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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. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue3,2013,2763,7943,2943,65410.9%
EBITDA4123838527267881.6%
Net Income34-286-354-758
Balance Sheet
Cash4449
Short Term Debt352458608
Long Term Debt1,8721,5171,007
Cash flow
Capex824
Ratios
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 Margin12.9%11.7%2.2%0.8%7.3%6.5%
Net Income Margin0.1%0.1%-7.5%-10.8%-20.8%-10.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.2%0.7%0.0%
ROIC6.1%5.8%-3.6%0.0%
ROE0.2%0.3%-23.9%0.0%
Net Debt/EBITDA5.4x5.2x18.5x0.0x0.0x0.0x

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
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%
 
Median (31 companies)-35.0%12.5%3.2%3.4%-1.3%
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
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%
 
Median (28 companies)13.4%9.4%9.2%7.4%12.8%
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
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%
 
Median (21 companies)12.3%9.7%11.0%7.1%3.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
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%
 
Median (40 companies)9.6%7.2%5.7%5.8%36.1%
S.A.L.Steel ($SALSTEEL)6.1%5.8%-3.6%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Jai Balaji Industries ($JAIBALAJI)5.5x89.7x
Visa Steel ($VISASTEEL)6.9x20.1x24.4x
Ismt ($ISMTLTD)4.4x5.3x9.8x19.9x
Kic Metaliks ($KAJARIR)6.6x9.2x3.0x18.2x
Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL)8.1x6.3x8.6x12.9x
 
Median (29 companies)3.6x4.2x4.3x3.4x1.1x
S.A.L.Steel ($SALSTEEL)5.4x5.2x18.5x0.0x0.0x