Zoo Digital Group Debt surged on 13.1% in 2016 and EBITDA surged on 129%
06 Jul 2016 • About Zoo Digital Group (
$ZOO) • By InTwits
Zoo Digital Group reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
- Zoo Digital Group doesn't have a profitable business model yet: FY2016 ROIC is -15.0%
- EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 1.3% in FY2016, -4.8% in FY2015, -4.0% in FY2014, 6.1% in FY2013, 2.0% in FY2012
- Zoo Digital Group has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.9%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 2.1%.
- CAPEX is quite volatile: 0.032 in FY2016, 0.067 in FY2015, 0.37 in FY2014, 0.25 in FY2013, 0.27 in FY2012
- The company has unprofitable business model: ROIC is at -15.0%
- It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 38.3x while industry average is 0.3x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.
Zoo Digital Group ($ZOO) key annual financial indicators
| mln. $ | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016/2015 |
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P&L
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| Revenue | 11.186 | 10.363 | 9.562 | 11.465 | 11.638 | 1.5% |
| Gross Profit | 9.279 | 9.618 | 7.854 | 8.982 | 9.239 | 2.9% |
| EBITDA | 0.222 | 0.633 | -0.384 | -0.547 | 0.156 | -128.5% |
| Net Income | -2.026 | -1.090 | -2.692 | -2.058 | -0.787 | -61.8% |
Balance Sheet
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| Cash | 1.234 | 0.960 | 0.122 | 0.325 | 0.314 | -3.4% |
| Short Term Debt | 0.194 | 2.864 | 0.147 | 0.105 | 0.142 | 35.2% |
| Long Term Debt | 2.939 | 0.115 | 5.238 | 5.453 | 6.142 | 12.6% |
Cash flow
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| Capex | 0.274 | 0.252 | 0.369 | 0.067 | 0.032 | -52.2% |
Ratios
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| Revenue growth | -18.7% | -7.4% | -7.7% | 19.9% | 1.5% | |
| EBITDA growth | -90.1% | 185.1% | -160.7% | 42.4% | -128.5% | |
| Gross Margin | 83.0% | 92.8% | 82.1% | 78.3% | 79.4% | 1.0% |
| EBITDA Margin | 2.0% | 6.1% | -4.0% | -4.8% | 1.3% | 6.1% |
| Net Income Margin | -18.1% | -10.5% | -28.2% | -18.0% | -6.8% | 11.2% |
| CAPEX, % of revenue | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| ROIC | -10.3% | -10.2% | -21.8% | -23.7% | -15.0% | 8.6% |
| ROE | -33.4% | -14.2% | -45.6% | -58.0% | -36.7% | 21.4% |
| Net Debt/EBITDA | 8.6x | 3.2x | | | 38.3x | 38.3x |
Revenue and profitability
Zoo Digital Group's Revenue increased slightly on 1.5% in FY2016. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 355 pp from -91.3% to -446% in FY2016.
Gross Margin increased slightly on 1.0 pp from 78.3% to 79.4% in FY2016.
Net Income marign surged on 11.2 pp from -18.0% to -6.8% in FY2016.
Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments
The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 0.27% in FY2016. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 2.2 pp from 2.4% in FY2013 to 0.27% in FY2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.6%.
Return on investment
The company operates at negative ROIC (-15.02%) and ROE (-36.66%). ROIC increased on 8.6 pp from -23.7% to -15.0% in FY2016. ROE jumped on 21.4 pp from -58.0% to -36.7% in FY2016.
Leverage (Debt)
Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 38.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 40.3x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged38.3x from to 38.3x in FY2016. Debt jumped on 13.1% in FY2016 while cash decreased on 3.4% in FY2016.
