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Subros reports 13.7% CAPEX decline while 2.2% Revenue growth

14-05-2015 • About Subros ($SUBROS) • By InTwits

Subros reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Subros has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 11.2%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 5.0%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 567 in FY2015, 309 in FY2014, 1,207 in FY2013, 875 in FY2012, 822 in FY2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 7.7%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 3.1x while industry average is 1.9x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Subros ($SUBROS) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue10,92511,20512,76611,76212,0202.2%
EBITDA7609651,2221,3301,3692.9%
Net Income286477203208200-3.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash3421212720-26.2%
Short Term Debt9181,6831,6011,7212,05619.5%
Long Term Debt7671,3611,8962,4142,143-11.2%
Cash flow
Capex1,2681,8651,3681,095945-13.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth-23.1%2.6%13.9%-7.9%2.2%
EBITDA growth-18.4%27.0%26.6%8.9%2.9%
EBITDA Margin7.0%8.6%9.6%11.3%11.4%0.1%
Net Income Margin2.6%4.3%1.6%1.8%1.7%-0.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue11.6%16.6%10.7%9.3%7.9%-1.5%
ROIC9.0%8.5%7.8%7.9%7.7%-0.2%
ROE13.1%19.1%7.3%7.1%6.5%-0.6%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.2x3.1x2.8x3.1x3.1x-0.0x

Revenue and profitability


Subros's Revenue increased on 2.2% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 2.6 pp from 12.4% to 9.8% in FY2015.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Subros's CAPEX/Revenue was 7.9% in FY2015. Subros's CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 8.8 pp from 16.6% in FY2012 to 7.9% in FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 9.3%.Subros maintained rich investment policy and has spent a big chunk of EBITDA (69.0%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (7.71%) and ROE (6.47%). ROIC showed almost no change in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 0.60 pp from 7.1% to 6.5% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 3.1x and Debt / EBITDA is 3.1x. Net Debt / EBITDA decreased on 0.036x from 3.1x to 3.1x in FY2015. Debt increased slightly on 1.5% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 26.2% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Auto Parts & Equipment


Below we provide Subros benchmarking against other companies in Auto Parts & 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
Exide Industries ($EXIDEIND)11.5%19.7%30.6%14.8%
Motherson Sumi Systems ($MOTHERSUMI)79.1%71.3%20.2%14.0%
Fiem Industries ($FIEMIND)-54.4%25.2%13.4%18.7%
Suprajit Engineering ($SUPRAJIT)-53.1%22.2%9.4%17.9%
Amara Raja Batteries ($AMARAJABAT)-66.9%34.3%25.1%16.1%
 
Median (35 companies)-35.6%17.2%2.4%5.0%7.0%
Subros ($SUBROS)2.6%13.9%-7.9%2.2%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Tube Investments Of India ($TUBEINVEST)33.7%18.4%24.4%28.3%30.0%
Shanthi Gears ($SHANTIGEAR)44.6%37.9%30.2%27.8%12.0%
Amtek Auto ($AMTEKAUTO)25.1%20.7%14.8%
Shivam Autotech ($SHIVAMAUTO)23.2%24.1%24.1%20.6%
Suprajit Engineering ($SUPRAJIT)16.5%16.2%17.0%17.2%
 
Median (34 companies)10.9%11.1%9.9%10.1%12.0%
Subros ($SUBROS)7.0%8.6%9.6%11.3%11.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Amtek Auto ($AMTEKAUTO)18.9%27.1%30.3%
Amara Raja Batteries ($AMARAJABAT)2.9%3.7%2.5%10.9%
Lumax Auto Technologies ($LUMAXTECH)3.7%5.1%7.3%7.8%
Sona Koyo Steering Systems ($SONASTEER)5.9%9.8%6.6%7.1%
Munjal Auto Industries ($MUNJALAU)8.4%2.5%2.0%6.7%
 
Median (24 companies)7.6%5.6%4.5%4.8%5.1%
Subros ($SUBROS)11.6%16.6%10.7%9.3%7.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Amara Raja Batteries ($AMARAJABAT)30.5%32.1%34.5%30.3%
Exide Industries ($EXIDEIND)34.2%24.2%24.3%29.5%26.9%
Suprajit Engineering ($SUPRAJIT)32.4%31.8%28.0%26.1%
Motherson Sumi Systems ($MOTHERSUMI)23.7%13.5%16.5%25.0%24.9%
Munjal Showa ($MUNJALSHOW)18.8%29.9%23.8%22.5%
 
Median (48 companies)16.5%16.4%12.7%14.5%6.7%
Subros ($SUBROS)9.0%8.5%7.8%7.9%7.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Tube Investments Of India ($TUBEINVEST)8.1x17.6x17.8x17.3x16.4x
Autoline Industries ($AUTOIND)3.1x3.2x4.0x12.0x
Reil Electricals India ($REILELEC)-0.1x-0.0x1.5x9.1x
Steel Strips Wheels ($SSWL)4.6x5.4x6.3x6.5x5.6x
Automotive Stampings & Assemblies ($ASAL)1.8x1.1x3.9x6.3x
 
Median (44 companies)2.1x1.2x1.8x0.7x1.1x
Subros ($SUBROS)2.2x3.1x2.8x3.1x3.1x