Thursday, February 13, 2014

Morning Call | 12 February 2014

FLOWS
Wednesday, 12 February, 2014
BUY
DIGI, YTLP, TENAGA
SELL
SKPETRO, MAYBANK, UEMS
STOCK ALERT
STOCK NAME
DATE
PRICE
BUY/SELL
TARGET PRICE
KULIM (2003)
12/2/2014
RM3.19
BUY
RM3.50
Kulim (RM3.58) – with the plantation stocks having bounced from their recent lows, Kulim is an attractive laggard based to the followings: 1) Johor Corp, KWAP & EPF control 73% of its shareholdings hence a relatively more defensive stock due to its low foreign shareholdings; 2) technical have just turn positive with the macd buy signal triggered for the first day;  3) the plantation sector has been neglected and under owned by investors for the past year due to the depressing CPO prices and the global underweighting of commodity & commodity-related stocks. However, recently interest is seen returning to the plantation sector due to the improving fundamentals from the biodiesel mandates in Malaysia & Indonesia, the slower-than-expected FFB & CPO production from tree stress & severe wet weather, coupled with the plantation sector in a seasonally low production period which is supportive of higher CPO prices of which Kulim is a pure play after having sold its fast food business. Its 49% associate, NBPOL, is expected to register a sharp 136% jump in net profit in FY14 after the poor harvest in FY13 due to the heavy rains. This catalyst may not be fully reflected in Kulim’s consensus FY14 earnings forecast. Kulim is trading at FY14 PER of 16.9x which is attractive compared with big caps plantation stocks average FY14 PER of 18.8x, but is very undervalued on a p/bk basis with its p/bk at 0.68x versus its peers average of 2.18x. Accumulate
(PT)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MHB (5186)
12/2/2014
RM3.68
BUY
RM4.13
MHB  is trading close to its support level of RM3.65/60 which have contained the downside during the previous 2 corrections and coincide with Bursa filings disclosing LUTH increased their position around these levels. During the recent correction, MHB has outperformed the broad market due to its very small foreign shareholding of less than 2.5%. With the current environment of Fed tapering and foreign funds exiting the emerging markets, this is an attractive attribute to have, coupled with the disappointing earnings and cost overruns on completed projects already discounted in the price.  There is also the potential of a successful negotiation on reimbursements of additional work done to complete the previous jobs where the costs have been recognised but not the revenue. In addition, Upstream Online reported that MHB is one of the 3 Malaysian fabricators shortlisted for the RM1.5b Baronia gas project and 2 satellite platform projects by Petronas Carigali. The last few trading days saw block crossings on MHB shares between RM3.65 to RM3.70 which indicates strong support for the stock around these levels. Accumulate before the sellers dry up around current levels.
(PT)
 
 
Calls for  FEB Week 1/Week 2 2014
STOCK
Initiation Dates
Initiation price
BUY/SELL
TARGET PRICE
LAST PRICE
% Change since Initiated
CRESBLD(8591)
5/2/2014
RM1.44
BUY
RM1.73
RM1.50
+4.1%
DIGI (6947)
5/2/2014
RM4.68
ACCUMULATE
RM5.20
RM5.16
+10.2%
UOADEV (5200)
6/2/2014
RM1.83
Trading BUY
RM2.20
RM1.90
+3.8%
AEON (6599)
6/2/2014
RM11.86
ACCUMULATE
RM13.30
RM13.48
+13.6%
SPSETIA (8664)
7/2/2014
RM2.74
Trading BUY
RM3.30
RM2.76
+0.6%
NAIM (5073)
7/2/2014
RM3.41
ACCUMULATE
RM3.80
RM3.52
+3.2%
OLDTOWN (5201)
10/2/2014
RM2.01
Trading BUY
RM2.38
RM1.96
-2.5%
TCHONG(4405)
10/2/2014
RM5.60
ACCUMULATE
RM7.31
RM5.65
+0.9%
SCOMIES (7045)
11/2/2014
RM0.90
BUY
RM1.01
RM0.90
0.0%
MATRIX (5236)
11/2/2014
RM3.57
BUY
RM3.90
RM3.78
+5.8%
 
HOLD
CONT SELL
SELL/ TAKE PROFIT
CONT BUY
STRONG BUY