Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

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Equity Bottom-Up

Bangkok Expressway and Metro / Equity Bottom-Up

<div><div><div><p><strong>Monitoring the virus situation and lockdown</strong><br>BEM reported weak results QoQ in 2Q21 and soft traffic volume YoY in July given the new wave of the pandemic and the lockdown measure to curb the spread. Although the outlook remains uncertain, we maintain our call that traffic and earnings in 2022E will improve sharply upon containment of the outbreak. We thus maintain our Buy call for BEM, with the SOTP-based TP of Bt9.60.</p></div></div></div>

Monitoring the virus situation and lockdown BEM reported weak results QoQ in 2Q21 and soft traffic volume YoY in July given the new wave of the pandemic and the lockdown measure to curb the spread. Although the outlook remains uncertain, we maintain our call that traffic and earnings in 2022E will improve sharply upon containment of the outbreak. We thus maintain our Buy call for BEM, with the SOTP-based TP of Bt9.60.

Earnings Review: Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc. (BEM)

Thai Equity - Bottom-up - Equities, Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

Pi Research

Thai Equity - Bottom-up - Equities

Leading, full-service investment firm in Thailand

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

<p><strong>We maintain BEM with a BUY rating with a target price of Bt9.90 derived from SOTP methodology, which is equivalent to 49.5xPE’22E, 30% discount to Thai transportation sector. A discount due to huge net loss of Airport of Thailand.</strong></p><div>• We expect the company to report net profit of Bt101m in 2Q21. (-67%QoQ -34%YoY), the lowest level in our available data. QoQ and YoY contraction will be chiefly due to impact from 3rd wave of COVID-19 widespread, which trimmed down average daily toll traffic to 770k trips/day (-21%QoQ -4%YoY) and MRT ridership to 119k trips per day (-44%QoQ -11%YoY)</div><div></div><div>• Earnings from core business operation will be under break-even point in 2Q21 onward to 3Q21, but will alleviate with dividend incomes from TTW and CKP. (We estimate dividend income in 2Q21 at Bt271m)</div><div></div><div>• We believe a recent correction in stock price has already priced in poor earnings that will be reported in 2Q21 and 3Q21, impacted by full measure of lockdown in July and most likely to be extended to August. Number of Vaccine rollout and a sign of contraction in number of daily reported patients will be the key catalyst to support stock price in short-term.</div>

We maintain BEM with a BUY rating with a target price of Bt9.90 derived from SOTP methodology, which is equivalent to 49.5xPE’22E, 30% discount to Thai transportation sector. A discount due to huge net loss of Airport of Thailand.• We expect the company to report net profit of Bt101m in 2Q21. (-67%QoQ -34%YoY), the lowest level in our available data. QoQ and YoY contraction will be chiefly due to impact from 3rd wave of COVID-19 widespread, which trimmed down average daily toll traffic to 770k trips/day (-21%QoQ -4%YoY) and MRT ridership to 119k trips per day (-44%QoQ -11%YoY)• Earnings from core business operation will be under break-even point in 2Q21 onward to 3Q21, but will alleviate with dividend incomes from TTW and CKP. (We estimate dividend income in 2Q21 at Bt271m)• We believe a recent correction in stock price has already priced in poor earnings that will be reported in 2Q21 and 3Q21, impacted by full measure of lockdown in July and most likely to be extended to August. Number of Vaccine rollout and a sign of contraction in number of daily reported patients will be the key catalyst to support stock price in short-term.

