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Mitsubishi Electric Corp Net Income surged on 52.9% in 2015 and Revenue increased on 6.6%

28 Apr 2015 • About Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL) • By InTwits

Mitsubishi Electric Corp reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corp has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.0%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 2.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 70,960 in 2015, 27,565 in 2014, 44,395 in 2013, 80,467 in 2012, 91,666 in 2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 14.5%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL) key annual financial indicators

mln. JPY201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue3,645,3313,639,4683,567,1844,054,3594,323,0416.6%
Gross Profit1,022,3721,010,504962,8241,139,7701,290,88013.3%
SG&A645,779625,283648,890737,042790,5637.3%
EBITDA339,041352,688280,037368,128473,80928.7%
Net Income124,525112,06369,517153,473234,69452.9%
Balance Sheet
Cash472,067392,181298,881418,049568,51736.0%
Short Term Debt213,694211,214245,394171,872173,6011.0%
Long Term Debt300,054360,324323,565227,529232,2372.1%
Cash flow
Capex107,638159,346150,425151,840199,75831.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth8.7%-0.2%-2.0%13.7%6.6%
EBITDA growth58.4%4.0%-20.6%31.5%28.7%
Gross Margin28.0%27.8%27.0%28.1%29.9%1.7%
EBITDA Margin9.3%9.7%7.9%9.1%11.0%1.9%
Net Income Margin3.4%3.1%1.9%3.8%5.4%1.6%
SG&A, % of revenue17.7%17.2%18.2%18.2%18.3%0.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.0%4.4%4.2%3.7%4.6%0.9%
ROIC14.3%13.1%8.2%11.9%14.5%2.6%
ROE12.4%10.3%5.7%10.9%13.9%3.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.1x0.5x1.0x-0.1x-0.3x-0.3x

Revenue and profitability


Mitsubishi Electric Corp's Revenue increased on 6.6% in FY2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 2.7 pp from 19.9% to 22.6% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 1.7 pp from 28.1% to 29.9% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 1.6 pp from 3.8% to 5.4% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Mitsubishi Electric Corp's CAPEX/Revenue was 4.6% in FY2015. Mitsubishi Electric Corp's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2012 to FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 4.2%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (14.46%) and ROE (13.94%). ROIC increased on 2.6 pp from 11.9% to 14.5% in FY2015. ROE increased on 3.1 pp from 10.9% to 13.9% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is -0.3x Net Debt / EBITDA and 0.9x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.3x from -0.1x to -0.3x in FY2015. Debt increased slightly on 1.6% in FY2015 while cash surged on 36.0% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Industrial Engineering


Below you can find Mitsubishi Electric Corp benchmarking vs. other companies in Industrial Engineering 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 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pressure Technologies ($PRES)6.5%31.6%12.9%57.1%
Avingtrans ($AVG)26.9%-11.3%40.8%33.1%
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)4.0%47.1%40.1%31.5%
Energy Technique ($ETQ)10.2%22.6%6.4%26.7%
Northbridge Industrial Services ($NBI)28.9%23.7%22.0%19.4%
 
Median (21 companies)11.3%11.7%6.1%-0.1%-4.8%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL)-0.2%-2.0%13.7%6.6%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)46.7%48.7%52.2%54.0%
Northbridge Industrial Services ($NBI)59.0%57.0%54.0%48.4%
Rotork ($76ID)46.8%47.4%48.0%45.7%
Hydro International ($HYD)40.0%37.3%39.4%45.3%
Mincon Group ($MCON)51.6%42.6%49.1%43.2%
 
Median (19 companies)30.4%33.3%30.0%33.2%45.7%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL)28.0%27.8%27.0%28.1%29.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Northbridge Industrial Services ($NBI)30.9%30.3%29.2%32.4%
Rotork ($76ID)27.0%27.6%28.0%25.0%
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)3.8%12.6%23.9%27.4%
Mincon Group ($MCON)34.0%22.9%30.0%22.7%
Pressure Technologies ($PRES)8.4%9.9%13.0%14.5%
 
Median (21 companies)7.7%8.3%8.0%7.4%17.3%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL)9.3%9.7%7.9%9.1%11.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Braime(T.F.& J.H.)(Hldgs) ($BMTO)1.6%2.3%9.6%5.6%
Avingtrans ($AVG)2.7%8.6%4.6%5.0%
Mincon Group ($MCON)3.4%8.0%4.1%4.3%
Hms Hydraulic Mach & Sys Grp ($HMSG)4.1%4.4%4.5%3.6%
Pressure Technologies ($PRES)5.0%2.4%2.3%3.3%
 
Median (21 companies)2.6%2.4%2.0%2.4%2.1%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL)3.0%4.4%4.2%3.7%4.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)-7.0%6.0%34.1%51.7%
Energy Technique ($ETQ)-14.3%18.9%19.3%47.5%
Rotork ($76ID)50.0%45.4%38.1%21.9%
Pressure Technologies ($PRES)6.4%11.6%20.7%22.1%
Northbridge Industrial Services ($NBI)13.0%12.6%12.5%12.6%
 
Median (21 companies)13.0%14.2%12.3%10.8%31.6%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL)14.3%13.1%8.2%11.9%14.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Tricorn Group ($TCN)0.0x-0.3x0.9x5.8x
Renold ($RNO)1.3x5.4x1.1x
Hms Hydraulic Mach & Sys Grp ($HMSG)0.9x2.3x2.0x5.2x
Amiad Water Systems Ltd ($AFS)1.2x1.4x3.0x
600 Group ($SIXH)2.7x3.2x2.2x
 
Median (18 companies)0.6x0.1x0.1x0.6x0.8x
Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL)0.1x0.5x1.0x-0.1x-0.3x