4Q24 service revenue trend remained soft off prepaid weakness, partly offset by Fibre and Enterprise momentum which enabled Maxis to grow faster than CelcomDigi. Industry EBITDA was weaker off a higher comparable base, but guidance suggests a recovery in 2025 in particular for CelcomDigi.
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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...
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:...
4Q24: A Year of Integration CelcomDigi booked 4Q24 net profit of RM157m (-64% yoy; -64% qoq). Stripping out accelerated depreciation and asset impairment, 4Q24 core net profit came in at RM405m (-20% yoy; -7% qoq) on the back of higher opex. This brings 2024 net profit to RM1,749m (-18% yoy), below our estimates but in line with the street’s. 2024’s total dividend of 14.3 sen/share is close to a 100% dividend payout of core net profit. Maintain BUY with a marginally lower target price of RM4.30,...
GREATER CHINA Sector Automobile Weekly: PV sales stay low, BYD to equip all EVs with DiPilot ADAS. Upgrade BYD to BUY. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT on the sector. Top BUYs: Geely, CATL, Fuyao and Desay. Update AAC Technologies (2018 HK/HOLD/HK$46.55/ Target: HK$48.00) 2024 profit alert – earnings set to beat expectations. Maintain HOLD. The United Laboratories International (3933 HK/HOLD/HK$12.42/Target: H...
9M24: In Line; Rollout Of A Second 5G Network In 2025 9M24 results came in broadly within expectations, with sector earnings growing 4% yoy, driven by: a) 2% yoy service revenue growth, with Maxis achieving 4% yoy growth; b) strong underlying demand for home broadband; and c) good cost discipline. Key events to look out for in 1H25 include: a) fixed line competition; b) U Mobile potential 5G consortium; c) government’s exit from DNB, and d) CelcomDigi’s synergistic savings in 2025. Maintain MARK...
GREATER CHINA Economics Inflation: PPI deflation moderates; weaker-than-expected CPI inflation. Sector Property: Latest Politburo meeting vows stronger fiscal and monetary stimulus as well as unconventional counter-cyclical adjustments for 2025. INDONESIA Strategy Key Takeaways From Regional Strategy Conference: Our top picks are ASII, BMRI, BBNI, BBTN, BRIS, CMRY, KLBF, SMRA, ACES and GOTO. We have an end-25 target of 8,200 for the JCI. MALAYSIA Sector Telecommunications: 9M24 earnings grew 4...
3Q24: In Line; Higher Merger Synergies In Coming Quarters CelcomDigi reported a 3Q24 net profit of RM437m (+4% qoq; -27% yoy) with growth momentum in postpaid, fibre and enterprise. This brings 9M24 net profit to RM1,344m, in line with our expectations. Positively, we expect higher cost synergy savings going into 4Q24 as management lifts the gross synergy target to RM1.1-1.2b for 2024. Maintain BUY. Target price: RM4.50. The stock trades at 8x 2025F EV/EBITDA, -0.5SD below its five-year mean, an...
GREATER CHINA Results Xiaomi Corp (1810 HK/BUY/HK$28.80/Target: HK$33.50) 3Q24: Beat across the board; expect sustained growth across all key segments. Maintain BUY and raise target price to HK$33.50. INDONESIA Update Indo Tambangraya Megah (ITMG IJ/SELL/Rp26,850/Target: Rp25,100) Expect profit to decline by 12% yoy in 2025, fuelled by lower ASP. MALAYSIA Results CelcomDigi (CDB MK/BUY/RM3.37/Target: RM4.50) 9M24: In line; stock offers 5% yiel...
Service revenue trend remained muted on SIM consolidation and a conscious effort to flush out rotational churners in Prepaid, resulting in a downward revision in service revenue guidance to “flat to slight decrease” from “low single digit increase” prior.
3Q24: Strong Results; EBITDA Guidance Maintained Maxis reported strong 3Q24 results, with net profit surging 28% yoy. This was due to higher service revenue and a one-off manpower rationalisation cost in 3Q23. Maxis declared a third interim DPS of 4 sen/share (86% payout) and maintained its EBITDA guidance of a low single-digit growth for 2024. The upcoming 4Q24 results are expected to be sequentially weaker given higher device costs and subsidies with the launch of iPhone 16. Maintain BUY with ...
GREATER CHINA Economics Inflation: Deflationary pressure persists, particularly for upstream pricing. Results ECARX (ECX US/BUY/US$1.84/Target: US$3.40): 3Q24: Revenue beat despite price competition. Maintain BUY. INDONESIA Update Erajaya Swasembada (ERAA IJ/BUY/Rp438/Target: Rp480): Unclear outlook for 2025; regulatory risk to key brand products. Downgrade to HOLD. MALAYSIA Results 99 Speed Mart Retail (99SMART MK/BUY/RM2.32/Target: RM2.60): 3Q24: Delivers on earnings as it is on the cusp of ...
GREATER CHINA Strategy Alpha Picks: November Conviction Calls Add Hansoh Pharma, Sands China, CSCEC and BYDE to our BUY list. Add Sinopharm to our SELL list. Sector Aviation – China Airlines: 3Q24 earnings a slight miss; expect losses in seasonally weak 4Q24. Maintain UNDERWEIGHT. Macau Gaming Oct 24 GGR up 7% yoy and...
A Surprise Award Of Second 5G Network To U Mobile The second 5G network award to U Mobile comes as a surprise and we expect this to have an overhang on Maxis and CelcomDigi as both heavyweights weigh their options moving forward. We note that U Mobile has invited CelcomDigi and TM to participate in the rollout of its second network. Potential winners are telco contractors such as edotco, OCK, EdgePoint Towers and Naza Communications. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT. The sector currently trades at 6.2x 12...
2Q24: In Line; Transition To Dual Wholesale Network For 5G By Year-end 2Q24 results came in within expectations, with sector earnings contracting 5% yoy and 2% qoq. The quarter was characterised by: a) 2% yoy service revenue growth, with Maxis achieving 5% yoy growth; and b) strong underlying demand for home broadband amid price competition. Following the results, we project sector earnings to grow 3%. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT. Our top picks are CelcomDigi, Maxis and TIME dotCom. We expect the sec...
2Q24: Another Strong Quarter; Lifts EBITDA Guidance Maxis registered a sequentially higher net profit in 2Q24 on the back of cost discipline. This was partly offset by seasonally lower device sales. 2Q24 normalised EBITDA margin expanded to 40.4% (+0.3ppt qoq) on the back of higher postpaid, fibre and enterprise revenues, as well as cost discipline. Maxis declared a second interim DPS of 4 sen/share (88% payout) as management lifts 2024 EBITDA guidance. Maintain BUY with a DCF-based target price...
GREATER CHINA Results Crystal International (2232 HK/BUY/HK$3.54/Target: HK$4.92): 1H24: Stronger 2H24, expect restocking into 1H25. CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (1093 HK/SELL/HK$5.68/Target: HK$5.00): 1H24: Results miss; major products face considerable price pressure. Downgrade to SELL. Geely Auto (175 HK/BUY/HK$7.88/Target: HK$13.00): 1H24: Core earnings up 108% yoy, in line with estimates. Maintain BUY. Target price: HK$13.00. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (388 HK/BUY/HK$228.60/Target: HK$30...
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