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CHBT's CEO has said before that his goal is for the company to become the largest producer of probiotics not only in China, but the world. He has also said the company could expand vertically by acquiring a dairy company and introducing it's own yogurt/dairy products or could diversify into food additives. So while the next few year's focus will be on the Phase I & II capacity expansions at the new plant and the bulk additive and retail store expansions, it will be interesting to see where he takes the company down the road. The company certainly has the cash to pursue a wide variety of options.
With that in mind I wanted to look at some peers, both similar to CHBT's current operations, and similar to what CHBT could evolve into. I found a range of companies to compare CHBT to including Biostime Inc, Genmont Biotech, Lifeway, Chr. Hansen, Danisco, Group Danone, and NBTY.
First is Biostime, Inc. They're a private company and I could not find any info on their annual revenues, but they appear to be pretty similar to CHBT and perhaps one of their closest domestic competitors. From one of their press releases:
About Biostime, Inc. (Guangzhou)
Biostime, Inc. (Guangzhou) was founded in 1999. Collaborating with Lallemand SA, Biostime launched the product Biostime® Probiotic Sachet for Children in 2002, which is the No. 1 brand of children's probiotic product in China nowadays. Biostime is the first company in China to promote probiotic concept nationwide through TV and other media, and now well-known as the leading company in probiotic market. Biostime is building a GMP grade factory in Guangzhou, China for production of probiotic sachets, tablets and capsules, which will start its operation in the third quarter of 2007. It has 400 employees and 58 sales offices all over China. For more information, please visit www.biostime.com.cn.
Here is Biostime's website.
http://www.biostime.com.cn/
There is no English version, but you can use Google Translate to get a half decent translation. Here is their description of their manufacturing facility. They claim 150 tons capacity, the same as CHBT's Phase I new plant. Total factory area is only 5,500 sq meters compared to CHBT's 20,000 sq meter production area.
GMP FACTORY
High standards of GMP plant
Synbiotics invest more than 20 million in the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone to build the new plant, in May 2008 passed the National GMP certification. Synbiotics GMP factory covers an area of about 5500 square meters, total construction area of about 9,000 square meters, including two independent shop, general health were used in the production of food and probiotic products.
Advanced production equipment and technology
Probiotics and general health food can be two workshops each annual production capacity of up to 1 million bags, or 150 tons of powder, 150 million tablets and 80 million capsules, the world's most advanced scale probiotic products and the largest manufacturer of other health food.
Next up is Genmont Biotech. Genmont is a probiotics company based in Taiwan. Genmont is publicly traded on the Taipei Stock Exchange. From their company description:
Genmont Biotech Inc. The Group's principal activities are researching, developing, manufacturing and selling functional probiotics, new protein drugs and Chinese herbal formulas. Operations are carried out in Taiwan.
You'll also note from that page that Genmont has a market cap of 4.3 billion Taiwan dollars (roughly $133 million USD). Genmont's financials can be seen here. Converting to USD, Genmont had 2009 sales of $11 million, and net income of $2.7 million. That's a PE ratio of almost 50. Genmont's gross margin is around 80% compared to CHBT's 70%. The stock went parabolic in 2009, increasing 10-fold as seen on it's chart on the above page.
Here is Genmont's English website where they describe their manufacturing facility. They appear to have only 6 tons annual capacity.
http://www.genmont.com.tw/englishwebsite/facility.html
Next is Lifeway Foods, a producer of Kefir and probiotic drinks. Lifeway has a $172 million market cap and trades at 29x ttm earnings and 23x 2011 earnings, with a PEG ratio of around 1. That compares to CHBT's 12x ttm earnings and 7x 2011 earnings, and PEG ratio of around .3.
