- •Contents
- •Investment stance
- •Fears of an economic slowdown
- •Capital cycle favours rising returns
- •Management remains focused on value-creation
- •Comfortable balance sheets and supportive dividend potential
- •Value relative to other stocks
- •Positive earnings momentum
- •Commodity price revisions
- •Preference for base metals over steelmaking materials
- •Steel
- •Metallurgical coal
- •Iron ore
- •Manganese ore
- •Copper
- •Aluminium
- •Nickel
- •Zinc
- •Diamonds
- •Thermal coal
- •Platinum group metals (13mn oz)
- •Gold
- •Our long-term commodity prices should not incentivise over-supply
- •Earnings revisions
- •Risks and catalysts
- •Peer comp charts
- •Commodity price and exchange rate forecasts
- •Important publications
- •African Rainbow Minerals
- •Alrosa
- •Anglo American
- •Assore
- •Exxaro
- •Glencore
- •Kumba Iron Ore
- •Rio Tinto
- •Vale
- •Gold Fields
- •Harmony
- •Polymetal
- •Anglo American Platinum
- •Lonmin
- •Northam
- •Royal Bafokeng Platinum
- •Merafe Resources
- •Evraz
- •Severstal
- •Disclosures appendix
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Evraz - BUY
Renaissance Capital
14 January 2019
Metals & Mining
Figure 116: Evraz, $mn (unless otherwise stated) |
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|
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Evraz |
EVRE.L / EVR LN |
Target price, GBp: |
620 |
Market capitalisation, GBPmn: |
6,834 |
Last price, GBp: |
475 |
Enterprise value, GBPmn: |
10,176 |
Potential 12-month return: |
45.4% |
Dec-YE |
2016 |
2017 |
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
Income statement |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
7,713 |
10,827 |
12,162 |
10,168 |
9,626 |
Underlying EBITDA |
1,542 |
2,624 |
3,896 |
2,943 |
2,529 |
Underlying EBIT |
1,021 |
2,063 |
3,310 |
2,303 |
1,847 |
Other items |
-629 |
-496 |
96 |
0 |
0 |
Equity accounted income |
-23 |
11 |
13 |
12 |
9 |
Net interest expense |
-461 |
-423 |
-367 |
-373 |
-373 |
Taxation |
-96 |
-396 |
-700 |
-388 |
-297 |
Profit after tax |
-188 |
759 |
2,353 |
1,553 |
1,187 |
Attributable profit |
-215 |
699 |
2,278 |
1,498 |
1,145 |
Basic EPS, USc |
-15 |
53 |
158 |
104 |
79 |
Thomson Reuters consensus EPS, USc |
|
|
146 |
113 |
97 |
DPS declared, USc |
0 |
60 |
109 |
92 |
50 |
Thomson Reuters consensus DPS, USc |
|
|
89 |
60 |
50 |
Underlying EBIT, $mn |
|
|
|
|
|
Coal - EBIT |
503 |
1,059 |
1,375 |
1,246 |
833 |
EBIT margin - Coal |
38% |
48% |
53% |
50% |
36% |
Russian & CIS steel - EBIT |
785 |
1,228 |
2,217 |
1,468 |
1,519 |
EBIT margin - Russian & CIS |
14% |
16% |
26% |
20% |
21% |
North American steel - EBIT |
-127 |
-74 |
-70 |
-133 |
-246 |
EBIT margin - North American steel |
-9% |
-4% |
-3% |
-7% |
-15% |
Other - EBIT |
-140 |
-150 |
-211 |
-279 |
-259 |
Total - EBIT |
1,021 |
2,063 |
3,310 |
2,303 |
1,847 |
EBIT margin |
13% |
19% |
27% |
23% |
19% |
Income statement ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA margin |
20% |
24% |
32% |
29% |
26% |
EBIT margin |
13% |
19% |
27% |
23% |
19% |
EPS growth |
66% |
453% |
198% |
-34% |
-24% |
Dividend payout ratio |
0% |
113% |
69% |
88% |
63% |
Input assumptions (steel) |
|
|
|
|
|
Iron ore fines (62% Fe, CIF China), $/t |
58 |
71 |
66 |
62 |
62 |
Semi soft coking coal, $/t |
101 |
131 |
144 |
115 |
104 |
Hard coking coal, $/t |
144 |
188 |
206 |
178 |
160 |
Hot rolled coil - CIS, $/t |
382 |
502 |
552 |
468 |
471 |
RUB/$ |
67 |
58 |
62 |
67 |
68 |
Steel sales realisations, $/t |
517 |
698 |
814 |
676 |
644 |
EBITDA per tonne, $/t |
115 |
191 |
291 |
214 |
184 |
Capex/tonne, $ |
28 |
43 |
47 |
60 |
72 |
FCF/tonne, $ |
71 |
119 |
138 |
121 |
87 |
Sales volumes, kt |
|
|
|
|
|
Coal products |
9,867 |
10,499 |
10,982 |
