In this audio note, Zeus’ Daniel Slater summarises the recent news flow for Gulf Marine Services. GMS has announced two new contract awards, alongside an upgrade to 2024 guidance, demonstrating ongoing strong business performance and faster deleveraging. Listen to the audio note below, and read the full research here.
GMS has released a positive update to its guidance for 2023, guiding to the top of the previous US$83-86m EBITDA range. Guidance for 2024 is maintained, and target EBITDA for 2025, showing further growth, is also provided. Alongside this, the company has also begun to mention the potential for dividends.
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GMS has announced three new contract awards for its Middle East business. Two of these are contract extensions (for a total of four years), with one a new award for two years. Two of the contracts run until December 2025, and the other to April 2026. Overall, these new contracts increase backlog from the US$301.4m reported for the end of June 2023 to US$326m currently. The statement also mentions that the contracts are on higher day rates, and that demand for GMS’s liftboats in its core Middle E...
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We have now updated our model for the recent 2022 results. For our 2023 forecasts, we have put through an upgrade to revenues underpinned by the level of 2023 utilisation and day rates currently secured (84% and US$29.9k/day respectively). Our EBITDA forecast remains broadly unchanged, as we have also increased our operating costs to reflect the rise seen in 2022 and a degree of ongoing inflation pressure. Our number remains towards the top end of GMS’s US$75-83m 2023 EBITDA guidance.
Further Middle East contract award. GMS has announced a new award for one of its small class vessels, in the Middle East. This is made up of two separate contracts, one to begin at the end of Q1 2023, and the other at the start of Q3 2023, with a total length of 272 days. According to the statement, the day rates achieved on these contracts “reflect strong demand for our vessels”. The release also reiterates GMS’s optimism for its liftboat markets, mentioning “high levels of utilisation and a ti...
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