VITAFOAM: HIGH COST OF FINANCING OPERATION AND LOST OF MARKET SHARE
The recent second quarter scorecard of
Vitafoam Nigeria Plc revealed a decline in top and bottom line falling below
market expectation as investing community were looking forward to see the
gradual impact of the concluded merger arrangement and expansion drive of its
management to reflect on its profitability ratio. The numbers reveal fall in
sales revenue indicating that competition with increasing cottage companies in that sector is having effect on its sales,
also high cost of borrowing is another factor that had eaten into its profit to
thrown the company into red position for the quarter under review. This suggest that the company expansion drive
to create value for shareholders are yet to start yielding result as expected
meaning that investors should extend their waiting period as the bold step of
the company to be the first Nigeria Company to go into motor spare part
production through one of its subsidies, also with the enhance economics of
scale as form vono products which now one of its subsidiary complement to
create more value for stakeholders. This is fantastic a development for
shareholders, especially when the effect is combined with strong efforts to
manage cost and improve profitability on the long run. All these are likely to
impact positively on the company's bottom line on the long run, if properly
executed.
The latest financials of Vita foam is that for
its second quarter ended March 31, 2016, which revealed an unimpressive
performance in all financial indices for the period under consideration. Turnover dropped by 14 percent below that of the
corresponding period of 2015, just as profit after tax turn to loss position of
N49.61 million from N341.12 million in 2015.
Also, loss Per Share (LPS) of 0.05 from 35 kobo in the previous quarter
of 2015. The Return on Equity (ROE) stood at a negative 1.49 percent, as against
10.25 percent in 2015.
The company's profit margin is poor by all
standard, as it deepen to negative tertiary of 0.62 percent from 3.66 percent in
2015. The company book value was down to N3.27 from N3.39, as a result of increase in outstanding shares.
VITAFOAM NIGERIA
PLC.
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SIXMONTHS 2016
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COY
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2015
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2016
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% Chg
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(N)
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(N)
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Date Released
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August 7 , 2015
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May 4, 2016
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Turnover
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9,321,884,000
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8,047,622,000
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-13.67
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Profit After Tax
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341,121,000
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-49,607,000
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-114.5
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Shareholders' Fund
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3,328,,459,000
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3,411,778,000
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2.50
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ESTIMATED RATIOS
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Earnings Per Share
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0.35
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-0.05
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-115
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PE Ratio
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4.14
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-28.47
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Earnings Yield
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6.04
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-0.88
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Book Value
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3.39
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3.27
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-3.54
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Price to Book Value
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0.59
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0.60
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ROE
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10.25
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-1.49
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Profit Margin
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3.66
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-0.62
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Source: Company Financial & Investdata Research
Technical View
The price action of Vitafoam shows that the stock has been
trending downward since September 19, 2015, after the management delayed the
submission of its 2015 financial year end results. There was however an attempt
to reverse the trend in November 2015, but soon continued its southward
journey, even when the full year report finally hit the market due to a drop in
dividend offered.
The strong
reversal finally came after it concluded acquisition of Vono products and
announced plans to begin motor spare parts production soon.
On daily
time frame the stock is weak as it fail to reverse after forming multiple
bottom. A breakdown below the yellow
line will be a continuation of it lower lows.
Analysts Opinion/Recommendation
The equity is good for dividend investors as it guarantees
annual returns, meanwhile, traders may not enjoy good margin in the equity
probably in this financial year, especially now that the company is in red
position.
On the other hand, the management of Vitafoam needs to
execute its strategic business plans with all existing subsidiaries to boost
its performance, while utilizing its modern research and development exposures.
Secondly, its should curtailed its dependence on loan and rather
opt for equity participation, strict strategies to cut running cost should be
put in place so as to report improved financial in the current financial year.
History
Vitafoam
Nigeria is a leading manufacturer of flexible foam, reconstituted foam and
other household products. It has the largest foam manufacturing and
distribution network which facilitates just-in-time delivery of products
throughout Nigeria, with off-shore operations in Ghana and Sierra Leone.
The company
was established on August 4, 1962 by British vita and Unilever and listed on
the floor of the NSE in 1978. Vitafoam is currently Nigeria’s most prominent
and leading producer of Polyether, foam products, furniture, upholstery
products and adhesives. In 2010, it became a major shareholder of Vono Products and
established two sister companies; Vitapur Nigeria (an insulations products
manufacturing company) in the Oil & Gas industry and Vitablom (fibre
processing and soft furnishing company). Finally in 2012, it established its
youngest inclusion- Vitavisco for production and sales of Visco elastic foam
and latex products.
Vitafoam Nigeria PLC
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Share Holding Structure
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Chief S.O. Bolarinde
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12.59%
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Other Nigerians and Associates
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87.41%
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Other Statistics
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Shares Outstanding (MN)
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1,042,370,053
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Opening Price (2015)
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4.03
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Close price ( 2015)
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5.41
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Opening Price ( 2016)
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5.41
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Current Price
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4.27
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Date Listed
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1978
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Year End
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30th September
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Source: Company Financial
&Investdata Research
2015 Performances Analysis
In the period under
consideration, the revenue witnesseda slight increase and the company's operating and finance expenses continued to grow.
