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Ifg Group reports 26.2% Net Income decline and 2.2% Revenue decline

23 Mar 2017 • About Ifg Group ($IFP) • By InTwits

Ifg Group reported FY2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Ifg Group has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.1%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 2.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 3.4 in FY2016, 1.6 in FY2015, 1.5 in FY2014, 2.1 in FY2013, 0.66 in FY2012
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 7.2%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is -2.5x while industry average is -4.0x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Ifg Group ($IFP) key annual financial indicators

mln. €201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue93.91374.57780.77698.24096.061-2.2%
Gross Profit14.34612.97413.19921.286-100.0%
SG&A5.7575.2617.1307.731-100.0%
EBITDA13.98811.66910.70817.19713.455-21.8%
Net Income26.6385.7410.8288.7136.427-26.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash33.63028.19537.76346.22433.038-28.5%
Short Term Debt0.1760.0110.0039.2630.000-100.0%
Long Term Debt8.1127.7928.5490.0000.000
Cash flow
Capex0.6612.0991.5461.6493.368104.3%
Ratios
Revenue growth5.5%-20.6%8.3%21.6%-2.2%
EBITDA growth-8.7%-16.6%-8.2%60.6%-21.8%
Gross Margin15.3%17.4%16.3%21.7%-21.7%
EBITDA Margin14.9%15.6%13.3%17.5%14.0%-3.5%
Net Income Margin28.4%7.7%1.0%8.9%6.7%-2.2%
SG&A, % of revenue6.1%7.1%8.8%7.9%-7.9%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.7%2.8%1.9%1.7%3.5%1.8%
ROIC5.2%5.9%5.5%9.6%7.2%-2.4%
ROE24.6%6.0%0.8%8.1%6.6%-1.5%
Net Debt/EBITDA-1.8x-1.7x-2.7x-2.1x-2.5x-0.3x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue decreased on 2.2% in FY2016. Revenue decline was worsened by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 3.5 pp from 17.5% to 14.0% in FY2016.

Net Income marign decreased on 2.2 pp from 8.9% to 6.7% in FY2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 3.5% in FY2016. Ifg Group showed small growth in CAPEX/Revenue of 0.69 pp from 2.8% in FY2013 to 3.5% in FY2016. For the last three years the average CAPEX/Revenue was 2.4%.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (7.23%) and ROE (6.59%). ROIC decreased on 2.4 pp from 9.6% to 7.2% in FY2016. ROE decreased slightly on 1.5 pp from 8.1% to 6.6% in FY2016.

Leverage (Debt)


The company paid down all the debt in FY2016. Cash dropped on 28.5% in FY2016.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial Services


Below you can find Ifg Group benchmarking vs. other companies in Financial 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
Volvere ($VLE)-47.1%149.8%-23.2%124.9%
Real Estate Credit Investments Pcc ($RECP)335.8%-59.6%47.3%-29.8%
Fairpoint Group ($FRP)32.7%-17.5%35.1%41.2%
Afh Financial Group ($AFHP)49.9%39.3%39.5%15.0%
Manx Financial Group ($MFX)5.6%33.3%22.0%28.2%
 
Median (30 companies)10.3%14.7%4.7%2.7%4.0%
Ifg Group ($IFP)-20.6%8.3%21.6%-2.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Record ($REC)98.8%98.8%99.6%99.3%99.0%
Panmure Gordon & Co ($PMR)95.2%95.0%95.3%95.2%
First Property Group ($FPO)86.0%69.5%67.9%83.0%80.6%
Schroders ($SDRC)76.9%76.2%77.7%78.3%79.9%
London Capital Group Hldgs ($LCG)64.2%70.5%73.6%67.9%
 
Median (15 companies)56.8%53.3%53.0%52.8%55.4%
Ifg Group ($IFP)15.3%17.4%16.3%21.7%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Livermore Investments Group Ltd ($LIV)84.9%64.8%78.8%83.5%
Real Estate Credit Investments Pcc ($RECP)58.6%89.3%77.0%80.3%79.3%
Manx Financial Group ($MFX)39.8%49.2%56.5%58.8%
Hargreaves Lansdown ($HL.)64.1%66.4%58.7%51.2%57.5%
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)53.8%51.5%38.8%49.2%38.9%
 
Median (28 companies)11.7%17.0%16.8%15.9%17.2%
Ifg Group ($IFP)14.9%15.6%13.3%17.5%14.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
London Capital Group Hldgs ($LCG)1.8%0.2%3.4%7.7%
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)6.0%24.7%15.0%6.5%15.1%
Commercial Bank Of Qatar(The) ($CBQS)6.0%3.8%2.8%3.9%3.3%
Nmbz Hldgs ($NMB)6.1%3.0%2.1%3.8%
Afh Financial Group ($AFHP)1.6%1.5%0.7%3.8%1.8%
 
Median (29 companies)1.4%1.3%1.3%0.9%1.3%
Ifg Group ($IFP)0.7%2.8%1.9%1.7%3.5%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Hargreaves Lansdown ($HL.)108.7%111.7%101.0%87.5%90.0%
Manx Financial Group ($MFX)8.0%19.7%29.7%40.2%
Record ($REC)23.8%19.6%20.2%20.2%18.5%
Impax Asset Management Group ($IPX)-13.7%17.2%18.7%16.1%15.0%
Lighthouse Group ($LGT)7.2%-3.9%8.6%14.6%25.7%
 
Median (30 companies)5.5%6.3%9.2%7.3%8.9%
Ifg Group ($IFP)5.2%5.9%5.5%9.6%7.2%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Private & Commercial Finance Group ($PCF)12.8x14.3x13.9x12.9x10.6x
First Property Group ($FPO)3.6x3.0x5.6x12.3x9.4x
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc ($CF.)10.2x
Daishin Securities Co ($DSS)1.5x2.4x10.7x8.0x13.4x
S & U ($46IE)1.4x1.3x1.7x3.1x0.5x
 
Median (25 companies)-1.0x-1.0x-1.9x-0.5x-0.6x
Ifg Group ($IFP)-1.8x-1.7x-2.7x-2.1x-2.5x