INDONESIA Update Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI IJ/BUY/Rp4,600/Target: Rp5,800) 5M24: Net profit up 8.9% yoy from strong other income. MALAYSIA Sector Banking May 24 loans growth declined to 5.8% from 6.1% in Apr 24. We maintain MARKET WEIGHT due to the absence of strong earnings catalysts. Update Sunway Construction (SCGB MK/BUY/RM3.79/Target: RM4.32) Song Hau 2 Thermal Power Plant proj...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Strategy Alpha Picks: Strong beat. Add LREIT And MINT to our portfolio Our Alpha Picks portfolio rose 0.3% mom in Jun 24 and 7.5% qoq in 2Q24 on an equal-weighted basis, beating the STI by 0.4ppt and 4.1ppt respectively. TRADERS' CORNER Singapore Airlines (SIA SP): Trading BUY Olam Group (OLG SP): Trading BUY
Yesterday, Singtel announced two data centre related news: 1) S$1.75bn investments in ST Telemedia GDC by the Singtel KKR consortium and 2) a 49-51 JV with Telekom Malaysia to develop a 200MW data centre in Johor, Malaysia. Our thoughts below.
Singtel’s Nxera and TM announced that they will jointly develop a 64MW DC in Johor, operational in 2026. The DC can be scaled up to 200MW, worth RM10b (S$2.9b) in equity value. The above newsflow is positive. We raise TM’s and Singtel’s fair value by RM0.43/share (6%) and S$0.09/share (2%) to incorporate a 64MW DC asset in Johor. Maintain HOLD on TM as the good news is partly priced in. Maintain BUY on Singtel. Blue-sky fair value is RM7.80 (TM) and S$3.16 (Singtel).
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Sector Telecommunications – Regional The Singapore-Malaysia connection – Singtel and Telekom Malaysia embark on data centre expansion in Johor. Update Daiwa House Logistics Trust (DHLT SP/NOT RATED/S$0.575) Growth from logistics assets in Japan and Southeast Asia. TRADERS' CORNER Jardine Cycle & Carriage (JCNC SP): Trading BUY Riverstone Holdings (RSTON SP): Trading B...
Bharti crossing $100bn market cap makes us address the question of which parts of the Bharti/Singtel/Airtel Africa capital structure are most attractive. Bharti has the momentum, but the valuation gap is now extreme. Reversion to the mean will likely happen at some point which means sensible investors in Bharti should now be switching into Singtel (for yield) or Airtel Africa (for growth).
We wanted to flag a large governmental contract win worth A$578m by Optus Enterprise, which was announced last Friday. This follows on from our positive feedback on last week's Non-Deal Roadshow with Singtel and Optus management
We hosted an NDR with Singtel Group CEO, Moon, the acting CEO and the CFO of Optus, Michael Venter and the Head of IR, Adrian Seah, in London and Europe this week. The backdrop to meetings was positive given the bullish guidance issued by the company at their full year results, and the tone of the meetings was pretty positive too.
GREATER CHINA Strategy Alpha Picks: June Conviction Call: Adding KE Holdings and Wharf REIC to our BUY list; hedging with SELL call on BYD. INDONESIA Strategy Alpha Picks: First Month Of Underperformance In 2024: Our picks are EXCL, BSDE, TLKM, ACES, BBTN, CMRY, SIDO and JSMR. MALAYSIA Strategy Alpha Picks: Choices For A “Summer Lull”: Our Alpha Picks trounce the KLCI again. May 24 picks: BAUTO, BURSA, Gamuda, GENM, Lagenda, Mah Sing, MYEG, PMETAL, RGB, and VSI. SINGAPORE Strategy Alpha Picks...
For May 24, our Alpha Picks portfolio rose 3.8% mom on an equal-weighted basis, beating the STI by 2.5ppt. The outperformance of our portfolio was driven by YZJ and RSTON, while SCI and CD underperformed in May 24. Our Alpha Picks portfolio has outperformed the STI in four out of the past five months. For Jun 24, we add CENT, CVL and SIAEC while removing CD, MPACT, YZJ and RSTON.
