
领先的农业公司Adecoagro (AGRO)公布了其2024年第一季度的业绩,经调整后的综合EBITDA为9000万美元,与去年相比保持稳定。尽管食糖价格下跌影响了其糖、乙醇和能源部门的EBITDA同比增长,但该公司的农业业务产量显著回升,这有助于抵消国际大宗商品价格下跌的影响。Adecoagro还强调了强有力的资本配置策略,包括股票回购计划和对增长的承诺,同时保持稳固的债务状况。
有限公司未合并调整后EBITDA保持不变与去年同期持平,为9000万美元。
由于扩张和提高效率,糖、乙醇和能源行业取得了创纪录的业绩。
农业经营EBITDA增加了2500万美元,其中作物和水稻部门表现良好。
宣布派发3,500万美元股息,其中1,750万美元已于5月分期付款。
股票回购完成2,700万美元,反映公司业绩对公司价值的信心。
净债务减少23%至6.39亿美元,流动比率提高至2.9倍。
公司收购了阿根廷和乌拉圭的碾米厂,投资2900万美元用于扩张资本支出。
Adecoagro计划增加甘蔗种植,并在其糖、乙醇和能源业务中看到了增长机会。
该公司预计糖和乙醇价格将下降,但预计产量的增加和多样化将抵消影响。
Adecoagro是公司通过战略性资产收购巩固其在阿根廷和乌拉圭的业务。
食糖价格的下降导致食糖部门的EBITDA同比下降。
全球供应公司由于恶劣的天气条件,大米市场受到限制。
农业生产产量的提高导致了经济的增长EBITDA的大幅增长。
公司是乐观的但乙醇市场和可能转移生产资本化的有利条件。
巴西的新燃料法符合Adecoagro的长期战略,可能有利于其生物燃料业务。
公司目前价格低于食糖价格,短期内可能影响盈利能力。
Adecoagro准备超越其分销政策,可能通过回购提高股东回报。
该公司仍持谨慎态度比如天气和商品价格等未知因素。
Adecoagro是业内第一家因退税而调整生产结构的公司,显示出战略优势。
Adecoagro的财报电话会议反映了该公司通过战略投资和运营效率来应对市场波动。尽管该公司面临着大宗商品价格波动和全球供应问题等挑战,但其在资本配置和债务削减方面的积极措施显示出对长期增长和股东价值的承诺。Adecoagro克服这些障碍的方法,包括使其生产多样化和抓住市场机会,使其在充满活力的农业部门保持竞争力。
Adecoagro公司最新的财务业绩和战略举措引起了投资者和分析师的关注。该公司的股票回购活动和管理层对其股票的信心是向市场发出的强烈信号。根据InvestingPro Tips,管理层一直在积极回购股票,突显出他们对公司内在价值的信心。此外,该公司的高股东收益率是另一个积极指标,表明投资者可以从股息和股价上涨中受益。
从估值的角度来看,Adecoagro目前的市盈率较低,截至2024年第一季度,过去12个月的市盈率(调整后)为4.89。这可能意味着该股相对于其盈利潜力被低估了。正如InvestingPro Tips所指出的那样,该公司还拥有强劲的自由现金流收益率,这证明了它有能力产生现金,并有可能为进一步增长提供资金或向股东返还资本。
根据InvestingPro提供的实时数据,Adecoagro的市值为10.9亿美元,截至2024年第一季度,其过去12个月的市净率为0.8,这可能表明该股票与其净资产相比可能被低估。此外,公司的流动资产超过了短期债务,提供了财务稳定性和灵活性。
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记住,投资总是伴随着风险,在做投资决定时考虑所有可用的信息是很重要的。Adecoagro最近的业绩和市场数据为关注农业部门的投资者提供了一个有趣的案例。
接线员:早上好,女士们,先生们,让您久等了。此时,我们欢迎大家参加Adecoagro 2024年第一季度业绩电话会议。今天,我们请来了首席执行官Mariano Bosch先生;Emilio Gnecco先生,首席财务官;Renato Junqueira Pereira先生,糖、乙醇和能源副总裁;以及投资者关系专员维多利亚·卡贝略夫人。我们想通知您,本次活动正在录音,所有参与者在公司演示期间将处于仅听模式。公司发言结束后,会有一个问答环节。此时,将会有进一步的指示。在继续之前,请允许我提一下,前瞻性陈述是基于Adecoagro管理层的信念和假设,以及公司目前可获得的信息。它们涉及风险、不确定性和假设,因为它们与未来事件有关,因此取决于未来可能发生或不发生的情况。投资者应了解,总体经济状况、行业状况和其他经营因素也可能影响Adecoagro的未来业绩,并可能导致业绩与此类前瞻性陈述中表达的结果存在重大差异。现在,我将把会议交给首席执行官马里亚诺·博斯先生。博斯先生,你可以开始开会了。
Mariano Bosch:早上好,感谢大家参加Adecoagro的2024年第一季度业绩发布会。本季度调整后的综合EBITDA达到9000万美元,与去年持平。自我们进驻巴西以来,我们的糖、乙醇和能源业务在第一季度创下了创纪录的数字。这要归功于扩大种植的所有投资,以获得良好的甘蔗供应。事实上,我们是唯一一家收获和生产糖的公司之一,我们在本季度继续获得比乙醇有吸引力的溢价。连续收获模式使我们能够全年压榨甘蔗,并不断向市场供应新产品,特别是在巴西的收获期,没有提到碾磨越高,我们的生产成本越低。尽管经营表现出色,但糖价远期曲线的下降是该特定部门调整后EBITDA同比下降的主要驱动因素。在我们的农业运营中,三个运营部门的出色表现表明我们的团队每天都在努力实现产量最大化,同时仍然是低成本的生产者。在作物方面,尽管大豆、玉米和小麦的国际价格较低,但正常的天气条件转化为产量的显著恢复,从而转化为成果。我们目前正处于收获季节的中期,因此产量仍在确定中,但我们知道,我们正朝着这一细分市场的正常运营年迈进。此外,在我们的大米经营中建立了一个可持续的综合商业模式,使我们能够在平均销售价格上获得重要的同比增长,因为我们是唯一一家在库存有限的情况下有可用产量的大米生产商。这是因为我们的高附加值产品可以灵活地迎合国内和出口市场。在乳制品部门,作物产量的显著恢复导致奶牛饲料成本的降低,这是该业务的主要成本组成部分之一。此外,我们继续致力于国内和出口市场的产品开发,并利用我们的灵活性为两个市场提供我们的日常产品组合。在把消息传给埃米利奥之前,我想简要介绍一下我们的分销政策。4月17日,我们的年度股东大会批准了3500万美元的现金股息分配。除此之外,我们还将继续按照我们的计划回购股票。我们已经回购了260万股股票,相当于公司股本的2.4%。正如你所看到的,我们致力于我们的分销政策,同时我们继续投资于具有吸引力的内部回报率的成长型项目,并维持我们的债务水平。最后,我想再次感谢我们所有的员工、承包商和利益相关者,感谢他们的辛勤工作和承诺。现在,我将让埃米利奥向你们介绍本季度的数据。
Emilio Gnecco: Thank you, Mariano. Good morning everyone. Let's start on page four with a summary of our consolidated financial results. Gross sales totaled $254 million during the first quarter, 3% higher year-over-year. This was mostly explained by greater sugar cane crush, which enabled us to increase our sugar production and execute sales at solid prices. In addition, our rice operations reported a 83% year-over-year increase in the average selling price, driven by limited supply both in the export and domestic markets. Adjusted EBITDA reached $90 million in line with the previous year. The outperformance of all the three of our farming businesses fully offset the decline reported in the