Thursday, October 13, 2016

Hibiscus Petroleum: Buys Shell’s 50% equity interest in Sabah contract for USD25m.The company is buying Shell’s 50% equity interest in the 2011 North Sabah EOR Production Sharing Contract for USD25m. Managing director Dr Kenneth Pereira said, this acquisition is in line with






Top Glove | Pricey valuation
Yen Ling Lee









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COMPANY RESEARCH





TP Revision





Top Glove (TOPG MK)
by Yen Ling Lee





Share Price:
MYR5.00
Target Price:
MYR4.25
Recommendation:
Sell




Pricey valuation

The unexciting 4QFY8/16 results was within expectations. While the rising USD/MYR may lift Top Glove’s share price, we caution that the latex price is also on the rise and our EPS forecasts have already imputed for stronger quarterly earnings ahead. We trim our FY17-18 EPS forecasts slightly by 2%/3% and introduce our FY19 EPS, projecting flattish 3-year (FY16-19) net profit CAGR. TP is raised to MYR4.25 (+4%) as we update for its latest 5-year rolling fwd PER of 16x (from 15x). Maintain SELL.



FYE Aug (MYR m)
FY15A
FY16A
FY17E
FY18E
Revenue
2,510.5
2,888.5
3,125.2
3,338.0
EBITDA
454.3
523.3
509.2
534.8
Core net profit
279.8
361.1
321.8
340.2
Core EPS (sen)
22.6
29.1
25.9
27.4
Core EPS growth (%)
55.0
29.0
(10.9)
5.7
Net DPS (sen)
11.5
14.5
13.0
13.7
Core P/E (x)
22.2
17.2
19.3
18.2
P/BV (x)
3.9
3.4
3.1
2.9
Net dividend yield (%)
2.3
2.9
2.6
2.7
ROAE (%)
89.9
76.9
51.3
54.2
ROAA (%)
12.1
13.5
11.7
11.6
EV/EBITDA (x)
10.1
9.5
11.5
10.8
Net debt/equity (%)
net cash
net cash
net cash
net cash








MACRO RESEARCH






Economics Research
by Suhaimi Ilias


Pick up, good for 3Q 2016 GDP





Industrial production (IP) growth in Aug 2016 picked up to +4.9% YoY (July 2016: +4.1% YoY). IP growth in July-Aug 2016 picked up to +4.5% YoY (2Q 2016: +3.7% YoY), suggesting the slowdown in GDP growth since 2Q 2015 may have stabilized last quarter.







NEWS


Outside Malaysia:

U.S: Fed says several FOMC members saw rate rise relatively soon. U.S. central bankers debating the merits of raising interest rates last month described the decision as a close call, with several saying a rate hike was needed “relatively soon,” minutes of the September meeting showed. “Several members judged that it would be appropriate to increase the target range for the federal funds rate relatively soon if economic developments unfolded about as the committee expected,” the minutes from the Sept. 20-21 gathering in Washington showed. “It was noted that a reasonable argument could be made either for an increase at this meeting or for waiting for some additional information on the labor market and inflation.” (Source: Bloomberg)

U.S: Job openings fell in August to lowest level this year. Job openings in the U.S. declined more than projected in August to the lowest level this year and hiring cooled from a month earlier, a Labor Department report showed. Number of positions waiting to be filled dropped by 388,000 to 5.44 million (forecast was 5.80 million), from a revised 5.83 million in July, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. Monthly decline was biggest since August 2015. Hiring decreased to 5.21 million from 5.26 million; the hiring rate held at 3.6%. Some 2.98 million Americans quit their jobs, little changed from July; the quits rate stayed at 2.1%. Layoffs declined to 1.62 million from 1.64 million. (Source: Bloomberg)

U.K: Housing market strengthened in September after the shock inflicted by the Brexit vote faded and a shortage of properties for sale persisted. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its house-price gauge rose to 17 from 13 in August as an increasing number of real-estate agents reported appreciating prices. Values continued to decline in central London, home to the priciest real-estate in the country. The housing market endured a rocky first half as a tax surcharge on investment properties and the decision to leave the European Union kept buyers at bay. (Source: Bloomberg)

China: Passenger-vehicle sales surged 29% last month, led by small-car makers Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. and Mazda Motor Corp., as consumers seeking to beat an expiring tax cut helped clear inventory on dealer lots. Deliveries of sedans, minivans, sport utility and multipurpose vehicles to dealerships rose to 2.27 million units in September, the state-backed China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said. (Source: Bloomberg)





Other News:

Hibiscus Petroleum: Buys Shell’s 50% equity interest in Sabah contract for USD25m.The company is buying Shell’s 50% equity interest in the 2011 North Sabah EOR Production Sharing Contract for USD25m. Managing director Dr Kenneth Pereira said, this acquisition is in line with the growth strategy of the group to invest in profitable development and producing business operations in their identified core geographical areas of interest. The acquisition is expected to complete in 2017, subject to obtaining regulatory approval from Petroliam Nasional and consent from Petronas Carigali. (Source: The Edge Financial Daily)

N2N: Proposes to buy AFE Solutions for MYR86m. The group is proposing the acquisition of Hong Kong-based financial data and trading solutions provider AFE Solutions Ltd for a cash consideration of USD20.6m (MYR86.3m) to expand the company’s regional presence. AFE has a regional presence in Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam. Through the acquisition, N2N is able to leverage on AFE’s expertise in information solutions as well as its customer base of brokerage firms and international and regional banks to complement its existing business and expand into new markets to grow its presence in the region which is in line with the company’s expansion plans. (Source: The Star)

Crest Builder: Bags MYR84.27m job to build multistory car parks. The group has bagged a MYR84.27m contract from Asianmax Corp S/B to build five-storey car parks at five separate locations. The project is expected to take 12 months to complete. With the latest win, the group construction order book stands at MYR1.2b along with property development GDV of MYR4.1b. (Source: The Edge Financial Daily)

Perisai Petroleum: Becomes PN17 company. The upstream oil and gas provider has been classified as a Practice Note 17 (PN17) company after its unit Perisai Capital Inc defaulted on USD25m debt notes due on Oct 3. Perisai defaulted on its debt repayment after the holders of its USD125m (RM377.27mil) 6.875% medium-term notes rejected its proposals to, among others, defer the payment of interest due on Oct 3 and to postpone the maturity date to Feb 3, 2017. (Source: The Star)


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