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Tata Chemicals Debt jumped on 18.0% while EBITDA decreased on 8.1%

26-05-2016 • About Tata Chemicals ($TATACHEM) • By InTwits

Tata Chemicals reported FY2016 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • Tata Chemicals has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.4%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 1.5%
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹7,828m in FY2016, ₹2,436m in FY2015, ₹1,713m in FY2014, ₹1,948m in FY2013, ₹1,571m in FY2012
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is 11.8%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 3.2x while industry average is 2.0x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Tata Chemicals's Revenue increased on 2.9%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 6.1 pp from 20.4% to 26.5% in FY2016.

SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in FY2016.

Net Income margin increased slightly on 0.94 pp from 3.5% to 4.4% in FY2016. During the last 5 years Net Income margin bottomed in FY2014 at -6.5% and was growing since that time.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 3.8%. Tata Chemicals's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2013 to FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.9%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (13.2%) while ROIC is low (11.8%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.6 pp from 13.4% to 11.8% in FY2016. ROE increased on 2.4 pp from 10.7% to 13.2% in FY2016. During FY2012-FY2016 ROE bottomed in FY2014 at -17.2% and was growing since that time.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 3.2x and Debt / EBITDA is 3.8x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.8x from 2.3x to 3.2x in FY2016. Debt surged on 18.0% while cash decreased on 6.4%.

Tata Chemicals has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 90.2% of short term debt.

Financial and operational results


Tata Chemicals ($TATACHEM) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue136,590147,110158,854172,045177,0812.9%
SG&A2,9363,1346.7%
EBITDA23,75821,62918,14023,61221,711-8.1%
Net Income8,3764,004-10,3205,9657,80230.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash6,90318,41417,53014,64313,705-6.4%
Short Term Debt15,67714,89714,86512,93215,20217.6%
Long Term Debt54,84554,61068,83157,08367,43518.1%
Cash flow
Capex7,9486,2577,0266,0566,6479.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth23.5%7.7%8.0%8.3%2.9%
EBITDA growth26.5%-9.0%-16.1%30.2%-8.1%

EBITDA Margin17.4%14.7%11.4%13.7%12.3%-1.5%
SG&A, % of revenue1.7%1.8%0.1%
Net Income Margin6.1%2.7%-6.5%3.5%4.4%0.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue5.8%4.3%4.4%3.5%3.8%0.2%

ROIC15.0%11.7%9.3%13.4%11.8%-1.6%
ROE14.2%6.3%-17.2%10.7%13.2%2.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.7x2.4x3.6x2.3x3.2x0.8x

Peers in Commodity Chemicals


Below you can find Tata 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)19.0%11.2%11.5%5.6%0.0%
Tata Chemicals ($TATACHEM)-7.7%8.0%8.3%2.9%


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%10.2%
Tata Chemicals ($TATACHEM)17.4%14.7%11.4%13.7%12.3%


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%
Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals ($SUKHJITS)15.7%9.4%5.4%5.4%3.6%
 
Median (21 companies)5.2%7.2%5.9%3.2%4.6%
Tata Chemicals ($TATACHEM)5.8%4.3%4.4%3.5%3.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Bodal Chemicals ($BODALCHEM)-1.3%3.3%39.0%38.3%33.1%
Elantas Beck India ($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%9.4%7.9%18.6%
Tata Chemicals ($TATACHEM)15.0%11.7%9.3%13.4%11.8%


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)4.8x3.7x8.5x14.2x6.7x
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)2.6x3.2x0.8x0.9x1.0x
Tata Chemicals ($TATACHEM)2.7x2.4x3.6x2.3x3.2x