First Habib Modaraba is a perpetual, multi-purpose Modaraba managed by Habib Modaraba Management (Private) Limited. It is listed on all the stock exchanges of Pakistan. The Modaraba is engaged in the business of leasing, Musharika, Murabaha financing and other related business like equity investment and certificate of Musharika.
However, its principal activity is to maintain a portfolio of leased assets, which are comprised of plant, machinery and equipment, fixtures and fittings and vehicles. It subsequently leases the portfolio of fixed assets and derives revenue from lease rental activities.
First Habib Modaraba is making tremendous efforts in this context and wide range of plant and machinery, office equipment, furniture fixture, computers and motor vehicles are made available to various customers though leasing arrangement, which helped them to save on capital outlays, preserve existing lines of credit, avail tax benefit and concentrate available financial resources fully on production of goods and services. Customers who have benefited from the First Habib Modaraba leasing operation include;
-- Manufacturing concerns
-- Banks and other service organizations
-- Trading concerns
With the fast growing acceptability of leasing business in the recent years, the market potential and competition requires an innovative, but cautious approach to business, which will always conform to the requirements of Shariah. FHM intends to pursue a stable-growth strategy to maintain and improve market share.
The management of FHM has always given emphasis on building-up quality assets portfolio which is evident from the fact that until now it has no bad debts. Efforts have always been made to enlarge the area of business in a prudent manner and execute funding transaction judiciously on selective basis with in-depth assessment of client. The Management always believes in steady growth and not on the policy of aggressive investment in which funds invested may not be recovered in timely manner. The financial facility is extended purely on economic consideration keeping in view the safety of Modaraba, funds, business morality, and financial integrity of borrowers.
Financial Performance (FY04-FY07)
FHM has achieved an excellent result for FY07 and all its business segments showed strong performance in a highly competitive market. Significant progress was made in terms of writing new leases. Disbursement of approximately Rs 1781 million was made. Rental collection also improved by 25% compared to same period last year (SPLY). The Modaraba registered a profit of Rs 149 million, which is the highest in the history of the Modaraba.
However, both net and gross profit margins registered a negative trend on account of increasing gross revenue. ROE which declined sharply in 2005 due to higher equity base, recovered slightly in 2006 due to high PAT. But it again declined in FY07 due to higher increase in equity base than in PAT. FHM has highest equity base in the entire Modaraba sector.
ROA also showed a slight decline in FY07 from the previous year due a modest increase in PAT compared to robust increase in assets base. The income to expense ratio of FHM has remained stable hovering between 1.2 and 1.24 showing that FHM is able to cover its expenses by higher revenues.
The liquidity position has also improved considerably with current ratio rising to 1.0 in FY06 showing FHM's increased ability to meet its short-term liability via its current assets. However, it still needs to improve further in this regard and maintain or increase the ratio from 1.
All the debt management ratios indicate FHM's reduced reliance on debt financing compared to equity financing. D/A ratio has declined overall from 2004 but has increased slightly in 2006 due to increase in security deposits, Morabaha financing (long-term debts) and certificates of Musharika financing. It again declined slightly in FY07.
D/E ratio also follows a trend similar to D/A declining overall but rising slightly in 2006 due to above-mentioned reasons. It also declined slightly in FY07 due to higher equity growth than debts. This is further confirmed by the long-term debt to equity ratio, which has decreased in 2007.
TIE ratio has plummeted in 2005 due to lower EBIT coupled with high financial charges in 2005. In 2006 the ratio remained flat due to almost equal increases in EBIT and finance costs. It further deteriorated in FY07 due to higher increase in interest expense (almost 60%) compared to that in EBIT (only 29%). Hence one can say that FHM needs to work hard in improving its interest covering ability.
The (P/E) ratio shows how much investors are willing to pay per rupee of the reported profits, depends on the company's price per share and its the earnings per share (EPS).
