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Heavitree Brewery CAPEX dropped on 34.9% and Revenue decreased slightly on 1.1%

13 Feb 2020 • About Heavitree Brewery ($HVT) • By InTwits

Heavitree Brewery reported FY2019 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Heavitree Brewery has high CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 18.8%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 20.7%
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: £1m in FY2019, £1m in FY2018, £1m in FY2017, £1m in FY2016, £3m in FY2015
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is 9.6%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 2.9x while industry average is 2.4x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Heavitree Brewery's Revenue decreased slightly on 1.1%. During the last 5 years Revenue growth topped in FY2018 at 4.3%. Despite revenue decline the EBITDA margin expanded. EBITDA Margin increased on 2.9 pp from 24.5% to 27.4% in FY2019.

Net Income margin decreased on 5.0 pp from 25.3% to 20.3% in FY2019.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


Heavitree Brewery's CAPEX/Revenue was 6.7% in FY2019. CAPEX/Revenue dropped on 11.1 pp from 17.8% in FY2016 to 6.7% in FY2019. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 10.7%. CAPEX as a % of Revenue stuck to a declining trend at -8.2 pp per annum in FY2015-FY2019.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (12.6%) while ROIC is low (9.6%). ROIC increased slightly on 0.82 pp from 8.7% to 9.6% in FY2019. ROE decreased on 4.8 pp from 17.5% to 12.6% in FY2019.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt level is 2.9x Net Debt / EBITDA and 3.0x Debt / EBITDA. Net Debt / EBITDA dropped on 0.7x from 3.7x to 2.9x in FY2019. Debt dropped on 10.8% while cash jumped on 15.9%. Net Debt/EBITDA followed a declining trend at -0.4x per annum in the last 5 years.

Heavitree Brewery has short term refinancing risk: cash is only 0.8% of short term debt.

Valuation and dividends


Heavitree Brewery's trades at EV/EBITDA 6.1x and P/E 4.3x.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 30 Nov -0001

Heavitree Brewery ($HVT) key annual financial indicators

mln. £201520162017201820192019/2018
P&L
Revenue7.0827.1557.2997.6147.528-1.1%
Gross Profit4.0964.200
EBITDA1.6771.7912.0261.8672.06110.4%
EBIT1.412
Interest expence0.170
Tax0.258
Net Income0.9151.3651.3281.9271.531-20.6%
Balance Sheet
Cash0.0510.0570.0560.0440.05115.9%
Inventory0.010
Short Term Debt1.7531.3271.5920.8016.087659.9%
Long Term Debt6.0116.0576.0456.0670.037-99.4%
Cash flow
Capex3.1241.2751.1170.7770.506-34.9%
Dividends0.000
Ratios
Revenue growth-1.6%1.0%2.0%4.3%-1.1%
EBITDA growth2.8%6.8%13.1%-7.8%10.4%

Gross Margin57.8%58.7%
EBITDA Margin23.7%25.0%27.8%24.5%27.4%2.9%
EBIT Margin19.9%
Net Income Margin12.9%19.1%18.2%25.3%20.3%-5.0%
CAPEX, % of revenue44.1%17.8%15.3%10.2%6.7%-3.5%

ROIC9.2%8.5%10.3%8.7%9.6%0.8%
ROE10.1%15.1%13.7%17.5%12.6%-4.8%
Net Debt/EBITDA4.6x4.1x3.7x3.7x2.9x-0.7x
Interest coverage ratio (ICR)8.3x
Interest expence / Average debt2.2%
People
Insider ownership18.2%
Employees13
Revenue/Employee, th. £545

Peers in Travel & Leisure


Below you can find Heavitree Brewery benchmarking vs. other companies in Travel & Leisure 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
Nektan ($NKTN)995.3%129.1%50.1%13.5%
Easyhotel ($EZH)8.7%39.7%33.7%56.0%
Webis Holdings ($WEB)29.7%45.3%65.8%24.0%
Hanatour Service Inc ($TOUR)29.6%14.6%21.4%-8.0%
Meikles Ltd ($MIK)7.6%9.7%0.9%16.9%
 
Median (17 companies)7.6%8.7%7.9%7.8%10.3%
Heavitree Brewery ($HVT)1.0%2.0%4.3%-1.1%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Intercontinental Hotels Group ($IHG)64.5%86.0%86.0%83.7%
Eclectic Bar Grp ($BAR)79.4%80.7%82.3%82.9%
Air Partner ($AIP)11.5%12.9%14.7%74.4%
Nektan ($NKTN)42.6%67.9%64.1%62.2%56.9%
Easyhotel ($EZH)68.8%64.3%61.3%53.5%48.1%
 
Median (10 companies)40.1%39.3%38.1%47.4%43.0%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Ryanair Hldgs ($RYA)25.1%28.9%30.6%31.2%
Celtic ($CCP)-1.3%14.6%18.5%28.4%
Carnival ($CCL)26.7%29.3%26.6%28.3%26.1%
Young & Co'S Brewery ($YNGN)22.9%22.6%23.5%23.4%
Easyhotel ($EZH)21.7%21.6%18.0%19.4%13.5%
 
Median (16 companies)12.5%15.9%16.7%15.1%9.3%
Heavitree Brewery ($HVT)23.7%25.0%27.8%24.5%27.4%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Easyhotel ($EZH)46.8%153.2%269.8%412.1%142.5%
Ryanair Hldgs ($RYA)13.9%18.6%21.8%20.6%
Carnival ($CCL)14.6%18.7%16.8%19.9%26.1%
Marston'S ($MARS)16.2%15.3%19.4%14.3%
Ana Hldgs Inc ($ANA)14.1%14.1%12.7%13.5%
 
Median (16 companies)5.7%8.1%5.7%6.1%15.8%
Heavitree Brewery ($HVT)44.1%17.8%15.3%10.2%6.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Intercontinental Hotels Group ($IHG)96.6%51.2%92.2%45.0%
Air Partner ($AIP)20.0%20.4%24.6%34.6%
Celtic ($CCP)-14.7%1.5%11.6%23.7%
Ryanair Hldgs ($RYA)13.3%17.2%17.7%18.4%
Meikles Ltd ($MIK)-3.5%1.0%6.1%12.2%
 
Median (20 companies)5.9%5.3%6.5%8.1%6.2%
Heavitree Brewery ($HVT)9.2%8.5%10.3%8.7%9.6%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Marston'S ($MARS)8.2x6.2x6.9x8.7x
Peel Hotels ($PHO)4.4x3.9x0.4x4.3x
Eclectic Bar Grp ($BAR)1.5x6.8x2.1x3.4x
Intercontinental Hotels Group ($IHG)0.3x1.9x2.3x3.1x
Fuller Smith & Turner ($BA80)2.8x3.2x3.1x3.0x
 
Median (15 companies)0.8x1.9x1.9x1.7x2.0x
Heavitree Brewery ($HVT)4.6x4.1x3.7x3.7x2.9x