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Standard Chartered Plc reports 6.0% revenue decline in 2016

24/02/2017 • About Standard Chartered Plc ($2888) • By InTwits

Standard Chartered Plc reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Standard Chartered Plc is a company in decline: 2016 revenue growth was -6.0%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -4.2%
  • Standard Chartered Plc has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.8%.
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 0.6%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 0.8x while industry average is -5.7x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Standard Chartered Plc ($2888) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue26,32525,69424,78720,97619,716-6.0%
Net Income4,8874,0902,613-2,194-247-88.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash60,53754,53497,28265,31270,7068.3%
Short Term Debt36,42743,51754,39137,61136,894-1.9%
Long Term Debt74,56784,98694,89881,73266,223-19.0%
Cash flow
Capex16220518913019550.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth7.5%-2.4%-3.5%-15.4%-6.0%
Net Income Margin18.6%15.9%10.5%-10.5%-1.3%9.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.6%0.8%0.8%0.6%1.0%0.4%
ROIC4.5%4.1%2.7%-0.5%0.6%1.1%
ROE11.1%8.7%5.4%-5.0%-1.0%4.0%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue decreased on 6.0% in 2016.

Net Income marign increased on 9.2 pp from -10.5% to -1.3% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 0.99% in 2016. Standard Chartered Plc's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from 2013 to 2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.79%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low but positive ROIC (0.64%) and negative ROE (-0.99%). ROIC increased slightly on 1.1 pp from -0.46% to 0.64% in 2016. ROE increased on 4.0 pp from -5.0% to -0.99% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt dropped on 13.6% in 2016 while cash increased on 8.3% in 2016.

Management team


Standard Chartered Plc's CEO is William T Winters "Bill". William T Winters "Bill" has 3 years tenure at the company. Andrew Nigel Halford "Andy" is a The company's CFO. Andrew Nigel Halford "Andy" has spent 4 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Banks


Below we provide Standard Chartered Plc benchmarking against other companies in Banks 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
KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd ($8077)-20.6%43.4%6.8%116.4%
Huishang Bank Corp Ltd ($3698)33.9%22.8%24.3%24.6%
Shengjing Bank Co Ltd ($2066)36.5%36.3%40.1%24.3%
Bank of Chongqing Co Ltd ($1963)38.4%26.6%28.4%18.5%
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd ($2388)15.1%11.4%-3.0%11.6%
 
Median (22 companies)24.0%11.7%14.8%7.2%-16.0%
Standard Chartered Plc ($2888)-2.4%-3.5%-15.4%-6.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd ($8077)4.1%29.9%27.0%33.5%
 
Median (1 company)4.1%29.9%27.0%33.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd ($2356)3.9%4.1%2.2%7.5%
Bank of Communications Co Ltd ($3328)3.6%5.1%5.3%7.2%
Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd ($440)3.0%3.4%1.7%5.9%
Harbin Bank Co Ltd ($6138)19.8%9.9%6.5%5.8%
Bank of China Ltd ($3988)4.7%5.4%4.7%4.8%
 
Median (22 companies)3.4%3.9%3.3%2.9%1.8%
Standard Chartered Plc ($2888)0.6%0.8%0.8%0.6%1.0%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
China Construction Bank Corp ($939)11.1%11.7%10.8%8.4%
Hang Seng Bank Ltd ($11)8.6%9.5%9.0%8.3%8.1%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd ($1398)9.9%10.2%9.9%8.1%
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd ($1288)9.9%10.0%9.3%7.4%
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd ($2388)5.9%6.4%5.8%6.2%
 
Median (22 companies)6.0%6.4%5.5%4.7%2.1%
Standard Chartered Plc ($2888)4.5%4.1%2.7%-0.5%0.6%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd ($8077)-66.3x-7.1x-10.6x-5.7x
 
Median (1 company)-66.3x-7.1x-10.6x-5.7x