Severfield — Good end-FY19 order book momentum

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Severfield — Good end-FY19 order book momentum

Higher order books in the UK and India are a positive way to end FY19, which concluded in line with previous guidance. UK market conditions appear to be stable while India is continuing to strengthen. Year-end net cash is similar to H1, and slightly below where we had previously expected, but Severfield retains its conservative balance sheet position. Save for the net cash adjustment, our estimates are unchanged; the P/E rating reduces from 11.1x for the trailing year to 10.3x for FY20 with EV/EBITDA equivalents of 6.8x and 5.9x respectively.

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Severfield

Good end-FY19 order book momentum

Year-end update

Construction & materials

29 April 2019

Price

76.0p

Market cap

£231m

Net cash (£m) at end March 2019

25

Shares in issue

303.9m

Free float

100%

Code

SFR

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

15.2

6.2

(2.6)

Rel (local)

11.2

(2.2)

(2.3)

52-week high/low

88.2p

64.6p

Business description

Severfield is a leading UK structural steelwork fabricator operating across a broad range of market sectors. An Indian facility undertakes structural steelwork projects for the local market and is fully operational.

Next events

FY19 results

19 June

Analyst

Toby Thorrington

+44 (0)20 3077 5721

Severfield is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Higher order books in the UK and India are a positive way to end FY19, which concluded in line with previous guidance. UK market conditions appear to be stable while India is continuing to strengthen. Year-end net cash is similar to H1, and slightly below where we had previously expected, but Severfield retains its conservative balance sheet position. Save for the net cash adjustment, our estimates are unchanged; the P/E rating reduces from 11.1x for the trailing year to 10.3x for FY20 with EV/EBITDA equivalents of 6.8x and 5.9x respectively.

Year end

Revenue (£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS**
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield**
(%)

03/17

262.2

20.3

5.7

2.3

13.3

3.0

03/18**

274.2

24.0

6.5

4.3

11.7

5.7

03/19e

279.2

25.0

6.8

2.8

11.1

3.7

03/20e

285.9

27.3

7.4

3.0

10.3

4.0

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding pension net finance costs, intangible amortisation and exceptional items. **FY18 DPS includes a 1.7p special dividend.

Solid UK operational performance and rising orders

The reported year-end order book of £274m is Severfield’s highest in the UK since November 2016, up from £230m at the interim stage. New project work in the Netherlands represents c £10m of this and traction in one of three highlighted new growth areas is to be welcomed. There are fewer large live projects on hand (the Google HQ is the largest) but underlying margins are understood to be stable with operational performance and workflow mix effects balancing out. We believe the order intake pattern will influence the shape of FY20 trading. New business wins have continued into the new financial year and management still sees a stable pipeline of opportunities.

Building order book and capacity in India

At £149m, the Indian JV order book has climbed to another record level (a further material increase from £124m at the H119 stage) reinforcing confidence in capacity expansion. This is underway (adding c 30,000 tonnes or c 50% to fabrication capacity), with completion expected around the end of FY20. Importantly, the commercial mix of the order book is improving (to nearer 50% of the total now) and this should have positive implications for margins as the projects move through to construction completion over the next couple of years.

Valuation: Positive sentiment trigger

Having trading around its year low in March, Severfield’s share price has recovered and regained the levels last seen following its H1 results in November and, as a result, it is up c 4% YTD (versus c 11% for the FTSE All Share Index.) Our post results valuation comments remain valid; the prospective P/E, EV/EBITDA and dividend yields of 10.3x, 5.9x and 4.0% all represent reasonable entry points in our view. We have previously flagged order book development as a potential positive trigger for sentiment and the latest newsflow is certainly providing good grounds for such a response.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

£m

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019e

2020e

2021e

Year end 31 March

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

12m to Dec

12m to Dec

15m to Mar

12m to Mar

12m to Mar

12m to Mar

12m to Mar

12m to Mar

12m to Mar

12m to Mar

12m to Mar

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

267.8

256.6

318.3

231.3

201.5

239.4

262.2

274.2

279.2

285.9

292.5

Cost of Sales

(246.9)

(268.8)

(330.9)

(217.8)

(186.7)

(219.6)

(236.3)

(244.9)

(249.0)

(253.2)

(258.9)

Gross Profit

20.9

(12.2)

(12.7)

13.5

14.9

19.8

25.9

29.3

30.3

32.7

33.6

EBITDA

 

 

19.5

(13.6)

(13.6)

12.0

13.6

18.9

25.7

29.0

30.2

32.9

34.1

Operating Profit - Edison

 

 

15.0

(17.7)

(18.6)

8.4

10.0

15.2

22.1

25.4

26.1

28.3

29.0

Net Interest

(1.6)

(1.6)

(2.0)

(0.6)

(0.5)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.1)

Associates

(2.5)

0.2

(0.3)

(3.0)

(0.2)

(0.2)

0.5

0.9

1.1

1.2

1.3

SBP

(0.3)

(0.0)

(0.1)

(0.2)

(0.5)

(1.1)

(2.0)

(2.0)

(2.0)

(2.0)

(2.0)

Intangible Amortisation

(2.7)

(2.7)

(3.5)

(2.7)

(2.6)

(2.6)

(2.6)

(1.3)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Pension Net Finance Costs

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.6)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

Exceptionals

(0.6)

(1.0)

(3.8)

(5.3)

(5.9)

(0.9)

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Profit Before Tax (norm) - Edison

 

10.6

(19.1)

(20.9)

4.5

8.8

13.7

20.3

24.0

25.0

27.3

28.1

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

10.1

(19.6)

