Revenue RM3800 million. Sales volume: 7.7 billion barrels ASP per barrels: RM 3800/7.7 = RM 493.5
If next quarter average realisea profit margin of USD 15 per barrels then Profit margin will be usd 7.7x 15 = USD 115.5 million. That will be very explosive.
You can monitor the crack spread daily at below link.
Compared to corresponding quarter, revenue increased 90% but EPS only by a paltry 3.4%. The 230m derivative loss is massive although I believe a big chunk is unrealised. Did a rogue trader contribute to this calamity?
Despite the leaping oil prices and the so-called improving crack spreads, the results are disappointing. Looks like the management lacked the caliber and could not seize the moment and make some windfall profits. The massive derivative loss implies that the traders seriously failed at almost every hand in the game trying to out guess the crude price trajectory. They were not mediocre but below mediocre.
I wonder how the 100%-owned sister company had performed. I hope the external auditors are alert to any possible tricks to try to park profits with it and losses with the listed entity.
Hengyuan is a complex refiner which produces 35% diesel + 40% gasoline with almost 0% fuel oil (with the rest Jet Fuel & LPG)
PetronM is a simple refiner which produces almost 10% Fuel Oil..
Crack Spread of Fuel Oil is NEGATIVE.
This is a critical difference between Hengyuan & PetronM majority do not know and will always fail to know (on top of the real refining throughput of these refiners)
Per QR, total derivative losses charged is RM230 mil, out of which $52 mil is unrealised. Hopefully, the unrealised portion of $52mil which is a temporary mark to market difference will come back in next qtr (?). Imagine if there is no massive RM230 mil derivative losses charged, Q1 results would have been explosive too. If the treasury people/traders don't screw up again, Q2's profit will surely be explosive!
Petronm normally do not hedge much because Petronm sell their main products thro retail petrol station direct to consumers hence I was suprise why Petronm inccured a derivative losses of 230 million in q1 end 31th March 2022.
From below article - Hengyuan refinery falls under Deep Conversion and since PetronM does not even have a Catalytic Cracker it falls under Hydroskimmer category
Think about this ... The share price shot up in anticipation of a favourable quarterly results against the backdrop of better crack spreads & inventory gains etc. Then the price started a steep downfall to something reflective of the results even before the results were announced.
Think about this ... The share price shot up in anticipation of a favourable quarterly results against the backdrop of better crack spreads & inventory gains etc. Then the price started a steep downfall to something reflective of the results even before the results were announced.
Guys look. This is a cornered share.. No one cares on the reports.. Only we do.. Kaki goreng dont care..it will go up wit kaki goreng ok.. So its either is gorenged or not..good results or bad dont mean anything.. Wake me up when it reaches rm20... I m off to golf... :-)))))
Supersinginvestor is right. Petronm free float share is very limited hence it will depend on kaki goreng to make use story of high crack spread and Atlantic hurricane season from June through November to goreng up petronm to reach RMXX.
Cash flow are tie down to increase in invetories value and receivables (Government Fuel subsidise payment) Cash flow before change in working capital is positive RM 237,338,000
Refining business profit is depend on refining margin (crack spread). The oil price up or down only give you quarterly inventories gain/loss.
Most likely Petronm overhedge its derivatives financial instruments: Forward exchange contracts and Commodity swaps thus result in a Loss of derivatives: RM 230,011,000 in quarter financial end 31 March 2022?
@Sslee, the derivative loss is certainly in commodity swap. I think Petronm hedged too aggressively the crude (raw material) they need for refining. Bear in mind that crude Brent price swung wildly in the qtr. It started (3rd Jan) at around USD78 and increased all the way to around USD124 (8th Mar) and plunged to USD96 (16th Mac) and it ended at USD103 on 31 Mac. When the Ukraine war broke out, oil traders in PetronM might have taken big position at high end of the price (eg USD124) thinking that Brent could scaled beyond USD124. Unfortunately, Brent came off drastically after peaking at USD124 around 8th march.
on the other hand, i also wonder could they have hedge on the refined products side more as they outsource these (from parent company petron) with a certain fixed margin and the explosion on the refined products price at the end of Mar 22'' would have reflected as lost opportunity on capitalizing these margin expansion due to hedging
if they had not hedged, the profit would have been explosive basically
Posted by Johnzhang > May 28, 2022 1:35 PM | Report Abuse
@Sslee, the derivative loss is certainly in commodity swap. I think Petronm hedged too aggressively the crude (raw material) they need for refining. Bear in mind that crude Brent price swung wildly in the qtr. It started (3rd Jan) at around USD78 and increased all the way to around USD124 (8th Mar) and plunged to USD96 (16th Mac) and it ended at USD103 on 31 Mac. When the Ukraine war broke out, oil traders in PetronM might have taken big position at high end of the price (eg USD124) thinking that Brent could scaled beyond USD124. Unfortunately, Brent came off drastically after peaking at USD124 around 8th march.
you can see their net profit margin has barely changed from previous qtr...at such thin margin between outsourced refined products from parent company and retail price (pre-agreed terms with Petron Philippines), they cannot capitalize the rise in refined products price at the end of Mar 22'
the crack expansion was solely benefitted by the refinery (parent company) with fat margin
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Posted by supersinginvestor > 2022-05-26 17:53 | Report Abuse
Wow 39 sen eps..
And trading at 6.3 wtf..
Toooo cheap..
I add more tom...
Congrats petronm..
Hope u become next petdag...
:-))))))))