GREATER CHINA Strategy China And Hong Kong Property & Hong Kong Landlord Tariffs curtail US rate cuts, thereby hindering the recovery of Hong Kong property and tourism; Maintain OVERWEIGHT on China property. INDONESIA Strategy Alpha Picks: Outperform In Mar 25 Remove BBNI, BBRI, ASII, JSMR and KLBF; add BBCA, ICBP, ERAA and BUKA. MALAYSIA Update Pekat Group (PEKAT MK/BUY/RM1.08/Target: RM1.45) Good earnings visibility over 2025...
The selloff driven by the US’ unprecedented and perplexing tariff plans has liberated many investors of profits this year. Given the fluidity of market conditions, we highlight a number of domestic-focused stocks such as CENT, CD, DFI, HLA, PANU, PROP, RFMD, SSG and SIE as well as Singapore-focused REITS such as CDLHT, FEHT, FCT, KREIT, LREIT and PREIT. In addition, the MAS’ equity market review should inject much needed liquidity in 2H25. We lower our STI target to 3,720 (previously 4,115).
A director at LG Uplus maiden bought 5,000 shares at 10,333.580KRW and the significance rating of the trade was 69/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years cl...
No doubt investors are busy fighting fires. But additional to our thoughts from last week we thought it might be helpful to offer 3 further action points for investors in EM & Japanese Telcos that we would be taking in response to market turmoil. Very brief thoughts below.
GREATER CHINA Results China Mengniu Dairy (2319 HK/BUY/HK$19.50/Target: HK$23.60) 2024: Results in line with profit warning; operating margin beat; targeting low single digit revenue growth for 2025. China Merchants Bank (3968 HK/HOLD/HK$45.90/Target: HK$49.00) 2024: Improving fundamentals but valuation is no longer attractive; downgrade to HOLD. China Overseas Property Holdings (2669 HK/BUY/HK$5.47/Target: HK$6.80) ...
For 4Q24, the sector’s 18% yoy earnings growth was within expectations, driven by Singtel’s regional associates, strong performance from the enterprise businesses and better overall cost discipline. We expect decent earnings growth for 1Q25, backed by strong earnings visibility, cost-saving initiatives and robust Enterprise business outlook. We like Singtel for its regional exposure and value-unlocking initiatives, Starhub’s attractive yield and NetLink’s defensive earnings. Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
2024: Earnings Within Expectations; Higher-than-expected Dividends 2024 earnings rose 9% yoy on Axiata’s better-than-expected earnings. In addition, TIME continued to deliver a high single-digit earnings growth and special dividend. Amid balance sheet optimisation and robust cash flow, TIME, TM and Maxis declared higher dividends in 2024. Key events in 1H25 include the rollout of the 5G network by U Mobile and resolution of DNB’s shareholding. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT. Our top picks are Axiata, Ce...
GREATER CHINA Economics Inflation Deflationary pressures intensify as CPI turns negative. Trade A weaker start for 2025. INDONESIA Small/Mid Cap Highlights WIR Asia (WIRG IJ/NOT RATED/Rp116) Digital reality tech company with AI features; 9M24 NPAT up 18% yoy. MALAYSIA Sector T...
February was another good month for our top EM Telcos, now up 15% YTD on average. This note also includes key news & other thoughts in order to help investors generate alpha within the EM Telco space. With performance strong so far, we make no changes to our picks.
In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Digi Communications, Sunrise, Telenet, Air France-KLM, Ineos Quattro, Atalian, Picard, Casino Guichard-Perrachon, Scan Global Logistics, Forvia (formerly Faurecia), Lottomatica (formerly Gamenet)
A director at Singapore Telecommunications Ltd bought 30,000 shares at 3.280SGD and the significance rating of the trade was 71/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last...
GREATER CHINA Sector Dairy: Retail demand remains weak; price recovery and healthier inventories to drive shipment normalisation. Healthcare: Outperformers empowered by AI revolution. INDONESIA Update Champ Resto Indonesia (ENAK IJ/BUY/Rp585/Target: Rp740): 2025 revenue to grow 16% yoy; more conservative on 4Q24 performance. Maintain BUY. MALAYSIA Results Duopharma Biotech (DBB MK/BUY/RM1.28/Target: RM1.39): 4Q24: Largely delivers on earnings. Public sector sales anchor growth while margins im...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results Marco Polo Marine (MPM SP/BUY/S$0.052/Target:S$0.072) 1QFY25: Ready to ride the green energy wave in 2HFY25. Singapore Telecommunications (ST SP/BUY/S$3.37/Target: S$3.58) 9MFY25: Results in line as business outlook improves. United Overseas Bank (UOB SP/NOT RATED/S$38.58) 4Q24: Sets out action plan for capital management. TRADERS' CORNER Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (YZJSGD SP): Trading BUY Hong Fok Co...
For 9MFY25, Singtel reported a higher underlying net profit of S$1,870m (+11% yoy), driven by higher contributions from Optus and NCS, good cost discipline from the group’s cost-out programme and higher associate earnings (mainly from Airtel and AIS). The results are in line with expectations at 73% of our full-year forecasts. Singtel expects to pay 16.5 cents DPS for FY25 as the group has identified S$6b of capital recycling for sustainable shareholder returns. In view of a decent dividend yiel...
Singtel delivered a good set of numbers with underlying revenue growing and EBIT expanding on continued cost optimisation despite ongoing growth investments at Digital Infraco which led to steady growth in underlying net profits.
4Q24: Results In Line With Expectations, Dividend Higher Than Expected Maxis reported a 4Q24 net profit of RM321m (-11% yoy; -12% qoq). This brings 2024 net profit to RM1,396m, a healthy growth of 3% yoy on the back of strong postpaid and enterprise performance and good cost control. The results are in line with house and street estimates. Positively, its good cashflow management has prompted Maxis to declare a 5 sen final DPS, which brings total DPS for 2024 to 17.0sen (2023: 16 sen). Maintain ...
GREATER CHINA Results Baidu Inc (9888 HK/HOLD/HK$90.20/Target: HK$93.00): 4Q24: Solid earnings beat and strong AI cloud revenue growth outlook in 2025. Hysan Development (14 HK/BUY/HK$12.58/Target: HK$14.19): 2024: Positive growth in rental income supported stable DPS. INDONESIA Update Bumi Serpong Damai (BSDE IJ/BUY/Rp1,035/Target: Rp1,440): Expect continuation of all-time high marketing sales in 2025 (+10% yoy). MALAYSIA Results Hartalega Holdings (HART MK/BUY/RM2.61/Target: RM3.14): 3QFY25:...
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