KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed almost flat on Tuesday as buying interest rotated away from index heavyweights towards smaller-cap construction stocks, with sentiment affected by geopolitical uncertainty, said an analyst. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 0.39 of a point to 1,714.40 from Monday’s close of 1,714.79. The benchmark index opened 1.65 points lower at 1,713.14 and moved between 1,710.44 and 1,714.50 throughout the trading session. The broader market was almost evenly balanced, with decliners leading gainers 548 to 546, while 598 counters were unchanged, 1,107 were untraded and 25 were suspended. Turnover expanded to 4.13 billion units valued at RM3.14 billion from 3.60 billion units valued at RM2.45 billion on Monday.
Maintain Buy with unchanged Target Price of RM2.40
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| Berjaya Auto Bhd |
We maintain our BUY call for Berjaya Auto due to its:
1. Attractive product pipeline going forward;
2. Aggressive expansion from its Philippines operations, helped by a booming auto market (projected growth of 15% in 2016); and,
3. Strong ability to capture market share (2.4% YTD from 1.5%).
Continuously filling its product pipeline.
We expect Berjaya Auto (BAuto) to maintain an interesting product launch schedule in 2016, mainly from its facelifted models and diesel variants. The face-lift completely knocked down (CKD) CX-5 was recently launched in February, while the CKD CX-3 is anticipated to hit the market by end-2016. As for its “diesel wave”, we believe Mazda 6 would be introduced by mid-year. The diesel CKD CX-5 is also likely to be offered, as the model is already being assembled in Malaysia for the Thailand market.
Strong growth from the Philippines.
The Philippines operations recorded a quarterly sales growth of 41.8% YoY, driven largely by the Mazda 2 and Mazda 3, which saw an increase of volume by 69.3% and 36.4% YoY respectively. The Philippines market would become increasingly significant for BAuto, with industry sales expected to grow 15% to 350,000 units.
Forecasts and risks.
We revised our earnings forecasts for FY16-18 down by 9.4%, 3.7% and 5.0% respectively. Downside risks for our recommendation and TP include: i) unfavourable forex movements, ii) disruption in product pipeline, and iii) lacklustre consumer spending.
Source: RHB Research
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