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Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd CAPEX dropped on 32.6% in 2015 and Revenue decreased on 4.7%

28/03/2016 • About Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ($168) • By InTwits

Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.4%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 10.8%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 160 in 2015, 1,440 in 2014, 1,385 in 2013, 1,145 in 2012, 620 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 6.7%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ($168) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue21,13423,58026,06326,86725,604-4.7%
Gross Profit7,7178,1479,0558,9678,412-6.2%
SG&A5,4155,9796,2986,1126,3523.9%
EBITDA2,7952,7842,7492,8482,044-28.2%
Net Income1,7381,7591,9731,9901,713-13.9%
Balance Sheet
Cash5,5507,0728,4885,2667,57543.8%
Short Term Debt2492322,03752691173.2%
Long Term Debt1,7891,862532-38.5%
Cash flow
Capex2,4422,3782,0361,9491,314-32.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth15.9%11.6%10.5%3.1%-4.7%
EBITDA growth12.4%-0.4%-1.3%3.6%-28.2%
Gross Margin36.5%34.5%34.7%33.4%32.9%-0.5%
EBITDA Margin13.2%11.8%10.5%10.6%8.0%-2.6%
Net Income Margin8.2%7.5%7.6%7.4%6.7%-0.7%
SG&A, % of revenue25.6%25.4%24.2%22.7%24.8%2.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue11.6%10.1%7.8%7.3%5.1%-2.1%
ROIC16.4%13.4%12.0%12.2%6.7%-5.5%
ROE16.8%14.9%14.9%13.5%10.8%-2.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.3x-1.8x-2.3x-1.7x-3.3x-1.6x

Revenue and profitability


Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd's Revenue decreased on 4.7% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 0.86 pp from 1.7% to 2.6% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 0.52 pp from 33.4% to 32.9% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 2.1 pp from 22.7% to 24.8% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 0.72 pp from 7.4% to 6.7% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 5.1% in 2015. Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd showed decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 5.0 pp from 10.1% in 2012 to 5.1% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 6.7%.Battling declining revenue the company invested a large share of EBITDA (64.3%) to CAPEX but that didn't help at least in this year.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (6.71%) and ROE (10.76%). ROIC decreased on 5.5 pp from 12.2% to 6.7% in 2015. ROE decreased on 2.8 pp from 13.5% to 10.8% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -3.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.4x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 1.6x from -1.7x to -3.3x in 2015. Debt jumped on 72.6% in 2015 while cash jumped on 43.8% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Beverages


Below you can find Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Beverages 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
Sino Distillery Group Ltd ($39)-62.4%-34.9%-15.0%882.1%
Besunyen Holdings Co Ltd ($926)-43.5%2.6%15.7%17.5%
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd ($345)11.6%9.0%10.9%12.4%
Tibet 5100 Water Resources Holdings Ltd ($1115)7.7%15.4%-1.8%7.7%
China Tontine Wines Group Ltd ($389)-20.7%-73.3%62.7%2.6%
 
Median (12 companies)18.7%-2.7%-13.0%2.0%-6.6%
Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ($168)11.6%10.5%3.1%-4.7%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Besunyen Holdings Co Ltd ($926)87.8%82.5%83.3%84.3%89.7%
Tenfu Cayman Holdings Co Ltd ($6868)61.6%64.1%61.2%62.2%61.4%
Tibet 5100 Water Resources Holdings Ltd ($1115)78.8%81.4%73.2%62.7%60.3%
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd ($345)48.1%47.4%47.5%48.4%49.7%
San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Ltd ($236)43.4%42.8%42.2%42.8%41.7%
 
Median (12 companies)46.1%44.8%37.7%36.6%37.5%
Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ($168)36.5%34.5%34.7%33.4%32.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Tibet 5100 Water Resources Holdings Ltd ($1115)72.2%73.3%73.2%69.2%52.8%
China Tianyi Holdings Ltd ($756)17.7%28.4%26.1%29.7%23.0%
Tenfu Cayman Holdings Co Ltd ($6868)27.4%27.5%25.3%26.1%22.5%
Yantai North Andre Juice Co ($2218)16.1%14.1%11.9%15.5%15.7%
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd ($345)16.1%14.9%15.2%14.5%14.4%
 
Median (12 companies)17.7%17.3%9.6%11.3%11.6%
Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ($168)13.2%11.8%10.5%10.6%8.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Culiangwang Beverages Holdings Ltd ($904)39.1%26.8%52.2%81.8%75.8%
Sino Distillery Group Ltd ($39)6.2%32.4%6.5%0.4%12.0%
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd ($345)14.0%11.1%4.2%5.1%11.1%
Tenfu Cayman Holdings Co Ltd ($6868)11.2%18.3%8.8%12.0%9.2%
China Tianyi Holdings Ltd ($756)7.5%5.8%6.2%33.6%6.1%
 
Median (12 companies)6.2%11.1%6.5%8.8%4.5%
Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ($168)11.6%10.1%7.8%7.3%5.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd ($345)23.8%20.8%20.6%21.7%23.5%
Tenfu Cayman Holdings Co Ltd ($6868)26.1%19.4%17.9%15.7%11.0%
Tibet 5100 Water Resources Holdings Ltd ($1115)41.0%23.3%20.3%14.9%11.0%
Besunyen Holdings Co Ltd ($926)0.2%-24.2%-8.9%3.2%4.1%
Yantai North Andre Juice Co ($2218)8.4%6.5%3.2%4.2%4.1%
 
Median (12 companies)10.3%9.6%3.0%2.7%2.6%
Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ($168)16.4%13.4%12.0%12.2%6.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
San Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Ltd ($236)2.0x1.0x3.8x
Yantai North Andre Juice Co ($2218)2.6x2.3x2.4x2.2x3.0x
China Tianyi Holdings Ltd ($756)-3.7x-1.0x-0.8x0.9x1.1x
Tenfu Cayman Holdings Co Ltd ($6868)-1.7x-1.0x-0.2x0.8x0.1x
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd ($345)-0.1x0.3x0.0x-0.3x-0.2x
 
Median (8 companies)-0.4x-0.7x1.9x1.0x-0.0x
Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd ($168)-1.3x-1.8x-2.3x-1.7x-3.3x