According to the Federal Tax Service of Russia as of March 1, 2019, four million companies are registered in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL). Herewith, from the total number of registered companies, about 187 thousand or 4,7% are entities with fictitious signs.
According to the Federal Tax Service of Russia, unreliable companies have the following signs:
- trading address of the company is not at the place of registration;
- the residence of company’s management is not at the place of registration;
- frequent change of company’s place of registration;
- no lease agreements with the premises owners;
- short-term business activity;
- the company (or individual entrepreneur) is represented by trustees registered in another region of the RF;
- change of company’s management just before the submission of tax accounts;
- inaccurate information on address, director, shareholder in EGRUL;
- directorship or shareholders are non-residents of Russia;
- the company’s head has no income;
- submission of zero accounting for several periods;
- the equality of income and expenditure with minimum profit;
- VAT offset ratio is more than 98%;
- lack of employees / single employee in the accounting;
- submission of tax returns with incorrect amendment serial number;
- lack of current accounts after registration of the company;
- closure of all bank accounts of the company;
- the company has more than 10 bank accounts;
- cash flow without account balances;
- registration of the company and opening of the accounts in different regions;
- failure to appear in tax authorities for interrogations more than two times.
The signs above are taken into account in the complex evaluation index by shell company signs in the Information and Analytical system Globas. The index is available for subscribers in the relevant section of company's report.
Information Agency Credinform presents a review of activity trends of the largest real economy companies from the Orenburg region.
Orenburg companies with the largest annual revenue (TOP-1000) have been selected for the analysis, according to the data from the Statistical Register for the latest available accounting periods (2012 — 2017). The analysis was based on the data from the Information and Analytical system Globas.
Net asset value indicates fair value of corporate assets and is calculated annually as assets on balance less company’s liabilities. Net asset value is negative (insufficiency of property) if liabilities are larger than the property value.
No. in TOP-1000, Name, INN, activity | Net asset value, billion RUB | Solvency index Globas | ||||
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
1 ORENBURGNEFT JSC INN 5612002469 Extraction of crude petroleum In process of reorganization in the form of acquisition of other legal entities, 26.03.2019 |
248,35 | 350,30 | 447,41 | 506,24 | 593,48 | 226 Strong |
2 GAZPROM DOBYCHA ORENBURG LLC INN 5610058025 Extraction of natural gas and gas condensate |
39,70 | 38,62 | 42,27 | 41,23 | 31,74 | 236 Strong |
3 URAL STEEL JSC INN 5607019523 Manufacture of crude iron, ferroalloy, steel |
22,04 | 26,35 | 29,29 | 29,61 | 28,84 | 225 Strong |
4 GAI MINING AND PROCESSING CO JSC INN 5604000700 Mining and dressing of copper ores |
16,50 | 15,18 | 17,37 | 18,88 | 16,66 | 252 Medium |
5 GAZPROM NEFT ORENBURG LLC INN 5610218014 Extraction of crude petroleum |
6,67 | 6,69 | 8,32 | 10,13 | 9,86 | 311 Adequate |
996 LLC Named After 11 KAVDIVISION INN 5638027411 Mixed farming A bankruptcy claim was filed against the company |
-0,02 | -1,00 | -1,07 | -1,00 | -1,07 | 400 Weak |
997 ORSKII VAGONNYI ZAVOD LLC INN 5614023224 Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock Process of being wound up, 26.06.2017 |
-0,12 | -1,90 | -3,06 | -0,95 | -1,08 | 600 Insufficient |
998 AGROFIRMA KRASNOKHOLMSKAYA LLC INN 5609044589 Growing of cereals A bankruptcy claim was filed against the company |
0,04 | -0,32 | -1,07 | -1,14 | -1,19 | 450 Unsatisfactory |
999 SOUTH URAL MINING AND PROCESSING COMPANY LLC INN 5607015014 Manufacture of cement |
-0,11 | -0,80 | -1,47 | -1,71 | -1,97 | 297 Medium |
1000 ORENBURG AIRLINES JSC INN 5638057840 Non-scheduled passenger air transportation Process of being wound up, 23.06.2017 |
1,35 | -0,32 | -7,55 | -15,75 | -17,54 | 600 Insufficient |
— growth compared to prior period, — decline compared to prior period.
