Today’s Focus
Plantation Companies – Exit on rebound. Top pick:
Bumitama
The build-up to tonight’s US September jobs data continues
with initial jobless claims (actual 367k, consensus 370k) and
factory orders (actual -5.2%, consensus -5.9%) coming in
better than expected last night. Consensus sees tonight’s
September non-farm payrolls coming in at 115k with an
unemployment rate of 8.2%.
DBSV Research has cut CY12F/13F/14F CPO prices by 8% to
9% to RM3,020/2,940/2830 on higher inventories. But recent
drop in CPO prices is excessive. We believe CPO should
fundamentally revert to RM2,800 in 4Q12. Plantation stocks
have stayed relatively more resilient, but at 14.1x forward PE,
the sector is now close to fair value. We recommend to exit
when CPO and plantation counters recover. For SGX-listed
stocks, sell-on-strength First Resources (HOLD, TP: S$2.03).
Our top buy pick remains Bumitama Agri (BUY, TP: S$1.25).
In terms of earnings revision on the back of lower CPO price
forecasts, FY12F-14F earnings for First Resources were lowered
by 12-27%. TP reduced to S$2.03 on softer earnings outlook.
Our analyst expects 3Q12F profit of between US$37-41m,
down c.23% q-o-q. For Indofood Agri Resources, FY12-14F
profit reduced by 3-6%; 3Q12F profit expected to decline 17-
24% q-o-q. Maintain HOLD, TP reduced to S$1.25 (Prev S$
1.40).
Mewah’s earnings were reduced by 0-3% for FY12-14F on
lower sales outlook due to weak Malaysian CPO exports.
Maintain FULLY VALUED call (TP: S$ 0.38) for now. However,
there is a speculative element to the stock. According to press
reports, the Malaysian government is considering a cut in CPO
export taxes to 8-10% from 23%. The matter is expected to
be brought up to the cabinet today. If successful, Malaysian
refiners will again be able to compete against their Indonesian
peers. Assuming Mewah’s bulk operating profit/MT recovers to
the average during FY08-10 of c.US$37/MT from US$29 this
year and consumer margins increases by 50% from US$56,
our analyst estimates FY13F profit will jump by 114%. In this
scenario, our TP would be raised to S$0.54.
US Indices Last Close Pts Chg % Chg
Dow Jones 13,575.4 80.8 0.6
S&P 1,461.4 10.4 0.7
NASDAQ 3,149.5 14.2 0.5
Regional Indices
ST Index 3,086.6 9.5 0.3
ST Small Cap 497.7 2.2 0.4
Hang Seng 20,908.0 19.7 0.1
HSCEI 9,848.5 20.3 0.2
HSCCI 4,075.9 7.7 0.2
KLCI 1,661.5 11.7 0.7
SET 1,306.6 (0.9) (0.1)
JCI 4,271.5 19.9 0.5
PCOMP 5,443.7 68.2 1.3
KOSPI 1,992.7 (3.3) (0.2)
TWSE 7,682.3 (2.3) (0.0)
Nikkei 8,824.6 77.7 0.9
STI Index Performance
Singapore
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2,000
3,000
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
100-Day MA
Index
STI
Total Market cap (US$bn) 580
Total Daily Vol (m shrs) 1,752
12m ST Index High 3,088
12m ST Index Low 2,529
Source: Bloomberg
Stock Picks – Large Cap
Rec’n Price ($)
4/10
Target Price
($)
Keppel Corp Buy 11.46 13.20
SembCorp Marine Buy 4.95 5.85
Noble Group Buy 1.290 1.53 *
Capitamall Asia Buy 1.665 2.08
CapitaLand Buy 3.290 3.42
* : Technical target
Stock Picks – Small Cap
Rec’n Price ($)
4/10
Target Price
($)
STX OSV Holdings Buy 1.610 2.00
Bumitama Agri Buy 1.040 1.25
ASL Marine Holdings Buy 0.680 0.83
Tiger Airways Buy 0.755 0.90
Source: Bloomberg, DBS