Singapore, April 30, 2019 -- Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the B2 corporate family rating
of Alam Sutera Realty Tbk (P.T.).
At the same time, Moody's has affirmed the B2 backed senior
unsecured rating of the 2020 notes, 2021 notes and 2022 notes issued
by Alam Synergy Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Alam Sutera. The notes are guaranteed by Alam Sutera and most
of its subsidiaries.
The outlook remains negative.
RATINGS RATIONALE
"The rating affirmation reflects Alam Sutera's healthy core
marketing sales in 1Q 2019 and our expectation that the company's
refinancing risk over the next 12 months will be addressed by its proposed
tap bond issuance," says Jacintha Poh, a Moody's Vice
President and Senior Credit Officer.
"The outlook on Alam Sutera remains negative to reflect uncertainties
over the company's future land sales to China Fortune Land Development
Co., Ltd (CFLD), because the latter is late on its
payment of around IDR500 billion for the land that it purchased in 2018,"
adds Poh, who is also Moody's Lead Analyst for Alam Sutera.
For the first quarter of 2019, Alam Sutera achieved core marketing
sales of around IDR850 billion and IDR34 billion from sale of land to
CFLD. The company is on track to meet its full-year core
marketing sales target of around IDR3.5 trillion, but remained
behind its land sale target of IDR1.5 trillion to CFLD.
Moody's expects Alam Sutera's financial metrics --
adjusted debt/homebuilding EBITDA of around 4.5x and homebuilding
EBIT/interest expense of around 2.5x -- will remain
within the B2-rating thresholds of below 5.0x and above
2.0x, respectively, if the company is able to achieve
IDR2.5 trillion of core marketing sales and around IDR500 billion
of land sales to CFLD.
However, if Alam Sutera is unable to execute its land sales to CFLD,
Moody's expects adjusted debt/homebuilding EBITDA to weaken to around
5.0x in 2019 and 6.0x in 2020. Homebuilding EBIT/interest
expense would then also weaken to less than 2.0x in 2020.
Alam Sutera's refinancing risk over the next 12 months will be addressed
upon a successful tap bond issuance. However, the company's
debt maturity profile remains short at around 2.5 years and it
will face a maturity wall in 2022. The company intends to tap $125
million of its 2022 notes and to use the net proceeds to redeem the outstanding
$73 million of its 2020 notes, and for general corporate purposes.
Alam Sutera's B2 ratings reflect the company's ownership of a large and
low-cost land bank, a situation which has allowed it to generate
strong gross profit margins exceeding 50%. The ratings also
take into account the increased volatility in Alam Sutera's earnings and
cash flow over the last two years, driven by larger contributions
from one-off transactions instead of income from the company's
core business of property development.
The ratings are constrained by Alam Sutera's small scale and limited geographic
diversity. The company is also exposed to the cyclical property
sector, with limited contributions from the more stable, recurring
income stream from its investment properties.
Given the negative outlook, a ratings upgrade is unlikely over the
next 12-18 months.
Nevertheless, the outlook could return to stable if the company:
(1) successfully refinances the remaining $73 million of its 2020
notes; (2) continues to execute its business plans, in particular,
its land sales to CFLD; and (3) maintains stable financial metrics,
such that adjusted debt/homebuilding EBITDA is below 5.0x and adjusted
homebuilding EBIT/interest expense is above 2.0x.
Moody's could downgrade the ratings if Alam Sutera's financial
and liquidity profiles weaken owing to: (1) an inability to address
the refinancing of its 2020 notes; (2) a failure to execute its business
plans, in particular, its land sales to CFLD; (3) a deterioration
in the property market, leading to protracted weakness in the company's
operations; and (4) a material depreciation in the Indonesian rupiah,
which could increase the company's debt servicing obligations.
Metrics indicative of downward ratings pressure include: (1) adjusted
debt/homebuilding EBITDA exceeding 5.0x; (2) adjusted homebuilding
EBIT/interest expense falling below 2.0x; or (3) insufficient
cash to cover short-term debt obligations.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was Homebuilding And Property
Development Industry published in January 2018. Please see the
Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com for a copy of
this methodology.
Established in November 1993 and listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange
in December 2007, Alam Sutera Realty Tbk (P.T.) is
an integrated property developer in Indonesia that focuses on the sale
of land lots in accordance with township planning requirements,
as well as property development in residential and commercial segments
in Indonesia. At 31 December 2018, the family of The Ning
King owned around 47% of the company.
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Jacintha Poh
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Corporate Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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