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Wynnstay Group EBITDA dropped on 12.8% and EBITDA Margin showed almost no change

22 Jan 2020 • About Wynnstay Group ($WYN) • By InTwits

Wynnstay Group reported FY2019 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is relatively stable: 2.2% in FY2019 vs. 2.7% in FY2018 vs. 2.9% in FY2015
  • Wynnstay Group has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 0.5%.
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is 7.3%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Wynnstay Group's Revenue increased on 6.0%. During FY2015-FY2019 Revenue growth topped in FY2018 at 18.4%. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin dropped on 16.0 pp from 70.2% to 54.2% in FY2019. EBITDA Margin declined at -0.14 pp per annum in FY2015-FY2019.

Gross Margin decreased slightly on 0.70 pp from 13.3% to 12.6% in FY2019. During the last 5 years Gross Margin topped in FY2016 at 15.6% and was declining since that time. SG&A as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in FY2019.

Net Income margin showed almost no change in FY2019.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


In FY2019 Wynnstay Group had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.49%. The company showed almost no change in CAPEX/Revenue from FY2016 to FY2019. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.50%. During the last 5 years CAPEX as a % of Revenue topped in FY2016 at 0.75% and was declining since that time.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (7.3%) and ROE (6.6%). ROIC decreased on 2.6 pp from 9.9% to 7.3% in FY2019. ROE decreased on 2.1 pp from 8.7% to 6.6% in FY2019.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -0.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.6x. Debt dropped on 11.6% while cash surged on 58.9%.

Wynnstay Group has no short term refinancing risk: cash is higher than short term debt (287.8%).

Valuation and dividends


Wynnstay Group's trades at EV/EBITDA 4.4x and P/E 8.5x.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 30 Nov -0001

Wynnstay Group ($WYN) key annual financial indicators

mln. £201520162017201820192019/2018
P&L
Revenue377.4368.1390.7462.7490.66.0%
Gross Profit55.557.452.961.762.00.4%
SG&A4.74.95.35.96.49.1%
EBITDA11.110.110.312.611.0-12.8%
Net Income6.75.8-0.37.76.1-20.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash9.810.18.96.710.658.9%
Short Term Debt3.62.62.53.93.7-5.2%
Long Term Debt4.03.21.93.83.1-18.3%
Cash flow
Capex1.82.72.02.32.44.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth-8.7%-2.4%6.1%18.4%6.0%
EBITDA growth3.6%-8.8%1.5%22.4%-12.8%

Gross Margin14.7%15.6%13.5%13.3%12.6%-0.7%
EBITDA Margin2.9%2.8%2.6%2.7%2.2%-0.5%
SG&A, % of revenue1.2%1.3%1.4%1.3%1.3%0.0%
Net Income Margin1.8%1.6%-0.1%1.7%1.2%-0.4%
CAPEX, % of revenue0.5%0.7%0.5%0.5%0.5%-0.0%

ROIC9.7%8.0%8.3%9.9%7.3%-2.6%
ROE8.3%6.9%-0.3%8.7%6.6%-2.1%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.2x-0.4x-0.4x0.1x-0.3x-0.4x

Peers in Food Producers


Below we provide Wynnstay Group benchmarking against other companies in Food Producers 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 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Real Good Food ($RGD)-5.1%-4.0%7.3%20.5%
Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM)-22.8%-4.9%9.9%16.5%
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)52.8%2.5%14.2%12.7%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)11.1%7.0%9.8%11.0%
Origin Enterprises ($OGN)3.0%4.3%0.5%6.5%
 
Median (10 companies)1.3%0.6%7.3%4.8%6.6%
Wynnstay Group ($WYN)-2.4%6.1%18.4%6.0%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Unilever ($ULVR)42.2%42.7%43.1%43.6%
Produce Investments ($PIL)36.4%37.9%35.7%37.8%
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)43.2%36.3%32.9%35.0%34.2%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)24.9%21.7%26.0%25.0%
Tongaat Hulett Ltd ($THL)22.4%19.9%22.9%20.6%27.1%
 
Median (9 companies)24.9%26.8%26.0%20.6%30.6%
Wynnstay Group ($WYN)14.7%15.6%13.5%13.3%12.6%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Unilever ($ULVR)16.8%18.0%19.8%28.1%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)14.7%12.0%16.7%21.6%
Tongaat Hulett Ltd ($THL)16.5%17.5%19.3%17.5%10.9%
Tate & Lyle ($BD15)6.1%10.3%13.9%16.4%
Kerry Group ($KYGA)13.8%13.0%12.3%13.3%
 
Median (11 companies)13.8%11.2%13.7%8.1%10.0%
Wynnstay Group ($WYN)2.9%2.8%2.6%2.7%2.2%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Tongaat Hulett Ltd ($THL)5.0%10.9%6.0%12.1%6.4%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)12.2%10.4%10.9%9.1%
Real Good Food ($RGD)1.4%6.4%10.0%8.4%
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)15.9%2.1%6.4%5.4%3.6%
Kerry Group ($KYGA)4.1%3.7%4.7%4.5%
 
Median (11 companies)5.0%5.0%4.7%4.1%5.0%
Wynnstay Group ($WYN)0.5%0.7%0.5%0.5%0.5%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Unilever ($ULVR)26.0%24.3%24.6%31.6%
Tate & Lyle ($BD15)1.8%7.2%12.1%14.4%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)8.9%5.6%10.2%13.3%
Origin Enterprises ($OGN)20.1%15.3%11.1%13.0%
Kerry Group ($KYGA)15.8%12.8%11.9%11.3%
 
Median (13 companies)8.9%8.0%8.1%8.4%7.8%
Wynnstay Group ($WYN)9.7%8.0%8.3%9.9%7.3%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)3.1x3.8x3.2x2.7x
Tongaat Hulett Ltd ($THL)1.8x2.1x1.5x2.3x5.6x
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)3.0x2.1x4.0x2.0x2.7x
Kerry Group ($KYGA)2.2x1.9x1.8x2.0x
Unilever ($ULVR)1.4x1.4x2.0x1.5x
 
Median (8 companies)1.8x1.8x2.0x1.7x4.2x
Wynnstay Group ($WYN)-0.2x-0.4x-0.4x0.1x-0.3x