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Prism Cement EBITDA increased on 9.3% and EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 0.62 pp from 6.3% to 6.9%

25-05-2016 • About Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM) • By InTwits

Prism Cement reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Prism Cement has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 5.0%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 3.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹3,202m in FY2016, ₹1,813m in FY2015, ₹2,841m in FY2014, ₹1,695m in FY2013, ₹1,434m in FY2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is 6.2%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 5.3x while industry average is 24.7x
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 slightly on 0.58%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 0.62 pp from 6.3% to 6.9% in FY2016. During the last 5 years EBITDA Margin bottomed in FY2014 at 4.1% and was growing since that time.

SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased slightly on 0.54 pp from 5.8% to 5.3% in FY2016.

Net Income margin showed almost no change in FY2016. During the last 5 years Net Income margin bottomed in FY2014 at -1.7% and was growing since that time.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 3.7% in FY2016. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 3.5 pp from 7.2% in FY2013 to 3.7% in FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.7%. Battling declining revenue Prism Cement invested a large share of EBITDA (53.6%) to CAPEX but that didn't help at least in this year.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (6.2%) and ROE (0.3%). ROIC showed almost no change in FY2016. ROE showed almost no change in FY2016. During FY2012-FY2016 ROIC bottomed in FY2014 at -0.31% and was growing since that time. During FY2012-FY2016 ROE bottomed in FY2014 at -7.8% and was growing since that time.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 5.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 5.6x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.7x from 6.0x to 5.3x in FY2016. Debt decreased on 2.5% while cash surged on 28.7%. During FY2012-FY2016 Net Debt/EBITDA topped in FY2014 at 10.0x and was declining since that time.

Prism Cement has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 18.4% of short term debt.

Management team


Pramod Akhramka is a the company's CFO. Pramod Akhramka has spent 6 years at the company.

Financial and operational results


Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue45,49847,72350,26656,54456,216-0.6%
SG&A3,2962,971-9.9%
EBITDA3,1983,2832,0563,5543,8849.3%
Net Income-184-625-862263326.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash7485335241,0021,29028.7%
Short Term Debt5,3237,7316,5665,9806,99717.0%
Long Term Debt10,63112,48014,47816,38514,807-9.6%
Cash flow
Capex2,9903,4272,1121,7992,08115.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth33.2%4.9%5.3%12.5%-0.6%
EBITDA growth-17.7%2.7%-37.4%72.9%9.3%

EBITDA Margin7.0%6.9%4.1%6.3%6.9%0.6%
SG&A, % of revenue5.8%5.3%-0.5%
Net Income Margin-0.4%-1.3%-1.7%0.0%0.1%0.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue6.6%7.2%4.2%3.2%3.7%0.5%

ROIC5.4%4.2%-0.3%5.7%6.2%0.5%
ROE-1.5%-5.3%-7.8%0.3%0.3%0.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA4.8x6.0x10.0x6.0x5.3x-0.7x

Peers in Cement & Cement Products


Below you can find Prism 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%
K.C.P ($KCP)54.3%11.7%-8.2%12.4%-
 
Median (16 companies)18.4%11.7%-1.6%6.2%-0.2%
Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM)-4.9%5.3%12.5%-0.6%


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%13.8%
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%
 
Median (15 companies)19.2%14.1%11.9%13.0%12.7%
Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM)7.0%6.9%4.1%6.3%6.9%


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)5.5%7.1%8.3%5.9%4.8%
Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM)6.6%7.2%4.2%3.2%3.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Saurashtra Cement ($SAURASHCEM)38.6%42.7%13.9%26.9%23.6%
Indian Hume Pipe Co ($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)15.8%11.2%6.7%8.7%8.4%
Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM)5.4%4.2%-0.3%5.7%6.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Udaipur Cement Works ($UDAICEMENT)---17.1x358.6x
Heidelbergcement India ($HEIDELBERG)14.0x12.2x0.0x10.4x3.0x
J.K.Cement ($JKCEMENT)2.3x2.3x6.9x5.8x-
India Cements ($INDIACEM)3.2x3.5x5.5x4.6x-
Orient Cement ($ORIENTCEM)--0.1x1.1x3.5x6.8x
 
Median (14 companies)1.8x2.4x2.6x2.6x3.0x
Prism Cement ($PRISMCEM)4.8x6.0x10.0x6.0x5.3x