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Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The reports 32.5% Net Income decline and 2.2 pp EBITDA Margin decline from 25.1% to 22.9%

20/03/2017 • About Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The ($45) • By InTwits

Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The doesn't have a profitable business model yet: FY2016 ROIC is 1.9%
  • Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 25.3%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 22.0%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 1,131 in FY2016, 1,392 in FY2015, 409 in FY2014, 3,221 in FY2013, 875 in FY2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 1.9%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The ($45) key annual financial indicators

mln. HKD201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue5,1785,5085,8385,7415,631-1.9%
EBITDA1,2011,3041,5291,4401,288-10.6%
Net Income1,5551,7121,1461,000675-32.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash1,6911,0548447731,957153.2%
Short Term Debt1,0785508781862-98.9%
Long Term Debt3,0964,9364,6036,0066,99616.5%
Cash flow
Capex8753,2214091,3921,131-18.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth3.4%6.4%6.0%-1.7%-1.9%
EBITDA growth-0.7%8.6%17.3%-5.8%-10.6%
EBITDA Margin23.2%23.7%26.2%25.1%22.9%-2.2%
Net Income Margin30.0%31.1%19.6%17.4%12.0%-5.4%
CAPEX, % of revenue16.9%58.5%7.0%24.2%20.1%-4.2%
ROIC2.2%2.3%2.6%2.4%1.9%-0.5%
ROE4.8%5.0%3.2%2.8%1.9%-0.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.1x3.4x3.0x3.8x3.9x0.2x

Revenue and profitability


Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The's Revenue decreased slightly on 1.9%. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 2.2 pp from 25.1% to 22.9% in FY2016.

Net Income marign decreased on 5.4 pp from 17.4% to 12.0% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 20.1% in FY2016. CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 38.4 pp from 58.5% in FY2013 to 20.1% in FY2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 17.1%.Battling declining revenue the company invested a large share of EBITDA (87.8%) to CAPEX but that didn't help at least in this year.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (1.88%) and ROE (1.85%). ROIC showed almost no change in FY2016. ROE decreased slightly on 0.91 pp from 2.8% to 1.9% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 3.9x and Debt / EBITDA is 5.4x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.2x from 3.8x to 3.9x in FY2016. Debt jumped on 13.0% while cash jumped on 153%.

Management team


The company's CEO King Man Kwok "Clement" has spent 16 years at the company. The company's CFO Matthew James Lawson has spent 2 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Lodging


Below you can find Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The benchmarking vs. other companies in Lodging 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 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
China New City Commercial Development Ltd ($1321)-16.9%433.0%-76.2%141.3%
Zhuhai Holdings Investment Group Ltd ($908)229.8%14.5%57.0%76.3%
Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Group Co Ltd ($2006)-28.8%3.2%0.8%29.9%
Century City International Holdings Ltd ($355)283.6%108.7%-35.8%25.9%
Far East Consortium International Ltd/HK ($35)111.9%9.0%25.7%-21.8%
 
Median (23 companies)9.8%13.8%0.7%-10.2%-5.4%
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The ($45)6.4%6.0%-1.7%-1.9%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
SJM Holdings Ltd ($880)99.7%99.7%99.7%99.5%99.4%
Wynn Macau Ltd ($1128)97.9%98.3%98.5%98.4%
Emperor Entertainment Hotel Ltd ($296)77.1%75.6%76.8%70.9%65.5%
Asia Standard Hotel Group Ltd ($292)60.7%73.4%72.1%67.6%65.8%
Sino Hotels Holdings Ltd ($1221)71.3%70.4%68.9%65.8%62.0%
 
Median (18 companies)56.4%51.1%51.7%48.6%63.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
NagaCorp Ltd ($3918)49.8%50.1%42.8%45.3%48.1%
Emperor Entertainment Hotel Ltd ($296)44.9%46.4%46.9%43.1%36.2%
Jinmao Investments and Jinmao China Investments Holdings Ltd ($6139)41.2%40.5%25.8%41.5%
Asia Standard Hotel Group Ltd ($292)-23.9%65.2%49.9%40.4%17.8%
Sino Hotels Holdings Ltd ($1221)46.5%45.9%43.1%39.6%33.1%
 
Median (23 companies)26.8%26.4%25.8%22.6%25.3%
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The ($45)23.2%23.7%26.2%25.1%22.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Macau Legend Development Ltd ($1680)5.0%24.2%73.0%68.5%
Wynn Macau Ltd ($1128)5.2%11.0%28.2%66.6%
Legend Strategy International Holdings Group Co Ltd ($1355)17.0%38.0%1.2%62.6%
Century City International Holdings Ltd ($355)21.2%32.9%13.4%35.8%
Shangri-La Asia Ltd ($69)48.5%33.1%41.2%34.3%
 
Median (23 companies)6.3%8.9%13.2%12.8%6.4%
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The ($45)16.9%58.5%7.0%24.2%20.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
NagaCorp Ltd ($3918)30.6%28.9%22.6%28.6%21.3%
MGM China Holdings Ltd ($2282)46.2%53.8%54.5%24.0%16.0%
Sands China Ltd ($1928)14.2%24.4%26.7%15.8%14.3%
Emperor Entertainment Hotel Ltd ($296)22.2%21.1%18.4%12.0%7.5%
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd ($27)25.2%30.0%27.5%10.2%12.7%
 
Median (23 companies)7.6%5.7%3.9%3.9%6.5%
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The ($45)2.2%2.3%2.6%2.4%1.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
China New City Commercial Development Ltd ($1321)26.0x7.9x100.1x
Century City International Holdings Ltd ($355)6.5x9.3x11.2x12.3x
Regal Hotels International Holdings Ltd ($78)5.0x8.7x11.8x11.1x
Shangri-La Asia Ltd ($69)6.0x6.8x6.9x9.8x
Macau Legend Development Ltd ($1680)2.2x0.6x0.2x7.1x
 
Median (21 companies)0.5x0.6x0.5x4.0x0.4x
Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd/The ($45)2.1x3.4x3.0x3.8x3.9x