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Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd reports 28.6% CAPEX growth and 18.5% Revenue growth

22/03/2016 • About Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd ($477) • By InTwits

Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd is a growth stock: 2015 revenue growth was 18.5%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 12.1% at 2015 ROIC 32.2%
  • Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.1%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 3.5%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 52.9 in 2015, 41.2 in 2014, 39.1 in 2013, 8.4 in 2012, 10.4 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 32.2%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd ($477) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue538.0568.9620.3784.3929.118.5%
Gross Profit253.2276.7279.3374.8452.120.6%
SG&A163.1158.5145.1178.623.1%
EBITDA97.587.1109.3235.9250.76.3%
Net Income73.090.082.0170.2207.421.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash31.561.869.241.6135.3224.8%
Short Term Debt82.741.9148.4173.376.8-55.7%
Long Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Cash flow
Capex10.48.439.141.252.928.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth2.6%5.7%9.0%26.4%18.5%
EBITDA growth-4.0%-10.6%25.4%115.8%6.3%
Gross Margin47.1%48.6%45.0%47.8%48.7%0.9%
EBITDA Margin18.1%15.3%17.6%30.1%27.0%-3.1%
Net Income Margin13.6%15.8%13.2%21.7%22.3%0.6%
SG&A, % of revenue28.7%25.6%18.5%19.2%0.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.9%1.5%6.3%5.3%5.7%0.4%
ROIC18.0%14.8%17.0%32.2%32.2%-0.1%
ROE17.2%20.6%18.1%34.1%36.0%1.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.5x-0.2x0.7x0.6x-0.2x-0.8x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 18.5% in 2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 62.4 pp from -5.5% to -67.9% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 0.87 pp from 47.8% to 48.7% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 0.72 pp from 18.5% to 19.2% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 0.61 pp from 21.7% to 22.3% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 5.7%. CAPEX/Revenue increased on 4.2 pp from 1.5% in 2012 to 5.7% in 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 5.8%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (32.15%) and ROE (35.99%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2015. ROE increased slightly on 1.9 pp from 34.1% to 36.0% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -0.2x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.3x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.8x from 0.6x to -0.2x in 2015. Debt dropped on 55.7% in 2015 while cash surged on 225% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Home Furnishings


Below we provide Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Home Furnishings 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
Jiu Rong Holdings Ltd ($2358)136.9%438.7%
See Corp Ltd ($491)13.7%-31.9%134.1%126.9%
BEP International Holdings Ltd ($2326)44.7%-41.5%46.2%187.9%
Alco Holdings Ltd ($328)-10.2%-32.6%22.8%11.8%
Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd ($1249)-10.4%24.0%19.0%-10.4%
 
Median (26 companies)16.5%-0.2%5.4%1.1%0.9%
Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd ($477)5.7%9.0%26.4%18.5%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
South East Group Ltd ($726)36.2%25.5%51.6%38.8%82.4%
Grande Holdings Ltd/The ($186)19.9%23.7%25.4%29.0%
Samson Holding Ltd ($531)24.9%25.6%25.4%27.3%
Gold Peak Industries Holding Ltd ($40)26.8%25.8%23.6%24.9%25.6%
Hing Lee HK Holdings Ltd ($396)23.1%16.3%18.7%22.7%
 
Median (26 companies)16.4%17.3%16.8%15.9%14.9%
Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd ($477)47.1%48.6%45.0%47.8%48.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
See Corp Ltd ($491)-58.7%-38.4%-59.5%32.0%-35.6%
Welling Holding Ltd ($382)8.6%11.9%12.8%10.8%8.6%
Hing Lee HK Holdings Ltd ($396)9.3%-3.0%4.3%9.4%
Samson Holding Ltd ($531)6.2%7.5%6.6%9.4%
Mastercraft International Holdings Ltd ($8146)7.6%7.4%8.2%8.5%
 
Median (26 companies)5.9%4.9%4.5%4.5%4.3%
Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd ($477)18.1%15.3%17.6%30.1%27.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Royale Furniture Holdings Ltd ($1198)35.8%14.1%16.5%
Sunrise China Technology Group Ltd ($8226)7.9%126.4%69.3%7.4%14.1%
Alco Holdings Ltd ($328)5.1%0.8%1.4%5.2%1.3%
Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd ($751)2.2%3.0%2.9%4.9%2.9%
Kasen International Holdings Ltd ($496)2.6%5.0%2.6%4.7%
 
Median (26 companies)1.8%1.5%1.9%2.7%2.7%
Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd ($477)1.9%1.5%6.3%5.3%5.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Mastercraft International Holdings Ltd ($8146)76.2%54.4%38.6%36.4%
Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd ($1169)45.3%37.5%32.8%20.8%5.9%
Welling Holding Ltd ($382)29.4%23.5%24.3%18.7%10.7%
Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd ($1249)7.0%4.2%7.1%15.9%11.7%
Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd ($751)11.7%11.6%13.4%10.9%23.0%
 
Median (26 companies)5.0%3.7%4.4%3.9%4.1%
Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd ($477)18.0%14.8%17.0%32.2%32.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Kasen International Holdings Ltd ($496)9.6x2.2x3.7x44.9x
Chigo Holding Ltd ($449)27.0x12.3x11.8x14.5x
Gold Peak Industries Holding Ltd ($40)5.6x10.2x3.4x3.6x2.8x
Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd ($751)1.1x1.2x1.5x1.2x-0.2x
Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Co Ltd ($921)3.3x1.2x0.9x1.0x
 
Median (19 companies)0.0x-0.3x-1.1x-1.9x-2.7x
Aupu Group Holding Co Ltd ($477)0.5x-0.2x0.7x0.6x-0.2x