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Essel Propack Net Income jumped on 30.4% in 2015 and Revenue increased on 9.2%

28-04-2015 • About Essel Propack ($ESSELPRO) • By InTwits

Essel Propack reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is relatively stable: 17.2% in FY2015 vs. 16.9% in FY2014 vs. 17.8% in FY2011
  • Essel Propack has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.5%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 6.5%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 88.3 in FY2015, 1,467 in FY2014, 5,150 in FY2013, 15,307 in FY2012, 3,395 in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 14.7%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 2.2x while industry average is 2.5x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Essel Propack ($ESSELPRO) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue13,94615,69718,10121,26623,2309.2%
SG&A5
EBITDA2,4872,6713,1503,6003,98610.7%
Net Income4735148101,0781,40630.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash6078746337467490.4%
Short Term Debt3,3895,1224,1873,7953,184-16.1%
Long Term Debt4,7184,2295,4376,4496,434-0.2%
Cash flow
Capex1,0961,5671,2211,8012,18621.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth-50.8%12.6%15.3%17.5%9.2%
EBITDA growth7.4%18.0%14.3%10.7%
EBITDA Margin17.8%17.0%17.4%16.9%17.2%0.2%
Net Income Margin3.4%3.3%4.5%5.1%6.1%1.0%
SG&A, % of revenue0.0%0.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue7.9%10.0%6.7%8.5%9.4%0.9%
ROIC8.6%9.9%12.5%14.7%2.3%
ROE6.0%8.9%13.1%18.9%5.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA3.0x3.2x2.9x2.6x2.2x-0.4x

Revenue and profitability


Essel Propack's Revenue increased on 9.2% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 3.2 pp from 6.1% to 9.3% in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 0.98 pp from 5.1% to 6.1% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 Essel Propack had CAPEX/Revenue of 9.4%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.58 pp from 10.0% in FY2012 to 9.4% in FY2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 8.2%.The company maintained rich investment policy and has spent a big chunk of EBITDA (54.8%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (14.72%) and ROE (18.89%). ROIC increased on 2.3 pp from 12.5% to 14.7% in FY2015. ROE increased on 5.8 pp from 13.1% to 18.9% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 2.2x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.4x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.4x from 2.6x to 2.2x in FY2015. Debt decreased on 6.1% in FY2015 while cash showed almost no change in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Containers & Packaging


Below you can find Essel Propack benchmarking vs. other companies in Containers & Packaging 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 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Neo Corp International ($NEOCORP)-63.2%36.7%45.2%56.4%
Gopala Polyplast ($GOPALA)-42.9%-1.7%17.0%29.6%
Shree Rama Multi-Tech ($SHREERAMA)-18.3%-25.0%18.2%23.3%
Shri Jagdamba Polymers ($SHRJAGP)-66.8%35.5%38.3%21.7%
Time Technoplast ($TIMETECHNO)-58.8%19.8%17.6%21.6%
 
Median (19 companies)-46.5%18.0%16.9%13.9%
Essel Propack ($ESSELPRO)12.6%15.3%17.5%9.2%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Control Print ($CONTROLPR)13.9%19.2%22.5%
Manaksia ($MANAKSIA)16.5%14.4%17.4%20.3%
Piramal Glass ($PIRAMGLAS)24.4%23.7%18.9%15.5%
Kg Petrochem ($KGPETRO)11.6%16.0%12.8%14.7%
Time Technoplast ($TIMETECHNO)18.5%15.9%16.2%14.1%
 
Median (14 companies)11.5%12.9%10.6%11.4%
Essel Propack ($ESSELPRO)17.8%17.0%17.4%16.9%17.2%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Piramal Glass ($PIRAMGLAS)12.6%20.7%6.0%7.7%
Control Print ($CONTROLPR)3.0%5.0%7.5%
Hindusthan National Glass & Industries ($HINDNATGLS)21.7%75.5%25.0%6.7%
Time Technoplast ($TIMETECHNO)18.5%17.9%11.1%6.2%
Manaksia ($MANAKSIA)9.0%9.0%4.8%4.7%
 
Median (6 companies)12.5%8.6%8.6%6.5%
Essel Propack ($ESSELPRO)7.9%10.0%6.7%8.5%9.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Control Print ($CONTROLPR)19.7%22.2%
Manaksia ($MANAKSIA)12.7%12.9%15.5%16.0%
Neo Corp International ($NEOCORP)17.4%14.9%13.7%15.7%
Kg Petrochem ($KGPETRO)5.0%10.8%10.1%14.3%
Hitech Plast ($HITECHPLAS)18.1%13.8%12.6%14.0%
 
Median (32 companies)8.5%9.4%9.9%11.2%
Essel Propack ($ESSELPRO)8.6%9.9%12.5%14.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Union Quality Plastics ($UNQTYMI)14.9x12.9x
Hindusthan National Glass & Industries ($HINDNATGLS)2.1x7.4x15.8x11.2x
Piramal Glass ($PIRAMGLAS)3.0x3.1x4.1x4.3x
Kg Petrochem ($KGPETRO)6.2x3.3x3.6x3.4x
Uflex ($UFLEX)1.0x2.7x3.0x3.2x
 
Median (18 companies)3.2x3.2x3.5x0.9x
Essel Propack ($ESSELPRO)3.0x3.2x2.9x2.6x2.2x