sugar, ethanol, and energy business, which was explained by a loss in our biological assets driven by a reduction of sugar and ethanol price. Now please turn to slide five. Regarding our production figures, in the bottom right chart, we can see that crushing volumes in our sugar, ethanol, and energy business were up 47% versus the same period of last year. Higher crushing translates into higher production volume, thus increasing sales and diluting costs. Total production in our farming division reported a 19% year-over-year increase, explained by a fully recovering years after normal weather conditions experienced during the development of our crops, as well as to higher planted area. Let's move to slide seven, with the operational performance of our sugar, ethanol and energy business. During the first quarter of 2024, crushing volume amounted to 2.2 million tons, an all-time record for our first quarter million figure. This was mainly explained by greater sugarcane availability, due to the expansion planting activities carried out over the past years. Regarding productivity, TRS per hectare remained in line versus last year as TRS content presented a 5% year-over-year improvement, reaching 117 kilograms per ton, while yields amounted to 70 tons per hectare. In terms of mix, we diverted as much as 49% of our TRS to sugar in line with our strategy to maximize production of the product with the highest marginal contribution, taking advantage of the high degree of flexibility of our mils. Within our ethanol production 91% was hydrous, compared to 29% in the previous year, as demand for this type of ethanol has been significantly increasing and gaining market share, offering the better margin. Let's please turn to slide eight, where we describe sales conducted throughout the period. Net sales amounted to $103 million during the quarter, making a 7% increase compared to the same period of last year. This was driven by higher sugar sales on higher prices and volume, which fully offset the overall reduction in ethanol sales, due to the decline in selling prices. As you can see on the top left chart, our average selling price of sugar reached $23.8 per pound, thanks to our hedging strategy, which allowed us to capture the rally in global sugar prices. Moreover, selling volumes amounted to 120,000 tons due to the increase in production versus the prior year as a result of the higher milling. In the case of ethanol, selling volumes were up 11% versus the prior year on higher demand of hydrous ethanol, whereas the average selling price decreased 30% year-over-year. Lower prices were explained by higher inventory levers carried into the inter-harvest period, which resulted in more supply of ethanol in the market. Although the average selling price of energy increased by 2%, compared to the prior year, selling volumes were down 13% as we prioritized the volume contracted and saved our bagasse for more profitable alternatives. Regarding carbon credits, we sold over 80,000 CBios at an average price of $19 per CBio. Please go to page nine, where we would like to present the financial performance of the sugar, ethanol, and energy business. Adjusted EBITDA amounted to $52 million in the first quarter, 32% lower than the same period of last year. Despite the year-over-year increase in milling and sales, results were negatively impacted by a year-over-year loss in the market-to-market of our biological assets as the outlook of sugar prices is lower, compared to last year, coupled with higher freight costs and higher sugar sales. Finally, to