Engineering and defence Initiation of coverage Russia Equity Research 7 April 2011 Boris Krasnojenov +7 (495) 258-7770 x4219
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[email protected] Strengthening market leadership position: HMS Group is the leading provider of flow control solutions to the Russian market and possesses a unique R&D base. The Group’s assets include nearly all the major producers of pumps and R&D centres focused on flow solutions that existed in the former Soviet Union. It inherited and is enhancing the largest installed base of pumps in the Russian oil and gas, power generation and water utilities sectors. Utilising its Report date: 7 April 2011 strong balance sheet, HMS Group may pursue M&A opportunities to strengthen Rating, GDR BUY its market position. It also benefits from high regulatory barriers to international Target price (GDR), $ 12.0 Current price (GDR), $ 8.1 peers attempting to enter the Russian market – the legacy of Soviet-era isolation. MktCap, $mn 951 EV, $mn 1,022 Going with the oil flow: Russia has faced underinvestment in Bloomberg HMSG LI Equity infrastructure since the early 1990s in the sectors that are currently considered ADRs/GDRs since February 2010 core market segments for HMS Group (oil and gas, power generation and water Common shares outstanding, mn 117.2 utilities). With the oil price above $100/bbl, the willingness of Russian oil Web: www.hms.ru Free float in $mn 354 companies to expand their exploration and development plans certainly Major shareholder Vladimir Lukyanenko increases, even though potential changes to the future tax regime remain the with shareholding 21% biggest driver, in our view.