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Ms International reports 17.1% EBITDA growth and 8.3% Revenue growth

10 Jun 2016 • About Ms International ($MSI) • By InTwits

Ms International reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 7.5% in FY2016, 6.9% in FY2015, 10.1% in FY2014, 12.5% in FY2013, 18.4% in FY2012
  • Ms International has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.1%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 3.2%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2.3 in FY2016, 0.83 in FY2015, 0.94 in FY2014, 1.3 in FY2013, 2.7 in FY2012
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 7.1%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is -3.5x while industry average is -31.6x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Ms International ($MSI) key annual financial indicators

mln. £201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue55.94854.49447.13045.50349.2828.3%
Gross Profit19.23415.18412.86410.74012.86919.8%
SG&A6.9546.6437.90919.1%
EBITDA10.2916.7994.7463.1373.67217.1%
Net Income6.3104.4202.5741.3531.58417.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash10.03713.44714.28617.14812.758-25.6%
Short Term Debt0.0000.0000.0000.000
Long Term Debt0.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Cash flow
Capex2.7111.2520.9400.8332.330179.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth3.2%-2.6%-13.5%-3.5%8.3%
EBITDA growth28.8%-33.9%-30.2%-33.9%17.1%
Gross Margin34.4%27.9%27.3%23.6%26.1%2.5%
EBITDA Margin18.4%12.5%10.1%6.9%7.5%0.6%
Net Income Margin11.3%8.1%5.5%3.0%3.2%0.2%
SG&A, % of revenue14.8%14.6%16.0%1.4%
CAPEX, % of revenue4.8%2.3%2.0%1.8%4.7%2.9%
ROIC30.7%17.6%11.0%5.9%7.1%1.2%
ROE23.3%15.4%8.8%4.7%5.6%0.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.0x-2.0x-3.0x-5.5x-3.5x2.0x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 8.3% in FY2016. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 6.6 pp from 20.8% to 27.3% in FY2016.

Gross Margin increased on 2.5 pp from 23.6% to 26.1% in FY2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 1.4 pp from 14.6% to 16.0% in FY2016.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Ms International's CAPEX/Revenue was 4.7% in FY2016. The company showed CAPEX/Revenue growth of 2.4 pp from 2.3% in FY2013 to 4.7% in FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 2.9%.Ms International maintained rich investment policy and has spent a big chunk of EBITDA (63.5%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (7.09%) and ROE (5.62%). ROIC increased slightly on 1.2 pp from 5.9% to 7.1% in FY2016. ROE increased slightly on 0.91 pp from 4.7% to 5.6% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash dropped on 25.6% in FY2016.

Appendix 1: Peers in Industrial Engineering


Below we provide Ms International benchmarking against other companies in Industrial Engineering 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 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Slingsby(H.C.) ($SLNG)-4.2%-4.3%-9.9%35.5%
Mincon Group ($MCON)53.5%-17.1%4.2%28.8%
Ab Dynamics ($ABDP)36.9%36.8%13.8%19.3%
Flowtech Fluidpower ($FLO)-5.8%-5.1%17.7%18.7%
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)47.1%40.1%31.5%18.5%
 
Median (23 companies)11.6%6.1%2.8%5.0%-8.9%
Ms International ($MSI)-2.6%-13.5%-3.5%8.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)48.7%52.2%54.0%55.8%
Hydro International ($HYD)37.3%39.4%45.3%46.4%
Rotork ($76ID)46.8%47.4%48.0%45.7%44.3%
Northbridge Industrial Services ($NBI)57.0%54.0%48.4%43.4%
Amiad Water Systems Ltd ($AFS)42.8%40.8%38.9%40.5%
 
Median (21 companies)31.0%30.0%33.2%34.2%35.2%
Ms International ($MSI)34.4%27.9%27.3%23.6%26.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Northbridge Industrial Services ($NBI)30.3%29.2%32.4%32.5%
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)12.6%23.9%27.4%28.2%
Rotork ($76ID)27.0%27.6%28.0%25.0%22.8%
Ab Dynamics ($ABDP)21.3%18.9%20.1%24.0%
Mincon Group ($MCON)22.9%30.0%22.7%17.6%
 
Median (23 companies)8.6%8.0%7.4%8.2%10.2%
Ms International ($MSI)18.4%12.5%10.1%6.9%7.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Pressure Technologies ($PRES)2.4%2.3%3.3%11.6%
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)1.7%1.8%2.1%5.9%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp ($MEL)4.4%4.2%3.7%4.6%4.1%
Ab Dynamics ($ABDP)2.2%5.6%2.5%4.2%
Braime(T.F.& J.H.)(Hldgs) ($BMTO)2.3%9.6%5.6%3.8%
 
Median (23 companies)2.4%2.0%2.4%2.2%4.1%
Ms International ($MSI)4.8%2.3%2.0%1.8%4.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Somero Enterprise Inc ($SOMA)6.0%34.1%51.7%54.3%
Energy Technique ($ETQ)18.9%19.3%47.5%41.6%
Renold ($RNO)18.8%-12.7%-2.5%41.3%39.1%
Ab Dynamics ($ABDP)44.4%34.3%28.4%31.4%
Rotork ($76ID)50.0%45.4%38.1%21.9%17.0%
 
Median (23 companies)13.5%11.4%10.8%9.5%12.8%
Ms International ($MSI)30.7%17.6%11.0%5.9%7.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Tricorn Group ($TCN)-0.3x0.9x5.8x4.0x7.2x
Slingsby(H.C.) ($SLNG)-3.3x-4.6x-3.7x3.7x
Avingtrans ($AVG)3.1x0.7x1.2x3.6x
600 Group ($SIXH)3.2x2.2x3.1x
Chamberlin ($CMH)0.5x0.4x2.2x2.2x
 
Median (23 companies)0.5x0.6x0.6x1.1x1.3x
Ms International ($MSI)-1.0x-2.0x-3.0x-5.5x-3.5x