BUY, with MYR1.15 FV. We like TAS for its: i) strong orderbook of MYR363.2m as at end-Aug 2013, ii) positive growth prospects in the O&G sector, (iii) ability to capitalise on the low-tax system in Labuan, and (iv) solid balance sheet. Earnings growth will be strong in the next two years, with its average price earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio since listing remaining low at 0.16x. We recommend a BUY on TAS, with our MYR1.15 FV pegged to a P/E of 9x, at a 55% discount to its four-year average P/E of 16.5x. TAS is trading at an undemanding FY14 P/E of 4.9x, or 3.9x after incorporating MYR23.3m in net cash as at end-May 2013, or MYR0.13 net cash per share. The company is also still trading below its NTA/share of MYR0.87 as at end-May 2013.
theyre bidding 60m usd worth of new jobs... so total orderbook will balloon to 552m RM. their 2013 revenue was 217m rm. so orderbook to revenue ratio is 2.54x... coastal contracts a comparable peer is only doing a orderbook to turnover ratio of 1.57x. Coastal PE is 9.5x and TAS is only 5.7x. so if we use 9x on FY14 EPS , TAS offshore tp is 1.15 as per above paragraph. but i think it should deserve higher because of its larger orderbook to revenue ratio
KUCHING: TAS Offshore Bhd is venturing into Papua New Guinea to further expand its presence in the tugboat market and improve customer base in Indonesia.
“The demand for tugboats from the mining and timber industries in Indonesia is still very encouraging,” the company said in a message to shareholders in its newly released 2013 Annual Report.
For the financial year ended May 31 this year (FY13), TAS delivered 12 units of tugboats to buyers, with several more worth a total contract value of RM4.5mil under construction.
Also delivered were one harbour tug, one anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel and one landing craft.
Contracts on hand as at end of last month are worth RM363.2mil, of which RM270mil comprise AHTS vessels, RM73.2mil offshore construction vessels and RM15.6mil harbour tugs. TAS outsources the construction of most of its new AHTS vessels to an established shipyard in China.
“Our current contracts on hand will last into financial year 2015,” it said.
Based on contracts secured by the company and those by other shipyards, TAS said it seemed that the demand for offshore support vessels and tugboats had remained positive.
“We will seek to enhance our market share growth by focusing on our shipbuilding activities. Growth is expected to be supported by the demand in tugboats coming from the mining and timber industries, and offshore support vessels sought after by the oil majors for deep sea oil exploration and production activities.
“We are involved with the build-for-sale business model which provides better returns.”
The company also said the expected growth in overall demand for oil and gas, driven by popu- lation growth and better living standards, together with the high resilient crude oil price of about US$100 per barrel, had continued to spur oil majors to increase their deep sea exploration and production activities.
“We are optimistic in our outlook that new demand for offshore support vessels with high technical specifications suitable for deep sea operation will grow. We have already moved along this direction to cater for the demand and growth.
“Going forward, we will expand our build-for-sale activities (for offshore support vessels).”
In FY13, TAS posted a group net profit of RM13.5mil on revenue of RM138mil, which was an improvement of RM2.3mil (20%) and RM36mil (35%) respectively from RM11.2mil and RM102mil, respectively, a fiscal year before.
The company attributed the better performance to the increase in sales of AHTS vessels, which carried higher sale value and better profit margin.
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