TAP OIL LIMITED (TAP)



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General Information
Company Name: Tap Oil Limited
Stock Code: TAP
Website: www.tapoil.com.au
GICS Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Market Cap ($M): 128
Equiv. Shares (M): 242

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
 $ 0.525 $ 0.535 $ 0.545 $ 0.525 $ 0.535 701,851 $ -0.010  -1.869 %

Current Broker Consensus Recommendation more
Recommendation: Hold
Recommendation Date: 1st May 2013
12 Month Target Price (average): $0.893
Brokers Surveyed: 3

Company Overview

Business Description:
Tap Oil Limited (TAP) is an oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in Australia, Africa and South East Asia. TAP currently focuses on the WA-351-P located in Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.

Strategy Analysis:
TAP aims to capture and drill a balanced portfolio of moderate risk, high impact exploration opportunities. These include mature production areas such as Harriet and Woollybutt where new reserves can be quickly tied to maintain cashflow and, high quality appraisal opportunities where lower risk appraisal wells are drilled. TAP retains the capital backing to fund operations. Tap Oil reported a net loss of $3.55m for the year ended 31 December 2012. Revenues from ordinary activities were $45.9m, up 7% from last year. Basic and Diluted EPS was (1.5) cents compared to (12.0) cents last year. Net operating cash flow was $15.69m compared to $26.32m last year. No dividend was declared.


Financial Summary
Year to Dec NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2012  A -3.3 -1.4 -170.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
2011  A 4.9 2.0 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
2010  A -61.4 -35.8 -408.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Source: Morningstar analyst estimates.

Peer Comparison
EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
Company Mkt Cap 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F
Beach Energy (BPT) $1,534 M 0.7828 -0.2483 0.1432 11.4259 15.2010 13.2967 0.0186 0.0186 0.0186
Oil Search (OSH) $10,841 M -0.3691 0.0607 1.8198 73.2790 69.0863 24.5003 0.0048 0.0050 0.0050
Santos (STO) $12,401 M -0.1141 0.3991 0.2473 28.5587 20.4127 16.3655 0.0233 0.0233 0.0233
Tap Oil (TAP) $129 M -- -- -- -- -- 2.4666 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Woodside Petroleum (WPL) $30,872 M 0.1834 0.0140 0.1160 15.3811 15.1682 13.5914 0.0334 0.0530 0.0588

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth P/S Ratio
TAP 0.77 -- 0.64 -- 3.08
Market 0.83 14.4 1.22 1.88 1.72
Sector 1.36 15.1 0.77 2.18 5.20

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr Troy Hayden Chief Executive Officer,Managing Director 01 December 2010
Mr Douglas W Bailey Non-Executive Chairman 11 November 2009
Mr Michael John Sandy Non-Executive Director 22 June 2006
Mr Douglas Schwebel Non-Executive Director 16 February 2012

Management
Name Position
Melanie Williams Company Secretary
Scott Blenkinsop Company Secretary

Substantial Shareholders
Holding Name
36,097,251 (14.90%) M&G Investment Management Limited
13,407,043 (5.50%) Northern Gulf Petroleum Holdings Limited
13,951,436 (5.80%) Dimensional Fund Advisers

Calendar of Events
Date Event
29 April 2014 Report (Quarterly)
18 April 2014 Report (Annual)
27 February 2014 Report (Prelim)
29 January 2014 Report (Quarterly)
30 October 2013 Report (Quarterly)
30 August 2013 Report (Interim)
30 July 2013 Report (Quarterly)
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