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30/09/2016 • About Birmingham International Holdings Ltd ($2309) • By InTwits

Birmingham International Holdings Ltd reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Birmingham International Holdings Ltd is a company in decline: FY2016 revenue growth was -33.2%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -26.3%
  • The company operates at negative EBITDA Margin: -66.2%
  • Birmingham International Holdings Ltd spends a lot for Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for FY2012-FY2016 is 0.0%. Average EBITDA Margin for the same period was -31.5%0
  • Birmingham International Holdings Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.3%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 6.0%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 3.0 in FY2016, 4.5 in FY2015, 13.2 in FY2014, 7.5 in FY2013, 0.97 in FY2012
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -47.6%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Birmingham International Holdings Ltd ($2309) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue489.9294.5253.2253.6169.3-33.2%
SG&A98.871.332.9-53.9%
EBITDA9.2-133.2-181.9-42.2-112.2
Net Income136.9-118.8-157.4-4.2-58.6
Balance Sheet
Cash72.650.0143.058.827.0-54.1%
Short Term Debt105.1178.4298.3140.0120.3-14.1%
Long Term Debt7.22.00.843.9150.5243.1%
Cash flow
Capex1.07.513.24.53.0-32.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth-37.3%-39.9%-14.0%0.1%-33.2%
EBITDA growth-33.7%-1,553.6%36.6%-76.8%165.8%
EBITDA Margin1.9%-45.2%-71.8%-16.6%-66.2%-49.6%
Net Income Margin27.9%-40.3%-62.2%-1.6%-34.6%-33.0%
SG&A, % of revenue39.0%28.1%19.4%-8.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.2%2.6%5.2%1.8%1.8%0.0%
ROIC-50.9%-115.7%-78.6%-18.9%-47.6%-28.7%
ROE-13.5%13.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA4.3x0.0x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue dropped on 33.2%. Revenue decline was worsened by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 49.6 pp from -16.6% to -66.2% in FY2016.

SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 8.7 pp from 28.1% to 19.4% in FY2016.

Net Income marign dropped on 33.0 pp from -1.6% to -34.6% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2016 Birmingham International Holdings Ltd had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.8%. Birmingham International Holdings Ltd showed small CAPEX/Revenue decline of 0.75 pp from 2.6% in FY2013 to 1.8% in FY2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.9%.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -6.2x Net Debt / EBITDA and Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA didn't change in FY2016. Debt jumped on 47.3% while cash dropped on 54.1%.

Appendix 1: Peers in Commercial Services


Below we provide Birmingham International Holdings Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Commercial Services 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 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)274.7%75.6%124.5%79.5%
Celebrate International Holdings Ltd ($8212)1,437.6%-6.3%117.0%-78.1%
Haier Healthwise Holdings Ltd ($348)-50.1%-7.5%101.1%-9.4%
 
Median (67 companies)6.7%8.6%9.9%4.7%9.4%
Birmingham International Holdings Ltd ($2309)-39.9%-14.0%0.1%-33.2%


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%89.6%
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 (62 companies)31.6%30.7%31.0%31.2%29.3%


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 (67 companies)17.6%16.0%12.9%10.1%-0.1%
Birmingham International Holdings Ltd ($2309)1.9%-45.2%-71.8%-16.6%-66.2%


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%18.6%
China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd ($1317)25.7%50.9%21.1%32.8%
 
Median (67 companies)3.0%3.8%2.4%3.9%1.7%
Birmingham International Holdings Ltd ($2309)0.2%2.6%5.2%1.8%1.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Bamboos Health Care Holdings Ltd ($8216)71.1%50.1%58.3%40.0%
Wonderful Sky Financial Group Holdings Ltd ($1260)51.5%26.6%30.0%29.5%19.8%
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%
 
Median (67 companies)7.5%7.0%6.7%3.6%-0.8%
Birmingham International Holdings Ltd ($2309)-50.9%-115.7%-78.6%-18.9%-47.6%


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 (45 companies)-0.0x-0.7x-0.8x-0.6x-2.4x