Friday, October 7, 2016

Westports: MYR1.05b CT8 expansion on track to completion. Work on MYR1.05b Container Terminal 8 (CT8) is on track, with construction of Phase 1 of the terminal having been completed. Work on Phase


FEATURE
CALLS

Malaysia | Budget 2017 Preview
Expect the “expected”…
Suhaimi Ilias







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Sime Darby | Monetising value via land swap
Chee Ting Ong







Padini | Operationally stable
Kevin Wong








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COMPANY RESEARCH





Company Update





Sime Darby (SIME MK)
by Chee Ting Ong





Share Price:
MYR7.79
Target Price:
MYR7.56
Recommendation:
Hold




Monetising value via land swap

Sime entered into two RPT with major shareholder. The deals effectively swaps Sime’s 326ha of oil palm estates in Selangor for PNB’s bigger estates (769ha) in Johor, and yet Sime stands to pocket a net disposal gain of MYR296m and net cash inflow of MYR322m on completion. We are positive on the deal as it unlocks value through monetisation and opportunistic divestments. We are keeping our earnings and HOLD call for now. TP is unchanged at MYR7.56 on 21x FY17 PER.



FYE Jun (MYR m)
FY15A
FY16A
FY17E
FY18E
Revenue
43,729.0
43,962.8
46,528.4
49,642.8
EBITDA
4,801.4
4,328.2
4,421.3
4,899.5
Core net profit
2,430.0
2,408.8
2,280.3
2,543.5
Core EPS (sen)
39.1
38.1
36.0
40.2
Core EPS growth (%)
(29.2)
(2.7)
(5.3)
11.5
Net DPS (sen)
25.0
27.0
23.4
26.1
Core P/E (x)
19.9
20.5
21.6
19.4
P/BV (x)
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.4
Net dividend yield (%)
3.2
3.5
3.0
3.4
ROAE (%)
na
na
na
na
ROAA (%)
4.3
3.8
3.5
3.8
EV/EBITDA (x)
14.1
14.2
14.3
13.0
Net debt/equity (%)
44.4
34.9
35.0
34.9










TP Revision





Padini (PAD MK)
by Kevin Wong





Share Price:
MYR2.75
Target Price:
MYR2.75
Recommendation:
Hold




Operationally stable

Post our recent meeting with management, we remain positive on Padini’s near-term earnings growth outlook which is backed by sustained organic growth and new store openings. Our new TP is MYR2.75 (+25sen) as we peg Padini to a higher 12x FY17 PER which is at its mean (re-rated from 11x). Nonetheless, the stock remains a HOLD as we think that current valuation of 12.6x CY17 PER is fair (at +0.5SD 1-year forward PER mean) and its favourable earnings growth has been largely priced in.



FYE Jun (MYR m)
FY15A
FY16A
FY17E
FY18E
Revenue
977.9
1,301.2
1,484.6
1,598.3
EBITDA
145.3
221.7
239.9
258.2
Core net profit
80.2
137.4
149.7
158.0
Core EPS (sen)
12.2
20.9
22.8
24.0
Core EPS growth (%)
(11.8)
71.3
9.0
5.5
Net DPS (sen)
10.0
11.5
10.0
10.0
Core P/E (x)
22.6
13.2
12.1
11.5
P/BV (x)
4.5
3.9
3.3
2.8
Net dividend yield (%)
3.6
4.2
3.6
3.6
ROAE (%)
20.2
31.4
29.3
26.4
ROAA (%)
13.7
19.6
17.4
16.2
EV/EBITDA (x)
4.6
5.8
6.2
5.5
Net debt/equity (%)
net cash
net cash
net cash
net cash








MACRO RESEARCH






Economics Research
by Suhaimi Ilias


Expect the “expected”…





Budget 2017, titled “Accelerating Growth, Ensuring Fiscal Prudence, Enhancing Wellbeing of People” will be tabled on 21 Oct 2016. While we expect continued fiscal discipline and consolidation, the poor, low and mid-income groups, as well as sectors like affordable housing and infrastructure should be the main beneficiaries.







