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Ros Agro reports 45.7% CAPEX growth and 13.3% Revenue growth

13 Mar 2017 • About Ros Agro ($AGRO) • By InTwits

Ros Agro reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Ros Agro is a growth stock: 2016 revenue growth was 13.3%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 14.7% at 2016 ROIC 11.1%
  • Ros Agro has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 14.6%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 7.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 16,643 in 2016, 11,423 in 2015, 5,206 in 2014, 4,233 in 2013, 7,433 in 2012
  • The company has business model with average profitability: ROIC is at 11.1%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.9x while industry average is 1.1x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Ros Agro ($AGRO) key annual financial indicators

mln. RUB201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue37,10040,15571,73174,70484,64113.3%
Gross Profit10,6828,85824,08231,43325,725-18.2%
SG&A5,0755,3334,0618,96312,90744.0%
EBITDA7,6346,21720,19025,87720,059-22.5%
Net Income4,0843,20220,13423,48213,684-41.7%
Balance Sheet
Cash2,0202,67310,3164,4026,75253.4%
Short Term Debt24,30818,08812,45025,67711,704-54.4%
Long Term Debt24,12614,3699,80624,03832,79836.4%
Cash flow
Capex7,4334,2335,20611,42316,64345.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth-13.2%8.2%78.6%4.1%13.3%
EBITDA growth63.4%-18.6%224.7%28.2%-22.5%
Gross Margin28.8%22.1%33.6%42.1%30.4%-11.7%
EBITDA Margin20.6%15.5%28.1%34.6%23.7%-10.9%
Net Income Margin11.0%8.0%28.1%31.4%16.2%-15.3%
SG&A, % of revenue13.7%13.3%5.7%12.0%15.2%3.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue20.0%10.5%7.3%15.3%19.7%4.4%
ROIC7.2%4.0%23.8%23.2%11.1%-12.1%
ROE14.0%9.7%46.8%38.4%16.6%-21.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA6.1x4.8x0.6x1.8x1.9x0.1x

Revenue and profitability


Ros Agro's Revenue surged on 13.3% in 2016. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.9 pp from 12.0% to 13.9% in FY2016.

Gross Margin dropped on 11.7 pp from 42.1% to 30.4% in 2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 3.3 pp from 12.0% to 15.2% in 2016.

Net Income marign dropped on 15.3 pp from 31.4% to 16.2% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In 2016 Ros Agro had CAPEX/Revenue of 19.7%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue increased on 9.1 pp from 10.5% in 2013 to 19.7% in 2016. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 14.1%.The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (83.0%) to CAPEX to secure its growth.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (16.62%) while ROIC is low (11.14%). ROIC dropped on 12.1 pp from 23.2% to 11.1% in 2016. ROE dropped on 21.8 pp from 38.4% to 16.6% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.9x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.2x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.1x from 1.8x to 1.9x in 2016. Debt dropped on 10.5% in 2016 while cash jumped on 53.4% in 2016.

Valuation


Ros Agro's trades at EV/EBITDA 1.9x and P/E 0.0x while industy averages are 15.6x and 19.1x. Ros Agro's EV/(EBITDA-CAPEX) is 11.1x with the industry average at 19.0x.

Appendix 1: Peers in Food Producers


Below you can find Ros Agro benchmarking vs. other companies in Food Producers 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
Kakuzi ($KAKU)0.3%-11.5%22.1%46.9%
Fyffes ($FFY)18.9%6.6%2.0%15.6%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)8.1%31.5%11.1%7.0%
Glanbia ($GLB)7.7%6.6%9.3%2.7%
Kerry Group ($KYGA)-0.2%-1.4%6.1%0.4%
 
Median (20 companies)14.1%6.3%-4.1%-5.3%2.9%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)8.2%78.6%4.1%13.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Walcom Group Ltd ($WALG)62.6%63.2%62.2%60.5%
Narborough Plantations ($NBP)64.9%55.5%59.7%54.6%56.2%
Kakuzi ($KAKU)42.8%29.8%33.0%49.2%
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)33.6%34.5%33.7%43.2%36.3%
Produce Investments ($PIL)27.9%25.0%33.5%36.4%37.9%
 
Median (18 companies)28.8%22.0%26.8%23.4%24.1%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)28.8%22.1%33.6%42.1%30.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Mhp Sa ($MHPC)33.2%26.1%37.0%38.8%
Narborough Plantations ($NBP)58.1%42.5%39.6%37.4%40.8%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)35.3%34.0%33.2%31.1%
Kakuzi ($KAKU)28.0%14.9%11.8%29.4%
Tongaat Hulett Ltd ($THL)18.7%18.2%19.0%16.5%14.5%
 
Median (20 companies)9.9%8.7%8.7%8.8%10.7%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)20.6%15.5%28.1%34.6%23.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Kakuzi ($KAKU)20.1%20.8%22.0%24.9%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)40.3%10.9%11.8%17.4%
Avangardco Investments Public Ltd ($AVGR)51.1%28.0%18.4%16.2%
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)9.2%4.6%4.8%15.9%7.5%
Asian Citrus Hldgs ($ACHL)19.3%28.6%17.7%14.3%
 
Median (20 companies)6.1%4.3%4.8%5.1%3.1%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)20.0%10.5%7.3%15.3%19.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Origin Enterprises ($OGN)13.2%15.3%16.9%20.1%15.3%
Mhp Sa ($MHPC)18.4%11.2%17.6%17.6%
Kakuzi ($KAKU)11.4%4.7%4.3%17.4%
Kerry Group ($KYGA)10.6%5.2%16.6%15.8%13.1%
Fyffes ($FFY)16.4%17.2%18.5%14.7%
 
Median (20 companies)12.3%8.6%9.7%8.2%7.6%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)7.2%4.0%23.8%23.2%11.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)3.1x4.4x3.9x7.2x
Tate & Lyle ($BD15)1.0x1.2x1.2x4.0x1.8x
Real Good Food ($RGD)2.5x5.7x3.2x1.3x
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)2.7x4.4x1.6x3.1x3.8x
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)6.3x4.7x4.8x3.0x1.8x
 
Median (17 companies)1.0x1.5x1.7x1.8x1.3x
Ros Agro ($AGRO)6.1x4.8x0.6x1.8x1.9x