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Microport Scientific Corp Debt dropped on 36.8% in 2015

29/03/2016 • About Microport Scientific Corp ($853) • By InTwits

Microport Scientific Corp reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Microport Scientific Corp doesn't have a profitable business model yet: 2015 ROIC is 0.7%
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 11.3% in 2015, -2.2% in 2014, 25.8% in 2013, 44.6% in 2012, 40.4% in 2011
  • Microport Scientific Corp has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 20.6%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 13.8%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2.7 in 2015, 7.9 in 2014, 9.1 in 2013, 3.6 in 2012, 14.0 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 0.7%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Microport Scientific Corp ($853) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue130.0147.5151.7355.3375.85.8%
Gross Profit108.7123.3122.9243.3252.53.8%
SG&A38.744.044.9204.4192.8-5.7%
EBITDA52.565.839.1-7.842.4-645.2%
Net Income49.756.124.0-59.5-12.1-79.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash173.966.3159.9215.699.5-53.9%
Short Term Debt0.43.329.6217.856.3-74.1%
Long Term Debt0.50.422.0226.3224.2-0.9%
Cash flow
Capex24.046.742.453.436.6-31.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth20.9%13.5%2.8%134.3%5.8%
EBITDA growth4.3%25.3%-40.6%-119.9%-645.2%
Gross Margin83.7%83.6%81.0%68.5%67.2%-1.3%
EBITDA Margin40.4%44.6%25.8%-2.2%11.3%13.5%
Net Income Margin38.2%38.0%15.8%-16.7%-3.2%13.5%
SG&A, % of revenue29.8%29.8%29.6%57.5%51.3%-6.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue18.5%31.6%27.9%15.0%9.7%-5.3%
ROIC14.4%16.5%7.7%-7.3%0.7%8.0%
ROE15.7%16.0%6.3%-16.2%-3.7%12.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA-3.3x-1.0x-2.8x4.3x4.3x

Revenue and profitability


Microport Scientific Corp's Revenue increased on 5.8% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin surged on 24.4 pp from 11.7% to 36.1% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 1.3 pp from 68.5% to 67.2% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 6.2 pp from 57.5% to 51.3% in 2015.

Net Income marign surged on 13.5 pp from -16.7% to -3.2% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Microport Scientific Corp's CAPEX/Revenue was 9.7% in 2015. Microport Scientific Corp's CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 21.9 pp from 31.6% in 2012 to 9.7% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 17.6%.The company maintained rich investment policy and has spent a big chunk of EBITDA (86.3%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at low but positive ROIC (0.68%) and negative ROE (-3.69%). ROIC increased on 8.0 pp from -7.3% to 0.68% in 2015. ROE surged on 12.5 pp from -16.2% to -3.7% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 4.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 6.6x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped4.3x from to 4.3x in 2015. Debt dropped on 36.8% in 2015 while cash dropped on 53.9% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Healthcare-Products


Below we provide Microport Scientific Corp benchmarking against other companies in Healthcare-Products 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
Vitop Bioenergy Holdings Ltd ($1178)-24.7%-3.2%-27.3%92.4%
China Medical System Holdings Ltd ($867)30.8%26.5%31.0%20.7%
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co Ltd ($1066)16.0%25.1%14.4%12.1%
BBI Life Sciences Corp ($1035)16.4%18.0%15.1%11.5%
Lifetech Scientific Corp ($1302)29.3%27.3%22.4%10.2%
 
Median (13 companies)13.7%10.3%18.0%8.9%5.7%
Microport Scientific Corp ($853)13.5%2.8%134.3%5.8%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Lifetech Scientific Corp ($1302)80.5%80.1%81.6%81.4%81.1%
PW Medtech Group Ltd ($1358)62.3%66.0%67.9%72.8%75.1%
Golden Meditech Holdings Ltd ($801)57.5%69.1%69.8%70.2%72.8%
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co Ltd ($1066)55.3%57.3%59.1%58.8%59.4%
China Medical System Holdings Ltd ($867)56.6%58.8%54.5%56.2%57.6%
 
Median (13 companies)49.0%44.9%50.5%46.8%48.0%
Microport Scientific Corp ($853)83.7%83.6%81.0%68.5%67.2%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
PW Medtech Group Ltd ($1358)42.3%44.2%30.6%41.6%48.6%
Lifetech Scientific Corp ($1302)17.2%31.6%24.5%23.4%33.1%
China Medical System Holdings Ltd ($867)31.6%34.5%32.4%39.4%32.3%
Hengan International Group Co Ltd ($1044)20.8%27.4%25.3%25.3%28.0%
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co Ltd ($1066)31.3%28.5%28.0%29.0%27.8%
 
Median (13 companies)19.0%18.3%19.9%13.4%10.9%
Microport Scientific Corp ($853)40.4%44.6%25.8%-2.2%11.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Lifetech Scientific Corp ($1302)10.7%0.0%16.5%0.0%70.0%
PW Medtech Group Ltd ($1358)21.1%14.8%22.3%30.2%42.1%
Golden Meditech Holdings Ltd ($801)9.5%12.7%51.2%27.3%26.1%
BBI Life Sciences Corp ($1035)31.1%23.6%6.7%6.4%20.0%
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co Ltd ($1066)41.7%26.0%20.2%11.7%18.3%
 
Median (13 companies)8.3%3.8%6.6%5.0%4.6%
Microport Scientific Corp ($853)18.5%31.6%27.9%15.0%9.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Lifetech Scientific Corp ($1302)13.0%17.5%15.9%21.2%32.9%
China Medical System Holdings Ltd ($867)19.7%19.4%20.2%27.4%20.5%
Hengan International Group Co Ltd ($1044)16.9%19.5%14.9%14.0%16.4%
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co Ltd ($1066)14.6%10.5%11.7%12.8%11.8%
PW Medtech Group Ltd ($1358)30.9%30.7%9.2%10.0%10.7%
 
Median (13 companies)12.1%6.8%7.1%5.2%8.5%
Microport Scientific Corp ($853)14.4%16.5%7.7%-7.3%0.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Techcomp Holdings Ltd ($1298)1.7x4.3x3.6x2.7x3.0x
Hengan International Group Co Ltd ($1044)0.9x1.4x1.7x1.8x1.7x
China Medical System Holdings Ltd ($867)-0.8x-0.4x-0.2x0.2x-0.0x
PW Medtech Group Ltd ($1358)-0.8x-1.2x-7.5x-0.3x-1.1x
Lifetech Scientific Corp ($1302)-7.7x-3.5x-2.8x-2.7x-1.1x
 
Median (9 companies)-0.9x-1.1x-1.2x-1.5x-1.1x
Microport Scientific Corp ($853)-3.3x-1.0x-2.8x4.3x