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Sarda Energy & Minerals CAPEX jumped on 71.0% while Revenue dropped on 15.6%

27-05-2016 • About Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN) • By InTwits

Sarda Energy & Minerals reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Sarda Energy & Minerals has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 19.1%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 7.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: ₹1,653m in FY2016, ₹967m in FY2015, ₹970m in FY2014, ₹3,344m in FY2013, ₹5,420m in FY2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is 4.7%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 5.8x while industry average is 4.0x
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 dropped on 15.6%. Revenue decline was accelerating on average at -9.4 pp per annum in the last 5 years. Revenue decline was worsened by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 8.0 pp from 21.5% to 13.5% in FY2016.

Net Income margin decreased on 2.1 pp from 3.1% to 1.0% in FY2016. During FY2012-FY2016 Net Income margin topped in FY2013 at 11.6% and was declining since that time.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 11.1%. Sarda Energy & Minerals showed big decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 13.0 pp from 24.1% in FY2013 to 11.1% in FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 7.6%. Battling declining revenue the company invested a large share of EBITDA (82.7%) to CAPEX but that didn't help at least in this year. During the last 5 years CAPEX as a % of Revenue bottomed in FY2015 at 5.5%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (4.7%) and ROE (1.3%). ROIC decreased on 5.0 pp from 9.7% to 4.7% in FY2016. ROE decreased on 3.4 pp from 4.7% to 1.3% in FY2016. During the last 5 years ROE topped in FY2013 at 16.5% and was declining since that time.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 5.8x and Debt / EBITDA is 5.8x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 1.9x from 3.9x to 5.8x in FY2016. Debt dropped on 21.4% while cash surged on 10.5%.

Sarda Energy & Minerals has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 4.3% of short term debt.

Valuation and dividends


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 7.6x and P/E 23.6x while industy averages are 17.8x and 21.9x. Sarda Energy & Minerals's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 43.7x with the industry average at 22.8x.

Financial and operational results


Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue11,08213,87115,91417,59914,859-15.6%
EBITDA1,8112,9773,3883,7782,000-47.1%
Net Income8711,615910549154-72.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash7937001,02310811910.5%
Short Term Debt3,2385,1458,5306,6092,769-58.1%
Long Term Debt8,0599,1258,8368,2128,8818.1%
Cash flow
Capex5,4203,3449709671,65371.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth24.4%25.2%14.7%10.6%-15.6%
EBITDA growth33.8%64.4%13.8%11.5%-47.1%

EBITDA Margin16.3%21.5%21.3%21.5%13.5%-8.0%
Net Income Margin7.9%11.6%5.7%3.1%1.0%-2.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue48.9%24.1%6.1%5.5%11.1%5.6%

ROIC6.1%9.7%8.7%9.7%4.7%-5.0%
ROE10.2%16.5%8.3%4.7%1.3%-3.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA5.8x4.6x4.8x3.9x5.8x1.9x

Peers in Iron & Steel/Interm.Products


Below you can find Sarda Energy & Minerals benchmarking vs. other companies in Iron & Steel/Interm.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
Ocl Iron And Steel ($OISL)-5.5%86.6%69.1%-65.1%
Uttam Galva Steels ($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%
 
Median (34 companies)11.9%5.5%3.4%-1.6%-13.1%
Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN)-25.2%14.7%10.6%-15.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Jindal Steel & Power ($JINDALSTEL)37.5%30.5%28.1%29.8%17.2%
Bhushan Steel ($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%
Jai Corp ($JAICORPLTD)14.1%16.3%16.0%12.7%15.8%
 
Median (31 companies)9.3%9.0%7.0%7.2%9.2%
Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN)16.3%21.5%21.3%21.5%13.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Ocl Iron And Steel ($OISL)191.2%247.2%163.7%42.4%-
Jindal Steel & Power ($JINDALSTEL)34.2%47.6%69.6%26.4%21.8%
Jayaswal Neco Industries ($JAYNECOIND)20.4%44.0%31.1%17.3%5.7%
Steel Authority Of India ($SAIL)20.9%20.7%19.3%16.9%17.3%
Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL)47.2%44.0%50.4%16.2%-
 
Median (18 companies)9.7%11.6%9.2%4.9%7.0%
Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN)48.9%24.1%6.1%5.5%11.1%


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 (42 companies)7.2%5.4%5.5%4.5%2.9%
Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN)6.1%9.7%8.7%9.7%4.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Visa Steel ($VISASTEEL)20.1x-24.4x187.1x-
Ismt ($ISMTLTD)5.3x9.8x19.9x48.3x0.0x
Kic Metaliks ($KAJARIR)9.2x3.0x18.2x19.8x-
Ocl Iron And Steel ($OISL)164.7x1,935.8x41.6x19.4x-
Bhushan Steel ($BHUSANSTL)6.3x8.6x12.9x17.7x-
 
Median (28 companies)4.6x4.4x3.4x1.7x0.8x
Sarda Energy & Minerals ($SARDAEN)5.8x4.6x4.8x3.9x5.8x