Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2022年4月 亞博匯 72 And just for good measure, assuming the reports are accurate, each operator will be required to provide a bank guarantee of up to MOP$1.6 billion (US$200 million) to cover potential layoffs should they not be granted a new concession under the re- tender process. In other words, any concessionaires that lose their licenses will also have to pay the redundancies of the staff it can no longer employ due to the loss of that license! So, is Macau still investible? Share prices alone suggest yes, with Sands China – Umansky’s top pick – sitting around the HK$18 mark at time of writing. For comparison, that’s almost double the HK$10.38 price each share sold for during the company’s 2008 IPO but just a fraction of its 2014 peak of HK$64.90, or even its 2021 high of HK$38.85. On the one hand, the original boom days of Macau appear to be consigned to the annals of history. But from another point of view, given the unique conflux of headwinds that has led us to this point, the only possible way from here is up. FEATURES 「即使新冠疫情很快消退並且遊 客人數恢復到正常水平,收入也不太可 能一直保持不變,而在玩家人數不斷減 少的情況下,每家承批公司都需面臨競 爭。」 這引起了最後一個有趣的觀點。據 未經證實的當地媒體報導,每家承批公 司將牌照延長六個月至2022年12月31 日,其費用將在5000萬至8000萬澳門 元(625萬美元至1000萬美元)之間, 這是一個不小的代價。考慮到新冠疫 情,這一高昂成本很可能導致企業在這 段時間內虧損,或幾乎沒有盈利。 而且,如果該報道準確無誤,每 家營運商將被要求提供高達16億澳門元 (2億美元)的銀行擔保,以支付未能成 功競投而可能產生的裁員。換句話說, 任何失去賭牌的承批公司也將不得不支 付因失去牌照而無法再僱用的員工遣散 費! 那麼,還是可以投資澳門?僅股價 而言,是的。就在撰寫本文之時,U- mansky的首選金沙中國,其股價位於18 港元左右。這一價格幾乎是該公司2008 年IPO期間每股10.38港元發行價的兩 倍,但與2014年時峰值的64.90港元相 比僅為零頭,甚至也不夠2021年高位時 的38.85港元。 澳門最初的繁榮時期可能已經結 束,但從另一個角度來看,獨特的逆風 匯流將我們帶至這一處,從這裡開始唯 一的可能就是向上。

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