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China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd reports 54.3% Net Income growth and 6.9% Revenue growth

17/03/2017 • About China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd ($1088) • By InTwits

China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 18.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 24.8%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2,147 in 2016, 2,063 in 2015, 1,831 in 2014, 2,439 in 2013, 151 in 2012
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 9.4%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd ($1088) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue254,575283,797253,081171,236183,1276.9%
Gross Profit79,89881,36674,97260,80958,284-4.2%
SG&A9,16010,1189,62917,5079,033-48.4%
EBITDA90,60289,71586,43658,11270,76221.8%
Net Income49,70845,07939,30116,14424,91054.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash51,63738,33235,96243,23941,188-4.7%
Short Term Debt28,10348,48528,43520,28332,20358.8%
Long Term Debt39,62442,04269,55288,78573,778-16.9%
Cash flow
Capex54,62951,66545,15129,87629,058-2.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth24.3%11.5%-10.8%-32.3%6.9%
EBITDA growth7.2%-1.0%-3.7%-32.8%21.8%
Gross Margin31.4%28.7%29.6%35.5%31.8%-3.7%
EBITDA Margin35.6%31.6%34.2%33.9%38.6%4.7%
Net Income Margin19.5%15.9%15.5%9.4%13.6%4.2%
SG&A, % of revenue3.6%3.6%3.8%10.2%4.9%-5.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue21.5%18.2%17.8%17.4%15.9%-1.6%
ROIC19.5%17.4%14.6%7.7%9.4%1.7%
ROE20.3%16.7%13.6%5.4%8.1%2.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.2x0.6x0.7x1.1x0.9x-0.2x


China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd ($1088) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CNY16Q116Q216Q316Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue39,40239,32144,45558,324
Net Income4,7416,0867,4796,262
Balance Sheet
Cash51,94966,18982,21341,188
Short Term Debt12,64712,55034,71332,203
Long Term Debt93,37195,67175,84873,778
Ratios
Gross Margin31.7%34.5%39.6%27.4%
Net Income Margin 12.0% 15.5% 16.8% 10.7%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 6.9%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 0.77 pp from 9.8% to 10.5% in 2016.

Gross Margin decreased on 3.7 pp from 35.5% to 31.8% in 2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 5.3 pp from 10.2% to 4.9% in 2016.

Net Income marign increased on 4.2 pp from 9.4% to 13.6% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 15.9%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 2.3 pp from 18.2% in 2013 to 15.9% in 2016. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 17.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (9.44%) and ROE (8.10%). ROIC increased slightly on 1.7 pp from 7.7% to 9.4% in 2016. ROE increased on 2.7 pp from 5.4% to 8.1% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.9x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.5x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.2x from 1.1x to 0.9x in 2016. Debt decreased on 2.8% while cash decreased on 4.7%.

Management team


Zhang Yuzhuo is a China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd's CEO. Zhang Yuzhuo has spent 4 years at the company. Zhang Kehui is a The company's CFO. Zhang Kehui has spent 11 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Coal


Below we provide China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Coal 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
Sino Resources Group Ltd ($223)-44.8%14.7%354.5%0.4%
Asia Coal Ltd ($835)-15.3%43.2%133.6%-60.1%
Dowell Property Holdings Ltd ($668)-19.2%-55.7%-35.8%83.2%
Capital Finance Holdings Ltd ($8239)-5.2%-5.5%70.6%-27.2%
Up Energy Development Group Ltd ($307)60.5%
 
Median (23 companies)-12.6%-8.6%-9.8%-22.9%-22.7%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Capital Finance Holdings Ltd ($8239)6.4%7.2%8.7%98.2%
Nan Nan Resources Enterprise Ltd ($1229)23.9%17.6%18.1%44.3%41.0%
Agritrade Resources Ltd ($1131)22.9%29.4%31.8%30.0%30.9%
Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd ($639)63.5%50.9%40.1%24.5%
Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co Ltd ($3948)35.2%33.7%27.4%19.2%
 
Median (22 companies)19.9%17.3%9.4%2.9%7.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Capital Finance Holdings Ltd ($8239)-27.2%-23.7%-56.2%71.5%
Nan Nan Resources Enterprise Ltd ($1229)19.1%14.1%-0.2%40.5%24.1%
Agritrade Resources Ltd ($1131)41.6%37.3%33.4%31.1%56.3%
Feishang Anthracite Resources Ltd ($1738)-13.1%-32.9%19.0%15.9%
Kinetic Mines and Energy Ltd ($1277)-277.0%-51.9%29.3%15.8%
 
Median (23 companies)-1.1%-4.3%-8.6%-18.0%-20.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Siberian Mining Group Co Ltd ($1142)4.6%78.8%217.3%279.7%23.0%
Feishang Anthracite Resources Ltd ($1738)244.9%159.7%80.9%90.2%
Up Energy Development Group Ltd ($307)279.5%75.2%
King Stone Energy Group Ltd ($663)58.5%135.3%205.7%69.3%
SouthGobi Resources Ltd ($1878)124.8%20.2%11.5%52.6%
 
Median (21 companies)13.7%26.0%20.5%19.3%7.0%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Capital Finance Holdings Ltd ($8239)-25.1%-14.9%-26.9%21.0%
Nan Nan Resources Enterprise Ltd ($1229)6.4%1.6%-1.2%10.0%1.5%
Agritrade Resources Ltd ($1131)2.7%5.8%6.4%6.9%9.4%
Kinetic Mines and Energy Ltd ($1277)-6.6%-5.7%8.5%3.2%
Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co Ltd ($3948)28.5%15.2%8.5%2.0%
 
Median (23 companies)-2.6%-2.1%-5.2%-5.7%-7.8%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Feishang Anthracite Resources Ltd ($1738)24.3x32.6x
China Coal Energy Co Ltd ($1898)1.9x4.9x9.7x14.4x
Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co Ltd ($3948)0.4x1.7x3.5x9.8x
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co Ltd ($1171)2.9x6.2x4.9x9.0x
Kinetic Mines and Energy Ltd ($1277)4.5x5.9x
 
Median (8 companies)2.9x4.7x4.7x7.5x-0.5x