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Orange Polska Sa Debt jumped on 12.8% and Revenue increased on 2.7%

12 Feb 2020 • About Orange Polska Sa ($OPLD) • By InTwits

Orange Polska Sa reported 2019 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Orange Polska Sa has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 23.8%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 8.7%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 2,272 PLNm in 2019, 2,282 PLNm in 2018, 1,933 PLNm in 2017, 5,169 PLNm in 2016, 1,998 PLNm in 2015
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is 2.3%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 2.6x while industry average is 1.7x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Orange Polska Sa's Revenue increased on 2.7%. Revenue growth happened at the same time with EBITDA margin expansion. EBITDA Margin increased slightly on 1.7 pp from 26.0% to 27.7% in 2019. During the last 5 years EBITDA Margin bottomed in 2016 at 11.9% and was growing since that time.

Net Income margin increased slightly on 0.71 pp from 0.090% to 0.80% in 2019. During the last 5 years Net Income margin bottomed in 2016 at -15.1% and was growing since that time.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 19.9% in 2019. The company's CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 24.9 pp from 44.8% in 2016 to 19.9% in 2019. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 19.2%. The company invested a large share of EBITDA (71.8%) to CAPEX.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (2.3%) and ROE (0.9%). ROIC showed almost no change in 2019. ROE increased slightly on 0.77 pp from 0.098% to 0.86% in 2019. During 2015-2019 ROIC bottomed in 2016 at -8.6% and was growing since that time. During the last 5 years ROE bottomed in 2016 at -15.9% and was growing since that time.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 2.6x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.7x. Net Debt / EBITDA surged on 0.2x from 2.4x to 2.6x in 2019. Debt jumped on 12.8% while cash dropped on 33.9%.

Orange Polska Sa has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 96.2% of short term debt.

Management team


Jean-Francois Fallacher is a the company's CEO. Jean-Francois Fallacher is a founder and has spent 3 years with the company.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 31 Dec 2019

Orange Polska Sa ($OPLD) key annual financial indicators

mln. PLN201520162017201820192019/2018
P&L
Revenue11,84011,53811,38111,10111,4062.7%
EBITDA3,4431,3712,8012,8893,1649.5%
EBIT345
Interest expence275
Tax30
Net Income254-1,746-601091810.0%
Balance Sheet
Cash266262646611404-33.9%
Accounts Receivable2,371
Inventory240
Accounts Payable2,469
Short Term Debt1,318411,5292,150420-80.5%
Long Term Debt2,9307,1535,5535,3818,07250.0%
Cash flow
Capex1,9985,1691,9332,2822,272-0.4%
Ratios
Revenue growth-3.0%-2.6%-1.4%-2.5%2.7%
EBITDA growth-15.2%-60.2%104.3%3.1%9.5%

EBITDA Margin29.1%11.9%24.6%26.0%27.7%1.7%
EBIT Margin3.1%
Net Income Margin2.1%-15.1%-0.5%0.1%0.8%0.7%
CAPEX, % of revenue16.9%44.8%17.0%20.6%19.9%-0.6%

ROIC3.7%-8.6%1.4%2.1%2.3%0.3%
ROE2.1%-15.9%-0.6%0.1%0.9%0.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.2x5.1x2.3x2.4x2.6x0.2x
Interest coverage ratio (ICR)1.3x
Interest expence / Average debt3.8%
People
Employees13,545
Revenue/Employee, th. PLN820

Peers in Fixed Line Telecommunications


Below you can find Orange Polska Sa benchmarking vs. other companies in Fixed Line Telecommunications 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 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Adept Telecom ($ADT)5.8%30.9%19.2%34.8%
Verizon Communications Inc ($VZC)-4.3%0.0%3.8%0.8%
O2 Czech Republic As ($O2CZ)0.9%0.3%0.9%1.7%
Kt Corp ($KTCD)2.1%2.8%0.3%3.8%
BT Group ($BT.A)-1.7%5.7%26.6%-1.4%
 
Median (6 companies)-0.1%0.5%0.7%0.6%1.7%
Orange Polska Sa ($OPLD)-2.6%-1.4%-2.5%2.7%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Kt Corp ($KTCD)77.9%78.5%83.5%83.0%
Verizon Communications Inc ($VZC)60.1%59.2%59.1%57.6%58.5%
O2 Czech Republic As ($O2CZ)48.5%48.7%49.9%51.3%
Adept Telecom ($ADT)37.6%40.3%42.3%49.4%
 
Median (4 companies)41.5%48.5%53.9%53.8%54.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Ooredoo Qsc ($ORDS)39.2%39.2%40.5%36.9%
Verizon Communications Inc ($VZC)37.3%34.1%35.2%30.3%35.7%
BT Group ($BT.A)33.5%32.8%28.0%29.1%
O2 Czech Republic As ($O2CZ)29.9%27.3%27.8%28.0%29.1%
Adept Telecom ($ADT)20.8%20.0%20.6%22.0%
 
Median (6 companies)29.9%30.6%31.0%28.5%32.4%
Orange Polska Sa ($OPLD)29.1%11.9%24.6%26.0%27.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Ooredoo Qsc ($ORDS)26.5%17.6%11.6%15.6%
BT Group ($BT.A)13.4%12.8%13.1%14.2%
Verizon Communications Inc ($VZC)13.5%13.5%13.7%12.7%13.6%
Kt Corp ($KTCD)14.0%12.2%10.4%9.6%
O2 Czech Republic As ($O2CZ)4.5%4.0%5.1%3.9%4.1%
 
Median (6 companies)14.0%13.5%13.1%11.2%8.8%
Orange Polska Sa ($OPLD)16.9%44.8%17.0%20.6%19.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
O2 Czech Republic As ($O2CZ)14.5%26.8%25.8%24.3%23.2%
BT Group ($BT.A)37.5%20.7%13.9%15.4%
Adept Telecom ($ADT)14.3%16.5%14.2%14.1%
Verizon Communications Inc ($VZC)19.3%15.4%14.8%11.3%15.3%
Kt Corp ($KTCD)5.7%6.9%6.7%6.0%
 
Median (11 companies)8.2%7.8%8.3%12.7%19.2%
Orange Polska Sa ($OPLD)3.7%-8.6%1.4%2.1%2.3%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Verizon Communications Inc ($VZC)2.1x2.4x2.6x2.8x2.8x
Adept Telecom ($ADT)0.3x1.0x2.2x2.3x
BT Group ($BT.A)1.6x2.2x1.8x2.0x
Ooredoo Qsc ($ORDS)2.0x2.0x1.6x1.8x
Kt Corp ($KTCD)1.3x1.1x1.0x0.9x
 
Median (6 companies)1.3x1.5x1.8x1.9x2.0x
Orange Polska Sa ($OPLD)1.2x5.1x2.3x2.4x2.6x