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Container Corporation Of India demonstrates fast growth

03-06-2014 • About Container Corporation Of India ($CONCOR) • By InTwits

Container Corporation Of India is a fast-growing stock in Transport Related Services industry. Its revenue performance, profitability and healthy financial model stands it out vs. other public companies on the market.

Growth story


Container Corporation Of India showed fast growth in the last financial year. Container Corporation Of India's revenue surged on 19.6% in FY2014. At the same time Container Corporation Of India well managed its profitability and also showed EBITDA growth of 14.1% for the same period.

In the last 3 years Container Corporation Of India showed fast revenue growth of 10.9% from FY2011 to FY2014 annually. EBITDA surged on 5.58% from FY2011 to FY2014 annually.

Container Corporation Of India ($CONCOR) financials for the last 5 years

mln. INR FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014
Revenue75,38638,99241,00944,45053,167
Revenue growth, %-48.3%5.2%8.4%19.6%
SG&A, %3.88%0.0594%
EBITDA9,59410,17310,22910,49511,971
EBITDA growth, %6.0%0.6%2.6%14.1%
EBITDA margin, %12.7%26.1%24.9%23.6%22.5%
Net Income7,7768,7648,6579,3069,443
Net Income margin, % 10.3%22.5%21.1%20.9%17.8%
 
CAPEX3,5023,1502,3045,9214,927
CAPEX/Revenue, %4.65%8.08%5.62%13.3%9.27%
Debt4244715813851,177
Cash19,9255669,03311,01027,499
Net Debt/EBITDA-2.0x-0.0x-0.8x-1.0x-2.2x
 
ROIC, %19.2%17.8%15.5%14.1%14.2%
ROE, %19.4%19.0%16.5%15.8%14.4%

Profitability and return on investment


EBITDA growth was partly attributed to margin expansion. In the longer period the company's EBITDA margin dropped on 3.60 pp from 26.1% in FY2011 to 22.5% in FY2014.

We call Container Corporation Of India an attractive growth stock as together with the growth it delivers high ROIC at 14.2%. During the last three years it dropped - it was 17.8% in FY2011. For the last three years the average ROIC was 14.6%.

The company showed big decline in Net Income margin of 3.10 pp from 20.9% to 17.8% in FY2014. In the last 3 years Net Income margin dropped on 4.70 pp from 22.5% in FY2011 to 17.8% in FY2014.

Container Corporation Of India operates at ROE of 14.4%. For the last three years the average ROE was 15.6%.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX)


To this fast growth Container Corporation Of India had to invest in CAPEX.In FY2014 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 9.27%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue surged on 1.19 pp from 8.08% in FY2011 to 9.27% in FY2014. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 9.40%.

Leverage (Debt)


Having such a fast growth profile Container Corporation Of India keeps negative net debt at -2.2x Net Debt/EBITDA. In the longer period leverage surged on 2.19x from -0.01x in FY2011 to -2.20x in FY2014.

Peers in Transport Related Services


Below we provide Container Corporation Of India benchmarking against other companies in Transport Related Services 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, %

 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014
Top
Til ($TIL)-21.7%0.4%-15.1%11.8%
Action Construction Equipment ($ACE)-5.1%22.2%-22.1%-7.8%
 
Median (2 companies)-13.4%11.3%-18.6%2.0%
Container Corporation Of India ($CONCOR)-48.3%5.2%8.4%19.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014
Top
Til ($TIL)7.0%9.0%5.4%7.0%8.2%
Action Construction Equipment ($ACE)5.0%8.5%6.5%5.6%4.1%
 
Median (2 companies)5.0%8.8%5.9%6.3%6.1%
Container Corporation Of India ($CONCOR)12.7%26.1%24.9%23.6%22.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014
Top
Action Construction Equipment ($ACE)1.7%4.8%8.8%6.5%4.6%
Til ($TIL)2.3%6.0%11.7%5.6%2.7%
 
Median (2 companies)2.3%5.4%10.3%6.1%3.6%
Container Corporation Of India ($CONCOR)4.6%8.1%5.6%13.3%9.3%


Top companies by ROIC, %

 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014
Top
Til ($TIL)23.3%17.8%6.8%5.7%7.7%
Action Construction Equipment ($ACE)14.7%18.9%10.9%5.2%2.2%
Kernex Microsystems (India) ($KERNEX)-7.8%6.0%5.7%
 
Median (3 companies)14.7%17.8%6.8%5.5%4.9%
Container Corporation Of India ($CONCOR)19.2%17.8%15.5%14.1%14.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014
Top
Til ($TIL)0.8x1.4x4.6x5.8x5.1x
Action Construction Equipment ($ACE)0.8x0.8x2.6x4.2x5.6x
Kernex Microsystems (India) ($KERNEX)2.1x1.9x0.0x
 
Median (3 companies)0.8x1.4x2.6x4.2x5.4x
Container Corporation Of India ($CONCOR)-2.0x-0.0x-0.8x-1.0x-2.2x