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Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd reports 173% CAPEX growth while 2.4% Revenue decline

07/10/2016 • About Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd ($567) • By InTwits

Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd is a company in decline: FY2015 revenue growth was -2.4%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -7.3%
  • The company operates at negative EBITDA Margin: -14.9%
  • Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 5.1%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 34.1 in FY2015, 12.5 in FY2014, 8.7 in FY2013, 0.62 in FY2012, 14.2 in FY2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -9.0%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 6.2x while industry average is 1.4x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd ($567) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue442.4362.0295.9244.4238.6-2.4%
Gross Profit55.20.115.69.87.8-20.5%
SG&A38.236.246.829.1%
EBITDA51.2-1.14.0-9.5-35.5272.2%
Net Income16.7-92.3-68.5-37.514.3-138.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash157.7160.2109.570.891.128.7%
Short Term Debt82.497.4161.7237.3241.81.9%
Long Term Debt16.618.53.10.00.0
Cash flow
Capex14.20.68.712.534.1173.1%
Ratios
Revenue growth27.1%-18.2%-18.3%-17.4%-2.4%
EBITDA growth3.9%-102.2%-455.8%-336.4%272.2%
Gross Margin12.5%0.0%5.3%4.0%3.3%-0.7%
EBITDA Margin11.6%-0.3%1.4%-3.9%-14.9%-11.0%
Net Income Margin3.8%-25.5%-23.2%-15.4%6.0%21.4%
SG&A, % of revenue12.9%14.8%19.6%4.8%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.2%0.2%2.9%5.1%14.3%9.2%
ROIC2.3%-7.6%-4.8%-5.0%-9.0%-3.9%
ROE3.7%-21.1%-18.5%-11.7%4.6%16.3%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.1x13.7x0.0x

Revenue and profitability


Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd's Revenue decreased on 2.4% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 11.0 pp from -3.9% to -14.9% in FY2015.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 0.74 pp from 4.0% to 3.3% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 4.8 pp from 14.8% to 19.6% in FY2015.

Net Income marign surged on 21.4 pp from -15.4% to 6.0% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 14.3%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue surged on 14.1 pp from 0.17% in FY2012 to 14.3% in FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 7.5%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-8.96%) and low but positive ROE (4.62%). ROIC decreased on 3.9 pp from -5.0% to -9.0% in FY2015. ROE jumped on 16.3 pp from -11.7% to 4.6% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 6.2x and Debt / EBITDA is . Net Debt / EBITDA didn't change in FY2015. Debt increased slightly on 1.9% in FY2015 while cash surged on 28.7% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Electronics


Below you can find Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Electronics 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 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
GCL New Energy Holdings Ltd ($451)14.7%-6.8%10.9%53.9%
Tech Pro Technology Development Ltd ($3823)7.4%-44.9%-13.7%52.4%
Nanjing Sample Technology Co Ltd ($1708)36.1%8.0%15.4%34.8%
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc ($2018)54.8%28.9%9.7%32.2%
Ningbo Wanhao Holdings Co Ltd ($8249)5.7%412.4%-6.9%28.9%
 
Median (50 companies)5.7%4.1%7.2%0.4%
Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd ($567)-18.2%-18.3%-17.4%-2.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd ($8210)51.4%54.0%58.1%49.5%49.6%
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc ($2018)44.0%44.2%42.7%41.4%41.5%
TeleEye Holdings Ltd ($8051)44.0%42.1%38.5%37.0%
Hi Sun Technology China Ltd ($818)20.8%28.1%37.4%33.3%34.7%
Datronix Holdings Ltd ($889)41.3%32.9%32.0%34.1%34.6%
 
Median (48 companies)16.7%14.1%13.8%14.1%15.3%
Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd ($567)12.5%0.0%5.3%4.0%3.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc ($2018)35.2%35.8%35.8%34.9%34.8%
GCL New Energy Holdings Ltd ($451)12.1%10.8%11.1%12.6%33.0%
Daiwa Associate Holdings ($1037)2.4%3.8%2.8%25.6%
Wasion Group Holdings Ltd ($3393)18.9%18.8%21.2%22.0%19.3%
Tongda Group Holdings Ltd ($698)15.3%17.1%16.8%18.4%18.9%
 
Median (50 companies)10.3%7.4%7.6%5.4%5.1%
Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd ($567)11.6%-0.3%1.4%-3.9%-14.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
GCL New Energy Holdings Ltd ($451)11.1%5.5%5.1%5.4%401.2%
National Electronic Hldgs ($213)3.4%18.1%7.1%49.7%
Irico Group Electronics Co Ltd ($438)92.0%39.9%30.4%17.4%25.8%
Kingwell Group Ltd ($1195)8.6%5.4%5.3%21.4%
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc ($2018)25.9%18.7%8.7%19.6%18.4%
 
Median (50 companies)5.0%3.9%3.2%3.7%2.9%
Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd ($567)3.2%0.2%2.9%5.1%14.3%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc ($2018)22.3%29.1%30.0%26.0%27.8%
Cowell e Holdings Inc ($1415)12.5%27.1%24.4%25.8%
Changhong Jiahua Holdings Ltd ($8016)8.7%29.6%17.7%15.1%16.7%
Tongda Group Holdings Ltd ($698)14.3%15.2%13.5%16.5%16.3%
Alltronics Holdings Ltd ($833)19.3%13.1%15.2%19.8%15.6%
 
Median (50 companies)7.2%4.6%4.1%3.7%2.4%
Daisho Microline Holdings Ltd ($567)2.3%-7.6%-4.8%-5.0%-9.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
National Electronic Hldgs ($213)16.3x30.2x84.8x19.9x
GCL New Energy Holdings Ltd ($451)2.7x2.9x2.6x1.7x17.4x
Man Yue Technology Holdings Ltd ($894)1.7x2.1x2.7x3.3x6.5x
Willas-Array Electronics Holdings Ltd ($854)2.2x2.6x5.7x5.4x
SAS Dragon Hldg Ltd ($1184)2.8x7.1x2.0x6.4x4.8x
 
Median (33 companies)0.8x1.0x1.1x0.8x0.2x