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Chokwai Lee, CFA
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High-quality rig builder Keppel has pricing power, but low-cost competitors are gaining traction.

No-moat Keppel’s fourth-quarter 2017 net loss of SGD 499 million was not surprising, though it includes an additional SGD 81 million provision for losses made on the Sete Brasil projects and SGD 54 million in impairment on other assets, besides the one-off impact of the financial penalty and related costs of SGD 619 million. As guided, dividends were not affected. Stripping these off, Keppel’s 2017 results were better than we expected due to robust earnings from the property, infrastructure, and...
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

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Chokwai Lee, CFA

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