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Pfizer Inc Net Income dropped on 23.8% in 2015 and Revenue decreased slightly on 1.5%

02 Feb 2016 • About Pfizer Inc ($PFZ) • By InTwits

Pfizer Inc reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Pfizer Inc has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.5%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 12.4%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2,086 in FY2015, 2,963 in FY2014, 2,204 in FY2013, 3,724 in FY2012, 7,461 in FY2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 9.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Pfizer Inc ($PFZ) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue65,25954,65751,58449,60548,851-1.5%
Gross Profit51,18344,83641,99840,02839,203-2.1%
SG&A18,83215,17114,35514,09714,8095.1%
EBITDA23,71022,91921,59418,78616,981-9.6%
Net Income10,00914,57022,0039,1356,960-23.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash3,18210,0812,1833,3433,6418.9%
Short Term Debt4,0166,4246,0275,14110,15997.6%
Long Term Debt34,92631,03630,46231,54128,740-8.9%
Cash flow
Capex1,6601,3271,2061,1991,39716.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth-2.7%-16.2%-5.6%-3.8%-1.5%
EBITDA growth7.3%-3.3%-5.8%-13.0%-9.6%
Gross Margin78.4%82.0%81.4%80.7%80.3%-0.4%
EBITDA Margin36.3%41.9%41.9%37.9%34.8%-3.1%
Net Income Margin15.3%26.7%42.7%18.4%14.2%-4.2%
SG&A, % of revenue28.9%27.8%27.8%28.4%30.3%1.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.5%2.4%2.3%2.4%2.9%0.4%
ROIC10.8%11.6%10.9%9.9%9.1%-0.8%
ROE11.8%17.8%27.9%12.4%10.2%-2.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.5x1.2x1.6x1.8x2.1x0.3x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue decreased slightly on 1.5% in 2015. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 3.1 pp from 37.9% to 34.8% in 2015.

Gross Margin showed almost no change in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 1.9 pp from 28.4% to 30.3% in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 4.2 pp from 18.4% to 14.2% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 2.9%. Pfizer Inc's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from 2012 to 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.5%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (9.08%) and ROE (10.23%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.77 pp from 9.9% to 9.1% in 2015. ROE decreased on 2.1 pp from 12.4% to 10.2% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 2.1x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.3x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 0.3x from 1.8x to 2.1x in 2015. Debt increased on 6.0% in 2015 while cash increased on 8.9% in 2015.

Valuation


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 2.2x and P/E 0.3x while industy averages are 10.5x and 26.1x. Pfizer Inc's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 2.4x with the industry average at 4.7x.

Appendix 1: Peers in Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology


Below we provide Pfizer Inc benchmarking against other companies in Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 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 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cathay International Hldgs Ltd ($CTI)12.0%19.6%5.1%30.6%
Source Bioscience ($SBS)12.6%8.2%18.8%28.9%
Cyprotex ($CRX)33.5%5.3%17.3%18.5%
Beximco Pharmaceuticals ($BXP)21.6%17.7%12.9%6.8%
Animalcare Group ($ANCR)-8.2%11.6%6.3%5.1%
 
Median (9 companies)17.1%8.2%12.4%6.3%5.1%
Pfizer Inc ($PFZ)-16.2%-5.6%-3.8%-1.5%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cyprotex ($CRX)83.2%81.9%80.0%75.0%
Animalcare Group ($ANCR)54.0%54.0%56.0%55.4%55.9%
Source Bioscience ($SBS)44.4%45.1%46.0%48.6%
Cathay International Hldgs Ltd ($CTI)51.2%52.2%49.1%47.1%
Beximco Pharmaceuticals ($BXP)48.0%47.3%46.1%45.5%
 
Median (9 companies)44.4%45.1%46.0%45.5%55.9%
Pfizer Inc ($PFZ)78.4%82.0%81.4%80.7%80.3%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pharmstandard OJSC ($PHST)28.1%26.1%30.3%30.9%
Beximco Pharmaceuticals ($BXP)30.5%29.1%26.9%27.2%
Animalcare Group ($ANCR)29.9%24.2%25.2%24.5%25.4%
Source Bioscience ($SBS)-6.8%16.1%16.7%20.1%
Taihua ($TAIH)23.2%9.1%10.5%18.5%
 
Median (9 companies)14.8%16.3%15.6%18.5%25.4%
Pfizer Inc ($PFZ)36.3%41.9%41.9%37.9%34.8%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Beximco Pharmaceuticals ($BXP)14.1%11.1%26.1%24.8%
Cyprotex ($CRX)4.0%3.5%12.0%12.9%
Eastpharma Ltd ($EAST)9.5%11.9%12.3%7.1%
Pharmstandard OJSC ($PHST)4.1%2.7%2.6%5.8%
Source Bioscience ($SBS)46.3%13.7%7.9%5.3%
 
Median (9 companies)4.1%3.5%7.9%5.3%0.1%
Pfizer Inc ($PFZ)2.5%2.4%2.3%2.4%2.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Pharmstandard OJSC ($PHST)37.1%34.0%42.6%28.8%
Animalcare Group ($ANCR)18.1%14.0%15.4%14.2%14.8%
Anpario ($ANP)11.9%15.9%14.7%13.6%
Beximco Pharmaceuticals ($BXP)9.4%9.7%8.9%8.7%
Source Bioscience ($SBS)-14.9%7.0%5.8%8.4%
 
Median (9 companies)9.5%7.0%8.4%8.4%14.8%
Pfizer Inc ($PFZ)10.8%11.6%10.9%9.9%9.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cyprotex ($CRX)-0.2x0.6x-4.3x20.0x
Cathay International Hldgs Ltd ($CTI)8.2x15.0x12.2x6.3x
Eastpharma Ltd ($EAST)15.6x2.7x3.8x4.3x
Beximco Pharmaceuticals ($BXP)0.6x1.1x1.5x1.5x
Source Bioscience ($SBS)0.3x1.5x0.8x
 
Median (9 companies)-0.3x0.3x-0.5x0.8x-1.7x
Pfizer Inc ($PFZ)1.5x1.2x1.6x1.8x2.1x