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Phosagro OJSC Net Income jumped on 64.3% in 2016 while Revenue decreased slightly on 1.0%

27 Mar 2017 • About Phosagro OJSC ($PHOR) • By InTwits

Phosagro OJSC reported 2016 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Phosagro OJSC has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 18.1%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.3%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 40,246 in 2016, 42,550 in 2015, 20,549 in 2014, 17,795 in 2013, 13,370 in 2012
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is at 31.1%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.5x while industry average is 1.5x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Phosagro OJSC ($PHOR) key annual financial indicators

mln. RUB201220132014201520162016/2015
P&L
Revenue105,303104,566123,124189,732187,742-1.0%
Gross Profit45,16736,42755,657106,668101,351-5.0%
SG&A13,78116,11321,36528,85933,63016.5%
EBITDA34,69523,93437,60982,46472,365-12.2%
Net Income20,6547,660-13,64136,44259,88464.3%
Balance Sheet
Cash9,6648,93830,68729,3477,261-75.3%
Short Term Debt22,01713,20630,82228,94714,137-51.2%
Long Term Debt14,45239,55093,002105,56598,239-6.9%
Cash flow
Capex13,37017,79520,54942,55040,246-5.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth4.8%-0.7%17.7%54.1%-1.0%
EBITDA growth-1.9%-31.0%57.1%119.3%-12.2%
Gross Margin42.9%34.8%45.2%56.2%54.0%-2.2%
EBITDA Margin32.9%22.9%30.5%43.5%38.5%-4.9%
Net Income Margin19.6%7.3%-11.1%19.2%31.9%12.7%
SG&A, % of revenue13.1%15.4%17.4%15.2%17.9%2.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue12.7%17.0%16.7%22.4%21.4%-1.0%
ROIC28.5%15.0%21.6%41.2%31.1%-10.2%
ROE44.3%14.5%-29.6%76.1%80.8%4.7%
Net Debt/EBITDA0.8x1.8x2.5x1.3x1.5x0.2x

Revenue and profitability


Phosagro OJSC's Revenue decreased slightly on 1.0% in 2016. Revenue decline was worsened by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased on 4.9 pp from 43.5% to 38.5% in 2016.

Gross Margin decreased on 2.2 pp from 56.2% to 54.0% in 2016. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 2.7 pp from 15.2% to 17.9% in 2016.

Net Income marign jumped on 12.7 pp from 19.2% to 31.9% in 2016.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 21.4% in 2016. Phosagro OJSC's CAPEX/Revenue increased on 4.4 pp from 17.0% in 2013 to 21.4% in 2016. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 20.2%.The company invested a big chunk of EBITDA (55.6%) to CAPEX which didn't stop revenue from falling.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (31.06%) and ROE (80.78%). ROIC dropped on 10.2 pp from 41.2% to 31.1% in 2016. ROE increased on 4.7 pp from 76.1% to 80.8% in 2016.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 1.5x Net Debt / EBITDA and 1.6x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 0.2x from 1.3x to 1.5x in 2016. Debt dropped on 16.5% in 2016 while cash dropped on 75.3% in 2016.

Appendix 1: Peers in Chemicals


Below we provide Phosagro OJSC benchmarking against other companies in Chemicals 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
Acron JSC ($AKRN)8.7%-4.5%9.9%42.1%
Plastics Capital ($PLA)-2.1%3.3%21.9%28.4%
Frutarom Industries ($FRUT)9.0%21.6%6.5%31.4%
Croda International ($50GP)2.4%-2.8%3.4%15.0%
Arab Potash Co ($APOD)-18.6%-11.1%2.7%-1.5%
 
Median (9 companies)8.7%-0.5%3.3%-1.5%8.6%
Phosagro OJSC ($PHOR)-0.7%17.7%54.1%-1.0%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Uralkali PJSC ($URKA)71.6%74.3%81.8%75.9%
Acron JSC ($AKRN)43.1%38.1%42.8%52.7%
Arab Potash Co ($APOD)51.3%35.2%26.2%40.5%
Halosource Inc ($HALO)32.9%40.7%44.8%40.2%
Frutarom Industries ($FRUT)36.6%38.1%39.1%38.7%38.1%
 
Median (9 companies)35.1%36.6%36.0%38.7%34.5%
Phosagro OJSC ($PHOR)42.9%34.8%45.2%56.2%54.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Uralkali PJSC ($URKA)44.5%48.6%62.3%51.9%
Arab Potash Co ($APOD)47.2%36.3%27.7%39.6%
Acron JSC ($AKRN)28.4%22.7%27.2%36.2%
Croda International ($50GP)27.2%27.6%26.7%27.7%26.7%
Frutarom Industries ($FRUT)16.0%17.0%18.2%18.5%16.7%
 
Median (9 companies)15.4%17.0%18.2%18.5%17.6%
Phosagro OJSC ($PHOR)32.9%22.9%30.5%43.5%38.5%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Acron JSC ($AKRN)22.7%21.3%15.4%14.2%
Uralkali PJSC ($URKA)12.5%9.8%10.9%13.9%
Croda International ($50GP)4.8%4.1%6.0%8.6%8.3%
Basf Se ($BFA)5.6%6.6%7.1%8.2%7.2%
Lg Chem ($LGCD)8.2%5.9%6.3%8.1%6.8%
 
Median (9 companies)5.2%5.9%6.0%8.1%7.0%
Phosagro OJSC ($PHOR)12.7%17.0%16.7%22.4%21.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Croda International ($50GP)46.5%42.3%35.3%30.5%27.7%
Uralkali PJSC ($URKA)13.2%23.1%14.1%
Acron JSC ($AKRN)14.4%9.2%10.6%17.9%
Arab Potash Co ($APOD)21.2%13.5%9.8%16.7%
Frutarom Industries ($FRUT)12.0%11.9%15.1%14.1%12.8%
 
Median (9 companies)14.4%12.0%10.6%14.1%12.9%
Phosagro OJSC ($PHOR)28.5%15.0%21.6%41.2%31.1%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Uralkali PJSC ($URKA)2.8x1.8x2.8x4.7x
Frutarom Industries ($FRUT)1.4x1.7x1.1x2.6x2.2x
Plastics Capital ($PLA)2.1x1.9x1.4x2.2x2.3x
Acron JSC ($AKRN)1.6x2.4x2.8x1.4x
Basf Se ($BFA)1.2x1.2x1.3x1.2x1.4x
 
Median (8 companies)1.2x1.4x1.2x1.3x1.8x
Phosagro OJSC ($PHOR)0.8x1.8x2.5x1.3x1.5x