12,447 |
14,900 |
Iron ore products |
4,222 |
2,937 |
2,026 |
2,024 |
2,024 |
Vanadium products |
20,428 |
22,319 |
18,609 |
19,650 |
19,788 |
Steel products |
|
|
|
|
|
Semi-finished products |
5,601 |
5,742 |
5,381 |
5,730 |
5,730 |
Construction products |
4,416 |
3,991 |
3,780 |
3,722 |
3,722 |
Railway products |
1,455 |
1,657 |
1,765 |
1,853 |
1,853 |
Flat-rolled products |
887 |
1,023 |
1,045 |
910 |
894 |
Tubular products |
534 |
749 |
838 |
968 |
968 |
Other |
571 |
602 |
594 |
557 |
557 |
Total |
13,464 |
13,764 |
13,404 |
13,739 |
13,723 |
Growth |
-7% |
2% |
-3% |
3% |
0% |
Contribution to FY18E underlying EBITDA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North American |
|
|
Russian & CIS |
|
|
|
steel |
|
steel |
|
|
|
2% |
|
60% |
|
|
|
|
|
Coal 38%
Dec-YE |
2016 |
2017 |
|
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
|
Balance sheet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating assets |
5,521 |
6,054 |
|
6,476 |
6,674 |
6,973 |
|
Investments less provisions |
-107 |
-103 |
|
-130 |
-134 |
-141 |
|
Equity |
491 |
1,784 |
|
2,266 |
2,438 |
2,867 |
|
Minority interest BS |
186 |
242 |
|
282 |
309 |
330 |
|
Net debt (cash) |
4,737 |
3,925 |
|
3,798 |
3,793 |
3,634 |
|
Balance sheet ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gearing* |
91% |
69% |
|
63% |
61% |
56% |
|
Net debt to EBITDA |
3.07x |
1.50x |
|
0.97x |
1.29x |
1.44x |
|
RoCE |
18% |
35% |
|
51% |
34% |
26% |
|
RoIC (after tax) |
13% |
23% |
|
35% |
22% |
19% |
|
RoE |
-69% |
61% |
|
112% |
64% |
43% |
|
Cash flow statement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating cash flow |
1,222 |
2,024 |
|
2,650 |
2,492 |
2,188 |
|
Capex |
-382 |
-595 |
|
-629 |
-829 |
-985 |
|
Other - CF |
111 |
214 |
|
-175 |
-6 |
-9 |
|
FCF |
951 |
1,643 |
|
1,845 |
1,657 |
1,193 |
|
Equity shareholders' cash |
582 |
1,305 |
|
1,531 |
1,331 |
874 |
|
Dividends and share buy backs |
-35 |
-469 |
|
-1,419 |
-1,326 |
-716 |
|
Advances (repayments) of debt |
-765 |
-527 |
|
-646 |
0 |
0 |
|
Increase (decrease) in cash |
-218 |
309 |
|
-534 |
6 |
158 |
|
Cash flow ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capex/EBITDA |
25% |
23% |
|
16% |
28% |
39% |
|
FCF yield |
12.5% |
18.7% |
|
14.9% |
12.9% |
9.4% |
|
Cash conversion ratio |
-2.7x |
1.9x |
|
0.7x |
0.9x |
0.8x |
|
Equity shareholders' yield |
21.8% |
28.2% |
|
18.5% |
15.2% |
10.0% |
|
Working capital days** |
7 |
11 |
|
27 |
26 |
26 |
|
Valuation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calculation of target price (TP) |
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|
|
|
$mn |
GBp/share |
|
Coal |
|
|
|
|
7,271 |
380 |
|
Russian & CIS steel |
|
|
|
|
11,768 |
614 |
|
North American steel |
|
|
|
|
-554 |
-29 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
-2,399 |
-125 |
|
Enterprise value |
|
|
|
|
16,086 |
840 |
|
Investments less provisions |
|
|
|
|
-103 |
-5 |
|
Net debt as at 31 December 2017 |
|
|
|
|
-3,925 |
-205 |
|
Minority interest as at 31 December 2017 |
|
|
|
|
-242 |
-13 |
|
Equity value |
|
|
|
|
11,816 |
617 |
|
Plus: one-year forward equity shareholders' cash |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Less: dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
|
-1 |
|
Rounded to |
|
|
|
|
|
620 |
|
Share price on 7/1/2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
475 |
|
Expected share price return |
|
|
|
|
|
30.4% |
|
Plus: expected dividend yield |
|
|
|
|
|
15.0% |
|
Total implied one-year return |
|
|
|
|
|
45.4% |
|
Share price range, GBp: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-month high on 4-10-2018 |
590 |
12-month low on 9-2-2018 |
331 |
|
|||
Price move since high |
-19.4% |
Price move since low |
|
43.8% |
|
||