The EPS has remained almost constant hovering between 1.35 and 1.48 and year-end market prices of FHM have been declining till FY06 but rose again in FY07 as shown by the trend line. Hence, the P/E ratio followed an overall declining trend till FY06 only but rose in FY07, driven mainly by the effect of declining market price of shares. The P/E ratio of FHM is much higher than other companies in the Modaraba sector, reflecting the investor's confident in FHM.
FHM is currently trading on attractive valuations. Its book value per share shows a positive trend on the account of expanding equity base, which is the highest in the entire Modaraba sector. This is due to increase mainly in reserves and issued capital after 2004, compared to very modest changes in the number of shares. This reflects that now investors/ shareholders are willing to pay more for a share of the company.
As evident from the erratic DPS trend, the company did not skip dividend during any of the years. The regular and attractive dividend distributions to its prime stakeholders-shareholders coupled with a decent BV/share, shows maximization of shareholder's wealth as a prime objective of FHM.
FUTURE PROSPECTS: If we look to future of country's economy there are many areas of concern such as political uncertainty, low investments in the industry due to high interest rates, higher inflationary spiral due to surge in international oil prices, fiscal deficit due to higher debt servicing and price increase of imported inputs. In order to mitigate these risks the government needs to monitor the situation carefully and take corrective and timely measures as there is no short-cut available to revive the economy.
FHM looks into the future with confidence and expects enhancement of business activity particularly in industrial sector. The company is continuing its efforts to consolidate its position and tap opportunities for further business growth.
Due to low capital investments in the industrial sector on the account of rising interest rates and shrinkage of good quality corporate entities and intense competition in leasing sector posed new challenges for leasing business. First Habib Modaraba continues to lay focus on upcoming challenges for further improvements of business in prudent manner.
The management is diversifying its business opportunities as Islamic Financial Service Provider Modaraba in the Non-Banking Sector. Documents of various new Islamic products have been sent to the Registrar of the SECP. Once these new modes of Islamic Finance are approved, it will infuse new energy in the entire Modaraba sector. Hence we expect a positive outlook for the company.
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Habib Modaraba Financials
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Balance sheet 2004 2005 2006 2007
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ASSETS
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NON-CURRENT ASSETS
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Fixed assets - tangible
Assets leased out 1,723,615,641 2,047,013,872 2,744,844,126 3,185,142,412
Assets in own use 2,925,159 4,117,027 7,328,096 6,166,893
1,726,540,800 2,051,130,899 2,752,172,222 3,191,309,305
Intangible assets 89,890 196,884 213,181 148,259
Long-term advances
and deposit 1,166,654 799,685 1,406,962 1,163,697
2,052,127,468 2,753,792,365 3,192,620,261
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CURRENT ASSETS
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Investments -
available for sale 329,009,596 568,367,801 987,037,140 1,679,755,743
Short-term Murabaha finance - 72,114,600 0
Lease rentals receivable
- secured, considered good 1,342,220 1,293,772 1,429,265 6,944,022
Advances, deposits, prepayments
and other receivables 1,400,483 3,289,785 1,979,753 2,679,299
Cash and bank balances 72,268,402 31,968,744 73,492,296 125,152,564
404,020,701 604,920,102 1,136,053,054 1,808,281,628
TOTAL ASSETS 2,131,818,045 2,657,047,570 3,889,845,419 5,000,901,889
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EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
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CAPITAL AND RESERVES
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Certificate Capital:
Authorised capital 300,000,000 600,000,000 600,000,000 600,000,000
Issued, subscribed
and paid-up capital 252,000,000 504,000,000 504,000,000 504,000,000
