Shore capital24 Apr 2021 10:07
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Serinus Energy plc (SENX:LON) | 0 0 0.0%
Shore Capital
Craig Howie
18 pages
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Following Serinus Energy’s refinancing towards the end of last year, and recently issued prelims for FY2020A, we are pleased to introduce forecasts for this production-led operator in Romania and Tunisia. Whilst we had always fully appreciated the transformational impact of December’s debt-to-equity conversion deal, we are now struck by the significant cash generation indicated by our forecasts following a detailed modelling exercise. We expect low development costs, a progressive ramp-up in production and stronger realisations to translate into funds flow from operations (FFO) exceeding US$15m this year and next. In addition, after an estimated ~US$20m capex programme through FY2021/’22F, we forecast material free cash generation and, consequently, a growing net cash balance. Based on our FY2022F numbers, Serinus trades on an EV/FFO ratio of ~2.5x and an equity free cash flow yield approaching 20%. In our opinion, these metrics are based on assumptions which are conservative and readily established with reference to reported performance. We therefore have confidence in our numbers and highlight Serinus as a high-quality cash compounder driving growth at low capital cost. We initiate coverage with a Risked NAV estimate of 8.5p/share.