On track for another year of progress
House prices are almost as British as fish & chips. Hardly surprising really, given in total residential property is worth a staggering £7.1 trillion (source: Savills), or >4x GDP. So what’s the latest word on the street? Well despite being buffeted in Q1’18 by the country’s other favourite topic, the weather – the recent outlook from the nation’s housebuilders appears to be positive. The UK construction industry rebounded 2.9% in May, led by ‘new build homes’ which were up 8.4% on LFL terms.Going forward, we expect activity levels to remain supportive - albeit slightly less so in central London, which has greater BREXIT exposure and much higher property values. This positive outlook underpins our forecasts for specialist plant hire group Vp, who released an upbeat trading statement this morning ahead of its AGM.
Here, the company has enjoyed an encouraging 1st four months, with its core UK infrastructure, housebuilding & construction markets demonstrating solid demand. The integration of Brandon Hire is also progressing to plan.
Elsewhere, there has been a “modest recovery†in the overseas oil & gas business (Airpac Bukom) reflecting improved crude prices, allied to good trading at the AsiaPac test & measurement operation.
Consequently, we make no change to our numbers, but nudge up the valuation to £11.00/share from £10.70 - based on a 12x EV/EBIT multiple, which is consistent with sector EV/EBITDA averages of 6.4x.
Northbridge Industrial Services is engaged in the sales and hire of industrial equipment on a global basis for use in applications in the oil and gas, shipping, construction, and power and utility sectors. Co. has two main reportable segments: Crestchic loadbanks and transformers, which is involved in the manufacture, hire and sale of loadbanks and transformers; and Tasman oil tools and loadcells, which is involved in the hire and sale of oil tools and loadcells.
United Rentals is an equipment rental company that operates throughout the United States and Canada, and Europe. The company's general rentals segment includes the rental of construction, aerial and industrial equipment, general tools and light equipment, and related services and activities. This segment's customers include construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities and homeowners. The company's trench, power and fluid solutions segment includes the rental of construction products and related services. This segment consist of: Trench Safety region, Power and Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning region; and Fluid Solutions and Fluid Solutions Europe regions.
Equity Development enables companies to become better understood and supported by investors. Since our launch in 1996 we have consistently focused on helping our clients improve their communication and relationships with both existing and potential shareholders. Our clients have come from a wide variety of sectors and domiciles, are both private and quoted and range in size from micro-cap to $multi-billions. We offer free access to company research notes written by experienced analysts. These notes include detailed forecasts, financial models and a fair value. We host regular Private Investor Forums at which investors have the opportunity to hear company directors present, and to ask questions. These are free to attend. We broadcast live Webinars with company management that include active Q&A. We also make the recordings available online. We arrange face to face meetings between private investors and company management. We are active users of Twitter, commenting daily on company news, share price moves, Directors’ Dealings, Equity Development Research Notes & Events.
Unfortunately, this report is not available for the investor type or country you selected.
Browse all ResearchPool reportsReport is subscription only.
Thank you, your report is ready.
Thank you, your report is ready.