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Record Net Income decreased on 4.2% in 2016 and Revenue showed almost no change

17 Jun 2016 • About Record ($REC) • By InTwits

Record reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is relatively stable: 33.7% in FY2016 vs. 34.4% in FY2015 vs. 34.5% in FY2012
  • Record has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.3%.
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 18.5%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is -3.0x while industry average is -4.2x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Record ($REC) key annual financial indicators

mln. £201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue20.53518.55219.92221.05721.1340.4%
Gross Profit20.28318.33119.83620.90920.9130.0%
SG&A13.41213.37314.1235.6%
EBITDA7.0826.2516.8857.2427.128-1.6%
Net Income4.9134.3345.4075.7825.541-4.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash24.57229.02511.50312.01021.72080.8%
Short Term Debt0.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Long Term Debt0.0000.0000.0000.0000.000
Cash flow
Capex0.0520.0630.0250.1280.029-77.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth-27.2%-9.7%7.4%5.7%0.4%
EBITDA growth-43.5%-11.7%10.1%5.2%-1.6%
Gross Margin98.8%98.8%99.6%99.3%99.0%-0.3%
EBITDA Margin34.5%33.7%34.6%34.4%33.7%-0.7%
Net Income Margin23.9%23.4%27.1%27.5%26.2%-1.2%
SG&A, % of revenue67.3%63.5%66.8%3.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.3%0.3%0.1%0.6%0.1%-0.5%
ROIC23.8%19.6%20.2%20.2%18.5%-1.7%
ROE17.7%15.8%18.7%18.9%16.9%-2.0%
Net Debt/EBITDA-3.5x-4.6x-1.7x-1.7x-3.0x-1.4x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue showed almost no change in FY2016. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 7.0 pp from 11.6% to 18.5% in FY2016.

Gross Margin showed almost no change in FY2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 3.3 pp from 63.5% to 66.8% in FY2016.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 1.2 pp from 27.5% to 26.2% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 0.14% in FY2016. Record's CAPEX/Revenue showed almost no change from FY2013 to FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.29%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (18.55%) and ROE (16.89%). ROIC decreased slightly on 1.7 pp from 20.2% to 18.5% in FY2016. ROE decreased on 2.0 pp from 18.9% to 16.9% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash surged on 80.8% in FY2016.

Valuation


Record's trades at EV/EBITDA 4.5x and P/E 9.8x while industy averages are 15.6x and 19.1x.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial Services


Below we provide Record benchmarking against other companies in Financial Services 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
Volvere ($VLE)-47.1%149.8%-23.2%124.9%
Real Estate Credit Investments Pcc ($RECP)335.8%-59.6%47.3%-29.8%
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%
 
Median (30 companies)5.6%14.7%4.7%2.7%7.7%
Record ($REC)-9.7%7.4%5.7%0.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Panmure Gordon & Co ($PMR)95.2%95.0%95.3%95.2%
First Property Group ($FPO)86.0%69.5%67.9%83.0%80.6%
Schroders ($SDRC)76.9%76.2%77.7%78.3%
London Capital Group Hldgs ($LCG)64.2%70.5%73.6%67.9%
Walker Crips Group ($WCW)71.8%58.0%68.2%66.7%
 
Median (15 companies)51.8%52.2%51.3%52.3%50.5%
Record ($REC)98.8%98.8%99.6%99.3%99.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Livermore Investments Group Ltd ($LIV)84.9%64.8%78.8%83.5%
Real Estate Credit Investments Pcc ($RECP)58.6%89.3%77.0%80.3%79.3%
Manx Financial Group ($MFX)39.8%49.2%56.5%58.8%
Hargreaves Lansdown ($HL.)64.1%66.4%58.7%51.2%
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)53.8%51.5%38.8%49.2%
 
Median (28 companies)11.7%15.6%14.4%15.9%32.3%
Record ($REC)34.5%33.7%34.6%34.4%33.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
London Capital Group Hldgs ($LCG)1.8%0.2%3.4%7.7%
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)6.0%24.7%15.0%6.5%
Commercial Bank Of Qatar(The) ($CBQS)6.0%3.8%2.8%3.9%
Nmbz Hldgs ($NMB)6.1%3.0%2.1%3.8%
Afh Financial Group ($AFHP)1.6%1.5%0.7%3.8%
 
Median (29 companies)1.4%1.4%1.3%1.2%1.3%
Record ($REC)0.3%0.3%0.1%0.6%0.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Hargreaves Lansdown ($HL.)108.7%111.7%101.0%87.5%
Manx Financial Group ($MFX)8.0%19.7%29.7%40.2%
Impax Asset Management Group ($IPX)-13.7%17.2%18.7%16.1%
Lighthouse Group ($LGT)7.2%-3.9%8.6%14.6%
S & U ($46IE)17.6%19.1%19.7%13.9%14.5%
 
Median (30 companies)5.2%6.0%8.9%7.3%7.8%
Record ($REC)23.8%19.6%20.2%20.2%18.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Private & Commercial Finance Group ($PCF)12.8x14.3x13.9x12.9x10.6x
First Property Group ($FPO)3.6x3.0x5.6x12.3x9.4x
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc ($CF.)10.2x
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)1.5x2.4x10.7x8.0x
S & U ($46IE)1.4x1.3x1.7x3.1x0.5x
 
Median (25 companies)-1.0x-1.0x-2.3x-0.5x0.5x
Record ($REC)-3.5x-4.6x-1.7x-1.7x-3.0x