Reserves 384,499,004 822,802,197 1,291,312,368 1,993,691,178
Certificate holders' equity 636,499,004 1,326,802,197 1,795,312,368 2,497,691,178
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NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
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Long-term morabaha
finances - secured 149,045,834 171,618,615 360,293,146 442,850,790
Certificates of
musharaka - unsecured 88,185,000 67,295,000 14,370,000 29,961,459
Security deposits against assets 114,026,769 147,877,495 188,591,225 218,815,473
3,173,620 386,791,110 563,254,371 691,627,722
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CURRENT LIABILITIES
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Morabaha finances
- current portion 212,293,105 171,040,391 265,302,608 318,473,541
Certificates of musharaka
- current portion 795,616,049 520,952,497 991,629,383 1,161,797,269
Security deposits
- current portion 35,195,843 39,373,252 40,544,153 60,354,810
Short-term musharaka
finances - secured - 153,000,000 150,000,000 100,000,000
Advance lease rentals received 13,771,524 13,028,473 19,241,025 19,306,867
Accrued and other liabilities 22,829,637 34,414,930 49,724,524 64,583,432
Taxation - net 1,671,050 1,565,703 1,482,815 1,648,700
Unclaimed profit distribution 9,110,610 10,079,017 10,917,965 12,047,380
1,140,887,818 943,454,263 1,531,278,680 1,811,582,989
TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,495,319,041 1,330,245,373 3,889,845,419 5,000,901,889
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TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 2,131,818,045 2,657,047,570 3,889,845,419 5000901889
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INCOME STATEMENT 2004 2005 2006 2007
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INCOME
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Lease rentals 828,884,214 1,008,815,269 1,200,665,344 1,500,453,901
Profit on murabaha finance 13,659,329 4,805,336 5,735,693 2,508,798
Gross Revenue 842,543,543 1,013,620,605 1,206,401,037 1,502,962,699
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EXPENSES
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Depreciation on
fixed assets leased out 680,350,419 812,766,804 945,712,484 1,213,962,379
Administrative expenses 21,449,658 27,299,304 24,923,306 34,653,943
total expenses 701,800,077 840,066,108 970,635,790 1,248,616,322
Operating Profit 763,346,195 173,554,497 235,765,247 254,346,377
Other income 13,659,329 19,220,893 34,379,722 92,820,553
EBIT 777,005,524 192,775,390 270,144,969 347,166,930
Financial Charges 61,546,118 79,692,211 113,391,403 181,266,454
715,459,406 113,083,179 156,753,566 165,900,476
Modaraba company's
management fee -7,919,735 -11,308,318 -15,675,357 -16,590,048
Profit for the year 71,277,613 101,774,861 141,078,209 149,310,428
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EARNINGS PER CERTIFICATE
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- Basic and diluted 1.35 1.42 1.4 1.48
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FINANCIAL RATIOS 2004 2005 2006 2007
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PROFITABILITY RATIOS 2004 2005 2006 2007
Profit Margin 8.46% 10.04% 11.69% 9.93%
Gross Profit Margin 9.40% 11.16% 12.99% 11.04%
Return on Assets 3.34% 3.83% 3.63% 2.99%
Return on Equity 11.20% 7.67% 7.86% 5.98%
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LIQUIDITY RATIOS 2004 2005 2006 2007
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Current Ratio 0.35 0.64 0.74 1.00
Income/Expense Ratio 1.20 1.21 1.24 1.20
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DEBT MANAGEMENT RATIOS 2004 2005 2006 2007
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Debt to Asset 0.70 0.50 0.54 0.50
Debt to Equity Ratio 2.35 1.00 1.17 1.00
Long Term Debt to Equity 0.00 0.29 0.31 0.28
Times Interest Earned 12.62 2.42 2.38 1.92
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MARKET RATIOS 2004 2005 2006 2007
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Earning per share 1.35 1.42 1.40 1.48
Price/Earnings Ratio 7.50 5.55 5.16 9.01
Dividend per share 1.00 0.75 1.00 1.00
Book value per share 12.63 13.16 17.81 24.78
No of Shares issued (in thousand 50400.00 100800.00 100800.00 100800.00
Market prices(Average) 10.13 7.88 7.23 13.34
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