Chr Hansen is a supplier of probiotics, cultures and dairy enzymes, to the food, health and animal feed industries. Their company presentation can be seen here. They recently completed an IPO which raised $520 million (USD) and gave the company a market cap of roughly $2 billion (USD). From their 2009 annual report, Chr Hansen had $80 million in cash and $900 million in debt. So even after the IPO they still had net debt of $300 million, so an enterprise value of $2.3 billion. Their 2009 revenue was Euro 511 million ($612 million USD), and operating income of Euro 110 million ($132 million USD). So Chr Hansen's enterprise value/operating income ratio is roughly 17.4, compared to CHBT's EV/operating income ratio of around 7. Chr Hansen's gross margins are around 50%, compared to CHBT's 70%. Also of note is that Chr Hansen's probiotic additives division is less than 50% of sales, and Asia Pacific/Middle East/Africa is only 13% of sales. If you figure 6% of sales is to China, then Chr Hansen's sales of probiotics additives to China is around $40 million. CHBT is projecting bulk additive run rate of $55 million exiting 2010.
Danisco is another diversified food additives company with a roughly $3 billion market cap (USD), $2 billion in sales, and $300 million in EBITDA. Danisco has net debt of roughly $500 million, so an enterprise value of roughly $3.5 billion. That results in an EV/EBITDA ratio of 12 compared to CHBT's ratio of 6. Dansico's gross margins are around 35%, half that of CHBT's. Again, noting Danisco's sales breakdown with 15% coming from cultures and 17% from Asia/Pacific, if you figure half of that is China, you arrive at roughly $25 million in sales of bulk additives to China. Again far less than CHBT is projecting.
Danone is one of the largest dairy, baby nutrition, and bottled water companies with $18 billion in sales and a $33 billion market cap (all figures in USD). Net debt is $13 billion, so enterprise value is $46 billion. Operating income is around $2.8 billion. So EV/operating income is around 16.4, compared to CHBT's ratio of 7. Fresh dairy and baby nutrition sales account for roughly 70% of Danone's sales. Danone had roughly $2.3 billion in sales to Asia Pacific. If you figure half of that is in China (it's probably less), Danone had roughly $800 million in sales of fresh dairy products and baby nutrition products to China. Here is an interesting article about the problems Danone had with it's joint venture with Wahaha to try and gain a foothold in China:
Danone Gives Up China Fight
NBTY is a manufacturer/marketer of nutritional products and supplements. It's many brands include Nature's Bounty, Ester-C, MetRx, Body Fortress, etc. In addition to selling through distributors and mail order NBTY also operates around 1500 storefronts, including 450 Vitamin World stores in the US. With NBTY's product mix and mix of sales through distributors and owned retail outlets I feel it makes a pretty good comparison to CHBT. NBTY has a $2 billion market cap, $2.3 billion enterprise value, $2.8 billion in sales, $230 million in net income, and is trading at 9x ttm earnings and 8x 2011 earnings, with a PEG ratio of .9. Gross Margins are around 45%.
NBTY is trading at a fairly low PE ratio as it has matured and growth has slowed. However it is interesting to look at NBTY's long term stock chart. There were two major growth spurts for the stock, one from 1991 to 1994 during which time the stock increased 30 fold, and again from 1995 to 1998 when the stock increased 10 fold. In the dozen or so years after that the stock has increased only 4 fold roughly.
From NBTY's 1995 10k, we can see that during the 1991-1994 time frame, NBTY's sales increased from $73 million to $156 million, net income increased from $1 million to $8 million, EPS increased from $.09 to $.53. NBTY's market cap increased from about $10 million to $400 million (a 40 fold increase) whereas NBTY's share price increased 25-30 fold. Share price increased less than market cap because of dilution.
From NBTY's 1999 10k, we can see that during the 1995-1998 time frame, NBTY's sales increased from $250 million to $570 million, net income increased from $13 million to $39 million, and EPS increased from $.19 to $.56 (don't compare the EPS figures to the ones above because there was apparently a stock split somewhere along the line which was adjusted for in the 1999 10k). NBTY's market cap increased from $140 million to $1.4 billion (10 fold increase), and the share price also experience a 10-fold increase, as there was little dilution during this period.