Calculation of discount rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WACC |
11.3% |
Cost of debt |
|
|
5.0% |
|
|
Risk-free rate |
4.0% |
Tax rate |
|
|
20% |
|
|
Equity risk premium |
7.0% |
After-tax cost of debt |
|
0.8% |
|
||
Beta |
1.30 |
Debt weighting |
|
20% |
|
||
Cost of equity |
13.1% |
Terminal growth rate |
|
3.0% |
|
||
Valuation ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec-YE |
2016 |
2017 |
|
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
|
P/E multiple |
-12.6x |
6.1x |
|
3.6x |
5.9x |
7.7x |
|
Dividend yield |
0.0% |
18.5% |
|
18.9% |
15.1% |
8.2% |
|
EV/EBITDA |
4.9x |
3.4x |
|
3.2x |
4.4x |
5.0x |
|
P/B |
5.4x |
2.6x |
|
3.7x |
3.6x |
3.1x |
|
NAV per share, $ |
0.35 |
1.25 |
|
1.58 |
1.69 |
1.99 |
|
*Gearing defined as net debt/(net debt +equity)
**Working capital days is defined as (working capital/revenue)*365
Source: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Renaissance Capital estimates
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MMK – BUY
Renaissance Capital
14 January 2019
Metals & Mining
Figure 117: MMK, $mn (unless otherwise stated)
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|
|
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) |
MAGNq.L / MAGN.MM |
Target price, $: |
9.6 |
Market capitalisation, $mn: |
7,054 |
Last price, $: |
8.4 |
Enterprise value, $mn: |
7,058 |
Potential 12-month return: |
21.9% |
Dec-YE |
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
Income statement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
5,630 |
7,546 |
8,041 |
6,946 |
7,194 |
Underlying EBITDA |
1,956 |
2,032 |
2,217 |
1,388 |
1,664 |
|
Underlying EBIT |
1,477 |
1,488 |
1,666 |
835 |
1,099 |
|
Other items |
|
-32 |
36 |
-73 |
0 |
0 |
Equity accounted income |
1 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Net interest |
|
-104 |
-34 |
-15 |
-22 |
-32 |
Taxation |
|
-231 |
-306 |
-351 |
-182 |
-239 |
Profit after tax |
1,111 |
1,189 |
1,228 |
636 |
834 |
|
Basic EPS, $/GDR |
1.29 |
1.38 |
1.43 |
0.74 |
0.97 |
|
Thomson Reuters consensus EPS, $ |
|
|
1.61 |
1.28 |
1.19 |
|
DPS declared, $/GDR |
0.21 |
0.72 |
1.18 |
0.60 |
0.46 |
|
Thomson Reuters consensus DPS, $ |
|
|
1.25 |
1.10 |
1.00 |
|
Underlying EBIT, $mn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coal segment |
|
49 |
77 |
128 |
127 |
98 |
EBIT margin |
Coal segment |
25% |
24% |
36% |
38% |
33% |
Russian steel |
|
1,451 |
1,431 |
1,599 |
814 |
1,108 |
EBIT margin |
Russian steel |
27% |
20% |
21% |
12% |
16% |
Turkey steel |
EBIT |
-21 |
-11 |
-63 |
-101 |
-102 |
EBIT margin |
Turkey steel |
-4% |
-2% |
-11% |
-25% |
-24% |
Other - EBIT |
|
-2 |
-9 |
3 |
-4 |
-5 |
EBIT margin - Other |
0% |
1% |
-1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Total - EBIT |
|
1,477 |
1,488 |
1,666 |
835 |
1,099 |
EBIT margin |
|
26% |
20% |
21% |
12% |
15% |
Income statement ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA margin |
35% |
27% |
28% |
20% |
23% |
|
EBIT margin |
|
26% |
20% |
21% |
12% |
15% |
EPS growth |
|
161% |
7% |
4% |
-48% |
31% |
Dividend payout ratio |
16% |
53% |
83% |
81% |
47% |
|
Input assumptions (steel) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iron ore fines (62% Fe, CIF China), $/t |
58 |
71 |
66 |
62 |
62 |
|
Hard coking coal, $/t |
144 |
188 |
206 |
178 |
160 |
|
Hot rolled coil - CIS, $/t |
382 |
502 |
552 |
468 |
471 |
|
RUB/$ |
|
67 |
58 |
63 |
67 |
68 |
$/EUR |
|
1.11 |
1.13 |
1.18 |
1.17 |
1.21 |
Steel sales realisations, $/t |
462 |
615 |
659 |
557 |
577 |
|
EBITDA per tonne, $/t |
161 |
166 |
182 |
111 |
133 |
|
Capex/tonne, $ |
-38 |
-54 |
-68 |
-68 |
-68 |
|
FCF/tonne, $ |
|
127 |
57 |
87 |
45 |
47 |
Sales volumes, kt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Slabs and billets |
