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High Yield Experts

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

Credit

West China Cement’s (WCC) FY 2022 results were overall acceptable. The company reported slightly weaker earnings for its core business in Mainland China, as lower sales volumes (amid COVID-19-related disruptions and the subdued real estate sector) and increased raw material costs more than offset surprisingly positive ASP growth. Importantly, WCC’s expansion in Africa is taking shape, as its plant in Mozambique has ramped up quickly and achieved high capacity utilisation in the first two years of operations. The company’s plants in Africa enjoy substantially higher ASP than those in China, which should support the overall gross margin. We expect WCC’s FCF to remain deeply negative in FY 2023, which will lead to a further weakening of its net leverage (2.6x at FYE 2022). We believe FCF may turn positive in FY 2024, when the bulk of the company's new projects in Africa are due to complete and commence operations.

  West China Cement’s (WCC) FY 2022 results were overall acceptable. The company reported slightly weaker earnings for its core business in Mainland China, as lower sales volumes (amid COVID-19-related disruptions and the subdued real estate sector) and increased raw material costs more than offset surprisingly positive ASP growth.   Importantly, WCC’s expansion in Africa is taking shape, as its plant in Mozambique has ramped up quickly and achieved high capacity utilisation in the first two years of operations. The company’s plants in Africa enjoy substantially higher ASP than those in China, which should support the overall gross margin.   We expect WCC’s FCF to remain deeply negative in FY 2023, which will lead to a further weakening of its net leverage (2.6x at FYE 2022). We believe FCF may turn positive in FY 2024, when the bulk of the company's new projects in Africa are due to complete and commence operations. 

West China Cement - Earnings Flash - FY 2022 Results - Lucror Analytics