587) • By InTwits

Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings 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: 61.1% in FY2015, 28.8% in FY2014, 21.0% in FY2013, 60.6% in FY2012, 32.9% in FY2011
  • Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 10.8%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 11.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 737 in FY2015, 141 in FY2014, 24.5 in FY2013, 11.8 in FY2012, 43.9 in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 13.8%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($587) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue1,1571,3121,7541,8601,821-2.1%
Gross Profit8408561,3671,3421,250-6.8%
SG&A4864461,001764565-26.1%
EBITDA3817953685351,112108.0%
Net Income44265722334164990.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash1,4572,0952,7992,7256,599142.1%
Short Term Debt3332253831-17.3%
Long Term Debt1000609
Cash flow
Capex441225141737422.1%
Ratios
Revenue growth43.1%13.4%33.7%6.0%-2.1%
EBITDA growth-0.7%108.9%-53.7%45.3%108.0%
Gross Margin72.6%65.2%77.9%72.1%68.7%-3.5%
EBITDA Margin32.9%60.6%21.0%28.8%61.1%32.4%
Net Income Margin38.2%50.1%12.7%18.3%35.6%17.3%
SG&A, % of revenue42.0%34.0%57.1%41.1%31.0%-10.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.8%0.9%1.4%7.6%40.5%32.9%
ROIC9.6%19.2%6.9%9.1%13.8%4.7%
ROE15.0%18.5%5.3%7.0%9.4%2.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA-3.7x-2.6x-7.5x-5.0x-5.4x-0.3x

Revenue and profitability


Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd's Revenue decreased on 2.1% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin surged on 32.4 pp from 28.8% to 61.1% in FY2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 3.5 pp from 72.1% to 68.7% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue dropped on 10.1 pp from 41.1% to 31.0% in FY2015.

Net Income marign surged on 17.3 pp from 18.3% to 35.6% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 40.5%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue jumped on 39.6 pp from 0.90% in FY2012 to 40.5% in FY2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 16.5%.Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd invested a big chunk of EBITDA (66.2%) to CAPEX which didn't stop revenue from falling.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (13.81%) while ROE is low (9.41%). ROIC increased on 4.7 pp from 9.1% to 13.8% in FY2015. ROE increased on 2.4 pp from 7.0% to 9.4% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -5.4x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.6x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.3x from -5.0x to -5.4x in FY2015. Debt surged on 1,592% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 142% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Pharmaceuticals


Below we provide Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Pharmaceuticals 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
Hong Kong Life Sciences and Technology Group Ltd ($8085)-10.0%-45.4%1,636.5%-52.9%
Northeast Tiger Pharmaceutical Corp Ltd ($8197)-17.7%15.1%-99.9%480.0%
United Gene High-Tech Group Ltd ($399)-71.8%-60.5%196.0%14.2%
China Traditional Chinese Medicine Co Ltd ($570)3.1%22.3%35.2%90.0%
Dragonite International Ltd ($329)-8.8%-10.5%13.5%64.8%
 
Median (39 companies)18.0%15.1%13.5%16.8%-29.1%
Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($587)13.4%33.7%6.0%-2.1%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Jilin Province Huinan Changlong Bio-pharmacy Co Ltd ($8049)83.9%82.0%81.5%80.9%
Consun Pharmaceutical Group Ltd ($1681)75.5%75.7%79.1%78.3%
Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd ($1177)78.5%78.5%77.5%76.4%
China Health Group Inc ($8225)38.7%43.4%33.6%76.2%
Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($950)73.0%71.3%72.2%70.2%
 
Median (37 companies)37.6%38.5%35.9%48.3%24.0%
Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($587)72.6%65.2%77.9%72.1%68.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Asia Resources Holdings Ltd ($899)3.5%-80.8%25.1%113.7%
Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd ($460)48.4%38.8%65.4%70.9%
Pak Fah Yeow International Ltd ($239)28.7%33.9%28.4%52.4%
Real Nutriceutical Group Ltd ($2010)45.6%42.8%43.4%46.0%
China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Ltd ($2877)47.8%37.8%40.1%40.5%
 
Median (38 companies)17.2%19.0%18.2%20.4%-8.1%
Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($587)32.9%60.6%21.0%28.8%61.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Northeast Tiger Pharmaceutical Corp Ltd ($8197)0.2%11,100.0%103.4%
Extrawell Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($858)5.7%1.7%20.6%92.4%3.6%
Asia Resources Holdings Ltd ($899)12.2%4.4%8.1%92.0%
Lijun International Pharmaceutical Holding Co Ltd ($2005)19.5%16.8%52.4%39.6%
Hao Wen Holdings Ltd ($8019)6.4%30.0%2.3%38.2%
 
Median (38 companies)10.6%8.5%8.9%7.2%2.7%
Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($587)3.8%0.9%1.4%7.6%40.5%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Jilin Province Huinan Changlong Bio-pharmacy Co Ltd ($8049)18.5%16.7%20.8%33.0%
Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd ($1177)19.9%26.2%26.8%26.5%
Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($950)31.3%26.1%22.0%22.4%
Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd ($460)14.3%13.7%18.3%22.0%
Shandong Luoxin Pharmaceutical Group Stock Co Ltd ($8058)34.4%27.6%22.2%19.9%
 
Median (39 companies)8.5%12.0%9.2%10.6%-9.4%
Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($587)9.6%19.2%6.9%9.1%13.8%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China NT Pharma Group Co Ltd ($1011)0.4x7.2x
United Laboratories International Holdings Ltd/The ($3933)4.4x6.5x4.6x4.2x
Lansen Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($503)0.9x1.7x2.8x3.4x
China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Ltd ($512)2.5x5.4x4.0x3.4x
Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ($719)1.4x3.5x3.4x2.8x
 
Median (31 companies)-0.2x0.0x-0.1x-0.5x9.9x
Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ($587)-3.7x-2.6x-7.5x-5.0x-5.4x