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China National Building Material Co Ltd EBITDA dropped on 22.9% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.5 pp from 23.4% to 22.0%

28/03/2016 • About China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323) • By InTwits

China National Building Material Co Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China National Building Material Co Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 10.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 7.4%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 8,485 in 2015, 4,319 in 2014, 4,881 in 2013, 3,970 in 2012, 4,052 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 5.4%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 8.5x while industry average is 2.1x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue80,05887,218117,688122,011100,292-17.8%
Gross Profit21,31720,12830,13833,27924,619-26.0%
SG&A6,5979,24314,92416,69616,415-1.7%
EBITDA20,40420,41525,34428,60922,050-22.9%
Net Income8,0155,5805,7625,9651,345-77.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash9,73810,2228,98010,29110,5802.8%
Short Term Debt53,99292,502116,021143,783148,8823.5%
Long Term Debt34,84555,38064,84746,87448,6523.8%
Cash flow
Capex13,07111,72610,1669,1747,957-13.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth54.0%8.9%34.9%3.7%-17.8%
EBITDA growth90.3%0.1%24.1%12.9%-22.9%
Gross Margin26.6%23.1%25.6%27.3%24.5%-2.7%
EBITDA Margin25.5%23.4%21.5%23.4%22.0%-1.5%
Net Income Margin10.0%6.4%4.9%4.9%1.3%-3.5%
SG&A, % of revenue8.2%10.6%12.7%13.7%16.4%2.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue16.3%13.4%8.6%7.5%7.9%0.4%
ROIC15.9%9.9%9.0%8.7%5.4%-3.3%
ROE35.2%19.6%17.5%15.6%2.5%-13.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA3.9x6.7x6.8x6.3x8.5x2.2x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue dropped on 17.8% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 2.7 pp from 12.3% to 15.0% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 2.7 pp from 27.3% to 24.5% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 2.7 pp from 13.7% to 16.4% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 3.5 pp from 4.9% to 1.3% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 7.9% in 2015. China National Building Material Co Ltd showed decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 5.5 pp from 13.4% in 2012 to 7.9% in 2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.0%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (5.37%) and ROE (2.47%). ROIC decreased on 3.3 pp from 8.7% to 5.4% in 2015. ROE dropped on 13.1 pp from 15.6% to 2.5% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 8.5x and Debt / EBITDA is 9.0x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 2.2x from 6.3x to 8.5x in 2015. Debt increased on 3.6% in 2015 while cash increased on 2.8% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Building Materials


Below you can find China National Building Material 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%57.3%
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%-3.5%9.6%6.3%-9.8%
China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323)8.9%34.9%3.7%-17.8%


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%98.6%
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%36.4%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)39.4%27.3%32.5%33.2%26.9%
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd ($1313)31.1%24.1%28.5%31.3%24.0%
 
Median (24 companies)26.0%20.0%22.0%20.8%20.1%
China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323)26.6%23.1%25.6%27.3%24.5%


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%34.7%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)38.8%27.1%31.1%32.1%29.7%
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%
 
Median (24 companies)18.3%15.1%16.9%17.4%17.5%
China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323)25.5%23.4%21.5%23.4%22.0%


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%8.5%5.4%6.4%
China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323)16.3%13.4%8.6%7.5%7.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Dongpeng Holdings Co Ltd ($3386)49.7%37.1%35.8%27.2%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)27.2%12.7%17.5%18.4%11.7%
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%
 
Median (24 companies)12.1%5.0%6.9%4.8%1.4%
China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323)15.9%9.9%9.0%8.7%5.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Sustainable Forest Holdings Ltd ($723)0.9x9.6x
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
China Glass Holdings Ltd ($3300)3.0x9.9x2.9x4.7x
 
Median (20 companies)0.9x2.4x1.1x1.9x3.8x
China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323)3.9x6.7x6.8x6.3x8.5x