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Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca reports 32.4% CAPEX growth and 10.8% Revenue growth

28 Jan 2016 • About Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca ($0MCK) • By InTwits

Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 6.4%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 3.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2,516 in 2015, 4,103 in 2014, 9,997 in 2013, 14,978 in 2012, 20,502 in 2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 9.0%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.7x while industry average is 1.3x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca ($0MCK) key annual financial indicators

mln. SEK201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue81,33785,40892,873104,054115,31610.8%
Gross Profit18,96020,65923,00026,09829,84014.3%
SG&A12,08013,45413,86215,11517,02512.6%
EBITDA8,14310,77913,93215,84616,8016.0%
Net Income5484,9565,5476,5997,0026.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash1,0131,7182,4643,0235,04266.8%
Short Term Debt9,0089,8349,93413,96611,866-15.0%
Long Term Debt27,55323,58328,40724,21521,352-11.8%
Cash flow
Capex5,9115,6735,6535,7337,59132.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth-1.7%5.0%8.7%12.0%10.8%
EBITDA growth-41.9%32.4%29.3%13.7%6.0%
Gross Margin23.3%24.2%24.8%25.1%25.9%0.8%
EBITDA Margin10.0%12.6%15.0%15.2%14.6%-0.7%
Net Income Margin0.7%5.8%6.0%6.3%6.1%-0.3%
SG&A, % of revenue14.9%15.8%14.9%14.5%14.8%0.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue7.3%6.6%6.1%5.5%6.6%1.1%
ROIC2.0%5.5%8.2%8.7%9.0%0.2%
ROE0.9%8.2%9.0%10.1%10.1%0.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA4.4x2.9x2.6x2.2x1.7x-0.5x

Revenue and profitability


Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca's Revenue surged on 10.8% in 2015. Revenue growth was financed by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 0.66 pp from 15.2% to 14.6% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 0.80 pp from 25.1% to 25.9% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in 2015.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca's CAPEX/Revenue was 6.6% in 2015. CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from 2012 to 2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 6.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (8.97%) and ROE (10.15%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2015. ROE showed almost no change in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 1.7x Net Debt / EBITDA and 2.0x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.5x from 2.2x to 1.7x in 2015. Debt dropped on 13.0% in 2015 while cash jumped on 66.8% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Personal Goods


Below you can find Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca benchmarking vs. other companies in Personal Goods 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
Creightons ($CRL)15.6%6.1%11.7%4.2%
Swallowfield ($SWL)0.7%-16.0%3.0%-1.2%
Far Eastern New Century Corp ($FETD)0.9%-1.4%-7.5%
 
Median (3 companies)5.8%0.7%-1.2%0.8%-1.2%
Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca ($0MCK)5.0%8.7%12.0%10.8%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Creightons ($CRL)42.0%42.1%42.8%40.8%39.2%
Far Eastern New Century Corp ($FETD)18.7%19.5%20.3%23.2%
Swallowfield ($SWL)10.9%10.6%8.2%10.3%11.8%
 
Median (3 companies)23.2%18.0%20.0%20.3%23.2%
Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca ($0MCK)23.3%24.2%24.8%25.1%25.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Far Eastern New Century Corp ($FETD)12.3%12.5%12.1%15.0%
Creightons ($CRL)3.4%4.0%4.6%4.7%5.0%
Swallowfield ($SWL)4.5%4.9%1.8%4.0%4.5%
 
Median (3 companies)4.5%4.8%5.6%5.8%5.0%
Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca ($0MCK)10.0%12.6%15.0%15.2%14.6%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Far Eastern New Century Corp ($FETD)7.4%10.5%12.0%11.1%
Swallowfield ($SWL)2.6%2.1%1.5%1.8%3.1%
Creightons ($CRL)0.8%1.9%0.6%1.1%0.8%
 
Median (3 companies)2.6%2.0%1.3%1.8%3.1%
Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca ($0MCK)7.3%6.6%6.1%5.5%6.6%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Creightons ($CRL)5.3%6.3%7.0%8.4%8.8%
Swallowfield ($SWL)8.5%10.9%-3.1%5.1%8.4%
Far Eastern New Century Corp ($FETD)4.3%3.6%2.6%3.0%
 
Median (3 companies)8.5%5.5%5.3%6.7%8.4%
Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca ($0MCK)2.0%5.5%8.2%8.7%9.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Far Eastern New Century Corp ($FETD)2.7x4.8x5.6x5.1x
Swallowfield ($SWL)-0.1x-0.0x-0.8x-0.3x0.3x
Creightons ($CRL)1.1x1.2x1.2x0.7x0.1x
 
Median (3 companies)1.1x2.0x2.1x2.0x0.3x
Svenska Cellulosa Ab-Sca ($0MCK)4.4x2.9x2.6x2.2x1.7x