This reduced profitability and bottom-line for the year, with cost of sales pointing
in the northward direction.
With all of these, the
company was forced into cutting its dividend, the first in five years. It paid
a dividend of 25 kobo per share to reflect the seeming decline in its earnings
power for the period, which also represented 100 percent payout ratio as all
its earnings for that was paid as dividend. First quarter EPS of 17 kobo moved
to 42 kobo in second quarter, representing more than 147 per cent increase,
while third quarter was 41 kobo, before declining at year-end to 25 kobo.
The company's profit
dropped at the end of 2015 despite the impressive scorecards in Q1 and Q2, but
nose-dive in the other quarters, a situation that affected its payout. Turnover
was up by 2.84 per cent to N17.19 billion while profit after tax declined by
42.83 per cent to N249.05 million.
The price performance for the year moved up and down to reflect the performance pattern of the earnings because EPS was up for Q1 and Q2 and subsequently dropped in Q3 and full year. Price was down in the first quarter and rallied in the second and third quarter till September 2015 but trended down in Q1 and Q2 of 2016 financial year before the recent up trending. On the long run, it is expected that earnings will drive price in the future when the company's expansion and invention start yielding positive results.
Five Years Financial Figures of Vitafoam Plc
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Company Figures
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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Turnover
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13,979,353,000
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14,479,781,000
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16,808,851,000
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16,712,922,000
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17,185,741,000
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Profit After Tax
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673,024,000
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501,594,000
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390,231,000
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529,135,000
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249,051,000
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Net Assets
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2,927,005,000
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2,911,739,000
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2,706,450,000
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3,029,070,000
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4,946,205,000
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Dividend
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0.30
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0.30
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0.30
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0.30
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0.25
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Bonus
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1;5
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Estimated Ratios
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EPS
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0.82
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0.61
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0.50
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0.53
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0.25
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Pay Out Ratio
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36.51
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48.98
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59.88
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46.15
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100
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PE/RATIO
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6.43
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6.24
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7.62
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8.23
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21.35
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E/YIELD
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15.56
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16.03
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13.11
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12.14
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4.68
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Price to Sales
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0.31
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0.22
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0.19
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0.26
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0.93
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BOOK VALUE
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3.57
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3.56
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3.80
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3.70
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5.03
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ROCE
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22.99
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17.23
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13.19
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17.00
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5.04
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PROFIT MARGIN
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5.00
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4.81
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3.46
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3.17
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1.45
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YEAR END
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September
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September
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September
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September
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September
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Source: Company Financial &Investdata Research
Five-Year Financial Analysis.
An analysis of Vitafoam's financials over the past
five years revealed that management grew year-on-year revenue to 22.94 per cent
CAGR from N13.98 billion in 2011 to N17.19 billion. Also, profitability level
for the period was down by 63 per cent to N249.05 million from N673.01 million
in 2011, with up and down movement for the period under review. The company's
earnings power has been inconsistent to reflect the cost headwind in its
operations.When the latest figure of 2015is compared to the reported profit, it
resulted in a profit margin of 1.45 per cent. Meanwhile profit margins for the
five years had nosedived on yearly basis which is an indication of increased
costs cum tax during these periods.
In the same direction,
shareholders' fund for the period grew from N2.93 billion in 2011 to N4.95 billion,
representing a rise of 68.94 per cent.
The growth recorded in the total equity of Vitafoam was
impressive and have supported the book value which equally rose from N3.57 in
2011 to N5.03 in 2015.
The reverse is the case when the said growth is
compared to investors’ response in terms of market price valuation/judgment as Vitafoam
unit price on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange continued to maintain up
and down trending. This was however before the current rally propelled by the
infusion of Vono Product, to push price above estimated fair value of N4.00 for
the period. Similarly, retained earnings grew over the period, a situation that
has supported the 100 percent payout ratio in dividend this years.
Estimated Performance Ratios
Vitafoam's
earnings per share for the five-year period was on the decline to reflect the
company's earnings power, even as the additional shares arising from the bonus
have weakened Earnings Per Share (EPS)
for the period under review. The amount earned per share moved from 82 kobo in
2011 to 25 kobo in 2015. The dwindling earnings and increase in share price within the period
had elongate investors waiting period at 21.35x at the market value as at
released date, after it had recorded a
P/E ratio of 6.45 times in 2011.
Book value during the period grew from N3.57 to N5.03, indicating good margin
of safety, considering the market price of the stock.
Other performance ratios remained relative with the up and down movement,but profit margin is still pointing at high cost of operations. On the strength of the figures posted and dividend declared over the years, the stock is fairly priced at N4.00. The recent down-grading of its rating was due to dwindling earnings.
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