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29/01/2016 • About Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd ($535) • By InTwits

Pay attention to Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd as a growth stock. Its revenue performance, profitability and healthy financial model stands it out vs. other public companies on the market.

Growth story


Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd showed growth in the last financial year. Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd's revenue surged on 95.6% in FY2015. At the same time Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd well managed its profitability and also showed EBITDA growth of 93.3% for the same period.

In the last 3 years Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd showed fast revenue growth of 197% from 2012 to 2015 annualy. EBITDA surged on 45.2% from 2012 to 2015 annualy.

Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd ($535) financials for the last 5 years

mln. CNY 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Revenue2541632332,1684,241
Revenue growth, %-36.0%43.2%831.0%95.6%
Gross margin, %77.6%95.0%93.0%38.8%48.6%
SG&A, %9.89%17.0%40.8%3.65%2.35%
EBITDA3266341,3501,0041,942
EBITDA growth, %94.8%112.8%-25.6%93.3%
EBITDA margin, %128%390%580%46.3%45.8%
Net Income1734061,0423611,056
Net Income margin, % 68.0%249%448%16.6%24.9%
 
CAPEX3230196325
CAPEX/Revenue, %1.07%0.985%12.8%9.02%7.67%
Debt1,0701,1663,1982,1704,147
Cash7371,0351,4271,7821,725
Net Debt/EBITDA1.0x0.2x1.3x0.4x1.2x
 
ROIC, %8.9%15.3%19.6%10.8%15.9%
ROE, %9.5%19.4%30.2%7.6%15.6%

Profitability and return on investment


Despite revenue growth EBITDA margin declined slightly from 46.3% in FY2014 to 45.8% in FY2015. In the longer period the company's EBITDA margin dropped on 344 pp from 390% in 2012 to 45.8% in 2015.

Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd shows attractive ROIC at 15.9% for the last 12 months which assumes stable development model. Three years ago it was a bit lower at 15.3%. It's average level of ROIC for the last three years was 15.4%.

The company's Net Income margin surged on 8.30 pp from 16.6% to 24.9% in 2015. If we look for the longer period Net Income margin dropped on 225 pp from 250% in 2012 to 24.9% in 2015.

Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd operates at ROE of 15.6%. Average ROE for the last three years was 17.8%.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX)


To this fast growth the company had to invest in CAPEX.In FY2015 Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 7.67%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue surged on 6.68 pp from 0.985% in 2012 to 7.67% in 2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 9.83%.

Leverage (Debt)


Having such a fast growth profile the company keeps medium debt level at 1.2x Net Debt/EBITDA. In the last 3 years Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd's leverage surged on 1.04x from 0.21x in 2012 to 1.25x in 2015.

Peers in Real Estate


Below you can find Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Real Estate 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, %

 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Top 5
Common Splendor International Health Industry Group Ltd ($286)-0.9%-0.5%1.9%4,120.2%
Landsea Green Properties Co Ltd ($106)-91.1%-35.1%-51.2%3,097.3%
LVGEM China Real Estate Invest ($95)-0.1%-27.5%-21.9%3,008.3%
Rivera Holdings Ltd ($281)222.2%197.1%-89.9%2,067.2%
Ceneric Holdings Ltd ($542)-94.0%-73.9%-49.8%1,922.5%
 
Median (172 companies)15.7%15.6%12.4%5.0%1.7%
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd ($535)-36.0%43.2%831.0%95.6%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Top 5
Tern Properties Co Ltd ($277)96.9%96.7%98.4%98.4%98.7%
GR Properties Ltd ($108)37.4%39.3%98.2%
Renhe Commercial Holdings Co Ltd ($1387)71.1%79.0%95.2%97.9%
YT Realty Group Ltd ($75)91.5%94.4%96.6%96.7%
ITC Properties Group Ltd ($199)29.8%22.8%92.9%95.2%62.7%
 
Median (154 companies)43.4%41.9%40.0%39.2%53.0%
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd ($535)77.6%95.0%93.0%38.8%48.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Top 5
ITC Properties Group Ltd ($199)24.0%-125.5%-2,995.7%1,685.3%-525.1%
Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925)33.2%-606.3%2,162.6%224.3%
Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd ($127)340.9%356.2%91.6%195.5%
Zall Development Group Ltd ($2098)73.6%105.3%133.1%143.2%
Ceneric Holdings Ltd ($542)-5.9%-382.7%-1,024.0%126.8%
 
Median (172 companies)35.2%28.9%27.9%26.4%34.6%
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd ($535)128.1%390.0%579.5%46.3%45.8%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Top 5
LT Commercial Real Estate Ltd ($112)0.0%0.0%18.0%27,965.5%
ITC Properties Group Ltd ($199)25.6%56.2%4,202.4%1,304.7%189.7%
Wanda Hotel Development Co Ltd ($169)5.9%24.1%1,091.1%
Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd ($432)6.5%2.9%323.1%351.2%
Liu Chong Hing Investment Ltd ($194)9.4%18.5%6.1%269.7%
 
Median (173 companies)6.0%5.6%6.1%4.5%3.0%
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd ($535)1.1%1.0%12.8%9.0%7.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Top 5
Rykadan Capital Ltd ($2288)17.2%-1.8%-2.6%48.4%-3.7%
LVGEM China Real Estate Invest ($95)0.2%-0.2%-1.1%22.1%
Zall Development Group Ltd ($2098)39.0%19.2%17.6%18.7%
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688)18.0%18.4%15.1%18.5%
Hong Kong Ferry Holdings Co Ltd ($50)4.7%3.8%0.6%18.0%
 
Median (176 companies)4.6%3.9%3.8%3.8%2.2%
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd ($535)8.9%15.3%19.6%10.8%15.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Top 5
China Properties Group Ltd ($1838)16.9x43.0x21.4x1,523.0x
SRE Group Ltd ($1207)10.6x14.1x24.7x1,184.6x
Cheuk Nang Holdings Ltd ($131)53.2x177.3x901.7x
Tian An China Investment Co Ltd ($28)2.4x13.2x15.1x486.6x
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Ltd ($337)3.7x6.2x49.3x
 
Median (139 companies)2.1x2.4x2.8x3.0x1.1x
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd ($535)1.0x0.2x1.3x0.4x1.2x