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Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd Debt surged on 120% in 2015 and EBITDA surged on 38.2%

18/03/2016 • About Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd ($1788) • By InTwits

Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 6.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 27.3 in 2015, 18.1 in 2014, 6.9 in 2013, 5.3 in 2012, 17.9 in 2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 7.9%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 5.4x while industry average is -1.3x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd ($1788) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue7037661,1391,6612,27937.2%
EBITDA3553866651,0501,45238.2%
Net Income2883075368001,01426.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash6623854858892,409170.9%
Short Term Debt2008263,7113,6447,12495.5%
Long Term Debt0009903,090212.1%
Cash flow
Capex1857182750.9%
Ratios
Revenue growth6.8%9.0%48.7%45.8%37.2%
EBITDA growth13.8%8.9%72.1%58.0%38.2%
EBITDA Margin50.5%50.4%58.4%63.2%63.7%0.5%
Net Income Margin40.9%40.1%47.1%48.1%44.5%-3.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.5%0.7%0.6%1.1%1.2%0.1%
ROIC10.1%9.2%10.3%9.6%7.9%-1.7%
ROE9.1%9.3%14.6%14.5%13.8%-0.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.3x1.1x4.9x3.6x5.4x1.8x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 37.2% in 2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 3.5 pp from 11.7% to 15.2% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 3.7 pp from 48.1% to 44.5% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.2%. Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd showed small growth in CAPEX/Revenue of 0.51 pp from 0.69% in 2012 to 1.2% in 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.97%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (13.81%) while ROIC is low (7.86%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.7 pp from 9.6% to 7.9% in 2015. ROE decreased slightly on 0.74 pp from 14.5% to 13.8% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 5.4x Net Debt / EBITDA and 7.0x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 1.8x from 3.6x to 5.4x in 2015. Debt jumped on 120% in 2015 while cash jumped on 171% in 2015.

Management team


Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd's CEO Yim Fung has spent 3 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Diversified Finan Serv


Below we provide Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Diversified Finan Serv 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
China New Energy Power Group Ltd ($1041)100.0%0.0%64,246.0%
ReOrient Group Ltd ($376)112.8%75.1%1,106.9%-90.8%
Global Strategic Group Ltd ($8007)-3.9%2.1%806.3%681.2%
AID Partners Capital Holdings Ltd ($8088)-38.7%0.9%-79.5%655.2%
Willie International Holdings Ltd ($273)543.9%
 
Median (63 companies)3.8%1.1%13.8%25.7%25.3%
Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd ($1788)9.0%48.7%45.8%37.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Roma Group Ltd ($8072)99.4%98.7%
Freeman Financial Corp Ltd ($279)97.1%52.3%99.3%98.5%
Chinese Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8089)97.9%99.1%97.9%97.0%96.6%
First China Financial Network Holdings Ltd ($8123)98.6%93.4%94.5%97.4%
Allied Group Ltd ($373)94.5%95.1%94.4%93.6%
 
Median (13 companies)80.8%64.2%75.1%88.2%91.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Styland Holdings Ltd ($211)68.6%198.6%91.5%161.0%17.9%
Roma Group Ltd ($8072)81.4%18.1%36.8%143.0%44.7%
First China Financial Network Holdings Ltd ($8123)-231.6%-329.2%-211.2%124.3%-25.5%
Willie International Holdings Ltd ($273)75.3%95.2%
Get Nice Holdings Ltd ($64)28.4%2.6%153.4%92.7%83.9%
 
Median (64 companies)28.9%14.7%35.6%45.4%29.5%
Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd ($1788)50.5%50.4%58.4%63.2%63.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gemini Investments Holdings Ltd ($174)14.9%479.1%37.3%216.0%10.0%
China Assurance Finance Group Ltd ($8090)94.7%68.9%53.3%
Chinese Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8089)93.2%376.0%5.7%32.6%5.8%
AID Partners Capital Holdings Ltd ($8088)196.3%4.1%2.9%28.4%
Asian Capital Holdings Ltd ($8295)2.3%0.1%0.2%15.6%
 
Median (64 companies)2.3%2.0%1.9%1.1%1.6%
Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd ($1788)2.5%0.7%0.6%1.1%1.2%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
ReOrient Group Ltd ($376)-24.9%-45.6%-53.5%128.6%-2.8%
Roma Group Ltd ($8072)19.6%43.7%107.8%13.3%
Convoy Financial Holdings Ltd ($1019)31.1%3.4%39.3%47.3%
Willie International Holdings Ltd ($273)-28.1%-9.5%4.7%30.9%
Value Partners Group Ltd ($806)8.7%16.8%16.5%26.8%9.6%
 
Median (66 companies)4.6%3.4%4.0%4.7%3.4%
Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd ($1788)10.1%9.2%10.3%9.6%7.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cash Financial Services Group Ltd ($510)-1.1x7.8x67.5x-4.3x
Far East Horizon Ltd ($3360)17.8x16.9x21.7x20.0x
Bright Smart Securities & Commodities Group Ltd ($1428)7.3x2.1x10.3x9.3x39.3x
China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd ($1359)2.1x5.0x7.7x8.4x
Aeon Credit Service Asia Co Ltd ($900)6.3x5.2x6.0x6.9x5.5x
 
Median (46 companies)-1.1x-1.5x-0.1x-0.1x-1.1x
Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd ($1788)-1.3x1.1x4.9x3.6x5.4x