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Macau premium mass growth in 1Q likely 11pct: DB

Apr 13, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck  


Macau premium mass growth in 1Q likely 11pct: DB

Macau’s casino industry is likely to have been strong in the premium mass sector in the first quarter of 2017, says Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. It added the segment’s performance would be “the key to driving upside” in stock valuation of casino operators in the near term.

“Macau gross gaming revenue (GGR) grew 13.0 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2017 and was up 5.1 percent on a sequential basis,” analysts Carlo Santarelli and Danny Valoy wrote in a note issued on Wednesday.

They added: “While VIP has been largely credited with the acceleration of growth in the period, we believe mass trends, driven primarily by the premium mass segment, remained strong, showing modest sequential growth and 11 percent year-on-year growth.”

The investment bank highlighted in particular premium mass performance by casino firm Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

The official market split between VIP and mass-market play for the first quarter of 2017 has not yet been published by the local regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.

Deutsche Bank estimated casino operator-reported VIP GGR was likely to have gone up by approximately 15 percent year-on-year in the first quarter.

Analysts Mr Santarelli and Mr Valoy stated: “Please note that these forecasts are our projections of company reported segment metrics and thus, they will not mirror the [Macau gaming regulator] segment splits, which we expected to be released next week. Recall, reclassification activity and variant reporting of mass and VIP revenue amongst operators makes assessing gaming segment GGR comps [comparisons] more of an art than a science.”

They noted that – while it appeared as though the gap between company reported-GGR and the Macau regulator-reported segment GGR “was tightening” throughout 2016 – “with the pronounced acceleration in premium mass in recent months, we expect this gap to again widen on a sequential basis.”

Looking ahead, the Deutsche Bank note stated that casino management commentary on premium mass – during the upcoming release season of first quarter results – “will be critical, as it is the likely source of potential upside revisions” regarding stock valuation.

Macau casino companies’ combined first-quarter earnings before tax and other expenses are likely to register sequential growth that amounts to 5 percent on average, according to a report from banking group Morgan Stanley published last week. The institution added it forecast “positive estimate revisions” for Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd – formerly known as Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd – and for Wynn Macau Ltd; and “relatively weaker first-quarter results” for Sands China Ltd and MGM China Holdings Ltd.


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