Highlights:
- Perenti and ABB has entered into an agreement under which companies will explore services that will focus electrification of client’s operations.
- In financial year 2023, the company expects revenue between AU$2.6 and AU$2.7 billion.
- The company targets revenue of AU$2.5 billion in FY25.
Diversified mining services group Perenti Limited (ASX:PRN) on Monday (21 November 2022) shared via an ASX filing that it has inked an agreement with ABB to jointly find solutions to assist mining customers in decarbonising their operations.
ABB is a technology company in electrification and automation. The solutions or services offered by the group connect software and engineering know-how to optimise how things are operated, powered, moved, and manufactured.
Meanwhile, Perenti shares were trading 1.40% lower at AU$1.06 per share at 11:16 AM AEDT with a market capitalisation of AU$740.68 million. The shares seem to be performing in line with its benchmark index, ASX 200 Materials (INDEXASX:XMJ), which was 1.27% down to 17,053.30 points around the same time.
Details of Perenti and ABB collaboration
Perenti informed the market that two experts from both companies would work to address electrification in power management, energy efficiency, power distribution and mine hauling operations.
Under the agreement, the teams intend to explore solutions and business models to offer a range of services to greenfield, brownfield and pilot mining customer projects. The services will focus on the electrification of the client’s operations.
Management Commentary
ABB’s process industries division president, Joachim Braun, commented on the development
Perenti outlook for FY23
Recently (14 November 2022), Perenti has upgraded its guidance range, driven by year-to-date operational performance. The group expects to report revenue between AU$2.6 and AU$2.7 billion in the financial year 2023 (FY23). The expected range of EBIT (A) is AU$215 to AU$230 million. The company anticipated a record CAPEX of AU$340 million and leverage of 1.1x to 1.2x.
Perenti shared that it has secured revenue of around AU$2.3 billion from work in hand of AU$6.5 billion.
For FY25, the company targets an EBIT(A) margin of 10%, the revenue of AU$2.5 billion, ROACE (return on average capital employed) of 20% and leverage of approximately 1.0x.