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Rpg Life Sciences EBITDA surged on 65.7% and EBITDA Margin increased on 2.6 pp from 5.8% to 8.4%

29-04-2016 • About Rpg Life Sciences ($RPGLIFE) • By InTwits

Rpg Life Sciences reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Rpg Life Sciences has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 5.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 4.1%
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹100m in FY2016, ₹111m in FY2015, ₹228m in FY2014, ₹30m in FY2013, ₹894m in FY2012
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is 8.4%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.0x while industry average is 0.9x
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 jumped on 15.3%. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased on 2.6 pp from 5.8% to 8.4% in FY2016. During FY2012-FY2016 EBITDA Margin bottomed in FY2014 at 5.0% and was growing since that time.

Net Income margin increased on 3.7 pp from 0.41% to 4.2% in FY2016.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 5.5%. CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2013 to FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 5.2%. The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (65.5%) to CAPEX to fuel its growth.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (8.4%) and ROE (9.0%). ROIC increased on 6.6 pp from 1.8% to 8.4% in FY2016. ROE increased on 8.2 pp from 0.80% to 9.0% in FY2016. During the last 5 years ROIC bottomed in FY2014 at 0.75% and was growing since that time.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 1.0x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.0x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 1.4x from 2.3x to 1.0x in FY2016. Debt dropped on 31.6% while cash decreased on 8%.

Rpg Life Sciences has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 1.0% of short term debt.

Valuation and dividends


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 19.3x and P/E 37.1x while industy averages are 17.8x and 21.9x. The company's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 55.9x with the industry average at 22.8x.

Financial and operational results


Rpg Life Sciences ($RPGLIFE) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue1,9282,2162,3562,4232,79315.3%
EBITDA18516111714223565.7%
Net Income944534101161,062.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash22332-8.0%
Short Term Debt321476140327223-31.7%
Long Term Debt207105432-25.0%
Cash flow
Capex8712613710715443.2%
Ratios
Revenue growth3.2%14.9%6.3%2.9%15.3%
EBITDA growth-43.6%-12.9%-27.3%21.0%65.7%

EBITDA Margin9.6%7.3%5.0%5.8%8.4%2.6%
Net Income Margin0.4%2.0%22.7%0.4%4.2%3.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue4.5%5.7%5.8%4.4%5.5%1.1%

ROIC6.1%4.5%0.8%1.8%8.4%6.6%
ROE1.1%5.9%52.9%0.8%9.0%8.2%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.8x3.6x1.2x2.3x1.0x-1.4x

Peers in Pharmaceuticals


Below we provide Rpg Life Sciences benchmarking against other companies in Pharmaceuticals 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 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Mangalam Drugs & Organics ($MANGALAM)16.6%-18.2%-2.1%79.8%-
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries ($SUNPHARMA)39.9%40.4%42.4%70.2%-
Lyka Labs ($LYKALABS)41.9%-25.7%-22.6%68.7%-
Marksans Pharma ($MARKSANS)16.7%23.3%43.3%26.8%-
Torrent Cables ($TORRCABS)27.5%17.4%-42.9%26.5%-
 
Median (41 companies)16.6%14.7%13.7%9.2%31.9%
Rpg Life Sciences ($RPGLIFE)-14.9%6.3%2.9%15.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Dr.Reddy'S Laboratories ($DRREDDY)-52.1%57.4%57.6%-
Omega Laboratories ($OMEGALAB)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 
Median (2 companies)46.9%26.1%28.7%28.8%0.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Divi'S Laboratories ($DIVISLAB)37.2%38.2%40.2%37.4%-
Hester Biosciences ($HESTERBIO)---32.9%-
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries ($SUNPHARMA)40.8%44.3%44.9%29.2%-
Natco Pharma ($NATCOPHARM)21.5%23.2%24.9%26.2%-
Dr.Reddy'S Laboratories ($DRREDDY)25.8%22.9%25.1%23.2%-
 
Median (53 companies)12.9%13.4%15.0%12.1%25.7%
Rpg Life Sciences ($RPGLIFE)9.6%7.3%5.0%5.8%8.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Claris Lifesciences ($CLARIS)58.1%42.9%-103.1%-
Wintac ($WINTAC)---22.8%-
Hester Biosciences ($HESTERBIO)---21.5%-
Ipca Laboratories ($IPCALAB)11.2%8.3%11.6%17.8%-
Natco Pharma ($NATCOPHARM)24.4%16.3%14.4%14.1%-
 
Median (31 companies)8.2%8.3%5.7%6.2%9.5%
Rpg Life Sciences ($RPGLIFE)4.5%5.7%5.8%4.4%5.5%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Marksans Pharma ($MARKSANS)-142.4%34.9%33.8%41.2%-
Alembic Pharmaceuticals ($APLLTD)27.5%29.1%41.5%35.7%62.1%
Jenburkt Pharmaceuticals ($JENBURPH)34.1%29.0%32.4%35.3%-
Abbott India ($ABBOTINDIA)29.6%26.9%30.5%34.2%-
Divi'S Laboratories ($DIVISLAB)30.6%30.4%32.3%30.5%-
 
Median (63 companies)14.0%13.8%15.6%13.3%19.8%
Rpg Life Sciences ($RPGLIFE)6.1%4.5%0.8%1.8%8.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Jubilant Life Sciences Limited ($JUBILANT)4.0x3.5x3.5x6.4x-
Shasun Pharmaceuticals ($SHASUNPHAR)2.8x4.5x6.0x6.2x-
Claris Lifesciences ($CLARIS)1.9x1.1x1.8x3.2x-
Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals ($DISHMAN)3.6x2.6x2.3x2.9x-
Neuland Laboratories ($NEULANDLAB)4.2x3.5x2.6x2.6x-
 
Median (48 companies)1.4x1.2x0.3x0.0x0.5x
Rpg Life Sciences ($RPGLIFE)2.8x3.6x1.2x2.3x1.0x