104 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Long products |
|
1,730 |
1,787 |
1,828 |
1,893 |
1,893 |
Flat & plate products |
7,730 |
7,699 |
7,548 |
7,856 |
7,856 |
|
Downstream products |
2,616 |
2,770 |
2,819 |
2,718 |
2,718 |
|
Total sales |
|
12,180 |
12,260 |
12,195 |
12,467 |
12,467 |
Volume growth |
3% |
1% |
-1% |
2% |
0% |
Contribution to FY18E underlying EBITDA
Russian steel 93%
Coal segment 7%
Dec-YE |
2016 |
2017 |
|
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
Balance sheet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating assets |
5,356 |
6,188 |
|
5,695 |
5,838 |
6,167 |
Investments less provisions |
53 |
11 |
|
9 |
10 |
10 |
Equity |
4,694 |
5,691 |
|
5,520 |
5,190 |
5,717 |
Minority interest - BS |
18 |
27 |
|
23 |
26 |
30 |
Net debt (cash) |
234 |
-12 |
|
-279 |
160 |
-75 |
Balance sheet ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gearing* |
5% |
0% |
|
-5% |
3% |
-1% |
Net debt to EBITDA |
0.12x |
-0.01x |
|
-0.13x |
0.11x |
-0.05x |
RoCE |
30% |
26% |
|
28% |
14% |
18% |
RoIC (after tax) |
27% |
20% |
|
22% |
13% |
15% |
RoE |
28% |
23% |
|
22% |
12% |
15% |
Cash flow statement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating cash flow |
1,644 |
1,439 |
|
2,047 |
1,396 |
1,422 |
Capex |
-463 |
-664 |
|
-830 |
-850 |
-850 |
Other - CF |
365 |
-82 |
|
-155 |
10 |
13 |
FCF |
1,546 |
693 |
|
1,062 |
556 |
585 |
Equity shareholders' cash |
1,424 |
652 |
|
1,043 |
530 |
546 |
Dividends and share buy backs |
-180 |
-406 |
|
-776 |
-969 |
-311 |
Advances (repayments) of debt |
-1,347 |
44 |
|
-203 |
353 |
0 |
Increase (decrease) in cash |
-103 |
290 |
|
64 |
-85 |
235 |
Cash flow ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capex/EBITDA |
24% |
33% |
|
37% |
61% |
51% |
FCF yield |
33% |
9% |
|
13% |
8% |
8% |
Cash conversion ratio |
1.3x |
0.6x |
|
0.8x |
0.8x |
0.7x |
Equity shareholders' yield |
32% |
9% |
|
13% |
7% |
8% |
Working capital days** |
59 |
57 |
|
46 |
48 |
48 |
Valuation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calculation of target price (TP) |
|
|
|
|
$mn |
$/GDR |
Coal segment |
|
|
|
|
694 |
0.8 |
Russian steel |
|
|
|
|
8,561 |
10.0 |
Turkey steel |
|
|
|
|
-483 |
-0.6 |
Other |
|
|
|
|
-500 |
-0.6 |
Enterprise value |
|
|
|
|
8,272 |
9.6 |
Investments |
|
|
|
|
11 |
0.0 |
Net cash (debt) as at 31 December 2017 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
0.0 |
Minority interest as at 31 December 2017 |
|
|
|
|
-27 |
0.0 |
Equity value |
|
|
|
|
8,268 |
9.6 |
Plus: one-year forward equity shareholders' cash |
|
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
Less: dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
|
-0.6 |
Rounded to |
|
|
|
|
|
9.6 |
Share price on 7-1-2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
8.4 |
Expected share price return |
|
|
|
|
|
14.7% |
Plus: expected dividend yield |
|
|
|
|
|
7.2% |
Total implied one-year return |
|
|
|
|
|
21.9% |
Share price range, $: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-month high on 27-2-2018 |
11.12 |
12-month low on 27-12-2018 |
7.75 |
|||
Price move since high |
-24.7% |
Price move since low |
|
8.0% |
||
Calculation of discount rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WACC |
11.3% |
Cost of debt |
|
|
4.0% |
|
Risk-free rate |
4.0% |
Tax rate |
|
|
20% |
|
Equity risk premium |
7.0% |
After-tax cost of debt |
|
11.3% |
||
Beta |
1.30 |
Debt weighting |
|
20% |
||
Cost of equity |
13.1% |
Terminal growth rate |
|
2.0% |
||
Valuation ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec-YE, $mn |
2016 |
2017 |
|
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
PE multiple |
4.0x |
6.2x |
|
6.7x |
11.3x |
8.6x |
