AJ Lucas (AJL) has benefited from a material recovery in profitability from its Australian onshore drilling division, with underlying EBITDA in H119 (31 December 2018) of A$13.1m (17.2% margin), up from A$5.5m (9.7% margin) in the previous year. High rig utilisation and strong coal mine degassing demand support our forecast of revenue sustained at close to H119 levels (A$76.2m). AJL's track record and tier 1 client relationships support management guidance of FY19 drilling underlying EBITDA in excess of FY18's A$19.7m (Edison FY19 forecast: A$22.5m). Valuing Lucas Drilling Services (LDS) at 6x Edison adjusted EBITDA (after associated overheads) equates to A$0.15/share or A$0.03/share after consideration of group net debt. This excludes our net P50 UK shale valuation of A$0.91/share. We intend to update our probabilistic value of UK shale based on an improved understanding of key inputs including initial production rate (IP rate), estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) and well costs.Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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