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Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals reports 6.5% EBITDA decline in 2016 while 6.2% Revenue growth

25-05-2016 • About Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals ($SUKHJITS) • By InTwits

Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals reported FY2016 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals is a growth stock: FY2016 revenue growth was 6.2%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 10.4% at FY2016 ROIC 12.7%
  • Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 7.9%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 6.2%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹202m in FY2016, ₹287m in FY2015, ₹276m in FY2014, ₹397m in FY2013, ₹563m in FY2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is 12.7%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.9x while industry average is 2.2x
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 6.2%. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 4.3 pp from 7.2% to 11.5% in FY2016.

Net Income margin showed almost no change in FY2016.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 3.6%. The company showed decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 5.9 pp from 9.4% in FY2013 to 3.6% in FY2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 4.8%. CAPEX as a % of Revenue followed a declining trend at -2.8 pp per annum in the last 5 years.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (12.7%) while ROE is low (10.9%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.79 pp from 13.5% to 12.7% in FY2016. ROE decreased slightly on 1.4 pp from 12.3% to 10.9% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.9x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.1x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.4x from 2.3x to 1.9x in FY2016. Debt dropped on 23.0% while cash dropped on 18.0%. During the last 5 years Net Debt/EBITDA topped in FY2014 at 3.4x and was declining since that time.

Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 22.7% of short term debt.

Valuation and dividends


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 4.9x and P/E 8.1x while industy averages are 17.8x and 21.9x. The company's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 7.3x with the industry average at 22.8x.

Financial and operational results


Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals ($SUKHJITS) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue3,5864,2235,0845,3315,6646.2%
EBITDA436498489641599-6.5%
Net Income209208159229225-2.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash52179197161-18.0%
Short Term Debt5428531,0421,022712-30.4%
Long Term Debt556741718628558-11.1%
Cash flow
Capex563397276287202-29.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth4.0%17.8%20.4%4.9%6.2%
EBITDA growth-29.6%14.2%-1.7%31.0%-6.5%

EBITDA Margin12.2%11.8%9.6%12.0%10.6%-1.4%
Net Income Margin5.8%4.9%3.1%4.3%4.0%-0.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue15.7%9.4%5.4%5.4%3.6%-1.8%

ROIC14.0%13.6%10.4%13.5%12.7%-0.8%
ROE15.1%13.4%9.3%12.3%10.9%-1.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.5x3.2x3.4x2.3x1.9x-0.4x

Peers in Commodity Chemicals


Below you can find Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals benchmarking vs. other companies in Commodity Chemicals 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
Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilisers ($TUTIALKA)--27.9%-83.3%408.0%18.3%
Jayshree Chemicals ($JAYCH)288.9%17.5%-75.2%262.3%-
Jagran Production ($JAGPRO)589.4%4.4%514.9%192.3%-
Shree Hari Chemicals Export ($SHHARICH)-2.5%-78.0%299.5%111.6%-
Jindal Poly Films ($JINDPOLBBPH)-17.2%-6.3%131.7%46.9%-
 
Median (37 companies)23.5%9.7%10.6%6.3%1.5%
Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals ($SUKHJITS)-17.8%20.4%4.9%6.2%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols ($RIDDHI)---104.7%-
Mysore Petro Chemicals ($MYSORPETRO)---47.1%-
Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) ($ABCIL)26.8%27.1%23.6%21.9%-
Indo Borax & Chemicals ($INDOBORAX)---21.3%-
Chemfab Alkalis ($CHEMFALKAL)22.3%32.9%24.2%19.8%23.2%
 
Median (50 companies)9.6%8.3%8.5%6.6%10.8%
Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals ($SUKHJITS)12.2%11.8%9.6%12.0%10.6%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Kanoria Chemicals & Industries ($KANORICHEM)25.1%6.0%13.4%40.3%-
Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) ($ABCIL)136.9%24.2%30.8%15.0%-
Aarti Industries ($AARTIIND)8.0%11.2%11.0%10.4%16.8%
Alkyl Amines Chemicals ($ALKYLAMINE)5.1%6.6%5.9%8.6%7.3%
Godrej Industries ($GODREJIND)1.5%9.9%5.4%5.4%3.7%
 
Median (21 companies)5.2%6.3%5.9%3.2%5.0%
Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals ($SUKHJITS)15.7%9.4%5.4%5.4%3.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Bodal Chemicals ($BODALCHEM)-1.3%3.3%39.0%38.3%-
Elantas Beck India ($ELANTAS)20.4%33.9%31.0%36.6%-
Alkyl Amines Chemicals ($ALKYLAMINE)16.0%18.7%25.0%23.7%24.7%
Aarti Industries ($AARTIIND)15.9%19.1%17.2%17.9%19.3%
Transpek Industry ($TRANSPEK)-1.7%14.2%11.0%17.8%26.9%
 
Median (60 companies)9.0%9.5%8.9%7.9%19.3%
Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals ($SUKHJITS)14.0%13.6%10.4%13.5%12.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Iol Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals ($IOLCP)5.8x4.5x3.7x35.4x8.8x
India Glycols ($INDIAGLYCO)4.8x3.7x8.5x14.2x-
Godrej Industries ($GODREJIND)9.9x5.7x7.9x10.7x10.0x
Kanoria Chemicals & Industries ($KANORICHEM)5.2x9.6x3.5x9.4x-
Garware Polyester ($GARWARPOLY)2.2x3.8x4.0x5.2x3.1x
 
Median (37 companies)2.6x3.0x0.8x0.9x1.0x
Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals ($SUKHJITS)2.5x3.2x3.4x2.3x1.9x