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Deccan Cements Net Income surged on 129% and EBITDA Margin increased on 4.9 pp from 14.9% to 19.9%

20-05-2016 • About Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE) • By InTwits

Deccan Cements reported FY2016 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • Deccan Cements is a growth stock: FY2016 revenue growth was 32.3%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 11.3% at FY2016 ROIC 20.8%
  • Deccan Cements has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.4%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 5.3%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹82m in FY2016, ₹53m in FY2015, ₹20m in FY2014, ₹160m in FY2013, ₹27m in FY2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is 20.8%
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 32.3%. During the last 5 years Revenue growth bottomed in FY2014 at -21.6% and was accelerating since that time. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 4.4 pp from 82.4% to 86.8% in FY2016. During the last 5 years EBITDA Margin bottomed in FY2013 at 13.2% and was growing since that time.

Net Income margin increased on 3.3 pp from 4.5% to 7.9% in FY2016. During the last 5 years Net Income margin bottomed in FY2014 at 1.3% and was growing since that time.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.4%. Deccan Cements showed small CAPEX/Revenue decline of 1.8 pp from 3.2% in FY2013 to 1.4% in FY2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.0%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (20.8%) while ROE is a bit lower (17.2%). ROIC surged on 11.6 pp from 9.1% to 20.8% in FY2016. ROE increased on 8.8 pp from 8.4% to 17.2% in FY2016. During the last 5 years ROIC bottomed in FY2014 at 6.4% and was growing since that time. During the last 5 years ROE bottomed in FY2014 at 2.2% and was growing since that time.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 0.4x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.7x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 2.1x from 2.5x to 0.4x in FY2016. Debt dropped on 58.3% while cash surged on 33.3%. During FY2012-FY2016 Net Debt/EBITDA topped in FY2014 at 3.4x and was declining since that time.

Deccan Cements has no short term refinancing risk: cash is higher than short term debt (101.5%).

Valuation and dividends


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 4.9x and P/E 11.3x while industy averages are 17.8x and 21.9x. Deccan Cements's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 5.3x with the industry average at 22.8x.

Financial and operational results


Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue5,0984,9913,9144,3785,79132.3%
EBITDA1,1636595746541,15075.8%
Net Income4787350199456129.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash55821443326335033.3%
Short Term Debt351323675745345-53.7%
Long Term Debt2,2372,0561,7161,163450-61.3%
Cash flow
Capex2716020538254.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth50.6%-2.1%-21.6%11.9%32.3%
EBITDA growth78.9%-43.4%-12.9%14.0%75.8%

EBITDA Margin22.8%13.2%14.7%14.9%19.9%4.9%
Net Income Margin9.4%1.5%1.3%4.5%7.9%3.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.5%3.2%0.5%1.2%1.4%0.2%

ROIC17.4%8.0%6.4%9.1%20.8%11.6%
ROE24.3%3.3%2.2%8.4%17.2%8.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.7x3.3x3.4x2.5x0.4x-2.1x

Peers in Cement & Cement Products


Below you can find Deccan Cements benchmarking vs. other companies in Cement & Cement Products 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
Ncl Industries ($NCLIND)38.2%-15.8%-3.0%30.8%-
Indian Hume Pipe Co ($INDIANHUME)-34.5%18.3%22.7%-7.2%
J.K.Cement ($JKCEMENT)21.8%14.7%-4.0%21.2%-
Visaka Industries ($VIKASAS)-22.0%-2.6%13.6%-0.8%
Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM)33.2%4.9%5.3%12.5%-
 
Median (16 companies)18.4%11.7%1.8%6.2%-1.6%
Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE)--2.1%-21.6%11.9%32.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Orient Cement ($ORIENTCEM)-21.5%15.0%19.8%12.2%
Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM)11.4%21.6%11.9%16.8%-
Ambuja Cements ($AMBUJACEM)25.6%18.2%19.4%16.4%-
India Cements ($INDIACEM)20.6%18.4%12.4%15.1%-
Acc ($ACC)19.3%14.6%12.9%14.4%-
 
Median (15 companies)16.2%14.1%11.7%11.0%10.0%
Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE)22.8%13.2%14.7%14.9%19.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Udaipur Cement Works ($UDAICEMENT)---91.1%-
Orient Cement ($ORIENTCEM)-2.9%-59.7%24.5%
J.K.Cement ($JKCEMENT)6.5%18.8%55.8%16.2%-
Acc ($ACC)5.0%8.6%13.7%9.5%-
Birla Corporation ($BIRLACORPN)19.1%7.1%5.5%6.9%5.1%
 
Median (12 companies)6.5%7.2%8.3%5.9%4.0%
Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE)0.5%3.2%0.5%1.2%1.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM)38.6%42.7%13.9%26.9%-
Indian Hume Pipe Co ($INDIANHUME)7.6%13.8%15.0%18.0%14.5%
Orient Cement ($ORIENTCEM)-57.3%15.2%15.4%4.6%
Acc ($ACC)20.2%12.7%11.0%9.9%-
K.C.P ($KCP)17.6%6.7%7.1%9.3%-
 
Median (17 companies)13.7%11.2%6.7%8.1%4.6%
Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE)17.4%8.0%6.4%9.1%20.8%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Udaipur Cement Works ($UDAICEMENT)---17.1x358.6x
Heidelbergcement India ($HEIDELBERG)14.0x12.2x0.0x10.4x-
Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM)4.8x6.0x10.0x6.0x-
J.K.Cement ($JKCEMENT)2.3x2.3x6.9x5.8x-
India Cements ($INDIACEM)3.2x3.5x5.5x4.6x-
 
Median (14 companies)2.1x2.4x2.6x2.7x3.3x
Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE)1.7x3.3x3.4x2.5x0.4x