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National Industrialization Co. (Tasnee) KSA Petrochemical Sector | 1Q 2015 Preliminary Results | April 20, 2015

1Q15 review: A big miss vs. SFC and consensus; Maintain Hold

Rating Summary

A big miss vs. SFC and consensus: Tasnee reported 1Q15 net loss of SAR333m which

Recommendation

Hold

Target price (SAR)

25.0

Upside/ (downside)

-1%

was a big miss vs. SFC (SAR150m net profit) and consensus (SAR136m) estimates. Operational performance was also much weaker than expected with EBIT c.41%/42% lower

Stock Details

than SFC/consensus expectation. While impact of weak petrochemical product prices

Closing price*

(polyethylene/polypropylene -17%/-22% qoq tracking decline in crude prices) were already factored in our estimates, such a big miss seems to have come from higher than expected losses at its new projects (SAMCO/SAPCO, Sahara also recorded surprise losses in 1Q15),

SAR

25.2

SAR mn

16,857

Mn

669

52-Week High

SAR

40.1

52-Week Low

SAR

21.6

Market capitalization Shares outstanding

weaker than expected performance in its titanium dioxide business and losses from foreign

Price chg. (3 months)

exchange hedges and derivative contracts.

EPS 2015E

Profits from new projects could be elusive in 2015: In the petrochemical segment,

Ticker (Reuters/ Bloomberg)

Tasnee has 5 key assets: Saudi Polyolefin (c.75% stake), SEPC (c.45% stake), SAMCO/SAPCO (c.39% stake) and Saudi Butanol (c.17% stake). Of these, while Saudi Polyolefin and SEPC are old and mature (produce ethylene, polyethylene, propylene, and

%

-1.3

SAR

1.64

2060.SE

NIC AB

*Price as of April 20, 2015 Key Shareholding (%)

polypropylene), bulk of the volume growth is likely to originate from new projects such as

Public+Others

SAMCO, SAPCO and Saudi Butanol which are already operational (except Saudi Butanol)

Kingdom Holding Co.

6.2

since July 2014. While we are reasonably confident of volume growth from new projects,

GOSI

8.7

Sahara’s management commentary (SAMCO/SAPCO are J/Vs with Sahara) following 1Q15

GIC Investment Co.

6.5

earnings suggests new projects could take 1-2 years to reach a steady state meaning in the

Source: Tadawul

78.6

current depressed pricing environment, they are likely generate losses in 2015.. We see downside risks to earnings estimates; Maintain Hold: Ytd, Tasnee (c.-9%)

Key Ratios 2015E

2016E

P/E (x)

15.4

11.7

trades at 2015E P/E of 15.4x (Tadawul Petchem 17.6x, EM 15.1x, global 16.2x) and 2016E

EV/EBITDA (x)

10.4

9.0

P/E of 11.7x (Tadawul Petchem 13.0x, EM c.12.6x, Global 13.0x) on our current estimates.

Dividend yield (%)

4.0

5.0

While we await full financials to update our earnings forecasts, in an environment of potential

Source: Company, Saudi Fransi Capital analysis

underperformed Tadawul Petchem (c.+10%) and Tadawul (c.+14%) and the stock currently

losses from new projects coupled with weaker than earlier expected performance in titanium dioxide business, we see considerable downside risks to our and consensus earnings

Stock price movement vs. TASI

estimates meaning the valuation discount vs. peers is only optically appealing. All in all, post

Na

Gross Profit

707

780

-9%

Na

Na

765

-8%

1,300

-46%

EBIT

233

397

-41%

399

-42%

390

-40%

830

-72%

-333

151

-321%

136

-344%

98

Nm

321

-204%

Tasnee

Net Profit

Source: Company, Saudi Fransi Capital analysis, * Bloomberg consensus

Jan-15

4,414

Mar-15

Na

Oct-14

3,676

Dec-14

Na

Jul-14

3,637

Sep-14

Na

Jun-14

3,828

Apr-14

Na

Revenues

Jan-14

%yoy

Feb-14

1Q14

Oct-13

%qoq

Nov-13

4Q14

Jul-13

%dev

Aug-13

Cons*

Apr-13

%diff

May-13

1Q15E

Jan-13

1Q15A

SAR mn

170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70

Feb-13

publication of 1Q15 results we maintain our Hold rating on the stock.

Tadawul Petrochem

Source: Tadawul

Sector Coverage Dipanjan Ray [email protected] +966-11-2826861 AbdulAziz Jawdat [email protected] +966-11-2826856 CONFIDENTIAL

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Recommendation Framework BUY: The analyst recommends a BUY when our fair value estimate is at least 10% higher than the current share price. HOLD: The analyst recommends a HOLD when our fair value estimate ranges within ±10% of the current share price. SELL: The analyst recommends a SELL when our fair value estimate is lower by more than 10% from the current share price.

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