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Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Debt jumped on 32.7% and Revenue increased on 8.5%

30-05-2017 • About Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore ($FACT) • By InTwits

Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore reported FY2017 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore spends a lot for Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for FY2013-FY2017 is 0.0%. Average EBITDA Margin for the same period was -6.3%
  • Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.0%.
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is 3.4%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 52.4x while industry average is 3.2x
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 8.5%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.6 pp from 12.3% to 13.9% in FY2017.

Net Income margin surged on 12.1 pp from -26.0% to -13.9% in FY2017.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2017 Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.41%. CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 1.6 pp from 2.0% in FY2014 to 0.41% in FY2017. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.36%.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 52.4x Net Debt / EBITDA and 53.1x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA surged52.4x from to 52.4x in FY2017. Debt surged on 32.7% while cash jumped on 59.9%.

Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 5.1% of short term debt.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 31-03-2017

Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore ($FACT) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201320142015201620172017/2016
P&L
Revenue23,15822,09419,78817,36018,8338.5%
EBITDA-1,669-1,451-1,651-2,069452
Net Income-3,540-2,650-3,999-4,522-2,627
Balance Sheet
Cash7026837520232359.9%
Short Term Debt7,7339,2119,1281,8356,318244.4%
Long Term Debt2,1801,8981,61516,27117,7058.8%
Cash flow
Capex400441943277136.0%
Ratios
Revenue growth-19.5%-4.6%-10.4%-12.3%8.5%
EBITDA growth-202.7%-13.0%13.7%25.4%-121.9%

EBITDA Margin-7.2%-6.6%-8.3%-11.9%2.4%14.3%
Net Income Margin-15.3%-12.0%-20.2%-26.0%-13.9%12.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.7%2.0%0.5%0.2%0.4%0.2%

ROIC-26.0%-26.0%-41.3%-60.9%3.4%64.3%
Net Debt/EBITDA52.4x

Peers in


Below we provide Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore benchmarking against other companies in 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 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
Tvs Electronics ($TVSEL)8.5%5.2%9.2%116.1%-
Asleyf ($ASLEYF)-3.3%-8.0%33.6%34.7%-
Jocil ($JOCIL)4.1%-8.7%-13.7%22.2%-
Kirloskar Pneumatic Co ($KIRPNDM)-17.7%-11.8%-8.9%15.4%-
Jklakbbph ($JKLAKBBPH)19.6%0.0%12.2%14.0%-
 
Median (19 companies)10.9%3.9%8.8%5.2%-8.6%
Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore ($FACT)----8.5%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
Jenson & Nicholson Financial Services ($JNFSL)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-
Bombay Drugs & Pharmas ($BOMDRDM)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-
Southern Herbals ($SOUTHNHE)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-
Tafnccpeq ($TAFNCCPEQ)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-
 
Median (4 companies)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
Kaleconbbph ($KALECONBBPH)44.3%43.5%37.9%39.8%-
Indbulbbph ($INDBULBBPH)34.6%29.5%23.5%28.7%-
Uplbbph ($UPLBBPH)18.3%18.8%20.0%20.8%-
Bharat Rasayan ($BHARATRA)14.9%18.2%18.6%17.7%-
Rilbbph ($RILBBPH)8.3%8.1%10.0%15.8%-
 
Median (17 companies)13.4%14.7%10.7%10.3%10.3%
Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore ($FACT)----11.9%2.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
Rilbbph ($RILBBPH)7.7%13.8%16.9%18.0%-
Jklakbbph ($JKLAKBBPH)28.8%24.6%23.6%17.5%-
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys ($INDMETA-B)18.7%10.1%5.4%8.9%-
Monetbbph ($MONETBBPH)5.2%139.2%89.2%8.8%-
Kaleconbbph ($KALECONBBPH)5.0%2.5%2.9%6.3%-
 
Median (14 companies)5.2%4.5%5.0%4.2%2.3%
Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore ($FACT)---0.2%0.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
Kaleconbbph ($KALECONBBPH)89.0%103.8%81.0%102.7%-
Bharat Rasayan ($BHARATRA)13.7%21.9%26.1%24.1%-
Paushak ($PAUSHAK)24.5%--23.1%-
Uplbbph ($UPLBBPH)15.9%18.2%22.1%22.2%-
Rane Brake Lining ($RANEBRAKE)7.9%11.1%12.8%21.2%-
 
Median (31 companies)7.7%5.9%4.4%5.3%10.9%
Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore ($FACT)----60.9%3.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
Rane Engine Valve ($RANENGIN)11.3x4.5x4.8x25.4x-
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys ($INDMETA-B)3.8x3.5x4.3x9.1x-
Jklakbbph ($JKLAKBBPH)2.3x5.3x5.5x8.3x-
Indbulbbph ($INDBULBBPH)4.8x5.5x9.6x6.5x-
Rilbbph ($RILBBPH)2.1x2.9x3.9x3.9x-
 
Median (18 companies)2.2x2.2x1.1x0.7x1.3x