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Gulf Marine Services - Another upgrade to guidance

December 2024

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The shares briefly hit 19.5p after GMS upgraded guidance again and said revenues for the first nine months rose 11% to US$126m with EBITDA up 12% to US$76.1m. Net debt fell 21% to just US$221m with net debt / EBITDA down to 2.3x. The order backlog has now increased from US$257m a year ago to a record US$505m as of 10th October, boosted by a new long-term contract for one of its vessels to support construction of a new offshore windfarm in Europe and two extensions of existing ones in the Middle East. Overall then, EBITDA guidance is upgraded a smidge to US$96m-US$101m with management “in the process of revisiting guidance for 2025” (currently US$92m-US$100m). With deleveraging gathering pace, I am a buyer on dips.< ...

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