conclude with the sugar-ethanol energy business, please turn to slide 10, where we would like to briefly talk about the current outlook. Rainfalls received over the last few weeks continue to favor the productivity of our plantation. Assuming weather going normal, we expect to increase our crushing volume versus 2023 as we have sufficient sugarcane availability to use our industrial capacity. This in turn will result in a reduction of in unitary cash costs due to better dilution of fixed costs. From a commercial point of view, the evolution of sugar prices will mostly depend on Brazil's production and logistics. We have approximately 40% of our expected 2024 sugar production still ahead, while the balance was committed at an average price close to $0.24 per pound. In the case of ethanol, by the beginning of April, prices recovered 30%, compared to the lowest levels reported in early 2024. Consequently, we sold over 80,000 cubic meters of ethanol at an average price of $566 per cubic meter, profiting from the peaking prices partially clear our tanks. We believe ethanol prices have room to continue increasing due to the current low parity at the pump. Now, we would like to move on to the farming business. Please go to slide 12. We are currently undergoing harvesting activities for most of our grains. As of the end of April, we harvested 47% of the total area and produce over 600,000 tons of agriculture produced. Normal weather conditions registered throughout the yield definition stage of all our crops, favored crop development and led to a full recovery in yields. In the case of late corn, the Northern region of Argentina has been negatively impacted by spiroplasma, a bacterium which is conducted by a leaf hopper. This bacterium reproduces under tropical conditions as in Brazil and Paraguay and recently spread to the Northern Argentina even the high humidity and temperatures registered. Thus, approximately 15% of our total corn production was impacted in line with the decline in Argentina's total corn production. Regardless of that, we are still focusing yields in line with historical levers since our geographic diversification enabled us not only to mitigate weather risk, but also this type of diseases that may affect a given crop in a certain year. Lastly, we have already harvested 88% of our rice, reaching an average yield of 6.5 tons per hectare. Although it was a challenging campaign, due to the pollution of weather conditions throughout the different growth stages of our rice, we were able to obtain an improvement in yields. On the following page 13, we present the financial performance of our farming business. Adjusted EBITDA for the farming business totaled $44 million in the quarter, making a $25 million year-over-year increase. Higher results are mainly explained by an outperformance in all three segments. Before going into the results of each operating segment, I would like to briefly recall that we have modified our internal reporting to refine the way we view our farming business and its interaction with our land transformation activity. Consequently, we recast previously reported segment financial information. Adjusted EBITDA for our crops segment amounted to $5 million in the first quarter, making a $6 million year-over-year increase. This was fully driven by the recovery in yields, which resulted in a $15 million year-over-year gain in the mark-to-market of our biological assets. