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Chokwai Lee, CFA
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First Resources’ Sequential Weakness in 2Q Results Within Expectation, FVE Intact

No-moat First Resources’ 2017 second-quarter net profit of USD 23.2 million, down 52% quarter over quarter, was within our expectation. The decline was due to lower sales volume and higher operating cost. Although interim 2017 net profit only accounted for 45% of our full-year forecast, our estimate is unchanged as we expect stronger second-half production volume while the uptick in fertilizer costs should be largely captured in the first half. We retain our fair value estimate of SGD 2.02 per s...
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First Resources Ltd.

First Resources is an investment holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in oil palm plantation, palm oil refining and palm kernel crushing, marketing and distribution of palm oil products, investment holding, oil palm seed breeding, aircraft ownership and management, and rubber plantation. Co. and its subsidiaries have two reportable segments: Plantations and Palm Oil Mills, which is involved in the cultivation and maintenance of oil palm plantations and operation of palm oil mills; and Refinery and Processing, which markets and sells processed palm based products produced from the refinery, fractionation and biodiesel plants and other downstream processing facilities.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Chokwai Lee, CFA

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