Dividend yield |
4% |
9% |
|
12% |
7% |
5% |
EV/EBITDA |
2.4x |
3.6x |
|
3.6x |
5.3x |
4.3x |
P/B |
0.9x |
1.3x |
|
1.5x |
1.4x |
1.3x |
NAV per share, $ |
5.5 |
6.6 |
|
6.4 |
6.0 |
6.7 |
*Gearing defined as net debt/(net debt +equity)
**Working capital days is defined as (working capital/revenue)*365
Source: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Renaissance Capital estimates
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NLMK – BUY
Renaissance Capital
14 January 2019
Metals & Mining
Figure 118: NLMK, $mn (unless otherwise stated)
|
|
|
|
Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) |
NLMKq.L / NLMK.MM |
Target price, $: |
26.4 |
Market capitalisation, $mn: |
13,583 |
Last price, $: |
22.9 |
Enterprise value, $mn: |
14,258 |
Potential 12-month return: |
27.9% |
Dec-YE |
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
Income statement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
7,636 |
10,065 |
11,876 |
10,260 |
10,175 |
Underlying EBITDA |
1,941 |
2,655 |
3,463 |
2,672 |
2,672 |
|
Underlying EBIT |
1,485 |
2,031 |
2,876 |
2,082 |
2,074 |
|
Other items |
|
-185 |
-60 |
-57 |
0 |
0 |
Equity accounted income |
-61 |
-90 |
-65 |
-52 |
-58 |
|
Net interest |
|
-66 |
-58 |
-53 |
-63 |
-67 |
Taxation |
|
-233 |
-371 |
-519 |
-404 |
-401 |
Minority interest |
4 |
2 |
-4 |
1 |
1 |
|
Attributable profit |
943 |
1,454 |
2,177 |
1,563 |
1,549 |
|
Underlying earnings |
1,089 |
1,455 |
2,156 |
1,563 |
1,549 |
|
Underlying EPS, $/GDR |
1.82 |
2.43 |
3.60 |
2.61 |
2.58 |
|
Thomson Reuters consensus EPS, $ |
|
|
3.74 |
2.82 |
2.64 |
|
DPS declared, $/GDR |
1.53 |
2.38 |
3.30 |
2.82 |
2.61 |
|
Thomson Reuters consensus DPS, $ |
|
|
3.40 |
2.72 |
2.45 |
|
Underlying EBIT, $mn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mining - EBIT |
|
275 |
524 |
848 |
695 |
680 |
EBIT margin |
g |
46% |
56% |
67% |
62% |
61% |
Flat - EBIT |
|
1,051 |
1,357 |
1,744 |
1,215 |
1,345 |
EBIT margin |
|
19% |
18% |
21% |
18% |
19% |
Long |
|
91 |
77 |
202 |
65 |
54 |
EBIT margin |
g |
7% |
4% |
9% |
3% |
3% |
NLMK USA |
|
117 |
139 |
234 |
183 |
70 |
EBIT margin |
SA |
10% |
8% |
11% |
10% |
4% |
Dansteel |
|
-7 |
-6 |
-20 |
-13 |
-13 |
EBIT margin |
l |
-2% |
-1% |
-4% |
-3% |
-3% |
Other |
|
-42 |
-60 |
-132 |
-63 |
-63 |
EBIT margin |
Other |
2% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
Total |
|
1,485 |
2,031 |
2,876 |
2,082 |
2,074 |
EBIT margin |
|
19% |
20% |
24% |
20% |
20% |
Income statement ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA margin |
25% |
26% |
29% |
26% |
26% |
|
EBIT margin |
|
19% |
20% |
24% |
20% |
20% |
EPS growth |
|
-3% |
54% |
50% |
-28% |
-1% |
Dividend payout ratio |
97% |
98% |
91% |
108% |
101% |
|
Input assumptions (steel) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iron ore fines (62% Fe, CIF China), $/t |
58 |
71 |
66 |
62 |
62 |
|
Hard coking coal, $/t |
144 |
188 |
206 |
178 |
160 |
|
Hot rolled coil - CIS, $/t |
382 |
502 |
552 |
468 |
471 |
|
Cold rolled coil - CIS, $/t |
434 |
559 |
615 |
573 |
579 |
|
RUB/$ |
|
67 |
58 |
63 |
67 |
68 |
$/EUR |
|
1.11 |
1.13 |
1.18 |
1.17 |
1.21 |
Steel sales realisations, $/t |
479 |
610 |
689 |
592 |
587 |
|
EBITDA per tonne, $/t |
122 |
161 |
201 |
154 |
154 |
|
Capex/tonne, $ |
35 |
37 |
38 |
40 |
40 |
|
FCF/tonne, $ |
|
65 |
71 |
104 |
105 |
91 |
Utilisation rate |
|
91% |
94% |
97% |
97% |
97% |
Sales volumes, kt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pig iron |
|
365 |
429 |
762 |
645 |
645 |
Slab |
|
2,697 |
2,605 |
2,428 |
2,198 |
2,198 |
Billets |
|
612 |
686 |
786 |
807 |
807 |
Flat |
|
10,065 |
10,501 |
10,676 |
10,679 |
10,679 |
Long |
|
2,196 |
2,277 |
2,573 |
3,005 |
3,005 |
Total sales |
|
15,935 |
16,498 |
17,225 |
