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Saurashtra Cement Net Income dropped on 35.2% and EBITDA Margin decreased on 3.0 pp from 16.8% to 13.8%

23-05-2016 • About Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM) • By InTwits

Saurashtra Cement reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Saurashtra Cement has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.5%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 5.5%
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹252m in FY2016, ₹161m in FY2015, ₹82m in FY2014, ₹107m in FY2013, ₹60m in FY2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is 23.6%
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 5.9%. Revenue decline was worsened by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 3.0 pp from 16.8% to 13.8% in FY2016.

Net Income margin decreased on 3.7 pp from 12.0% to 8.3% in FY2016.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


Saurashtra Cement's CAPEX/Revenue was 4.8% in FY2016. Saurashtra Cement showed CAPEX/Revenue growth of 2.8 pp from 2.0% in FY2013 to 4.8% in FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.0%. CAPEX as a % of Revenue followed a growing trend at 0.76 pp per annum in the last 5 years.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (23.6%) while ROE is a bit lower (16.6%). ROIC decreased on 3.2 pp from 26.9% to 23.6% in FY2016. ROE dropped on 17.5 pp from 34.1% to 16.6% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -0.6x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.3x Debt / EBITDA. Debt jumped on 332% while cash surged on 222%.

Saurashtra Cement has no short term refinancing risk: cash is higher than short term debt (354.3%).

Valuation and dividends


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 4.1x and P/E 7.9x while industy averages are 17.8x and 21.9x. Saurashtra Cement's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 6.2x with the industry average at 22.8x.

Financial and operational results


Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue4,4005,4035,3145,6275,297-5.9%
EBITDA5001,168632945733-22.4%
Net Income-2051,837209676438-35.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash44208391197635222.0%
Short Term Debt2506275744179305.1%
Long Term Debt1,0271,145378012
Cash flow
Capex601078216125256.9%
Ratios
Revenue growth12.0%22.8%-1.7%5.9%-5.9%
EBITDA growth31.6%133.5%-45.9%49.5%-22.4%

EBITDA Margin11.4%21.6%11.9%16.8%13.8%-3.0%
Net Income Margin-4.7%34.0%3.9%12.0%8.3%-3.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.4%2.0%1.5%2.9%4.8%1.9%

ROIC38.6%42.7%13.9%26.9%23.6%-3.2%
ROE13.2%34.1%16.6%-17.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.5x1.3x0.1x-0.2x-0.6x-0.4x

Peers in Cement & Cement Products


Below you can find Saurashtra Cement 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)21.8%11.4%1.8%7.3%-0.8%
Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM)-22.8%-1.7%5.9%-5.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Orient Cement ($ORIENTCEM)-21.5%15.0%19.8%12.2%
Ambuja Cements ($AMBUJACEM)25.6%18.2%19.4%16.4%-
India Cements ($INDIACEM)20.6%18.4%12.4%15.1%-
Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE)22.8%13.2%14.7%14.9%19.9%
Acc ($ACC)19.3%14.6%12.9%14.4%-
 
Median (15 companies)19.2%13.4%11.7%11.0%10.5%
Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM)11.4%21.6%11.9%16.8%13.8%


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%2.9%
Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM)1.4%2.0%1.5%2.9%4.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
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%-
Deccan Cements ($DECCANCE)17.4%8.0%6.4%9.1%20.8%
 
Median (17 companies)13.7%8.3%6.4%8.1%6.7%
Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM)38.6%42.7%13.9%26.9%23.6%


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)1.8x2.8x3.1x2.7x3.2x
Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM)2.5x1.3x0.1x-0.2x-0.6x