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Teradata Corporation reports 96.2% CAPEX growth in 2018 and almost no change in Revenue of 2,164

02/07/2019 • About Teradata Corporation ($TDC) • By InTwits

Teradata Corporation reported 2018 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model:
  • EBITDA Margin is quite volatile: 8.0% in 2018, 9.6% in 2017, 15.5% in 2016, -1.0% in 2015, 24.6% in 2014
  • Teradata Corporation spends a lot for Stock Based Compensation (SBC): average SBC/Revenue for 2014-2018 is 2.5%. Average EBITDA Margin for the same period was 11.6%. In 2018 SBC/Revenue was even higher: 3.0%
  • Teradata Corporation has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 3.4%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 7.6%
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: $153m in 2018, $78m in 2017, $53m in 2016, $52m in 2015, $54m in 2014
  • In the last 5 years the company invested considerably less than D&A: $390m vs. $735m
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is 3.7%
  • It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is -1.3x while industry average is -0.4x
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 showed almost no change in 2018. Revenue growth showed slowdown in 18Q4 - it was -6.1% YoY. During 2014-2018 Revenue growth bottomed in 2016 at -8.2% and was accelerating since that time. Revenue decline was accompanies by EBITDA margin decline. EBITDA Margin decreased slightly on 0.61 pp from 15.6% to 15.0% in FY2018.

Gross Margin showed almost no change in 2018. Gross Margin followed a declining trend at -1.6 pp per annum in the last 5 years. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 0.58 pp from 30.2% to 30.8% in 2018. Stock Based Compensation (SBC) as a % of Revenue showed almost no change in 2018. SBC as a % of Revenue stuck to a growing trend at 0.35 pp per annum in 2014-2018.

Net Income margin increased on 4.5 pp from -3.1% to 1.4% in 2018.

Investments (CAPEX, working capital and M&A)


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 7.1% in 2018. The company showed CAPEX/Revenue growth of 5.0 pp from 2.1% in 2015 to 7.1% in 2018. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 4.3%. Teradata Corporation invested a large share of EBITDA (88.4%) to CAPEX. CAPEX as a % of Revenue pursued a growing trend in the last 5 years.

Accounts receivable as a % of Revenue increased slightly on 1.5 pp from 25.7% to 27.2% in 2018. Inventories as a % of Revenue showed almost no change at 1.3% in 2018. Accounts payable as a % of Revenue increased on 5.9 pp from 6.5% to 12.4% in 2018.

Teradata Corporation has spent $3m on M&A in 2018 which accounts for 0.14% of revenue.

Return on investment


The company operates at low ROIC (3.7%) and ROE (5.2%). ROIC decreased slightly on 0.95 pp from 4.6% to 3.7% in 2018. ROE surged on 13.3 pp from -8.2% to 5.2% in 2018.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is -1.3x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.9x. Debt dropped on 36.1% while cash dropped on 34.3%.

Teradata Corporation has questionable short term financial stability: Interest coverage ratio (ICR) is only 2.0x. Teradata Corporation has no short term refinancing risk: cash is higher than short term debt (3,763.2%).

Average interest expence charged on company's debt was 4.4% in 2018.

Valuation and dividends


The company's trades at EV/EBITDA 30.2x and P/E 181.2x.

Management team


Teradata Corporation's CEO is Oliver Ratzesberger. Oliver Ratzesberger is a founder and has 0 years tenure with the company. CEO total compensation was $8,767,078 in 2018 which included $800,000 salary.

1.5% of the company is owned by insiders. Insider ownership didn't change in 2018.

At the end of financial year the company had 10,152 employees. The number of employees decreased on 4.4%. Average revenue per employee in 2018 was $213,160 and it increased on 4.9%.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 12/31/2018

Teradata Corporation ($TDC) key annual financial indicators

mln. $201420152016201720182018/2017
P&L
Revenue2,7322,5302,3222,1562,1640.4%
Gross Profit1,4791,2761,1881,0241,0260.2%
SG&A7707656646516662.3%
EBITDA672-25360206173-16.0%
EBIT503-1952326843-36.8%
Interest expence3912152246.7%
Tax1277096125-3-102.4%
Net Income367-214125-6730
Stock Based Compensation4854626865-4.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash8348399741,089715-34.3%
Accounts Receivable6195805485545886.1%
Inventory3849343028-6.7%
Accounts Payable126961037414190.5%
Short Term Debt2732103030019-93.7%
Long Term Debt1955675384784780.0%
Cash flow
Capex5452537815396.2%
Acquisitions691716213-85.7%
Ratios
Revenue growth1.5%-7.4%-8.2%-7.1%0.4%
EBITDA growth-1.0%-103.7%-1,540.0%-42.8%-16.0%

Gross Margin54.1%50.4%51.2%47.5%47.4%-0.1%
EBITDA Margin24.6%-1.0%15.5%9.6%8.0%-1.6%
EBIT Margin18.4%-7.7%10.0%3.2%2.0%-1.2%
SG&A, % of revenue28.2%30.2%28.6%30.2%30.8%0.6%
SBC, % of revenue1.8%2.1%2.7%3.2%3.0%-0.2%
Net Income Margin13.4%-8.5%5.4%-3.1%1.4%4.5%
CAPEX, % of revenue2.0%2.1%2.3%3.6%7.1%3.5%

