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RH Petrogas - O&G Assets Deeply Undervalued

kiasutrader
Publish date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013, 11:41 AM
The stock of Singapore-based O&G exploration & production (E&P) firm RHP is deeply undervalued - at 37% and 55% discounts to its producing and development assets and our risked NPV respectively, with potential upside  from:  i)  proving  of  its  resources,  ii)  M&A,  iii)  contracts extension, iv) entry into Myanmar, and v) higher oil prices. RHP is now priced at takeover levels. Initiate coverage with BUY, SGD1.47 TP. 
 
- RHP  should  trade  at  SGD1.05  on  today's  assets.  An  alternative valuation is  via  SOP  of  its  2P  (both  proven  and probable)  reserves  and 2C  resources  (best  estimates  of  contingent  resources).  For  RHP,  we value  these  at  SGD1.05  per  share,  assigning  zero  value  to  its exploration  assets.  This  implies  EV/(2P+2C)  of  USD7.1/boe,  less  than the global average of USD7.9/barrel of oil equivalent (boe).
- Resource  base  similar  to  KrisEnergy's.  RHP  and  KrisEnergy  (KRIS SP, NR) have 73 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) and 76mmboe respectively  of  combined  2P  reserves  +  2C  resources.  The  enterprise value  of  the  two  should  converge  even  though  KrisEnergy's current EV/(2P+2C) is 2.6x that of RHP.
-Non-traditional  valuation  metrics.  As  the  key  valuation  metric  for  an E&P  company  is  the  NPV  of  its  oilfields,  an  acceptable  alternative  is  a valuation of its 2P reserves and 2C resources. Thus P/E, P/BV and ROE measures tend to underestimate the true value of an E&P company.
- Drilling  results  will  be  key  catalysts.  The  movement  of  prospective resources  to  2C  resources,  then  to  2P  reserves  will  drive  valuations.  A takeover bid may also present a sharp revaluation catalyst.
- Potential entry into Myanmar. RHP recently walked away from a farm-in  option  for  an  oilfield  in  Myanmar.  Clearly,  it  has  connections  and potential  opportunities  in  this  country.  We  believe  that  future  Burmese oilfield  production  sharing  contracts  (PSCs)  could  materialise  and provide further upside to our estimates.
- Under-researched E&P play. Initiate with BUY, SGD1.47 TP. Our TP is based on parity to our NPV-and-risking model. Adjusted for a potential 20%  new  share  placement  to  raise  USD60m,  RHP  would  still  be  worth SGD1.32 per share.
Source: RHB
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