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China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd Net Income jumped on 22.5% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin showed almost no change

18/03/2016 • About China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688) • By InTwits

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd is a fast growth stock: 2015 revenue growth was 7.0%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 25.9% at 2015 ROIC 15.4%
  • China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.6%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 0.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2,419 in 2015, 6,258 in 2014, 4,577 in 2013, 1,703 in 2012, 1,601 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 15.4%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue51,33264,58182,469130,957140,1317.0%
Gross Profit20,67224,72526,82239,31042,3127.6%
SG&A1,8972,0372,8173,9904,2135.6%
EBITDA22,24826,75827,78543,06746,1707.2%
Net Income15,46418,72223,04427,20033,31222.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash17,84139,88040,87658,281100,57372.6%
Short Term Debt9,8205,5464,14522,6667,269-67.9%
Long Term Debt32,97454,06869,39775,890109,27144.0%
Cash flow
Capex1,6011,7034,5776,2582,419-61.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth15.8%25.8%27.7%58.8%7.0%
EBITDA growth11.2%20.3%3.8%55.0%7.2%
Gross Margin40.3%38.3%32.5%30.0%30.2%0.2%
EBITDA Margin43.3%41.4%33.7%32.9%32.9%0.1%
Net Income Margin30.1%29.0%27.9%20.8%23.8%3.0%
SG&A, % of revenue3.7%3.2%3.4%3.0%3.0%-0.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.1%2.6%5.5%4.8%1.7%-3.1%
ROIC18.0%18.4%15.1%18.5%15.4%-3.1%
ROE24.5%23.6%23.4%22.3%20.5%-1.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.1x0.7x1.2x0.9x0.3x-0.6x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 7.0% in 2015. EBITDA Margin showed almost no change in 2015.

Gross Margin showed almost no change in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in 2015.

Net Income marign increased on 3.0 pp from 20.8% to 23.8% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.7%. The company showed small CAPEX/Revenue decline of 0.91 pp from 2.6% in 2012 to 1.7% in 2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 4.0%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROE (20.49%) while ROIC is a bit lower (15.42%). ROIC decreased on 3.1 pp from 18.5% to 15.4% in 2015. ROE decreased slightly on 1.8 pp from 22.3% to 20.5% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 0.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.5x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.6x from 0.9x to 0.3x in 2015. Debt surged on 18.2% in 2015 while cash surged on 72.6% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Real Estate


Below we provide China Overseas Land & Investment 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)197.1%-89.9%2,067.2%-92.7%
Ceneric Holdings Ltd ($542)-94.0%-73.9%-49.8%1,922.5%
 
Median (173 companies)11.5%15.4%13.0%5.0%4.3%
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688)25.8%27.7%58.8%7.0%


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%99.9%
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 (155 companies)43.8%42.2%41.8%39.3%43.8%
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688)40.3%38.3%32.5%30.0%30.2%


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%397.4%
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 (173 companies)35.1%28.9%28.0%26.4%28.8%
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688)43.3%41.4%33.7%32.9%32.9%


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%190.4%
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%0.9%
 
Median (174 companies)5.9%5.5%6.2%4.6%6.9%
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688)3.1%2.6%5.5%4.8%1.7%


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%
Colour Life Services Group Co Ltd ($1778)44.2%47.9%29.3%14.5%
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%
Hong Kong Ferry Holdings Co Ltd ($50)4.7%3.8%0.6%18.0%3.1%
 
Median (177 companies)4.6%4.0%3.8%3.8%3.0%
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688)18.0%18.4%15.1%18.5%15.4%


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 (140 companies)2.1x2.4x2.8x3.0x2.8x
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd ($688)1.1x0.7x1.2x0.9x0.3x