Excerpts from latest analyst reports
CIMB says new shareholder could mark shift in China Minzhong's strategy
Analysts: Kenneth Ng CFA & Lee Mou Hua
Indofood Sukses Makmur is now a major shareholder after its proposed subscription of 98m new shares at S$0.915 each.
We think this could mark the start of a shift in Minzhong’s strategy and also alleviate corporate-governance concerns.
The new shares will dilute our FY13 EPS by 15%. We are cutting our FY13-14 EPS by 8-15% to factor in the dilution.
Our target price (4x CY14 P/E, sector average) dips accordingly.
Benefits could accrue, earliest in FY14. The S$89m raised will strengthen Minzhong’s ability to pay dividends this year. We keep our Outperform on the back of this possibility.
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NRA Capital raises Serial System's fair value to 17 cents
Analyst: Jacky Lee
S$5.4m positive free cash flow generated in 4Q12 due mainly to improved inventory turnover.
As a result, net gearing improved from 58% as at end-Sep quarter to 54%.
As expected, the board declared a lower 0.3 cts final dividend but this is still a decent 3.9% yield (including the 0.22 cts interim dividend already paid out).
We maintain our FY13-14 net profit forecast and introduce our FY15 forecast.
Nevertheless, our fair value has lifted by 3 cts to S$0.17 as we roll forward our base from 8x FY13 PER to FY14.
Given Serial is still gaining market share from its competitors with decent dividend payout, we maintain Overweight.
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