Market Talk June 5, 2015 Investment Strategy A rebound was found in some sectors of which the prices had fallen more deeply than our forecast down revision, e.g. banking. However, fluctuation remains; SET Index may be moving under 1,500 pts. We still recommend stocks benefiting from weak THB (TUF, VNG, HANA, and RCL). HANA(FV@B48) is still a top pick. YTD Change in Return by Sector YTD return Agri Entertain ICT Property Food SET Commerce Auto Transport Insurance Energy Hotel Health Const Mat Const Services Finance Petro -13% -20% Bank -15% -5% 2% -5% -13% -10% -5% -3% -5% -2% -7% 2% 0% -3% 0% -2% 0% 2% -4% -2% 2% 2% 0% 1% 9% 5% 5% 4% -4% -5% -1% 0% 1% 5% Electron -1,688.38 -307.72 1,413.33 582.77 0% 10% -2% 13% 15% 12% 20% 17% 25% 20% Net buy and sell by investor type (Bm) Foreign Proprietary Trading Institution Retail May return 30% 23% 1,490.90 8.83 36,487.33 22% SET Index Change Market cap (Bm) IMF sees U.S. policy rate hike in late 2015 or early 2016 US The U.S. leading economic figures, mainly the labor market, have still shown contrary signs, possibly hindering economic recovery more than expected. Although latest initial jobless claims decreased by 6,000 unit (versus 7,000 increase in the previous week), it has been swinging up and down unstably for many weeks. After 1Q15 GDP growth was reported at 2.7%yoy, the IMF lowered U.S. GDP growth forecast from 3.1% to 2.5% in 2015 and from 3.1% to 3% in 2016. The housing market has recovered more sluggishly than expected and USD has strengthened and depressed international trade, thus impeding U.S. economic growth. As a result of strong USD and low energy prices, the inflation rate is still far from Fed target of 2%. The IMF sees that the policy rate should be raised in 1H16, in line with our projection that the hike takes place in late 2015 or early 2016. Eurozone The economic reform plan negotiation between Greece and the creditors has made no progress yet. Greece requested the IMF a deadline extension for the debt repayment of EUR300m due this Friday and another three debt repayment postponement, intending to bundle together EUR1.6bn total debt payments in late June (according to the IMF's condition adopted in 1970, Eurozone countries can bundle together multiple debt repayment due in the same month); the IMF's decision on Greece's request for postponement needs to be monitored closely (previously extending Zambia's Porranee Thongyen, CISA deadline in 1980). Greece's bailouts from creditors will expire late this month, raising concern about Greece's default and Grexit and thus having negative sentiment. License No: 004146 [email protected] Therdsak Thaveeteeratham License No: 004132 [email protected] Pobchai Phatrawit License No: 052647 [email protected] English research reports are a rough translation of our Thai-language research products. 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Thailand May consumer confidence index fell for the fifth consecutive month and made a 11-month low at 75.6 because agricultural product prices have remained low and depressed farmers' (the majority of Thai citizens) income and purchasing power; consumer product prices have remained higher than their income. The global economic recovery has not been stable yet, possibly weakening export. 2Q15 household spending (40% of GDP) is projected to drop from 2.4%yoy in 1Q15 (weak base in 1Q14). We estimate Thailand's FY2015 GDP to grow by 2.5%yoy, depending mainly on government investment and tourism. Banks rebounds as share prices drop more than earnings down revision Under the new forecast, market earnings are projected at B888bn or EPS of 95.74 (24.79% EPS growth) in 2015 and B1.02tr or EPS of B109.97 (14.86% EPS growth) in 2016. Earnings of the following sectors are projected to grow in 2015: Transportation 159% growth projected: AAV (+689%), BA (+427%), and RCL (+38%) Petrochemical 97% growth projected: IVL (+205%) and PTTGC (+98%) Energy 95% growth projected: PCP (+517%), PTT (+69%), and PTTEP (+40%) Insurance 45% growth projected: BLA (+60%) and BKI (+12%) Tourism-hotel 35% growth projected: CENTEL (+52%) Contractor 35% growth projected: NWR (+1,074%), UNIQ (+59%), CK (+59%), and ITD (+55%) Media 27% growth projected: WORK (+1,900%) and RS (+66%) Construction material 24% growth projected: TASCO (+146%), TPIPL (+45%), VNG (+42%), and SCC (+24%) Commerce 23% growth projected: LOXLEY (+54%), CPALL (+32%), and BEAUTY (+26%) Electronics 23% growth projected: DELTA (+21) Auto 23% growth projected: AH (+31%) and SAT (+20%) Healthcare 11% growth projected: BH (+30%) and CHG (+23%) ICT 3% growth projected: TRUE (+341%) and JAS (+339%) Banking 2% growth projected: TISCO (+12%), TCAP (+12%) Food 1% growth projected: TUF (+17%), MINT (+25%) On the other hand, the property sector's earnings are projected to stay flat, while earnings of the agribusiness and the consumer's finance sectors are expected to slip by 1% and 3%, respectively. Sectors indices tend to drop at a faster pace than the earnings. On the contrary, the banking sector's index has contracted by 5% in May and 14%ytd, versus our 5.5% earnings forecast down revision. Since we conservatively expect the policy rate to be reduced by 0.5% to 1%, the actual interest rate cut would not depress the sector's earnings below our forecast unless the rate is slashed below projection or the economic recovery is more sluggish than expected (GDP growth is lower than the market's estimate of 3%). The sector's expected P/E ratio is 9.7x in 2015 and 8.54x in 2016; expected P/E ratio of TISCO, KTB, BBL, and KBANK are much lower than the sector's average. In addition, KTB's dividend yield is 4.7% in 2015 and 5.6% in 2016; TISCO grant dividend yield of 6.3% in 2015 and 4.1% in 2016; and BBL's dividend yield is 7.1% this year and 4.7% next year. We recommend buying BBL and TISCO 2 The media and the property sectors' indices are probably in line with earnings forecast down revisions: Media L The media sector's index has contracted by 5% in May and 13%ytd, versus our 16.7% earnings forecast down revision on every company except RS; negative factors have been considerably absorbed. Still, there is risk GDP growth missing the market's forecast of +3% (and our forecast of 2.5%). FY2015 average expected P/E ratio of 23.78x is still close to 2014, mainly a decrease some companies: MAJOR (from 33.9x in 2014 to 20.4x in 2015), RS (from 33.9x to 20.4x), VGI (from 35.6x to 25.6x), and WORK (from 497x to 59x). We recommend buying RS and WORK. Property The property sector's index has contracted by 3.2% in May and 4.6%ytd, versus our 4.6% earnings forecast down revision, mainly from SPALI (-22.7%ytd), LPN (-22.5%ytd), QH (-14.7%ytd), and PS (-10.3%ytd) since lower income was generated in 1Q15 as a result of weak domestic purchasing power. Meanwhile, SENA and AP have rebounded by 56.3%ytd and 22.8%ytd, respectively, thanks to growing earnings. In contrast, some sectors have declined less than the down revision, i.e. ICT, agribusiness, and food. ICT Despite a profit forecast down revision of 19.6% (TRUE, DTAC, SIM, and SAMART), the sectorMs index rose 2% in May and dropped only 5%ytd, possibly because many big-cap stocks in the sector could achieve the profit target: ADVANC (EPS growth of 18%), THCOM (EPS growth of 29%), and INTUCH (EPS growth of 15.3%). We recommend gradually accumulating ADVANC and INTUCH for their attractive dividend yields of 6.1% and 7%, respectively, in 2015. Agribusiness Despite a profit forecast down revision of 13% (up revision for STA from rising product prices but down revision for GFPT from disappointing earnings in 1Q15), the sectorMs index increased 2% in May and weakened only 6%ytd. STA has benefited from reviving rubber prices and weak THB for most of its revenues is from export but most of its cost is