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Petrofac - Lower oil price reduces forecast

December 2008

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  • Epic Code:
  • PFC
  • Price:
  • 366p
In its trading update covering the period from 1 July to 10 October, oil & gas facilities services provider Petrofac noted that trading was in line with expectations, while net cash balances were in excess of US$500m. The group's order backlog at the end of September was US$4.3bn (compared to US$4.8bn as at 30 June). Taking into account lower oil price assumptions, broker Oriel has reduced its eps forecasts to 39.6p for this year rising to 59.7p for 2009. With the oil price still under downward pressure, introduce stop-loss at 338p.   ...

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