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Hardide reports 24.7% CAPEX growth in 2019 and 9.5% Revenue growth

09 Dec 2019 • About Hardide ($HDD) • By InTwits

Hardide reported FY2019 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Hardide is a growth stock: FY2019 revenue growth was 9.5%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 10.8% at FY2019 ROIC
  • The company operates at negative EBITDA Margin: -14.4%
  • Hardide motivates its personel by high Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for FY2015-FY2019 was 0.0% while average EBITDA Margin was -17.0% for the sames years
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Hardide's Revenue increased on 9.5%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 0.95 pp from 5.5% to 6.4% in FY2019.

Gross Margin decreased on 4.4 pp from 52.3% to 47.8% in FY2019. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 1.3 pp from 58.8% to 60.1% in FY2019.

Net Income margin decreased on 3.7 pp from -18.8% to -22.5% in FY2019.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 21.9% in FY2019. Hardide's CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 4.3 pp from 26.2% in FY2016 to 21.9% in FY2019. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 15.3%.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 30 Nov -0001

Hardide ($HDD) key annual financial indicators

mln. £201520162017201820192019/2018
P&L
Revenue3.0032.1423.2414.6135.0529.5%
Gross Profit0.6851.5902.4122.4170.2%
SG&A1.9892.3252.7113.03712.0%
EBITDA-1.051-0.735-0.547-0.728
Net Income-1.341-1.096-0.865-1.136
Balance Sheet
Cash1.9671.2123.3024.80945.6%
Short Term Debt0.0170.0050.0100.050400.0%
Long Term Debt0.0030.0120.058
Cash flow
Capex0.5610.1520.8871.10624.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth-0.9%-28.7%51.3%42.3%9.5%
EBITDA growth-30.1%-25.6%33.1%

Gross Margin32.0%49.1%52.3%47.8%-4.4%
EBITDA Margin-49.1%-22.7%-11.9%-14.4%-2.6%
SG&A, % of revenue92.9%71.7%58.8%60.1%1.3%
Net Income Margin-62.6%-33.8%-18.8%-22.5%-3.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue26.2%4.7%19.2%21.9%2.7%

ROIC-35.4%-32.1%-21.6%
ROE-32.6%-28.6%-20.7%-17.8%2.9%

Peers in Chemicals


Below you can find Hardide benchmarking vs. other companies in Chemicals 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  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Plastics Capital ($PLA)21.9%28.4%29.5%16.6%
Victrex ($VCT)-4.3%15.0%12.3%-9.8%
Lg Chem ($LGCD)-10.5%2.2%24.4%9.7%
 
Median (3 companies)0.9%-4.3%14.8%12.3%-9.8%
Hardide ($HDD)-28.7%51.3%42.3%9.5%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Victrex ($VCT)63.8%62.9%63.3%63.8%60.0%
Plastics Capital ($PLA)35.3%33.2%32.1%31.4%
Lg Chem ($LGCD)18.1%19.7%21.6%19.0%
 
Median (3 companies)40.2%35.8%38.1%31.4%60.0%
Hardide ($HDD)32.0%49.1%52.3%47.8%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Victrex ($VCT)45.2%45.9%44.3%44.4%41.3%
Lg Chem ($LGCD)15.2%16.1%16.9%13.2%
Plastics Capital ($PLA)13.3%9.5%8.9%8.6%
 
Median (3 companies)27.7%19.0%27.9%13.2%41.3%
Hardide ($HDD)-49.1%-22.7%-11.9%-14.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Lg Chem ($LGCD)8.1%6.8%8.8%15.0%
Plastics Capital ($PLA)2.5%4.5%5.3%4.8%
Victrex ($VCT)15.6%10.3%5.8%3.0%7.7%
 
Median (3 companies)8.2%7.8%7.5%4.8%7.7%
Hardide ($HDD)26.2%4.7%19.2%21.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Victrex ($VCT)28.9%26.0%24.9%25.3%21.0%
Lg Chem ($LGCD)11.6%12.0%16.0%10.7%
Plastics Capital ($PLA)6.8%4.3%7.2%6.7%
Halosource Inc ($HALO)-37.2%-104.9%
Croda International ($50GP)30.5%27.7%27.5%
 
Median (9 companies)16.7%12.8%15.2%10.7%21.0%
Hardide ($HDD)-35.4%-32.1%-21.6%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Plastics Capital ($PLA)2.2x2.3x2.8x2.3x
Lg Chem ($LGCD)0.3x0.4x0.2x0.8x
Victrex ($VCT)-0.5x-0.6x-0.9x-0.5x-0.6x
 
Median (3 companies)1.2x1.4x1.5x0.8x-0.6x