Epwin Group — In-line year-end update

Epwin Group (AIM: EPWN)

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Epwin Group — In-line year-end update

Consistent messaging from the Epwin management team continued with a year-end update that confirmed that FY18 trading had been in line with market expectations. The theme of self-help given market headwinds is ongoing with tangible evidence of actions taken and planned. Market backdrop uncertainty is reflected in Epwin’s rating multiples. A dividend yield approaching 7% (c 1.9x covered) should be of interest to investors.

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Epwin Group

In-line year-end update

FY18 year-end update

Construction & materials

6 February 2019

Price

75.1p

Market cap

£107m

Net debt (£m) at end June 2018

28.6

Shares in issue

142.9m

Free float

67%

Code

EPWN

Primary exchange

AIM

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

3.4

(6.7)

0.9

Rel (local)

(1.8)

(7.4)

3.4

52-week high/low

90.0p

71.0p

Business description

Epwin Group supplies functional low-maintenance exterior building products (including windows, doors, roofline and rainwater goods) into a number of UK market segments and is a modest exporter. It has a vertically integrated model in windows and doors, and a leading market position in roofline products.

Next events

FY18 results

10 April 2019

Analyst

Toby Thorrington

+44 (0)20 3077 5721

Epwin Group is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Consistent messaging from the Epwin management team continued with a year-end update that confirmed that FY18 trading had been in line with market expectations. The theme of self-help given market headwinds is ongoing with tangible evidence of actions taken and planned. Market backdrop uncertainty is reflected in Epwin’s rating multiples. A dividend yield approaching 7% (c 1.9x covered) should be of interest to investors.

Year end

Revenue (£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/16**

293.2

24.3

14.7

6.6

5.1

8.8

12/17

298.3

20.5

12.4

6.7

6.1

8.9

12/18e

292.2

17.0

9.7

5.3

7.7

7.0

12/19e

295.8

17.9

10.2

5.5

7.3

7.3

Note: *PBT and EPS (fully diluted) are normalised, excluding intangible amortisation and exceptionals. **FY16 and FY17 EPS benefited in part from recovered tax losses.

H2 progress, net debt below 1x EBITDA

FY18 ended in line with a narrow range of market expectations, which confirms a material improvement in H2 profitability was achieved versus H1. This is partly a normal seasonal effect but also shows some year-on-year progress, demonstrating some recovery from previously noted customer ownership changes. Operational improvements – including exits from two sites (Cardiff and Macclesfield) – and a contribution from Amicus (the 15-branch building products distribution business acquired in March) would have contributed to this outturn, which was achieved despite input cost pressures (especially PVC). Management commented that year-end net debt was less than 1x EBITDA in the year and our c £25m expectation (vs EBITDA of c £27m) is consistent with this and suggests good cash flow control.

More self-help actions in uncertain markets

Reference to macroeconomic and Brexit uncertainty is now commonplace in trading updates. Epwin has repeated this business caveat and expects no RMI rebound in FY19. The post year-end disposal of glass sealed unit manufacturing operations (likely to give rise to an exceptional charge in discontinuing this business) and proposed new warehouse facility at Telford (completion likely by the end of FY19) are further examples of internal actions being taken to enhance business resilience and core growth prospects in challenging markets. These features aside, volume growth, new product sales – including aluminium window systems - and the extent to which polymer price changes need and are able to be passed through to customers will remain the primary drivers of profitability in FY19.

Valuation: Expecting earnings progress from FY19

Epwin’s share price currently sits in the lower half of its 12-month 71–90p trading range, being modestly above December levels. Investor sentiment towards cyclical stocks weakened noticeably in Q418 and the shadow of Brexit is creating uncertainty over future economic growth rates. On our estimates, Epwin is now trading on a trailing year P/E of 7.7x, EV/EBITDA of 4.9x and a dividend yield of almost 7% (covered c 1.9x). We expect FY18 to be an earnings low point with gradual growth to resume from FY19.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

£m

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018e

2019e

2020e

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

 

 

 

Restated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

294.4

255.3

259.5

256.0

293.2

298.3

292.2

295.8

300.0

Cost of Sales

 

 

(209.9)

(185.8)

(186.7)

(178.6)

(200.6)

(207.5)

(206.0)

(206.5)

(209.4)

Gross Profit

 

 

84.5

69.5

72.8

77.4

92.6

90.8

86.2

89.3

90.6

EBITDA

 

 

21.8

21.4

24.5

25.6

33.3

30.3

27.2

28.2

28.9

Operating Profit (before GW and except.)

15.4

15.6

19.5

20.1

25.6

22.3

18.9

19.7

20.2

Intangible Amortisation

 

 

(1.7)

(1.7)

(1.7)

(0.0)

(1.1)

(1.1)

(1.2)

(1.2)

(1.2)

Exceptionals

 

 

(4.3)

(5.1)

2.3

(0.6)

(0.2)

(7.4)

(1.5)

0.0

0.0

Other

 

 

0.0

0.0

(0.8)

(0.4)

(0.3)

(0.6)

(0.6)

(0.6)

(0.6)

Operating Profit

 

 

9.4

8.8

19.3

19.1

24.0

13.2

15.6

17.9

18.4

Net Interest

 

 

(1.9)

(1.0)

(0.7)

(0.5)

(1.0)

(1.2)

(1.3)

(1.2)

(1.0)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

13.5

14.6

18.0

19.2

24.3

20.5

17.0

17.9

18.6

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

7.5

7.9

18.6

18.6

23.0

12.0

14.3

16.7

17.4

Tax

 

 

(2.2)

(1.3)

(3.5)

(3.3)

(3.4)

(1.9)

