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Kse reports 109% EBITDA growth and 3.1 pp EBITDA Margin growth from 3.6% to 6.7%

30-05-2015 • About Kse ($KSE) • By InTwits

Kse reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 6.7% in FY2015, 3.6% in FY2014, 2.0% in FY2013, 4.2% in FY2012, 3.0% in FY2011
  • Kse has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.5%.
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 69.0%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Kse ($KSE) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue4,5375,4226,9728,0638,99711.6%
EBITDA138227140289602108.7%
Net Income4510447154436183.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash315838313781,101.5%
Short Term Debt9420519510212118.6%
Long Term Debt15872696553-18.6%
Cash flow
Capex272779101656.1%
Ratios
Revenue growth-57.4%19.5%28.6%15.7%11.6%
EBITDA growth-25.6%64.9%-38.3%106.0%108.7%
EBITDA Margin3.0%4.2%2.0%3.6%6.7%3.1%
Net Income Margin1.0%1.9%0.7%1.9%4.8%2.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.6%0.5%1.1%0.1%0.2%0.0%
ROIC14.7%27.7%14.1%36.9%69.0%32.1%
ROE13.6%28.6%11.6%34.4%72.5%38.0%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.6x1.0x1.6x0.5x-0.3x-0.8x

Revenue and profitability


Kse's Revenue surged on 11.6% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 3.4 pp from 1.4% to 4.8% in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased on 2.9 pp from 1.9% to 4.8% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.17%. Kse showed almost no change in CAPEX/Revenue from FY2012 to FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.47%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (69.01%) and ROE (72.49%). ROIC surged on 32.1 pp from 36.9% to 69.0% in FY2015. ROE surged on 38.0 pp from 34.4% to 72.5% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -0.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.3x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.8x from 0.5x to -0.3x in FY2015. Debt increased on 4.1% in FY2015 while cash surged on 1,102% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Packaged Foods


Below we provide Kse benchmarking against other companies in Packaged Foods 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
Krbl ($KRBL)5.6%27.6%39.9%8.6%
Sunil Agro Foods ($SUNILAGR)-34.2%1.6%38.3%29.1%
Milkfood ($MLKFOOD)-29.8%-1.1%9.3%27.7%
Simran Farms ($SIMRAN)38.4%23.8%27.5%23.4%
Venky'S (India) ($VENKYS)18.0%46.0%24.8%-0.3%
 
Median (15 companies)-35.3%14.7%14.8%16.0%9.6%
Kse ($KSE)19.5%28.6%15.7%11.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare ($GSKCONS)18.8%18.6%17.8%22.5%17.2%
Krbl ($KRBL)14.7%14.1%14.2%15.1%15.4%
Adf Foods ($ADFFOODS)16.2%13.5%11.2%8.6%14.5%
Britannia Industries ($BRITANNIA)5.2%5.7%6.9%9.2%11.1%
Venky'S (India) ($VENKYS)14.1%7.2%4.4%3.9%7.8%
 
Median (10 companies)7.7%8.0%8.7%8.7%7.2%
Kse ($KSE)3.0%4.2%2.0%3.6%6.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Venky'S (India) ($VENKYS)6.4%8.9%6.6%10.4%7.7%
Krbl ($KRBL)5.8%4.1%4.0%6.1%7.3%
Vadilal Industries ($VADILALIND)20.1%12.2%9.4%5.9%
Adf Foods ($ADFFOODS)21.8%1.9%18.3%5.8%
Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare ($GSKCONS)3.6%2.7%4.3%2.5%
 
Median (9 companies)3.6%4.1%4.2%4.3%2.9%
Kse ($KSE)0.6%0.5%1.1%0.1%0.2%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Britannia Industries ($BRITANNIA)17.8%24.6%33.7%54.0%59.4%
Nestle India ($NESTLEIND)85.4%57.7%47.9%49.6%
Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD)5.9%11.7%29.6%22.4%13.5%
Umang Dairies ($UMANGDAIR)54.8%93.5%55.6%22.3%28.4%
Krbl ($KRBL)14.4%11.7%14.5%18.3%17.0%
 
Median (19 companies)11.3%12.1%10.9%20.3%22.7%
Kse ($KSE)14.7%27.7%14.1%36.9%69.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Venky'S (India) ($VENKYS)0.9x2.6x2.8x6.7x3.9x
Krbl ($KRBL)3.7x4.1x2.9x3.0x2.7x
Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD)3.5x2.2x0.9x1.0x1.4x
Umang Dairies ($UMANGDAIR)1.8x0.6x0.5x1.7x1.1x
Simran Farms ($SIMRAN)-0.1x0.0x0.0x0.0x
 
Median (10 companies)2.3x1.9x0.8x1.1x0.0x
Kse ($KSE)1.6x1.0x1.6x0.5x-0.3x