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Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd reports 31.3% Net Income decline and 16.1% Revenue decline

23/03/2016 • About Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914) • By InTwits

Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 12.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 7.0%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 6,541 in 2015, 9,475 in 2014, 5,123 in 2013, 2,227 in 2012, 4,522 in 2011
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is at 11.7%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue48,65445,76655,26260,75950,976-16.1%
Gross Profit19,17712,50217,98720,19813,709-32.1%
SG&A3,6584,4585,2475,6246,29011.8%
EBITDA18,86912,41717,21019,49215,136-22.3%
Net Income11,5866,3319,38910,9817,539-31.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash7,7478,1116,51912,5124,285-65.8%
Short Term Debt3,2562,7162,9352,3298,445262.6%
Long Term Debt19,29821,08019,20717,58710,740-38.9%
Cash flow
Capex7,8546,7196,7786,7185,051-24.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth41.0%-5.9%20.7%9.9%-16.1%
EBITDA growth78.2%-34.2%38.6%13.3%-22.3%
Gross Margin39.4%27.3%32.5%33.2%26.9%-6.4%
EBITDA Margin38.8%27.1%31.1%32.1%29.7%-2.4%
Net Income Margin23.8%13.8%17.0%18.1%14.8%-3.3%
SG&A, % of revenue7.5%9.7%9.5%9.3%12.3%3.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue16.1%14.7%12.3%11.1%9.9%-1.1%
ROIC27.2%12.7%17.5%18.4%11.7%-6.7%
ROE29.3%13.6%18.0%18.1%11.1%-7.0%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.8x1.3x0.9x0.4x1.0x0.6x

Revenue and profitability


Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd's Revenue dropped on 16.1% in 2015. Revenue decline was worsened by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 2.4 pp from 32.1% to 29.7% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 6.4 pp from 33.2% to 26.9% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 3.1 pp from 9.3% to 12.3% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 3.3 pp from 18.1% to 14.8% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 9.9% in 2015. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 4.8 pp from 14.7% in 2012 to 9.9% in 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 11.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (11.70%) and ROE (11.09%). ROIC decreased on 6.7 pp from 18.4% to 11.7% in 2015. ROE decreased on 7.0 pp from 18.1% to 11.1% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.0x and Debt / EBITDA is 1.3x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.6x from 0.4x to 1.0x in 2015. Debt decreased on 3.7% in 2015 while cash dropped on 65.8% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Building Materials


Below you can find Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Building Materials 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, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd ($102)-86.4%-19.6%177.1%-14.1%
Pacific Plywood Hldg Ltd ($767)-34.9%-14.5%119.5%
Luoyang Glass Co Ltd ($1108)-40.3%-32.3%76.2%0.7%
Prosperity International Holdings HK Ltd ($803)-23.9%-43.3%55.2%-34.4%
China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd ($750)35.0%28.7%34.0%20.7%
 
Median (24 companies)35.0%-1.3%9.6%5.1%-12.0%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)-5.9%20.7%9.9%-16.1%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pacific Plywood Hldg Ltd ($767)95.0%91.4%82.0%97.2%
Dongpeng Holdings Co Ltd ($3386)28.7%35.6%37.1%38.5%
Luks Group Vietnam Holdings Co Ltd ($366)37.6%37.2%36.9%37.0%
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd ($1313)31.1%24.1%28.5%31.3%24.0%
TCC International Holdings Ltd ($1136)25.6%18.6%27.5%30.8%15.4%
 
Median (24 companies)26.0%20.0%22.0%20.8%15.2%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)39.4%27.3%32.5%33.2%26.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pacific Plywood Hldg Ltd ($767)53.6%12.6%-19.8%50.5%
TCC International Holdings Ltd ($1136)26.5%19.2%26.1%29.0%14.0%
Asia Cement China Holdings Corp ($743)30.3%20.6%24.9%27.0%18.1%
China Tianrui Group Cement Co Ltd ($1252)32.4%28.5%23.7%26.7%32.8%
West China Cement Ltd ($2233)36.4%30.0%28.5%25.5%23.5%
 
Median (24 companies)18.3%15.1%16.9%17.4%13.8%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)38.8%27.1%31.1%32.1%29.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd ($750)40.4%11.9%32.1%23.6%
West China Cement Ltd ($2233)54.8%17.2%13.9%15.9%10.1%
China Glass Holdings Ltd ($3300)37.2%19.6%12.5%12.4%
China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd ($691)13.5%18.9%21.1%12.1%
China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd ($2128)12.0%13.6%9.1%11.8%8.1%
 
Median (24 companies)6.3%9.7%8.3%5.4%5.6%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)16.1%14.7%12.3%11.1%9.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Dongpeng Holdings Co Ltd ($3386)49.7%37.1%35.8%27.2%
China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd ($2128)26.8%20.5%19.4%18.2%17.2%
China Wood Optimization Holding Ltd ($8099)33.5%27.3%17.7%17.7%
China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd ($750)21.1%18.6%19.9%16.0%
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd ($1313)14.0%8.0%9.6%13.0%5.5%
 
Median (24 companies)12.1%5.0%6.9%4.8%1.3%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)27.2%12.7%17.5%18.4%11.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Sustainable Forest Holdings Ltd ($723)0.9x9.6x
China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323)3.9x6.7x6.8x6.3x
BBMG Corp ($2009)4.4x4.6x5.0x6.1x6.6x
China Tianrui Group Cement Co Ltd ($1252)3.0x4.2x5.1x5.2x7.9x
China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd ($691)1.8x3.0x4.1x4.8x
 
Median (20 companies)1.4x3.0x2.7x2.0x4.0x
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)0.8x1.3x0.9x0.4x1.0x