HALISTER1: Norway’s BW Offshore Short End Bonds Offer Value: Danske Bank

Norway’s BW Offshore Short End Bonds Offer Value: Danske Bank

(Bloomberg) -- BW Offshore’s short maturity bonds are trading 110bps wider than its longer-dated debt and a correction is due, Danske Bank’s credit analyst Bendik Engebretsen writes in a note published Oct. 11.
  • Says investors should buy BWO’s bonds maturing in 2020 “outright”
  • The main trigger is new extraction and storage vessel being prepared for commissioning which will contribute ~$240m to annual revenues, or 29% of last year’s total
  • Says BW Offshore is still a “bondholder story” as part of 2016 financing initiatives, the bond covenants restrict the company from paying dividends or repurchasing stock 
    • “This implies that the only liquidity drain apart from repaying debt is more capital expenditure”
  • See also, Nordic junk bond issuance on way to record as market broadens
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