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China Natural Investment Co Ltd reports 4,159% CAPEX growth in 2016 and 11.6% Revenue growth

27/09/2016 • About China Natural Investment Co Ltd ($8250) • By InTwits

China Natural Investment Co Ltd reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China Natural Investment Co Ltd is a fast growth stock: FY2016 revenue growth was 11.6%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 54.3% at FY2016 ROIC 18.4%
  • China Natural Investment Co 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 57.3%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 24.2 in FY2016, 0.57 in FY2015, 5.7 in FY2014, 7.4 in FY2013, 18.8 in FY2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 18.4%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China Natural Investment Co Ltd ($8250) key annual financial indicators

mln. 201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue51.344.2269.4328.5366.611.6%
Gross Profit19.514.328.540.7122.5201.0%
SG&A36.130.045.852.351.4-1.9%
EBITDA-17.1-17.5-19.3-31.6185.7
Net Income-16.211.7-3.6-63.9-130.0
Balance Sheet
Cash32.8121.062.0100.9216.1114.2%
Short Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Long Term Debt0.00.00.00.0145.3
Cash flow
Capex18.87.45.70.624.24,159.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth22.3%-13.8%509.5%21.9%11.6%
EBITDA growth63.8%2.2%10.4%63.9%-687.5%
Gross Margin38.1%32.4%10.6%12.4%33.4%21.0%
EBITDA Margin-33.3%-39.5%-7.2%-9.6%50.7%60.3%
Net Income Margin-31.6%26.4%-1.3%-19.4%-35.5%-16.0%
SG&A, % of revenue70.4%68.0%17.0%15.9%14.0%-1.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue36.8%16.8%2.1%0.2%6.6%6.4%
ROIC-6.4%-4.9%-4.5%-5.6%18.4%24.1%
ROE-5.3%3.0%-0.7%-10.3%-19.0%-8.6%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.4x-0.4x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 11.6%. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin surged on 60.3 pp from -9.6% to 50.7% in FY2016.

Gross Margin jumped on 21.0 pp from 12.4% to 33.4% in FY2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased slightly on 1.9 pp from 15.9% to 14.0% in FY2016.

Net Income marign dropped on 16.0 pp from -19.4% to -35.5% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


China Natural Investment Co Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue was 6.6% in FY2016. CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 10.2 pp from 16.8% in FY2013 to 6.6% in FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.0%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low but positive ROIC (18.44%) and negative ROE (-18.96%). ROIC surged on 24.1 pp from -5.6% to 18.4% in FY2016. ROE decreased on 8.6 pp from -10.3% to -19.0% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -0.4x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.8x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped0.4x from to -0.4x in FY2016. Debt surged while cash surged on 114%.

Appendix 1: Peers in Healthcare-Services


Below you can find China Natural Investment Co Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Healthcare-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  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Town Health International Medical Group Ltd ($3886)0.7%3.7%39.5%127.0%
SkyOcean International Holdings Ltd ($593)15.7%-7.4%-30.5%38.1%
Phoenix Healthcare Group Co Ltd ($1515)48.8%17.1%35.9%13.8%
Hua Xia Healthcare Holdings Ltd ($8143)10.1%11.0%-20.6%-11.6%
 
Median (4 companies)15.7%6.9%23.5%25.9%-11.6%
China Natural Investment Co Ltd ($8250)-13.8%509.5%21.9%11.6%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Town Health International Medical Group Ltd ($3886)34.7%33.9%32.5%42.7%
Phoenix Healthcare Group Co Ltd ($1515)24.4%24.0%24.7%24.0%
Hua Xia Healthcare Holdings Ltd ($8143)12.8%11.8%12.0%15.6%17.7%
 
Median (3 companies)24.4%24.0%24.7%24.0%17.7%
China Natural Investment Co Ltd ($8250)38.1%32.4%10.6%12.4%33.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
SkyOcean International Holdings Ltd ($593)28.4%31.5%-151.1%29.4%
Phoenix Healthcare Group Co Ltd ($1515)26.5%26.5%25.8%20.4%
Town Health International Medical Group Ltd ($3886)-135.5%-44.4%-0.3%19.4%
Hua Xia Healthcare Holdings Ltd ($8143)5.5%4.6%5.2%2.1%-0.2%
 
Median (4 companies)16.0%15.6%2.5%19.9%-0.2%
China Natural Investment Co Ltd ($8250)-33.3%-39.5%-7.2%-9.6%50.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
SkyOcean International Holdings Ltd ($593)0.9%1.3%4.8%385.3%
Town Health International Medical Group Ltd ($3886)5.0%48.6%16.8%22.1%
Phoenix Healthcare Group Co Ltd ($1515)3.7%2.4%3.0%2.3%
Hua Xia Healthcare Holdings Ltd ($8143)0.9%0.5%0.5%1.2%
 
Median (4 companies)2.3%1.8%3.9%12.2%
China Natural Investment Co Ltd ($8250)36.8%16.8%2.1%0.2%6.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Phoenix Healthcare Group Co Ltd ($1515)17.9%14.3%14.6%12.8%
Town Health International Medical Group Ltd ($3886)-29.7%-10.9%-2.3%4.4%
Hua Xia Healthcare Holdings Ltd ($8143)7.5%6.5%8.1%2.2%-3.8%
SkyOcean International Holdings Ltd ($593)2.8%2.4%-5.2%0.7%
 
Median (4 companies)5.2%4.5%2.9%3.3%-3.8%
China Natural Investment Co Ltd ($8250)-6.4%-4.9%-4.5%-5.6%18.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
SkyOcean International Holdings Ltd ($593)-20.7x-0.8x83.1x
Hua Xia Healthcare Holdings Ltd ($8143)1.7x1.9x0.9x3.5x
Phoenix Healthcare Group Co Ltd ($1515)0.6x-3.8x-3.2x-3.4x
Town Health International Medical Group Ltd ($3886)-7.7x
 
Median (4 companies)0.6x-0.8x-1.1x0.1x