After Powell’s Jackson Hole speech on 23 August, we see a turning point starting with a US Fed rate cut in Sep 24 and lower rates heading into 2025. In the Singapore market, REITs and the property sector should benefit, as should highly-geared companies and those looking to recycle capital. Our current forecasts have incorporated lower NIMs for banks which we believe are protected by their high dividend yields.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Sector Property Developers: 1H24: A slight miss for CLI; worse-than-expected for CDL. Results AEM Holdings (AEM SP/SELL/S$1.46/Target:S$1.04): 1H24: Earnings and guidance way below estimates; reduce target price by 38%. First Resources (FR SP/BUY /S$1.39/Target: S$1.65): 1H24: Within expectations. Two positive points are: a) positive production growth vs contraction by most of peers, b) downstream turns profitable. Genting Singapore (GENS SP/BUY/S$0.82/Target: S$1.18): 2Q24: W...
GREATER CHINA Results Nexteer (1316 HK/SELL/HK$2.89/Target: HK$1.50) 1H24: Earnings miss estimates on revenue. Maintain SELL. Cut target price from HK$2.20 to HK$1.50. Tencent Holdings (700 HK/BUY/HK$373.80/Target: HK$490.00) 2Q24: Solid margin expansion; reaccelerated online games revenue growth. Update Foxconn Industrial Internet (601138 CH/BUY/Rmb21.38/Target: Rmb30.00) AI business continues to accelerate, GB200 scheduled to ship i...
2Q24 results reflect the normalisation of operational volume in all business segments due to the absence of Chinese New Year, mega events and seasonally lower visitorship. Gaming revenue fell as VIP luck factor normalised from 1Q24’s high base. Meanwhile, non-gaming revenue was hampered (-11% qoq) by the closure of Hard Rock Hotel for renovations. We cut earnings on a slower recovery momentum despite remaining positive on GENS’ bargain valuations. Maintain BUY with a lower target price of S$1.18...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Strategy Market Strategy: 2H24 strategy: Looking for turning points. Sector Banking: Donald Trump will likely be re-elected. BUY banks. TRADERS’ CORNER Singapore Tech Engineering (STE SP): Trading BUY Raffles Medical Group (RFMD SP): Trading BUY
GREATER CHINA Strategy Small-Mid Cap Monthly Reiterate BUY on Plover Bay Technologies. Sector Automobile Weekly: Sales of top 12 EV brands up 38% wow last week, in line. Maintain MARKET WEIGHT. Top BUYs: Geely, CATL and Tuopu. Top SELL: XPeng. INDONESIA Update Sarana Menara Nusantara (TOWR IJ/BUY/Rp745/Target: Rp890) Number of towers to jump 10% on a...
Given our slightly more bullish earnings expectation of a 5.6% growth for 2024 (vs 2.4% six months ago), we have upgraded our 2024 year-end target for the STI to 3,380. The index’s current valuation remains inexpensive at 2024F PE and P/B of 10.5x and 1.1x respectively. Our top picks for 2H24 are CLI, GENS, KEP, MINT, OCBC, SCI, STE, VMS and YZJSGD, with CSE, FEHT, FRKN, MPM and VALUE rounding up the small/mid-caps sector.
Given our slightly more bullish earnings expectations of 5.6% growth for 2024 (vs 2.4% six months ago), we have upgraded our 2024 year-end target for the STI to 3,380 which implies 1.0% upside from current levels. The index’s current valuation remains inexpensive at 2024F PE and P/B of 10.5x and 1.1x respectively. Our top picks for 2H24 are CLI, GENS, KEP, MINT, OCBC, SCI, STE, VMS and YZJSGD, with CSE, FEHT, FRKN, MPM and VALUE rounding up the small/mid-caps sector.
GREATER CHINA Economics Inflation: PPI decline narrows as global commodity prices head higher. Money Supply: Weak credit demand hampering policy transmission. Sector Shipping and Ports: Prefer ports over container shipping for better risk-reward. Downgrade CSH to HOLD and OOIL to SELL after recent share price surge; switch to CSP and CMP. Update Xiaomi Corp (1810 HK/BUY/HK$19.40/Target: HK$22.80): 1Q24 Results Preview: Expect another beat driven by AIoT business. INDONESIA Results Erajaya Swas...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Sector Banking: 1Q24 round-up: Strong results demonstrate resiliency. Results CSE Global (CSE SP/BUY/S$0.41/Target: S$0.56): 1Q24: Revenue in line; steady order wins reaffirm 2024 outlook. Genting Singapore (GENS SP/BUY/S$0.885/Target: S$1.25): 1Q24: Stellar results within expectations, mainly driven by “Swiftonomics” and seasonal strength during CNY. Maintain BUY and target price of S$1.25. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC SP/BUY/S$13.91/Target: S$18.10): 1Q24: Record-high ...
