Trending stocks

Vipul CAPEX surged on 159% in 2015 while Revenue dropped on 10.5%

30-05-2015 • About Vipul ($VIPUL) • By InTwits

Vipul reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Vipul is a company in decline: FY2015 revenue growth was -10.5%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -2.6%
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 4.4% in FY2015, 3.9% in FY2014, 9.1% in FY2013, 8.8% in FY2012, 0.6% in FY2011
  • Vipul has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.6%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 7.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 221 in FY2015, 85.1 in FY2014, 80.1 in FY2013, 213 in FY2012, 136 in FY2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 1.5%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 26.0x while industry average is 7.0x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Vipul ($VIPUL) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue3,8434,2674,1332,6152,340-10.5%
EBITDA22374377103103-0.7%
Net Income253190130-79-112
Balance Sheet
Cash1973792993063214.8%
Short Term Debt3533531,1111,2781,51518.6%
Long Term Debt9762863111391,475963.7%
Cash flow
Capex1362138085221159.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth44.0%11.0%-3.1%-36.7%-10.5%
EBITDA growth-91.0%1,572.1%0.9%-72.6%-0.7%
EBITDA Margin0.6%8.8%9.1%3.9%4.4%0.4%
Net Income Margin6.6%4.5%3.1%-3.0%-4.8%-1.8%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.5%5.0%1.9%3.3%9.4%6.2%
ROIC0.1%7.4%7.3%1.7%1.5%-0.2%
ROE6.9%4.9%3.3%-2.0%-2.9%-0.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA50.6x0.7x3.0x10.8x26.0x15.3x

Revenue and profitability


Vipul's Revenue dropped on 10.5% in FY2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.9 pp from 7.5% to 9.4% in FY2015.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 1.8 pp from -3.0% to -4.8% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Vipul's CAPEX/Revenue was 9.4% in FY2015. The company's CAPEX/Revenue increased on 4.4 pp from 5.0% in FY2012 to 9.4% in FY2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.9%.The company has spent a lot to CAPEX (215% of EBITDA) which didn't stop revenue from falling.

Return on investment


The company operates at low but positive ROIC (1.47%) and negative ROE (-2.91%). ROIC showed almost no change in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 0.91 pp from -2.0% to -2.9% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 26.0x and Debt / EBITDA is 29.2x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 15.3x from 10.8x to 26.0x in FY2015. Debt jumped on 111% in FY2015 while cash increased on 4.8% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Realty


Below you can find Vipul 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%-1.6%5.6%-1.8%11.4%
Vipul ($VIPUL)11.0%-3.1%-36.7%-10.5%


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
Hubtown ($HUBTOWN)51.6%53.3%72.4%67.6%82.4%
Housing Development & Infrastructure ($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%
 
Median (37 companies)24.3%20.1%18.1%20.1%23.2%
Vipul ($VIPUL)0.6%8.8%9.1%3.9%4.4%


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)5.5%4.7%2.6%3.7%2.3%
Vipul ($VIPUL)3.5%5.0%1.9%3.3%9.4%


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)9.4%5.7%4.6%5.7%6.8%
Vipul ($VIPUL)0.1%7.4%7.3%1.7%1.5%


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
Ansal Properties & Infrastructure ($ANSALAPI)3.1x12.8x11.9x11.4x16.6x
Srs Real Infrastructure ($SRSREAL)20.3x11.7x10.0x12.9x14.7x
Prozone Intu Properties ($PROZONINTU)8.6x13.0x11.9x
 
Median (33 companies)3.8x5.3x5.1x4.9x4.0x
Vipul ($VIPUL)50.6x0.7x3.0x10.8x26.0x