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Tristel revenue jumped on 11.5% in 2016 while EBITDA Margin decreased on 2.2 pp from 22.9% to 20.7%

17 Oct 2016 • About Tristel ($TSTL) • By InTwits

Tristel reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Tristel is a growth stock: FY2016 revenue growth was 11.5%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 13.0% at FY2016 ROIC 17.5%
  • Tristel has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 5.1%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 0.50 in FY2016, 0.50 in FY2015, 0.68 in FY2014, 0.13 in FY2013, 0.41 in FY2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 17.5%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is -1.6x 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.

Tristel ($TSTL) key annual financial indicators

mln. £201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue10.93910.55813.47015.33417.10411.5%
Gross Profit7.4287.0149.40410.66112.55517.8%
SG&A6.6857.2418.24213.8%
EBITDA1.8561.4452.7043.5073.5340.8%
Net Income0.707-1.2641.2982.2152.102-5.1%
Balance Sheet
Cash0.7050.6272.6644.0455.71541.3%
Short Term Debt0.0820.0650.0420.0000.000
Long Term Debt0.0830.0530.0080.0000.000
Cash flow
Capex0.4070.1310.6770.4960.4990.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth17.8%-3.5%27.6%13.8%11.5%
EBITDA growth70.0%-22.1%87.1%29.7%0.8%
Gross Margin67.9%66.4%69.8%69.5%73.4%3.9%
EBITDA Margin17.0%13.7%20.1%22.9%20.7%-2.2%
Net Income Margin6.5%-12.0%9.6%14.4%12.3%-2.2%
SG&A, % of revenue49.6%47.2%48.2%1.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.7%1.2%5.0%3.2%2.9%-0.3%
ROIC6.5%3.5%15.9%20.1%17.5%-2.6%
ROE5.8%-10.7%11.2%16.8%14.4%-2.3%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.3x-0.4x-1.0x-1.2x-1.6x-0.5x

Revenue and profitability


Tristel's Revenue surged on 11.5% in FY2016. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 7.9 pp from -7.0% to -14.9% in FY2016.

Gross Margin increased on 3.9 pp from 69.5% to 73.4% in FY2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 0.97 pp from 47.2% to 48.2% in FY2016.

Net Income marign decreased on 2.2 pp from 14.4% to 12.3% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2016 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 2.9%. Tristel showed small growth in CAPEX/Revenue of 1.7 pp from 1.2% in FY2013 to 2.9% in FY2016. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 3.7%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROIC (17.49%) and ROE (14.44%). ROIC decreased on 2.6 pp from 20.1% to 17.5% in FY2016. ROE decreased on 2.3 pp from 16.8% to 14.4% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


The company has no debt. Cash surged on 41.3% in FY2016.

Appendix 1: Peers in Health Care Equipment & Services


Below you can find Tristel benchmarking vs. other companies in Health Care Equipment & 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
Puricore ($PURI)11.3%-33.6%-45.5%36.5%
Md Medical Group Invest ($MDMG)39.7%39.7%26.9%32.0%
Lifeline Scientific Inc ($LSIC)18.7%10.2%6.0%11.8%
Synergy Health ($SYR)8.6%15.8%5.3%7.5%
Omega Diagnostics Group ($ODX)1.2%2.9%4.4%5.3%
 
Median (10 companies)9.9%7.0%5.2%2.6%-5.1%
Tristel ($TSTL)-3.5%27.6%13.8%11.5%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Smith & Nephew ($SN.)74.1%74.7%74.8%75.3%
Omega Diagnostics Group ($ODX)63.0%62.6%63.6%63.4%63.8%
Immunodiagnostic Systems Hldgs ($IDH)74.7%73.1%68.1%62.5%58.6%
Lifeline Scientific Inc ($LSIC)60.6%59.8%61.3%60.2%
Abbott Laboratories ($ABT)54.3%53.2%54.5%57.1%
 
Median (10 companies)54.6%52.3%53.2%53.0%61.2%
Tristel ($TSTL)67.9%66.4%69.8%69.5%73.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Md Medical Group Invest ($MDMG)41.7%28.0%28.9%27.9%
Synergy Health ($SYR)26.0%26.4%25.8%24.3%
Immunodiagnostic Systems Hldgs ($IDH)35.3%34.1%23.6%-77.1%
Smith & Nephew ($SN.)27.8%26.9%25.2%23.1%
Abbott Laboratories ($ABT)21.8%19.6%20.5%21.3%
 
Median (10 companies)19.0%17.9%19.3%19.5%-33.5%
Tristel ($TSTL)17.0%13.7%20.1%22.9%20.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Synergy Health ($SYR)15.2%13.2%10.3%15.1%
Md Medical Group Invest ($MDMG)65.2%42.8%43.4%8.2%
Smith & Nephew ($SN.)6.4%7.8%8.1%7.7%
Ekf Diagnostics Holdings ($EKF)3.7%3.7%2.8%7.6%
Puricore ($PURI)2.4%3.2%15.4%7.3%
 
Median (10 companies)6.1%5.6%6.7%6.8%4.8%
Tristel ($TSTL)3.7%1.2%5.0%3.2%2.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Lifeline Scientific Inc ($LSIC)1.9%11.2%11.7%24.0%
Md Medical Group Invest ($MDMG)19.9%9.5%11.0%11.8%
Smith & Nephew ($SN.)22.0%18.6%14.7%11.1%
Abbott Laboratories ($ABT)4.3%5.3%8.3%9.4%
Synergy Health ($SYR)8.0%8.5%9.1%9.1%
 
Median (10 companies)4.3%7.9%8.7%6.7%-24.0%
Tristel ($TSTL)6.5%3.5%15.9%20.1%17.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Synergy Health ($SYR)2.1x1.9x1.5x1.6x
Smith & Nephew ($SN.)0.3x0.2x1.4x1.3x
Abbott Laboratories ($ABT)2.1x0.8x0.9x0.9x
Md Medical Group Invest ($MDMG)0.2x0.2x2.0x0.6x
Lifeline Scientific Inc ($LSIC)-4.4x-0.6x-0.3x-1.0x
 
Median (8 companies)0.2x0.1x-0.3x-0.2x-0.7x
Tristel ($TSTL)-0.3x-0.4x-1.0x-1.2x-1.6x