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, we completed the sale of the La Pecuaria farm located in the province of Durazno, Uruguay, for a selling price of $21 million collected in full at closing. This transaction generated an adjusted EBITDA of $15 million, which will be booked in our crop segment in the second quarter. Adjusted EBITDA in our rice segment was $33 million, $19 million more than the same period of last year. This was mainly explained by a $13 million year-over-year gain in the mark-to-market of our biological assets on a better campaign in terms of area, productivity and prices. Moreover, we were able to capture an average selling price of $433 per ton higher than the prior year, as we were the only rice producer with available stocks at the moment when rice supply was limited. Moving on to the dairy segment, adjusted EBITDA totaled $6 million, 5% higher than the prior year. Results were positively impacted by a year-over-year decline in our cost structure, mainly related to the cost of feed. As our in-house production recovered, lower crop output reported during the prior year due to the dry weather. Let's turn now to page 15, where we would like to present our capital allocation strategy. According to our distribution policy, we are committed to a minimum distribution of 40% of the cash generated in the previous year via a combination of cash dividends and share repurchase. In 2023, we generated $176 million of net cash from operations. Consequently, our minimum distribution amounts to $70 million during the current year. In terms of dividends, a dividend distribution of $35 million was approved during our annual shareholder meeting held on April 17. First installment of $17.5 million will be paid on May 29 and represents approximately $0.17 per share, whereas the second installment shall be payable during November in an equal cash amount. In addition, we have already repurchased $27 million in shares under our buyback program, which represents approximately 2.4% of the company's equity. Please turn to page 16 for a broader view of our debt position. Net debt amounted to $639 million, making a 23% decrease, compared to the same period of last year. This was explained by a significant reduction in the gross debt position as a result of our financial strategy carried out during 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, and also better results from operations. As shown in our financial figures, the reduction in our net debt position was done without disattending our distribution policy and growth projects. As of March 31 2024, our liquidity ratio reached 2.9 times, showing the company's full capacity to repay short-term debt with its cash balances, whereas our net leverage ratio was 1.3 times, 0.6 times lower, compared to the previous year. On the following slide, we describe our capex problem. Expansion CapEx represented $29 million in the first quarter of 2024. In Brazil, we continue increasing our sugarcane plantation, investing in our biogas unit in Ivinhema mill, where our biomethane production takes place. In our farming business, we paid the third and final installment of the acquisition of Viterra’s rice mills in Argentina and Uruguay to expand our geographic footprint in rice portfolio. Thank you very much for your time. We're now open to questions.
接线员:谢谢。现在请大家提问。我们的第一个问题来自BTG的Henrique Brustolin。
Henrique Brustolin:大家好。谢谢你回答我的问题。我有两个,我想都是雷纳托的糖和乙醇业务。首先,我想多听听你对糖价变化的看法,对吧?我们在最近几周看到了这种急剧收缩。你认为这背后的原因是什么,你对今年剩下的时间里的糖有什么期望,对吧?第二个问题,也是关于糖和乙醇,是如何改变公司对年度业绩的看法,对吧?我们看到对冲头寸已经相当先进了。乙醇的价格在边际上更强,但糖的曲线现在更低,另一方面,我认为,从单一成本的角度来看,你也有一个很好的视角。所以,如果你能稍微讨论一下这种情况是如何变化的,或者你对整个作物季节的结果有什么看法,即使是与前一个季节相比,我认为这将非常有帮助。谢谢你!
