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Zenith Bank reports 22.7% Net Income growth and 17.8% Revenue growth

27 Feb 2017 • About Zenith Bank ($ZENB) • By InTwits

Zenith Bank reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Zenith Bank is a growth stock: 2016 revenue growth was 17.8%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 17.1% at 2016 ROIC 11.1%
  • Zenith Bank has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.3%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 3.6%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 27,421 in 2016, 25,019 in 2015, 12,232 in 2014, 10,772 in 2013, 11,290 in 2012
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is at 11.1%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Zenith Bank ($ZENB) key annual financial indicators

mln. NGN201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue291,848335,150402,680430,881507,76117.8%
Net Income100,14794,57699,275105,531129,43422.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash332,515860,5801,259,1481,033,755669,058-35.3%
Short Term Debt56,066199,287
Long Term Debt15,138119,678359,342645,561567,940-12.0%
Cash flow
Capex11,29010,77212,23225,01927,4219.6%
Ratios
Revenue growth26.5%14.8%20.1%7.0%17.8%
Net Income Margin34.3%28.2%24.7%24.5%25.5%1.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.9%3.2%3.0%5.8%5.4%-0.4%
ROIC19.0%17.6%15.0%11.2%11.1%-0.0%
ROE23.5%19.6%18.8%18.4%20.0%1.5%

Revenue and profitability


Zenith Bank's Revenue surged on 17.8% in 2016.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 1.00 pp from 24.5% to 25.5% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


Zenith Bank's CAPEX/Revenue was 5.4% in 2016. Zenith Bank showed CAPEX/Revenue growth of 2.2 pp from 3.2% in 2013 to 5.4% in 2016. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 4.7%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (19.96%) while ROIC is low (11.12%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2016. ROE increased slightly on 1.5 pp from 18.4% to 20.0% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt jumped on 18.8% in 2016 while cash dropped on 35.3% in 2016.

Appendix 1: Peers in Banks


Below we provide Zenith Bank 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 ($CBKD)23.7%18.9%26.8%27.0%
Yapi Ve Kredi Bankasi As ($YKBD)4.8%19.7%25.3%17.8%
Mcb Bank Ltd ($MCBS)-1.7%19.4%22.4%-10.7%
 
Median (43 companies)21.7%4.2%11.5%4.2%3.8%
Zenith Bank ($ZENB)14.8%20.1%7.0%17.8%


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%
Banco Santander Sa ($BNC)2.7%2.6%8.9%10.2%9.1%
Guaranty Trust Bank ($GRTB)6.7%6.1%6.8%7.7%
Diamond Bank ($DBPA)8.2%7.9%6.0%6.7%
 
Median (41 companies)2.2%2.7%2.1%2.5%1.9%
Zenith Bank ($ZENB)3.9%3.2%3.0%5.8%5.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Commercial Intl Bank(Egypt)S.A.E ($CBKD)21.7%26.9%30.1%30.3%28.5%
Guaranty Trust Bank ($GRTB)19.8%18.9%17.8%16.0%
Mcb Bank Ltd ($MCBS)15.0%14.4%15.8%14.9%12.5%
United Bank Ltd ($UBLS)11.7%11.8%13.8%12.6%10.7%
Halyk Savings Bank Of Kazakhstn JSC ($HSBK)8.8%9.0%12.9%10.8%
 
Median (43 companies)6.0%5.3%4.4%3.4%4.5%
Zenith Bank ($ZENB)19.0%17.6%15.0%11.2%11.1%