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Petrofac - Guidance for profit growth of at least 20% growth

October 2009

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Shares in oilfield services firm Petrofac reacted positively to its interims, which were 5% ahead of consensus forecasts. While part of this is attributable to a one-off recovery of prior year bid costs, Petrofac has also issued bullish guidance for growth of at least 20% this year. First half order intake was an impressive US$5.8bn and since then it has won close to another US$1.5bn leaving the backlog standing near US$10bn. For the six months to 30 June EBITDA rose 16% to US$207.5m while net profit increased 20% to US$145.1m on revenue up 1% to US$1.59bn. Eps rose 22% to 42.7 cents, while group cash balances increased from US$694m to US$900m. Much of the positive earnings surprise came from the group's largest side, engineering ...

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