in THB. However, most agribusiness stocks have been fully valued except GFPT (P/E ratio increased from 9.2x in 2014 to 13.3x in 2015), so we recommend buying GFPT. Food Despite a profit forecast down revision of 7.7% (mainly KSL and CPF), the sectorMs index dropped only 4.2%ytd and stayed unchanged in May. KTIS, a sugar business stock, plummeted 20.5%ytd, while KSL fell 1.9%ytd as a result of decreasing global sugar prices. TUF and CFRESH declined 9.6%ytd and 8.3%ytd, respectively. CPF also weakened 9.1%ytd in spite of a short-term rebound. On the contrary, TIPCO, CBG, MALEE, and ICHI rose 114%, 24.2%, 18.5%, and 6.4%ytd, respectively. TVO increased 10.7%ytd. Top picks of the sector are TVO, which has low P/E ratio of 10x and high dividend yield of 8%, and CPF and TUF, which have benefited from weak THB. Thailand faces largest foreign net sell in 21 days Foreign investors possessed a net sell position in regional stock markets at around US$147m yesterday. Only South Korea was with a net buy at US$363m (fifth day), while the other four markets faced continued net selling, led by Taiwan of US$480m (fifth day, the largest net sell in 34 days), the Philippines of US$23m (fourth day), Indonesia of US$29m (fifth day), and Thailand of US$50m or B1,688m (fifth day, the largest net sell in 21 days since the beginning of May). On the other hand, Local institutions bought B1,413m net in Thailand. For the bond market, local institutions bought B9,463m net, while foreigners sold B4,829m net. THB weakened to B33.78/US$. 3 Stocks Recommended in Market Talk Stocks Start Date SPALI 05-Jan-15 Price Fair Value Weight Start Last Accumulated Return 7% 23.43 18.10 -22.7% PER 2558F PBV 2558F Dividend Yield Strategist Comment 30-Min Chart Inexpensive laggard stock with high dividend. 31.96 5.66 1.48 7.15 Backlog making up 80% of FY2015 income target. FY2016 profit to leap 66% from Bumble Bee TUF 11-May-15 26.00 14% 20.90 20.20 -3.3% 18.60 1.78 2.69 Share price substantially absorbed negative factor. Potential strong profit in 2015-2016 IRPC 21-May-15 5.20 7% 4.26 4.12 -3.3% 10.20 1.10 2.43 from Phoenix project. Benefiting from weak THB. HANA 03-Jun-15 48.00 16% 43.25 42.25 -2.3% 12.82 1.73 4.14 Lowest P/E among peers, high dividend yield. Crude oil oversupply subsides. PTTEP 03-Feb-15 125.00 16% 115.03 107.00 -7.0% 14.13 1.08 4.21 Benefiting petroleum business. Growing demand, lower cost, high margin, VNG 09-Apr-15 10.25 13% 7.70 8.35 8.4% 10.18 1.77 3.93 growing profit, developing new products with attractive growth story. Benefiting from policy rate cut. ASK 12-Mar-15 30.10 13% 22.50 19.90 -11.6% 1.60 8.31 8.42 Low P/E ratio, high dividend yield. HRCI rising countinuously, RCL 25-Mar-15 14.70 10% 9.10 10.10 11.0% 16.76 0.83 2.98 low fuel cost promotes earnings growth. Accumulated contribution returns since beginning of the year Accumulated returns since our recommendation SPALI SPALI-22.7% -2.9% -1.5% ASK SAMART SALEE ASK -11.6% -1.4% -1.4% -1.4% PTTEP SC TUF PTTEP -7.0% TUF -0.7% -0.4% STPI IRPC KBANK -0.4% -0.3% -0.1% CASH -3.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.6% PTT M IRPC SCC ROBINS -3.3% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% GUNKUL HANA AIT SYNTEC -2.3% 1.0% 1.0% 1.2% PTTGC VNG VNG HANA 8.4% RCL 1.3% 1.5% SENA MCS TASCO 11.0% 1.6% 2.9% 3.5% RCL -20% -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 4.7% -4% -3% Accumulated returns Port 12% -2% -1% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% Accumulated returns since beginning of the year SET Port 11.13% SET 20% 10% 15% 8% 10% 6% 4% 5% 2% 0.60% 0% 0% 1-Jun-15 25-May-15 18-May-15 4-May-15 11-May-15 27-Apr-15 20-Apr-15 6-Apr-15 13-Apr-15 30-Mar-15 23-Mar-15 9-Mar-15 16-Mar-15 2-Mar-15 23-Feb-15 9-Feb-15 16-Feb-15 -5% -1D 2-Feb-15 MTD 26-Jan-15 -1.04% -0.24% 19-Jan-15 YTD -0.34% 5-Jan-15 -2% -0.45% 12-Jan-15 -25% 4
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