Tracking MBS, GENS’ 1Q24 results reflect a wide array of operational refinement across both the gaming and non-gaming segments. We attribute this to higher regional tourist arrivals and consumption driven by mega entertainment events such as Taylor Swift’s six concerts, as well as seasonal strength during the CNY period. We remain convinced that such a growth trend will be sustained throughout 2024, while GENS offers meaningful capital upside. Maintain BUY and target price of S$1.25.
MBS’ 1Q24 net gaming revenue rose 15% qoq, achieving a record high at about 156% of pre-pandemic levels. This mainly reflects a continuously strong VIP market segment (volume exceeded 2019’s level) and mass market segment (all-time high gaming revenue). 1Q24’s record-high results were also boosted by higher tourist arrivals and spending, driven by mega entertainment events such as Taylor Swift’s six concerts. Maintain OVERWEIGHT. BUY Genting Singapore.
While Middle East tensions have escalated in the past 72 hours, we believe that the situation remains fluid. Oil prices remain the key worry and could negatively impact Asian growth and thus Singapore’s open economy should it escalate past US$100/bbl. In our view, aviation stocks should be able to pass on any oil price related increases, while near-term sentiment for the upstream and offshore marine sector should remain positive. An overall risk-off sentiment will likely pervade the markets in t...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Strategy The Impact Of Escalating Middle East Tensions A fluid situation with oil prices the key worry. Small/Mid Cap Highlights BRC Asia (BRC SP/BUY/S$1.94/Target: S$2.42) 1QFY24: Strong results as construction demand recovers. TRADERS’ CORNER Aztech Global (AZTECH SP): Trading BUY Isdn Holdings (ISDN SP): Trading BUY
Recent comments by US Fed officials raise the spectre of zero interest rate cuts should the US economy remain robust. We view Singapore corporates’ debt levels as manageable across the companies we cover, with free cash flow generation forecast to remain strong in 2024. Nevertheless, some companies’ profit margins could erode in 2024 should interest rate cuts be deferred into 2025, eg WIL, CDL, CLI, SCI and KEP. Companies with high cash piles (eg VALUE, GENS and YZJ) could benefit.
GREATER CHINA Sector Automobile: Weekly: BYD’s price cuts trigger a new round of price war between EVs and ICE-cars. Maintain UNDERWEIGHT. Top SELLs: BYD, XPeng and Li Auto. Top BUY: CATL. Results Hysan Development (14 HK/BUY/HK$13.80/Target: HK$17.99): 2023: In-line results with lower DPS; higher growth visibility of retail in 2024. Lenovo Group (992 HK/BUY/HK$8.84/Target: HK$10.50): 3QFY24: Solid results; recovery in FY25 could be slower than expected. Trip.com (9961 HK/BUY/HK$331.40/Target: H...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results iFAST Corp (IFAST SP/HOLD/S$8.34/Target: S$8.56): 4Q23: Second consecutive record AUA; HK ePension division drives growth. Genting Singapore (GENS SP/BUY/S$1.03/Target: S$1.25): 4Q23: Qoq weaker set of results within our expectations, but 2024 outlook remains appealing. Maintain BUY and target price of S$1.25. United Overseas Bank (UOB SP/NOT RATED/S$28.50): 4Q23: Building regional franchise for consumer businesses. Venture Corporation (VMS SP/BUY/S$14.10/Target: S$16....
Tracing MBS, GENS’ 4Q23 results reflect operational normalisation from 3Q23’s high base due to an absence of mega entertainment events and lower visitations. That said, we observed higher regional tourist arrivals and consumption moving into 2024, especially during the CNY period. We remain convinced that such a growth trend will be sustained throughout 2024, backed by intra-regional tourism ramp-up, a solid concerts pipeline, and RWS’ premiumisation. Maintain BUY. Target price: S$1.25.
The Budget 2024 unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Lawrence Wong continued its strategy of helping Singaporeans contend with the rising costs of living, lending support for mid-career and lower income workers to upskill, investing in the country’s energy transition, and making slight changes to taxes for property developers. Importantly, Singapore has set aside S$1b to invest in new AI initiatives.
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