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Banco Santander Sa reports 14.2% CAPEX decline and 3.1% Revenue decline

25 Jan 2017 • About Banco Santander Sa ($BNC) • By InTwits

Banco Santander Sa reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Banco Santander Sa is a company in decline: 2016 revenue growth was -3.1%, 5 years revenue CAGR was -2.6%
  • Banco Santander Sa has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 6.7%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 3.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 6,572 in 2016, 7,664 in 2015, 6,695 in 2014, 1,877 in 2013, 2,161 in 2012
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 2.0%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 3.8x while industry average is
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Banco Santander Sa ($BNC) key annual financial indicators

mln. €201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue80,99972,97675,04674,92072,578-3.1%
Net Income2,2954,1755,8165,9666,2044.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash118,48877,10369,42877,75176,454-1.7%
Short Term Debt102,224109,397155,369175,373149,398-14.8%
Long Term Debt224,207191,616214,021226,160228,8691.2%
Cash flow
Capex2,1611,8776,6957,6646,572-14.2%
Ratios
Revenue growth-2.2%-9.9%2.8%-0.2%-3.1%
Net Income Margin2.8%5.7%7.7%8.0%8.5%0.6%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.7%2.6%8.9%10.2%9.1%-1.2%
ROIC0.6%1.1%1.7%1.9%2.0%0.1%
ROE3.1%5.9%7.7%7.1%6.9%-0.1%

Revenue and profitability


Banco Santander Sa's Revenue decreased on 3.1% in 2016.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 0.58 pp from 8.0% to 8.5% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2016 Banco Santander Sa had CAPEX/Revenue of 9.1%. Banco Santander Sa showed CAPEX/Revenue growth of 6.5 pp from 2.6% in 2013 to 9.1% in 2016. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 9.4%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (1.97%) and ROE (6.93%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2016. ROE showed almost no change in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt decreased on 5.8% in 2016 while cash decreased slightly on 1.7% in 2016.

Appendix 1: Peers in Banks


Below we provide Banco Santander Sa benchmarking against other companies in Banks 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
Kazkommertsbank JSC ($KKB)6.0%16.3%41.4%
Sberbank Of Russia ($SBER)37.2%25.1%23.4%27.4%
Commercial Intl Bank(Egypt)S.A.E ($CBKD)37.6%23.7%18.9%26.8%
Yapi Ve Kredi Bankasi As ($YKBD)14.9%4.8%19.7%25.3%
Mcb Bank Ltd ($MCBS)3.0%-1.7%19.4%22.4%
 
Median (43 companies)9.5%4.8%12.1%5.5%2.1%
Banco Santander Sa ($BNC)-9.9%2.8%-0.2%-3.1%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Banque Marocaine Du Comm Exterieur ($69IR)3.7%9.7%4.3%26.8%
Lloyds Banking Group ($LLPC)8.0%8.9%13.1%13.6%14.5%
Guaranty Trust Bank ($GRTB)6.7%6.1%6.8%7.7%
Diamond Bank ($DBPA)8.2%7.9%6.0%6.7%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Sa ($BVA)5.1%3.8%4.5%6.0%
 
Median (41 companies)2.2%2.8%2.1%2.5%1.9%
Banco Santander Sa ($BNC)2.7%2.6%8.9%10.2%9.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Commercial Intl Bank(Egypt)S.A.E ($CBKD)21.7%26.9%30.1%30.3%
Guaranty Trust Bank ($GRTB)19.8%18.9%17.8%16.0%
Mcb Bank Ltd ($MCBS)15.0%14.4%15.8%14.9%
United Bank Ltd ($UBLS)11.7%11.8%13.8%12.6%
Zenith Bank ($ZENB)19.0%17.6%15.0%11.2%
 
Median (43 companies)6.4%5.7%4.5%3.5%3.5%
Banco Santander Sa ($BNC)0.6%1.1%1.7%1.9%2.0%