Although it's a different decade, different region, different market sentiment now, etc, it's still interesting to compare where CHBT is currently to NBTY's growth phases. CHBT started at around a $140 million market cap at the time of it's reverse merger in late 2006 (17 million shares at around $8/share), so it's not comparable to NBTY's first growth spurt which began from a very low $10 million market cap. But CHBT's market cap, sales, net income, EPS, and growth rates are comparable to NBTY's second growth spurt. From the fiscal year ending Mar 2009 to the fiscal year ending Mar 2012, it is possible that CHBT's sales will have increased from $55 million to $200 million, net income from $17 million to $60-$70 million, and EPS from $.89 to near $3. That should be supportive of a $1 billion plus market cap.
Stepping back and looking at the big picture again, in light of the financials of some of CHBT's peers/competitors, CHBT's CEO's claims of wanting to build the largest probiotics company in the world don't sound as outlandish as they did when I first heard them. Compared to the large European suppliers (Chr Hansen, Danisco, etc), it is possible that once Phase I and Phase II are complete CHBT will be supplying a larger share of bulk additives to the domestic market. CHBT is also in a surprisingly strong cash position compared to the European suppliers which have substantial amounts of debt. Lastly, the Danone/Wahaha article pointed out problems the large international companies can encounter trying to establish a presence in the Chinese domestic market. Compared to the smaller domestic competitors such as Biostime and Genmont, CHBT has scale, a strong cash position, and the advantage of being a US listed company. I hope CHBT tries to capture as much of the domestic market as possible before turning towards foreign markets/acquisitions. I also hope that they consider carefully the pros and cons of acquiring a dairy company and introducing their own yogurt/dairy products as that would turn CHBT into a competitor of many of it's current customers. Overall however, the conditions are there for CHBT to grow into a very large, profitable company. Now it is up to execution.
CHBT's CEO has said before that his goal is for the company to become the largest producer of probiotics not only in China, but the world. He has also said the company could expand vertically by acquiring a dairy company and introducing it's own yogurt/dairy products or could diversify into food additives. So while the next few year's focus will be on the Phase I & II capacity expansions at the new plant and the bulk additive and retail store expansions, it will be interesting to see where he takes the company down the road. The company certainly has the cash to pursue a wide variety of options.
With that in mind I wanted to look at some peers, both similar to CHBT's current operations, and similar to what CHBT could evolve into. I found a range of companies to compare CHBT to including Biostime Inc, Genmont Biotech, Lifeway, Chr. Hansen, Danisco, Group Danone, and NBTY.
First is Biostime, Inc. They're a private company and I could not find any info on their annual revenues, but they appear to be pretty similar to CHBT and perhaps one of their closest domestic competitors. From one of their press releases:
About Biostime, Inc. (Guangzhou)
Biostime, Inc. (Guangzhou) was founded in 1999. Collaborating with Lallemand SA, Biostime launched the product Biostime® Probiotic Sachet for Children in 2002, which is the No. 1 brand of children's probiotic product in China nowadays. Biostime is the first company in China to promote probiotic concept nationwide through TV and other media, and now well-known as the leading company in probiotic market. Biostime is building a GMP grade factory in Guangzhou, China for production of probiotic sachets, tablets and capsules, which will start its operation in the third quarter of 2007. It has 400 employees and 58 sales offices all over China. For more information, please visit www.biostime.com.cn.
Here is Biostime's website.
http://www.biostime.com.cn/
There is no English version, but you can use Google Translate to get a half decent translation. Here is their description of their manufacturing facility. They claim 150 tons capacity, the same as CHBT's Phase I new plant. Total factory area is only 5,500 sq meters compared to CHBT's 20,000 sq meter production area.
