S.A.L.Steel EBITDA surged on 882% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin increased on 6.5 pp from 0.83% to 7.3%
06-05-2015 • About S.A.L.Steel (
$SALSTEEL) • By InTwits
S.A.L.Steel reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts: EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 7.3% in FY2015, 0.8% in FY2014, 2.2% in FY2013, 11.7% in FY2012, 12.9% in FY2011.
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.
S.A.L.Steel ($SALSTEEL) key annual financial indicators
| mln. INR | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015/2014 |
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P&L
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| Revenue | 3,201 | 3,276 | 3,794 | 3,294 | 3,654 | 10.9% |
| EBITDA | 412 | 383 | 85 | 27 | 267 | 881.6% |
| Net Income | 3 | 4 | -286 | -354 | -758 | |
Balance Sheet
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| Cash | 4 | 4 | 49 | | | |
| Short Term Debt | 352 | 458 | 608 | | | |
| Long Term Debt | 1,872 | 1,517 | 1,007 | | | |
Cash flow
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| Capex | 8 | 24 | | | | |
Ratios
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| Revenue growth | -26.1% | 2.3% | 15.8% | -13.2% | 10.9% | |
| EBITDA growth | -12.2% | -7.0% | -77.9% | -67.8% | 881.6% | |
| EBITDA Margin | 12.9% | 11.7% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 7.3% | 6.5% |
| Net Income Margin | 0.1% | 0.1% | -7.5% | -10.8% | -20.8% | -10.0% |
| CAPEX, % of revenue | 0.2% | 0.7% | | | | 0.0% |
| ROIC | 6.1% | 5.8% | -3.6% | | | 0.0% |
| ROE | 0.2% | 0.3% | -23.9% | | | 0.0% |
| Net Debt/EBITDA | 5.4x | 5.2x | 18.5x | 0.0x | 0.0x | 0.0x |
Revenue and profitability
S.A.L.Steel's Revenue jumped on 10.9% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.1 pp from 9.2% to 10.4% in FY2015.
Net Income marign dropped on 10.0 pp from -10.8% to -20.8% in FY2015.
Appendix 1: Peers in Iron & Steel/Interm.Products
Below we provide S.A.L.Steel benchmarking against other companies in Iron & Steel/Interm.Products 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 |
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| Inducto Steel ($INDCTST) | | | 54.5% | 150.2% | |
| Kamdhenu Ispat ($KIL) | -65.5% | 25.7% | 13.7% | 68.3% | |
| Metkore Alloys & Industries ($METKORE) | -49.1% | 43.7% | -10.9% | 53.4% | |
| Tata Metaliks ($TATAMETALI) | | -7.0% | -19.0% | 44.6% | -1.3% |
| Visa Steel ($VISASTEEL) | -12.5% | 3.3% | -24.1% | 42.0% | |
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| Median (31 companies) | -35.0% | 12.5% | 3.2% | 3.4% | -1.3% |
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| S.A.L.Steel ($SALSTEEL) | | 2.3% | 15.8% | -13.2% | 10.9% |
Top companies by EBITDA margin, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| Jindal Steel & Power ($JINDALSTEL) | 48.3% | 37.5% | 30.5% | 28.1% | |
| Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL) | 29.0% | 31.2% | 32.3% | 28.1% | |
| Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN) | 15.2% | 16.3% | 21.5% | 21.3% | |
| Jsw Steel ($JSWSTEEL) | 20.2% | 17.8% | 17.1% | 17.9% | |
| Jai Corp ($JAICORPLTD) | 18.4% | 14.1% | 16.3% | 16.0% | |
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| Median (28 companies) | 13.4% | 9.4% | 9.2% | 7.4% | 12.8% |
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| S.A.L.Steel ($SALSTEEL) | 12.9% | 11.7% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 7.3% |
Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| Jindal Steel & Power ($JINDALSTEL) | 64.7% | 34.2% | 47.6% | 69.6% | |
| Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL) | 81.1% | 47.2% | 44.0% | 50.4% | |
| Jayaswal Neco Industries ($JAYNECOIND) | 27.9% | 20.4% | 44.0% | 31.1% | |
| Surana Industries ($SURANAIND) | | 41.3% | 54.8% | 21.5% | |
| Steel Authority Of India ($SAIL) | 25.3% | 20.9% | 20.7% | 19.3% | |
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| Median (21 companies) | 12.3% | 9.7% | 11.0% | 7.1% | 3.8% |
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Top companies by ROIC, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| Tata Metaliks ($TATAMETALI) | 3.1% | -23.5% | -3.7% | 19.9% | 57.4% |
| Nova Iron & Steel ($NOVIS) | | | | 15.4% | |
| Kirloskar Ferrous Industries ($KIRLFER) | 20.0% | 19.1% | 16.8% | 12.4% | 14.7% |
| Pennar Industries ($PENIND) | 31.6% | 26.8% | 18.4% | 12.3% | |
| Jsw Steel ($JSWSTEEL) | 9.7% | 11.0% | 10.3% | 12.1% | |
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| Median (40 companies) | 9.6% | 7.2% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 36.1% |
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| S.A.L.Steel ($SALSTEEL) | 6.1% | 5.8% | -3.6% | | |
Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| Jai Balaji Industries ($JAIBALAJI) | 5.5x | | | 89.7x | |
| Visa Steel ($VISASTEEL) | 6.9x | 20.1x | | 24.4x | |
| Ismt ($ISMTLTD) | 4.4x | 5.3x | 9.8x | 19.9x | |
| Kic Metaliks ($KAJARIR) | 6.6x | 9.2x | 3.0x | 18.2x | |
| Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL) | 8.1x | 6.3x | 8.6x | 12.9x | |
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| Median (29 companies) | 3.6x | 4.2x | 4.3x | 3.4x | 1.1x |
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| S.A.L.Steel ($SALSTEEL) | 5.4x | 5.2x | 18.5x | 0.0x | 0.0x |