Hellenic Petroleum — Strong Q1 results

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Hellenic Petroleum — Strong Q1 results

Hellenic Petroleum reported Q1 adjusted EBITDA of €99m, a 54% increase year-on-year and c 20% ahead of consensus (€82m; based on four analysts). This was driven by strong benchmark refining margins and Greek market recovery (fuel demand was up 16% y-o-y). It was partially offset by higher energy and CO2 costs and an approximate two-month planned outage at the Elefsina refinery. As a result of the outage, net production was 2,798k metric tons (MT), down 16% y-o-y; however, this was partially offset by increased trading, with sales volumes down 3% at 3,292k MT. Reported EBITDA was €501m due to inventory gains of €267m and a temporary IFRS gain on increased CO2 prices, both of which should reverse in the coming quarters. Given the potentially large fluctuations in results quarter-on-quarter, we maintain our previous valuation of €7.48/share, which is derived from a blend of DCF, EV/EBITDA and P/E.

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Hellenic Petroleum

Strong Q1 results

Q1 results

Oil and gas

16 May 2022

Price

€6.83

Market cap

€2,087m

Net debt (€m) end-Q122

2,331

Shares in issue

305.6m

xm

Free float

20%

X%

Code

ELPE

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Athens

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LSE

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Share price performance

Business description

Hellenic Petroleum operates three refineries in Greece with a total capacity of 344kbopd. It has sizeable marketing (domestic and international) and petrochemicals divisions.

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James Magness

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Hellenic Petroleum is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited.

Hellenic Petroleum reported Q1 adjusted EBITDA of €99m, a 54% increase year-on-year and c 20% ahead of consensus (€82m; based on four analysts). This was driven by strong benchmark refining margins and Greek market recovery (fuel demand was up 16% y-o-y). It was partially offset by higher energy and CO2 costs and an approximate two-month planned outage at the Elefsina refinery. As a result of the outage, net production was 2,798k metric tons (MT), down 16% y-o-y; however, this was partially offset by increased trading, with sales volumes down 3% at 3,292k MT. Reported EBITDA was €501m due to inventory gains of €267m and a temporary IFRS gain on increased CO2 prices, both of which should reverse in the coming quarters. Given the potentially large fluctuations in results quarter-on-quarter, we maintain our previous valuation of €7.48/share, which is derived from a blend of DCF, EV/EBITDA and P/E.

Year end

Revenue
(€m)

Adjusted EBITDA* (€m)

Net debt**
(€m)

P/E
(x)

Dividend yield
(%)

12/20

5,782

333

1,673

N/A

1.4

12/21

9,222

401

1,938

15.7

5.4

12/22e

9,169

645

2,097

9.5

4.2***

12/23e

9,214

664

1,897

9.2

4.2

Note: *Adjusted numbers account for inventory movements and other one-off items. **Net debt excludes lease liabilities. ***Excluding expected special dividend of €0.42/share from the sale of DEPA Infrastructure (including this, the dividend yield would be c 10%).

Hellenic Petroleum reported separate results for renewable energy sources for the first time, which delivered EBITDA of €3m in Q122. This excludes the large Kozani solar plant (204MW) that started operating in April. Net debt stood at €2.3bn at the end of Q122 (up from €1.9bn at the end of Q421) as higher oil prices led to an increase in working capital. This includes cash of €869m, which, combined with credit facilities, is enough to finance its ongoing investment programme. Hellenic Petroleum continues with its Vision 2025 renewable strategy and has upgraded its medium-term target to an operating capacity of 1GW by the end of 2026 (up from 600MW previously) and over 2GW by 2030.

The sale of DEPA Infrastructure to Italgas for €733m, corresponding to €256m for the Hellenic Petroleum’s 35% stake, is expected to be completed in Q222, following the relevant regulatory approvals. As highlighted in our April update report, management has indicated it plans to return 50% of the proceeds to shareholders in FY22, equating to c €130m or €0.42 per share. Combined with our forecast dividend for FY22 of €0.31 per share, this would give a total estimated dividend for FY22 of €0.73 per share, equating to a yield of c 10%.

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