Trending stocks

Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd Net Income jumped on 13.1% in 2016 and Revenue increased on 8.4%

23/03/2017 • About Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914) • By InTwits

Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 11.4%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 6.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2,099 in 2016, 6,541 in 2015, 9,475 in 2014, 5,123 in 2013, 2,227 in 2012
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is at 11.2%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 0.0x while industry average is -9.3x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue45,76655,26260,75950,97655,2598.4%
Gross Profit12,50217,98720,19813,70917,48927.6%
SG&A4,4585,2475,6246,2905,758-8.5%
EBITDA12,41717,21019,49215,13615,4502.1%
Net Income6,3319,38910,9817,5398,53013.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash8,1116,51912,5124,28515,300257.0%
Short Term Debt2,7162,9352,3298,4454,538-46.3%
Long Term Debt21,08019,20717,58710,74011,4436.5%
Cash flow
Capex6,7196,7786,7185,0514,981-1.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth-5.9%20.7%9.9%-16.1%8.4%
EBITDA growth-34.2%38.6%13.3%-22.3%2.1%
Gross Margin27.3%32.5%33.2%26.9%31.6%4.8%
EBITDA Margin27.1%31.1%32.1%29.7%28.0%-1.7%
Net Income Margin13.8%17.0%18.1%14.8%15.4%0.6%
SG&A, % of revenue9.7%9.5%9.3%12.3%10.4%-1.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue14.7%12.3%11.1%9.9%9.0%-0.9%
ROIC12.7%17.5%18.4%11.7%11.2%-0.5%
ROE13.6%18.0%18.1%11.1%11.6%0.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.3x0.9x0.4x1.0x0.0x-0.9x

Revenue and profitability


Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd's Revenue increased on 8.4%. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 8.2 pp from 11.9% to 20.1% in 2016.

Gross Margin increased on 4.8 pp from 26.9% to 31.6% in 2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased slightly on 1.9 pp from 12.3% to 10.4% in 2016.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 0.65 pp from 14.8% to 15.4% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 9.0%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 3.3 pp from 12.3% in 2013 to 9.0% in 2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 10.0%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (11.22%) and ROE (11.62%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2016. ROE increased slightly on 0.54 pp from 11.1% to 11.6% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.0x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.0x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.9x from 1.0x to 0.044x in 2016. Debt dropped on 16.7% while cash jumped on 257%.

Appendix 1: Peers in Building Materials


Below we provide Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd benchmarking against other companies in Building Materials 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
Future Bright Mining Holdings Ltd ($2212)294.4%14.5%
Pacific Plywood Hldg Ltd ($767)-14.5%119.5%57.3%441.9%
Far East Global Group Ltd ($830)9.5%18.6%30.5%20.6%
WLS Holdings Ltd/Hong Kong ($8021)9.4%-11.1%22.0%13.8%
China Wood Optimization Holding Ltd ($8099)68.7%77.9%6.5%18.9%
 
Median (26 companies)-2.8%9.5%6.5%-12.0%12.8%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)20.7%9.9%-16.1%8.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Pacific Plywood Hldg Ltd ($767)91.4%82.0%97.2%98.6%99.9%
Future Bright Mining Holdings Ltd ($2212)55.4%70.0%
Sustainable Forest Holdings Ltd ($723)-2.4%12.1%19.7%55.2%83.9%
Dongpeng Holdings Co Ltd ($3386)35.6%37.1%38.5%39.1%
Luks Group Vietnam Holdings Co Ltd ($366)37.2%36.9%37.0%36.4%
 
Median (26 companies)19.5%21.9%20.8%15.2%18.2%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)27.3%32.5%33.2%26.9%31.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Pacific Plywood Hldg Ltd ($767)12.6%-19.8%50.5%34.7%67.6%
China Tianrui Group Cement Co Ltd ($1252)28.5%23.7%26.7%32.8%
Future Bright Mining Holdings Ltd ($2212)-411.3%30.0%
Luks Group Vietnam Holdings Co Ltd ($366)30.4%29.9%23.8%26.2%
Dongpeng Holdings Co Ltd ($3386)14.3%21.5%22.6%24.4%
 
Median (26 companies)14.3%14.5%15.3%13.8%1.4%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)27.1%31.1%32.1%29.7%28.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Future Bright Mining Holdings Ltd ($2212)119.9%66.1%
China Wood Optimization Holding Ltd ($8099)10.9%9.6%1.8%19.3%
China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd ($691)18.9%21.1%12.1%14.3%
Luks Group Vietnam Holdings Co Ltd ($366)0.6%0.5%4.1%14.2%
China Glass Holdings Ltd ($3300)19.6%12.5%12.4%13.5%
 
Median (26 companies)9.5%8.0%6.5%6.5%1.3%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)14.7%12.3%11.1%9.9%9.0%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Dongpeng Holdings Co Ltd ($3386)37.1%35.8%27.2%26.6%
China Wood Optimization Holding Ltd ($8099)33.5%27.3%17.7%17.7%
China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd ($2128)20.5%19.4%18.2%17.2%16.5%
Hong Wei Asia Holdings Co Ltd ($8191)17.0%5.2%9.3%8.6%
China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd ($750)18.6%19.9%16.0%8.1%
 
Median (26 companies)5.0%5.2%4.0%1.2%2.3%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)12.7%17.5%18.4%11.7%11.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
China Tianrui Group Cement Co Ltd ($1252)4.2x5.1x5.2x7.9x
BBMG Corp ($2009)4.6x5.0x6.1x6.6x
Asia Cement China Holdings Corp ($743)3.2x2.7x2.8x5.1x
West China Cement Ltd ($2233)3.3x2.9x3.6x4.2x1.5x
China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd ($750)0.9x0.8x1.8x4.0x
 
Median (16 companies)2.4x1.9x2.0x3.5x0.9x
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)1.3x0.9x0.4x1.0x0.0x