17,334 |
17,334 |
Contribution to FY18E underlying EBITDA
Flat |
Long |
|
58% |
||
7% |
||
|
||
|
USA |
|
|
8% |
|
|
Mining |
|
|
27% |
Dec-YE |
2016 |
2017 |
|
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
Balance sheet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating assets |
7,177 |
7,858 |
|
7,431 |
7,217 |
7,229 |
Investments |
255 |
248 |
|
284 |
290 |
295 |
Equity |
6,653 |
7,166 |
|
6,559 |
6,427 |
6,413 |
Minority interest - BS |
18 |
17 |
|
15 |
13 |
12 |
Net debt (cash) |
761 |
923 |
|
1,142 |
1,067 |
1,099 |
Balance sheet ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gearing* |
10% |
11% |
|
15% |
14% |
15% |
Net debt to EBITDA |
0.39x |
0.35x |
|
0.33x |
0.40x |
0.41x |
RoCE |
21% |
26% |
|
36% |
27% |
28% |
RoIC (after tax) |
19% |
23% |
|
30% |
23% |
24% |
RoE |
14% |
20% |
|
33% |
24% |
24% |
Cash flow statement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating cash flow |
1,674 |
1,860 |
|
2,659 |
2,527 |
2,290 |
Capex |
-559 |
-603 |
|
-650 |
-700 |
-700 |
Other - CF |
-86 |
-87 |
|
-218 |
-6 |
-5 |
FCF |
1,030 |
1,170 |
|
1,791 |
1,821 |
1,584 |
Equity shareholders' cash |
979 |
1,122 |
|
1,746 |
1,770 |
1,531 |
Dividends and share buy backs |
-579 |
-1,284 |
|
-1,965 |
-1,695 |
-1,563 |
Advances (repayments) of debt |
-407 |
12 |
|
-462 |
573 |
6 |
Increase (decrease) in cash |
-7 |
-150 |
|
-681 |
648 |
-27 |
Cash flow ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capex/EBITDA |
29% |
23% |
|
19% |
26% |
26% |
FCF yield |
11.8% |
8.7% |
|
11.0% |
12.3% |
10.7% |
Cash conversion ratio |
1.0x |
0.8x |
|
0.8x |
1.1x |
1.0x |
Equity shareholders' yield |
12.3% |
9.0% |
|
11.6% |
12.9% |
11.2% |
Working capital days** |
77 |
75 |
|
70 |
71 |
71 |
Valuation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calculation of target price (TP) |
|
|
|
|
$mn |
$/share |
Mining |
|
|
|
|
5,882 |
9.8 |
Flat |
|
|
|
|
9,943 |
16.6 |
Long |
|
|
|
|
922 |
1.5 |
USA |
|
|
|
|
992 |
1.7 |
Dansteel |
|
|
|
|
-165 |
-0.3 |
Other |
|
|
|
|
-1,123 |
-1.9 |
Enterprise value |
|
|
|
|
16,452 |
27.5 |
Financial instruments as at 31 December 2017 |
|
|
|
248 |
0.4 |
|
Net debt as at 31 December 2017 |
|
|
|
|
-923 |
-1.5 |
Equity value |
|
|
|
|
15,777 |
26.3 |
Plus: one-year forward equity shareholders' cash |
|
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
Less: dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
|
-2.8 |
Rounded to |
|
|
|
|
|
26.4 |
Share price on 7/1/2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
22.85 |
Expected share price return |
|
|
|
|
|
15.5% |
Plus: expected dividend yield |
|
|
|
|
|
12.3% |
Total implied one-year return |
|
|
|
|
|
27.9% |
Share price range, $ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-month high on 6-6-2018 |
28.03 |
12-month low on 17-3-2017 |
21.73 |
|||
Price move since high |
-18.5% |
Price move since low |
|
5.2% |
||
Calculation of discount rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WACC |
11.3% |
Cost of debt |
|
|
4.0% |
|
Risk-free rate |
4.0% |
Tax rate |
|
|
20% |
|
Equity risk premium |
7.0% |
After-tax cost of debt |
|
0.8% |
||
Beta |
1.30 |
Debt weighting |
|
20% |
||
Cost of equity |
13.1% |
Terminal growth rate |
|
2.0% |
||
Valuation ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec-YE |
2016 |
2017 |
|
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
P/E multiple |
7.3x |
8.6x |
|
7.0x |
8.8x |
8.8x |
Dividend yield |
11.6% |
11.5% |
|
13.1% |
12.4% |
11.4% |
EV/EBITDA |
4.5x |
5.0x |
|
4.7x |
5.5x |
5.5x |
P/B |
1.2x |
1.7x |
|
2.3x |
2.1x |
2.1x |
NAV per share, $ |
1.11 |
1.20 |
|
1.09 |
1.07 |
1.07 |
*Gearing defined as net debt/(net debt +equity)
