Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Genting Malaysia - Maiden contribution from RWNY BUY


Maintain BUY on Genting Malaysia Bhd (GenM), with an unchanged RNAV-based fair value of RM4.30/share. GenM’s results were within consensus estimates and our expectations. 

We have tweaked GenM’s FY12F to FY13F earnings forecasts for housekeeping reasons and to account for lower daily wins per machine at “Resorts World New York”(RWNY). 

Our new assumption is a daily win of US$330/machine for FY12F versus US$400/machine previously. Year-to-date, average daily win was US$347/machine.

GenM recorded a maiden contribution from RWNY in FY11. Excluding cost overruns, which contributed to a loss of RM17.3mil in 4QFY11, operationally RWNY recorded revenue of RM95.3mil and EBITDA of RM23.6mil from two months of operations in FY11. This implies an EBITDA margin of 24.8%.

We understand that RWNY has stepped up its marketing efforts in New York and has implemented a bus programme running to, and from, Queens and Manhattan.

We also gather that there are seasonality trends to the average daily wins/machine. The average daily wins/machine tends to decline during winter and pick up during summer. 

As for the legalisation of a full-fledged casino licence in New York, we understand that the legislative process would take 2½ to three years. In Miami, the next seating for the approval of the casino bill would be in FY13F.

Revenue of GenM’s casino operations in Malaysia rose 7% YoY to RM5.4bil in FY11, underpinned by improvements in win percentage. If luck factor were to normalise, then revenue would have risen by only 4% YoY in FY11.  

Non-VIP players drove the increase in the volume of business. Volume of business from the non-VIP segment rose by a low double-digit percentage YoY in FY11. This helped compensate for a single-digit percentage decline in the volume of business from the VIP players.

In the UK, volume of business at the London casinos climbed 22% YoY in FY11. Volume of business at the provincial casinos was flat YoY in FY11.   

Source: AmeSecurities

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