摘要
关键提示行业分析人士认为,班轮公司可以将2021年的利润用于收购、偿还债务、派息或股票回购、技术投资等,也可以选择为未来资本支出或收购活动提供应急资金。
Container lines are on course for a profits bonanza of roughly$300 billion in 2021 and 2022,eye-popping figures that make previously lucrative cycles seem quaint in comparison.But two questions loom going forward:just what those lines plan to do with their individual windfalls,and whether their n e w financial footings will create a fundamentally different o p e rating environment.To t ake a notable example of this newfound buying power,i n upgrading Maersk’s credit rating to BBB+in mid-S eptember,S&P Global forecast that“Maersk will generate strong discretionary cash flow(after leases,capital expenditure,dividends,and share buybacks)of up to $8.5 billion in 2021.”According to discussions with a range of industry watchers,the options to deploy those profits include acquisitions,debt repayment,dividends or share buybacks,technology investments,or rainy-day funds for future capital expenditure or acquisition activity.
出处
《中国远洋海运》
2022年第1期66-67,7,共3页
Maritime China
