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Alstom India Net Income dropped on 23.3% in 2015 while EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.5 pp from 6.8% to 8.3%

29-04-2015 • About Alstom India ($AIL) • By InTwits

Alstom India reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Alstom India is a company in decline: FY2015 revenue growth was -18.5%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -3.9%
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 8.3% in FY2015, 6.8% in FY2014, 8.8% in FY2013, 9.5% in FY2012, 19.1% in FY2011
  • Alstom India has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.6%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 27.5%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 7,518 in FY2015, 1,258 in FY2014, 1,935 in FY2013, 2,884 in FY2012, 2,857 in FY2011
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is at 10.7%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Alstom India ($AIL) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue15,71724,19827,85826,05321,243-18.5%
EBITDA2,9992,2982,4461,7791,766-0.7%
Net Income1,6921,6801,8362,3071,769-23.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash7,1452,1191,1002,7147,165164.1%
Short Term Debt3391100
Long Term Debt00000
Cash flow
Capex943955837614526-14.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth-39.3%54.0%15.1%-6.5%-18.5%
EBITDA growth17.4%-23.4%6.4%-27.3%-0.7%
EBITDA Margin19.1%9.5%8.8%6.8%8.3%1.5%
Net Income Margin10.8%6.9%6.6%8.9%8.3%-0.5%
CAPEX, % of revenue6.0%3.9%3.0%2.4%2.5%0.1%
ROIC44.3%27.2%25.6%13.2%10.7%-2.5%
ROE31.2%26.2%24.5%26.6%18.5%-8.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA-2.3x-0.9x-0.4x-1.5x-4.1x-2.5x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue dropped on 18.5% in FY2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.5 pp from 6.8% to 8.3% in FY2015.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 0.53 pp from 8.9% to 8.3% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Alstom India's CAPEX/Revenue was 2.5% in FY2015. Alstom India's CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 1.5 pp from 3.9% in FY2012 to 2.5% in FY2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.6%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (18.53%) while ROIC is low (10.72%). ROIC decreased on 2.5 pp from 13.2% to 10.7% in FY2015. ROE decreased on 8.1 pp from 26.6% to 18.5% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash surged on 164% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Heavy Electrical Equipment


Below we provide Alstom India benchmarking against other companies in Heavy Electrical Equipment 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, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Ujaas Energy ($UJAAS)-71.9%1.1%614.7%116.7%
Transformers And Rectifiers (India) ($TRIL)-20.6%-4.4%-1.3%42.8%
Jyoti Structures ($JYOTISTRUC)-35.2%15.3%8.9%20.7%
Emco ($EMCO)-4.5%-19.1%-13.0%20.2%
Crompton Greaves ($CROMPGREAV)9.5%12.4%7.5%12.7%
 
Median (15 companies)-13.3%13.6%-9.8%1.7%
Alstom India ($AIL)54.0%15.1%-6.5%-18.5%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Suzlon Energy ($SUZLON)30.3%33.2%27.2%28.6%
 
Median (1 company)30.3%33.2%27.2%28.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Techno Electric And Engineering Co. ($TECHNO)23.3%27.0%34.5%28.5%
Techno Electric & Engineering Company ($TECHELE)23.3%27.0%34.5%28.5%
Ujaas Energy ($UJAAS)9.3%1.2%18.7%17.4%
Bgr Energy Systems ($BGRENERGY)12.4%14.1%14.6%12.2%
Bharat Heavy Electricals ($BHEL)20.6%21.0%19.7%11.8%
 
Median (15 companies)12.4%8.9%8.8%6.6%
Alstom India ($AIL)19.1%9.5%8.8%6.8%8.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Sterlite Technologies ($STRTECH)19.8%24.9%47.2%64.9%
Swelect Energy Systems ($SWELECTES)2.9%5.1%42.5%50.8%
Ujaas Energy ($UJAAS)6.8%87.8%1.4%20.2%
T D Power Systems ($TDPOWERSYS)1.5%3.7%14.5%15.1%
Bharat Heavy Electricals ($BHEL)5.2%3.3%3.6%4.1%
 
Median (14 companies)5.2%5.7%3.6%2.5%
Alstom India ($AIL)6.0%3.9%3.0%2.4%2.5%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Ujaas Energy ($UJAAS)10.6%0.0%28.5%33.7%
Bharat Heavy Electricals ($BHEL)46.1%41.5%29.5%10.3%
Crompton Greaves ($CROMPGREAV)32.5%12.9%3.5%10.1%
Bgr Energy Systems ($BGRENERGY)25.9%15.5%11.9%9.7%
Jyoti Structures ($JYOTISTRUC)26.3%25.2%16.3%9.5%
 
Median (17 companies)17.4%14.1%6.3%8.3%
Alstom India ($AIL)44.3%27.2%25.6%13.2%10.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Suzlon Energy ($SUZLON)9.7x6.1x87.6x
Sterlite Technologies ($STRTECH)2.8x4.6x10.2x15.4x
Jyoti Structures ($JYOTISTRUC)1.3x2.4x3.6x5.7x
Emco ($EMCO)8.1x7.3x5.7x
Swelect Energy Systems ($SWELECTES)0.5x0.5x1.3x5.0x
 
Median (15 companies)1.3x2.5x3.0x2.5x
Alstom India ($AIL)-2.3x-0.9x-0.4x-1.5x-4.1x