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Adani Power reports 58.6% EBITDA growth in 2016 and 34.1% Revenue growth

03-05-2016 • About Adani Power ($ADANIPOWER) • By InTwits

Adani Power reported FY2016 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • Adani Power is a fast growth stock: FY2016 revenue growth was 34.1%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 63.8% at FY2016 ROIC 11.2%
  • Adani Power has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 83.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 34.8%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹19,748m in FY2016, ₹30,721m in FY2015, ₹61,687m in FY2014, ₹68,128m in FY2013, ₹104,110m in FY2012
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is 11.2%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 6.2x while industry average is 8.6x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Adani Power's Revenue jumped on 34.1%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 6.1 pp from 20.4% to 26.5% in FY2016.

Net Income margin increased on 6.3 pp from -4.3% to 1.9% in FY2016.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


Adani Power's CAPEX/Revenue was 7.8% in FY2016. The company showed big decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 92.7 pp from 101% in FY2013 to 7.8% in FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 21.4%. CAPEX as a % of Revenue stuck to a declining trend at -57.8 pp per annum in FY2012-FY2016.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (11.2%) and ROE (7.5%). ROIC increased on 4.6 pp from 6.6% to 11.2% in FY2016. ROE jumped on 20.8 pp from -13.3% to 7.5% in FY2016. ROIC grew at 2.5 pp per annum in the last 5 years.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 6.2x Net Debt / EBITDA and 6.2x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 2.0x from 8.2x to 6.2x in FY2016. Debt surged on 18.6% while cash dropped on 74.9%. During FY2012-FY2016 Net Debt/EBITDA topped in FY2013 at 38.0x and was declining since that time.

Adani Power has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 0.6% of short term debt.

Valuation and dividends


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 7.4x and P/E 21.6x while industy averages are 17.8x and 21.9x. Adani Power's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 9.6x with the industry average at 22.8x.

Management team


Rajeshbhai Shantilal Adani is a Adani Power's CEO. Rajeshbhai Shantilal Adani has spent 8 years with the company.

Financial and operational results


Adani Power ($ADANIPOWER) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue40,89867,748154,499187,962251,98334.1%
SG&A5,4697,466
EBITDA14,80410,97048,91354,02385,67858.6%
Net Income-2,873-22,950-2,906-8,1564,885
Balance Sheet
Cash3,4721,3721,7324,2801,075-74.9%
Short Term Debt79,49586,038110,18896,523173,57779.8%
Long Term Debt295,848331,916331,315350,897356,9401.7%
Cash flow
Capex104,11068,12861,68730,72119,748-35.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth91.5%65.7%128.0%21.7%34.1%
EBITDA growth18.0%-25.9%345.9%10.4%58.6%

EBITDA Margin36.2%16.2%31.7%28.7%34.0%5.3%
SG&A, % of revenue13.4%11.0%
Net Income Margin-7.0%-33.9%-1.9%-4.3%1.9%6.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue254.6%100.6%39.9%16.3%7.8%-8.5%

ROIC2.4%-0.4%5.5%6.6%11.2%4.6%
ROE-4.7%-44.4%-5.4%-13.3%7.5%20.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA25.1x38.0x9.0x8.2x6.2x-2.0x

Peers in Electric Utilities


Below we provide Adani Power benchmarking against other companies in Electric Utilities 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
Bf Utilities ($BFUTILITIE)41.4%9.2%20.6%117.9%-
Jaiprakash Power Ventures ($JPPOWER)119.2%52.2%9.0%38.1%-
Torrent Power ($TORNTPOWER)14.6%9.9%5.6%19.8%-
Ptc India ($PTC)-12.1%14.2%31.5%14.9%-
Power Grid Corporation Of India ($POWERGRID)19.7%27.2%18.9%12.8%-
 
Median (17 companies)22.8%14.2%8.4%6.1%-7.8%
Adani Power ($ADANIPOWER)-65.7%128.0%21.7%34.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Power Grid Corporation Of India ($POWERGRID)83.7%85.6%84.9%85.8%-
Orient Green Power Company ($GREENPOWER)24.4%53.3%57.8%82.8%-
Bf Utilities ($BFUTILITIE)43.9%55.1%61.2%72.2%-
Nhpc ($NHPC)71.4%66.5%59.3%63.4%-
Jaiprakash Power Ventures ($JPPOWER)91.7%70.6%60.1%63.3%-
 
Median (18 companies)24.4%25.5%25.0%22.3%20.2%
Adani Power ($ADANIPOWER)36.2%16.2%31.7%28.7%34.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Power Grid Corporation Of India ($POWERGRID)184.3%172.4%173.4%169.8%-
Jaiprakash Power Ventures ($JPPOWER)378.9%341.9%229.9%113.6%-
Ksk Energy Ventures ($KSK)161.9%80.3%57.0%57.4%-
Nava Bharat Ventures ($NBVENTURES)69.0%30.5%70.6%55.3%-
Gvk Power & Infrastructure ($GVKPIL)139.1%136.7%109.1%52.7%-
 
Median (15 companies)67.4%39.8%30.3%20.9%7.4%
Adani Power ($ADANIPOWER)254.6%100.6%39.9%16.3%7.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Bf Utilities ($BFUTILITIE)1.9%4.5%6.0%17.2%-
Alstom T&D India ($ALSTOMT&D)0.0%15.7%14.6%16.1%10.6%
Ptc India ($PTC)11.2%10.4%13.6%12.3%-
Torrent Power ($TORNTPOWER)19.0%7.3%4.9%8.1%-
Power Grid Corporation Of India ($POWERGRID)8.3%8.8%8.4%7.7%-
 
Median (19 companies)5.6%5.8%4.9%5.6%10.6%
Adani Power ($ADANIPOWER)2.4%-0.4%5.5%6.6%11.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Ksk Energy Ventures ($KSK)16.3x16.2x27.0x35.7x-
Gvk Power & Infrastructure ($GVKPIL)19.1x23.9x20.1x20.2x-
Gmr Infrastructure ($GMRINFRA)19.5x15.1x16.7x17.7x-
Lanco Infratech ($LITL)16.3x12.9x19.2x17.5x-
Jaiprakash Power Ventures ($JPPOWER)11.6x13.1x16.7x13.4x-
 
Median (18 companies)8.6x6.6x6.2x6.1x4.9x
Adani Power ($ADANIPOWER)25.1x38.0x9.0x8.2x6.2x