Friday, July 4, 2014

Morning Call | 3 July 2014


FLOWS
Thursday, 3 July, 2014
BUY
UMW, IHH, TENAGA
SELL
DAYANG, UEMS, GENM
STOCK ALERT
STOCK NAME
DATE
PRICE
BUY/SELL
TARGET PRICE
SONA (5241)
3/7/2014
RM0.485
Trading BUY
RM0.60
Stock plunged 22% since the announcement of the acquisition of 40% Salamander Energy (Bualuang) Limited (“SEBG”). The last leg’s fall from RM0.525 to RM0.48 (-8.6%) was due to the delay in the signing of the S&P agreement. This delay is due to a minor technical reason of enabling the auditors to prepare SEBG’s financial statements under the International Financial Reporting Standards for the last 3 years. This should be read as positive as it facilitates due diligence on SEBG & eliminates any debatable liabilities, hence providing a fair valuation to the acquirer and is a minimal risk event that the purchase will not go through. The delay is only for an additional month (to 31/7/14) and to drop >8% on the announcement is clearly a perceived fear that the deal may hit a snag. Hence, investors should take advantage of this short term selling & extension period to accumulate the stock in bulk at the current low levels as Sona’s acquisition ( @ EV/boe = USD23.3) is cheaper than SKPetro’s purchase of Newfield’s Malaysian O&G assets (@ EV/boe = USD24.9)  & is fundamentally beneficial to the company as illustrated below. The Gulf of Thailand opex/bbl is low historically , ranging from USD15-20/bbl, but Thailand has a different fiscal system where a tax, known as Special Remuneratory Benefit (SRB), is charged on annual petroleum profit exceeding a certain limit (lesser metres drilled translates to higher tax charge ranging from 0-75% of annual profit). Based on SEBG’s current production rate of 12,000 bbl/day on the Bualuang B8/38 field and assuming oil price at USD100/bbl, opex of USD25/bbl, tax charge of 35%, USD:MYR exchange rste of 3.20, loan interest rate of 8% p.a. for the USD140m loan facility taken to part-finance the deal & amortization of concession cost based on projected production volume, Sona’s 40% stake may generate 9.1sen for 2014 (PER 5.3x) . In addition, Sona’s CEO has informed that the S&P agreement is structured in a way that allows Sona to recognise the revenue & profit form 1/1/14 if the deal is concluded by 4Q14, instead of from the S&P agreement date or the date of approval from the authorities as is normally the case. Sona can also benefit from an estimated 40m boe (Sona’s share) of prospective resources from G4/50 field of which Sona has paid USD30m and Salamander Energy PLC (parent of SEBG) has agreed to carry Sona’s costs associated with the drilling of 2 exploration wells up to an agreed cap. Trading buy
(PT)
 
 
 
 
CYPARK (5184)
3/7/2014
RM2.81
ACCUMULATE
RM3.20
Cypark (RM2.81) – reported a strong set of 2Q14 results with net profit +30% yoy and 77% qoq from strong growth in its renewable energy & landscaping divisions. Margins also improved from better economies of scale for its renewable energy project.  It is currently trading at attractive valuations with PER of 11.4x & 9.2x for FY14 & FY15 coupled with eps growth rates of more than 30% for the next 2 FYs due to its renewable energy division which has increased its export capacity to Tenaga by more than 3x in FY13/FY14, and is expected to increase its capacity further in FY15. The Malaysian Government Green Energy Policy plans to increase generation capacity from RE sources to 5-6% of total generation capacity by 2015 from 2% currently. Cypark has comparable advantage to secure additional RE quota for future growth because of its track record and first-mover advantage. Its p/bk of 1.9x also compares favourably against its historical average of 2.5x. The current consolidation is an opportunity to accumulate the stock.
(PT)
 
 
 
 
 
Calls for  JUNE WEEK 3/ WEEK 4 2014
STOCK
Initiation Dates
Initiation price
BUY/SELL
TARGET PRICE
LAST PRICE
% Change since Initiated
ARMADA (5210)
26/6/2014
RM3.52
ACCUMULATE
RM4.03
RM3.37
-4.3%
KULIM (2003)
26/6/2014
RM3.46
TRADING BUY
RM3.98
RM3.42
-1.2%
KOSSAN (7153)
27/6/2014
RM3.69
ACCUMULATE
RM4.86
RM3.79
+2.9%
PRTASCO(5070)
27/6/2014
RM1.97
ACCUMULATE
RM2.58
RM1.94
-1.6%
SCIB (9237)
30/6/2014
RM0.665
ACCUMULATE
RM0.80
RM0.685
+3.0%
AIRASIA (5099)
30/6/2014
RM2.30
BUY
RM3.10
RM2.30
0.0%
TDM (2054)
1/7/2014
RM1.04
ACCUMULATE
RM1.20
RM1.06
+1.9%
MHB (5186)
1/7/2014
RM3.72
BUY
RM4.10
RM3.71
-0.3%
MUDAJYA (5085)
2/7/2014
RM2.51
BUY
RM2.85
RM2.51
0.0%
TAS (5149)
2/7/2014
RM1.50
ACCUMULATE
RM1.70
RM1.49
-0.7%

 

 

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