Mariano Bosch:嗨,Enrique,我是Mariano,谢谢你的问题。第二个问题是讨论对结果的影响。重要的是要理解糖的价格,尽管我们已经将57%的价格固定在比今天高得多的价格上,但对生物资产有影响。这就是EBITDA减少的原因这就是我们用数字解释的原因。对于全年而言,生物资产的影响也是如此。因此,我们可以预计,整个糖和乙醇行业的产量将低于去年,尽管产量、效率等方面有所提高,但我们也可以看到,其他作物的产量也会增加,这可能会弥补糖和乙醇行业的减产。在快速澄清我们的预期之后,我想让雷纳托更深入地谈谈我们对食糖价格的看法以及可能发生的情况。
Renato Junqueira Pereira:嗨,Henrique。所以我认为有必要讨论一下糖和乙醇的价格,因为它们对我们的价格走势都很重要。所以,从糖开始,我们认为从巴西的角度来看,你生产4200万吨,4300万吨糖。市场预测已经从少量的短缺转向少量的盈余,但全球的库存仍然很低。实际上,库存与使用比率是最低的,我认为这是自2011年以来的最低水平,供应非常依赖巴西的作物。因此,任何有关巴西作物减产的消息,任何天气问题,都可能引发糖价上涨。正如马里亚诺所提到的,我们以每磅23.6美分的价格对冲了57%的风险。我们对乙醇非常乐观,或者说对短期内乙醇的发展前景非常乐观。所以我们认为很有可能在第二学期的某个时候改变南马托格罗索州的混合。我们对乙醇的情况非常有建设性,因为我们认为今年乙醇的供应将会减少,因为巴西的甘蔗压榨量将低于去年,而去年是甘蔗压榨的高峰期,减少5%到10%。我认为混合物将更加以糖为导向,比去年高出3%或2%,已经很高了,49%。因此,乙醇的供应将会减少在20亿升到30亿升之间,这远远足以弥补玉米乙醇产量的小幅增长。乙醇的需求量一直很高。实际上,自1月份以来,乙醇的需求增加了60%,而依赖的部分仍然是65%,所以非常有竞争力——乙醇仍然非常有竞争力。每月对乙醇的需求,含水乙醇的需求接近20亿升。所以我们认为乙醇的标准与发展水平是非常紧张的。因此,价格必须向7%的部分移动,才能在某个时候抑制需求。在这种情况下,我们将把混合物从糖换成乙醇。
Henrique Brustolin:这很清楚。非常感谢。
Mariano Bosch:谢谢你,Henrique。
接线员:下一个问题来自美国银行的伊莎贝拉·西蒙纳托。
伊莎贝拉:嗨,马里亚诺,埃米利奥。早上好,谢谢你给我这个机会。我有两个问题,首先是关于大米的,对吧?我们看到了相当大的冻结价格,对吧?就连你们在第一季度公布的价格也引起了很多关注,但我想听听你们是如何看待大米价格动态的,尤其是考虑到对巴西南部的潜在影响。您能否详细介绍一下今年剩余时间的前景?我觉得会很有帮助。第二个问题是资本配置,对吧?正如你提到的,你们在糖和乙醇以及大米业务上完成了一些资本支出。所以我想知道,在资本支出和潜在投资方面,我们下一步可以期待什么,如果有的话?谢谢你!
