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Better Aviation Stock: Singapore Airlines Versus SATS

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aviation boom as the blue-chip group provides catering services and ground handling to various airlines and food and beverage chains.\nWe place these two companies side by side to determine which makes the better investment choice.\nFinancials (FY2024)\n\nFirst off, we start by looking at each company’s fiscal 2024 (FY2024) financials as both have a 31 March fiscal year end.\nSIA pulled off a strong performance with revenue rising by 7% year on year to S$19 billion and net profit climbing 24% year on year to S$2.7 billion.\nOver at SATS, revenue soared nearly threefold year on year to a record-high of S$5.1 billion as the ground handler consolidated the financials of newly-acquired Worldwide Flight Services (WFS).\nSATS also posted a stunning turnaround with operating profit coming in at S$244.2 million and net profit clocking in at S$56.4 million.\nAlthough impressive, it is still early days for the enlarged SATS and we prefer the steady profits announced by SIA for FY2024.\nWinner: SIA\nDebt levels\n\nNext, we look at each company’s debt levels to ascertain which provides more stability and assurance.\nSIA has a significant pile of cash (S$11.8 billion) with part of it raised from its Mandatory Convertible Bonds (MCBs) issued during the pandemic.\nThe airline had a net cash position of S$2.1 billion as of 31 March 2024.\nIn contrast, SATS took on a significant pile of debt to finance the acquisition of WFS.\nHence, the food caterer was in a net debt position of S$2.1 billion for FY2024.\nLooking at debt metrics, SIA’s debt level was lower as a percentage of its total equity, coming in at around 0.6 times versus SATS’ 1.14 times.\nWinner: SIA\nFree cash flow (FCF) and FCF margin\n\nThe next attribute is each company’s ability to generate free cash flow.\nBoth companies generated healthy levels of free cash flow for FY2024.\nOn an absolute basis, SIA generated more than 10 times the free cash flow that SATS generated.\nSIA also had a significantly better free cash flow margin (defined as the level of free cash flow divided by the company’s revenue) of 19.6% compared with SATS’ 6.3%.\nWinner: SIA\nDividends\n\nThe next attribute, dividends, should interest income investors.\nSIA paid out a generous final dividend of S$0.38 along with an interim dividend of S$0.10, taking its total FY2024 dividend to S$0.48.\nAt the last done share price of S$6.74, this translates into a trailing dividend yield of 7.1% and was also a 26% year-on-year jump from the previous fiscal year’s S$0.38 total dividend.\nFor SATS, the group did not pay out a dividend since the pandemic broke out in 2020 and FY2024 was the first dividend paid out in four fiscal years.\nThe yield is a paltry 0.4% at SATS’s last done share price of S$3.74 but investors can look forward to higher dividends if the business continues to improve.\nWinner: SIA\nFinancials (1Q FY2025)\n\nBoth companies released their latest business update for the quarter ending 30 June 2024 but only displayed their profit and loss statements.\nWe used this as an additional attribute in determining which business is more attractive.\nAlthough SIA saw revenue inching up 5.3% year on year, its net profit plunged 38.4% year on year because of higher expenses.\nSATS, on the other hand, was still going strong with a 15.5% year-on-year revenue increase and with operating profit soaring more than 14-fold year on year to S$112.9 million.\nSIA’s results highlight the volatility inherent in the airline industry whereas SATS’ business offers a more stable earnings profile.\nWinner: SATS\nGet Smart: SIA is more sensitive to macroeconomic factors\nWhile SIA ticked off most of the boxes earlier, we tend to favour SATS as an investment candidate.\nThis is because the airline business can be negatively affected by many external factors that are beyond its control.\nOne aspect is oil prices, which have surged in recent days because of the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Iran.\nSIA’s heavy reliance on 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