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Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 11.5x from 6.7x to 18.3x in 2015 while EBITDA dropped on 56.6%

31 Mar 2016 • About Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) ($EGMD) • By InTwits

Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) reported 2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) doesn't have a profitable business model yet: 2015 ROIC is -2.5%
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 3.0% in 2015, 6.5% in 2014, 1.2% in 2013, 3.3% in 2012, 0.2% in 2011
  • Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.3%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 2.1%.
  • 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 unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -2.5%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 18.3x while industry average is 3.0x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) ($EGMD) key annual financial indicators

mln. TWD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue108,156141,026139,216144,284133,814-7.3%
Gross Profit-1694,1623897,3451,540-79.0%
SG&A4,9495,2785,4975,7555,701-0.9%
EBITDA1754,6581,6869,3144,045-56.6%
Net Income-3,092313-1,4971,156-4,408-481.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash23,00631,98533,50232,82732,8350.0%
Short Term Debt11,0139,02113,76816,36618,85115.2%
Long Term Debt39,81759,85676,29379,22187,92111.0%
Cash flow
Capex20,50214,9789,9974,1032,516-38.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth-1.1%30.4%-1.3%3.6%-7.3%
EBITDA growth-99.0%2,565.3%-63.8%452.5%-56.6%
Gross Margin-0.2%3.0%0.3%5.1%1.2%-3.9%
EBITDA Margin0.2%3.3%1.2%6.5%3.0%-3.4%
Net Income Margin-2.9%0.2%-1.1%0.8%-3.3%-4.1%
SG&A, % of revenue4.6%3.7%3.9%4.0%4.3%0.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue19.0%10.6%7.2%2.8%1.9%-1.0%
ROIC-4.5%-0.9%-3.6%1.0%-2.5%-3.5%
ROE-4.9%0.5%-2.6%2.0%-7.4%-9.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA159.2x7.9x33.6x6.7x18.3x11.5x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue decreased on 7.3% in 2015. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 0.93 pp from 6.4% to 7.3% in 2015.

Gross Margin decreased on 3.9 pp from 5.1% to 1.2% in 2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in 2015.

Net Income marign decreased on 4.1 pp from 0.80% to -3.3% in 2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 1.9%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 8.7 pp from 10.6% in 2012 to 1.9% in 2015. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.0%.Battling declining revenue the company invested a large share of EBITDA (62.2%) to CAPEX but that didn't help at least in this year.

Return on investment


The company operates at negative ROIC (-2.51%) and ROE (-7.42%). ROIC decreased on 3.5 pp from 1.0% to -2.5% in 2015. ROE decreased on 9.4 pp from 2.0% to -7.4% in 2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 18.3x Net Debt / EBITDA and 26.4x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 11.5x from 6.7x to 18.3x in 2015. Debt surged on 11.7% in 2015 while cash showed almost no change in 2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Industrial Transportation


Below we provide Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) benchmarking against other companies in Industrial Transportation 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
Frontline Ltd ($FRO)-27.8%-9.4%-55.6%104.5%
Zhejiang Expressway Co ($ZHEH)2.2%13.3%20.5%32.2%
Wisdom Marine Lines Co Limited ($WML)11.2%-0.8%8.8%21.6%
Dp World Ltd ($0P5M)4.8%-1.5%12.7%16.7%
Center Fr Cargo Cont Trf Trcnt PJSC ($TRCN)17.8%7.7%-6.6%16.2%
 
Median (13 companies)65.2%2.2%-2.3%5.6%-4.6%
Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) ($EGMD)-1.3%3.6%-7.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Global Ports Investments ($GLPR)52.6%40.3%58.8%58.8%68.0%
Dp World Ltd ($0P5M)32.7%35.8%39.8%41.9%48.4%
Zhejiang Expressway Co ($ZHEH)39.9%34.0%36.9%37.7%43.6%
Wisdom Marine Lines Co Limited ($WML)37.4%30.3%20.3%20.7%24.1%
Globaltrans Investment ($GLTR)30.1%31.4%25.8%23.2%20.2%
 
Median (8 companies)35.0%31.4%25.8%23.2%22.1%
Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) ($EGMD)3.0%0.3%5.1%1.2%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Capital Lease Aviation ($CLA)105.0%101.2%88.5%89.2%80.5%
Frontline Ltd ($FRO)13.7%17.2%-4.6%64.5%74.6%
Global Ports Investments ($GLPR)55.1%57.1%60.3%69.6%71.2%
Zhejiang Expressway Co ($ZHEH)52.8%49.6%51.1%53.5%58.0%
Wisdom Marine Lines Co Limited ($WML)60.1%56.9%52.0%52.8%55.2%
 
Median (13 companies)38.4%29.6%24.8%29.7%21.0%
Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) ($EGMD)3.3%1.2%6.5%3.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Frontline Ltd ($FRO)10.2%2.5%0.5%83.6%171.4%
Dp World Ltd ($0P5M)15.1%20.6%33.4%20.7%28.9%
Yangming Marine Transport Corp ($YMTD)11.0%13.1%8.2%7.0%7.7%
Center Fr Cargo Cont Trf Trcnt PJSC ($TRCN)13.7%15.6%16.9%11.5%5.7%
Wisdom Marine Lines Co Limited ($WML)160.8%163.8%108.4%4.2%5.2%
 
Median (13 companies)10.0%8.5%9.3%5.6%2.9%
Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) ($EGMD)10.6%7.2%2.8%1.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Zhejiang Expressway Co ($ZHEH)13.3%11.2%13.3%13.2%15.3%
Global Ports Investments ($GLPR)18.5%17.0%7.1%12.1%14.6%
Dx ($DX.)8.2%9.3%9.6%14.5%12.8%
Frontline Ltd ($FRO)-3.4%-1.0%-8.9%7.6%12.1%
Globaltrans Investment ($GLTR)30.3%25.5%16.3%6.4%10.3%
 
Median (13 companies)8.2%8.4%6.3%7.2%6.7%
Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) ($EGMD)-0.9%-3.6%1.0%-2.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Wisdom Marine Lines Co Limited ($WML)7.9x8.5x9.0x9.1x8.4x
Interbulk Group ($INB)3.5x3.3x4.1x3.5x3.6x
Global Ports Investments ($GLPR)0.3x0.8x6.6x2.8x3.6x
Dp World Ltd ($0P5M)3.1x2.4x2.0x1.5x3.4x
Frontline Ltd ($FRO)12.7x12.7x1.9x3.3x
 
Median (11 companies)3.3x3.1x4.1x2.7x3.2x
Evergreen Marine Corp(Taiwan) ($EGMD)7.9x33.6x6.7x18.3x