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Vascon Engineers EBITDA dropped on 842% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin dropped on 17.3 pp from 2.0% to -15.2%

13-05-2015 • About Vascon Engineers ($VASCONEQ) • By InTwits

Vascon Engineers reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Vascon Engineers doesn't have a profitable business model yet: FY2015 ROIC is -11.5%
  • EBITDA Margin is declining: -15.2% in FY2015 vs. 2.0% in FY2014 vs. 10.1% in FY2011
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: -15.2% in FY2015, 2.0% in FY2014, 3.4% in FY2013, 4.4% in FY2012, 10.1% in FY2011
  • Vascon Engineers has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 6.0%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 133 in FY2015, 232 in FY2014, 156 in FY2013, 87.0 in FY2012, 466 in FY2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -11.5%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Vascon Engineers ($VASCONEQ) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue10,2307,1217,0766,2396,227-0.2%
EBITDA1,030315244128-949-842.2%
Net Income648134-167-439-1,440
Balance Sheet
Cash83030130829655587.7%
Short Term Debt1,7702,3492,5762,8333,0447.5%
Long Term Debt1,934582460770301-60.9%
Cash flow
Capex46687156232133-42.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth36.2%-30.4%-0.6%-11.8%-0.2%
EBITDA growth3.3%-69.4%-22.5%-47.6%-842.2%
EBITDA Margin10.1%4.4%3.4%2.0%-15.2%-17.3%
Net Income Margin6.3%1.9%-2.4%-7.0%-23.1%-16.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue4.6%1.2%2.2%3.7%2.1%-1.6%
ROIC9.0%1.2%0.4%-0.5%-11.5%-10.9%
ROE9.4%1.9%-2.3%-6.4%-24.5%-18.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.8x8.4x11.2x25.9x-25.9x

Revenue and profitability


Vascon Engineers's Revenue showed almost no change in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 17.3 pp from 2.0% to -15.2% in FY2015.

Net Income marign dropped on 16.1 pp from -7.0% to -23.1% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 2.1%. CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 0.92 pp from 1.2% in FY2012 to 2.1% in FY2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.7%.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-11.48%) and ROE (-24.45%). ROIC dropped on 10.9 pp from -0.55% to -11.5% in FY2015. ROE dropped on 18.1 pp from -6.4% to -24.5% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.0x Net Debt / EBITDA and Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 25.9x from 25.9x to in FY2015. Debt decreased on 7.2% in FY2015 while cash surged on 87.7% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Realty


Below you can find Vascon Engineers benchmarking vs. other companies in Realty 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
Sunteck Realty ($SUNTECK)-94.4%-16.0%77.7%2,963.6%
Nitesh Estates ($NITESHEST)-63.3%-6.3%-28.7%259.1%
The Phoenix Mills ($PHOENIXLTD)-89.4%87.7%19.1%208.3%
Poddar Developers ($PODDARDEV)-18.4%63.9%152.9%56.0%
Lancor Holdings ($LANCORHOL)-47.4%-23.9%74.0%10.5%
 
Median (33 companies)-12.6%0.6%5.6%-1.8%14.1%
Vascon Engineers ($VASCONEQ)-30.4%-0.6%-11.8%-0.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Godrej Properties ($GODREJPROP)28.2%24.9%33.3%28.9%19.4%
 
Median (1 company)28.2%24.9%33.3%28.9%19.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Housing Development & Infrastructure ($HDIL)83.7%75.8%40.6%102.5%
Hubtown ($HUBTOWN)51.6%53.3%72.4%67.6%
Oberoi Realty ($OBEROIRLTY)58.7%59.3%58.9%54.5%56.4%
Pvp Ventures ($PVP)-644.3%73.2%51.1%
The Phoenix Mills ($PHOENIXLTD)71.8%54.7%56.2%46.9%
 
Median (33 companies)24.3%20.1%18.1%20.1%28.7%
Vascon Engineers ($VASCONEQ)10.1%4.4%3.4%2.0%-15.2%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
The Phoenix Mills ($PHOENIXLTD)138.3%168.3%108.0%107.1%
Prestige Estates Projects ($PRESTIGE)23.3%37.7%30.2%18.8%
Brigade Enterprises ($BRIGADE)42.6%45.7%10.7%17.0%
Parsvnath Developers ($PARSVNATH)19.9%15.9%11.6%
Unitech ($UNITECH)9.8%4.6%12.7%10.6%
 
Median (29 companies)5.5%4.9%2.6%3.5%1.9%
Vascon Engineers ($VASCONEQ)4.6%1.2%2.2%3.7%2.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Sunteck Realty ($SUNTECK)0.5%0.4%0.4%24.5%
Lancor Holdings ($LANCORHOL)38.2%18.0%11.6%19.5%17.7%
Sobha Developers ($SOBHA)12.4%18.8%16.7%14.6%12.7%
Poddar Developers ($PODDARDEV)4.1%3.9%2.6%12.9%19.1%
Puravankara Projects ($PURVA)11.2%13.3%17.0%12.3%
 
Median (50 companies)9.4%5.9%5.1%5.7%12.7%
Vascon Engineers ($VASCONEQ)9.0%1.2%0.4%-0.5%-11.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Unitech ($UNITECH)5.5x13.1x14.4x28.0x
Peninsula Land ($PENINLAND)2.2x5.5x24.0x
Parsvnath Developers ($PARSVNATH)4.5x5.1x4.7x14.6x
D B Realty ($DBREALTY)1.1x13.2x135.4x14.0x
Ajmera Realty & Infra India ($AJMERA)2.8x4.5x10.7x13.8x
 
Median (39 companies)4.2x5.1x4.8x4.9x2.8x
Vascon Engineers ($VASCONEQ)2.8x8.4x11.2x25.9x