Incidentals removed from refinery pricing on MoP directive: Dec-10 oil products prices notified by OGRA did not include incidental charges equaling 1.01% of crude oil price; 15% of 2QFY11 GRMs. The change was implemented by OGRA on directives of MoP as per our understanding.
FY11E EPS raised 4% on higher GRMs: Removal of incidentals trim our FY11 EPS by PKR5.2, however, the impact was more than offset by higher GRMs. We raise our FY11 average GRM assumption to USD 5/bbl (up 11%) and raise our FY11E EPS by 4%. We believe refineries’ protest (underway) would likely move petroleum ministry to reinstate incidentals in refinery pricing mechanism and continue to factor in incidentals for FY12 revenues.
Cash exceed current market cap; unrealized interest income could prop up near term profits: Sep-10 cash holdings at PKR288/share exceed market price by 12%. Furthermore, NRL had PKR14.1/share of net unrealized interest income, which could prop up earnings in the coming quarters.
Price Target maintained; liking intact: Revision in fuel refinery earnings doesn’t affect our Price Target as we have capped fuel refinery valuations at distributable earnings and maintain Jun-2011 Price Target at PKR310/share. BUY
Incidentals removed from refinery pricing on MoP directive
Dec-10 oil products prices notified by OGRA did not include incidental charges, marine insurance, LC commissions, oceans losses and wharfage, totaling 1.01% of crude oil price. With current oil prices topping USD85/bbl, removal of incidentals would likely trim NRL’s GRM by 15% or USD0.86/bbl. The change has been implemented by OGRA on directives of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural resources, applicable Dec-10 onwards.
FY11E EPS raised 4% on higher GRMs
We understand that refineries have already lodged their protest against the decision and view high likelihood that it would be reversed, as removal of incidentals would price refined products lower than import parity prices. We thus continue to factor in incidentals for FY12 revenues, but remove the same for the remainder of FY11 (which trim our FY11 EPS by PKR5.2). The impact, however, would be offset by prevailing high GRMs, which force us to raise our FY11E GRM for NRL by 11% to USD5/bbl (USD5.4/bbl in 1HFY11) and thus raise our FY11 EPS by 4%.
Cash holdings exceed current market price; PKR14/share in unrealized interest income
Sep-10 cash holdings at PKR23bn – equaling PKR288/share – exceeds NRL’s market cap (PKR21bn) by 12%. Furthermore, NRL‘s unrealized penal interest income at PKR2.4bn (Jun-10) exceeded unrealized penal markup expense (PKR1.3bn) by PKR1.13bn or PKR14.1/share, which could prop up earnings in the coming quarters.
Price Target maintained; liking intact
Revision in fuel refinery earnings doesn’t affect our Price Target as we have capped fuel refinery valuations at distributable earnings. We, thus, maintain our Jun-2011 Price Target for NRL at PKR310/share. At yesterday’s closing, NRL trades at FY11E PER of 4.8x, offers FY11E dividend yield of 10.5%, along with a 20% upside to our PT. BUY
Economic & Political News
BP agrees to sell upstream interests in Pakistan to UEG
BP has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell almost all of its exploration and production assets in Pakistan to United Energy Group Limited (UEG). According to a press release issued, the UEG will pay BP a total of USD775mn in cash for these assets which consist of nine producing and exploration blocks in Sindh province and four offshore exploration blocks in the Arabian Sea.
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