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Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd reports 54.9% Net Income growth while 37.8 pp EBITDA Margin decline from 224% to 187%

24/03/2016 • About Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925) • By InTwits

Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 186.5% in 2015, 224.3% in 2014, 2,162.6% in 2013, -606.3% in 2012, 33.2% in 2011
  • Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 84.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 3.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 296 in 2015, 374 in 2014, 40.1 in 2013, 0.95 in 2012, 258 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 5.8%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue1,541113620329746.1%
Gross Profit60673216723138.8%
SG&A668711718620912.6%
EBITDA512-6777545555321.5%
Net Income115-9870116725854.9%
Balance Sheet
Cash44518449228769237.5%
Short Term Debt1,7321,4702108451,808114.0%
Long Term Debt155359051,8512,89656.5%
Cash flow
Capex258140374296-20.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth1,005.2%-99.3%225.7%466.2%46.1%
EBITDA growth-418.8%-113.0%-1,261.6%-41.3%21.5%
Gross Margin39.3%66.1%89.1%82.1%78.0%-4.1%
EBITDA Margin33.2%-606.3%2,162.6%224.3%186.5%-37.8%
Net Income Margin7.4%-888.2%1,955.4%82.2%87.1%4.9%
SG&A, % of revenue4.3%788.1%327.0%91.6%70.6%-21.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue16.8%8.7%111.9%184.0%99.7%-84.3%
ROIC16.3%-2.4%20.0%6.8%5.8%-1.0%
ROE10.9%-8.2%30.6%4.4%6.2%1.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.8x1.4x5.4x7.1x1.7x

Revenue and profitability


Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd's Revenue jumped on 46.1% in 2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin surged on 18.6 pp from -29.1% to -10.5% in FY2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 4.1 pp from 82.1% to 78.0% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue dropped on 21.0 pp from 91.6% to 70.6% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased on 4.9 pp from 82.2% to 87.1% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 99.7%. CAPEX/Revenue jumped on 91.1 pp from 8.7% in 2012 to 99.7% in 2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 132%.The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (53.5%) to CAPEX to secure its growth.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (5.80%) and ROE (6.17%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.98 pp from 6.8% to 5.8% in 2015. ROE increased slightly on 1.8 pp from 4.4% to 6.2% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 7.1x Net Debt / EBITDA and 8.5x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 1.7x from 5.4x to 7.1x in 2015. Debt surged on 74.5% in 2015 while cash jumped on 238% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Real Estate


Below we provide Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Real Estate 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
Common Splendor International Health Industry Group Ltd ($286)-0.9%-0.5%1.9%4,120.2%
Landsea Green Properties Co Ltd ($106)-35.1%-51.2%3,097.3%188.5%
LVGEM China Real Estate Invest ($95)-27.5%-21.9%3,008.3%-77.4%
Rivera Holdings Ltd ($281)197.1%-89.9%2,067.2%-92.7%
Ceneric Holdings Ltd ($542)-94.0%-73.9%-49.8%1,922.5%
 
Median (177 companies)11.5%16.4%13.1%5.2%4.1%
Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925)-99.3%225.7%466.2%46.1%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Tern Properties Co Ltd ($277)96.9%96.7%98.4%98.4%98.7%
GR Properties Ltd ($108)37.4%39.3%98.2%
Renhe Commercial Holdings Co Ltd ($1387)71.1%79.0%95.2%97.9%99.9%
YT Realty Group Ltd ($75)91.5%94.4%96.6%96.7%97.6%
ITC Properties Group Ltd ($199)29.8%22.8%92.9%95.2%62.7%
 
Median (159 companies)44.2%41.8%41.8%39.1%42.9%
Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925)39.3%66.1%89.1%82.1%78.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
ITC Properties Group Ltd ($199)24.0%-125.5%-2,995.7%1,685.3%-525.1%
Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd ($127)340.9%356.2%91.6%195.5%397.4%
Zall Development Group Ltd ($2098)73.6%105.3%133.1%143.2%
Ceneric Holdings Ltd ($542)-5.9%-382.7%-1,024.0%126.8%
Sino Land Co Ltd ($83)152.4%107.7%94.3%116.3%38.3%
 
Median (176 companies)35.5%29.7%28.3%26.9%26.9%
Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925)33.2%-606.3%2,162.6%224.3%186.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
LT Commercial Real Estate Ltd ($112)0.0%0.0%18.0%27,965.5%
ITC Properties Group Ltd ($199)25.6%56.2%4,202.4%1,304.7%189.7%
Wanda Hotel Development Co Ltd ($169)5.9%24.1%1,091.1%190.4%
Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd ($432)6.5%2.9%323.1%351.2%340.6%
Liu Chong Hing Investment Ltd ($194)9.4%18.5%6.1%269.7%0.9%
 
Median (178 companies)5.8%5.5%6.1%4.7%3.9%
Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925)16.8%8.7%111.9%184.0%99.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Rykadan Capital Ltd ($2288)17.2%-1.8%-2.6%48.4%-3.7%
Colour Life Services Group Co Ltd ($1778)44.2%47.9%29.3%14.5%
LVGEM China Real Estate Invest ($95)0.2%-0.2%-1.1%22.1%1.8%
China Vast Industrial Urban Development Co Ltd ($6166)2.2%19.7%19.8%9.1%
Zall Development Group Ltd ($2098)39.0%19.2%17.6%18.7%
 
Median (181 companies)4.6%4.2%4.0%4.1%2.8%
Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925)16.3%-2.4%20.0%6.8%5.8%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Properties Group Ltd ($1838)16.9x43.0x21.4x1,523.0x
SRE Group Ltd ($1207)10.6x14.1x24.7x1,184.6x
Cheuk Nang Holdings Ltd ($131)53.2x177.3x901.7x
Tian An China Investment Co Ltd ($28)2.4x13.2x15.1x486.6x
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Ltd ($337)3.7x6.2x49.3x38.4x
 
Median (143 companies)2.1x2.3x2.8x3.0x3.2x
Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd ($925)2.8x1.4x5.4x7.1x