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Abbey Net Income surged on 111% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin increased on 8.6 pp from 22.6% to 31.2%

08 Jul 2015 • About Abbey ($ABBY) • By InTwits

Abbey reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Abbey is a growth stock: FY2015 revenue growth was 51.0%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 12.2% at FY2015 ROIC 21.1%
  • Abbey has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 2.2%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 13.9 in FY2015, 9.2 in FY2014, 6.4 in FY2013, 8.6 in FY2012, 6.2 in FY2011
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 21.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Abbey ($ABBY) key annual financial indicators

mln. €201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue66.670.498.5114.2172.551.0%
Gross Profit16.316.617.129.552.879.3%
SG&A6.37.68.89.16.5-28.3%
EBITDA13.813.713.125.853.8108.7%
Net Income8.38.97.718.739.6111.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash24.819.933.530.567.4121.2%
Short Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Long Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Cash flow
Capex6.28.66.49.213.951.1%
Ratios
Revenue growth-31.4%5.6%40.0%15.9%51.0%
EBITDA growth-19.8%-0.9%-4.4%97.3%108.7%
Gross Margin24.5%23.6%17.3%25.8%30.6%4.8%
EBITDA Margin20.7%19.4%13.3%22.6%31.2%8.6%
Net Income Margin12.4%12.6%7.8%16.4%23.0%6.6%
SG&A, % of revenue9.4%10.8%8.9%7.9%3.8%-4.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue9.4%12.2%6.5%8.0%8.0%0.0%
ROIC5.8%5.4%4.7%11.2%21.1%9.9%
ROE5.2%5.3%4.4%10.3%18.1%7.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.8x-1.5x-2.6x-1.2x-1.3x-0.1x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 51.0% in FY2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 2.1 pp from -1.7% to 0.39% in FY2015.

Gross Margin increased on 4.8 pp from 25.8% to 30.6% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased on 4.2 pp from 7.9% to 3.8% in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased on 6.6 pp from 16.4% to 23.0% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 8.0% in FY2015. Abbey showed decline in CAPEX/Revenue of 4.1 pp from 12.2% in FY2012 to 8.0% in FY2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 7.5%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (21.10%) while ROE is a bit lower (18.14%). ROIC increased on 9.9 pp from 11.2% to 21.1% in FY2015. ROE increased on 7.8 pp from 10.3% to 18.1% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash jumped on 121% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Household Goods & Home Construction


Below you can find Abbey benchmarking vs. other companies in Household Goods & Home Construction 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
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)2.3%11.7%13.7%17.0%
Colefax Group ($CFX)12.3%-9.4%0.3%10.5%
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)12.2%0.9%-3.1%-4.6%
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)3.9%4.1%16.2%-5.1%
Havelock Europa ($HVE)0.3%1.3%-11.1%-6.9%
 
Median (7 companies)2.3%1.3%0.3%-5.1%
Abbey ($ABBY)5.6%40.0%15.9%51.0%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)57.4%57.9%56.7%57.7%
Colefax Group ($CFX)55.1%55.1%55.4%53.3%
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)22.9%23.5%23.8%24.9%
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)15.9%17.6%21.6%23.8%
Depa Ltd ($DEPS)16.6%8.1%8.1%13.4%
 
Median (6 companies)19.8%20.6%22.7%24.4%
Abbey ($ABBY)24.5%23.6%17.3%25.8%30.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)26.9%27.1%22.0%26.3%
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)8.5%11.2%15.6%18.6%
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)9.7%10.8%10.7%10.7%
Colefax Group ($CFX)10.9%6.6%7.6%9.1%
Airea ($AIEA)6.9%5.9%7.4%7.0%
 
Median (7 companies)9.3%6.6%7.6%9.1%
Abbey ($ABBY)20.7%19.4%13.3%22.6%31.2%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)2.7%1.4%1.4%3.6%
Colefax Group ($CFX)3.7%4.9%3.1%2.0%
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)1.7%1.7%2.1%1.8%
Depa Ltd ($DEPS)4.1%2.4%1.1%1.1%
Airea ($AIEA)2.1%2.7%1.0%0.7%
 
Median (7 companies)2.1%1.7%1.3%1.1%
Abbey ($ABBY)9.4%12.2%6.5%8.0%8.0%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Colefax Group ($CFX)27.6%10.7%13.5%22.0%
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)7.5%12.2%17.7%21.7%
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)24.8%23.3%17.3%19.7%
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)6.3%7.1%8.3%7.3%
Airea ($AIEA)6.0%3.3%7.2%6.4%
 
Median (7 companies)6.3%7.1%8.3%7.3%
Abbey ($ABBY)5.8%5.4%4.7%11.2%21.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)0.7x0.9x1.0x0.7x
Havelock Europa ($HVE)3.7x1.4x0.1x-0.2x
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)0.8x0.3x-0.0x-0.2x
Colefax Group ($CFX)-0.7x-1.8x-1.4x-0.6x
Airea ($AIEA)-1.5x-0.9x-1.5x-1.2x
 
Median (7 companies)0.6x0.2x-0.5x-0.6x
Abbey ($ABBY)-1.8x-1.5x-2.6x-1.2x-1.3x