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Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd CAPEX dropped on 62.8% in 2015 while Revenue surged on 21.4%

23/03/2016 • About Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd ($509) • By InTwits

Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd is a fast growth stock: 2015 revenue growth was 21.4%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 38.5% at 2015 ROIC 13.3%
  • Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 20.0%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 20.5%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 217 in 2015, 585 in 2014, 357 in 2013, 375 in 2012, 83.4 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 13.3%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd ($509) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue7371,2431,6402,0732,51621.4%
Gross Profit13233250866078619.1%
SG&A749712516625352.0%
EBITDA11430046057365714.8%
Net Income971302302883035.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash2413913828291,45375.3%
Short Term Debt142317316421351-16.6%
Long Term Debt142004691,153145.6%
Cash flow
Capex83375357585217-62.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth49.2%68.7%32.0%26.4%21.4%
EBITDA growth76.5%163.5%53.3%24.4%14.8%
Gross Margin17.9%26.7%31.0%31.8%31.2%-0.6%
EBITDA Margin15.5%24.2%28.1%27.6%26.1%-1.5%
Net Income Margin13.1%10.5%14.0%13.9%12.1%-1.8%
SG&A, % of revenue10.1%7.8%7.6%8.0%10.1%2.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue11.3%30.2%21.8%28.2%8.6%-19.6%
ROIC3.5%11.3%15.9%16.4%13.3%-3.1%
ROE7.3%8.6%12.7%13.7%11.8%-1.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.4x-0.2x-0.1x0.1x0.1x-0.0x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 21.4% in 2015. Revenue growth was financed by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.5 pp from 27.6% to 26.1% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 0.60 pp from 31.8% to 31.2% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 2.0 pp from 8.0% to 10.1% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 1.8 pp from 13.9% to 12.1% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 8.6% in 2015. The company showed big decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 21.6 pp from 30.2% in 2012 to 8.6% in 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 19.5%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (13.34%) while ROE is low (11.77%). ROIC decreased on 3.1 pp from 16.4% to 13.3% in 2015. ROE decreased slightly on 1.9 pp from 13.7% to 11.8% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.1x Net Debt / EBITDA and 2.3x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA decreased on 0.029x from 0.1x to 0.1x in 2015. Debt jumped on 69.0% in 2015 while cash surged on 75.3% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Chemicals


Below we provide Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Chemicals 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
Bestway International Holdings Ltd ($718)-25.4%-62.1%330.3%238.4%
Jilin Qifeng Chemical Fiber Co Ltd ($549)39.7%-33.6%5.5%29.1%
China XLX Fertiliser Ltd ($1866)7.0%0.6%28.0%13.9%
Landing International Development Ltd ($582)2.1%15.9%23.3%10.4%
Huabao International Holdings Ltd ($336)16.1%10.1%16.2%2.1%
 
Median (32 companies)28.6%2.0%8.5%1.8%-2.2%
Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd ($509)68.7%32.0%26.4%21.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Huabao International Holdings Ltd ($336)74.3%70.5%69.1%70.8%69.9%
China Flavors & Fragrances Co Ltd ($3318)41.3%46.8%48.6%47.8%48.9%
Smartac Group China Holdings Ltd ($395)17.3%-1.8%11.2%40.4%
Bracell Ltd ($1768)40.1%30.5%37.3%37.3%38.4%
Yingde Gases Group Co Ltd ($2168)34.2%31.7%31.0%32.1%32.2%
 
Median (32 companies)20.3%18.9%17.3%16.8%22.4%
Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd ($509)17.9%26.7%31.0%31.8%31.2%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Huabao International Holdings Ltd ($336)66.4%63.8%59.1%60.0%58.3%
Bracell Ltd ($1768)30.1%22.3%30.8%38.2%35.9%
Yingde Gases Group Co Ltd ($2168)32.3%29.4%29.8%32.3%33.4%
China First Chemical Holdings Ltd ($2121)29.7%26.6%30.0%29.6%
Tiande Chemical Holdings Ltd ($609)21.7%25.5%27.3%25.1%27.8%
 
Median (32 companies)15.2%12.3%11.8%10.7%11.8%
Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd ($509)15.5%24.2%28.1%27.6%26.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Landing International Development Ltd ($582)27.9%7.2%29.6%419.5%247.4%
China Zenith Chemical Group Ltd ($362)36.8%147.3%55.7%67.4%152.2%
Smartac Group China Holdings Ltd ($395)22.5%14.0%4.7%49.3%
China Flavors & Fragrances Co Ltd ($3318)16.4%15.8%20.1%42.4%35.8%
Bracell Ltd ($1768)24.4%22.3%64.3%35.4%11.7%
 
Median (32 companies)8.3%6.8%8.5%5.4%7.0%
Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd ($509)11.3%30.2%21.8%28.2%8.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Huabao International Holdings Ltd ($336)34.6%28.7%25.2%26.2%23.3%
Tiande Chemical Holdings Ltd ($609)24.4%26.2%29.4%20.7%20.6%
Fufeng Group Ltd ($546)13.9%9.6%10.8%11.6%10.3%
Yingde Gases Group Co Ltd ($2168)14.7%10.6%11.5%11.5%10.9%
China BlueChemical Ltd ($3983)21.0%19.1%16.4%11.4%
 
Median (32 companies)8.2%6.9%7.7%5.6%5.9%
Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd ($509)3.5%11.3%15.9%16.4%13.3%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Sanjiang Fine Chemicals Co Ltd ($2198)2.4x2.2x4.6x18.1x
China XLX Fertiliser Ltd ($1866)2.4x2.6x5.1x5.8x5.1x
Ngai Hing Hong Co Ltd ($1047)4.8x11.7x5.3x5.4x5.3x
Jilin Qifeng Chemical Fiber Co Ltd ($549)4.3x14.1x6.5x5.3x
Sinofert Holdings Ltd ($297)4.3x2.9x32.4x5.0x
 
Median (25 companies)1.3x1.6x2.2x1.4x1.7x
Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd ($509)0.4x-0.2x-0.1x0.1x0.1x