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China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd Net Income jumped on 60.4% in 2015

25/03/2016 • About China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601) • By InTwits

China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.6%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 1.0%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 6,427 in 2015, 11,432 in 2014, 5,292 in 2013, 3,588 in 2012, 1,973 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 3.4%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.4x while industry average is
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue155,517167,157192,217216,205246,96314.2%
Net Income8,3135,0779,26111,04917,72860.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash14,90323,87516,56110,7668,678-19.4%
Short Term Debt32,10550,14325,19926,90828,9817.7%
Long Term Debt8,08015,57915,76519,75919,572-0.9%
Cash flow
Capex1,7453,0573,6763,6453,257-10.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth10.0%7.5%15.0%12.5%14.2%
Net Income Margin5.3%3.0%4.8%5.1%7.2%2.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.1%1.8%1.9%1.7%1.3%-0.4%
ROIC2.6%1.7%2.5%2.6%3.4%0.9%
ROE10.6%5.9%9.5%10.2%14.2%3.9%

Revenue and profitability


China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd's Revenue surged on 14.2% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased on 2.1 pp from 5.1% to 7.2% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 1.3% in 2015. The company showed small CAPEX/Revenue decline of 0.51 pp from 1.8% in 2012 to 1.3% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (14.16%) while ROIC is low (3.44%). ROIC increased slightly on 0.86 pp from 2.6% to 3.4% in 2015. ROE increased on 3.9 pp from 10.2% to 14.2% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt increased on 4.0% in 2015 while cash dropped on 19.4% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Insurance


Below we provide China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Insurance 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
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)6.9%13.8%13.6%13.1%10.0%
China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601)7.5%15.0%12.5%14.2%


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%
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)0.7%1.2%2.3%4.9%0.5%
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%
New China Life Insurance Co Ltd ($1336)1.4%1.2%1.6%1.6%
 
Median (10 companies)1.0%1.3%1.1%1.4%0.5%
China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601)1.1%1.8%1.9%1.7%1.3%


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)1.4%2.0%2.2%2.7%2.5%
China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601)2.6%1.7%2.5%2.6%3.4%