Braemar Shipping Services — Update 24 January 2017

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Braemar Shipping Services — Update 24 January 2017

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Braemar Shipping Services

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Trading update

Industrial support services

24 January 2017

Price

245.0p

Market cap

£74m

Net cash (£m) at 31 December 2016

1.7

Shares in issue

30.2m

Free float

70%

Code

BMS

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(11.7)

(27.3)

(43.1)

Rel (local)

(12.8)

(28.6)

(52.5)

52-week high/low

469.0p

245.0p

Business description

Braemar Shipping Services is a leading global shipping services group, with interests ranging from shipbroking (44% of FY16 revenues) to the supply of specialist technical (34%) and logistics (22%) support to various parties involved in the transport of goods by sea and in the energy sector.

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FY17 results

May 2017

Analysts

Andy Chambers

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Nigel Harrison

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

Braemar Shipping Services is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

While the shipbroking activity continues to trade in line with expectations, weakness in the oil & gas market has continued to adversely impact the Technical division. Corrective actions have been accelerated, with £6m of benefit expected in FY18. FY17 EBIT guidance is cut to £3-3.5m and the reduced dividend should more closely reflect the underlying earnings potential, with an historic yield of 5.7% likely to build as earnings recover.

Year
end

Revenue (£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

02/15

145.6

11.22

32.3

26.0

7.6

10.6

02/16

159.1

13.37

34.7

26.0

7.1

10.6

02/17e

140.0

3.0

8.0

14.0

30.6

5.7

02/18e

138.0

7.7

20.6

14.0

11.9

5.7

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding acquired intangibles and exceptional items.

Oil & gas spending crunch persists

Shipbroking, which generates over 40% of revenues, continues to trade in line with expectations for FY17. However, weaker trading elsewhere in Braemar’s diversified portfolio has led to a significant profit warning. The deterioration in trading conditions for the Technical division noted at the interims has worsened further, leading to an extension of the previously announced realignment programme. The weakness has been driven by the depressed spending levels in the oil & gas market, which have led to a “marked” reduction in replacement contracts. Corrective actions have included the installation of new management change and changes to a regional operating structure. In addition, the smaller Logistics division has seen weakness in its freight forwarding activity due to weak international trade flows, undermining the continued strength of the port agency business.

FY18 earnings recovery anticipated

Guidance has thus been cut significantly for FY17, with adjusted EBIT now expected to be £3.0-3.5m. Two significant one-offs are noted, although excluded from the adjusted EBIT. Braemar will book a £1.7m pre-tax gain from the disposal of its interest in the Baltic Exchange, and there is a charge of £2.7m relating to restructuring costs, which should yield in excess of £6m in benefits in FY18. Net cash balances at the end of December 2016 were £1.7m, some £3.3m better than the previous year, with significant capacity available through the £30m undrawn debt facility. The FY18 trading outlook also appears challenging with no indications of improved trading conditions across the group at present. We have reduced our PBT forecast by almost a third to £7.7m (from £11.7m), or EPS of 20.6p (29.4p.)

Valuation: Yield reduced but supportive

Management has decided to reduce the dividend payment for the year, reflecting the much reduced trading performance. The final dividend is cut to 5.0p from 17.0p, reducing the full year payment to 14.0p from 26.0p. Management intends to pay dividends on an appropriate level of cover in the medium term, which we believe should be around 1.2x to 1.3x, with a rebalancing of the split at the interim towards a normal 1/3:2/3 interim to final ratio.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

£'000s

2014

2015

2016

2017e

2018e

February

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

125,531

145,601

159,125

140,000

138,000

Cost of Sales

(31,758)

(37,700)

(33,365)

(31,200)

(33,000)

Gross Profit

93,773

107,901

125,760

108,800

105,000

EBITDA

 

 

10,552

13,553

15,871

4,600

9,300

Operating Profit (before amort. and except.)

9,283

11,671

13,758

3,300

8,000

Intangible Amortisation

(432)

(1,772)

(1,080)

(400)

(400)

Exceptionals

0

(4,316)

(2,365)

(2,600)

(1,600)

Operating Profit

8,851

5,583

10,313

300

6,000

Net Interest

196

(293)

(387)

(300)

(300)

Share in profits from joint ventures

(88)

(162)

0

0

0

Discontinued

(2,209)

0

0

0

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

9,391

11,216

13,371

3,000

7,700

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

6,750

5,128

9,926

0

5,700

Tax

(2,268)

(2,187)

(2,826)

(600)

(1,500)

Profit After Tax (norm)

7,023

8,310

10,173

2,400

6,200

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

4,482

2,941

7,100

(600)

4,200

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

20.9

25.7

29.3

30.1

30.1

EPS - normalised (p)

 

 

33.5

32.3

34.7

8.0

20.6

EPS - normalised and fully diluted (p)

 

32.1

29.5

31.5

7.3

18.8

EPS - (IFRS) (p)

 

 

21.4

11.4

24.2

(2.0)

14.0

Dividend per share (p)

26.0

26.0

26.0

14.0

14.0

Gross Margin (%)

74.7

74.1

79.0

77.7

76.1

EBITDA Margin (%)

8.4

9.3

10.0

3.3

6.7

Operating Margin (before GW and except.) (%)

7.4

8.0

8.6

2.4

5.8

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

40,959

87,553

88,769

90,069

89,569

Intangible Assets

31,460

79,371

79,596

79,196

78,796

Tangible Assets

6,140

5,106

5,459

5,359

5,259

Investments

3,359

3,076

3,714

5,514

5,514

Current Assets

 

 

61,681

73,731

69,632

66,541

69,389

Stocks

0

0

0

0

0

Debtors

47,351

57,442

58,135

60,248

59,387

Cash

13,694

16,289

11,497

6,293

10,002

Other

636

0

0

0

0

Current Liabilities

 

 

(36,488)

(51,162)

(48,422)

(52,159)

(51,719)

Creditors

(36,488)

(44,362)

(46,622)

(47,659)

(47,219)

Short term borrowings

0

(6,800)

(1,800)

(4,500)

(4,500)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(866)

(5,849)

(2,674)

(6,347)

(3,847)

Long term borrowings

0

(2,300)

(500)

0

0

Other long term liabilities

(866)

(3,549)

(2,174)

(6,347)

(3,847)

Net Assets

 

 

65,286

104,273

107,305

98,103

103,392

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

2,158

7,259

13,459

4,081

9,495

Net Interest

196

(293)

(387)

(300)

(300)

Tax

(1,358)

(3,534)

(2,688)

(1,157)

(1,275)

Capex

(1,247)

5,512

(2,209)

(1,200)

(1,200)

Acquisitions/disposals

(524)

(10,851)

0

0

0

Financing

(197)

601

357

(1,000)

0

Dividends

(5,441)

(6,201)

(7,648)

(7,829)

(3,011)

Other including FX exchange differences

(3,170)

1,002

1,124

0

0

Net Cash Flow

(9,583)

(6,505)

2,008

(7,404)

3,709

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(23,277)

(13,694)

(7,189)

(9,197)

(1,793)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(13,694)

(7,189)

(9,197)

(1,793)

(5,502)

Source: Company reports, Edison Investment Research estimates

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