Monday, December 3, 2012

News Bits | 3 Dec 2012

Highlights of the day
§  Felda Global Ventures (Results Review): 3QFY12: Below house expectation (Maintain HOLD, TP: RM4.85) [download report]
Felda Global Ventures’s 9MFY12 adjusted net profit of RM666.5m came below house expectations, making up 64% of estimate. It did however meet market expectations, which made up of 73% of estimates. While 3QFY12 adjusted net profit decreased by 40% y-o-y, the y-o-y comparison is not too meaningful as there was a significant change in operations in early FY12. Nevertheless, the decrease was caused by lower CPO prices and lower FFB production. We maintain HOLD recommendation with a TP of RM4.85 as FFB production is expected to improve and the turnaround of the company’s downstream segment appears to be producing positive results.
 
§  Telekom Malaysia (Results Review): 3QFY12: Marginally below house expectation (Maintain SELL, TP: RM4.48) [download report]
Excluding 9MFY12 tax incentive of RM128.4m from TM’s YTD normalised PATAMI of RM592.5m, 9MFY12 adjusted net profit of RM464.1m came in below house consensus full year estimates at 69% and 57%, respectively. TM’s share price has depreciated by 10% since our SELL recommendation on 30 August 2012. Nonetheless, it is still trading above of our revised target price, implying a total expected downside of 15%. Maintain SELL.
 
Other reports
§  Economics (Money and Banking): October 2012: Loans growth is stable, money supply grows stronger. [download report]
§  Newz Bits [download report]
 
Other Malaysian news
§  Tenaga: Awards RM2.5bn job to Samsung Engineering
§  YTL Corp: Focuses on UK hotel assets
§  Felda Global: Unveils growth strategy
§  SapuraKencana: Berantai gas output started in October
§  Malaysia Airports: Seek Ibrahim Nasir International Airport concession solution
§  MAS: To buy 10 B737-400s from AAR
§  Supermax: To set up plant in South America
§  MK Land: Plans to sell some land to raise cash
§  Bolton: Danajamin guarantees Islamic notes
§  Brahim’s: BLSG stake deal imminent
§  Ibraco: Form JV with BDA
§  Scomi Engineering: Trains to run in Mumbai
§  Tiger Synergy: Board likely to be removed
§  IPO: Iskandar Waterfront mulls listing in 2013
 
Global news
§  US: Spending falls as sandy reduces wages
§  China: Manufacturing strengthens as optimism grows for recovery
§  South Korea: Output rises for second month on cars, electronics
 
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