(3.1)

(3.2)

(3.3)

Profit After Tax (norm)

 

 

10.4

12.4

14.4

15.9

20.9

17.6

13.9

14.6

15.2

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

4.5

5.1

15.1

15.3

19.6

10.1

11.2

13.4

14.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average number of shares outstanding (m)

 

122.3

122.3

128.0

135.2

141.5

142.6

142.9

142.9

142.9

EPS - normalised (p)

 

 

8.5

10.1

11.2

11.8

14.8

12.4

9.8

10.2

10.6

EPS - normalised (p) FD

 

 

 

 

11.2

11.7

14.7

12.4

9.7

10.2

10.6

EPS - FRS 3 (p)

 

 

3.7

4.2

11.8

11.3

13.8

7.1

7.9

9.4

9.8

Dividend per share (p)

 

 

0.0

0.0

4.2

6.4

6.6

6.7

5.3

5.5

5.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Margin (%)

 

 

28.7

27.2

28.1

30.2

31.6

30.4

29.5

30.2

30.2

EBITDA Margin (%)

 

 

7.4

8.4

9.4

10.0

11.3

10.2

9.3

9.5

9.6

Operating Margin (before GW and except.) (%)

5.2

6.1

7.5

7.9

8.7

7.5

6.5

6.6

6.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

 

56.9

54.7

53.8

93.5

108.5

106.2

111.7

111.0

110.0

Intangible Assets

 

 

27.9

26.4

24.7

59.7

70.2

69.6

73.7

72.5

71.3

Tangible Assets

 

 

26.1

25.1

26.2

33.1

37.9

36.0

37.5

38.0

38.2

Other

 

 

2.8

3.2

2.9

0.7

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.5

Current Assets

 

 

59.9

62.1

62.3

87.2

82.6

82.2

82.7

83.3

84.2

Stocks

 

 

20.9

21.7

22.4

23.6

28.2

29.6

31.4

31.5

31.9

Debtors

 

 

37.4

40.1

37.6

41.5

41.4

45.3

45.5

46.0

46.5

Cash

 

 

1.6

0.3

2.3

22.1

13.0

7.3

5.8

5.8

5.8

Current Liabilities

 

 

(53.2)

(54.5)

(49.0)

(68.8)

(79.2)

(79.2)

(91.0)

(90.0)

(84.8)

Creditors

 

 

(49.1)

(51.5)

(48.6)

(53.2)

(62.9)

(58.2)

(65.9)

(65.5)

(66.9)

Short term borrowings

 

 

(4.1)

(3.0)

(0.4)

(15.6)

(16.3)

(21.0)

(25.0)

(24.5)

(17.9)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(32.0)

(25.7)

(4.3)

(31.8)

(21.0)

(15.5)

(9.1)

(4.1)

(3.2)

Long term borrowings

 

 

(20.6)

(16.0)

(0.8)

(20.9)

(17.3)

(11.4)

(5.9)

(0.9)

0.0

Other long term liabilities

 

 

(11.4)

(9.7)

(3.5)

(10.9)

(3.7)

(4.1)

(3.2)

(3.2)

(3.2)

Net Assets

 

 

31.5

36.6

62.8

80.1

90.9

93.7

94.3

100.1

106.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

15.7

12.1

19.8

23.8

30.8

19.9

22.4

26.7

28.4

Net Interest

 

 

(1.4)

(0.9)

(0.7)

(0.5)

(1.0)

(1.0)

(1.2)

(1.2)

(1.0)

Tax

 

 

(1.6)

(0.9)

(1.7)

(2.3)

(3.8)

(2.7)

(2.6)

(2.7)

(2.8)

Capex

 

 

(4.6)

(4.9)

(5.6)

(9.0)

(12.7)

(7.1)

(9.3)

(9.3)

(9.3)

Acquisitions/disposals

 

 

(28.2)

(0.2)

0.0

(20.9)

(10.2)

(3.9)

0.0

(0.3)

0.0

Financing

 

 

0.0

0.0

10.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dividends

 

 

0.0

0.0

(1.9)

(6.7)

(9.1)

(9.5)

(9.3)

(7.6)

(7.9)

Net Cash Flow

 

 

(20.2)

5.2

19.9

(15.6)

(6.1)

(4.3)

0.1

5.6

7.4

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

0.5

23.2

18.7

(1.1)

14.4

20.6

25.1

25.1

19.6

HP finance leases initiated

 

 

(2.5)

(0.5)

(0.3)

0.4

1.9

(1.4)

(0.6)

0.0

0.0

Other

 

 

0.0

(0.1)

0.2

(0.3)

(2.1)

1.2

0.5

(0.0)

(0.0)

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

23.2

18.6

(1.1)

14.4

20.6

25.1

25.1

19.6

12.1

Source: Epwin accounts, Edison Investment Research. Note: FY13 to FY17 EPS benefited in part from recovered tax losses.

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London, WC1V 7EE

United Kingdom

New York +1 646 653 7026

1,185 Avenue of the Americas

3rd Floor, New York, NY 10036

United States of America

Sydney +61 (0)2 8249 8342

Level 4, Office 1205

95 Pitt Street, Sydney

NSW 2000, Australia

Frankfurt +49 (0)69 78 8076 960

Schumannstrasse 34b

60325 Frankfurt

Germany

London +44 (0)20 3077 5700

280 High Holborn

London, WC1V 7EE

United Kingdom

New York +1 646 653 7026

1,185 Avenue of the Americas

3rd Floor, New York, NY 10036

United States of America

Sydney +61 (0)2 8249 8342

Level 4, Office 1205

95 Pitt Street, Sydney

NSW 2000, Australia

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