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Astral Poly Technik revenue surged on 32.4% in 2015 while EBITDA Margin decreased on 3.0 pp from 14.8% to 11.8%

28-05-2015 • About Astral Poly Technik ($ASTRAL) • By InTwits

Astral Poly Technik reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Astral Poly Technik is a fast growth stock: FY2015 revenue growth was 32.4%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 37.6% at FY2015 ROIC 19.7%
  • Astral Poly Technik has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.8%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 7.5%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 633,640 in FY2015, 600,870 in FY2014, 307,260 in FY2013, 163,810 in FY2012, 338,650 in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 19.7%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.1x while industry average is 1.2x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Astral Poly Technik ($ASTRAL) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue4,1135,8278,25210,79614,29932.4%
SG&A506
EBITDA5548281,1721,6001,6835.2%
Net Income328395606789759-3.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash10211011591151,131.4%
Short Term Debt2429127961381432.6%
Long Term Debt3196486448061,21350.5%
Cash flow
Capex383696696924858-7.2%
Ratios
Revenue growth41.6%41.7%41.6%30.8%32.4%
EBITDA growth32.6%49.4%41.5%36.5%5.2%
EBITDA Margin13.5%14.2%14.2%14.8%11.8%-3.0%
Net Income Margin8.0%6.8%7.3%7.3%5.3%-2.0%
SG&A, % of revenue3.5%3.5%
CAPEX, % of revenue9.3%11.9%8.4%8.6%6.0%-2.6%
ROIC22.6%29.3%31.1%33.3%19.7%-13.5%
ROE24.8%23.8%28.5%28.4%16.2%-12.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.4x1.0x0.7x0.9x1.1x0.3x

Revenue and profitability


Astral Poly Technik's Revenue jumped on 32.4% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 2.0 pp from 8.1% to 10.0% in FY2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 2.0 pp from 7.3% to 5.3% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 6.0%. Astral Poly Technik showed decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 6.0 pp from 11.9% in FY2012 to 6.0% in FY2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 7.7%.To fuel this fast growth the company invested a large share of EBITDA (51.0%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (19.74%) and ROE (16.25%). ROIC dropped on 13.5 pp from 33.3% to 19.7% in FY2015. ROE dropped on 12.1 pp from 28.4% to 16.2% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 1.1x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.2x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 0.3x from 0.9x to 1.1x in FY2015. Debt surged on 42.7% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 1,131% in FY2015.

Valuation


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 29.5x and P/E 62.8x while industy averages are 10.5x and 26.1x. The company's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 60.0x with the industry average at 4.7x.

Management team


Sandeep P Engineer is a Astral Poly Technik's CEO. Sandeep P Engineer has spent 12 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Plastic Products


Below we provide Astral Poly Technik benchmarking against other companies in Plastic 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
Max India ($MAX)28.0%23.7%10.1%27.4%
Wim Plast ($WIMPLAST)27.5%23.1%19.5%23.5%
Acrysil ($ACRYSIL)11.3%29.6%33.8%19.4%
Shaily Engineering Plastics ($SHAILY)14.9%-16.0%23.3%19.2%
Fenoplast ($FENOPLAS)11.4%-1.1%12.6%8.5%
 
Median (10 companies)-18.6%15.3%23.4%12.6%8.5%
Astral Poly Technik ($ASTRAL)41.7%41.6%30.8%32.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Acrysil ($ACRYSIL)19.2%12.4%16.8%17.5%19.5%
Wim Plast ($WIMPLAST)18.5%18.1%17.9%18.1%17.0%
Shaily Engineering Plastics ($SHAILY)11.5%14.3%13.9%16.0%14.8%
Jain Irrigation Systems ($JISLJALEQS)18.6%16.6%12.6%12.6%12.4%
Responsive Industries ($RESPONIND)15.4%13.4%11.5%10.3%12.2%
 
Median (11 companies)11.1%11.7%11.2%11.1%11.8%
Astral Poly Technik ($ASTRAL)13.5%14.2%14.2%14.8%11.8%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Shaily Engineering Plastics ($SHAILY)1.9%3.7%10.7%17.2%
Flexituff International ($FLEXITUFF)11.0%10.8%10.3%15.7%10.0%
Acrysil ($ACRYSIL)21.2%7.8%11.0%9.6%9.3%
Wim Plast ($WIMPLAST)5.4%14.3%8.1%3.7%7.9%
Responsive Industries ($RESPONIND)18.7%14.7%10.3%6.9%3.8%
 
Median (7 companies)5.4%7.8%8.1%6.9%7.9%
Astral Poly Technik ($ASTRAL)9.3%11.9%8.4%8.6%6.0%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Wim Plast ($WIMPLAST)31.0%31.8%31.2%31.0%31.2%
Acrysil ($ACRYSIL)7.7%16.2%20.2%21.0%
Shaily Engineering Plastics ($SHAILY)12.1%19.5%15.0%19.3%15.2%
Flexituff International ($FLEXITUFF)14.7%18.6%15.9%11.0%6.9%
Jain Irrigation Systems ($JISLJALEQS)15.0%13.4%8.3%9.0%8.6%
 
Median (21 companies)12.1%10.0%10.9%11.0%12.7%
Astral Poly Technik ($ASTRAL)22.6%29.3%31.1%33.3%19.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Flexituff International ($FLEXITUFF)3.5x2.2x3.1x4.3x5.3x
Jain Irrigation Systems ($JISLJALEQS)3.4x3.8x5.1x4.8x4.8x
Acrysil ($ACRYSIL)1.9x2.9x2.2x2.0x2.7x
Shaily Engineering Plastics ($SHAILY)4.0x1.9x1.8x1.9x2.6x
Responsive Industries ($RESPONIND)1.9x3.3x2.9x2.4x1.9x
 
Median (11 companies)2.4x2.2x2.3x0.4x0.4x
Astral Poly Technik ($ASTRAL)0.4x1.0x0.7x0.9x1.1x