RE: What price oversold?20 Oct 2021 13:08
Second broker, Liberum, note out -
Accrol remains fundamentally strong after significant progress in FY’21
The business remains in excellent operational shape with scalable foundations for growth and a strong market position across UK retail. Acquisitions of LTC and John Dale in FY’21 have provided the company with further scale, complementary new customers, synergies in distribution costs, spare capacity and entry into the complimentary adjacent category of fully flushable wet wipes. Accrol completed the full automation of the Blackburn tissue plant in FY’21, with robotisation replacing all manual finished goods movements. The four converting lines at the LTC plant are already fully automated. With a small element of automation to be completed in Leyland in FY’22E, as a new machine arrives, the Group will have three fully automated greenfield sites to achieve the lowest possible operational cost base in the UK. The group has no further significant capital requirements for the Tissue Converting division. Accrol’s has made significant advancement on its plan to develop its own paper mill. It has finalised the specifications and costs of the machine and the building and is currently running a selection process for the mill’s location. This machine will be a UK leader in efficiency, quality and carbon neutrality. The machine, once completed, will fulfil half of the business’s current tissue requirements. The company is mindful of the current energy costs and their impact on the feasibility of the mill investment, and it will look to secure a long-term energy supply contract, as well as explore options for on-site energy generation before committing to the investment in the mill. No additional funding is expected to be required from shareholders to deliver this investment.
Valuation appears cheap at 7x CY’22E EV/EBITDA
Our Target Price 80p (from 95p) to reflect lowered forecasts.