GREATER CHINA Economics PMI May 24 PMI back to contraction. Sector Macau Gaming May 24 GGR up 9% mom. INDONESIA Strategy Alpha Picks: First Month Of Underperformance In 2024 Our picks are EXCL, BSDE, TLKM, ACES, BBTN, CMRY, SIDO, and JSMR. SINGAPORE Strategy Alpha Picks: Strong performance. Add CENT, CVL, SIA...
GREATER CHINA Results KE Holdings Inc (2423 HK/BUY/HK$49.45/Target: HK$55.00) 1Q24: Earnings beat; poised to capture solid recovery in 2Q24. Lenovo Group (992 HK/BUY/HK$11.32/Target: HK$13.50) 4QFY24: Solid results; AI PCs are just around the corner. NetEase (9999 HK/BUY/HK$141.50/Target: HK$180.00) 1Q24: Results in line; 2Q24 game growth could be better than feared. Xiaomi Corp (1810 HK/BUY/HK$18.94/Target: HK$23.80) ...
Despite currency headwinds, Singtel reported higher FY24 underlying net profit (+10% yoy), driven by increased contributions from regional associates and ongoing cost optimisation efforts. Optus continued to perform after the outage incident from price uplifts while Singtel Singapore suffered from weak sentiment. NCS booked higher order wins while the digital infraco segment was weighed down by investment costs. Backed by a lush FY25 dividend yield of 6.8%, we maintain BUY with a target price of...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results Singapore Telecommunications (ST SP/BUY/S$2.41/Target: S$2.99): FY24: Results in line, new dividend policy and strategic plan to drive shareholder value. TRADERS’ CORNER Thai Beverage (THBEV SP): Trading BUY Raffles Medical Group (RFMD SP): Trading BUY
Underlying net profit momentum returned to double digits in Q4 as core businesses saw improving trends (notably Optus on cost control & recovering growth), in addition to higher associates’ profits and lower D&A costs. The company has outlined a new Singtel28 strategy, focused on improving its core and scaling growth engines.
In this note we revisit and update our thesis that Enterprise in EM is following an S-Curve, using 2023 reported figures. Enterprise customer growth continues to exhibit an S-Curve, and absolute Enterprise revenues added remains very strong in many EMs despite a slowdown in growth rates. We remain bullish on this space.
Following the announcement of a proposed merger between XL and Smartfren in Indonesia, news media has reported that talks between StarHub and M1 in Singapore have resurfaced in the past couple of days too. Our brief take below, with implications for SingTel.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results First Resources (FR SP/BUY /S$1.42/Target: S$1.65) 1Q24: Results within expectations. Frencken Group (FRKN SP/BUY/S$1.40/Target: S$1.74) 1Q24: Results within expectations; outlook remains optimistic. Maintain BUY. StarHub (STH SP/BUY/S$1.25/Target: S$1.41) 1Q24: Results in line; DARE+ benefits likely to come through by end-24. Update Riverstone Holdings (RSTON SP/BUY/S$0.93/S$1.12) Beneficiary of US tariff hike and gl...
GREATER CHINA Results Alibaba Group (9988 HK/BUY/HK$82.65/Target: HK$98.00): 4QFY24: Rewarding dividend payout; reigniting cloud revenue growth in 2H24. Galaxy Entertainment Group (27 HK/BUY/HK$36.80/Target: HK$51.00): 1Q24: Results within expectations; launch of smart gaming tables in Jul 24. Miniso (MNSO US/NOT RATED/US$24.15): 1Q24: 20-25% revenue guidance for 2Q24; raises TOP TOY store opening target for 2024. Tencent Holdings (700 HK/BUY/HK$381.80/Target: HK$454.00): 1Q24: Strong earnings b...
For 1Q24, StarHub reported higher PATMI (+8.1% yoy), driven by the enterprise business segment but offset by the group’s consumer businesses. Reaching the tail-end of its DARE+ investments programme, we expect the group’s margins to improve in 2H24 as investment costs taper off. In view of StarHub’s lush 2024 dividend yield of 6.3%, we maintain BUY with the same target price of S$1.41.
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