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Hubtown EBITDA Margin surged on 14.7 pp from 67.6% to 82.4% in 2015 while Revenue decreased on 6.4%

30-05-2015 • About Hubtown ($HUBTOWN) • By InTwits

Hubtown reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Hubtown is a company in decline: FY2015 revenue growth was -6.4%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -3.7%
  • Hubtown 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 5.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 0 in FY2015, 16.8 in FY2014, 69.5 in FY2013, 34.7 in FY2012, 1,101 in FY2011
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is at 10.2%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Hubtown ($HUBTOWN) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue6,7644,3494,4114,7354,433-6.4%
EBITDA3,4892,3163,1923,2013,65014.0%
Net Income1,762237-212297-96.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash2868571,34832943432.2%
Short Term Debt10,16614,5774,8389,73210,2495.3%
Long Term Debt8,2653,8888,5787,9407,555-4.8%
Cash flow
Capex1,1013569170-100.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth26.7%-35.7%1.4%7.3%-6.4%
EBITDA growth-12.5%-33.6%37.8%0.3%14.0%
EBITDA Margin51.6%53.3%72.4%67.6%82.4%14.7%
Net Income Margin26.0%5.4%-0.5%4.8%0.2%-4.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue16.3%0.8%1.6%0.4%0.0%-0.4%
ROIC10.7%5.6%9.3%9.6%10.2%0.6%
ROE11.4%1.4%-0.1%1.4%0.0%-1.3%
Net Debt/EBITDA5.2x7.6x3.8x5.4x4.8x-0.7x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue decreased on 6.4% in FY2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin surged on 14.7 pp from 67.6% to 82.4% in FY2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 4.7 pp from 4.8% to 0.17% in FY2015.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (10.16%) and ROE (0.04%). ROIC increased slightly on 0.59 pp from 9.6% to 10.2% in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 1.3 pp from 1.4% to 0.043% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 4.8x and Debt / EBITDA is 4.9x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.7x from 5.4x to 4.8x in FY2015. Debt increased slightly on 0.75% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 32.2% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Realty


Below you can find Hubtown benchmarking vs. other companies in Realty 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
Ajmera Realty & Infra India ($AJMERA)21.3%-61.7%-1.8%109.9%
Godrej Properties ($GODREJPROP)70.6%34.7%13.7%56.3%
Poddar Developers ($PODDARDEV)-18.4%63.9%152.9%56.0%
Mahindra Lifespace Developers ($MAHLIFE)14.6%5.3%-4.5%54.0%
Brigade Enterprises ($BRIGADE)27.2%34.2%10.2%44.6%
 
Median (30 companies)36.4%0.6%5.6%-4.5%11.4%
Hubtown ($HUBTOWN)-35.7%1.4%7.3%-6.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Godrej Properties ($GODREJPROP)28.2%24.9%33.3%28.9%19.4%
 
Median (1 company)28.2%24.9%33.3%28.9%19.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Housing Development & Infrastructure ($HDIL)83.7%75.8%40.6%102.5%78.9%
Tci Developers ($TCIDEVELOP)75.9%
Oberoi Realty ($OBEROIRLTY)58.7%59.3%58.9%54.5%56.4%
The Phoenix Mills ($PHOENIXLTD)71.8%54.7%56.2%46.9%46.2%
Sunteck Realty ($SUNTECK)33.7%32.8%18.1%30.3%44.2%
 
Median (37 companies)23.3%19.4%13.4%19.8%22.9%
Hubtown ($HUBTOWN)51.6%53.3%72.4%67.6%82.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Prozone Intu Properties ($PROZONINTU)89.5%
Ashiana Housing ($ASHIANA)26.7%
Brigade Enterprises ($BRIGADE)42.6%45.7%10.7%17.0%18.5%
Prestige Estates Projects ($PRESTIGE)23.3%37.7%30.2%18.8%11.6%
Parsvnath Developers ($PARSVNATH)19.9%15.9%11.6%10.6%
 
Median (30 companies)5.3%4.9%2.6%3.7%2.5%
Hubtown ($HUBTOWN)16.3%0.8%1.6%0.4%0.0%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Ahluwalia Contracts (India) ($AHLUCONT)29.7%-3.2%-15.8%5.6%21.2%
Poddar Developers ($PODDARDEV)4.1%3.9%2.6%12.9%19.1%
Lancor Holdings ($LANCORHOL)38.2%18.0%11.6%19.5%17.7%
Mahindra Lifespace Developers ($MAHLIFE)10.5%10.4%11.7%6.6%14.9%
Sobha Developers ($SOBHA)12.4%18.8%16.7%14.6%12.7%
 
Median (41 companies)9.2%5.9%4.6%5.6%6.8%
Hubtown ($HUBTOWN)10.7%5.6%9.3%9.6%10.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
D B Realty ($DBREALTY)1.1x13.2x135.4x14.0x54.8x
B.L.Kashyap And Sons ($BLKASHYAP)3.8x8.2x5.8x12.7x40.1x
Vipul ($VIPUL)50.6x0.7x3.0x10.8x26.0x
Ansal Properties & Infrastructure ($ANSALAPI)3.1x12.8x11.9x11.4x16.6x
Srs Real Infrastructure ($SRSREAL)20.3x11.7x10.0x12.9x14.7x
 
Median (33 companies)3.8x5.1x5.1x4.9x4.0x
Hubtown ($HUBTOWN)5.2x7.6x3.8x5.4x4.8x