Tuesday, 28 February 2012

DAYANG (FV RM2.34 - BUY) FY11 Results Review: Surprisingly Slower Quarter


Dayang’s FY11 results were below expectations, attributed to the  slowing in activities  owing to the  monsoon season,  some  demobilization and mobilization costs  in relation  to new contracts, as well as the carrying out of lower  margin work during the quarter. We are downgrading our FY12 earnings by 13%. Maintain Buy, but with a lower Fair Value of RM2.34.

Below estimates. Dayang’s FY11 results were within consensus but below our expectations, making up 98% and 86% of the FY11 forecasts.  In 3QFY11, we had upgraded our FY11 forecasts on expectations of more positive surprises coming from the delivery or  performance of  higher margin products and services but  we gather that apparently, most of the company’s customers had wound down their activities faster-than expected to prepare for the monsoon season.  Meanwhile,  we understand that  it performed lower margin work orders during the quarter and was  also affected by some demobilization as well as new mobilization costs in anticipation of new contracts. These caused its 4QFY11 revenue and EBIT to drop by 2.0% and 57.4% q-o-q.to RM99.1m and RM16.6m  respectively.  Nevertheless, YTD  FY11 revenue and EBIT  surged  49.7% and 31.5%  to  RM382.3m and RM111.8m  respectively,  contributed by the higher  number of brownfield services delivered in FY11 as Petronas and its PSC contractors became more active in local O&G developments compared with the previous year.

Buying more of Perdana Petroleum? Given that Dayang had net cash of RM136.2m as at Dec 2011, we would not be surprised if it decides to increase its current equity stake of more than 11% in Perdana. However, we believe that management would only do so after Perdana  has rolled out  its turnaround plan  to ensure that there would  be no erosion  in earnings for Dayang once it is bought up to the associate level. Although we are unsure of the timeline, we believe Perdana would be able to come  up  with  a turnaround plan quickly, and we would not be surprised if Perdana becomes Dayang’s associate.

Downgrading FY12 earnings forecast by 13%. As FY12  will be  a year  during which Dayang will be bidding for projects,  we our downgrading our FY12 earnings to factor in further demobilization costs of completed projects and  the mobilization costs incurred in respect of new projects.

Maintain Buy. Nevertheless, we are tweaking down our fair value for Dayang to RM2.34 (previously RM2.70) based on  the  existing PER of 13x FY12 EPS. Despite our downgrade, we  still like Dayang’s  strong  orderbook of over RM1.5bn,  which will  keep it busy over the next 2-3 years. Also, the company’s steady business model provides it with recurring income and a constant cash flow.

Source: OSK188

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