Mariano Bosch:当然。谢谢你,伊莎贝拉。答:关于大米价格的第一个问题,我认为了解国际大米的一般价格和我国大米价格上涨的情况是很重要的。正如我们之前所说的,我们有这样的模式,我们在农场开发基因,然后在工厂加工,然后卖给我们的特定客户,我们在那里开发整个链条,满足我们特定客户的需求。重要的是要明白,价格上涨中有一部分是专门为提高质量而增加的,我们称之为质量,而是向世界上任何地方的询问者出售合适的价格。这是价格上涨的部分原因。价格上涨的另一部分在本季度非常重要,那就是在国内市场和出口市场上销售的能力。因此,由于该地区缺乏大米,我们能够从国内价格中获益。展望未来,我们将继续关注这一战略,我们每次都在努力实现这一战略。我认为制定战略是非常重要的,就像我们去年或两年前增加和购买乌拉圭的维特拉大米资产一样,巩固我们在阿根廷和乌拉圭的整个足迹,继续绝对符合这一战略。此外,该区域的全球大米供应量低于平均水平,就南美洲的总产量而言,可能处于过去几年的最低水平。总的来说,这个总产量受到了低于平均产量的影响,因为播种晚了,在收获的时候雨水太多,所以整个地区都发生了这种情况,最重要的是,南里奥格兰德州的情况也很糟糕,南里奥格兰德州是该地区大米总供应量非常重要的一个州。所以我们仍然不知道这会有多大的影响,但当然会对供应不足产生一些影响。这就是大米生意的总体概念。我不知道你是否想澄清一下。回到你的第二个问题。对不起伊莎贝拉……
伊莎贝拉:不,不,我要说的是很清楚。谢谢你!
Mariano Bosch:好的。所以,回到你问题的第二部分,关于资本配置和资本支出,正如埃米利奥在他最后两张幻灯片中解释得很好,我们遵守我们的分销政策,同时在这方面非常一致。正如你所看到的,我们的回购计划已经取得了很大进展,因为我们看到了回购股票的机会,以及我们从中获得的回报,我们可能会看到这个机会继续存在。我们会看到,但这里有巨大的增长潜力。政策说的是最低限度,没有说我们能做多少。这是一个迹象。关于资本支出问题的另一部分,我们在我们的老糖、乙醇和能源业务中看到了一个非常好的机会。正如雷纳托多次解释的那样,我们在集群中拥有的竞争优势我们今天看到的是我们在收获期间的收获情况,我们继续在那里增长,我们继续看到我们正在走的这条增长道路今天,特别是你可以在报告中看到我们在适当的时候种植了更多的甘蔗,也就是在第一季度。因此,我们对我们在那里的投资感到满意,这将继续发生,巩固我们正在做的全部种植园。除此之外,巴西刚刚通过的关于未来燃料的法律抱歉,它还需要在参议院通过,但它已经在下议院通过了。我认为这与我们在南马托格罗索州所做的事情非常一致,这让我们对我们在那里的建设和我们在那里的效率的长期观点充满了热情,并且完全符合巴西的政策作为一个长期趋势。这就是为什么你可以看到糖和乙醇的资本支出继续存在。特别是在大米行业,这也是一项很好的投资我们两年前在维特拉投资的机会。现在产量有了小幅增长这是关键就像甘蔗一样我们在糖和乙醇业务中讨论甘蔗,我们在大米综合业务中讨论甘蔗。最重要的部分是稻米的总产量。所以生产大米对我们来说很重要。就大米总产量而言,我们在那里取得了一些增长。因此,这是我们将在这次合并中继续看到的资本支出。再一次,从遗传到最终消费者的整个水稻业务链中的小型协同项目我们总能找到继续改进的小项目。然后,整个日化系统和处理都做得很好,国内市场的机会,以及阿根廷今天在日化业务中所拥有的一些好处。我们还可以看到一些改进和小型项目继续发生,并继续提高效率。它们都有非常诱人的回报。当我谈到非常有吸引力的回报时,我指的是20%以上的回报率,杠杆内部收益率是我们在所有这些项目中达到的水平。这就是我们如何看待总资本支出和资本配置的一个快速总结。
伊莎贝拉:谢谢你的详细解释。谢谢你!