GMP FACTORY
High standards of GMP plant
Synbiotics invest more than 20 million in the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone to build the new plant, in May 2008 passed the National GMP certification. Synbiotics GMP factory covers an area of about 5500 square meters, total construction area of about 9,000 square meters, including two independent shop, general health were used in the production of food and probiotic products.
Advanced production equipment and technology
Probiotics and general health food can be two workshops each annual production capacity of up to 1 million bags, or 150 tons of powder, 150 million tablets and 80 million capsules, the world's most advanced scale probiotic products and the largest manufacturer of other health food.
Next up is Genmont Biotech. Genmont is a probiotics company based in Taiwan. Genmont is publicly traded on the Taipei Stock Exchange. From their company description:
Genmont Biotech Inc. The Group's principal activities are researching, developing, manufacturing and selling functional probiotics, new protein drugs and Chinese herbal formulas. Operations are carried out in Taiwan.
You'll also note from that page that Genmont has a market cap of 4.3 billion Taiwan dollars (roughly $133 million USD). Genmont's financials can be seen here. Converting to USD, Genmont had 2009 sales of $11 million, and net income of $2.7 million. That's a PE ratio of almost 50. Genmont's gross margin is around 80% compared to CHBT's 70%. The stock went parabolic in 2009, increasing 10-fold as seen on it's chart on the above page.
Here is Genmont's English website where they describe their manufacturing facility. They appear to have only 6 tons annual capacity.
http://www.genmont.com.tw/englishwebsite/facility.html
Next is Lifeway Foods, a producer of Kefir and probiotic drinks. Lifeway has a $172 million market cap and trades at 29x ttm earnings and 23x 2011 earnings, with a PEG ratio of around 1. That compares to CHBT's 12x ttm earnings and 7x 2011 earnings, and PEG ratio of around .3.
Chr Hansen is a supplier of probiotics, cultures and dairy enzymes, to the food, health and animal feed industries. Their company presentation can be seen here. They recently completed an IPO which raised $520 million (USD) and gave the company a market cap of roughly $2 billion (USD). From their 2009 annual report, Chr Hansen had $80 million in cash and $900 million in debt. So even after the IPO they still had net debt of $300 million, so an enterprise value of $2.3 billion. Their 2009 revenue was Euro 511 million ($612 million USD), and operating income of Euro 110 million ($132 million USD). So Chr Hansen's enterprise value/operating income ratio is roughly 17.4, compared to CHBT's EV/operating income ratio of around 7. Chr Hansen's gross margins are around 50%, compared to CHBT's 70%. Also of note is that Chr Hansen's probiotic additives division is less than 50% of sales, and Asia Pacific/Middle East/Africa is only 13% of sales. If you figure 6% of sales is to China, then Chr Hansen's sales of probiotics additives to China is around $40 million. CHBT is projecting bulk additive run rate of $55 million exiting 2010.
Danisco is another diversified food additives company with a roughly $3 billion market cap (USD), $2 billion in sales, and $300 million in EBITDA. Danisco has net debt of roughly $500 million, so an enterprise value of roughly $3.5 billion. That results in an EV/EBITDA ratio of 12 compared to CHBT's ratio of 6. Dansico's gross margins are around 35%, half that of CHBT's. Again, noting Danisco's sales breakdown with 15% coming from cultures and 17% from Asia/Pacific, if you figure half of that is China, you arrive at roughly $25 million in sales of bulk additives to China. Again far less than CHBT is projecting.
