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Chokwai Lee, CFA
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Another Disappointing Quarter for Keppel Corp’s Offshore and Marine Segment, Shares Overvalued

We think no-moat Keppel Corp remains overvalued as the offshore and marine, or O&M, segment continue to drag on the firm’s performance. Keppel’s first-half 2017 net profit of SGD 421 million was 1% higher year over year and only accounts for 46% of our full-year estimate. We cut our 2017 earnings forecast by 3% to factor in the disappointing results but our fair value estimate of SGD 5.10 is unchanged. Our fair value estimate implies about 0.8 times 2017 price/book ratio for Keppel, which we...
Underlying
Keppel Corporation Limited

Keppel is an investment holding company. Co. is engaged in provision of management services. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is principally engaged in offshore oil-rig construction; shipbuilding; ship repair and conversion; chartering tugs and other marine services; environmental engineering; power generation; provision of broadband services; provision of telecommunication network services; trading of communication accessories; shipping operation; warehousing and distribution; property development and investment; property fund management; and investments. Co. operates four business segments: Offshore and Marine, Infrastructure, Property and Investments.

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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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