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Bharti Infratel reports 32.0% CAPEX growth and 7.8% Revenue growth

27-04-2015 • About Bharti Infratel ($INFRATEL) • By InTwits

Bharti Infratel reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Bharti Infratel has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 18.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 14.8%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 5,994 in FY2015, 3,647 in FY2014, 4,762 in FY2013, 5,689 in FY2012, 1,518 in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 12.9%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Bharti Infratel ($INFRATEL) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue85,08194,521102,720108,267116,6837.8%
EBITDA31,28835,34338,30244,00150,04113.7%
Net Income5,5157,49110,02515,17919,92431.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash1254685201,640285-82.6%
Short Term Debt5,46911,1172,9357,57910,15934.0%
Long Term Debt37,17023,88932,29625,84415,663-39.4%
Cash flow
Capex24,30915,71316,78415,74220,78132.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth-42.6%11.1%8.7%5.4%7.8%
EBITDA growth29.4%13.0%8.4%14.9%13.7%
EBITDA Margin36.8%37.4%37.3%40.6%42.9%2.2%
Net Income Margin6.5%7.9%9.8%14.0%17.1%3.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue28.6%16.6%16.3%14.5%17.8%3.3%
ROIC5.9%7.3%7.9%10.3%12.9%2.7%
ROE4.0%5.3%6.3%8.6%11.4%2.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.4x1.0x0.9x0.7x0.5x-0.2x

Revenue and profitability


Bharti Infratel's Revenue increased on 7.8% in FY2015. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased on 2.2 pp from 40.6% to 42.9% in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased on 3.1 pp from 14.0% to 17.1% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Bharti Infratel's CAPEX/Revenue was 17.8% in FY2015. Bharti Infratel showed small growth in CAPEX/Revenue of 1.2 pp from 16.6% in FY2012 to 17.8% in FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 16.2%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (12.93%) while ROE is low (11.37%). ROIC increased on 2.7 pp from 10.3% to 12.9% in FY2015. ROE increased on 2.7 pp from 8.6% to 11.4% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.5x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.5x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.2x from 0.7x to 0.5x in FY2015. Debt dropped on 22.7% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 82.6% in FY2015.

Valuation


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 15.5x and P/E 37.6x while industy averages are 10.5x and 26.1x. The company's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 26.5x with the industry average at 4.7x.

Management team


Bharti Infratel's CEO Devender Singh Rawat has spent 8 years at the company. Bharti Infratel's CFO is Pankaj Miglani. Pankaj Miglani has 7 years tenure at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Other Telecom Services


Below you can find Bharti Infratel benchmarking vs. other companies in Other Telecom Services 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  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Onmobile Global ($ONMOBILE)-46.9%18.8%13.7%19.3%
Gtl ($GTL)43.4%-40.5%39.5%-37.8%
 
Median (2 companies)-1.8%-10.9%26.6%-9.2%
Bharti Infratel ($INFRATEL)11.1%8.7%5.4%7.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Onmobile Global ($ONMOBILE)23.2%22.3%22.2%15.4%
Gtl ($GTL)6.2%5.8%12.3%
 
Median (2 companies)23.2%14.3%14.0%13.9%
Bharti Infratel ($INFRATEL)36.8%37.4%37.3%40.6%42.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Onmobile Global ($ONMOBILE)14.5%15.7%8.6%24.3%
Gtl ($GTL)3.8%2.6%2.3%
 
Median (2 companies)14.5%9.8%5.6%13.3%
Bharti Infratel ($INFRATEL)28.6%16.6%16.3%14.5%17.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gtl ($GTL)-0.5%1.4%
Onmobile Global ($ONMOBILE)8.3%6.3%6.4%-0.3%
 
Median (2 companies)8.3%6.3%2.9%0.5%
Bharti Infratel ($INFRATEL)5.9%7.3%7.9%10.3%12.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gtl ($GTL)36.2x26.8x16.0x
Onmobile Global ($ONMOBILE)-0.2x-0.6x-0.7x0.1x
 
Median (2 companies)-0.2x17.8x13.1x8.0x
Bharti Infratel ($INFRATEL)1.4x1.0x0.9x0.7x0.5x