Press Metal’s 80%-owned subsidiary, Press Metal Bintulu SB (PMB), has inked a term sheet with Syarikat Sesco for the supply of an additional 500 megawatts (MW) of power to PMB to undertake its proposed Phase III expansion, which would double the present aluminium smelting capacity at its plant in Samalaju, Sarawak to 640,000 tonnes per annum (tpa).
Together with its smelting plant in Mukah, the expansion could see the group expanding its smelting capacity to 760,000 tpa, which is about 1.5% of global primary aluminium consumption.
Press Metal already runs successful aluminium smelters in Sarawak, which are in the first quartile of the global production cost curve.
Although the tariff for the additional power supply is confidential, understand from management that the profitability of Phases II and III of the smelter is similar, after imputing a lower capex and potentially greater efficiency, for the new plant.
Meanwhile, the first drawdown of 330MW will start in end-2015, while the remaining 170MW will be drawn down from early-2018 onwards. To be prudent, we imputed the new capacity into our financial model, which assumes contributions only from 2016 onwards together with some higher costs.
Thus, our FY16 estimates rise by 27.7% to MYR555m !!!
Excited over the news of the capacity expansion, as it is timely for Press Metal to ride on the bottoming out of aluminium prices and expand its presence in the aluminium industry.
Its projected record earnings indicate that the company can fund this project using internally-generated funds together with bank borrowings, while maintaining its generous dividend payout policy of 30%-50%.
Thus, reiterate BUY with a higher TP of MYR5.75 (from MYR4.72),
which we derive from a 10% discount to our latest DCF valuation, on a fully diluted basis.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium cash price corrected after breaching the USD2,100 a tonne level in September.
However, we notice that it is now back on an uptrend – it last traded at USD2,011 a tonne (as of 18 Nov), which was a sharp rise from a low of USD1,858.75 a tonne in October.
While we are unable to say with certainty that aluminium prices will not drop further,
Believed the increasing deficit in supply is a good sign that aluminium prices are
bottoming out at the current level and stand a good chance of surprising on the upside.
Press Metal’s 4Q14 profit to come in around MYR90m on higher aluminium prices.
Based on the all-in aluminium price estimate of USD2,400 in 2015,
Anticipate the group’s earnings to improve further to approximately MYR105m a quarter or MYR417m in FY15.
On the back of additional volume from Phase III of the smelter and assumption of a 1.5% YoY increase in the LME spot price to USD2,030 and flattish premium of USD400 a tonne, we expect Press Metal to hit another record milestone with a profit of MYR555m in FY16.
Projected Press Metal’s earnings to improve year after year until 2020, the current aluminium price movements suggest a high likelihood of an earnings upside, given our conservative assumption in our financial model
As Press Metal owns the country’s first smelter (thus becoming the first aluminium smelter counter under our coverage),
Conducted a cursory global peer comparison based on consensus estimates.
Meanwhile, its global peers are currently trading within 9.6-31.3x FY14 and 6.8-16.2x FY15 P/Es but our new TP of MYR5.75 implies a 24.1x/15.2x P/E on FY14F/FY15F projections.
While it appears to be almost at the higher range of its regional peer valuation, we think investors must look at our valuation for its FY16 - a year in which most of its peers have no expansion plans in the pipeline even as Press Metal’s
Phase III expansion would further trim its implied P/E to only 11.4x – which would be its peer average’s projected P/E for 2015.
Therefore, our earnings base valuation remains reasonable (while there is also room for its valuation to expand),
STRONGLY believe earnings estimates were largely TOO CONSERVATIVE !
Having said that, our view and year-end target of 1,910 remains unchanged.
We believe the domestic market will still be supported by the strong domestic liquidity position and the favourable seasonal pattern. Besides, as FBMKLCI is traded at 7% discount to its consensus target price of 1,945, the downside could be limited.
Based on the track records between FBMKLCI and its consensus target, we believe any dips below 1,830 should serve as “Buying On Weakness” (B.O.W.) opportunities.
Apart from YTD underperformers / laggards, we still like BARAKAH (OP, TP:
1。 To double its smelting capacity for aluminium in gots in Samalaju, Sarawak to 640,000 tonnes from the present 320,000 tonnes in order to meet the fast-growing demand globally (“Proposed Phase III Smelter”).
2。Also owns and operates another smelter in Mukah, Sarawak with a 120,000-tonne capacity under its 80%-owned Press Metal Sarawak Sdn Bhd (“PMS”).
总共:Wow, Smelting capacity to 760,000 tpa !! ( ~1.5% of global primary aluminium consumption ! )
3。在Proposed Phase III Smelter,SEB has entrusted us with an additional 500MW of power which is another important milestone@PMETAL to expand our presence in the aluminium industry.
4。The Japanese partner has the first refusal right to maintain a 20% stake in this new project.
5。Press Metal’s further investment in the Sarawak Corridor for Renewable Energy (SCORE) will also create more job and business opportunities for the people in Sarawak. (国政政府发展SARAWAK州的大PROJECT @NKEA)
6。再加上The new plant is expected to cost less than the amount we spent to build Phase II, even though Phase III has a similar capacity. Simply because Phase III will be sharing some common facilities that are already in place。
7。Generating healthy cash flow. Comfortable that can fund the project with bank borrowings and using internally-generated funds。
8. Conclusion:
8.1 今世今日, PRESS METAL operates two aluminium smelting plants in Mukah and Samalaju in Sarawak.
8.2 Also operates aluminium extrusion plants in Selangor, Malaysia, Guangdong & Hubei, both in China, with a combined extrusion capacity of 190,000 tpa.
8.3 RHB@OSK 所给的TP RM5.75理想及可信任的目标价。
8.4 净利 8.4.1 Dec 2013 rm15 mil 8.4.2 Dec 2014 rm263 mil (F) 8.4.3 Dec 2015 rm417 mil (F) 8.4.4 Dec 2016 rm 555 mil (F)
8.5 有不错的股息(Maintaining its Generous Dividend Payout Policy of 30%-50%.)
8.6 PMETAL will further invest into Sarawak Corridor for Renewable Energy ( SCORE).
To be able to increase its total smelting capacity from the existing 440,000 tonne to 760,000 tonne。
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....
Kok Leong Chan
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Posted by Kok Leong Chan > 2014-11-21 15:37 | Report Abuse
This counter does not follow klci one....u scared, it ups until u drop your spectacles....hahaha