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Thai Equity - Bottom-up - Equities

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Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

Pi Securities is a well known securities company with 40 years experience in the industry, serving more than 60,000 clients. We offer one - stop service providing full range of financial products and services including extensive Brokerage, Proprietary Trading (Equities and Bonds), Advisory Services, Structured Products.

Moreover, our new research team tailored for institutional clients to focus on mid to small cap of Thai equities and trading strategies. Our services offered to our premium clients also include arrangement of company or site visits to with the managements of Thai listed companies.

Note: Effective on 1 March 2022, Country Group Securities PCL changed its name to Pi Securities

Equity Bottom-Up

<p><strong>We initiate coverage of BBL with a BUY rating, based on a target price of Bt155.0, derived from 0.65x PBV’21E (ROE’21 at 7.8% and long-term growth of 2%), which is close to its 3-year average of 0.69xPBV.</strong></p><p><strong>The story:</strong></p><div>• Highest cushion in the banking sector</div><div>• Benefits from acquisition of Permata Bank</div><div>• Lower risk from highest proportion of corporate loans</div><div>• Ample liquidity to support loan growth</div><div></div><div><strong>Risks:</strong></div><div>• Higher NPLs and provisions for bad loans</div><div>• Prolonged low interest rate environment to depress NIM</div><div>• Delays in vaccine distribution</div>

We initiate coverage of BBL with a BUY rating, based on a target price of Bt155.0, derived from 0.65x PBV’21E (ROE’21 at 7.8% and long-term growth of 2%), which is close to its 3-year average of 0.69xPBV.The story:• Highest cushion in the banking sector• Benefits from acquisition of Permata Bank• Lower risk from highest proportion of corporate loans• Ample liquidity to support loan growthRisks:• Higher NPLs and provisions for bad loans• Prolonged low interest rate environment to depress NIM• Delays in vaccine distribution

BBL: Large Corporate Bank with Conservative Strategy

<p><strong>We initiate coverage of AUCT with a BUY rating, based on a target price of Bt11.5, which is derived from 24xPE’20E, in line with the valuation of Thailand’s consumer discretionary sector.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The story:</strong></p>
<div>•Simple business model with high margins</div>
<div>•Rising NPL rate to boost vehicle volume</div>
<div>•Auto sector still looks supportive</div>
<div>•New S curve for AUCT</div>
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<p><strong>Risks: </strong>Reliance on a few suppliers</p>
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<strong>Background:</strong> AUCT Public Company Limited (AUCT) provides services as an intermediary that conducts auctions for all types of property, as well as other auction-related services such as transportation of auctioned properties and finding bidders by coordinating with financial firms. Currently, the company has 27 storage units for auctioned property located in 26 provinces across Thailand. Moreover, it has 14 venues that can support every type of auction event.</div>

We initiate coverage of AUCT with a BUY rating, based on a target price of Bt11.5, which is derived from 24xPE’20E, in line with the valuation of Thailand’s consumer discretionary sector.
The story:
•Simple business model with high margins
•Rising NPL rate to boost vehicle volume
•Auto sector still looks supportive
•New S curve for AUCT

 

Risks: Reliance on a few suppliers

Background: AUCT Public Company Limited (AUCT) provides services as an intermediary that conducts auctions for all types of property, as well as other auction-related services such as transportation of auctioned properties and finding bidders by coordinating with financial firms. Currently, the company has 27 storage units for auctioned property located in 26 provinces across Thailand. Moreover, it has 14 venues that can support every type of auction event.

AUCT: Safe-Haven Stock in the Thai Market

Thailand

Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited provides various banking and financial services including commercial, consumer, credit card, and mortgage lending, international trade financing, investment banking, and securities services.

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Bangkok Bank Public (BBL TB)

BBL: Large Corporate Bank with Conservative Strategy

We initiate coverage of BBL with a BUY rating, based on a target price of Bt155.0, derived from 0.65x PBV’21E (ROE’21 at 7.8% and long-term growth...

Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

AUCT: Safe-Haven Stock in the Thai Market

We initiate coverage of AUCT with a BUY rating, based on a target price of Bt11.5, which is derived from 24xPE’20E, in line with the valuation of...

Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

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