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Welspun Projects CAPEX jumped on 9,611% in 2015 and Revenue jumped on 239%

30-05-2015 • About Welspun Projects ($WELPROJ) • By InTwits

Welspun Projects reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Welspun Projects doesn't have a profitable business model yet: FY2015 ROIC is -6.5%
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: -0.2% in FY2015, 6.2% in FY2014, 34.0% in FY2013, 16.4% in FY2012, 2.2% in FY2011
  • The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -6.5%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 9.9x while industry average is 4.1x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Welspun Projects ($WELPROJ) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue2,3873,3703,0712,4348,256239.1%
EBITDA545521,044151-19-112.4%
Net Income-3163359-6107
Balance Sheet
Cash491634281107554419.1%
Short Term Debt9179867796981,411102.0%
Long Term Debt3,3982,9492,2402,5473,06620.4%
Cash flow
Capex3713151,4319,611.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth-75.3%41.2%-8.9%-20.7%239.1%
EBITDA growth-85.7%929.4%89.2%-85.6%-112.4%
EBITDA Margin2.2%16.4%34.0%6.2%-0.2%-6.4%
Net Income Margin-13.2%1.0%1.9%-25.1%0.1%25.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.5%0.4%0.6%17.3%16.7%
ROIC-2.4%3.4%4.1%-2.5%-6.5%-4.0%
ROE-7.6%0.6%1.1%-12.5%0.1%12.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA71.3x6.0x2.6x20.8x-20.8x

Revenue and profitability


Welspun Projects's Revenue jumped on 239% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.8 pp from 11.9% to 10.1% in FY2015.

Net Income marign jumped on 25.1 pp from -25.1% to 0.082% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 17.3% in FY2015. Welspun Projects showed fast CAPEX/Revenue growth of 17.0 pp from 0.38% in FY2012 to 17.3% in FY2015.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-6.49%) and low but positive ROE (0.07%). ROIC decreased on 4.0 pp from -2.5% to -6.5% in FY2015. ROE surged on 12.5 pp from -12.5% to 0.068% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 9.9x Net Debt / EBITDA and Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 20.8x from 20.8x to in FY2015. Debt surged on 37.9% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 419% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Construction & Engineering


Below we provide Welspun Projects benchmarking against other companies in Construction & Engineering 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
Madhucon Projects ($MADHUCON)-72.3%-19.5%61.7%81.2%
C & C Constructions ($CANDC)7.1%-11.6%-12.2%31.7%
Mbl Infrastructures ($MBLINFRA)26.3%7.1%30.3%11.1%
Atlanta ($ATLANTA)-47.6%115.1%28.1%50.2%
Arss Infrastructure Projects ($ARSSINFRA)-5.3%-34.8%17.8%-27.8%
 
Median (31 companies)-20.9%8.7%6.9%7.1%6.6%
Welspun Projects ($WELPROJ)41.2%-8.9%-20.7%239.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Arss Infrastructure Projects ($ARSSINFRA)21.8%14.0%13.9%22.0%31.3%
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure ($RIIL)30.8%
Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation ($SHRISTI)28.0%27.2%30.0%30.0%29.8%
Atlanta ($ATLANTA)44.1%28.5%34.6%30.8%21.4%
Garnet Construction ($GARNET)20.7%
 
Median (26 companies)12.4%11.9%11.2%10.7%10.7%
Welspun Projects ($WELPROJ)2.2%16.4%34.0%6.2%-0.2%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Madhucon Projects ($MADHUCON)149.8%234.5%155.1%76.0%
Jaiprakash Associates ($JPASSOCIAT)114.7%97.0%65.5%45.0%
Supreme Infrastructure India ($SUPREMEINF)16.7%46.6%31.1%43.1%
Man Infraconstruction ($MANINFRA)11.5%7.8%1.6%25.0%18.6%
Jmc Projects (India) ($JMCPROJECT)7.8%4.5%1.7%18.9%3.2%
 
Median (23 companies)6.1%7.7%6.6%6.6%3.1%
Welspun Projects ($WELPROJ)1.5%0.4%0.6%17.3%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Skipper ($SKIPPER)10.6%10.4%13.5%14.7%27.4%
Mbl Infrastructures ($MBLINFRA)24.3%21.3%13.4%14.0%13.6%
Voltas ($VOLTAS)32.9%19.6%11.7%11.8%19.3%
Supreme Infrastructure India ($SUPREMEINF)15.0%15.4%12.4%10.6%
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure ($RIIL)5.1%10.8%12.7%10.5%5.7%
 
Median (42 companies)10.7%8.6%7.5%6.3%6.9%
Welspun Projects ($WELPROJ)-2.4%3.4%4.1%-2.5%-6.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Coromandel Engineering Company ($COROENGG)7.1x14.4x54.6x3.2x
Punj Lloyd ($PUNJLLOYD)6.5x6.7x6.8x16.5x
Madhucon Projects ($MADHUCON)40.1x96.8x19.0x16.4x
Hindustan Construction Co ($HCC)10.0x18.8x20.3x12.3x9.3x
Jaiprakash Associates ($JPASSOCIAT)7.6x9.2x8.9x11.0x
 
Median (32 companies)3.7x4.5x5.7x5.9x3.0x
Welspun Projects ($WELPROJ)71.3x6.0x2.6x20.8x