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Elecon Engineering Co EBITDA dropped on 11.8% and EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.1 pp from 12.8% to 11.7%

27-04-2016 • About Elecon Engineering Co ($ELECON) • By InTwits

Elecon Engineering Co reported FY2016 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • EBITDA Margin is relatively stable: 11.7% in FY2016 vs. 12.8% in FY2015 vs. 13.1% in FY2012
  • Elecon Engineering Co has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.6%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 4.5%
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹241m in FY2016, ₹166m in FY2015, ₹351m in FY2014, ₹1,367m in FY2013, ₹1,337m in FY2012
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is 7.0%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 3.9x while industry average is 0.4x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue decreased on 3.3%. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.1 pp from 12.8% to 11.7% in FY2016.

Net Income margin increased slightly on 1.7 pp from 1.2% to 3.0% in FY2016. During the last 5 years Net Income margin bottomed in FY2014 at 1.1% and was growing since that time.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 1.9% in FY2016. Elecon Engineering Co's CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 7.1 pp from 9.0% in FY2013 to 1.9% in FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.9%. CAPEX as a % of Revenue declined at -2.1 pp per annum in FY2012-FY2016.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (7.0%) and ROE (7.0%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.2 pp from 8.2% to 7.0% in FY2016. ROE increased on 3.9 pp from 3.1% to 7.0% in FY2016. ROIC followed a declining trend at -1.9 pp per annum in FY2012-FY2016. During FY2012-FY2016 ROE bottomed in FY2014 at 2.6% and was growing since that time.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 3.9x Net Debt / EBITDA and 4.1x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.8x from 3.1x to 3.9x in FY2016. Debt surged on 12.5% while cash jumped on 11.4%.

Elecon Engineering Co has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 7.7% of short term debt.

Financial and operational results


Elecon Engineering Co ($ELECON) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue16,01315,26812,92913,28912,853-3.3%
EBITDA2,0982,0861,5181,7011,500-11.8%
Net Income611179137163382133.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash18030521130233611.4%
Short Term Debt4,3955,1014,9563,8854,39313.1%
Long Term Debt1,9911,8401,3781,6321,81411.2%
Cash flow
Capex1,3371,36735116624144.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth24.7%-4.6%-15.3%2.8%-3.3%
EBITDA growth5.2%-0.5%-27.2%12.1%-11.8%

EBITDA Margin13.1%13.7%11.7%12.8%11.7%-1.1%
Net Income Margin3.8%1.2%1.1%1.2%3.0%1.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue8.3%9.0%2.7%1.3%1.9%0.6%

ROIC14.3%12.4%7.1%8.2%7.0%-1.2%
ROE13.9%3.6%2.6%3.1%7.0%3.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA3.0x3.2x4.0x3.1x3.9x0.8x

Peers in Industrial Machinery


Below you can find Elecon Engineering Co benchmarking vs. other companies in Industrial Machinery 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 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Lloyd Electric & Engineering ($LLOYDELENG)---22.3%27.3%
Kabra Extrusiontechnik ($KABRAEXTRU)-13.3%-8.7%28.4%21.6%-
Akar Tools ($AKARTOOL)21.1%2.1%-2.3%16.7%-
Honda Siel Power Products ($HONDAPOWER)28.1%2.4%5.0%16.5%-
Mazda ($MAZDALTD)22.1%14.7%-15.6%16.2%-
 
Median (27 companies)12.7%2.2%3.0%3.7%27.3%
Elecon Engineering Co ($ELECON)--4.6%-15.3%2.8%-3.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Bell Agromachina ($BELAGRO)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 
Median (1 company)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Texmaco Infrastructure & Holdings ($TEXINFRA)---40.5%-
Dhp India ($DHPIND)---26.3%-
Solitaire Machine Tools ($SOLIMAC)---19.4%-
Wendt (India) ($WENDT)28.3%21.6%18.6%19.0%-
Goldstone Infratech ($GOLDINFRA)---18.1%-
 
Median (42 companies)11.2%9.2%10.0%9.7%11.0%
Elecon Engineering Co ($ELECON)13.1%13.7%11.7%12.8%11.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Texmaco Infrastructure & Holdings ($TEXINFRA)---14.0%-
Wendt (India) ($WENDT)13.5%9.0%8.8%9.4%-
Ingersoll-Rand (India) ($INGERRAND)4.3%10.9%3.6%9.2%-
Kabra Extrusiontechnik ($KABRAEXTRU)6.5%1.8%0.5%8.8%-
Forbes & Company ($FORBESCO)1.8%2.6%3.0%5.1%-
 
Median (21 companies)5.6%3.8%3.0%3.3%2.0%
Elecon Engineering Co ($ELECON)8.3%9.0%2.7%1.3%1.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Greaves Cotton ($GREAVESCOT)-24.8%16.3%26.7%-
Gmm Pfaudler ($GMM)-76.2%6.8%17.4%18.2%-
Lakshmi Machine Works ($LAXMIMACH)18.0%11.7%16.2%17.6%-
Honda Siel Power Products ($HONDAPOWER)16.9%8.8%11.5%15.3%-
Wendt (India) ($WENDT)38.2%20.2%16.2%15.1%-
 
Median (51 companies)12.8%9.7%9.7%13.0%7.9%
Elecon Engineering Co ($ELECON)14.3%12.4%7.1%8.2%7.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Forbes & Company ($FORBESCO)2.2x3.3x4.7x6.3x-
Nitin Fire Protection Industries ($NITINFIRE)3.6x3.5x3.0x3.7x-
Elgi Equipments ($ELGIEQUIP)-1.2x2.3x2.7x3.3x-
Lloyd Electric & Engineering ($LLOYDELENG)--3.7x3.2x2.7x
Dynamatic Technologies ($DYNAMATECH)5.0x4.1x3.4x2.7x-
 
Median (33 companies)0.5x1.4x0.0x0.0x2.7x
Elecon Engineering Co ($ELECON)3.0x3.2x4.0x3.1x3.9x