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Glanbia EBITDA surged on 28.0% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.5 pp from 8.9% to 10.4%

24 Feb 2016 • About Glanbia ($GLB) • By InTwits

Glanbia reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Glanbia has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.3%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 12.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 104 in FY2015, 102 in FY2014, 94.9 in FY2013, 65.9 in FY2012, 38.3 in FY2011
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is at 12.0%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 2.0x while industry average is 0.5x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Glanbia ($GLB) key annual financial indicators

mln. €201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue1,9332,2122,3822,5382,7749.3%
Gross Profit694
SG&A450
EBITDA15520322122528828.0%
Net Income11214515014618325.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash23127610611021191.1%
Short Term Debt531253904210,036.8%
Long Term Debt65952744262075321.4%
Cash flow
Capex3866951021041.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth-10.8%14.4%7.7%6.6%9.3%
EBITDA growth-20.2%31.0%8.5%1.9%28.0%
Gross Margin25.0%25.0%
EBITDA Margin8.0%9.2%9.3%8.9%10.4%1.5%
Net Income Margin5.8%6.6%6.3%5.8%6.6%0.8%
SG&A, % of revenue16.2%16.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.0%3.0%4.0%4.0%3.7%-0.3%
ROIC9.3%12.2%13.9%12.4%12.0%-0.4%
ROE24.0%27.5%25.6%20.4%19.8%-0.6%
Net Debt/EBITDA3.1x1.9x1.7x2.3x2.0x-0.2x

Revenue and profitability


Glanbia's Revenue increased on 9.3% in FY2015. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.0 pp from 42.8% to 43.9% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 0.84 pp from 5.8% to 6.6% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Glanbia's CAPEX/Revenue was 3.7% in FY2015. Glanbia's CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 0.76 pp from 3.0% in FY2012 to 3.7% in FY2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.9%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (19.80%) while ROIC is low (11.98%). ROIC showed almost no change in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 0.63 pp from 20.4% to 19.8% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 2.0x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.8x. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.2x from 2.3x to 2.0x in FY2015. Debt jumped on 28.1% in FY2015 while cash surged on 91.1% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Food Producers


Below we provide Glanbia benchmarking against other companies in Food Producers 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
Ros Agro ($AGRO)29.7%-13.2%8.2%78.6%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)20.0%12.6%8.1%31.5%
Kakuzi ($KAKU)-26.2%0.3%-11.5%22.1%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)29.6%-15.7%-11.3%13.9%
Tongaat Hulett Ltd ($THL)24.8%19.0%9.3%2.8%
 
Median (19 companies)25.8%10.3%6.3%-1.4%-6.2%
Glanbia ($GLB)14.4%7.7%6.6%9.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Walcom Group Ltd ($WALG)63.5%62.6%63.2%62.2%
Narborough Plantations ($NBP)64.9%55.5%59.7%54.6%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)56.7%44.4%37.3%36.8%
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)32.3%33.6%34.5%33.7%43.2%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)19.5%28.8%22.1%33.6%
 
Median (17 companies)25.0%28.8%22.1%32.5%19.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Narborough Plantations ($NBP)58.1%42.5%39.6%37.4%
Mhp Sa ($MHPC)32.6%33.2%26.1%37.0%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)52.8%35.3%34.0%33.2%
Avangardco Investments Public Ltd ($AVGR)44.4%44.5%45.6%30.9%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)10.9%20.6%15.5%28.1%
 
Median (19 companies)10.9%16.4%10.9%11.8%10.5%
Glanbia ($GLB)8.0%9.2%9.3%8.9%10.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Agriterra Ltd ($AGTA)18.9%54.8%49.5%43.0%11.2%
Kakuzi ($KAKU)15.5%20.1%20.8%22.0%
Avangardco Investments Public Ltd ($AVGR)26.3%51.1%28.0%18.4%
Asian Citrus Hldgs ($ACHL)14.9%19.3%28.6%17.7%14.3%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)13.2%40.3%10.9%11.8%
 
Median (19 companies)13.2%7.4%8.2%4.8%5.1%
Glanbia ($GLB)2.0%3.0%4.0%4.0%3.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Ros Agro ($AGRO)5.4%7.2%4.0%23.8%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)11.7%13.5%4.8%22.4%
Fyffes ($FFY)8.8%16.4%17.2%18.5%
Mhp Sa ($MHPC)19.4%18.4%11.2%17.6%
Origin Enterprises ($OGN)15.4%13.2%15.3%16.9%20.1%
 
Median (19 companies)14.0%12.3%5.2%11.6%8.2%
Glanbia ($GLB)9.3%12.2%13.9%12.4%12.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)3.0x6.3x4.7x4.8x3.0x
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)1.2x3.1x4.4x3.9x
Ukrproduct Group ($UKR)4.3x2.7x4.4x3.4x
Mhp Sa ($MHPC)2.0x2.2x2.9x2.2x
Tongaat Hulett Ltd ($THL)2.5x2.4x2.1x1.8x1.8x
 
Median (17 companies)1.3x1.0x1.3x1.5x1.6x
Glanbia ($GLB)3.1x1.9x1.7x2.3x2.0x