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Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

Credit

SJM Holdings' FY 2020 results were in line with expectations, considering the overall industry softness. Going forward, we expect the company's debt growth to be contained, given the completion of construction works for Grand Lisboa Palace in Q4. Still, SJM is unlikely to achieve meaningful deleveraging (to around pre-COVID-19 levels) before FY 2022. The extent of deleveraging will also depend on when the company intends to resume dividends. While liquidity remains tight, we expect SJM to be able to refinance its secured loans. In other news, the Macau government has removed the few remaining Mainland cities on its quarantine list, with effect from 23 February 2021. This means that visitors from all Chinese cities are now exempt from serving a 14-day quarantine upon entering Macau. While this is a small step towards the normalisation of travel between Macau and Mainland China, it is unlikely to have an immediate impact on tourist arrival numbers. Separately, Macau has begun to roll out Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to eligible residents on a voluntary basis, with priority given to people in the healthcare and hospitality industries.

 SJM Holdings' FY 2020 results were in line with expectations, considering the overall industry softness. Going forward, we expect the company's debt growth to be contained, given the completion of construction works for Grand Lisboa Palace in Q4. Still, SJM is unlikely to achieve meaningful deleveraging (to around pre-COVID-19 levels) before FY 2022. The extent of deleveraging will also depend on when the company intends to resume dividends. While liquidity remains tight, we expect SJM to be able to refinance its secured loans.  In other news, the Macau government has removed the few remaining Mainland cities on its quarantine list, with effect from 23 February 2021. This means that visitors from all Chinese cities are now exempt from serving a 14-day quarantine upon entering Macau. While this is a small step towards the normalisation of travel between Macau and Mainland China, it is unlikely to have an immediate impact on tourist arrival numbers. Separately, Macau has begun to roll out Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to eligible residents on a voluntary basis, with priority given to people in the healthcare and hospitality industries.

SJM Holdings - Earnings Flash - FY 2020 Results - Lucror Analytics