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Lg Electronics Inc EBITDA Margin decreased on 7.7 pp from 7.7% to in 2019

08 Jan 2020 • About Lg Electronics Inc ($39IB) • By InTwits

Lg Electronics Inc reported FY2019 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts: It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 2.7x while industry average is -1.2x.

Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased slightly on 1.6%.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 30 Nov -0001

Lg Electronics Inc ($39IB) key annual financial indicators

mln. KRW201520162017201820192019/2018
P&L
Revenue56,509,00855,367,03361,396,28461,341,66462,306,0001.6%
Gross Profit12,873,94513,736,74014,658,72115,081,044
SG&A10,787,54411,656,58811,489,23611,577,602
EBITDA3,125,0123,080,7454,236,1184,703,403
EBIT2,703,291
Interest expence414,524
Tax535,761
Net Income124,39476,8791,725,7701,240,140
Balance Sheet
Cash2,710,1563,015,1373,350,5974,270,388
Inventory6,021,356
Accounts Payable7,216,739
Short Term Debt2,326,1281,650,5111,360,7561,405,116
Long Term Debt6,501,1227,008,5008,089,7249,496,070
Cash flow
Capex1,747,2532,019,0142,575,5423,166,489
Dividends122,567
Ratios
Revenue growth-4.3%-2.0%10.9%-0.1%1.6%
EBITDA growth-17.9%-1.4%37.5%11.0%

Gross Margin22.8%24.8%23.9%24.6%
EBITDA Margin5.5%5.6%6.9%7.7%
EBIT Margin4.4%
SG&A, % of revenue19.1%21.1%18.7%18.9%
Net Income Margin0.2%0.1%2.8%2.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.1%3.6%4.2%5.2%

ROIC5.8%6.5%11.3%11.0%
ROE1.0%0.6%12.5%8.2%
Net Debt/EBITDA2.0x1.8x1.4x1.4x
Interest coverage ratio (ICR)6.5x
Interest expence / Average debt3.8%

Peers in Leisure Goods


Below we provide Lg Electronics Inc benchmarking against other companies in Leisure Goods 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  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Konami Corp ($KNM)0.3%14.6%-8.0%4.2%
Lightwaverf ($LWRF)-30.9%-31.3%110.1%-7.2%
Character Group ($CCT)22.1%-4.7%-7.9%13.4%
Hornby ($HRN)12.8%-4.1%-15.0%-24.8%
 
Median (4 companies)9.8%3.8%-6.3%-7.5%13.4%
Lg Electronics Inc ($39IB)-2.0%10.9%-0.1%1.6%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Konami Corp ($KNM)32.8%35.0%38.6%40.6%
Hornby ($HRN)46.7%39.0%38.3%38.6%
Character Group ($CCT)37.0%31.6%32.6%34.2%34.5%
Lightwaverf ($LWRF)32.5%35.5%29.3%
 
Median (4 companies)32.8%32.1%34.0%36.4%34.5%
Lg Electronics Inc ($39IB)22.8%24.8%23.9%24.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Konami Corp ($KNM)16.5%21.5%22.9%24.1%
Character Group ($CCT)14.1%13.1%13.9%12.8%11.5%
Hornby ($HRN)7.4%-17.3%-11.9%-16.4%
Lightwaverf ($LWRF)-43.8%-15.2%-65.8%
 
Median (4 companies)14.1%-6.6%-2.4%-1.8%11.5%
Lg Electronics Inc ($39IB)5.5%5.6%6.9%7.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Konami Corp ($KNM)11.8%7.6%6.5%7.4%
Hornby ($HRN)7.0%5.8%3.7%4.6%
Lightwaverf ($LWRF)0.3%0.9%2.1%
Character Group ($CCT)0.4%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.4%
 
Median (4 companies)1.8%1.7%2.3%3.4%0.4%
Lg Electronics Inc ($39IB)3.1%3.6%4.2%5.2%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Character Group ($CCT)37.3%33.7%29.9%23.5%21.1%
Konami Corp ($KNM)6.6%10.4%15.0%17.5%
Hornby ($HRN)0.5%-36.6%-28.0%-32.5%
Lightwaverf ($LWRF)-71.4%-63.2%-85.2%
 
Median (4 companies)16.6%-12.1%-6.5%-7.5%21.1%
Lg Electronics Inc ($39IB)5.8%6.5%11.3%11.0%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Character Group ($CCT)-0.3x-0.4x-0.7x-1.1x-0.5x
Konami Corp ($KNM)-0.6x-1.4x-2.0x-2.2x
 
Median (2 companies)-0.3x-0.4x-0.9x-1.7x-0.5x
Lg Electronics Inc ($39IB)2.0x1.8x1.4x1.4x