Average net assets of TOP-1000 companies tended to increase during the last 5 years (Picture 1).
The share of TOP-1000 companies with insufficiency of property tends to increase within the last 5 years (Picture 2).
Sales revenue
In 2017 sales revenue of 10 industry leaders in the region amounted to 62% of total revenue of TOP-1000 companies (Picture 3). This is an indicator of a high level of industrial concentration in the Orenburg region.
In general, average industry revenue tends to increase (Picture 4).
Profit and loss
In 2017 net profit of 10 regional industry leaders amounted to 83% of total net profit of TOP-1000 companies (Picture 5).
In general, during the 5 years average industry profit of TOP-1000 companies tended to decrease (Picture 6).
During the last 5 years average industry net profit of TOP-1000 companies decreased, and the average net loss increased (Picture 7).
Key financial ratios
During the last 5 years average values of total liquidity ratio of TOP-1000 companies were above the recommended value — from 1,0 to 2,0, tending to increase (Picture 8).
Total liquidity ratio (a ratio of current assets to current liabilities) reveals the sufficiency of a company’s funds for meeting its short-term liabilities.
During the last decade, average industry values of return on investment ratio was relatively high, tending to decrease (Picture 9).
It is a ratio of net profit to total equity and noncurrent liabilities, and it demonstrates benefit from equity engaged in business activity and long-term raised funds of the company.
Assets turnover ratio is a ratio of sales revenue to average total assets for the period, and it measures resource efficiency regardless of the sources. The ratio indicates the number of profit-bearing complete production and distribution cycles per annum.
During the last 5 years, this activity ratio tended to decrease (Picture 10).
Structure of production and services
Crude petroleum and gas extraction enterprises and metal producers have the largest shares in total revenue of TOP-1000 companies (Picture 11).
78% of TOP-1000 companies are included in the Register of small and medium-sized businesses of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation. Their share in total revenue of TOP-1000 amounted to 16% that is lower than on national level (Picture 12).
Key regions of activity
TOP-1000 companies are registered in 39 districts and settlements of the region and are unevenly located throughout its territory. 68% of the largest enterprises by revenue are located in the regional center: Orenburg, Buzuluk and Buzuluk district (Picture 13).
Financial position score
Assessment of financial state of TOP-1000 companies indicates that most of the companies have stable or above average financial position (Picture 14).
Solvency index Globas
The majority of TOP-1000 companies have got a superior, high, strong or medium Solvency index Globas, that indicates their capability to meet liabilities timely and in full (Picture 15).
Index of industrial production
According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in 2018 the trend of increase in index of industrial production is observed in the Orenburg region (Picture 16). Average month-to-month index value is 98.3%
According to the same data, the share of the Orenburg region in all-Russian revenue from sales of goods, products and services amounted to 0.66% for 2018.
Conclusion
A comprehensive assessment of the largest real economy companies of the Orenburg region, that considers key indexes, financial figures and ratios, is indicative of negative trends (Table 2).
Trends and assessment factors | Relative share of the factor, % |
Rate of growth (decline) of average net assets | 10 |
Increase/ Decrease of share of companies with negative net assets | -10 |
Level of concentration of capital | -10 |
Rate of growth (decline) of revenue | 10 |
Rate of growth (decline) of average net profit (loss) | -10 |
Increase/ Decrease of average net profit of companies | -10 |
Increase/ Decrease of average net loss of companies | -10 |
Increase/ Decrease of average total liquidity ratio | 5 |
Increase/ Decrease of average return on investment ratio | -5 |
Increase/ Decrease of average assets turnover ratio, times | -10 |
Share of small and medium-sized business within the region by revenue over 22% | -10 |
Regional concentration | -10 |
Financial standing (majority share) | 10 |
Solvency index Glogas (majority share) | 10 |
Index of industrial production | 5 |
Average factors' value | -2,3 |
— positive trend (factor), — negative trend (factor).