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Gulf Marine Services - Second upgrade in quick succession

April 2024

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The shares again challenged their highs after Gulf Marine announced another upward revision to its 2024 EBITDA guidance, which is now anticipated to be in the range of US$92m to US$100m, rather than the previous range of US$87m-US$95m. It also ended 2023 with net debt of just US$268m versus US$406m in 2020. This has been driven by improved trading with Gulf Marine announcing a contract extension and new letter of award. As a result, its backlog has now reached US$373m or 2.45x revenues, offering improved visibility moving forward. Zeus has upgraded EBITDA for FY24 by 5% to US$98.8m with eps raised 11% to 4.1 cents (3.2p), which drops the prospective PE to just 5.6. Gain to date: 41%. I am holding for more. ...

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