Pochteca is a Mexico-based company with an international footprint focused on the sale and distribution of industrial raw materials. We serve a wide array of sectors including water treatment, mining, food and automotive industries, oil exploration and drilling, personal care, cleaning and sanitization products, metalworking and tens more industries in Mexico, Central and South America. Our stock trades on the Mexico Stock Exchange (BMV) under the ticker symbol POCHTEC.
10 quality control
10 research and application development
+20,500 active customers for the year
+258,000 purchase orders
+333,000 tons delivered during the year
32 Mexico
3 Central America
6 Brazil
+310,000 m2 of logistics capacity
+7,300 products
+20.5 million liters of storage capacity
+3 million liters of recovered solvent
| 2017 | 2016 | % Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 6,333 | 6,139 | 3.2% |
| Gross Profit | 1,150 | 1,075 | 7.0% |
| Gross Margin (%) | 18.2% | 17.5% | 70pb |
| Operating Profit | 234 | 116 | 101.4% |
| Operating Margin (%) | 3.7% | 1.9% | 180pb |
| Depreciation | 127 | 132 | -3.7% |
| EBITDA | 361 | 248 | 45.5% |
| EBITDA Margin (%) | 5.7% | 4.0% | 170pb |
| Financial Expense | (134) | (81) | 64.7% |
| Forex Gain (Loss) | (54) | (50) | 9.7% |
| Pre-tax Income | 46 | (15) | NC |
| Net Income (Loss) | (54) | (6) | 848.4% |
| Net Debt/ EBITDA 12M | 1.97x | 2.93x | |
| EBITDA/ Interest 12M | 2.69x | 3.05x | |
| EBITDA = operating earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation and amortization; NC = non comparable Ps = Mexican pesos | |||