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With borders getting ready to open up, and people beginning to move around again, the stay-at-home COVID cycle seems to be coming to an end.
Although the recovery of tourism and travel may be bumpy for some, a perfectly timed acquisition means it is smooth sailing ahead for Sealink (ASX: SLK), Australia’s largest and most experienced multi-modal transport and tourism operator.
In 2019, Sealink acquired Transit Systems, one of Australia’s largest private bus lines.
Sealink went from a maritime tourism business to a diversified transport provider backed by non-discretionary government contracts.
“The risk profile of it when it was a pure maritime tourism business has been eliminated,” Mr Guidera said.
Today, 91% of Sealink’s annualised revenue is contracted or non-discretionary contracts, meaning the business has a baked-in market share of more than 50% of bus services in Western Australia and South Australia.
Now that Sealink has completed its first year as a diversified business, revenue and profits are up 88% and 152%, respectively.
With borders set to open, Sealink’s government-backed tourism assets are well-positioned to follow the same growth trajectory.
“One of the core strengths of this business is its ability to generate immense operating cash flow. Even despite COVID, a lot of that cash is poured back into the business to improve the asset base,” Sealink CEO Clint Feuerherdt said.
Many of Sealink’s island routes do not have competition. That means the company has the opportunity to bring tourists to the destination on a Sealink vessel, transport them across the island on a Sealink bus, then put them in Sealink-owned accommodation.
“We think the markets are only just appreciating the transport opportunity and the resilience of these earnings over time,” Mr Guidera said.
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