RE: Should easily be 20-30p16 Oct 2020 07:35
Excerpts from FinnCap 1st October report
H1 results demonstrate Savannah’s transformation into a highly cash generative business
• 8M revenue hits US$133m and is on track for FY20 guidance of over US$200m
• Gas sales volumes and prices are rising, with US$ gas contracts underpinned by World Bank guarantees
• H1 pro-forma EBITDA more than doubled to US$67m
• Strong free cash flow generation allows debt reduction and, over time, distributions.
Over 94% of this revenue is derived from US$-based gas sales agreements that are underpinned by World Bank guarantees and have an average contract life of 15 years. Moreover, gas sales to new customers are expected to start before year-end and additional contracts hopefully signed, so there’s growth to come too at minimal cost – there’s plenty of spare capacity in the gas infrastructure.
Management are certainly backing themselves, with the Directors buying 11m shares (>1% outstanding) as soon as the company came out of its close period in August. Not to leave any stone unturned, it has also published its first sustainability report and intends developing and implementing a new ESG performance reporting framework.