Appendix 1: Peers in Software & Computer Services
Below you can find Zoo Digital Group benchmarking vs. other companies in Software & Computer 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 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
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| Coms ($COMS) | | 46.8% | 763.3% | 110.4% | 36.1% |
| Centralnic Group ($CNIC) | 15.9% | 4.0% | 98.9% | 71.3% | |
| Proactis Holdings ($PHD) | 20.4% | 7.0% | 26.2% | 69.6% | |
| Progility ($PGY) | 4.6% | | | 51.0% | |
| Galasys ($GLS) | 14.3% | 20.9% | 311.1% | 33.0% | |
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| Median (44 companies) | 8.4% | 6.8% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 20.6% |
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| Zoo Digital Group ($ZOO) | | -7.4% | -7.7% | 19.9% | 1.5% |
Top companies by Gross margin, %
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
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| Lombard Risk Management ($LRM) | 99.0% | 98.8% | 99.2% | 98.6% | 99.3% |
| Phoenix It Group ($PNX) | 97.0% | 97.2% | 97.6% | 97.9% | |
| Wandisco ($WAND) | 91.8% | 80.3% | 80.7% | 93.2% | |
| Netcall ($NET) | 88.2% | 89.7% | 91.0% | 90.9% | |
| Idox ($IDOX) | 90.4% | 90.8% | 89.4% | 89.3% | |
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| Median (37 companies) | 62.7% | 62.0% | 58.0% | 60.2% | 17.3% |
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| Zoo Digital Group ($ZOO) | 83.0% | 92.8% | 82.1% | 78.3% | 79.4% |
Top companies by EBITDA margin, %
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
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| Mail.Ru Group Ltd ($61HE) | 43.1% | 47.4% | 50.5% | 34.6% | |
| Dotdigital Group ($DOTD) | 31.4% | 39.4% | 29.2% | 32.0% | |
| Idox ($IDOX) | 30.9% | 26.1% | 26.0% | 28.6% | |
| Galasys ($GLS) | 44.0% | 83.6% | 32.6% | 28.5% | |
| Oxford Metrics ($OMG) | 15.7% | 6.0% | 14.7% | 28.4% | |
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| Median (44 companies) | 14.3% | 13.8% | 13.2% | 12.6% | 4.0% |
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| Zoo Digital Group ($ZOO) | 2.0% | 6.1% | -4.0% | -4.8% | 1.3% |
Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
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| Rapidcloud Intl ($RCI) | 1.0% | 23.1% | 11.6% | 19.6% | |
| Coms ($COMS) | 0.5% | 0.9% | 3.4% | 7.5% | 0.1% |
| Csf Group ($CSFG) | 1.5% | 4.0% | 2.4% | 7.1% | |
| Nasstar ($NASA) | 17.9% | | 2.1% | 5.2% | |
| Unisys Corp ($USY) | 2.1% | 2.5% | 4.1% | 5.0% | |
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| Median (44 companies) | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.5% |
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| Zoo Digital Group ($ZOO) | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
Top companies by ROIC, %
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
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| Triad Group ($TRD) | 4.1% | -3.8% | 24.5% | 61.5% | 74.4% |
| Dotdigital Group ($DOTD) | 26.4% | 38.0% | 28.5% | 31.4% | |
| International Bus Mach Corp ($IBM) | 36.1% | 31.0% | 28.1% | 25.7% | |
| Galasys ($GLS) | 58.7% | 60.9% | 40.8% | 22.2% | |
| Instem ($INS) | 20.6% | 14.7% | 10.9% | 20.4% | |
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| Median (44 companies) | 13.5% | 11.6% | 9.8% | 6.2% | 9.7% |
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| Zoo Digital Group ($ZOO) | -10.3% | -10.2% | -21.8% | -23.7% | -15.0% |
Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA
| Top 5 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 |
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| Progility ($PGY) | 2.0x | | 1.8x | 12.8x | |
| Parity Group ($PTY) | 4.7x | | 4.9x | 5.1x | |
| Nasstar ($NASA) | -5.3x | | 0.0x | 1.9x | |
| Phoenix It Group ($PNX) | 4.3x | | | 1.9x | |
| International Bus Mach Corp ($IBM) | 0.9x | 1.2x | 1.4x | 1.7x | |
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| Median (35 companies) | -0.5x | -0.5x | -0.3x | -0.5x | -2.1x |
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