Excerpts from latest analyst reports…..
CIMB says buy China Animal Healthcare, with target price of S$0.52
Analyst: Gary Ng
Our target price remains at S$0.52, derived from a target multiple of 10x CY11 P/E, keeping the stock at a 50% discount to industry average due to its relatively smaller size than its PRC peers.
• We believe that CAL’s investment merits lie in its (i) strong industry traction; and (ii) a sound market expansion strategy, (iii) and CAL does offer excellent value trading at.6.6x CY11 P/E against its 3-year core earnings CAGR forecast of 41.1%.
We see stock catalysts from (1) fast track expansion through M&A of key vaccines producers, (2) higher trading multiples from the dual-listing in HKSE, and (3) increase interest from institution investors.
Result at a glance
• Headline numbers appears understated due to exceptional cost items. 3Q10 net profit attributable to shareholders at RMB18.4m (-64% yoy), appears to miss our forecast.
RMB32.0m relating to the preparatory work for the proposed dual listing has been disbursed in 9M10; RMB1.4m amortization cost on CBs; and amortization expenses pertaining to the production technology rights
identified amounted to RMB7.0 million in 9M10.
3Q10 and 9M10 core profit actually accounted for 26% and 51% of our full year forecast respectively.
We are confident that the group will be able to meet our forecast come FY10 full-year as contributions in 4Q over the last couple of years has always been seasonally stronger and accounts for between 40-55% of the entire year’s earnings.
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Kim Eng Research says buy Otto as cancellation risks already priced in
Analyst: Eric Ong
Reiterate BUY with a lower SOTP target price of $0.46.
Action & Recommendation
We have tweaked our FY10F‐12F EPS to factor in the $6‐7m provision for potential cancellation of the second Mosvold vessel, and the assumption that the first cancelled vessel (Hull No. 7047) can be successfully sold and the second 21,000bhp AHTS (Hull No. 7048) would join Otto’s charter fleet.
Accordingly, our SOTP target price is reduced to $0.46, from $0.58, which still implies about 28% upside. Maintain BUY.
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NRA Capital says ASTI (11 cents) has upside to 23 cents
Analyst: Jacky Lee
We believe ASTI will become a net cash company by the end of the year.
* Orders seen slowing down in 4Q, as expected. Management guided that its BEST business is seeing slower orders going into the fourth quarter as the demand for manufacturing capacity may have peaked in the third quarter. We are not surprised by the statement, as we have already projected orders to be sequentially down in 4Q.
Unlike front-end equipment, back-end equipment corresponds more to end consumer demand. North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.62bn in orders in Sep-10 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.03, the lowest in the first 9 months. However, we view this to be a healthy correction.
We also roll forward our fair value from 1.2x P/NTA FY10 to FY11.
As such our fair value has been raised from S$0.21 to S$0.23 or 8-9x FY10-11 PER. Maintain Buy and we see catalysts from a potential surprise dividend payout after improving both its financial earnings and balance sheet.
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