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Asian Paints Net Income jumped on 14.5% in 2015 and Revenue jumped on 11.3%

18-05-2015 • About Asian Paints ($ASIANPAINT) • By InTwits

Asian Paints reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is relatively stable: 16.0% in FY2015 vs. 16.0% in FY2014 vs. 17.3% in FY2011
  • Asian Paints has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 11.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 4,538 in FY2015, 2,510 in FY2014, 6,438 in FY2013, 5,464 in FY2012, 1,561 in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 37.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Asian Paints ($ASIANPAINT) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue76,91095,983108,744125,816140,05311.3%
EBITDA13,28115,38417,37920,17022,37810.9%
Net Income8,4329,88711,13912,18813,95214.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash1,4332,2832,5352,2902,044-10.7%
Short Term Debt1,7532,8582,0372,0783,39963.6%
Long Term Debt58155347341478389.1%
Cash flow
Capex1,5615,4646,4382,5104,53880.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth-62.1%24.8%13.3%15.7%11.3%
EBITDA growth8.2%15.8%13.0%16.1%10.9%
EBITDA Margin17.3%16.0%16.0%16.0%16.0%-0.1%
Net Income Margin11.0%10.3%10.2%9.7%10.0%0.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.0%5.7%5.9%2.0%3.2%1.2%
ROIC50.4%47.1%43.0%39.8%37.1%-2.7%
ROE43.3%40.1%36.3%32.8%31.8%-1.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.1x0.1x-0.0x0.0x0.1x0.1x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue surged on 11.3% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 0.89 pp from 32.4% to 31.5% 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 3.2%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 2.5 pp from 5.7% in FY2012 to 3.2% in FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.7%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (37.12%) and ROE (31.77%). ROIC decreased on 2.7 pp from 39.8% to 37.1% in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 1.1 pp from 32.8% to 31.8% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 0.1x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.2x. Net Debt / EBITDA increased on 0.1x from 0.0100x to 0.1x in FY2015. Debt surged on 67.8% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 10.7% in FY2015.

Valuation


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 33.0x and P/E 52.7x while industy averages are 10.5x and 26.1x. Asian Paints's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 41.3x with the industry average at 4.7x.

Management team


The company's CEO is K B S Anand. K B S Anand has 6 years tenure at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Furniture-Furnishing-Paints


Below we provide Asian Paints benchmarking against other companies in Furniture-Furnishing-Paints 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
Kajaria Ceramics ($KAJARIACER)37.7%22.8%13.9%19.1%
Murudeshwar Ceramics ($MURUDCERA)10.1%3.6%-19.5%1.3%
Nitco ($NITCO)-33.7%31.0%-8.1%0.1%
Shalimar Paints ($SHALPAINTS)-21.8%19.5%2.5%-3.2%
Hanung Toys & Textiles ($HANUNG)630.6%24.6%27.6%-73.8%
 
Median (5 companies)-5.8%24.6%2.5%0.1%19.1%
Asian Paints ($ASIANPAINT)24.8%13.3%15.7%11.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Murudeshwar Ceramics ($MURUDCERA)30.6%23.6%21.8%21.6%
Kajaria Ceramics ($KAJARIACER)15.8%15.8%15.3%15.6%16.3%
Shalimar Paints ($SHALPAINTS)7.2%7.8%7.6%3.0%
Hanung Toys & Textiles ($HANUNG)21.2%21.7%20.0%-83.2%
 
Median (4 companies)15.8%15.8%15.3%9.3%16.3%
Asian Paints ($ASIANPAINT)17.3%16.0%16.0%16.0%16.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Kajaria Ceramics ($KAJARIACER)17.5%5.7%9.6%8.5%12.3%
Shalimar Paints ($SHALPAINTS)1.3%0.7%2.1%2.8%
 
Median (2 companies)13.3%5.7%7.6%5.7%12.3%
Asian Paints ($ASIANPAINT)2.0%5.7%5.9%2.0%3.2%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Kajaria Ceramics ($KAJARIACER)27.9%28.6%28.8%29.8%
Shalimar Paints ($SHALPAINTS)23.6%25.9%22.2%6.2%
Hanung Toys & Textiles ($HANUNG)17.2%15.6%13.6%-18.4%
Bil Continental ($BILCONTI)4.4%
Neycer India ($NEYCERI)-6.5%
 
Median (10 companies)12.7%10.7%4.7%6.2%29.8%
Asian Paints ($ASIANPAINT)50.4%47.1%43.0%39.8%37.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Shalimar Paints ($SHALPAINTS)1.7x1.5x1.9x7.3x
Kajaria Ceramics ($KAJARIACER)1.9x1.3x1.3x0.8x0.7x
Bil Continental ($BILCONTI)7.9x7.0x0.0x
Murudeshwar Ceramics ($MURUDCERA)2.6x3.2x4.1x0.0x
 
Median (4 companies)3.3x6.2x4.3x0.4x0.7x
Asian Paints ($ASIANPAINT)0.1x0.1x-0.0x0.0x0.1x