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Tuesday - H.C. Wainwright analysts have maintained a Buy rating on Calumet Specialty Products Partners (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:CLMT) shares.
The upward revision follows the official closure of a $1.44 billion Department of Energy (DoE) loan, which was announced after markets closed on Friday. The loan is anticipated to significantly enhance Calumet's financial position by funding the expansion of the company's renewable fuels production capacity.
The DoE loan is expected to enable Calumet to produce approximately 300 million gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and 30 million gallons of Renewable Diesel (RD). In January 2025, Calumet is slated to receive the first tranche of $782 million from the loan.
This initial amount is set to cover costs already incurred by Montana Renewables Limited (MRL) in the expansion efforts. The remaining loan funds will be accessible through a delayed draw construction facility available until 2028, to support the incremental build-out of the MaxSAF project.
In conjunction with the loan's first tranche, Calumet is making a significant $150 million equity investment into MRL from its own balance sheet. The terms of the DoE loan include a 15-year repayment period with an interest rate pegged to the U.S. Treasury Rate plus 3/8%, and the servicing of the principal and interest is deferred until the MaxSAF project is operational.
The analysts at H.C. Wainwright who raised the price target to $33 from $25 cite several factors contributing to the raised price target: a stronger balance sheet, reduced annual debt service costs estimated at $80 million, potential margin enhancements due to a supply-constrained environment for renewable fuels starting in 2025, a cost production advantage over competitors, and the possibility of separating the renewables division from the specialty products business.
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