Danone is one of the largest dairy, baby nutrition, and bottled water companies with $18 billion in sales and a $33 billion market cap (all figures in USD). Net debt is $13 billion, so enterprise value is $46 billion. Operating income is around $2.8 billion. So EV/operating income is around 16.4, compared to CHBT's ratio of 7. Fresh dairy and baby nutrition sales account for roughly 70% of Danone's sales. Danone had roughly $2.3 billion in sales to Asia Pacific. If you figure half of that is in China (it's probably less), Danone had roughly $800 million in sales of fresh dairy products and baby nutrition products to China. Here is an interesting article about the problems Danone had with it's joint venture with Wahaha to try and gain a foothold in China:
Danone Gives Up China Fight
NBTY is a manufacturer/marketer of nutritional products and supplements. It's many brands include Nature's Bounty, Ester-C, MetRx, Body Fortress, etc. In addition to selling through distributors and mail order NBTY also operates around 1500 storefronts, including 450 Vitamin World stores in the US. With NBTY's product mix and mix of sales through distributors and owned retail outlets I feel it makes a pretty good comparison to CHBT. NBTY has a $2 billion market cap, $2.3 billion enterprise value, $2.8 billion in sales, $230 million in net income, and is trading at 9x ttm earnings and 8x 2011 earnings, with a PEG ratio of .9. Gross Margins are around 45%.
NBTY is trading at a fairly low PE ratio as it has matured and growth has slowed. However it is interesting to look at NBTY's long term stock chart. There were two major growth spurts for the stock, one from 1991 to 1994 during which time the stock increased 30 fold, and again from 1995 to 1998 when the stock increased 10 fold. In the dozen or so years after that the stock has increased only 4 fold roughly.
From NBTY's 1995 10k, we can see that during the 1991-1994 time frame, NBTY's sales increased from $73 million to $156 million, net income increased from $1 million to $8 million, EPS increased from $.09 to $.53. NBTY's market cap increased from about $10 million to $400 million (a 40 fold increase) whereas NBTY's share price increased 25-30 fold. Share price increased less than market cap because of dilution.
From NBTY's 1999 10k, we can see that during the 1995-1998 time frame, NBTY's sales increased from $250 million to $570 million, net income increased from $13 million to $39 million, and EPS increased from $.19 to $.56 (don't compare the EPS figures to the ones above because there was apparently a stock split somewhere along the line which was adjusted for in the 1999 10k). NBTY's market cap increased from $140 million to $1.4 billion (10 fold increase), and the share price also experience a 10-fold increase, as there was little dilution during this period.
Although it's a different decade, different region, different market sentiment now, etc, it's still interesting to compare where CHBT is currently to NBTY's growth phases. CHBT started at around a $140 million market cap at the time of it's reverse merger in late 2006 (17 million shares at around $8/share), so it's not comparable to NBTY's first growth spurt which began from a very low $10 million market cap. But CHBT's market cap, sales, net income, EPS, and growth rates are comparable to NBTY's second growth spurt. From the fiscal year ending Mar 2009 to the fiscal year ending Mar 2012, it is possible that CHBT's sales will have increased from $55 million to $200 million, net income from $17 million to $60-$70 million, and EPS from $.89 to near $3. That should be supportive of a $1 billion plus market cap.
Stepping back and looking at the big picture again, in light of the financials of some of CHBT's peers/competitors, CHBT's CEO's claims of wanting to build the largest probiotics company in the world don't sound as outlandish as they did when I first heard them. Compared to the large European suppliers (Chr Hansen, Danisco, etc), it is possible that once Phase I and Phase II are complete CHBT will be supplying a larger share of bulk additives to the domestic market. CHBT is also in a surprisingly strong cash position compared to the European suppliers which have substantial amounts of debt. Lastly, the Danone/Wahaha article pointed out problems the large international companies can encounter trying to establish a presence in the Chinese domestic market. Compared to the smaller domestic competitors such as Biostime and Genmont, CHBT has scale, a strong cash position, and the advantage of being a US listed company. I hope CHBT tries to capture as much of the domestic market as possible before turning towards foreign markets/acquisitions. I also hope that they consider carefully the pros and cons of acquiring a dairy company and introducing their own yogurt/dairy products as that would turn CHBT into a competitor of many of it's current customers. Overall however, the conditions are there for CHBT to grow into a very large, profitable company. Now it is up to execution.