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China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd reports 32.0% Net Income decline in 2016

29/03/2017 • About China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601) • By InTwits

China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 0.5%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 7,708 in 2016, 6,427 in 2015, 11,432 in 2014, 5,292 in 2013, 3,588 in 2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 2.0%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.9x while industry average is
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601) key annual financial indicators

mln. CNY201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue167,157192,217216,205246,963270,1869.4%
Net Income5,0779,26111,04917,72812,057-32.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash23,87516,56110,7668,67815,25775.8%
Short Term Debt50,14325,19926,90828,98139,10434.9%
Long Term Debt15,57915,76519,75919,57211,498-41.3%
Cash flow
Capex3,0573,6763,6453,2576,07986.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth7.5%15.0%12.5%14.2%9.4%
Net Income Margin3.0%4.8%5.1%7.2%4.5%-2.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.8%1.9%1.7%1.3%2.2%0.9%
ROIC1.7%2.5%2.6%3.4%2.0%-1.4%
ROE5.9%9.5%10.2%14.2%9.1%-5.1%


China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd ($2601) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. CNY16Q116Q216Q316Q4YoY change
P&L
Revenue84,62362,26469,20354,096
Net Income2,1993,9432,6873,228
Balance Sheet
Cash13,88810,58110,58215,257
Short Term Debt21,12741,59237,57339,104
Long Term Debt19,49719,49719,49711,498
Ratios
Net Income Margin 2.6% 6.3% 3.9% 6.0%

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 9.4%.

Net Income marign decreased on 2.7 pp from 7.2% to 4.5% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 2.2%. China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from 2013 to 2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.8%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (2.02%) and ROE (9.10%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.4 pp from 3.4% to 2.0% in 2016. ROE decreased on 5.1 pp from 14.2% to 9.1% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt increased on 4.2% while cash surged on 75.8%.

Appendix 1: Peers in Insurance


Below you can find China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Insurance 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 Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)46.0%-9.0%88.8%3.7%
PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd ($2328)18.1%16.9%17.9%7.9%
Target Insurance Holdings Ltd ($6161)5.3%5.1%10.0%
AIA Group Ltd ($1299)8.6%16.2%-8.2%20.8%
Asia Financial Holdings Ltd ($662)-4.3%9.0%-16.8%
 
Median (6 companies)7.0%12.6%0.9%14.3%


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%0.7%
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%0.7%
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%0.6%


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%5.4%
AIA Group Ltd ($1299)3.1%2.9%3.2%2.5%3.2%
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co Ltd ($966)1.1%1.3%2.2%3.0%2.4%
Manulife Financial Corp ($945)0.9%1.9%2.0%1.1%1.2%
Target Insurance Holdings Ltd ($6161)2.7%5.8%7.4%6.2%
 
Median (6 companies)2.9%2.7%3.4%2.7%2.8%