NEWS


Outside Malaysia:

U.S: Jobless claims near four-decade low ahead of payrolls data. Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to the second-lowest level since 1973, as employers show scant willingness to fire workers amid a tightening labor market. Jobless claims dropped by 5,000 to 249,000 in the week ended Oct. 1, a Labor Department report showed. Continuing claims declined to the lowest level since 2000. (Source: Bloomberg)

U.S: Matthew set to be the strongest storm to hit since 2005. Hurricane Matthew is set to be the strongest storm -- and one of the costliest -- to hit the U.S. since 2005 as it bears down on Florida’s East Coast, forcing nuclear reactors shut, creating fuel shortages and threatening to knock out electricity to millions while wiping out half the state’s grapefruit production. The Category 4 storm, with winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) is expected to make landfall near West Palm Beach and Melbourne overnight and then track north along the Atlantic coast, racking up as much as USD 50b in economic losses. At least 2 million people have been ordered to flee its path, with evacuations under way in Georgia and South Carolina as forecasts call for the storm to continue north into the weekend. (Source: Bloomberg)

U.K: Confidence among businesses has returned close to its level before the decision to leave the European Union, with companies feeling more optimistic about the economy. An index by YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research increased to 112.4 in September from 109.7 a month earlier. The gauge was at 112.6 in June and 112.5 in May. The percentage of businesses in the survey feeling upbeat about the economy over the coming year rose to 44% from 35% in August. (Source: Bloomberg)

U.S: Pound plunges 6.1% in biggest drop since Brexit result, to a fresh 31- year low. Sterling touched USD 1.1841, the lowest since March 1985. It dropped as much as 6.5% versus the euro at 90.23 pence per euro. (Source: Bloomberg)

Saudi Arabia: Post-oil plan off to rough start in year one. The first year of Saudi Arabia’s drive to reduce its oil dependence may end with the opposite result. A flurry of cost-cutting measures will likely push the non-oil economy into recession, analysts say. That means that any overall growth in 2016 will be largely due to record crude output. Efforts to manage the fallout from cheap oil gathered steam over the past two weeks. Policy makers have suspended bonuses and trimmed allowances for government employees. Ministers’ salaries were cut by 20%. The central bank also said it’s injecting about SAR 20b (USD 5.3b) into the banking system to ease a cash crunch. (Source: Bloomberg)





Other News:

Westports: MYR1.05b CT8 expansion on track to completion. Work on MYR1.05b Container Terminal 8 (CT8) is on track, with construction of Phase 1 of the terminal having been completed. Work on Phase 2 has also started with the piling for the second 300-metre wharf. The completion of CT8 expansion would also extend Westports contiguous linear berth to 5.2 km, which would also allow Westports to accommodate more effectively the growing requirements of new and larger container shipping alliances in 2017. (Source: The Edge Financial Daily).

Nestle: Targets MYR500m from e-commerce. The company which has joined hands with online retailers Lazada and 11 street launch its wellness electronic stores on both their online shopping platforms, is targeting to reap MYR500m in sales from its maiden venture into the e-commerce business. Nestle managing director Alois Hofbauer said, the group will be investing about MYR2m to MYR3m into hardware. But the bigger investment will be channeled into the infrastructure, new resources and working with professional e-retailers. (Source: The Edge Financial Daily)

Mesiniaga: Secures MYR10.4m contract. The contract worth MYR10.4m is from Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) for ICT hardware and software maintenance services. The contract was for a period of three years commencing from Oct 1, 2016. (Source: The Star)

Perak Transit: Debuts at 40% premium. The company debuted at a 40% premium on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia yesterday, from its reference price of 15 sen.The Perak Transit Group’s initial public offering (IPO) saw 58m new shares applied by the Malaysian public by way of balloting, registering an overall oversubscription rate of 19.83 times. The group raised total gross proceeds of MYR36.75m based on its public issue of 245m new shares. (Source: The Sun Daily)


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