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Domestic demand to help Genting Malaysia reach pre-COVID EBITDA by late 2022: Fitch

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Wed 7 Apr 2021 at 20:11
Growing visitation at Malaysian IR suggests worst is over for Genting Malaysia: RHB Research

Genting’s Malaysian flagship, Resorts World Genting.

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Fitch Ratings says it expects Malaysian-based integrated resort operator Genting Malaysia to return to pre-pandemic level EBITDA and deleverage by the end of 2022 thanks to healthy demand from the domestic market.

The assessment formed the basis for Fitch to this week issue Genting Malaysia with a Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of “BBB” with a negative outlook, impacted by the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

A “BBB” rating considers companies to be of investment grade, medium class and “satisfactory” at any given point in time.

Despite COVID-19 resulting in a net loss of MYR2.26 billion (US$547 million) for Genting Malaysia in FY20, Fitch noted that pent-up demand from locals had seen the company’s Malaysian IR, Resorts World Genting (RWG), recover to 66% of 3Q19 revenue and 79% of EBITDA in the third quarter of 2020. RWG was later forced to suspend operations in January 2021 on a new wave of COVID-19 before opening again a month later.

“Performance tapered off after the re-imposition of interstate travel curbs to contain rising infections and a temporary closure at the start of 2021, but the jump in gross gaming revenues when there are no travel bans shows resilient domestic demand, which supports Genting Malaysia’s recovery,” Fitch said.

“Genting Malaysia’s domestic-focused operation also means the company is better positioned for a faster post-pandemic recovery than peers in destination markets, where recovery depends on resumption of cross-border travel.

“Fitch expects Genting Malaysia’s EBITDA to return to pre-pandemic levels and net debt/EBITDA to fall to below 3x by end-2022 on healthy demand.”

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