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Yuexiu Property Co Ltd reports 230% CAPEX growth and 40.8% Revenue growth

29/02/2016 • About Yuexiu Property Co Ltd ($123) • By InTwits

Yuexiu Property Co Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is declining: 17.0% in 2015 vs. 29.2% in 2014 vs. 85.2% in 2011
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 17.0% in 2015, 29.2% in 2014, 35.5% in 2013, 60.1% in 2012, 85.2% in 2011
  • Yuexiu Property Co Ltd has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.0%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 3.2%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 1,505 in 2015, 456 in 2014, 486 in 2013, 932 in 2012, 1,489 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 5.0%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Yuexiu Property Co Ltd ($123) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue9,5698,12014,20915,70222,11640.8%
Gross Profit4,0043,8584,1044,1384,65912.6%
SG&A9761,2491,3101,4921,6138.1%
EBITDA8,1494,8815,0484,5833,752-18.1%
Net Income5,2362,4822,8802,4711,013-59.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash4,8217,0605,0557,8839,54621.1%
Short Term Debt10,5916,8298,3318,4155,512-34.5%
Long Term Debt11,19113,30215,53523,64432,65338.1%
Cash flow
Capex1,4899324864561,505230.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth69.8%-15.1%75.0%10.5%40.8%
EBITDA growth336.8%-40.1%3.4%-9.2%-18.1%
Gross Margin41.8%47.5%28.9%26.4%21.1%-5.3%
EBITDA Margin85.2%60.1%35.5%29.2%17.0%-12.2%
Net Income Margin54.7%30.6%20.3%15.7%4.6%-11.2%
SG&A, % of revenue10.2%15.4%9.2%9.5%7.3%-2.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue15.6%11.5%3.4%2.9%6.8%3.9%
ROIC18.5%9.7%9.3%7.1%5.0%-2.1%
ROE29.0%11.7%12.4%9.3%3.4%-5.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.1x2.7x3.7x5.3x7.6x2.4x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 40.8% in 2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 7.0 pp from 11.6% to 18.7% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 5.3 pp from 26.4% to 21.1% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 2.2 pp from 9.5% to 7.3% in 2015.

Net Income marign dropped on 11.2 pp from 15.7% to 4.6% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Yuexiu Property Co Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 6.8%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 4.7 pp from 11.5% in 2012 to 6.8% in 2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.4%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (5.03%) and ROE (3.45%). ROIC decreased on 2.1 pp from 7.1% to 5.0% in 2015. ROE decreased on 5.8 pp from 9.3% to 3.4% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 7.6x Net Debt / EBITDA and 10.2x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 2.4x from 5.3x to 7.6x in 2015. Debt surged on 19.0% in 2015 while cash surged on 21.1% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Real Estate


Below we provide Yuexiu Property Co Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Real Estate 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
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)15.0%15.6%12.4%5.0%1.7%
Yuexiu Property Co Ltd ($123)-15.1%75.0%10.5%40.8%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
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)43.7%41.9%41.1%39.2%50.8%
Yuexiu Property Co Ltd ($123)41.8%47.5%28.9%26.4%21.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
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%34.3%
Yuexiu Property Co Ltd ($123)85.2%60.1%35.5%29.2%17.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
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%340.6%
Liu Chong Hing Investment Ltd ($194)9.4%18.5%6.1%269.7%
 
Median (173 companies)5.9%5.3%6.1%4.7%7.7%
Yuexiu Property Co Ltd ($123)15.6%11.5%3.4%2.9%6.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
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%
Yuexiu Property Co Ltd ($123)18.5%9.7%9.3%7.1%5.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
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)2.1x2.3x2.7x3.0x1.5x
Yuexiu Property Co Ltd ($123)2.1x2.7x3.7x5.3x7.6x