SBM Offshore surge on H1 beat, guidance hike
** Shares in SBM Offshore SBMO.AS rise 11.5% andare on track for their best in over four years, after theDutch oil and gas services provider on Thursday upgraded its profit guidance for the year, following better-than-expected H1 results
** "The beat in H1-24 on the back of solid execution, combined with a stronger than expected backlog, bodes well for the rest of the year," a Degroof Petercam note says
** SBM upgraded its 2024 directional EBITDA guidance from around $1.2 bln to around $1.3 bln after its H1 EBITDAof $620 mln came in ahead ofthe $581 mln estimate seenin a company-provided consensus
** The group also announced it is doubling its share repurchase program from 65 mln euros to 130 mln euros
** Degroof Petercam highlights SBM's"record" order backlog of $33.7 bln which beat the broker'sestimate of $31.7 bln
** ING says theThursday numbers are "confirming that SBM is progressing very, very well and ticking all the boxes investors would like to hear"
** Shares are outperforming the STOXX index .STOXX, which falls 0.7%, and are on track for their best day since March 24, 2020, when it closed 14.1% higher
Reporting by Stéphanie Hamel
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