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Daido Group Ltd revenue jumped on 29.0% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin jumped on 11.3 pp from -8.4% to 2.9%

30/03/2016 • About Daido Group Ltd ($544) • By InTwits

Daido Group Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Daido Group Ltd doesn't have a profitable business model yet: 2015 ROIC is 0.9%
  • Daido Group Ltd motivates its personel by high Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for 2011-2015 was 0.0%. On average EBITDA Margin was -5.6% for the sames years0
  • Daido Group Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 12.5%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 1.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 5.2 in 2015, 2.6 in 2014, 4.1 in 2013, 36.9 in 2012, 64.7 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 0.9%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is -2.0x while industry average is -2.2x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Daido Group Ltd ($544) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue172.8186.3193.5213.8275.829.0%
Gross Profit14.922.322.320.049.1146.1%
SG&A34.937.641.646.812.6%
EBITDA-39.8-0.4-8.4-17.98.1-145.3%
Net Income-81.2-179.9-41.3-23.9-6.4-73.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash89.654.9144.0149.2125.2-16.0%
Short Term Debt5.110.15.15.36.725.2%
Long Term Debt41.337.38.645.5102.7125.7%
Cash flow
Capex64.736.94.12.65.299.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth-3.0%7.8%3.9%10.5%29.0%
EBITDA growth-746.2%-98.9%1,812.8%113.3%-145.3%
Gross Margin8.6%12.0%11.5%9.3%17.8%8.5%
EBITDA Margin-23.0%-0.2%-4.3%-8.4%2.9%11.3%
Net Income Margin-47.0%-96.6%-21.3%-11.2%-2.3%8.8%
SG&A, % of revenue18.7%19.4%19.4%17.0%-2.5%
CAPEX, % of revenue37.5%19.8%2.1%1.2%1.9%0.7%
ROIC-9.9%-4.2%-5.5%-6.6%0.9%7.4%
ROE-20.8%-52.0%-13.9%-8.3%-2.4%5.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA-2.0x-2.0x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 29.0% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 3.4 pp from 8.0% to 11.4% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased on 8.5 pp from 9.3% to 17.8% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 2.5 pp from 19.4% to 17.0% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased on 8.8 pp from -11.2% to -2.3% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 1.9% in 2015. Daido Group Ltd showed big decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 17.9 pp from 19.8% in 2012 to 1.9% in 2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.7%.Daido Group Ltd invested a big chunk of EBITDA (64.0%) to CAPEX to fuel its growth.

Return on investment


The company operates at low but positive ROIC (0.85%) and negative ROE (-2.38%). ROIC increased on 7.4 pp from -6.6% to 0.85% in 2015. ROE increased on 5.9 pp from -8.3% to -2.4% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -2.0x Net Debt / EBITDA and 13.5x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped2.0x from to -2.0x in 2015. Debt surged on 115% in 2015 while cash dropped on 16.0% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Storage/Warehousing


Below you can find Daido Group Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Storage/Warehousing 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  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Safety Godown Co Ltd ($237)17.1%7.0%16.2%12.4%
 
Median (1 company)17.1%7.0%16.2%12.4%
Daido Group Ltd ($544)7.8%3.9%10.5%29.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Safety Godown Co Ltd ($237)98.0%70.4%77.2%69.4%73.6%
 
Median (1 company)98.0%70.4%77.2%69.4%73.6%
Daido Group Ltd ($544)-23.0%-0.2%-4.3%-8.4%2.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Safety Godown Co Ltd ($237)1.3%1.6%4.2%0.6%0.2%
 
Median (1 company)1.3%1.6%4.2%0.6%0.2%
Daido Group Ltd ($544)37.5%19.8%2.1%1.2%1.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Safety Godown Co Ltd ($237)4.9%3.4%3.4%3.0%3.2%
 
Median (1 company)4.9%3.4%3.4%3.0%3.2%
Daido Group Ltd ($544)-9.9%-4.2%-5.5%-6.6%0.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Safety Godown Co Ltd ($237)-2.0x-2.2x-2.3x-2.4x-2.4x
 
Median (1 company)-2.0x-2.2x-2.3x-2.4x-2.4x
Daido Group Ltd ($544)-2.0x