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Sona Koyo Steering Systems EBITDA dropped on 10.2% and EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 1.1 pp from 13.9% to 12.8%

13-05-2016 • About Sona Koyo Steering Systems ($SONASTEER) • By InTwits

Sona Koyo Steering Systems reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Sona Koyo Steering Systems has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 6.9%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 5.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹93m in FY2016, ₹143m in FY2015, ₹142m in FY2014, ₹376m in FY2013, ₹581m in FY2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is 12.3%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.4x 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 decreased on 2.2%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 3.2 pp from 2.1% to 5.3% in FY2016.

Net Income margin showed almost no change in FY2016.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 Sona Koyo Steering Systems had CAPEX/Revenue of 5.9%. The company showed small CAPEX/Revenue decline of 0.66 pp from 6.6% in FY2013 to 5.9% in FY2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 6.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (12.3%) while ROE is low (11.0%). ROIC decreased on 2.4 pp from 14.6% to 12.3% in FY2016. ROE decreased slightly on 0.94 pp from 12.0% to 11.0% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.4x and Debt / EBITDA is 1.6x. Net Debt / EBITDA increased on 0.1x from 1.3x to 1.4x in FY2016. Debt increased on 5.2% while cash jumped on 364%.

Sona Koyo Steering Systems has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 22.8% of short term debt.

Financial and operational results


Sona Koyo Steering Systems ($SONASTEER) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue14,21314,60014,92315,53015,183-2.2%
EBITDA1,8771,6551,8182,1621,942-10.2%
Net Income487381678379370-2.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash112171674345364.4%
Short Term Debt9511,6961,7191,2461,51521.6%
Long Term Debt2,6242,4031,6961,6751,559-6.9%
Cash flow
Capex1,3879651,0578249039.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth18.2%2.7%2.2%4.1%-2.2%
EBITDA growth20.4%-11.8%9.8%19.0%-10.2%

EBITDA Margin13.2%11.3%12.2%13.9%12.8%-1.1%
Net Income Margin3.4%2.6%4.5%2.4%2.4%-0.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue9.8%6.6%7.1%5.3%5.9%0.6%

ROIC21.6%14.5%14.5%14.6%12.3%-2.4%
ROE21.9%15.2%23.7%12.0%11.0%-0.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.8x2.5x1.9x1.3x1.4x0.1x

Peers in Auto Parts & Equipment


Below we provide Sona Koyo Steering Systems benchmarking against other companies in Auto Parts & Equipment 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
Spectra Industries ($SPECTRA)16.4%40.2%-10.1%57.1%-
India Nippon Electricals ($INDNIPPON)13.6%3.2%-2.4%24.8%-
Amara Raja Batteries ($AMARAJABAT)34.3%25.1%16.1%22.6%-
Enkei Wheels (India) ($ENKEIWHEL)16.9%1.3%11.7%21.6%-
Ip Rings ($IPRINGLTD)4.0%2.4%-0.1%19.5%-
 
Median (37 companies)16.8%2.2%5.0%8.8%2.6%
Sona Koyo Steering Systems ($SONASTEER)-2.7%2.2%4.1%-2.2%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Ist ($ISTLTD)---71.6%-
Tube Investments Of India ($TUBEINVEST)18.4%24.4%28.3%30.0%21.4%
Shivam Autotech ($SHIVAMAUTO)24.1%24.1%20.6%18.7%-
Amara Raja Batteries ($AMARAJABAT)14.9%15.7%14.2%17.0%-
Suprajit Engineering ($SUPRAJIT)16.2%17.0%17.2%16.2%-
 
Median (43 companies)10.5%9.7%10.0%9.9%11.5%
Sona Koyo Steering Systems ($SONASTEER)13.2%11.3%12.2%13.9%12.8%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Amtek Auto ($AMTEKAUTO)18.9%-27.1%30.3%-
Jbm Auto ($JBMA)9.8%8.4%-14.4%-
Rico Auto Industries ($RICOAUTO)5.8%10.9%5.7%14.2%-
Shivam Autotech ($SHIVAMAUTO)11.6%4.1%4.9%12.5%-
Amara Raja Batteries ($AMARAJABAT)3.7%2.5%10.9%9.6%-
 
Median (25 companies)5.6%4.5%4.8%4.5%5.5%
Sona Koyo Steering Systems ($SONASTEER)9.8%6.6%7.1%5.3%5.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Amara Raja Batteries ($AMARAJABAT)32.1%34.5%30.3%35.4%-
Exide Industries ($EXIDEIND)24.2%24.3%29.5%26.9%20.5%
Munjal Showa ($MUNJALSHOW)29.9%23.8%22.5%24.9%-
Motherson Sumi Systems ($MOTHERSUMI)13.5%16.5%25.0%24.9%-
Gabriel India ($GABRIEL)19.9%15.5%18.0%24.0%-
 
Median (49 companies)15.7%11.9%12.7%14.3%12.7%
Sona Koyo Steering Systems ($SONASTEER)21.6%14.5%14.5%14.6%12.3%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Tube Investments Of India ($TUBEINVEST)17.6x17.8x17.3x16.4x0.1x
Amtek Auto ($AMTEKAUTO)4.8x-5.3x5.8x-
Remsons Industries ($REMSONSIND)2.8x4.3x3.6x5.7x-
Steel Strips Wheels ($SSWL)5.4x6.3x6.5x5.6x4.2x
Ucal Fuel Systems ($UCALFUEL)4.3x5.6x5.7x3.6x-
 
Median (41 companies)1.2x1.7x0.7x0.0x0.1x
Sona Koyo Steering Systems ($SONASTEER)1.8x2.5x1.9x1.3x1.4x