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Presented by:Ang Kian YongAnkur Mangla
Beatrix Judika EvelynaEunice Peh
Zhang Yinmeng
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Introduction to Renewable Energy Industry and Solar PV Market
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Solar PV Market
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Company Overview • Renewable Energy Equipment & Services Industry.• U.S based PV solar energy solutions. • FS operates through two segments: • Component:
• Design, manufacture & sale of solar modules. • System – provide system solutions:
• Project development• Engineering, Procurement & Constructions (EPC)• O&M services • Project Finance
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Company Overview (cont’d)• Top revenue streams for FS:• Project development• Sale of PV modules to third party• Electricity Sales from own project (via Power Purchase
Agreement – PPA)
• Top competitors: • SolarCity Corp (U.S)• Hanwha Q Cells Co Ltd (South Korea)• Trina Solar Ltd (China)• Canadian Solar Inc (Canada)• SunPower Corp (U.S)
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Accounting Analysis Internal
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Financing Activities – Debt VS Equity
• FS’ capital structure is heavily relying on equity instead of debts. In addition, it can be seen that there is an increasing trend of equity financing throughout the years. One possible reason of this behavior could be explained by the business nature of Solar PV industry which has a rather high risk.
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Financial Ratio Analysis1. Profitability2. Liquidity 3. Asset utilization / activity4. Leverage / solvency
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Comparison of Ratios Over Time
Ratios with significant changes over years:1. Current ratio2. Financial leverage ratio3. Interest cover4. Receivables turnover5. Cash turnover
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Comparison of Ratios Over Time (cont’d)
Ratios with significant changes over years:6. Gross margin7. ROA8. ROIC9. ROE
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Liquidity Ratios – Current Ratio
2012 2013 2014$0
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
Mill
ions
($)
• It can be seen that throughout the years, current assets and current liabilities have linear relationship (i.e. current assets increase, current liabilities will also increase).
• It can be interpreted from this ratio that FS is financially healthy and able to pay off its debts using its (current) assets. 2.57 2.39 3.19Current Ratio
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Solvency Ratios – Interest Cover
2012 2013 2014$100,000
$0
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
EBIT
2012 2013 2014$0
$2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000
$10,000$12,000$14,000$16,000
Interest Expense*
*Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized, decreased during 2013 compared with 2012 primarily as a result of $4.7 million in expense during
2012 associated with the repayment of a German credit facility agreement.
2.70 195.61 214.01Interest Cover
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Activity Ratios
2012 2013 20140
20
40
60
80
100
120
104
73
23
Receivable Turnover (days) • For FS case, the increase in receivable turnover is greatly influenced by a great decrease in A/R (especially retainage) over smaller increase in net sales.
• It can be assumed that from 2013 to 2014 First Solar has completed many of its contract, which shows by smaller number of account receivable, unbilled and retainage; its customer is able to pay its debt directly / quickly.
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Profitability Ratios – Gross Profit Margin
It can be seen that First Solar’s gross profit margin decreased by 2% in 2014, compared to 2013. One possible reason is because of the increasing cost from system segment that causes the overall COGS to increase by almost 5% from $2.45 billion in 2013 to $2.56 billion in 2014.
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Profitability Ratios - ROA
2012 2013 2014$1,000,000
$0
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
$7,000,000
$8,000,000
0.26% 5.13% 5.97%ROA
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Profitability Ratios - ROEROE Decomposition:
(Net Margin) x (Assets Turnover) x (Leverage)
ROE Decomposition 2014 = (11.70%) x (0.50) x (1.34) = 7.89%ROE Decomposition 2013 = (10.67%) x (0.48) x (1.53) = 7.84%ROE Decomposition 2012 = (-2.86%) x (0.53) x (1.76) = -2.67%
The increase in ROE is mainly caused by increase in net margin.
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Profitability Ratios – ROE (cont’d)• Net margin shows a company operating efficiency and
it is affected by two factors – net income & sales. • Looking at negative net margin in 2012, it can be
concluded that First Solar did not operate efficiently during that period of time. • From 2012 to 2013, there is around 450% increase in
net income, which caused by:• Incurred loss due to competition from Chinese
manufacturer in 2012 and operating inefficiency. • Restructuring and asset impairment strategy that First
Solar conducted in 2013, which results in decrease in cost.
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Peer Group Comparisons
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Economic Analysis External or Industry Analysis
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Long-term Outlook
A huge potential for solar electricity.
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Five Forces Supplier Power- Critical suppliers + many small suppliers
Buyer Power- First Solar’s products: cost/watt efficiency- However, the company relies on a limited number
of customers
Competitive Rivalry- Highly competitive- Only in US, thousands competitors in the industry
Porter’s Five
Forces
Supplier Power:
Medium
Buyer Power: Medium
Competitive Rivalry: High
Threat of Substitution:
High
Threat of New Entry:
Medium
Threat of Substitution- First Solar faces intense competition from manufacturers of crystalline
silicon solar modules, thin-film solar modules, and solar thermal and concentrated PV systems.
- Competition will be worse with the increasing popularity of other renewable generation technologies
Threat of New Entry: - Several entry barriers, such as R&D, high cost,etc.
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Financial Analysis Shareholders
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Valuation Ratios1. P/E 2. P/S3. P/B4. AVERAGE INDUSTRY ROE
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Peer Group Comparisons on Valuation Ratios Ratios First Solar SolarCity
CorpHanwha Q Cells Corp
Trina Solar
Limited
Sun Power
CanadianSolar
Renewable
Energy Group
ROE* 8.33 -8.22 -38.09 6.61 18.56 43.26 -P/E 16.41 - - 13.81 25.8 4.71 9.34
P/B 1.01 5.08 0.71 0.93 2.14 1.49 0.46P/S 1.5 14.96 1.83 0.43 1.13 0.39 0.25
Beta 2.0 - 2.8 2.49 3.25 3.06 2.06
EPS 3.07 -0.3 -12.04 0.77 0.97 4.39 0.81
*on average
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Fair Value IS THE STOCK OVER VALUED OR
UNDER VALUED?
Fair Value = EPS * Industrial P/E FV of First Solar : $28.6738MV of First Solar: $ 50.57
FV<MV, OVERVALUED
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Conclusions • First Solar is financially healthy, because:• High liquidity ratios• Higher ROE compared to its benchmark
• However, the management does not perform well throughout the years, which can be seen from:• A much higher ROA ratio compared to its benchmark,
showing inefficient investment in assets. • Too low Debt-to-Equity ratio showing that they do not
fully take advantage of financial leverage and equity financing is more expensive than debt financing.
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