RGB has tied up with AB Leisure to introduce Bingo machines in the Philippines. The 431 Bingo machines installed so far have been popular according to the company. There is no capex on RGB’s part as it is a three-way tie-up with the manufacturer supplying the machines. Outlook Beneficiary of gaming liberalisation Management believes RGB is well positioned to benefit from the increasing liberalisation of casino and gaming clubs in emerging Asian countries, particularly Philippines, Cambodia and more recently, Laos, Nepal and Timor Leste.
SSM saw a 25% drop in 1H15 revenue yoy due to the high base effect in 2014 from new orders in the Philippines for the new integrated casino there. But pretax profit rose 21% on the sale of higher-margin products and favourable exchange rate. In 1H15, the SSM division sold 387 units of gaming machines. The company is targeting sales of 1,400 machines for the full year, which implies another 1,000 units in 2H15. Management guided that the orders for these units have been secured and is waiting the timing of delivery of the units. TSM was the best performer, as revenues rose 20% and pretax profit rose 55%, driven by 1) new outlets in Nepal and Timor Leste, 2) favourable exchange rate and 3) cessation of the loss-making Macau operations in 1H14. For the TSM division, RGB is looking to add another 500 bingo machines and to make it a total of 7,000 machines for TSM by mid-2016. 1H15 net profit came in at 48% of the Bloomberg consensus estimate, but given the stronger 2H15 SSM pipeline, the company expects 2H15 performance to improve.
Long-term outlook Nepal and Timor Leste are the two newest markets that RGB has entered, which, according to management, promises good long-term potential, if RGB’s partners are able to resolve licensing issues with the respective governments. In Timor Leste (started in Feb 15), RGB operates one outlet on a revenue share basis while in Nepal (started in Apr 15), RGB receives a fixed fee. The bigger game plan in Timor Leste is to wait for better clarity on the permanence of licences before adding new outlets. In Nepal, RGB ultimate aim is to enter the slots market in the Kathmandu casinos (there are 3-4 casinos in Kathmandu), which is again dependent on clarity of the licensing regime. Management guided for organic earnings growth of 5-10% per annum based on existing operations, which is in line with consensus estimates. This does not take into account additional new outlets in new countries such as Timor Leste and Nepal. Management estimated that every new outlet in Timor Leste and Nepal could add 5-10% to EPS per annum. Financials A repaired balance sheet RGB’s balance sheet was badly damaged from 2009-14, when it raised RM100m in borrowings (at 10% interest rate) to fund a new casino venture in Cambodia, which eventually failed. It has since restructured the interest rate down to 7% and has gradually repaid the loan on a quarterly repayment schedule. A recent share placement in May 15 raised RM17.8m,RM10.2m which will be used to further pare down debt while the balance RM7.6m will be used for the purchase of new gaming machines, according to management. Combined with healthy operating cashflow and low capex, RGB’s balance sheet has been fully deleveraged and was in a net cash position as at end 2Q15. Management guided that it generates RM50-60m in EBITDA annually. After accounting for annual capex requirements of RM15-20m per annum, RGB is generating strong free cashflow per share of RM30-45m a year. The company’s effective tax rate is between 8-13% depending on locations of SSM sales for the year (2.5-3.8 sen/share). While the company does not have a dividend policy, dividends have been rising gradually since 2014, and management is looking to continue raising dividend payout as debt continues to be pared down. Valuation One-broker coverage There is currently only one broker that covers RGB. Based on Bloomberg consensus EBITDA, the stock trades at 2.9x FY15 EV/EBITDA. The largest US-listed gaming machine companies are manufacturers of slot machines such as Aristocrat Leisure and Scientific Games Corp, which are 25-100x larger than RGB. We consider its closest peer to be Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. (listed on NASDAQ with market capitalisation of US$32.5m), which runs a revenue-share gaming machines model in Cambodia and Philippines. Entertainment Gaming trades at an annualised 1H15 EV/EBITDA multiple of 2.9x.
So from June15 another 6 quarters to go into total debt free! Now actually with cash in hand can payout all borrow8ngs! So, if 8mil a quarter used to pay div=0.006, 2 quarters 0.012. 3% to 7% potential div yield
@paperplane2 I agree. If 1 sen dividend, company only need to pay out RM13m. A 3% yield and the share price will be over 30 sen. So far only winner are the directors. Their pay and stock options are way above the total dividends paid out.
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I shared many info earlier mah, some others also shared.
In summary: 1.borrowing reduced quarters to quarter from 66877 to 58383 to 50020 2.So from June15 another 6 quarters to go into total debt free! Now actually with cash in hand can payout all borrow8ngs! So, if 8mil(now used to pay debts quarterly) a quarter used to pay div=0.006, 2 quarters 0.012. 3% to 7% potential div yield 3.using latest results,Xp/e10=0.24~0.34. see? P/E10-0.24 TP at least. 4.not withstanding above, we have noticed good results coming....so??
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problems with renewals. Instead, it is RGB that usually opts to leave
unprofitable outlets.