Tuesday, April 12, 2016

[Maybank IB] Today's Research - Malaysia


FEATURE
CALLS

Regional | Invest Malaysia 2016
Sustainable at the Core
Chew Hann Wong








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Regional Plantations | Lowest stockpile in 12 months
Chee Ting Ong









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Malaysia | No letup but caution ahead
Suhaimi Ilias







Malaysia | Index is still treading water
Lee Cheng Hooi








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COMPANY RESEARCH





Company Update





QL Resources (QLG MK)
by Liew Wei Han





Share Price:
MYR4.44
Target Price:
MYR4.20
Recommendation:
Hold




More “convenience” for Malaysians?

QL’s venture into the convenience store space is short term neutral, given the gestation period of new stores and since the first store will only open end-2016. Over the longer term, earnings accretion will very much depend on FamilyMart’s ability to differentiate itself from its peers. We keep our earnings forecasts and HOLD call with an unchanged DCF-TP of MYR4.20 (7.5% WACC & 2% LT growth).



FYE Mar (MYR m)
FY14A
FY15A
FY16E
FY17E
Revenue
2,457.2
2,707.8
2,753.8
3,014.3
EBITDA
300.0
340.9
384.9
423.1
Core net profit
159.9
183.1
204.8
226.2
Core EPS (sen)
12.8
14.7
16.4
18.1
Core EPS growth (%)
21.4
14.5
11.9
10.5
Net DPS (sen)
3.5
4.3
5.0
6.0
Core P/E (x)
34.6
30.3
27.1
24.5
P/BV (x)
4.3
3.9
3.5
3.2
Net dividend yield (%)
0.8
1.0
1.1
1.4
ROAE (%)
14.7
13.5
13.6
13.6
ROAA (%)
7.5
7.6
7.5
7.6
EV/EBITDA (x)
15.2
16.4
16.3
15.1
Net debt/equity (%)
31.2
39.0
38.3
40.3







SECTOR RESEARCH






Sector Note
by Chee Ting Ong


Lowest stockpile in 12 months





Mar 2016 stockpile at 1.89m MT was a fourth consecutive MoM decline. The expected weak 2Q16 output will cushion CPO price downside in the short term while further drawdown in stockpile will push CPO price higher. While 2Q16 still provides good trading opportunities, upcoming generally weak 1Q16 results may lead to short-term profit taking. Our BUYs in the region are FR, AALI, LSIP, BAL, SOP and TAH.









MACRO RESEARCH






Corporate Day
by Chew Hann Wong


Sustainable at the Core





Invest Malaysia KL 2016 (12-13 April) brings together 56 Malaysia listed companies which have a combined market value of MYR940b, making up 55% of the total Malaysia market capitalisation. With “Sustainable At The Core” as the theme for this year’s Invest Malaysia conference, the conversations will focus on thriving in a connected world, in particular, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Belt and Road initiative, and Sustainable Development Goals.












Economics Research
by Suhaimi Ilias


No letup but caution ahead





Industrial production (IP) growth for Feb 2016 marginally picked up the pace to +3.9% YoY (Jan 2016: +3.3% YoY) marking 36 months of consecutive gains as all three major divisions registered positive numbers. This follows the rebound in exports data for the same month (Feb 2016: +6.7% YoY; Jan 2016: -2.8% YoY). The exports-oriented industries expanded by +4.7% YoY (Jan 2016: +3.8% YoY) while domestic-oriented clusters maintained its output pace at +4.0% YoY (Jan 2016: +4.1% YoY).












Technical Research
by Lee Cheng Hooi


Index is still treading water





The FBMKLCI lost 3.12 points to close at 1,715.28 yesterday, while the FBMEMAS and FBM100 dropped 31.93 and 29.89 points respectively. In terms of market breadth, the gainer-to-loser ratio was 294-to-481, while 380 counters were unchanged. A total of 1.50b shares were traded valued at MYR1.48b.







NEWS


Outside Malaysia:

Canada: Employment surge in March takes rate cut off table. Canadian employment rose faster than forecast in March on full-time work and a revival in oil- producing Alberta, a big step in erasing the chance the central bank will cut interest rates. Employment increased by 40,600 after falling 2,300 in February, Statistics Canada said. The jobless rate declined to 7.1% from 7.3%, the highest since March 2013. The job gain is another sign of stability before the Bank of Canada’s April 13 interest-rate decision, following heavy damage from low crude oil prices last year. (Source: Bloomberg)

Brazil: Consumer inflation slows more than forecast in March as the impact of government-regulated price increases faded and a prolonged recession crippled Latin America’s largest economy. The benchmark IPCA consumer price index rose 0.43% from the previous month, following a 0.9% jump in February. Twelve-month inflation slowed to single-digits, reaching 9.39% YoY. (Source: Bloomberg)

Crude Oil: Extends gains as U.S. rigs idled before Doha freeze talks. Oil extended gains after its biggest jump in almost two months on Friday as U.S. drillers idled more rigs ahead of talks between the world’s biggest suppliers about freezing output. Futures rose as much as 1.9% in New York after increasing 6.6% Friday, the biggest rise since Feb. 12. The number of active oil rigs in the U.S. dropped for the 15th time in 16 weeks to the lowest level since 2009, Baker Hughes Inc. said on its website. Venezuela said the first step in the April 17 meeting in Doha between producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia should be to freeze output levels. (Source: Bloomberg)





Other news:

Sona Petroleum: Going all out to get shareholders’ nod for QA buy. The QA it is trying to get shareholders to approve is the Stag oilfield assets in Western Australia. It proposes to acquire a 100% stake in Stag from Quadrant Northwest Pty Ldt and Santons Offshore Pty Ltd for USD25m (MYR98m). As a recap, Sona has until July 30 this year to complete its QA. It was lited on July 30, 2013. (Source: The Edge Financial Daily)

Engtex: Resilient demand from infra jobs heralds better FY16. Steel and ductile iron piping supplier cum distributor, which has seen its earnings sliding for past two financial years, expects to see better results in FY16, as it expects resilient demand from the infrastructure market to lift its earnings. Engtex said new orders come in every month and it has managed to replenish its order book monthly, and maintain its tally at around MYR95m. (Source: The Edge Financial Daily)


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