**Working capital days is defined as (working capital/revenue)*365
Source: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Renaissance Capital estimates
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Severstal - BUY
Renaissance Capital
14 January 2019
Metals & Mining
Figure 119: Severstal, $mn (unless otherwise stated)
|
|
|
|
Severstal |
SVSTq.L / CHMF.MM |
Target price, $: |
17.1 |
Market capitalisation, $mn: |
11,582 |
Last price, $: |
14.3 |
Enterprise value, $mn: |
12,430 |
Potential 12-month return: |
31.4% |
Dec-YE |
2016 |
2017 |
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
Income statement |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
5,916 |
7,848 |
8,427 |
7,388 |
7,563 |
Underlying EBITDA |
1,911 |
2,577 |
2,985 |
2,290 |
2,384 |
Underlying EBIT |
1,569 |
2,174 |
2,588 |
1,898 |
1,978 |
Other items |
294 |
-266 |
-137 |
0 |
0 |
Equity accounted income |
14 |
10 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
Net interest |
-160 |
-154 |
-108 |
-109 |
-166 |
Taxation |
-97 |
-409 |
-458 |
-359 |
-364 |
Minority interest |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
To owners of the parent |
1,621 |
1,356 |
1,897 |
1,436 |
1,454 |
Underlying earnings |
1,268 |
1,547 |
1,976 |
1,436 |
1,454 |
Underlying EPS, USc |
156 |
191 |
242 |
175 |
178 |
Thomson Reuters consensus EPS, USc |
|
|
250 |
206 |
186 |
DPS declared, USc |
124 |
187 |
255 |
169 |
178 |
Thomson Reuters consensus DPS, USc |
|
|
208 |
167 |
146 |
Underlying EBIT, $mn |
|
|
|
|
|
Resources - EBIT |
282 |
678 |
821 |
718 |
698 |
EBIT margin - resources |
24% |
39% |
44% |
41% |
40% |
Russian steel - EBIT |
1,315 |
1,493 |
1,817 |
1,200 |
1,299 |
EBIT margin - Russian steel |
24% |
21% |
24% |
18% |
19% |
Other - EBIT |
-28 |
3 |
-50 |
-20 |
-20 |
Underlying EBIT |
1,569 |
2,174 |
2,588 |
1,898 |
1,978 |
EBIT margin |
27% |
28% |
31% |
26% |
26% |
Income statement ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA margin |
32% |
33% |
35% |
31% |
32% |
EBIT margin |
27% |
28% |
31% |
26% |
26% |
EPS growth |
167% |
-17% |
39% |
-24% |
1% |
Dividend payout ratio |
79% |
98% |
105% |
96% |
100% |
Input assumptions |
58 |
71 |
66 |
62 |
62 |
Iron ore fines (62% Fe, CIF China), $/t |
|||||
Hard coking coal, $/t |
144 |
188 |
206 |
178 |
160 |
Hot rolled coil - CIS, $/t |
382 |
502 |
552 |
468 |
471 |
Cold rolled coil - CIS, $/t |
434 |
559 |
615 |
573 |
579 |
RUB/$ |
67 |
58 |
63 |
67 |
68 |
Steel sales realisations, $/t |
506 |
655 |
684 |
597 |
607 |
EBITDA per tonne, $/t |
178 |
235 |
266 |
205 |
214 |
Capex/tonne, $ |
51.3 |
53.9 |
68.1 |
125.4 |
89.5 |
FCF/tonne, $ |
1.2 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
Utilisation rate |
86% |
87% |
90% |
90% |
90% |
Sales volumes, kt |
|
|
|
|
|
Coking coal |
827 |
200 |
308 |
152 |
495 |
Steam coal |
2,030 |
1,583 |
1,209 |
1,088 |
1,088 |
Total coal |
2,857 |
1,783 |
1,517 |
1,240 |
1,583 |
Iron ore pellets |
6,028 |
6,514 |
6,363 |
6,914 |
7,115 |
Iron ore concentrate |
120 |
131 |
768 |
723 |
1,213 |
Total iron ore |
6,149 |
6,645 |
7,131 |
7,636 |
8,328 |
Semi-finished products |
724 |
519 |
679 |
566 |
566 |
Rolled products |
8,120 |
8,579 |
8,733 |
8,681 |
8,681 |
Downstream products |
1,871 |
1,862 |
1,818 |
1,921 |
1,921 |
Total steel sales |
10,715 |
10,959 |
11,230 |
11,167 |
11,167 |
Contribution to FY18E underlying EBITDA
Resources |
Russian steel |
31% |
69% |
Dec-YE |
2016 |
2017 |
|
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
Balance sheet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating assets |
3,656 |
4,237 |
|
4,003 |
4,815 |
5,346 |
Investments |
250 |
229 |
|
28 |
35 |
40 |
Equity |
3,032 |
3,389 |
|
3,399 |
3,308 |
3,355 |
Minority interest - BS |
15 |
15 |
|
14 |
14 |
14 |
Net debt (cash) |
859 |
1,062 |
