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Honworld Group Ltd reports 48.7% CAPEX decline while 19.5% Revenue growth

29/03/2016 • About Honworld Group Ltd ($2226) • By InTwits

Honworld Group Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Honworld Group Ltd is a fast growth stock: 2015 revenue growth was 19.5%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 85.6% at 2015 ROIC 16.5%
  • Honworld Group Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 22.9%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 12.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 174 in 2015, 340 in 2014, 57.1 in 2013, 20.3 in 2012, 27.7 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 16.5%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.3x while industry average is -2.5x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Honworld Group Ltd ($2226) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue109.5337.1530.4668.4798.919.5%
Gross Profit46.2192.9313.1386.5450.916.7%
SG&A17.347.099.8121.8155.327.6%
EBITDA31.1149.6223.5281.0342.922.0%
Net Income20.298.4174.2211.6228.58.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash10.42.244.0216.6186.0-14.1%
Short Term Debt146.3206.4233.0308.8570.384.7%
Long Term Debt0.010.00.0109.074.4-31.7%
Cash flow
Capex27.720.357.1339.9174.4-48.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth201.7%207.9%57.3%26.0%19.5%
EBITDA growth198.7%381.7%49.4%25.8%22.0%
Gross Margin42.2%57.2%59.0%57.8%56.4%-1.4%
EBITDA Margin28.4%44.4%42.1%42.0%42.9%0.9%
Net Income Margin18.5%29.2%32.8%31.7%28.6%-3.1%
SG&A, % of revenue15.8%13.9%18.8%18.2%19.4%1.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue25.3%6.0%10.8%50.8%21.8%-29.0%
ROIC22.1%50.4%44.5%23.6%16.5%-7.1%
ROE79.1%116.6%81.1%27.3%17.1%-10.2%
Net Debt/EBITDA4.4x1.4x0.8x0.7x1.3x0.6x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 19.5% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin jumped on 16.9 pp from 30.7% to 47.6% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 1.4 pp from 57.8% to 56.4% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 1.2 pp from 18.2% to 19.4% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 3.1 pp from 31.7% to 28.6% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 21.8% in 2015. The company showed fast CAPEX/Revenue growth of 15.8 pp from 6.0% in 2012 to 21.8% in 2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 27.8%.The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (50.9%) to CAPEX to fuel its growth.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (16.50%) and ROE (17.07%). ROIC decreased on 7.1 pp from 23.6% to 16.5% in 2015. ROE dropped on 10.2 pp from 27.3% to 17.1% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 1.3x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.9x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.6x from 0.7x to 1.3x in 2015. Debt surged on 54.3% in 2015 while cash dropped on 14.1% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Food


Below you can find Honworld Group Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Food 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
Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd ($1076)-27.6%-18.5%2.7%70.3%
Chinese Food and Beverage Group ($8272)207.7%149.2%26.8%31.6%
Huisheng International Holdings Ltd ($1340)-2.4%5.6%8.7%25.9%
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd ($6863)256.3%91.5%38.3%11.1%
Lam Soon Hong Kong Ltd ($411)15.1%25.2%13.8%8.1%
 
Median (32 companies)22.5%9.8%6.4%2.7%-3.7%
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)207.9%57.3%26.0%19.5%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Hung Fook Tong Group Holdings Ltd ($1446)57.0%60.7%60.0%58.7%60.7%
Yashili International Holdings Ltd ($1230)52.0%53.7%53.5%51.2%50.8%
Natural Dairy NZ Holdings Ltd ($462)16.3%-13.7%27.5%48.8%49.6%
Christine International Holdings Ltd ($1210)51.3%50.2%49.7%47.2%47.2%
Shenguan Holdings Group Ltd ($829)61.9%58.2%58.5%54.9%44.2%
 
Median (31 companies)17.7%16.5%18.5%19.8%23.7%
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)42.2%57.2%59.0%57.8%56.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Shenguan Holdings Group Ltd ($829)57.2%58.7%59.2%54.5%43.6%
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd ($6863)109.2%45.1%47.9%47.1%37.2%
YuanShengTai Dairy Farm Ltd ($1431)147.8%40.3%48.4%47.1%35.4%
Want Want China Holdings Ltd ($151)20.1%23.8%25.8%23.8%25.2%
China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd ($1117)33.9%33.5%27.0%25.3%21.1%
 
Median (31 companies)8.0%7.9%6.5%7.4%8.0%
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)28.4%44.4%42.1%42.0%42.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd ($6863)453.6%98.2%29.8%132.0%109.8%
YuanShengTai Dairy Farm Ltd ($1431)182.5%26.1%18.3%43.4%30.1%
Yashili International Holdings Ltd ($1230)3.6%8.2%7.1%20.1%12.5%
Vedan International Holdings Ltd ($2317)2.8%2.5%2.4%18.8%4.0%
China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd ($1117)58.9%50.6%18.7%42.4%
 
Median (39 companies)3.9%5.1%5.3%5.1%4.9%
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)25.3%6.0%10.8%50.8%21.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Want Want China Holdings Ltd ($151)24.9%27.9%29.4%22.8%21.8%
WH Group Ltd ($288)20.3%3.6%15.0%13.3%
Tenwow International Holdings Ltd ($1219)20.3%19.7%15.7%12.8%11.9%
Asia Cassava Resources Holdings Ltd ($841)13.8%4.2%5.9%13.6%11.6%
Shenguan Holdings Group Ltd ($829)40.6%40.0%33.2%21.4%10.0%
 
Median (32 companies)10.4%7.6%5.9%5.5%5.6%
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)22.1%50.4%44.5%23.6%16.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Beijing Jingkelong Co Ltd ($814)3.4x5.0x4.8x5.3x9.3x
China Kangda Food Co Ltd ($834)2.1x2.8x2.5x2.3x5.4x
China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd ($1117)1.3x3.7x5.2x4.1x5.3x
Asia Cassava Resources Holdings Ltd ($841)0.6x4.0x5.6x-0.6x4.7x
China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co Ltd ($6863)5.6x3.3x1.8x0.8x3.7x
 
Median (26 companies)0.2x-0.5x0.7x1.0x1.3x
Honworld Group Ltd ($2226)4.4x1.4x0.8x0.7x1.3x