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Coromandel International revenue jumped on 13.4% in 2015 while EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.2 pp from 14.0% to 12.8%

30-04-2015 • About Coromandel International ($COROMANDEL) • By InTwits

Coromandel International reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 12.8% in FY2015, 14.0% in FY2014, 16.3% in FY2013, 10.8% in FY2012, 34.1% in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 20.5%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 2.0x while industry average is 2.1x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Coromandel International ($COROMANDEL) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue32,67997,89259,99071,26980,79213.4%
EBITDA11,13910,5449,7589,98210,3804.0%
Net Income6,9376,3884,3203,5654,01812.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash3,5399,8472,1094,1952,440-41.8%
Short Term Debt12,24522,89718,49015,76022,21040.9%
Long Term Debt3,2335,86310,9692,669668-75.0%
Cash flow
Capex1,9232,6271,135948-16.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth-65.5%199.6%-38.7%18.8%13.4%
EBITDA growth53.1%-5.3%-7.5%2.3%4.0%
EBITDA Margin34.1%10.8%16.3%14.0%12.8%-1.2%
Net Income Margin21.2%6.5%7.2%5.0%5.0%-0.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue5.9%4.4%1.6%1.2%-0.4%
ROIC28.9%22.2%16.7%18.3%20.5%2.2%
ROE40.1%29.3%18.8%15.9%17.9%2.0%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.1x1.8x2.8x1.4x2.0x0.5x

Revenue and profitability


Coromandel International's Revenue surged on 13.4% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.2 pp from 20.9% to 19.7% in FY2015.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.2%. CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly1.2 pp from in FY2012 to 1.2% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.4%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (20.50%) while ROE is a bit lower (17.92%). ROIC increased on 2.2 pp from 18.3% to 20.5% in FY2015. ROE increased slightly on 2.0 pp from 15.9% to 17.9% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 2.0x Net Debt / EBITDA and 2.2x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.5x from 1.4x to 2.0x in FY2015. Debt jumped on 24.1% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 41.8% in FY2015.

Valuation


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 8.4x and P/E 16.6x while industy averages are 10.5x and 26.1x.

Appendix 1: Peers in Fertilizers


Below you can find Coromandel International benchmarking vs. other companies in Fertilizers 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
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals ($CHAMBLFERT)32.6%8.8%8.6%9.3%
Basant Agro Tech (India) ($BASANTGL)-53.8%63.9%5.3%7.7%
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals ($GSFC)-23.1%11.5%17.9%-13.4%
Rama Phosphates ($RAMAPHO)-25.6%56.4%11.4%-13.9%
Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers ($KHAICHEM)13.7%41.2%-29.1%-14.7%
 
Median (5 companies)-24.3%41.2%8.8%-13.4%9.3%
Coromandel International ($COROMANDEL)199.6%-38.7%18.8%13.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals ($GSFC)25.4%22.4%13.6%12.1%
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals ($CHAMBLFERT)15.0%13.2%10.7%10.6%8.2%
Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers ($KHAICHEM)15.7%11.0%6.8%9.2%
Basant Agro Tech (India) ($BASANTGL)9.5%8.7%9.4%8.6%
Rama Phosphates ($RAMAPHO)12.8%11.2%7.7%0.2%
 
Median (5 companies)15.0%11.2%9.4%9.2%8.2%
Coromandel International ($COROMANDEL)34.1%10.8%16.3%14.0%12.8%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals ($GSFC)9.8%7.7%6.6%5.6%
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals ($CHAMBLFERT)1.9%1.6%1.2%1.7%2.0%
 
Median (2 companies)3.9%1.8%4.3%3.6%2.0%
Coromandel International ($COROMANDEL)5.9%4.4%1.6%1.2%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals ($GSFC)32.9%27.1%14.2%9.2%
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals ($CHAMBLFERT)12.0%13.6%9.3%9.2%8.6%
Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers ($KHAICHEM)25.7%20.1%5.9%7.3%
Kothari Industrial Corporation ($KOTIC)-5.5%
Teesta Agro Industries ($TEEAI)1.7%
 
Median (7 companies)12.8%20.1%11.1%9.2%8.6%
Coromandel International ($COROMANDEL)28.9%22.2%16.7%18.3%20.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers ($KHAICHEM)2.1x2.4x9.0x5.3x
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals ($CHAMBLFERT)2.5x3.3x5.4x4.5x4.5x
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals ($GSFC)-0.2x-0.2x1.6x0.6x
Basant Agro Tech (India) ($BASANTGL)3.9x3.9x3.8x0.0x
Rama Phosphates ($RAMAPHO)1.0x0.8x1.2x0.0x
 
Median (5 companies)1.6x2.4x3.8x0.6x4.5x
Coromandel International ($COROMANDEL)1.1x1.8x2.8x1.4x2.0x