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Prakash Industries EBITDA jumped on 203% while Revenue dropped on 27.5%

24-05-2016 • About Prakash Industries ($PRAKASH) • By InTwits

Prakash Industries reported FY2016 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 9.2% in FY2016, 2.2% in FY2015, 14.5% in FY2014, 13.0% in FY2013, 17.8% in FY2012
  • Prakash Industries has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 10.3%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.3%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹1,620m in FY2016, ₹1,806m in FY2015, ₹2,147m in FY2014, ₹1,596m in FY2013, ₹4,734m in FY2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is 2.9%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Prakash Industries's Revenue dropped on 27.5%. Revenue decline was accelerating on average at -11.8 pp per annum in the last 5 years. Revenue decline happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased on 7.0 pp from 2.2% to 9.2% in FY2016.

Net Income margin increased slightly on 0.67 pp from 0.33% to 1.0% in FY2016. Net Income margin followed a declining trend at -3.0 pp per annum in the last 5 years.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 Prakash Industries had CAPEX/Revenue of 7.9%. CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 1.5 pp from 6.4% in FY2013 to 7.9% in FY2016. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 7.5%. The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (86.0%) to CAPEX which didn't stop revenue from falling.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (2.9%) and ROE (0.9%). ROIC increased on 4.0 pp from -1.1% to 2.9% in FY2016. ROE increased slightly on 0.51 pp from 0.42% to 0.93% in FY2016. ROE declined at -3.5 pp per annum in the last 5 years.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 3.4x and Debt / EBITDA is 3.5x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 8.5x from 11.9x to 3.4x in FY2016. Debt dropped on 13.8% while cash dropped on 52.8%.

Prakash Industries has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 11.4% of short term debt.

Valuation and dividends


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 6.0x and P/E 23.6x while industy averages are 17.8x and 21.9x. Prakash Industries's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 42.9x with the industry average at 22.8x.

Management team


The company's CEO is M L Pareek. M L Pareek has 5 years tenure with the company. P L Gupta is a the company's CFO. P L Gupta has spent 5 years at the company.

Financial and operational results


Prakash Industries ($PRAKASH) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue21,06925,10925,96628,36420,553-27.5%
EBITDA3,7533,2623,7576211,884203.5%
Net Income2,6821,6491,73293206120.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash392679619793-52.8%
Short Term Debt1,0671,4422,6291,301811-37.7%
Long Term Debt8,6227,8857,0236,3035,747-8.8%
Cash flow
Capex4,7341,5962,1471,8061,620-10.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth26.6%19.2%3.4%9.2%-27.5%
EBITDA growth8.9%-13.1%15.2%-83.5%203.5%

EBITDA Margin17.8%13.0%14.5%2.2%9.2%7.0%
Net Income Margin12.7%6.6%6.7%0.3%1.0%0.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue22.5%6.4%8.3%6.4%7.9%1.5%

ROIC10.7%7.2%8.0%-1.1%2.9%4.0%
ROE14.6%8.1%8.0%0.4%0.9%0.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.5x2.8x2.5x11.9x3.4x-8.5x

Peers in Iron & Steel/Interm.Products


Below we provide Prakash Industries benchmarking against other companies in Iron & Steel/Interm.Products 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
Uttam Galva Steels ($UTTAMSTL)12.0%11.0%-13.2%55.0%-
Modern Steels ($MDRNSTL)-2.6%-22.7%0.7%20.3%-
Maithan Alloys ($MAITHANALL)-59.1%1.1%15.0%4.0%
Pennar Industries ($PENIND)--8.5%0.5%12.7%3.4%
Vaswani Industries ($VASWANI)51.4%-2.1%5.6%12.6%-
 
Median (32 companies)14.6%3.2%2.8%-1.6%-15.4%
Prakash Industries ($PRAKASH)-19.2%3.4%9.2%-27.5%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Jindal Steel & Power ($JINDALSTEL)37.5%30.5%28.1%29.8%17.2%
Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN)16.3%21.5%21.3%21.5%-
Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL)31.2%32.3%28.1%20.4%-
Jsw Steel ($JSWSTEEL)17.8%17.1%17.9%17.7%14.6%
Tata Metaliks ($TATAMETALI)-9.6%0.9%6.8%14.6%16.8%
 
Median (29 companies)9.4%9.0%7.0%7.4%13.6%
Prakash Industries ($PRAKASH)17.8%13.0%14.5%2.2%9.2%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Jindal Steel & Power ($JINDALSTEL)34.2%47.6%69.6%26.4%21.8%
Jayaswal Neco Industries ($JAYNECOIND)20.4%44.0%31.1%17.3%-
Steel Authority Of India ($SAIL)20.9%20.7%19.3%16.9%17.3%
Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL)47.2%44.0%50.4%16.2%-
Jsw Steel ($JSWSTEEL)11.9%14.7%11.3%12.7%12.4%
 
Median (17 companies)7.5%11.6%6.6%4.4%11.0%
Prakash Industries ($PRAKASH)22.5%6.4%8.3%6.4%7.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Tata Metaliks ($TATAMETALI)-23.5%-3.7%19.9%57.4%42.6%
Pennar Industries ($PENIND)26.8%18.4%12.3%15.7%16.6%
Maithan Alloys ($MAITHANALL)16.3%15.1%5.5%15.3%19.0%
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries ($KIRLFER)19.1%16.8%12.4%14.7%15.9%
Gallantt Metal ($GALLANTT)8.7%11.7%8.5%11.7%-
 
Median (40 companies)6.8%5.5%5.5%5.4%10.4%
Prakash Industries ($PRAKASH)10.7%7.2%8.0%-1.1%2.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Visa Steel ($VISASTEEL)20.1x-24.4x187.1x-
Ismt ($ISMTLTD)5.3x9.8x19.9x48.3x-
Kic Metaliks ($KAJARIR)9.2x3.0x18.2x19.8x-
Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL)6.3x8.6x12.9x17.7x-
Jayaswal Neco Industries ($JAYNECOIND)4.7x7.2x8.6x11.2x-
 
Median (26 companies)4.6x4.4x3.4x1.7x0.9x
Prakash Industries ($PRAKASH)2.5x2.8x2.5x11.9x3.4x