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Zenith Bank reports 105% CAPEX growth and 7.0% Revenue growth

15 Mar 2016 • About Zenith Bank ($ZENB) • By InTwits

Zenith Bank reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Zenith Bank is a growth stock: 2015 revenue growth was 7.0%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 18.1% at 2015 ROIC 11.2%
  • Zenith Bank has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.5%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 3.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 25,019 in 2015, 12,232 in 2014, 10,772 in 2013, 11,290 in 2012, 14,725 in 2011
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is at 11.2%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Zenith Bank ($ZENB) key annual financial indicators

mln. NGN201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue230,716291,848335,150402,680430,8817.0%
Net Income48,423100,14794,57699,275105,5316.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash223,187332,515860,5801,259,1481,033,755-17.9%
Short Term Debt49,37056,066
Long Term Debt21,07015,138119,678359,342645,56179.7%
Cash flow
Capex14,72511,29010,77212,23225,019104.5%
Ratios
Revenue growth22.8%26.5%14.8%20.1%7.0%
Net Income Margin21.0%34.3%28.2%24.7%24.5%-0.2%
CAPEX, % of revenue6.4%3.9%3.2%3.0%5.8%2.8%
ROIC13.8%19.0%17.6%15.0%11.2%-3.8%
ROE12.9%23.5%19.6%18.8%18.4%-0.4%

Revenue and profitability


Zenith Bank's Revenue increased on 7.0% in 2015.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Zenith Bank's CAPEX/Revenue was 5.8% in 2015. Zenith Bank's CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 1.9 pp from 3.9% in 2012 to 5.8% in 2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 4.0%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (18.42%) while ROIC is low (11.16%). ROIC decreased on 3.8 pp from 15.0% to 11.2% in 2015. ROE showed almost no change in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Banks


Below we provide Zenith Bank benchmarking against other companies in Banks 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
Kazkommertsbank JSC ($KKB)6.0%16.3%41.4%
Sberbank Of Russia ($SBER)37.2%25.1%23.4%27.4%
Commercial Intl Bank(Egypt)S.A.E ($CBKD)37.6%23.7%18.9%26.8%
Yapi Ve Kredi Bankasi As ($YKBD)14.9%4.8%19.7%25.3%
Mcb Bank Ltd ($MCBS)3.0%-1.7%19.4%22.4%
 
Median (39 companies)0.3%9.3%4.2%11.5%4.2%
Zenith Bank ($ZENB)26.5%14.8%20.1%7.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Lloyds Banking Group ($LLPC)8.0%8.9%13.1%13.6%
Banco Santander Sa ($BNC)2.2%2.7%2.6%8.9%10.2%
Guaranty Trust Bank ($GRTB)10.0%6.7%6.1%6.8%7.7%
Diamond Bank ($DBPA)8.2%7.9%6.0%6.7%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Sa ($BVA)4.1%5.1%3.8%4.5%6.0%
 
Median (37 companies)2.3%2.2%2.7%2.1%2.5%
Zenith Bank ($ZENB)6.4%3.9%3.2%3.0%5.8%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Commercial Intl Bank(Egypt)S.A.E ($CBKD)16.3%21.7%26.9%30.1%30.3%
Guaranty Trust Bank ($GRTB)14.2%19.8%18.9%17.8%16.0%
Mcb Bank Ltd ($MCBS)18.7%15.0%14.4%15.8%14.9%
United Bank Ltd ($UBLS)12.6%11.7%11.8%13.8%12.6%
Halyk Savings Bank Of Kazakhstn JSC ($HSBK)5.1%8.8%9.0%12.9%10.8%
 
Median (39 companies)6.9%6.0%5.3%4.4%3.3%
Zenith Bank ($ZENB)13.8%19.0%17.6%15.0%11.2%