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China National Building Material Co Ltd Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 0.9x from 8.5x to 9.4x in 2016 and Revenue increased slightly on 1.3%

24/03/2017 • About China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323) • By InTwits

China National Building Material Co Ltd reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China National Building Material Co Ltd has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 9.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 5.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 9,905 in 2016, 8,485 in 2015, 4,319 in 2014, 4,881 in 2013, 3,970 in 2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 4.6%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 9.4x while industry average is -10.0x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China National Building Material Co Ltd ($3323) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue87,218117,688122,011100,292101,5471.3%
Gross Profit20,12830,13833,27924,61926,7928.8%
SG&A9,24314,92416,69616,41517,7398.1%
EBITDA20,41525,34428,60922,05020,602-6.6%
Net Income5,5805,7625,9651,3451,57517.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash10,2228,98010,29110,58010,252-3.1%
Short Term Debt92,502116,021143,783148,882145,737-2.1%
Long Term Debt55,38064,84746,87448,65258,63420.5%
Cash flow
Capex11,72610,1669,1747,95711,52844.9%
Ratios
Revenue growth8.9%34.9%3.7%-17.8%1.3%
EBITDA growth0.1%24.1%12.9%-22.9%-6.6%
Gross Margin23.1%25.6%27.3%24.5%26.4%1.8%
EBITDA Margin23.4%21.5%23.4%22.0%20.3%-1.7%
Net Income Margin6.4%4.9%4.9%1.3%1.6%0.2%
SG&A, % of revenue10.6%12.7%13.7%16.4%17.5%1.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue13.4%8.6%7.5%7.9%11.4%3.4%
ROIC9.9%9.0%8.7%5.4%4.6%-0.8%
ROE19.6%17.5%15.6%2.5%2.5%0.0%
Net Debt/EBITDA6.7x6.8x6.3x8.5x9.4x0.9x

Revenue and profitability


China National Building Material Co Ltd's Revenue increased slightly on 1.3%. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 6.0 pp from 15.0% to 9.0% in 2016.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 1.8 pp from 24.5% to 26.4% in 2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 1.1 pp from 16.4% to 17.5% in 2016.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


China National Building Material Co Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue was 11.4% in 2016. China National Building Material Co Ltd showed CAPEX/Revenue growth of 2.7 pp from 8.6% in 2013 to 11.4% in 2016. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.9%.China National Building Material Co Ltd maintained rich investment policy and has spent a big chunk of EBITDA (56.0%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (4.58%) and ROE (2.50%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.79 pp from 5.4% to 4.6% in 2016. ROE showed almost no change in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 9.4x Net Debt / EBITDA and 9.9x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 0.9x from 8.5x to 9.4x in 2016. Debt increased on 3.5% while cash decreased on 3.1%.

Appendix 1: Peers in Building Materials


Below you can find China National Building Material Co Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Building Materials 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
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)77.9%6.5%18.9%-20.2%
 
Median (27 companies)-3.5%9.6%8.2%-14.1%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 (27 companies)20.0%22.0%20.9%15.4%22.4%


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%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)27.1%31.1%32.1%29.7%28.0%
Luks Group Vietnam Holdings Co Ltd ($366)30.4%29.9%23.8%26.2%
 
Median (27 companies)15.1%15.5%16.5%14.0%9.6%


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 (27 companies)9.7%8.5%7.5%6.6%1.5%


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%
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd ($914)12.7%17.5%18.4%11.7%11.2%
Hong Wei Asia Holdings Co Ltd ($8191)17.0%5.2%9.3%8.6%
 
Median (27 companies)5.8%6.0%4.8%1.2%4.0%


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 (17 companies)2.3x1.1x1.9x3.3x0.3x