接线员:[接线员说明]我们的下一个问题来自Itau BBA的Larissa Perez。
拉里萨·佩雷斯:早上好,马里亚诺,埃米利奥,雷纳托,维多利亚,[听不清]。谢谢你回答我的问题。实际上我有两个后续问题。第一个问题是给雷纳托的,这是对恩里克问题的后续提问。我只是想知道,它提到公司预计今年将增加甘蔗压榨,你刚刚解释了考虑到固定成本稀释效应,这将如何对单一成本产生重大影响?所以我想知道你是否可以给我们一些关于这次收获的预期粉碎量增加的大小,或者预计这次收获的单位成本下降的大小?这是我要问雷纳托的第一个问题。我的第二个问题是问马里亚诺的,实际上是伊萨问题的后续问题。你刚才提到,你们的政策是将经营活动中调整后的自由现金流的至少40%分配给股东。我想知道在什么情况下公司会考虑进一步增加分销?因为就像你说的,40%只是最小值。所以我想知道是什么让Adeco的销量超过了40%。这就是我的两个问题。非常感谢。
Mariano Bosch:谢谢Larissa的问题。我会让雷纳托再详细介绍一下这个碾压,然后我再讲另一个。
Renato Junqueira Pereira:嗨,Larissa,谢谢你的问题。正如刚才提到的,我们一直在投资甘蔗田,种植甘蔗田。这就是我们在第一季度破纪录的原因。我们最初认为今年的产量会比去年高,但由于现在天气有点干燥,我们认为产量将与去年相当。但由于面积的增加,我们认为我们将比去年压榨更多的甘蔗。我认为大概是5%,比去年高5%。当然,这也会降低我们的成本。因此,我们认为我们有潜力降低5%到10%的成本,因为体积的影响,因为稀释。还有一个原因是甘蔗的价格上涨了。[Bonsucro] (ph值)有点下降。甚至该地区替代作物的价格也在下降。也许租金会更低我们认为会下降5%到10%
Mariano Bosch:谢谢你,Renato。拉丽莎,更具体地说一下我们一直在谈论的资本配置,你提到在什么情况下我们可以增加分配政策。你可以看到,在今天的情况下,如果我们继续做我们一直在做的事情,我们当然会超越分配政策,通过回购来分配,而不是政策所要求的。这是一个非常简短的回答。但我们仍然需要全年继续前进。这一年有很多未知的事情,比如天气,价格。我们仍然不知道今年的EBITDA是多少。当然,我们也考虑到这一点,以及我们如何预测我们的年度EBITDA,正如我在开始时提到的,我们今天的预测与我们去年的预测非常一致。我们也在密切关注我们所有的投资项目。我们在这两方面都有空间,你们今天看到的债务水平,由于我们在过去几年一直在减少我们的债务水平,我们已经超出了这一水平,所以我们仍然有空间同时实现这两项目标。但这是我们在一年中做出的决定。
拉里萨·佩雷斯:这非常清楚。谢谢你,雷纳托。谢谢你,玛丽安娜。
接线员:[接线员说明]下一个问题来自摩根士丹利的Julia Rizzo。
Julia Rizzo:大家好。谢谢你回答我的问题。雷纳托,我很想听听你的看法。现在糖的价格下降了从乙醇到糖的折扣也明显收窄了。在什么时候,你决定改变,保持最大糖量对你来说不再有趣了然后开始改变你的生产,生产乙醇而不是糖?如果这也改变了你的前景,你预计下半年乙醇价格可能会上涨吗?
Renato Junqueira Pereira:嗨,Julia。谢谢你的问题。正如我所提到的,我们对乙醇短期前景持乐观态度,特别是因为正如我所提到的,乙醇的供应量较低。需求非常非常高。所以今天在南马托格罗索州,我们的乙醇等价物,氢乙醇等价物是每磅0.17美元。所以我们仍然比糖少一点。但我们认为乙醇的前景将继续改善。在未来的某个时刻,我们会达到每磅0.18或0.19美元。然后我们将改变混合物,在南马托格罗索州生产尽可能多的乙醇。这57%的糖对冲是考虑最大糖的情况。所以如果你考虑我们要改变混合,这个57%大于那个。所以我认为在不久的将来会是这样。
Julia Rizzo:但是你认为什么时候行业会开始重新考虑最大含糖量?乙醇的最低折扣是多少?
雷纳托·朱奎拉·佩雷拉:因为你在南马托格罗索州,我们有IMS退税,我们是第一个转换组合的,所以其他行业有200分的差异。所以今天我们有17家,其他公司接近15家。
Julia Rizzo:好的,非常感谢,我很感激。
接线员:问答环节到此结束。现在我想请博施先生作闭幕词。
Mariano Bosch:感谢大家参加我们的电话会议,希望在我们即将召开的会议上看到你们。
接线员:谢谢。今天的演讲到此结束。你可以在这个时候断开连接,享受美好的一天。
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