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Sylvania Platinum Ltd Net Income jumped on 125% and EBITDA Margin increased on 8.1 pp from 42.9% to 51.0%

07 Sep 2020 • About Sylvania Platinum Ltd ($SLP) • By InTwits

Sylvania Platinum Ltd reported FY2020 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • Sylvania Platinum Ltd is a fast growth stock: FY2020 revenue growth was 61.7%, 5 year revenue CAGR was 19.0% at FY2020 ROIC 35.9%
  • Sylvania Platinum Ltd has medium CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 8.2%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 2.8%
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: $5m in FY2020, $8m in FY2019, $8m in FY2018, $4m in FY2017, $1m in FY2016
  • The company has highly profitable business model: ROIC is 35.9%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


Sylvania Platinum Ltd's Revenue surged on 61.7%. Having declining revenue the company managed to increase EBITDA margin. EBITDA Margin increased on 4.5 pp from 9.1% to 13.6% in FY2020. EBITDA Margin followed a growing trend at 5.4 pp per annum in the last 5 years.

Gross Margin surged on 21.5 pp from 36.4% to 57.9% in FY2020. Gross Margin followed a growing trend at 8.5 pp per annum in the last 5 years.

Net Income margin surged on 10.1 pp from 25.8% to 35.9% in FY2020. Net Income margin followed a growing trend at 6.1 pp per annum in FY2016-FY2020.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 4.7% in FY2020. CAPEX/Revenue decreased on 3.6 pp from 8.3% in FY2017 to 4.7% in FY2020. Average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 9.7%. During FY2016-FY2020 CAPEX as a % of Revenue topped in FY2018 at 12.6% and was declining since that time.

Return on investment


The company operates at high and attractive ROIC (35.9%) and ROE (30.6%). ROIC surged on 18.2 pp from 17.7% to 35.9% in FY2020. ROE jumped on 15.4 pp from 15.2% to 30.6% in FY2020. ROIC followed a growing trend at 6.8 pp per annum in FY2016-FY2020. ROE followed a growing trend at 5.9 pp per annum in FY2016-FY2020.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -0.9x and Debt / EBITDA is 0.0x. Debt jumped on 21.2% while cash surged on 165%.

Sylvania Platinum Ltd has no short term refinancing risk: cash is higher than short term debt (25,512.0%).

Management team


Sylvania Platinum Ltd's CEO Johannes Jacobus Prinsloo "Jaco" has spent 1 year with the company. Sylvania Platinum Ltd's CFO Lewanne Carminati has spent 1 year with the company.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 30 Jun 2020

Sylvania Platinum Ltd ($SLP) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201620172018201920202020/2019
P&L
Revenue39.550.562.870.5114.161.7%
Gross Profit7.714.317.525.766.1157.2%
SG&A2.21.92.00.00.0
EBITDA10.818.322.230.258.292.3%
Net Income3.78.911.018.241.0125.2%
Balance Sheet
Cash5.914.413.120.855.1164.6%
Short Term Debt0.20.10.10.20.214.9%
Long Term Debt0.20.30.20.20.227.8%
Cash flow
Capex1.54.27.98.35.4-34.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth-17.3%27.8%24.3%12.4%61.7%
EBITDA growth8.8%69.9%21.0%36.2%92.3%

Gross Margin19.6%28.2%27.9%36.4%57.9%21.5%
EBITDA Margin27.3%36.3%35.4%42.9%51.0%8.1%
SG&A, % of revenue5.6%3.8%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Net Income Margin9.4%17.6%17.5%25.8%35.9%10.1%
CAPEX, % of revenue3.7%8.3%12.6%11.8%4.7%-7.0%

ROIC5.0%11.2%12.5%17.7%35.9%18.2%
ROE3.9%9.0%10.1%15.2%30.6%15.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.5x-0.8x-0.6x-0.7x-0.9x-0.3x

Peers in Mining


Below you can find Sylvania Platinum Ltd benchmarking vs. other companies in Mining 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  FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020
Pan African Resources ($PAF)13.0%-36.8%-7.9%48.7%-
Glencore ($GLEN)3.8%34.3%6.9%-2.1%-
Firestone Diamonds ($FDI)----8.0%-
 
Median (3 companies)5.7%13.5%-0.6%-2.1%-
Sylvania Platinum Ltd ($SLP)-27.8%24.3%12.4%61.7%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020
Polyus Gold Intl Ltd ($PGIL)62.6%--64.1%-
Pan African Resources ($PAF)35.5%38.9%26.5%29.6%-
Firestone Diamonds ($FDI)--8.2%18.0%-
Glencore ($GLEN)2.1%3.8%4.1%2.2%-
 
Median (4 companies)29.1%24.8%8.2%23.8%-
Sylvania Platinum Ltd ($SLP)19.6%28.2%27.9%36.4%57.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020
Polyus Gold Intl Ltd ($PGIL)61.4%--66.7%-
Pan African Resources ($PAF)26.7%45.2%19.4%34.4%-
Glencore ($GLEN)5.0%5.8%6.4%4.9%-
Firestone Diamonds ($FDI)--9.4%-54.0%-
 
Median (4 companies)24.6%28.5%9.4%19.6%-
Sylvania Platinum Ltd ($SLP)27.3%36.3%35.4%42.9%51.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020
Pan African Resources ($PAF)8.3%28.4%85.5%25.4%-
Polyus Gold Intl Ltd ($PGIL)16.5%--19.2%-
Firestone Diamonds ($FDI)--3.2%6.9%-
Glencore ($GLEN)2.0%1.7%2.1%2.2%-
 
Median (4 companies)15.3%13.1%5.2%13.1%-
Sylvania Platinum Ltd ($SLP)3.7%8.3%12.6%11.8%4.7%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020
Pan African Resources ($PAF)17.9%20.3%4.7%18.7%-
Glencore ($GLEN)2.4%7.6%8.7%3.9%-
Red Rock Resources ($RRR)7.9%-2.8%-12.6%-23.0%-
Firestone Diamonds ($FDI)-4.4%-87.2%-6.0%-42.4%-
Regency Mines ($RGM)-40.5%-9.5%-49.8%-50.0%-
 
Median (6 companies)5.4%7.0%-6.0%-23.0%-
Sylvania Platinum Ltd ($SLP)5.0%11.2%12.5%17.7%35.9%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top  FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020
Glencore ($GLEN)4.0x2.7x2.4x3.4x-
Pan African Resources ($PAF)0.1x0.1x4.2x1.8x-
Polyus Gold Intl Ltd ($PGIL)2.1x64.5x-1.2x-
 
Median (3 companies)1.4x0.6x3.3x1.8x-
Sylvania Platinum Ltd ($SLP)-0.5x-0.8x-0.6x-0.7x-0.9x