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Ifg Group Net Income jumped on 953% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin increased on 4.2 pp from 13.3% to 17.5%

22 Mar 2016 • About Ifg Group ($IFP) • By InTwits

Ifg Group reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Ifg Group has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.7%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 1.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 1.6 in 2015, 1.5 in 2014, 2.1 in 2013, 0.66 in 2012, 1.0 in 2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 9.6%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Ifg Group ($IFP) key annual financial indicators

mln. €201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue89.04493.91374.57780.77698.24021.6%
Gross Profit15.18914.34612.97413.19921.28661.3%
SG&A6.2495.7575.2617.1307.7318.4%
EBITDA15.32613.98811.66910.70817.19760.6%
Net Income12.09826.6385.7410.8288.713952.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash38.60633.63028.19537.76346.22422.4%
Short Term Debt10.2450.1760.0110.0039.263359,562.6%
Long Term Debt39.3018.1127.7928.5490.000-100.0%
Cash flow
Capex1.0450.6612.0991.5461.6496.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth-26.2%5.5%-20.6%8.3%21.6%
EBITDA growth5.6%-8.7%-16.6%-8.2%60.6%
Gross Margin17.1%15.3%17.4%16.3%21.7%5.3%
EBITDA Margin17.2%14.9%15.6%13.3%17.5%4.2%
Net Income Margin13.6%28.4%7.7%1.0%8.9%7.8%
SG&A, % of revenue7.0%6.1%7.1%8.8%7.9%-1.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.2%0.7%2.8%1.9%1.7%-0.2%
ROIC5.4%5.2%5.9%5.5%9.6%4.2%
ROE11.3%24.6%6.0%0.8%8.1%7.3%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.7x-1.8x-1.7x-2.7x-2.1x0.6x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 21.6% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin surged on 23.7 pp from -31.8% to -8.1% in 2015.

Gross Margin increased on 5.3 pp from 16.3% to 21.7% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue decreased slightly on 0.96 pp from 8.8% to 7.9% in 2015.

Net Income marign increased on 7.8 pp from 1.0% to 8.9% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.7%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue increased slightly on 0.97 pp from 0.70% in 2012 to 1.7% in 2015. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (9.62%) and ROE (8.11%). ROIC increased on 4.2 pp from 5.5% to 9.6% in 2015. ROE increased on 7.3 pp from 0.84% to 8.1% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -2.1x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.5x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 0.6x from -2.7x to -2.1x in 2015. Debt increased on 8.3% in 2015 while cash jumped on 22.4% in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial Services


Below you can find Ifg Group benchmarking vs. other companies in Financial Services 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
Real Estate Credit Investments Pcc ($RECP)335.8%-59.6%47.3%
Fairpoint Group ($FRP)32.7%-17.5%35.1%41.2%
Afh Financial Group ($AFHP)49.9%39.3%39.5%
Manx Financial Group ($MFX)5.6%33.3%22.0%28.2%
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)18.9%-8.7%-8.6%15.6%
 
Median (24 companies)24.5%5.3%14.7%4.7%2.9%
Ifg Group ($IFP)5.5%-20.6%8.3%21.6%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Record ($REC)99.6%98.8%98.8%99.6%99.3%
First Property Group ($FPO)85.2%86.0%69.5%67.9%83.0%
Schroders ($SDRC)75.8%76.9%76.2%77.7%78.3%
Walker Crips Group ($WCW)74.5%71.8%58.0%68.2%66.7%
S & U ($46IE)65.6%66.5%67.6%65.3%
 
Median (12 companies)64.7%56.8%53.3%53.0%52.5%
Ifg Group ($IFP)17.1%15.3%17.4%16.3%21.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Real Estate Credit Investments Pcc ($RECP)58.6%89.3%77.0%80.3%
Manx Financial Group ($MFX)24.2%39.8%49.2%56.5%58.8%
Hargreaves Lansdown ($HL.)61.0%64.1%66.4%58.7%51.2%
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)49.9%53.8%51.5%38.8%49.2%
S & U ($46IE)25.5%27.9%30.6%47.2%
 
Median (23 companies)16.0%11.7%17.0%16.8%16.3%
Ifg Group ($IFP)17.2%14.9%15.6%13.3%17.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)2.8%6.0%24.7%15.0%6.5%
Commercial Bank Of Qatar(The) ($CBQS)3.0%6.0%3.8%2.8%3.9%
Afh Financial Group ($AFHP)1.6%1.5%0.7%3.8%
S & U ($46IE)1.4%1.4%1.3%3.1%
Guinness Peat Group ($GPG)3.7%2.6%0.6%2.9%3.0%
 
Median (23 companies)1.1%1.4%1.3%1.3%0.7%
Ifg Group ($IFP)1.2%0.7%2.8%1.9%1.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Hargreaves Lansdown ($HL.)133.9%108.7%111.7%101.0%87.5%
Manx Financial Group ($MFX)-1.2%8.0%19.7%29.7%40.2%
Record ($REC)44.4%23.8%19.6%20.2%20.2%
Impax Asset Management Group ($IPX)12.5%-13.7%17.2%18.7%16.1%
Lighthouse Group ($LGT)5.1%7.2%-3.9%8.6%14.6%
 
Median (24 companies)5.5%5.5%6.3%9.2%8.9%
Ifg Group ($IFP)5.4%5.2%5.9%5.5%9.6%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Private & Commercial Finance Group ($PCF)16.0x12.8x14.3x13.9x12.9x
First Property Group ($FPO)5.6x3.6x3.0x5.6x12.3x
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc ($CF.)10.2x
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)0.8x1.5x2.4x10.7x8.0x
S & U ($46IE)1.4x1.3x1.7x3.1x
 
Median (22 companies)-1.6x-1.0x-1.0x-1.9x-0.5x
Ifg Group ($IFP)0.7x-1.8x-1.7x-2.7x-2.1x