- We maintain our BUY
call on Bumi Armada, with an unchanged sum-of-parts-based fair value of
RM5.05/share, which implies an FY12F PE of 26x.
- The group has
secured a fresh charter worth US$65mil (RM198mil) for its accommodation
workboat, Armada Firman 3 from Mexico-based Tecnologias Relacionadas con
Denergia y Servicious Especializados S.A. de C.V.
- This 5-year
charter, which has an option for an additional 5 year extension, is expected to
be effective 7 May 2012. The vessel will provide accommodation and offshore
support services to Mexico’s oil & gas fields.
- The 75-metre long
vessel, built in 2008 with Dynamic Positioning 2 capability, equipped with a
40-tonne single wire-line deck crane and is able to accommodate 218 people, was
already operating on a long-term charter in Mexico. It is one of seven
accommodation workboats in the group’s fleet of 43 offshore support vessels.
- Armada Firman 3’s
daily charter rate of US$163/bed is slightly higher than the previous charter
and falls within the group’s range of US$83/bed-US$258/bed for this vessel segment.
But this is still higher than the group’s average due to the higher rates for
vessels operating in Mexico.
- The extension of
this charter is within our expectations, hence, we maintain our FY12F-FY14F
earnings. Including renewable options of RM3.1bil to the group’s firm orders, the
group’s total order book stands at RM10.5bil – which represents 4.6x FY12F
revenue. This is likely to increase as the group is currently bidding for four
FPSO contracts as well as marginal field concessions.
- Besides FPSO jobs,
the group is on the prowl to acquire additional platform supply vessels and
accommodation work boats given its tightening asset utilisation rates, almost
at 100%. This also supports our view that marine charter operations for the
industry are reaching an inflection point, which will lead to a significant
increase in charter rates in 2H2012.
- Despite the
possibility of further selling pressure from bumiputra shareholders- who still
retain an estimated 17% stake in the group, we continue to like the stock due
to the following re-rating catalysts:- (1)Likelihood of new floating production
storage and offloading vessel contracts as oil & gas developments reignite
globally, (2) tightening vessel utilisation rates, and (3) premium scarcity for
oil & gas stocks with large market capitalisation.
- The stock currently
trades at an attractive FY12F PE of 21x compared with SapuraCrest Petroleum’s
peak of 29x in 2007.
Source: AmeSecurities
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