Solar Industries India EBITDA jumped on 28.6% in 2015 and Revenue surged on 19.3%
25-05-2015 • About Solar Industries India (
$SOLARINDS) • By InTwits
Solar Industries India reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
- EBITDA Margin is relatively stable: 19.3% in FY2015 vs. 17.9% in FY2014 vs. 18.1% in FY2011
- Solar Industries India has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 11.9%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 4.8%.
- CAPEX is quite volatile: 584 in FY2015, 874 in FY2014, 1,593 in FY2013, 545 in FY2012, 499 in FY2011
- The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 18.4%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.
Solar Industries India ($SOLARINDS) key annual financial indicators
| mln. INR | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015/2014 |
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P&L
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| Revenue | 6,809 | 9,676 | 11,218 | 11,330 | 13,519 | 19.3% |
| EBITDA | 1,234 | 1,786 | 1,960 | 2,030 | 2,609 | 28.6% |
| Net Income | 756 | 1,012 | 1,163 | 1,184 | 1,474 | 24.5% |
Balance Sheet
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| Cash | 149 | 138 | 515 | 1,330 | 373 | -72.0% |
| Short Term Debt | 1,170 | 2,137 | 3,048 | 3,312 | 1,725 | -47.9% |
| Long Term Debt | 445 | 826 | 673 | 1,524 | 1,559 | 2.3% |
Cash flow
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| Capex | 965 | 1,261 | 1,112 | 1,389 | 1,395 | 0.4% |
Ratios
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| Revenue growth | -58.4% | 42.1% | 15.9% | 1.0% | 19.3% | |
| EBITDA growth | 41.8% | 44.7% | 9.8% | 3.6% | 28.6% | |
| EBITDA Margin | 18.1% | 18.5% | 17.5% | 17.9% | 19.3% | 1.4% |
| Net Income Margin | 11.1% | 10.5% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.9% | 0.4% |
| CAPEX, % of revenue | 14.2% | 13.0% | 9.9% | 12.3% | 10.3% | -1.9% |
| ROIC | 25.5% | 25.9% | 20.3% | 16.3% | 18.4% | 2.1% |
| ROE | 26.0% | 28.1% | 23.8% | 19.2% | 20.5% | 1.3% |
| Net Debt/EBITDA | 1.2x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.1x | -0.6x |
Revenue and profitability
Solar Industries India's Revenue surged on 19.3% in FY2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 7.9 pp from 6.8% to 14.6% in FY2015.
Net Income marign showed almost no change in FY2015.
Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments
In FY2015 Solar Industries India had CAPEX/Revenue of 10.3%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 2.7 pp from 13.0% in FY2012 to 10.3% in FY2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 10.8%.To maintain this fast growth Solar Industries India invested a large share of EBITDA (53.4%) to CAPEX.
Return on investment
The company operates at high and attractive ROE (20.51%) while ROIC is a bit lower (18.41%). ROIC increased on 2.1 pp from 16.3% to 18.4% in FY2015. ROE increased slightly on 1.3 pp from 19.2% to 20.5% in FY2015.
Leverage (Debt)
Debt level is 1.1x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.3x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.6x from 1.7x to 1.1x in FY2015. Debt dropped on 32.1% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 72.0% in FY2015.
Appendix 1: Peers in Specialty Chemicals
Below we provide Solar Industries India benchmarking against other companies in Specialty Chemicals 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 |
|---|
| Dai-Ichi Karkaria ($DAICHI) | | 20.7% | 31.4% | 45.4% | 22.8% |
| Dynemic Products ($DYNPRO) | -55.8% | 27.4% | -0.0% | 40.6% | |
| Camlin Fine Sciences ($CAMLINFIN) | | 95.3% | 11.4% | 36.1% | 9.8% |
| Sudarshan Chemical Industries ($SUDARSCHEM) | -49.4% | 10.5% | 9.1% | 28.2% | |
| Vinati Organics ($VINATIORGA) | | 38.7% | 23.6% | 25.9% | 10.9% |
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| Median (27 companies) | -49.8% | 19.8% | 11.4% | 13.7% | 9.8% |
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| Solar Industries India ($SOLARINDS) | | 42.1% | 15.9% | 1.0% | 19.3% |
Top companies by EBITDA margin, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
|---|
| Vinati Organics ($VINATIORGA) | 21.7% | 21.7% | 21.8% | 22.7% | 24.9% |
| Adi Finechem ($ADIFINCHM) | 18.2% | 15.1% | 14.0% | 22.1% | 16.5% |
| Ultramarine & Pigments ($ULTRAMAR) | 20.1% | 18.0% | 15.5% | 17.4% | |
| Anil ($ANILLTD) | 17.4% | 18.1% | 16.9% | 17.1% | |
| Dynemic Products ($DYNPRO) | 17.3% | 13.6% | 11.2% | 16.0% | |
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| Median (25 companies) | 11.2% | 10.6% | 11.2% | 10.6% | 14.8% |
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| Solar Industries India ($SOLARINDS) | 18.1% | 18.5% | 17.5% | 17.9% | 19.3% |
Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| Adi Finechem ($ADIFINCHM) | 8.2% | 7.3% | 4.8% | 12.6% | 16.9% |
| Nitta Gelatin India ($NITTAGELA) | 21.3% | 8.8% | 4.6% | 8.5% | |
| Meghmani Organics ($MEGH) | 9.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 7.9% | 4.6% |
| Camlin Fine Sciences ($CAMLINFIN) | 7.5% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 7.1% | 5.1% |
| Kiri Industries ($KIRIINDUS) | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 5.6% | |
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| Median (18 companies) | 7.0% | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 4.8% |
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| Solar Industries India ($SOLARINDS) | 14.2% | 13.0% | 9.9% | 12.3% | 10.3% |
Top companies by ROIC, %
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| Adi Finechem ($ADIFINCHM) | 27.6% | 30.6% | 29.8% | 46.4% | 26.3% |
| Vinati Organics ($VINATIORGA) | 31.4% | 29.6% | 26.2% | 30.6% | 34.8% |
| Pidilite Industries ($PIDILITIND) | 29.3% | 27.4% | 29.3% | 29.8% | 29.0% |
| Camlin Fine Sciences ($CAMLINFIN) | 9.9% | 11.1% | 17.8% | 24.2% | 29.5% |
| Plastiblends India ($PLASTIBLEN) | 19.4% | 18.3% | 15.8% | 24.0% | |
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| Median (35 companies) | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.8% | 11.2% | 26.3% |
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| Solar Industries India ($SOLARINDS) | 25.5% | 25.9% | 20.3% | 16.3% | 18.4% |
Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA
| Top 5 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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| Cochin Minerals & Rutile ($COCHINM) | 0.7x | -0.0x | -0.0x | 32.3x | |
| Alkali Metals ($ALKALI) | 4.3x | | 5.1x | 11.6x | 0.0x |
| Kiri Industries ($KIRIINDUS) | 3.9x | 8.2x | 31.3x | 10.6x | |
| Vikas Globalone ($VIKASGLOB) | 0.0x | 2.5x | 4.4x | 4.9x | |
| Jayant Agro-Organics ($JAYAGROGN) | 3.9x | 2.8x | 3.1x | 4.6x | 6.5x |
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| Median (28 companies) | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.7x | 0.0x |
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| Solar Industries India ($SOLARINDS) | 1.2x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.1x |