SHS HOLDINGS LTD.
SGX:566
SHS Holdings Ltd - Growth Engines Intact
- SHS Holdings' 2Q18 revenue weaker by 13% y-o-y.
- The corrosion prevention segment is benefitting from the improved sentiment in marine & offshore sector. The growth engines solar and modular are gaining traction.
- Maintain BUY with an unchanged target price of S$0.29.
The Positives
+ Improving sentiment in the marine & offshore sector.
- Revenue for corrosion prevention (CP) segment increased 6% to S$3.4m q-o-q.
- The improvement in oil prices led to increased activity in the marine & offshore sector. SHS witnessed more construction of new vessels, which resulted in more contracts being awarded. Utilisation of plant capacity improved which led gross margins to increase to 27% from 15.7% a year ago.
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+ Growth engines Solar Energy & Modular gains traction.
- Revenue from the solar energy segment rose to S$1.8m in 2Q18 from S$0.15m in 2Q17, the increase is due to the delivery of delayed projects and new contracts secured in FY18. We expect the Bangladesh solar farm project to commission in 1H19.
- Modular recorded higher revenue for the delivery of pre-fabricated bathroom units for the Lendlease Paya Lebar project. The group has also fully acquired TLC modular the subsidiary for the modular business.
The Negatives
- Structural steel segment faced with margin compression.
- Revenue for the engineering & construction sank 49% y-o-y to S$3.2m from S$6.3m due to the structural steel segment. The segment is faced with margin compression from lackluster environment, cost overruns and a one-off revenue adjustment in 2Q18.
Outlook
- We remain positive on the two growth drivers of the group solar energy & modular construction and expect significantly higher contributions in FY19.
- We expect order books to build up for modular construction. The Cosa hotel is on track to deliver the turnkey project in 2H18.
- We expect the structural steel segment to continue to face challenges from lackluster environment and margin compressions.
Maintain BUY with an unchanged target price of S$S0.29
- We maintained our BUY recommendation with an unchanged target price of S$0.29.
- We have adjusted FY19e revenue downwards by 10% in light of the recent result, earnings unchanged as we expect margin expansion from corrosion prevention (CP) segment and the growth engines.
Alvin Chia
Phillip Securities Research
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