{"id":34951,"date":"2022-10-31T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34951"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:26:37","slug":"sjm-holdings-net-loss-widens-in-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-holdings-net-loss-widens-in-q3","title":{"rendered":"SJM Holdings net loss widens in Q3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SJM Holdings has reported that net gaming revenue fell 59.9 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-&nbsp;SJM Holdings Limited&nbsp;has shared its financial results for the three months ended September 30. Its <strong>net loss widened to HK$1.89bn (US$241.5m)<\/strong>, compared to a loss of HK$1.25bn in the third quarter of last year. The net loss for the nine months ending September 2022 was <strong>HK$4.65bn<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Net gaming revenue for Q3 was <strong>HK$913m <\/strong>(US$116.3m), down 59 per cent year-on-year. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the quarter was negative HK$968m, compared to negative HK$460m in the third quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grand Lisboa Palace, the Group\u2019s integrated resort on Cotai, reported gross revenue of HK$115m (US$14.7m), including gross gaming revenue of HK$46m (US$5.9m) and non-gaming revenue of HK$69m (US$8.8m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino operator reported it had HK$4.5bn in cash, bank balances, short-term bank deposits and pledged bank deposits and HK$26.8bn of debt as of September 30. The company noted that in June it reached&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-holdings-refinances-syndicated-loan-facilities\" target=\"_blank\">an agreement with a banking syndicate<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) for&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-holdings-refinancing-plan-gets-final-approval\" target=\"_blank\">syndicated loan facilities worth up to HK$19bn (US$2.4bn)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SJM Resorts supports Macau demands for non-gaming investment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Angela Leong On Kei<\/strong>, co-chairman and executive director of SJM Holdings, has said that the company is committed to fulfilling the Macau government\u2019s demand for more&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-tender-process-to-focus-on-non-gaming-plans\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investment in non-gaming projects<\/a>&nbsp;from casino operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at company event, Leong On Kei said the company supports the city government\u2019s aims to increase&nbsp;<strong>non<\/strong>\u2013<strong>gaming in Macau\u2019s tourism sector<\/strong>. She said that the gaming sector is going through reform after 20 years of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the commission overseeing the gaming concession tender, bidders were required to describe their plans for promotional and marketing activities to raise awareness of Macau among international customers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SJM Holdings has reported that net gaming revenue fell 59.9 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SJM Holdings reported a substantial 59.9 per cent year-on-year decline in net gaming revenue (NGR) for Q3 2022, alongside a widening net loss to HK$1.89bn and negative adjusted EBITDA. The company, holding HK$26.8bn in debt, affirmed its commitment to the Macau government's mandate for increased non-gaming investment as part of the ongoing gaming concession tender process.","focusai_entities":"SJM Holdings, SJM Holdings Limited, Grand Lisboa Palace, SJM Resorts, Angela Leong On Kei, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau)","focusai_location":"Macau, Cotai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau Concession Impact?","query":"How might SJM Holdings' significant financial losses and debt burden impact its competitive standing and capital allocation strategy for the upcoming Macau gaming concession tender, particularly concerning non-gaming investment commitments?"},{"label":"Non-Gaming ROI Strategy?","query":"Given the substantial non-gaming investment mandates from the Macau government, what is SJM Holdings' projected return on investment (ROI) timeline and strategy for these diversified assets, and how will they mitigate the current NGR decline?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[23108],"class_list":["post-34951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-sjm-holdings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34951"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34964,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34951\/revisions\/34964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}