ANALYSTS SAY: Buy, Sell, Hold (8 Feb '19)

DBS VICKERS

STRATEGY – SINGAPORE

Alpha Picks: Positive Start To The Year

Most of our alpha picks recorded gains in January. We see further upside to the target prices for our stocks.

WHAT’S NEW

 A good month. Most of our picks notched up gains in January, except OCBC. Our portfolio gained 5.7% mom, vs the FSSTI’s +4.0% for the month. The most notable outperformer within our picks was CSE Global which gained 13.2% mom as it secured infrastructure projects worth S$84.8m in 4Q18, bumping up its full-year order wins to S$150.5m (+43.6% yoy). Small-cap manufacturing companies in our portfolio also delivered strong gains (Fu Yu: +7.9%, Valuetronics: +6.8%).

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Ezion Holdings

Not out of the woods yet

Downgrade to HOLD; TP reduced to S$0.06, after pegging a lower target multiple of 0.3x on FY19F book value (vs 0.8x previously), given potential asset impairments and slower-thanexpected ramp up in utilisation and revenue. While it is darkest before dawn and the stock’s valuation has been greatly discounted for the slow recovery, clearer signs of a turnaround are required to re-rate the stock. Downgrade to HOLD.

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