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Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd reports 2,268% Net Income growth in 2016 and 21.8% Revenue growth

20/06/2016 • About Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8260) • By InTwits

Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 15.0% in FY2016, -0.0% in FY2015, 0.7% in FY2014, 2.7% in FY2013, 7.3% in FY2012
  • Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.2%.
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 7.5%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8260) key annual financial indicators

mln. 201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue165.2182.3194.7214.6261.321.8%
Gross Profit19.018.614.618.859.5216.4%
SG&A9.214.219.926.834.4%
EBITDA12.05.01.3-0.039.1
Net Income9.73.30.3-1.533.2
Balance Sheet
Cash4.46.621.771.794.231.4%
Short Term Debt4.15.02.60.30.2-46.0%
Long Term Debt0.00.70.40.10.3170.4%
Cash flow
Capex0.10.60.50.10.61,068.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth9.4%10.3%6.8%10.2%21.8%
EBITDA growth28.1%-58.8%-74.1%-101.6%-186,490.5%
Gross Margin11.5%10.2%7.5%8.8%22.8%14.0%
EBITDA Margin7.3%2.7%0.7%-0.0%15.0%15.0%
Net Income Margin5.9%1.8%0.1%-0.7%12.7%13.4%
SG&A, % of revenue5.0%7.3%9.3%10.3%1.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.1%0.3%0.3%0.0%0.2%0.2%
ROIC67.3%22.8%2.0%-1.1%7.5%8.6%
ROE77.3%21.7%1.0%-2.0%6.7%8.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.0x-0.2x-14.6x-2.4x-2.4x

Revenue and profitability


Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd's Revenue surged on 21.8%. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 3.6 pp from -7.5% to -11.1% in FY2016.

Gross Margin jumped on 14.0 pp from 8.8% to 22.8% in FY2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 0.96 pp from 9.3% to 10.3% in FY2016.

Net Income marign jumped on 13.4 pp from -0.71% to 12.7% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.23%. Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2013 to FY2016. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.17%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (7.52%) and ROE (6.71%). ROIC increased on 8.6 pp from -1.1% to 7.5% in FY2016. ROE increased on 8.7 pp from -2.0% to 6.7% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -2.4x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.0x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped2.4x from to -2.4x in FY2016. Debt increased on 9.8% while cash jumped on 31.4%.

Appendix 1: Peers in Commercial Services


Below you can find Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Commercial Services 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 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Kai Yuan Holdings Ltd ($1215)99.1%14.9%-88.3%271.8%
China Seven Star Holdings Ltd ($245)6.7%-81.8%-39.3%195.3%
China Smartpay Group Holdings Ltd ($8325)60.0%274.7%75.6%124.5%
Celebrate International Holdings Ltd ($8212)-90.1%1,437.6%-6.3%117.0%
Haier Healthwise Holdings Ltd ($348)-22.0%-50.1%-7.5%101.1%
 
Median (65 companies)6.7%8.6%9.9%4.0%-9.9%
Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8260)10.3%6.8%10.2%21.8%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
HC International Inc ($2280)87.5%91.9%92.5%89.6%
Winto Group Holdings Ltd ($8238)90.2%93.4%92.0%88.4%
Dingyi Group Investment Ltd ($508)75.8%64.5%86.0%
Fu Shou Yuan International Group Ltd ($1448)80.5%80.4%80.0%77.6%
Nirvana Asia Ltd ($1438)68.3%69.6%70.5%75.7%
 
Median (60 companies)32.2%31.1%31.8%31.9%68.2%
Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8260)11.5%10.2%7.5%8.8%22.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Zuoli Kechuang Micro-Finance Co Ltd ($6866)61.6%84.9%75.9%80.9%
Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd ($152)60.2%65.8%97.1%73.6%
Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Ltd ($1052)78.3%74.5%74.0%71.6%
CAR Inc ($699)43.6%30.1%43.1%67.4%
Jiangsu Expressway Co Ltd ($177)57.0%60.7%59.3%61.5%
 
Median (65 companies)17.6%16.0%12.9%10.1%-40.7%
Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8260)7.3%2.7%0.7%-0.0%15.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Blue Sky Power Holdings Ltd ($6828)21.3%9.0%13.9%47.4%
COSCO Pacific Ltd ($1199)96.6%66.6%43.3%45.8%
Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd ($152)23.0%22.1%20.9%35.0%
Celebrate International Holdings Ltd ($8212)211.7%12.0%6.2%34.2%
China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd ($1317)25.7%50.9%21.1%32.8%
 
Median (65 companies)3.1%4.0%3.2%3.9%0.6%
Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8260)0.1%0.3%0.3%0.0%0.2%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Wonderful Sky Financial Group Holdings Ltd ($1260)51.5%26.6%30.0%29.5%
1010 Printing Group Ltd ($1127)13.5%20.8%17.8%19.9%
China Packaging Holdings Development Ltd ($1439)52.0%46.6%34.1%19.8%
iOne Holdings Ltd ($982)12.5%11.1%9.4%19.2%
CAR Inc ($699)5.2%2.7%12.2%19.0%
 
Median (65 companies)6.3%5.8%5.8%3.3%-34.9%
Zebra Strategic Holdings Ltd ($8260)67.3%22.8%2.0%-1.1%7.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Celebrate International Holdings Ltd ($8212)22.2x
Kai Yuan Holdings Ltd ($1215)-143.8x-0.7x18.8x
Eagle Legend Asia Ltd ($936)4.0x4.0x3.3x6.2x
Sichuan Expressway Co Ltd ($107)2.7x3.8x4.3x5.5x
Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Ltd ($1052)4.5x3.1x2.7x5.3x
 
Median (43 companies)-0.0x-0.7x-0.5x-0.6x