Capex heavy" model resulting in high gearing
We note that post acquisition of AMC, Ezra's net gearing
had continued to rise over the past two years. This is mainly
due to Ezra's "capex heavy" model - to expand its subsea
fleets - which in turn translates to high capital requirement.
Indeed, its high value subsea construction vessel, Lewek
Constellation, is still under construction and is expected to
be delivered in 4Q14/1Q15. We estimated that net gearing
would ease slightly to 0.97x/0.99x for FY13/14E.