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United Breweries Net Income jumped on 245% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin increased on 2.9 pp from 10.3% to 13.3%

28-05-2015 • About United Breweries ($UBL) • By InTwits

United Breweries reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • United Breweries has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 9.7%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 6.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 4,099 in FY2015, 1,895 in FY2014, 1,081 in FY2013, 1,630 in FY2012, 1,275 in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 14.3%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

United Breweries ($UBL) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue30,59835,59338,98742,29746,88110.8%
EBITDA3,9034,1434,7934,3736,22142.3%
Net Income1,4751,2681,7217532,598245.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash1,1151,7081,068413131-68.2%
Short Term Debt5,9365,8885,5787,0463,248-53.9%
Long Term Debt2,7474,0287,4325,2765,116-3.0%
Cash flow
Capex4,4013,8143,8012,1214,07592.1%
Ratios
Revenue growth-47.2%16.3%9.5%8.5%10.8%
EBITDA growth64.9%6.1%15.7%-8.8%42.3%
EBITDA Margin12.8%11.6%12.3%10.3%13.3%2.9%
Net Income Margin4.8%3.6%4.4%1.8%5.5%3.8%
CAPEX, % of revenue14.4%10.7%9.8%5.0%8.7%3.7%
ROIC12.4%11.5%11.6%8.1%14.3%6.2%
ROE14.7%10.6%12.4%4.7%14.8%10.0%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.9x2.0x2.5x2.7x1.3x-1.4x

Revenue and profitability


United Breweries's Revenue surged on 10.8% in FY2015. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased on 2.9 pp from 10.3% to 13.3% in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased on 3.8 pp from 1.8% to 5.5% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 United Breweries had CAPEX/Revenue of 8.7%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 2.0 pp from 10.7% in FY2012 to 8.7% in FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 7.8%.To maintain this fast growth the company invested a large share of EBITDA (65.5%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (14.28%) and ROE (14.77%). ROIC increased on 6.2 pp from 8.1% to 14.3% in FY2015. ROE jumped on 10.0 pp from 4.7% to 14.8% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 1.3x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 1.4x from 2.7x to 1.3x in FY2015. Debt dropped on 32.1% in FY2015 while cash dropped on 68.2% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Breweries & Distilleries


Below you can find United Breweries benchmarking vs. other companies in Breweries & Distilleries 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
Khoday India ($KHODAY)-25.0%19.9%-24.7%34.3%
Pioneer Distilleries ($PIONDIST)94.2%-0.9%25.1%17.0%
Tilaknagar Industries ($TI)-38.1%17.0%34.6%9.4%
Ifb Agro Industries ($IFBAGRO)-37.5%-4.8%5.4%8.4%
United Spirits ($UNITDSPR)24.5%13.3%0.9%-12.8%
 
Median (7 companies)-32.8%17.0%5.4%8.4%6.5%
United Breweries ($UBL)16.3%9.5%8.5%10.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Tilaknagar Industries ($TI)24.6%26.2%22.7%21.0%
Khoday India ($KHODAY)9.1%28.0%7.1%19.2%
Som Distilleries & Breweries ($SDBL)15.0%14.4%15.0%15.0%
G.M.Breweries ($GMBREW)15.5%10.0%9.1%13.7%11.5%
Ifb Agro Industries ($IFBAGRO)7.8%11.5%10.8%9.2%
 
Median (7 companies)15.0%12.2%10.8%13.7%11.5%
United Breweries ($UBL)12.8%11.6%12.3%10.3%13.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pioneer Distilleries ($PIONDIST)33.1%29.8%35.0%30.0%12.3%
Tilaknagar Industries ($TI)23.7%20.6%10.0%14.8%
Ifb Agro Industries ($IFBAGRO)2.7%4.6%1.8%9.8%
United Spirits ($UNITDSPR)3.7%7.4%2.8%2.2%1.8%
Som Distilleries & Breweries ($SDBL)3.9%12.3%3.3%0.9%
 
Median (6 companies)7.2%7.4%4.5%6.0%1.8%
United Breweries ($UBL)14.4%10.7%9.8%5.0%8.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
G.M.Breweries ($GMBREW)29.6%18.4%17.0%21.9%18.0%
Som Distilleries & Breweries ($SDBL)25.8%23.3%22.2%19.2%
Ifb Agro Industries ($IFBAGRO)25.9%33.3%26.7%18.8%
Tilaknagar Industries ($TI)13.3%11.6%11.7%10.7%
Silver Oak (India) ($SILVOAK)8.4%0.3%
 
Median (11 companies)10.4%15.0%8.7%10.7%18.0%
United Breweries ($UBL)12.4%11.5%11.6%8.1%14.3%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pioneer Distilleries ($PIONDIST)10.4x2.1x
Tilaknagar Industries ($TI)3.6x4.3x3.8x4.8x
Silver Oak (India) ($SILVOAK)2.7x1.1x1.2x
G.M.Breweries ($GMBREW)0.9x0.9x0.7x0.6x0.5x
Khoday India ($KHODAY)7.8x2.5x12.4x0.0x
 
Median (7 companies)3.6x2.5x1.1x0.6x2.1x
United Breweries ($UBL)1.9x2.0x2.5x2.7x1.3x