(21.5)

4.0

8.3

13.2

19.8

23.5

24.5

26.8

27.6

Profit Before Tax (statutory)

 

 

6.8

(23.3)

(28.9)

(4.1)

(0.2)

9.6

18.1

22.2

24.5

26.8

27.6

Tax

(0.9)

3.9

5.7

1.4

0.3

(1.0)

(2.7)

(4.1)

(4.4)

(4.8)

(5.0)

Profit After Tax (norm)

7.7

(16.2)

(17.9)

3.1

7.4

11.4

17.0

19.5

20.6

22.5

23.2

Profit After Tax (statutory)

5.8

(19.4)

(23.1)

(2.6)

0.1

8.6

15.3

18.0

20.1

22.0

22.7

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

89.3

89.3

89.3

295.8

297.5

297.5

298.9

299.7

301.7

303.5

303.5

EPS - norm (p) - Edison

 

 

4.51

(9.42)

(10.42)

1.05

2.47

3.84

5.70

6.52

6.83

7.40

7.64

EPS - norm (p)

 

 

4.21

(9.72)

(9.45)

0.88

2.31

3.67

5.53

6.35

6.66

7.24

7.47

EPS - statutory (p)

 

 

3.41

(11.33)

(13.49)

(0.89)

0.05

2.89

5.13

6.02

6.66

7.24

7.47

Dividend per share (p)

5.0

1.5

0.8

0.0

0.5

1.5

2.3

4.3

2.8

3.0

3.3

Gross Margin (%)

7.8

-4.8

-4.0

5.8

7.4

8.3

9.9

10.7

10.8

11.4

11.5

EBITDA Margin (%)

7.3

-5.3

-4.3

5.2

6.7

7.9

9.8

10.6

10.8

11.5

11.7

Op. Margin - Edison (%)

5.6

-6.9

-5.8

3.6

4.9

6.4

8.4

9.2

9.3

9.9

9.9

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

156.9

155.6

154.9

147.7

145.1

149.3

148.3

154.5

162.6

166.7

170.3

Intangible Assets

72.9

70.4

69.8

64.6

61.8

59.2

56.3

54.8

54.7

54.7

54.7

Tangible Assets

79.6

76.2

76.1

74.1

76.6

77.4

78.9

81.2

83.8

86.2

88.0

Investments

4.4

8.9

8.9

9.0

6.7

12.7

13.1

18.5

24.1

25.8

27.5

Current Assets

 

 

100.5

69.8

80.5

72.2

76.3

75.1

107.1

99.2

101.2

114.0

127.1

Stocks

9.1

7.1

8.2

5.8

4.8

5.3

7.8

9.6

10.8

11.0

11.2

Debtors

89.2

61.2

71.6

60.8

64.6

50.7

66.5

56.4

65.1

67.1

69.2

Cash

2.3

1.4

0.7

5.5

6.9

19.0

32.8

33.1

25.3

35.8

46.7

Current Liabilities

 

 

(103.6)

(97.0)

(112.5)

(57.9)

(59.7)

(58.2)

(78.7)

(66.1)

(66.4)

(67.8)

(69.1)

Creditors

(70.3)

(66.1)

(70.9)

(52.7)

(59.5)

(58.1)

(78.5)

(65.9)

(66.3)

(67.7)

(69.0)

Short term borrowings

(33.3)

(30.9)

(41.7)

(5.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(21.6)

(21.7)

(20.4)

(18.5)

(21.1)

(17.9)

(22.5)

(18.7)

(18.1)

(18.1)

(18.1)

Long term borrowings

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.2)

(0.0)

(0.6)

(0.4)

(0.2)

(0.0)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other long term liabilities

(21.3)

(21.4)

(20.2)

(18.5)

(20.5)

(17.5)

(22.3)

(18.6)

(18.1)

(18.1)

(18.1)

Net Assets

 

 

132.3

106.6

102.4

143.4

140.6

148.2

154.2

169.0

179.4

194.8

210.2

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(5.4)

12.9

3.1

2.1

11.4

24.8

27.4

22.9

20.0

31.1

32.5

Net Interest

(2.0)

(1.3)

(1.7)

(0.8)

(0.8)

(0.2)

(0.1)

(0.2)

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

Tax

(3.7)

(2.7)

(2.3)

0.4

(1.0)

(0.9)

(2.4)

(3.9)

(4.6)

(4.4)

(4.8)

Capex

(1.5)

(0.2)

(1.4)

(1.5)

(1.3)

(4.3)

(5.3)

(5.4)

(6.7)

(7.0)

(7.0)

Acquisitions/disposals

(0)

(2)

(3.0)

(3.5)

(1.7)

(4.1)

(0.4)

(5.5)

(4.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

Financing

0

0

0.0

44.8

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Dividends

(3.6)

(4.5)

(4.5)

0.0

0.0

(3.0)

(5.1)

(7.5)

(13.4)

(8.6)

(9.3)

Net Cash Flow

(16.3)

1.7

(9.7)

41.5

6.7

12.4

14.0

0.4

(7.7)

10.5

10.8

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

15.0

31.3

31.3

41.2

(0.3)

(6.1)

(18.4)

(32.4)

(32.9)

(25.2)

(35.7)

HP finance leases

0.0

0.1

0.0

(0.2)

(0.3)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.1)

0.0

0.0

Other

(0)

(0)

(0)

0.2

(0.6)

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

31.3

29.7

41.2

(0.3)

(6.1)

(18.4)

(32.4)

(32.9)

(25.2)

(35.7)

(46.5)

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