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Honbridge Holdings Ltd reports 1,542% CAPEX growth and 57.0% Revenue growth

29/03/2016 • About Honbridge Holdings Ltd ($8137) • By InTwits

Honbridge Holdings Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Honbridge Holdings Ltd doesn't have a profitable business model yet: 2015 ROIC is -1.1%
  • The company operates at negative EBITDA Margin: -1.3%
  • Honbridge Holdings Ltd spends a lot for Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for 2011-2015 is 0.0%. Average EBITDA Margin for the same period was -11.2%0
  • Honbridge Holdings Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 12.4%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 33.8%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 11.7 in 2015, 0.71 in 2014, 5.2 in 2013, 0.47 in 2012, 3.4 in 2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -1.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Honbridge Holdings Ltd ($8137) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue1,757415107311557.0%
Gross Profit1638212410.2%
SG&A618010126.8%
EBITDA-63-62-96-42-1-96.4%
Net Income-305-2229,183-3,241-1,985-38.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash36286571,2292,052.6%
Short Term Debt3001947155883,745.9%
Long Term Debt4896006627100-100.0%
Cash flow
Capex3051121,541.9%
Ratios
Revenue growth3,428.4%-76.4%-97.5%608.9%57.0%
EBITDA growth-83.1%-1.6%54.1%-56.6%-96.4%
Gross Margin0.9%0.7%73.2%29.2%20.5%-8.7%
EBITDA Margin-3.6%-15.0%-927.7%-56.8%-1.3%55.5%
Net Income Margin-17.4%-53.4%88,592.4%-4,411.3%-1,720.2%2,691.1%
SG&A, % of revenue584.4%108.7%87.8%-20.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.2%0.1%50.6%1.0%10.1%9.2%
ROIC-2.8%-3.6%-1.3%-0.5%-1.1%-0.5%
ROE-45.4%-51.4%226.3%-54.7%-71.5%-16.8%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 57.0% in 2015. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin jumped on 55.5 pp from -56.8% to -1.3% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 8.7 pp from 29.2% to 20.5% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue dropped on 20.9 pp from 109% to 87.8% in 2015.

Net Income marign surged on 2,691 pp from -4,411% to -1,720% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 10.1% in 2015. Honbridge Holdings Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue jumped on 10.0 pp from 0.11% in 2012 to 10.1% in 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 20.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-1.08%) and ROE (-71.47%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.54 pp from -0.54% to -1.1% in 2015. ROE dropped on 16.8 pp from -54.7% to -71.5% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -5.3x Net Debt / EBITDA and Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA didn't change in 2015. Debt dropped on 18.9% in 2015 while cash surged on 2,053% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Semiconductors


Below you can find Honbridge Holdings Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Semiconductors 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
Phoenitron Holdings Ltd ($8066)-7.2%4.0%243.8%405.3%
Jun Yang Solar Power Investments Ltd ($397)-81.0%256.8%1.1%168.9%
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co Ltd ($1385)15.5%16.0%3.3%23.2%
Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd ($1165)-46.3%44.4%275.6%22.4%
Solomon Systech International Ltd ($2878)26.2%-15.3%8.9%18.0%
 
Median (18 companies)-10.9%-11.2%3.8%10.4%-0.6%
Honbridge Holdings Ltd ($8137)-76.4%-97.5%608.9%57.0%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Jun Yang Solar Power Investments Ltd ($397)-2.4%87.3%79.3%53.8%73.8%
Intel Corp ($4335)62.5%62.1%59.8%63.7%62.6%
PacMOS Technologies Holdings Ltd ($1010)68.1%68.8%65.7%65.7%57.5%
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co Ltd ($1385)43.7%47.7%48.7%47.5%52.9%
Applied Materials Inc ($4336)41.5%38.0%39.8%42.4%40.9%
 
Median (18 companies)21.6%24.5%23.7%32.2%31.3%
Honbridge Holdings Ltd ($8137)0.9%0.7%73.2%29.2%20.5%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Intel Corp ($4335)43.6%41.5%38.6%42.8%41.0%
Jun Yang Solar Power Investments Ltd ($397)3.9%-218.5%-16.7%-9.9%35.0%
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp ($981)26.9%34.3%35.5%34.5%33.3%
Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd ($1347)41.9%38.5%29.7%31.5%30.0%
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co Ltd ($1385)22.4%26.5%23.9%25.4%26.8%
 
Median (18 companies)12.5%9.3%9.5%7.1%9.1%
Honbridge Holdings Ltd ($8137)-3.6%-15.0%-927.7%-56.8%-1.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Heng Xin China Holdings Ltd ($8046)17.3%16.1%4.1%11.9%110.8%
Jun Yang Solar Power Investments Ltd ($397)390.5%671.1%25.9%78.9%104.2%
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp ($981)70.6%23.5%35.1%33.2%55.0%
Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd ($1347)14.6%9.0%5.5%11.4%28.0%
China Jinhai International Group Ltd ($139)12.8%1.2%0.1%18.4%
 
Median (18 companies)10.6%4.7%4.1%7.0%5.2%
Honbridge Holdings Ltd ($8137)0.2%0.1%50.6%1.0%10.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co Ltd ($1385)22.2%25.5%22.7%21.1%20.9%
Intel Corp ($4335)32.4%23.7%17.1%20.6%17.7%
Applied Materials Inc ($4336)25.6%4.0%4.6%15.9%15.2%
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd ($522)52.1%12.3%9.2%21.9%13.7%
Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd ($1347)5.3%4.8%7.8%6.7%
 
Median (18 companies)2.7%-0.8%0.6%3.1%0.9%
Honbridge Holdings Ltd ($8137)-2.8%-3.6%-1.3%-0.5%-1.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Solargiga Energy Holdings Ltd ($757)5.9x13.8x4.4x9.0x
Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd ($1165)8.2x25.8x3.4x5.7x
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp ($981)1.9x1.3x1.0x1.0x0.5x
Intel Corp ($4335)0.1x0.2x0.4x0.5x0.3x
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd ($522)-0.4x-0.5x-0.8x-0.1x0.2x
 
Median (10 companies)-0.0x0.2x0.4x0.2x0.1x