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Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd CAPEX dropped on 48.4% in 2015 while Revenue surged on 20.2%

13/06/2016 • About Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd ($690) • By InTwits

Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd doesn't have a profitable business model yet: 2015 ROIC is -8.6%
  • The company operates at negative EBITDA Margin: -12.3%
  • Uni-Bio Science Group 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 -18.8%0
  • Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 21.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 11.2%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 18.8 in 2015, 36.5 in 2014, 24.1 in 2013, 13.6 in 2012, 3.9 in 2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -8.6%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd ($690) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue76.857.083.3102.6123.420.2%
Gross Profit47.738.366.382.1102.825.1%
SG&A92.298.4131.433.5%
EBITDA-6.1-14.4-0.3-47.2-15.1-67.9%
Net Income-185.2-102.9-69.3-366.1-59.8-83.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash16.522.314.156.2110.095.7%
Short Term Debt23.836.132.00.00.0
Long Term Debt0.051.197.80.00.0
Cash flow
Capex3.913.624.136.518.8-48.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth-48.2%-25.7%46.1%23.1%20.2%
EBITDA growth-80.0%134.4%-98.1%17,363.0%-67.9%
Gross Margin62.1%67.2%79.5%80.0%83.3%3.3%
EBITDA Margin-8.0%-25.3%-0.3%-45.9%-12.3%33.7%
Net Income Margin-241.2%-180.4%-83.2%-356.8%-48.5%308.3%
SG&A, % of revenue110.6%95.9%106.5%10.6%
CAPEX, % of revenue5.1%23.9%28.9%35.5%15.3%-20.3%
ROIC-7.4%-9.0%-7.3%-15.6%-8.6%7.0%
ROE-19.8%-12.7%-9.5%-56.4%-10.8%45.6%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 20.2% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.9 pp from -5.5% to -3.6% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased on 3.3 pp from 80.0% to 83.3% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue jumped on 10.6 pp from 95.9% to 107% in 2015.

Net Income marign jumped on 308 pp from -357% to -48.5% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 15.3% in 2015. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 8.7 pp from 23.9% in 2012 to 15.3% in 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 26.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-8.57%) and ROE (-10.82%). ROIC increased on 7.0 pp from -15.6% to -8.6% in 2015. ROE surged on 45.6 pp from -56.4% to -10.8% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash jumped on 95.7% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Biotechnology


Below we provide Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Biotechnology 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
China Regenerative Medicine International Ltd ($8158)-95.1%975.8%-63.0%452.4%
Bloomage BioTechnology Corp Ltd ($963)33.4%36.4%28.3%35.2%
Essex Bio-technology Ltd ($1061)25.6%29.9%49.3%26.2%
Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang Bio-Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ($1349)73.7%78.9%13.2%23.1%
Amgen Inc ($4332)10.8%8.2%7.4%8.0%
 
Median (8 companies)27.5%19.6%3.5%15.5%
Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd ($690)-25.7%46.1%23.1%20.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang Bio-Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ($1349)82.8%89.9%92.2%92.2%91.4%
Essex Bio-technology Ltd ($1061)90.5%91.2%89.6%79.3%81.0%
Amgen Inc ($4332)84.4%81.5%82.1%78.0%80.5%
Bloomage BioTechnology Corp Ltd ($963)73.2%69.3%79.9%78.0%74.9%
China Regenerative Medicine International Ltd ($8158)64.4%33.6%-17.3%31.0%49.2%
 
Median (8 companies)68.8%51.8%57.5%56.5%62.0%
Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd ($690)62.1%67.2%79.5%80.0%83.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Amgen Inc ($4332)34.5%38.6%38.3%41.3%48.8%
Bloomage BioTechnology Corp Ltd ($963)56.2%46.8%39.2%45.2%44.1%
Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang Bio-Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ($1349)35.5%33.4%29.0%31.5%29.3%
Essex Bio-technology Ltd ($1061)18.0%19.0%21.9%21.3%22.6%
CK Life Sciences International Holdings Inc ($775)9.3%9.9%10.0%10.7%11.3%
 
Median (8 companies)19.1%14.4%16.0%16.0%17.0%
Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd ($690)-8.0%-25.3%-0.3%-45.9%-12.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
China Regenerative Medicine International Ltd ($8158)1,076.2%40,271.9%810.7%3,305.9%1,295.1%
Bloomage BioTechnology Corp Ltd ($963)7.0%35.8%30.4%24.6%41.0%
Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang Bio-Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ($1349)24.6%49.3%13.6%9.4%6.6%
CK Life Sciences International Holdings Inc ($775)5.4%3.8%5.8%9.9%6.0%
Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Co Ltd ($809)14.4%17.7%1.7%3.0%2.8%
 
Median (8 companies)8.4%26.8%8.1%7.1%4.4%
Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd ($690)5.1%23.9%28.9%35.5%15.3%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Essex Bio-technology Ltd ($1061)24.7%22.6%25.2%28.5%31.4%
Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang Bio-Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ($1349)15.7%20.0%20.9%18.6%17.6%
Bloomage BioTechnology Corp Ltd ($963)33.7%30.1%24.1%27.2%17.1%
Amgen Inc ($4332)11.1%13.0%11.7%11.2%14.6%
Tianjin TEDA Biomedical Engineering Co Ltd ($8189)7.5%12.4%10.1%9.8%9.5%
 
Median (8 companies)11.3%12.7%10.9%10.5%12.1%
Uni-Bio Science Group Ltd ($690)-7.4%-9.0%-7.3%-15.6%-8.6%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
CK Life Sciences International Holdings Inc ($775)5.4x4.3x6.1x6.4x6.0x
Amgen Inc ($4332)2.7x3.5x4.0x3.3x2.6x
Bloomage BioTechnology Corp Ltd ($963)-1.2x-0.5x-0.3x-0.5x1.6x
Essex Bio-technology Ltd ($1061)-1.0x0.3x-0.0x-0.1x-0.1x
Tianjin TEDA Biomedical Engineering Co Ltd ($8189)2.0x2.0x1.4x0.9x-1.3x
 
Median (6 companies)2.0x2.0x0.7x0.4x0.7x