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Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd Net Income surged on 15.1% in 2016 and Revenue increased on 5.1%

22/03/2017 • About Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd ($2318) • By InTwits

Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.4%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 0.4%.
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 2.2%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd ($2318) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue339,239421,485530,082693,501775,85811.9%
Net Income20,05028,15439,27954,20362,39415.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash169,047119,706141,537194,465462,931138.1%
Short Term Debt575,292631,108555,825529,494673,96027.3%
Long Term Debt1,025,7291,248,2711,598,5671,978,320349,825-82.3%
Cash flow
Capex8,36210,08313,53016,52916,6240.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth25.1%24.2%25.8%30.8%11.9%
Net Income Margin5.9%6.7%7.4%7.8%8.0%0.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.5%2.4%2.6%2.4%2.1%-0.2%
ROIC1.4%1.7%2.0%2.5%2.2%-0.2%
ROE13.8%16.4%16.6%17.4%17.4%0.0%


Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd ($2318) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CNY16Q116Q216Q316Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue224,517183,568185,004182,769
Net Income20,70020,07615,7325,886
Balance Sheet
Cash544,311421,698449,274462,931
Short Term Debt492,559519,450470,172673,960
Long Term Debt311,602386,445405,335349,825
Ratios
Net Income Margin 9.2% 10.9% 8.5% 3.2%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 11.9%.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 2.1%. Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd showed almost no change in CAPEX/Revenue from 2013 to 2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.4%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (17.39%) while ROIC is low (2.22%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2016. ROE showed almost no change in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt dropped on 59.2% while cash jumped on 138%.

Management team


The company's CEO Ma Mingzhe "Peter" has spent 17 years at the company. The company's CFO Yao Bo "Jason" has spent 14 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Insurance


Below we provide Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Insurance 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
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)20.4%46.0%-9.0%88.8%
PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd ($2328)18.7%18.1%16.9%17.9%
Target Insurance Holdings Ltd ($6161)-7.5%5.3%5.1%10.0%
AIA Group Ltd ($1299)8.6%16.2%-8.2%20.8%
Asia Financial Holdings Ltd ($662)113.9%-4.3%9.0%-16.8%
 
Median (6 companies)19.6%7.0%12.6%0.9%39.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd ($2328)1.4%1.0%0.8%0.8%
AIA Group Ltd ($1299)2.0%2.2%1.8%0.6%0.6%
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)1.2%2.3%4.9%0.5%
Asia Financial Holdings Ltd ($662)0.3%0.0%14.0%0.3%
Target Insurance Holdings Ltd ($6161)0.2%0.0%0.0%0.2%
 
Median (6 companies)0.7%0.5%1.3%0.4%0.3%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd ($2328)7.0%6.4%7.4%8.7%
Target Insurance Holdings Ltd ($6161)2.7%5.8%7.4%6.2%
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)1.1%1.3%2.2%3.0%
AIA Group Ltd ($1299)3.1%2.9%3.2%2.5%3.2%
Asia Financial Holdings Ltd ($662)4.7%2.6%3.7%1.9%
 
Median (6 companies)2.9%2.7%3.4%2.7%2.2%