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Tata Power Co CAPEX dropped on 19.4% in 2015 and Revenue decreased on 6.0%

19 May 2015 • About Tata Power Co ($TPCL) • By InTwits

Tata Power Co reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Tata Power Co has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 20.7%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 10.4%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 34,936 in FY2015, 43,361 in FY2014, 42,702 in FY2013, 53,507 in FY2012, 92,321 in FY2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 7.1%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 6.2x while industry average is 7.3x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Tata Power Co ($TPCL) key annual financial indicators

mln. INR201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue194,423259,972330,199358,677337,199-6.0%
SG&A5,1856,4097,4817,5607,278-3.7%
EBITDA45,84353,21166,26877,01162,936-18.3%
Net Income20,596-10,877-854-2,6001,678-164.6%
Balance Sheet
Cash22,06636,94119,89915,55014,835-4.6%
Short Term Debt27,62341,26762,83097,02682,136-15.3%
Long Term Debt219,798297,331315,993304,699323,9316.3%
Cash flow
Capex92,32153,50742,70243,36134,936-19.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth2.4%33.7%27.0%8.6%-6.0%
EBITDA growth19.7%16.1%24.5%16.2%-18.3%
EBITDA Margin23.6%20.5%20.1%21.5%18.7%-2.8%
Net Income Margin10.6%-4.2%-0.3%-0.7%0.5%1.2%
SG&A, % of revenue2.7%2.5%2.3%2.1%2.2%0.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue47.5%20.6%12.9%12.1%10.4%-1.7%
ROIC10.1%8.9%8.8%9.0%7.1%-1.9%
ROE17.0%-9.0%-2.2%-3.0%0.3%3.3%
Net Debt/EBITDA4.9x5.7x5.4x5.0x6.2x1.2x

Revenue and profitability


Tata Power Co's Revenue decreased on 6.0% in FY2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 2.8 pp from 21.5% to 18.7% in FY2015.

SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 1.2 pp from -0.72% to 0.50% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 Tata Power Co had CAPEX/Revenue of 10.4%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 10.2 pp from 20.6% in FY2012 to 10.4% in FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 11.8%.The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (55.5%) to CAPEX which didn't stop revenue from falling.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (7.09%) and ROE (0.33%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.9 pp from 9.0% to 7.1% in FY2015. ROE increased on 3.3 pp from -3.0% to 0.33% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 6.2x and Debt / EBITDA is 6.5x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 1.2x from 5.0x to 6.2x in FY2015. Debt increased slightly on 1.1% in FY2015 while cash decreased on 4.6% in FY2015.

Valuation


Tata Power Co's trades at EV/EBITDA 6.2x and P/E 0.0x while industy averages are 10.5x and 26.1x. The company's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 14.0x with the industry average at 4.7x.

Appendix 1: Peers in Electric Utilities


Below you can find Tata Power Co benchmarking vs. other companies in Electric Utilities 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  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Reliance Infrastructure ($RIFS)-32.1%77.0%-10.7%-14.4%
 
Median (1 company)-32.1%77.0%-10.7%-14.4%
Tata Power Co ($TPCL)33.7%27.0%8.6%-6.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Reliance Infrastructure ($RIFS)18.3%15.7%19.1%21.1%
 
Median (1 company)18.3%15.7%19.1%21.1%
Tata Power Co ($TPCL)23.6%20.5%20.1%21.5%18.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Reliance Infrastructure ($RIFS)3.9%5.9%5.2%4.5%
 
Median (1 company)3.9%5.9%5.2%4.5%
Tata Power Co ($TPCL)10.1%8.9%8.8%9.0%7.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Reliance Infrastructure ($RIFS)6.1x6.2x7.3x8.4x
 
Median (1 company)6.1x6.2x7.3x8.4x
Tata Power Co ($TPCL)4.9x5.7x5.4x5.0x6.2x