Daily BriefsEnergy & Materials Sector

Daily Brief Energy/Materials: Nickel Industries Ltd, Seadrill Ltd and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Nickel Industries Placement – Deepening Ties, Rising Short Interest Likely to Support Deal Price
  • SDRL: A Sea of Profits, Initiating

Nickel Industries Placement – Deepening Ties, Rising Short Interest Likely to Support Deal Price

By Clarence Chu

  • Nickel Industries Ltd (NIC AU) is looking to raise US$185m with the majority of proceeds used to acquire 10% interests in nickel producing assets within the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park.
  • The Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park is part of its ongoing collaboration with Tsinghan Group, a private Chinese nickel and stainless steel producer.
  • In this note, we will talk about the firm’s track record and run the deal through our ECM framework.

SDRL: A Sea of Profits, Initiating

By Hamed Khorsand

  • We are initiating coverage of Seadrill Ltd. (SDRL) with a Buy Rating and $50 target.
  • SDRL emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2022 and its shares began trading on the NYSE in October 2022
  • The current environment for drill ships is supportive for the business with day rates rising over the past year. With expectation of no new ship builds to saturate anytime soon

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