ROIC22.5%-10.0%14.6%4.6%3.7%-1.0%
ROE20.6%-16.7%13.7%-8.2%5.2%13.3%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.5x-1.1x-1.5x-1.3x0.2x
Interest expence / Average debt0.6%1.4%1.8%2.2%4.4%2.2%
People
Insider ownership1.5%1.5%1.5%1.5%1.5%0.0%
Employees11,50010,09310,09310,61510,152-4.4%
Revenue/Employee, th. $2382512302032134.9%

Teradata Corporation ($TDC) key quoterly financial indicators

mln. $18Q118Q218Q318Q4 YoY change
P&L
Revenue506544526588 3.1%6.0%0.0%-6.1%
EBITDA30404558 -16.7%21.2%7.1%-38.9%
Net Income-741815 38.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash939882768715 -19.3%-18.7%-25.1%-34.3%
Short Term Debt6861319 78.9%-86.7%-94.4%-93.7%
Long Term Debt456491484478 -12.8%-3.3%-1.8%0.0%
Ratios
Gross Margin44.1%46.0%50.2%49.1% -1.8%-1.2%2.7%0.1%
EBITDA Margin 5.9% 7.4% 8.6% 9.9% -1.4%0.9%0.6%-5.3%
Net Income Margin -1.4% 0.7% 3.4% 2.6% -1.0%1.5%1.0%14.4%

Peers in IT Consulting & Other Services


Below you can find Teradata Corporation benchmarking vs. other companies in IT Consulting & Other Services 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 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
Gopher Protocol Inc ($GOPH)-25.0%83.3%5,471.1%461.0%
CLPS Incorporation ($CLPS)8.1%56.0%
EPAM Systems, Inc. ($EPAM)25.2%26.9%25.0%27.1%
Gartner, Inc. ($IT)7.0%13.0%35.5%20.1%
Computer Task Group, Incorporated ($CTG)-6.0%-12.1%-7.3%19.1%
 
Median (35 companies)3.5%8.3%4.0%3.9%
Teradata Corporation ($TDC)-7.4%-8.2%-7.1%0.4%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
Inpixon ($INPX)29.8%28.9%28.1%68.7%71.4%
Gartner, Inc. ($IT)60.5%61.2%61.3%60.1%63.1%
InterXion Holding N.V. ($INXN)59.2%60.8%61.5%61.1%60.9%
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. ($RAMP)25.1%38.6%42.5%45.7%56.2%
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation ($BAH)50.4%50.8%52.3%53.6%53.5%
 
Median (37 companies)25.8%30.9%28.1%27.7%28.9%
Teradata Corporation ($TDC)54.1%50.4%51.2%47.5%47.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
InterXion Holding N.V. ($INXN)41.3%44.9%43.3%42.2%42.8%
Switch, Inc. ($SWCH)50.7%37.0%28.5%39.8%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation ($CTSH)20.4%19.9%19.8%19.7%20.5%
Taoping Inc. ($TAOP)-54.0%-237.5%-117.7%13.2%18.7%
DXC Technology Company ($DXC)8.0%16.3%
 
Median (36 companies)4.8%3.5%6.7%6.3%7.2%
Teradata Corporation ($TDC)24.6%-1.0%15.5%9.6%8.0%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
InterXion Holding N.V. ($INXN)62.5%48.1%57.4%50.5%78.3%
Switch, Inc. ($SWCH)71.5%90.2%106.4%67.9%
Taoping Inc. ($TAOP)1.4%29.2%34.0%20.8%8.7%
ServiceSource International, Inc. ($SREV)3.4%4.7%10.4%7.2%6.5%
Amdocs Limited ($DOX)3.1%3.3%3.5%3.4%5.8%
 
Median (35 companies)0.9%0.8%1.1%1.2%1.5%
Teradata Corporation ($TDC)2.0%2.1%2.3%3.6%7.1%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
Accenture plc ($ACN)80.5%81.0%81.3%61.7%66.1%
The Hackett Group, Inc. ($HCKT)11.2%19.5%31.7%23.8%24.6%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation ($CTSH)24.7%22.0%21.3%21.9%23.8%
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation ($BAH)25.3%26.5%23.1%22.6%22.5%
EPAM Systems, Inc. ($EPAM)19.7%18.4%18.2%18.9%21.2%
 
Median (44 companies)6.2%6.9%7.3%5.6%6.9%
Teradata Corporation ($TDC)22.5%-10.0%14.6%4.6%3.7%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
Infinite Group Inc ($IMCI)169.6x10.5x
InterXion Holding N.V. ($INXN)3.3x2.9x3.4x3.8x4.6x
Gartner, Inc. ($IT)0.1x1.3x0.6x11.7x4.1x
Switch, Inc. ($SWCH)2.2x4.0x3.2x3.3x
Presidio, Inc. ($PSDO)0.0x5.6x3.6x3.1x
 
Median (28 companies)-0.2x-0.3x0.4x0.8x1.0x
Teradata Corporation ($TDC)-0.5x-1.1x-1.5x-1.3x