Mensajepor srv1239 » Mié Sep 25, 2013 9:24 pm
A ver que opinan...les dejo esto que me llegó recién del Bank Of A******, de un analista que sigue Braskem:
2) Potential Acquisitions –Solvay Assets in Latin America: Management
has openly commented that the company was potentially interested in
acquiring Solvay-Indupa assets in Latin America. Press reports have
suggested a valuation for the asset of US%500-US$600 million, although
management has not given any indication of a value. Here are some
details on the Solvay Indupa assets, as well as valuation metrics to monitor:
a. Assets Description: Solvay Indupa assets are mainly located
in Bahia Blanca (Argentina) and Santo André (Brazil), where
the company has the following installed capacities: (1) 520 th.
tons of PVC, (2) 550 th. tons of VCM (Vinyl Chloride
Monomer), (3) 355 th. tons of Caustic Soda, and (4) 50 th. tons
of other caustic soda derivatives. It is important to mention that
the plants are not integrated, being that Solvay Indupa acquires
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st generation products from Dow in Argentina and Braskem in
Brazil.
b. Financials: Solvay Indupa’s results have deteriorated sharply
in recent years, with EBITDA falling from US$159mn in 2006 to
US$70mn in 20011 and US$13mn in 2012. Although recent
results are believed to have been hurt by weaker PVC margins,
we believe the poor trends in Argentina and weaker demand in
Brazil have together hurt results.
c. Potential acquisition would be relatively small for
Braskem: If Braskem were to move forward with the
acquisition, it would further concentrate the PVC market in
Brazil, which could be positive for pricing. Still, it would be a
relatively small acquisition for the company. Assuming EBITDA
of US$70 million (R$170 mn), the stock would add only 3% to
estimated consolidated EBITDA for Braskem. Still, if the price
were to reach the levels reported in the press (US$500-
US$600mn), the purchase would represent an est. 8%-9% of
the company’s current market cap.
d. Potential valuation parameters important to monitor: We
believe a reasonable limit for a potential valuation would lie in
the range of US$400-US$450 for Solvay Indupa’s EV (US$175-
US$195 in equity given the company’s YE2012 Net debt
position of US$246.5. This would translate into EV/normalized
EBITDA levels of 6.0x, or EV/ton levels of US$300 (Braskem
paid estimated US$307 per ton on Dow’s PP assets in US and
Europe.
e. Environmental issues/Other: Mexichem had also indicated
interest in the Solvay assets. However, Mexichem has
indicated that there were some concerns about potential
liabilities in the Solvay operation, particularly potential
environmental issues related to the production process in
Solvay’s operations in Brazil, that we understand limited the
valuation the company was willing to put on the asset. At this
stage, we do not believe Mexichem is likely to be a part of the
sale process.