|
618 |
1,529 |
2,017 |
Balance sheet ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gearing* |
22% |
24% |
|
15% |
32% |
38% |
Net debt to EBITDA |
0.45x |
0.41x |
|
0.21x |
0.67x |
0.85x |
RoCE |
46% |
53% |
|
59% |
40% |
36% |
RoIC (after tax) |
28% |
33% |
|
40% |
27% |
24% |
RoE |
48% |
48% |
|
58% |
43% |
44% |
Cash flow statement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating cash flow |
1,578 |
2,107 |
|
2,689 |
2,028 |
2,007 |
Capex |
-550 |
-591 |
|
-765 |
-1,400 |
-1,000 |
Other - CF |
-89 |
-82 |
|
22 |
75 |
44 |
FCF |
939 |
1,434 |
|
1,946 |
703 |
1,051 |
Equity shareholders' cash |
864 |
1,347 |
|
1,870 |
616 |
919 |
Dividends and share buy backs |
-918 |
-1,550 |
|
-1,426 |
-1,527 |
-1,407 |
Advances (repayments) of debt |
-439 |
80 |
|
-325 |
584 |
565 |
Increase (decrease) in cash |
-493 |
-123 |
|
120 |
-327 |
77 |
Cash flow ratios |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capex/EBITDA |
29% |
23% |
|
26% |
61% |
42% |
Cash conversion ratio |
0.5x |
1.0x |
|
1.0x |
0.4x |
0.6x |
FCF yield |
9.3% |
11.2% |
|
14.5% |
5.3% |
7.7% |
Equity shareholders' yield |
9.4% |
11.4% |
|
14.7% |
5.3% |
7.8% |
Working capital days** |
48 |
46 |
|
38 |
41 |
42 |
Valuation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calculation of target price (TP) |
|
|
|
|
$mn |
$/GDR |
Resources |
|
|
|
|
4,911 |
6.0 |
Russian steel |
|
|
|
|
10,652 |
13.0 |
Other |
|
|
|
|
85 |
0.1 |
Enterprise value |
|
|
|
|
15,648 |
19.1 |
Financial instruments as at 31 December 2017 |
|
|
|
229 |
0.3 |
|
Net debt as at 31 December 2017 |
|
|
|
|
-1,062 |
-1.3 |
Minority interest |
|
|
|
|
-15 |
0.0 |
Equity value |
|
|
|
|
14,800 |
18.1 |
Plus: one-year forward equity shareholders' cash |
|
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
Less: dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
|
-1.7 |
Rounded to |
|
|
|
|
|
17.1 |
Share price on 7/1/2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
14.3 |
Expected share price return |
|
|
|
|
|
19.6% |
Plus: expected dividend yield |
|
|
|
|
|
11.8% |
Total implied one-year return |
|
|
|
|
|
31.4% |
Share price range, $ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-month high on 15-1-2018 |
27.93 |
12-month low on 17-3-2017 |
17.17 |
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Price move since high |
-8.4% |
Price move since low |
|
49.0% |
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Calculation of discount rate |
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|
|
|
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WACC |
11.3% |
Cost of debt |
|
|
5.0% |
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Risk-free rate |
4.0% |
Tax rate |
|
|
20% |
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Equity risk premium |
7.0% |
After-tax cost of debt |
|
4.0% |
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Beta |
1.30 |
Debt weighting |
|
20% |
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Cost of equity |
13.1% |
Terminal growth rate |
|
3.0% |
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Valuation ratios |
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Dec-YE, $mn |
2016 |
2017 |
|
2018E |
2019E |
2020E |
P/E multiple |
7.3x |
7.6x |
|
6.4x |
8.2x |
8.0x |
Dividend yield |
10.8% |
12.9% |
|
16.3% |
11.8% |
12.4% |
EV/EBITDA |
5.3x |
5.0x |
|
4.5x |
5.8x |
5.8x |
P/B |
3.0x |
3.5x |
|
3.8x |
3.5x |
3.5x |
NAV per share, $ |
3.74 |
4.18 |
|
4.15 |
4.04 |
4.10 |
*Gearing defined as net debt/(net debt +equity)
**Working capital days is defined as (working capital/revenue)*365
Source: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Renaissance Capital estimates
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