Monday, August 18, 2014

Morning Call | 15 August 2014

FLOWS
Friday, 15 August, 2014
BUY
AMBANK, ASTRO, UMW
SELL
DIGI, MAYBANK, IOICORP
STOCK ALERT
STOCK NAME
DATE
PRICE
BUY/SELL
TARGET PRICE
WTK (4243)
15/8/2014
RM1.40
ACCUMULATE
RM1.60
This stock has been consolidating in a symmetrical triangle pattern since end March’14 with positive daily macd and weekly macd that has bottomed with a potential golden cross forming on any positive weekly close. With such anticipating technicals all it needs is for the fundamentals to confirm its positive outlook for WTK to break out of this consolidation pattern. We believe its second quarter results (likely to be released on the last week of this month) will be the catalyst. From WTK’s reported monthly log production figures, the 6 months YTD figure is 11.5% higher than 1H13. Given that WTK’s average selling price for log was up 12% yoy in 1Q14 and is expected to increase further in view of continued strong demand from India (WTK’s biggest market with 68% of 1Q14 total log exports) for infrastructure and the ban of log exports in Myanmar from April’14, WTK is poised to report a strong yoy & qoq performance. Accumulate ahead of the results especially with WTK trading at attractive PER of 10.2x & 8.4x for FY14 & FY15 respectively.
(PT)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AIRASIA(5099)
15/8/2014
RM2.36
ACCUMULATE
RM2.70
Weekly macd has proven to be resilient to continue staying in the positive territory. Improving fundamentals from lower fuel cost as Brent crude has retraced > 10% in less than 2 months from USD113.71/bbl to USD102.07/bbl currently. Brent’s head and shoulder neckline at USD106.30 and the mid-term critical support of USD103 have already been broken with the minimum downside at the USD98 level. MYR, Indonesian rupiah & the Thai baht have also strengthen by 5.4%, 4.9% & 3.9%  respectively versus the USD over the past 7 months. These 2 factors will greatly assist to reduce the costs of AirAsia & its associates. Analysts have estimated that a 10sen strengthening in the MYR vs USD will  improve the bottomline by 7%. AirAsia is also likely to gain market share as MAS rationalises its routes & reduces capacity. In 2007, when MAS cut capacity by 17%, the yield of AirAsia shot up 17%.  AirAsia trades at cheap valuation with forward PER of 8.6x & 7.1x for FY15 & FY16 respectively. Its 1Q14 profit margins of 16% is the best amongst its peers in an industry with an average of -0.3%. Accumulate
(PT)
 
 
 
Calls for AUGUST WEEK 1/ WEEK 2 2014
STOCK
Initiation Dates
Initiation price
BUY/SELL
TARGET PRICE
LAST PRICE
% Change since Initiated
PRTASCO(5070)
7/8/2014
RM1.73
ACCUMULATE
RM2.58
RM1.63
-5.8%
JAKS (4723)
7/8/2014
RM0.74
TRADING BUY
RM0.84
RM0.71
-4.1%
PERDANA (7108)
8/8/2014
RM1.86
ACCUMULATE
RM2.40
RM1.84
-1.1%
DSONIC (5216)
8/8/2014
RM1.86
TRADING BUY
RM2.05
RM1.86
+0.0%
DIALOG (7277)
12/8/2014
RM1.76
ACCUMULATE
RM2.00
RM1.78
+1.1%
SALCON (8567)
12/8/2014
RM0.885
ACCUMULATE on weakness
RM1.00
RM0.89
+0.5%
SEM (5250)
13/8/2014
RM1.82
TRIM
BB- RM1.60
RM1.83
+0.5%
CARING (5245)
13/8/2014
RM1.84
Buy on weakness
RM2.00
RM1.85
+0.5%
IOICORP (1961)
14/8/2014
RM5.00
TRADING SELL
BB- RM4.40
RM5.00
0.0%
SYMLIFE (1538)
14/8/2014
RM1.12
ACCUMULATE
RM1.60
RM1.12
0.0%
 
 
Performance
Positive
 
Negative
 
Neutral