Modern Media Holdings revenue decline accelerated to 12.9% in FY2016 vs. 1.3% a year earliner
15/03/2017 • About Modern Media Holdings (
$72) • By InTwits
Modern Media Holdings reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
- Modern Media Holdings is a company in decline: FY2016 revenue growth was -12.9%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -2.4%
- It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 4.3x while industry average is -0.2x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.
Modern Media Holdings ($72) key annual financial indicators
| mln. CNY | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016/2015 |
|---|
P&L
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|---|
| Revenue | 655.3 | 631.2 | 603.8 | 595.7 | 518.9 | -12.9% |
| Gross Profit | 376.9 | 352.1 | 335.6 | 302.3 | | -100.0% |
| SG&A | 156.9 | 146.8 | 139.6 | 133.5 | | -100.0% |
| EBITDA | 122.1 | 82.1 | 81.6 | 60.4 | | -100.0% |
| Net Income | 65.3 | 33.2 | 37.8 | 20.9 | 3.1 | -85.3% |
Balance Sheet
|
|---|
| Cash | 140.5 | 128.7 | 104.4 | 61.5 | | -100.0% |
| Short Term Debt | 34.0 | 46.8 | 68.0 | 93.5 | | -100.0% |
| Long Term Debt | 11.4 | 9.5 | 48.3 | 26.9 | | -100.0% |
Cash flow
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|---|
| Capex | 25.4 | 33.1 | 34.2 | 15.5 | | -100.0% |
Ratios
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|---|
| Revenue growth | 11.8% | -3.7% | -4.3% | -1.3% | -12.9% | |
| EBITDA growth | 13.4% | -32.8% | -0.6% | -26.0% | | |
| Gross Margin | 57.5% | 55.8% | 55.6% | 50.8% | | -50.8% |
| EBITDA Margin | 18.6% | 13.0% | 13.5% | 10.1% | 0.0% | -10.1% |
| Net Income Margin | 10.0% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 3.5% | 0.6% | -2.9% |
| SG&A, % of revenue | 23.9% | 23.3% | 23.1% | 22.4% | | -22.4% |
| CAPEX, % of revenue | 3.9% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 2.6% | | -2.6% |
| ROIC | 20.6% | 10.4% | 9.3% | 5.5% | | -5.5% |
| ROE | 16.6% | 7.7% | 8.4% | 4.5% | | -4.5% |
| Net Debt/EBITDA | -0.8x | -0.9x | 0.1x | 1.0x | | -1.0x |
Revenue and profitability
The company's Revenue dropped on 12.9%.
Net Income marign decreased on 2.9 pp from 3.5% to 0.59% in FY2016.
Appendix 1: Peers in Media
Below we provide Modern Media Holdings benchmarking against other companies in Media 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 |
|---|
| CMMB Vision Holdings Ltd ($471) | | 168.1% | 27.8% | 850.0% | |
| SCMP Group Ltd ($583) | 7.8% | 12.5% | -95.9% | 12.5% | |
| Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd ($423) | | 2.7% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 4.9% |
| Focus Media Network Ltd ($8112) | -10.6% | 34.6% | 5.6% | -5.2% | |
| Sing Tao News Corp Ltd ($1105) | -7.5% | -7.9% | -2.4% | -6.2% | |
| |
|---|
| Median (18 companies) | 4.5% | -1.8% | -3.9% | -9.2% | -14.6% |
|---|
| Modern Media Holdings ($72) | | -3.7% | -4.3% | -1.3% | -12.9% |
Top companies by Gross margin, %
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
|---|
| I-CABLE Communications Ltd ($1097) | 94.8% | 94.7% | 94.1% | 94.4% | 94.0% |
| Focus Media Network Ltd ($8112) | 68.0% | 67.2% | 50.8% | 57.6% | |
| Television Broadcasts Ltd ($511) | 62.9% | 60.9% | 59.0% | 54.9% | |
| One Media Group Ltd ($426) | 57.3% | 56.7% | 54.5% | 52.7% | 45.6% |
| Media Chinese International Ltd ($685) | 39.5% | 39.5% | 39.1% | 38.6% | 38.2% |
| |
|---|
| Median (15 companies) | 37.5% | 38.5% | 36.1% | 35.7% | 38.2% |
|---|
| Modern Media Holdings ($72) | 57.5% | 55.8% | 55.6% | 50.8% | |
Top companies by EBITDA margin, %
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
|---|
| SCMP Group Ltd ($583) | 23.5% | 20.5% | 218.1% | 193.5% | |
| Media Chinese International Ltd ($685) | 20.0% | 18.3% | 18.1% | 16.5% | 14.3% |
| One Media Group Ltd ($426) | 18.7% | 23.0% | 22.8% | 15.2% | -5.8% |
| Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd ($2008) | 30.1% | 31.1% | 24.6% | 14.1% | |
| Oriental Press Group ($18) | 9.5% | 12.8% | 14.6% | 13.9% | 9.2% |
| |
|---|
| Median (18 companies) | 9.9% | 11.5% | 9.8% | 8.9% | 8.9% |
|---|
| Modern Media Holdings ($72) | 18.6% | 13.0% | 13.5% | 10.1% | |
Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
|---|
| SCMP Group Ltd ($583) | 7.0% | 5.3% | 52.2% | 85.2% | |
| Evergrande Health Industry Group Ltd ($708) | 14.6% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 13.5% | |
| I-CABLE Communications Ltd ($1097) | 10.1% | 7.6% | 11.3% | 13.0% | |
| Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd ($423) | 8.4% | 8.5% | 1.3% | 10.0% | 1.5% |
| Tom Group Ltd ($2383) | 11.9% | 8.4% | 9.4% | 9.5% | |
| |
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| Median (18 companies) | 2.7% | 5.3% | 2.3% | 6.5% | 1.3% |
|---|
| Modern Media Holdings ($72) | 3.9% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 2.6% | |
Top companies by ROIC, %
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
|---|
| Media Chinese International Ltd ($685) | 18.6% | 17.8% | 18.4% | 15.6% | 11.1% |
| One Media Group Ltd ($426) | 25.6% | 21.8% | 16.0% | 8.9% | -6.5% |
| Next Media Ltd ($282) | 8.5% | 6.7% | 8.2% | 6.8% | -1.5% |
| Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd ($423) | 11.5% | -1.5% | 3.2% | 5.2% | 7.0% |
| Oriental Press Group ($18) | 2.5% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 1.4% |
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| Median (18 companies) | 3.7% | 4.3% | 2.6% | 0.3% | -1.6% |
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| Modern Media Holdings ($72) | 20.6% | 10.4% | 9.3% | 5.5% | |
Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
|---|
| Tom Group Ltd ($2383) | | | 8.1x | 16.7x | 25.4x |
| I-CABLE Communications Ltd ($1097) | -4.0x | -0.8x | 0.2x | 2.0x | 3.8x |
| One Media Group Ltd ($426) | -2.3x | -0.6x | -1.1x | 1.5x | |
| Media Chinese International Ltd ($685) | -1.4x | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.2x | -0.5x |
| Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd ($423) | -1.3x | -4.6x | -0.7x | -0.1x | -0.7x |
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| Median (11 companies) | -1.9x | -1.5x | -1.5x | -0.3x | -0.6x |
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| Modern Media Holdings ($72) | -0.8x | -0.9x | 0.1x | 1.0x | |
