Initiate at Overweight; a favourable risk/reward play
New license criteria should reroute traffic to Aldrees. Saudi Arabia currently has 620 fuel stations per 1mn vehicles, 35% higher than our sample average, implying there is room for the market to consolidate, rerouting traffic elsewhere. What should fast-track this trend is new technical standards, issued by the government in Dec 2013, to clamp down on unorganized stations, setting Feb 2016 as a deadline, or else face license withdrawal. Our expectation is that it will prove unfeasible for the vast majority of the 9,000 non-compliant stations to conform. As a result, we expect Aldrees, as the largest local fuel station operator in Saudi Arabia, to be well-positioned over the next two years to see its fastest rate of market share growth since 2008.
Aldrees Petroleum & Transport is engaged in the selling of petroleum and transportation of goods. Co.'s objectives include retail and wholesale trading of fuel, lubricants, catering services and the transportation of goods. Co. also is engaged in the establishment of vehicle workshops and car washes, acquisition of land to construct buildings for sale and lease, and the construction, managing, operating and renting of take away centers for hot and cold beverages and food.
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