ShinesRooms Research on Fluor and Foster Wheeler: Oil Shale Boom Could Be Valuable for Heavy Construction Industry
February 06 2013 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
A report released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed that
construction spending rose in December. While the increase was
driven by residential construction activity, non-residential
construction activity also rose in December. The trend is likely to
continue this year. For companies such as Fluor Corp. and Foster
Wheeler this is an encouraging sign. According to the Commerce
Department's figures, non-residential construction spending rose
0.3% in the month of December. The report also showed that
year-over-year non-residential construction spending rose 1.2%.
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Private non-residential construction spending rose 1.8% in
December and more than offset a drop in public non-residential
construction spending. In fact, going forward public spending on
construction is likely to remain a drag on growth. If the sequester
goes into effect on March 1, 2013, then federal construction
spending will see a reduction.
Private non-residential construction spending, meanwhile, is
expected to remain strong as the U.S. economy continues to recover.
In December, 10 of the 16 non-residential subsectors saw an
increase in spending. One of the major drivers of construction
activity going forward will be the oil shale boom in U.S. This is
particularly encouraging for Fluor, which focuses on the oil and
gas segment.
The Commerce Department report showed that spending on power
projects rose 11.2% on a year-over-year basis in December. This is
an encouraging trend for both, Foster Wheeler and Fluor.
The fiscal cliff deal reached at the start of this year has
ended a great deal of uncertainty. However, the deal did not
address the long-term spending cuts issue. Lawmakers now have less
than a month to resolve the spending cuts issue otherwise automatic
spending cuts will go into effect next month, hurting federal
spending on construction activities. Overall, though, the improving
outlook for the global economy is a good sign for the heavy
construction industry.
Back in November, Fluor had raised the lower end of its earnings
per share guidance for 2012 to a range of $3.60 to $3.80 per share.
The company, however, was somewhat cautious in its outlook for
2013. CEO David Seaton said that while there continues to be a
robust list of opportunities in oil, gas, petrochemical and
infrastructure, the company's outlook for 2013 is tempered by the
continuing weak global economy and the deferral of major mining
capital programs. One must note that since Seaton's comments in
November, the outlook for global economy has improved following
some robust data from China and the U.S.
Foster Wheeler reported a 43% increase in its third-quarter net
income in November last year, driven by the performance of its
Global Power Group, which registered a sharp rise in EBITDA and
very strong margins. The company also forecast in November that it
expects 2012 earnings per share to be significantly higher than in
2011.
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