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Abbey EBITDA surged on 29.8% in 2016 and Revenue surged on 27.9%

12 Jul 2016 • About Abbey ($ABBY) • By InTwits

Abbey reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Abbey is a fast growth stock: FY2016 revenue growth was 27.9%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 27.1% at FY2016 ROIC 22.9%
  • Abbey has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.0%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 2.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2.1 in FY2016, 0.38 in FY2015, 1.2 in FY2014, 1.5 in FY2013, 5.9 in FY2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 22.9%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is -1.3x while industry average is -1.6x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Abbey ($ABBY) key annual financial indicators

mln. €201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue70.498.5114.2172.5220.627.9%
Gross Profit16.617.129.552.873.138.4%
SG&A7.68.89.16.512.592.8%
EBITDA13.713.125.853.869.829.8%
Net Income8.97.718.739.649.524.9%
Balance Sheet
Cash19.933.530.567.490.434.2%
Short Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Long Term Debt0.00.00.00.00.0
Cash flow
Capex8.66.49.213.911.8-15.2%
Ratios
Revenue growth5.6%40.0%15.9%51.0%27.9%
EBITDA growth-0.9%-4.4%97.3%108.7%29.8%
Gross Margin23.6%17.3%25.8%30.6%33.1%2.5%
EBITDA Margin19.4%13.3%22.6%31.2%31.7%0.5%
Net Income Margin12.6%7.8%16.4%23.0%22.4%-0.5%
SG&A, % of revenue10.8%8.9%7.9%3.8%5.7%1.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue12.2%6.5%8.0%8.0%5.3%-2.7%
ROIC5.4%4.7%11.2%21.1%22.9%1.8%
ROE5.3%4.4%10.3%18.1%18.7%0.6%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.5x-2.6x-1.2x-1.3x-1.3x-0.0x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue jumped on 27.9% in FY2016. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 0.93 pp from 9.5% to 10.4% in FY2016.

Gross Margin increased on 2.5 pp from 30.6% to 33.1% in FY2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 1.9 pp from 3.8% to 5.7% in FY2016.

Net Income marign decreased slightly on 0.54 pp from 23.0% to 22.4% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Abbey's CAPEX/Revenue was 5.3% in FY2016. The company showed small CAPEX/Revenue decline of 1.2 pp from 6.5% in FY2013 to 5.3% in FY2016. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 7.1%.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (22.91%) while ROE is a bit lower (18.73%). ROIC increased slightly on 1.8 pp from 21.1% to 22.9% in FY2016. ROE increased slightly on 0.59 pp from 18.1% to 18.7% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash surged on 34.2% in FY2016.

Appendix 1: Peers in Household Goods & Home Construction


Below we provide Abbey benchmarking against other companies in Household Goods & Home Construction 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
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)11.7%13.7%17.0%16.9%
Airea ($AIEA)-9.1%-4.7%-8.4%11.3%
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)0.9%-3.1%-4.6%0.4%
Colefax Group ($CFX)-9.4%0.3%10.5%-1.6%
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)4.1%16.2%-5.1%-9.6%
 
Median (7 companies)1.3%0.3%-5.1%-1.6%
Abbey ($ABBY)40.0%15.9%51.0%27.9%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)57.9%56.7%57.7%59.1%
Colefax Group ($CFX)55.1%55.4%53.3%54.7%
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)23.5%23.8%24.9%25.5%
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)17.6%21.6%23.8%25.1%
Havelock Europa ($HVE)13.2%12.5%13.3%11.0%
 
Median (6 companies)20.6%22.7%24.4%25.3%
Abbey ($ABBY)23.6%17.3%25.8%30.6%33.1%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)27.1%22.0%26.3%27.2%
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)11.2%15.6%18.6%20.2%
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)10.8%10.7%10.7%10.5%
Colefax Group ($CFX)6.6%7.6%9.1%8.7%
Airea ($AIEA)5.9%7.4%7.0%8.0%
 
Median (7 companies)6.6%7.6%9.1%8.7%
Abbey ($ABBY)19.4%13.3%22.6%31.2%31.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)1.4%1.4%3.6%3.5%
Colefax Group ($CFX)4.9%3.1%2.0%2.9%
Airea ($AIEA)2.7%1.0%0.7%1.8%
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)1.7%2.1%1.8%1.7%
Havelock Europa ($HVE)0.1%1.3%0.2%1.0%
 
Median (7 companies)1.7%1.3%1.1%1.7%
Abbey ($ABBY)12.2%6.5%8.0%8.0%5.3%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)12.2%17.7%21.7%24.1%
Colefax Group ($CFX)10.7%13.5%22.0%20.6%
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)23.3%17.3%19.7%20.3%
Airea ($AIEA)3.3%7.2%6.4%11.7%
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)7.1%8.3%7.3%5.8%
 
Median (7 companies)7.1%8.3%7.3%11.7%
Abbey ($ABBY)5.4%4.7%11.2%21.1%22.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Reckitt Benckiser Group ($RB.)0.9x1.0x0.7x0.7x
Teco Electric & Machinery Co Ltd ($TECD)0.1x-0.9x-1.3x-0.3x
Taylor Wimpey ($TW.)0.3x-0.0x-0.2x-0.4x
Airea ($AIEA)-0.9x-1.5x-1.2x-0.9x
Colefax Group ($CFX)-1.8x-1.4x-0.6x-1.0x
 
Median (6 companies)0.2x-0.5x-0.6x-0.6x
Abbey ($ABBY)-1.5x-2.6x-1.2x-1.3x-1.3x