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Kothari Products EBITDA surged on 18.4% and Revenue increased on 3.5%

20-05-2016 • About Kothari Products ($KOTHARIPRO) • By InTwits

Kothari Products reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 2.3% in FY2016, 2.0% in FY2015, 5.9% in FY2014, 4.4% in FY2013, 5.4% in FY2012
  • Kothari Products has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.6%.
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is 11.7%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.5x while industry average is 0.2x
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 increased on 3.5%. Revenue followed a declining trend in the last 5 years. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 3.6 pp from 16.5% to 20.1% in FY2016.

Net Income margin showed almost no change in FY2016.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 Kothari Products had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.052%. CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2013 to FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.088%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (11.7%) and ROE (8.7%). ROIC increased slightly on 1.0 pp from 10.6% to 11.7% in FY2016. ROE showed almost no change in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.5x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.5x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.1x from 1.4x to 1.5x in FY2016. Debt surged on 46.3% while cash jumped on 81.6%. During FY2012-FY2016 Net Debt/EBITDA bottomed in FY2014 at 0.4x and was growing since that time.

Kothari Products has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 47.1% of short term debt.

Financial and operational results


Kothari Products ($KOTHARIPRO) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue39,39450,43757,48264,73266,9933.5%
EBITDA2,1412,1963,3791,3251,56918.4%
Net Income6108716317447825.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash3651,9831,7208151,48181.6%
Short Term Debt1,8192,6892,5491,9213,14163.5%
Long Term Debt1,0826096897267331.0%
Cash flow
Capex1,0055497293517.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth145.4%28.0%14.0%12.6%3.5%
EBITDA growth301.2%2.6%53.9%-60.8%18.4%

EBITDA Margin5.4%4.4%5.9%2.0%2.3%0.3%
Net Income Margin1.5%1.7%1.1%1.1%1.2%0.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.5%0.1%0.2%0.0%0.1%0.0%

ROIC23.4%20.0%28.3%10.6%11.7%1.0%
ROE9.5%12.4%8.2%9.0%8.7%-0.2%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.2x0.6x0.4x1.4x1.5x0.1x

Peers in Comm.Trading & Distribution


Below we provide Kothari Products benchmarking against other companies in Comm.Trading & Distribution 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
Shri Krishna Prasadam ($SKP)69.6%57.3%1,074.7%148.2%-
Sunil Industries ($SUNILTX)15.9%57.2%12.1%59.6%-
Gagan Polycot India ($GAGANPO)-59.4%76.3%18.2%43.2%-
Ptl Enterprises ($PTL)-12.6%17.7%35.1%-2.4%
Parker Agrochem Exports ($PARKERAC)-77.2%1,542.3%39.1%33.1%-
 
Median (19 companies)4.1%13.0%12.9%10.9%-2.4%
Kothari Products ($KOTHARIPRO)-28.0%14.0%12.6%3.5%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Hexa Tradex ($HEXATRADEX)---48.1%-
Indiabulls Wholesale Services ($IBWSL)30.8%25.9%19.4%21.4%27.6%
Bombay Cycle & Motor Agency ($BOMBCYC)---19.5%-
Ptl Enterprises ($PTL)26.6%22.7%21.6%18.5%20.9%
Remi Elektrotechnik ($REMIELEK)---15.1%-
 
Median (37 companies)2.8%2.7%2.0%2.4%20.9%
Kothari Products ($KOTHARIPRO)5.4%4.4%5.9%2.0%2.3%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Ptl Enterprises ($PTL)5.0%4.5%2.4%4.2%5.8%
Maxwell Industries ($MAXWELL)0.9%1.9%2.4%1.8%-
Redington (India) ($REDINGTON)0.2%0.7%0.2%0.2%-
Mmtc ($MMTC)0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%-
 
Median (4 companies)0.3%0.4%0.2%1.0%5.8%
Kothari Products ($KOTHARIPRO)2.5%0.1%0.2%0.0%0.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Ptl Enterprises ($PTL)18.5%19.5%21.1%22.1%12.8%
Redington (India) ($REDINGTON)17.2%16.0%16.3%15.3%-
Risa International ($RISAINTL)--0.2%14.8%11.9%-
Maxwell Industries ($MAXWELL)9.0%6.6%9.6%11.2%-
Edynamics Solutions ($EDSL)0.8%0.9%0.2%0.2%-
 
Median (52 companies)4.5%4.7%8.2%11.5%12.8%
Kothari Products ($KOTHARIPRO)23.4%20.0%28.3%10.6%11.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Maxwell Industries ($MAXWELL)3.7x5.8x3.5x3.3x-
Redington (India) ($REDINGTON)2.6x2.6x1.7x1.9x-
Ptl Enterprises ($PTL)2.2x2.0x2.0x1.2x0.5x
Rama Vision ($RAMAVISION)-1.8x0.3x0.0x0.0x-
Ph Capital ($PHCAP)--18.4x0.0x-
 
Median (29 companies)1.8x1.9x0.0x0.0x0.0x
Kothari Products ($KOTHARIPRO)1.2x0.6x0.4x1.4x1.5x