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Heritage Foods reports 60.0% EBITDA growth in 2016 and 1.6 pp EBITDA Margin growth from 4.0% to 5.5%

23-05-2016 • About Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD) • By InTwits

Heritage Foods reported FY2016 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • Heritage Foods is a fast growth stock: FY2016 revenue growth was 14.8%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 16.8% at FY2016 ROIC 26.3%
  • Heritage Foods has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.6%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 3.0%
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹684m in FY2016, ₹512m in FY2015, ₹642m in FY2014, ₹307m in FY2013, ₹293m in FY2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is 26.3%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 0.5x while industry average is 0.4x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Heritage Foods's Revenue surged on 14.8%. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 18.8 pp from 8.3% to -10.5% in FY2016.

Net Income margin increased slightly on 0.96 pp from 1.4% to 2.3% in FY2016.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 2.9%. CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 0.96 pp from 1.9% in FY2013 to 2.9% in FY2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.0%. To maintain its fast growth the company invested a large share of EBITDA (52.1%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (26.3%) and ROE (25.6%). ROIC jumped on 12.8 pp from 13.5% to 26.3% in FY2016. ROE jumped on 10.4 pp from 15.3% to 25.6% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 0.5x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.8x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 1.0x from 1.4x to 0.5x in FY2016. Debt dropped on 33.2% while cash jumped on 11.1%.

Heritage Foods has no short term refinancing risk: cash is higher than short term debt (113.4%).

Valuation and dividends


Heritage Foods's trades at EV/EBITDA 9.5x and P/E 21.5x while industy averages are 17.8x and 21.9x. The company's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 19.9x with the industry average at 22.8x.

Financial and operational results


Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue13,93416,01817,22020,73023,80614.8%
SG&A49
EBITDA5131,0249568201,31360.0%
Net Income9249945328455495.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash28831743840044511.1%
Short Term Debt7068571,0211,017393-61.4%
Long Term Debt69840639255765818.1%
Cash flow
Capex29330764251268433.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth27.1%15.0%7.5%20.4%14.8%
EBITDA growth42.5%99.7%-6.7%-14.2%60.0%

EBITDA Margin3.7%6.4%5.6%4.0%5.5%1.6%
SG&A, % of revenue0.2%
Net Income Margin0.7%3.1%2.6%1.4%2.3%1.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.1%1.9%3.7%2.5%2.9%0.4%

ROIC11.7%29.6%22.4%13.5%26.3%12.8%
ROE10.3%42.6%28.3%15.3%25.6%10.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.2x0.9x1.0x1.4x0.5x-1.0x

Peers in Packaged Foods


Below we provide Heritage Foods benchmarking against other companies in Packaged Foods 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
Simran Farms ($SIMRAN)38.4%23.8%27.5%23.4%-
Rcl Foods ($RCLFOODS)-56.8%-34.2%18.2%17.8%-
Umang Dairies ($UMANGDAIR)-15.7%24.5%16.1%-24.8%
Britannia Industries ($BRITANNIA)-12.4%11.3%13.8%10.7%
Kse ($KSE)19.5%28.6%15.7%11.6%-
 
Median (17 companies)10.8%15.1%15.8%4.5%1.6%
Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD)-15.0%7.5%20.4%14.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Zydus Wellness ($ZYDUSWELL)23.1%25.4%22.6%23.8%21.3%
Nestle India ($NESTLEIND)22.0%21.7%20.9%19.7%-
Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare ($GSKCONS)18.6%17.8%22.5%17.2%19.4%
Sampre Nutritions ($SAMPRE)---16.8%-
Krbl ($KRBL)14.1%14.2%15.1%15.4%-
 
Median (19 companies)9.2%10.2%9.0%7.8%16.8%
Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD)3.7%6.4%5.6%4.0%5.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Venky'S (India) ($VENKYS)8.9%6.6%10.4%7.7%-
Krbl ($KRBL)4.1%4.0%6.1%7.3%-
Umang Dairies ($UMANGDAIR)2.0%4.4%2.7%3.2%-
Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare ($GSKCONS)2.7%-4.3%2.5%1.4%
Vadilal Industries ($VADILALIND)12.2%9.4%5.9%2.2%-
 
Median (9 companies)3.9%4.0%4.3%2.2%1.4%
Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD)2.1%1.9%3.7%2.5%2.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Kse ($KSE)27.7%14.1%36.9%69.0%-
Britannia Industries ($BRITANNIA)24.6%33.7%54.0%59.4%66.7%
Nestle India ($NESTLEIND)57.7%47.9%49.6%40.2%-
Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare ($GSKCONS)44.6%--36.2%35.7%
Umang Dairies ($UMANGDAIR)93.5%55.6%22.3%28.4%-
 
Median (21 companies)12.3%12.5%20.3%26.5%35.7%
Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD)11.7%29.6%22.4%13.5%26.3%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Vadilal Industries ($VADILALIND)2.6x4.5x3.9x4.0x-
Venky'S (India) ($VENKYS)2.6x2.8x6.7x3.9x-
Bambino Agro Industries ($BAMBINO)3.2x-3.2x2.9x-
Krbl ($KRBL)4.1x2.9x3.0x2.7x-
Umang Dairies ($UMANGDAIR)0.6x0.5x1.7x1.1x-
 
Median (17 companies)1.6x0.7x0.9x0.0x-1.6x
Heritage Foods ($HERITGFOOD)2.2x0.9x1.0x1.4x0.5x