Pakistan OMCs: What's happening in the downstream space, (AKD Daily Aug 22, 2019)
- Faced with a range of macro-headwinds and a drastically different 'FO-lite' operational environment, we assess the shifts taking place in the operational strategy for domestic OMCs, while coloring our analysis with expected shifts in the regulatory environment .
- Based on our conversation with industry participants and managements of listed players, we highlight three major trends taking shape, namely: 1) constrained CAPEX with a focus on forecourt retail expansion/upgradation as opposed to the prior focus on storage and 2) negotiations with OGRA to enhance monthly import parity pricing mechanism to account for PkR/US$ settlement rate based on import facilities, as opposed to spot rates.
- Additionally, we believe developments on the regulatory front, particularly concerning the upgraded OMC licensing criteria could lead to significant upheaval, as reported details concerning CAPEX commitments, key operational requirements and higher fee structure pushes off a fight for securing market share.
- As per our channel checks, OMC margin indexation to CPI is likely to be raised to PkR2.90/ltr, hike of 9.8% from the coming month—a trigger for profitability. In this backdrop we retain our liking for mid-market APL where the absence of leverage and stable operations (where conservatism reigns supreme) are value accretive. Our TP of PkR354/sh implied 38% upside with FY20 D/Y of 9% takes total return to 48%.
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Hascol Petroleum Limited is a Pakistan-based company, which is engaged in procurement, storage and marketing of petroleum and related products. The Company is involved in the sale of petroleum products, such as fuel oil, high speed diesel, gasoline, Jet A-1, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and lubricants. The Company offers products, such as Tiger Super, Rocket Diesel and Furnace Oil. The Company offers Fuchs Lubricants products, which include corrosion preventives, quenching oils, industrial lubricants, open gear lubricants, greases, automotive oil and metal working fluids. The Company also markets LPG as an automotive fuel through its retail network. The Company is engaged in owning, leasing and renting oil storage facilities, as well as importing petroleum products. The Company has storage facilities at Machike, Shikarpur and Daulatpur. The Company sells its product to dealers, government agencies and autonomous bodies, independent power project and other corporate customers.
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