Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.

BEP Details

Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (NYSE: BEP) has a portfolio of assets comprising ~19,000 MW of capacity and annualized LTA generation of ~56,300 GWh and a ~23,000 MW development pipeline making it one of the largest pure-play public renewable companies in the world.

Results Performance for the Third Quarter Ended 30 September 2021 (Q3FY21)

• Funds from operations (FFO) stood at $210 million in Q3FY21, up 32% YoY, primarily due to solid performance of assets with high levels of asset availability and new acquisitions.
• The company agreed 19 power purchase agreements for ~1,300 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of renewable generation with corporate off-takers across major industries.
• Progressed ~8,000 megawatts of development projects through construction and advanced stage permitting. Also, it added ~5,000 megawatts to the global development pipeline, totalling ~36,000 megawatts.
• Invested or agreed to invest ~$2.4 billion ($600 million net to Brookfield Renewable) of equity across a range of transactions year-to-date

Source: Company Reports, Analysis by Kalkine Group

Outlook

The company continues to increase its distributed generation business around the globe, positioning itself as a partner with companies and other institutions by offering a ‘one-stop solution for onsite and offsite energy generation, storage, and efficiency services. The company agreed to acquire three late-stage solar development projects in the U.S., having an installed capacity of 475 megawatts. In addition, the company is expanding PPA discussions with big corporate buyer of renewable power to fully contract the generation. The projects are anticipated to be commissioned by 2024. The company plans to invest $135 million (~$35 million net to Brookfield Renewable).

Recent Update:

BEP would be holding its fourth quarter 2021 conference call on February 4, 2022. Its results would be released on February 4, 2022.  

Key Risks

The group’s businesses are exposed to movements in the market price of electricity, foreign currency risk for operations, anticipated transactions, and particular foreign currency debt. In addition, changes to hydrology at hydroelectric facilities, wind conditions at wind energy facilities, the irradiance at solar facilities or weather conditions generally, due to climate change or otherwise, at any of the facilities could adversely affect the volume of electricity generated.

Valuation Methodology: EV/Sales Based Relative Valuation (Illustrative)

Technical Overview:

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Source: REFINITIV

Note: Orange Color Line Reflects RSI (14-Period)

Stock Recommendation

The stock has been valued using EV/Sales multiple based relative valuation (on an illustrative basis). The target price so arrived reflects the potential rise of low double-digit (in % terms). In addition, a slight premium has been applied to EV/Sales Multiple (NTM) (Peer Average) considering decent outlook as well as higher revenue in Q3 FY 2021 on the YoY basis.

Considering the factors above and the current trading levels, we give a “Buy” rating on the stock at the closing market price of $33.55 per share, down by 0.83% on 13^th January 2022.

Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (BEP) is a part of Kalkine’s Global Green Energy Product

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