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China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd revenue jumped on 88.8% in 2015

23/03/2016 • About China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966) • By InTwits

China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.9%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 1.0%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 860 in 2015, 4,151 in 2014, 2,124 in 2013, 773 in 2012, 373 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 3.0%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 5.5x while industry average is
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue53,22164,09793,56185,117160,66888.8%
Net Income5481,3161,6534,0426,34156.9%
Balance Sheet
Cash17,73518,02427,99633,97247,61940.2%
Short Term Debt19,61935,42741,21139,52416,648-57.9%
Long Term Debt11,04117,65522,00821,48832,17949.8%
Cash flow
Capex3737732,1244,151860-79.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth3.3%20.4%46.0%-9.0%88.8%
Net Income Margin1.0%2.1%1.8%4.7%3.9%-0.8%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.7%1.2%2.3%4.9%0.5%-4.3%
ROIC0.8%1.1%1.3%2.2%3.0%0.8%
ROE4.5%9.4%8.8%13.0%12.6%-0.4%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 88.8% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 0.80 pp from 4.7% to 3.9% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.54%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.67 pp from 1.2% in 2012 to 0.54% in 2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (12.63%) while ROIC is low (2.99%). ROIC increased slightly on 0.82 pp from 2.2% to 3.0% in 2015. ROE showed almost no change in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt dropped on 20.0% in 2015 while cash surged on 40.2% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Insurance


Below you can find China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Insurance 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
Manulife Financial Corp ($945)-43.8%-37.7%203.5%-38.2%
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd ($2318)25.1%24.2%25.8%30.8%
PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd ($2328)6.9%18.7%18.1%16.9%
AIA Group Ltd ($1299)42.3%8.6%16.2%-8.2%
People's Insurance Co Group of China Ltd ($1339)7.5%8.9%18.4%15.3%
 
Median (10 companies)7.2%8.2%13.6%13.9%0.9%
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)20.4%46.0%-9.0%88.8%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Asia Financial Holdings Ltd ($662)0.1%0.3%0.0%14.0%0.3%
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd ($2318)2.0%2.5%2.4%2.6%2.4%
AIA Group Ltd ($1299)0.6%2.0%2.2%1.8%0.6%
China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601)1.1%1.8%1.9%1.7%
New China Life Insurance Co Ltd ($1336)1.4%1.2%1.6%1.6%
 
Median (10 companies)1.2%1.4%1.1%1.4%0.4%
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)0.7%1.2%2.3%4.9%0.5%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Target Insurance Holdings Ltd ($6161)2.7%5.8%7.4%6.2%
PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd ($2328)6.3%7.0%6.4%7.4%
Asia Financial Holdings Ltd ($662)-2.7%4.7%2.6%3.7%1.9%
People's Insurance Co Group of China Ltd ($1339)3.1%3.1%2.7%3.2%
AIA Group Ltd ($1299)2.0%3.1%2.9%3.2%2.5%
 
Median (10 companies)1.9%2.2%2.5%2.9%2.3%
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)0.8%1.1%1.3%2.2%3.0%