South Korea refiners will likely report strong results in the first quarter while display and battery makers could be disappointing due to slowed demand coupled with spike in raw materials prices.
According to the consensus of seven analysts compiled by Yonhap Infomax, SK Innovation is expected to have raked an operating profit of 1.3 trillion won ($1 billion) for the first quarter, reversing from previous quarter’s loss and doubled from a year earlier. S-Oil is expected to report record-high operating profit of 1.2 trillion won, up 94.9 percent from a year earlier. Its best record so far is 704.1 billion won earned in the second quarter 2008.
“Oil refiners’ profitability has improved sharply as inventory value rose on surging global oil prices while refining margin also jumped, said Cho Hyun-ryeol,” Samsung Securities analyst. “Strengthening in refining margin will likely continue as jet fuel demand is also projected to pick up from the second half,” Cho projected.
Refining margin, the difference between the price of raw materials (crude oil) and price of petroleum products, and which is considered refiner’s key indicator of profitability, has hit a 22-year high recently. Korean refiners see $4 to $5 per barrel a break-even point. The benchmark Singapore gross refining margin (GRM) reached $18.2 per barrel, the highest since recording tracking began in 2000, in the third week of April, after adding $0.8 in a week. Singapore GRM had $6 averaged early this year but rose rapidly to $13.9 per barrel in late March as Western countries sought cutting off Russian oil while global demand for petroleum products continued recovery.
The oil price spike has also helped refiners’ inventory value surge, which is translated as higher profits.
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With crack spread at historic , I think you won’t go wrong to hold oil refiners like Hengyuan and petronM for the next 6 months. Crack spreads indicate the refinery’s profit margin.
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Refining margin for Asian refiners is also jump about 100% for 4 months average of 2022 compared to the average in 2021. Good chance that FY2022 earning for Hengyuan and PetronM may even surpass the record achieved in 2017 .
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