BEM: Expect Earnings to Remain Dull at Least in 2Q21 and 3Q21

<p><strong>We expect earnings to slightly drop YoY in 1Q21 pressured by a sharp fall in traffic on tollway and mass transit system as a result from partial lockdown in January. The impact will be substantially offset by reduction in amortization cost arises from toll business after concession extended in FEB’20.</strong></p><div>• Expect tollway and MRT traffic to recover from the bottom.</div><div></div><div>• Report 2020 net profit at Bt2bn (-62%YoY). Stripping out gain from divestment, core earnings would be at Bt3.1bn (-34%YoY).</div><div></div><div>• 4Q20 earnings was at Bt570m (-31%QoQ +9%YoY). YoY gain was due to a fall in amortization expense. QoQ fall dragged by dividend paid from TTW in 3Q20.</div><div></div><div>• Revise down 2021-23E earnings by 13-32%</div><p></p><p><strong>We maintain BEM with a BUY rating with a new target price at Bt10.0 (Previous TP: Bt10.60) after revised net profit in 2021-23E down by 13-32%. Our target price derived from SOTP methodology, which is equivalent to 59xPE’21E, 50% discount to Thai transportation sector. A discount due to huge net loss of Airport of Thailand.</strong></p>

We expect earnings to slightly drop YoY in 1Q21 pressured by a sharp fall in traffic on tollway and mass transit system as a result from partial lockdown in January. The impact will be substantially offset by reduction in amortization cost arises from toll business after concession extended in FEB’20.• Expect tollway and MRT traffic to recover from the bottom.• Report 2020 net profit at Bt2bn (-62%YoY). Stripping out gain from divestment, core earnings would be at Bt3.1bn (-34%YoY).• 4Q20 earnings was at Bt570m (-31%QoQ +9%YoY). YoY gain was due to a fall in amortization expense. QoQ fall dragged by dividend paid from TTW in 3Q20.• Revise down 2021-23E earnings by 13-32%We maintain BEM with a BUY rating with a new target price at Bt10.0 (Previous TP: Bt10.60) after revised net profit in 2021-23E down by 13-32%. Our target price derived from SOTP methodology, which is equivalent to 59xPE’21E, 50% discount to Thai transportation sector. A discount due to huge net loss of Airport of Thailand.

BEM: Phases of Recovery and Growth Are Around the Corner

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

<p>The SET50 Index is one of the very few indices that is still weighted by full market cap. Stocks need to have a minimum free float of 20% to be eligible for index inclusion but the free float is not used to determine the weight of the stock in the index.</p><p>This had led to stocks with low free floats having an inordinately high weight in the index. The most recent case in point was <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/delta-electronics-thai-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20912:1" rel="noopener">Delta Electronics Thai (DELTA TB)</a> - the stock was an inclusion in the SET50 index at the December review. DELTA is now the third largest stock in the index with a 6.07% weighting, even though the SET free float of the stock is only 22.35%. The stock has jumped 1000% over the last year.</p><p>Media reports now indicate that there are changes brewing that could result in the SET revising the calculation methodology to more accurately determine the free float of stocks, and a change to the calculation methodology of the SET50 Index that would see it move from a full market cap weighted index to a free float market cap weighted index.</p><p>In this Insight, we take a look at the stocks that would be affected by the changes and the impact of passive fund trading on the stocks.</p>

The SET50 Index is one of the very few indices that is still weighted by full market cap. Stocks need to have a minimum free float of 20% to be eligible for index inclusion but the free float is not used to determine the weight of the stock in the index.This had led to stocks with low free floats having an inordinately high weight in the index. The most recent case in point was Delta Electronics Thai (DELTA TB) - the stock was an inclusion in the SET50 index at the December review. DELTA is now the third largest stock in the index with a 6.07% weighting, even though the SET free float of the stock is only 22.35%. The stock has jumped 1000% over the last year.Media reports now indicate that there are changes brewing that could result in the SET revising the calculation methodology to more accurately determine the free float of stocks, and a change to the calculation methodology of the SET50 Index that would see it move from a full market cap weighted index to a free float market cap weighted index.In this Insight, we take a look at the stocks that would be affected by the changes and the impact of passive fund trading on the stocks.

SET50 Index: Change to Free Float Weighting In the Works?

<p><strong>We came out from BEM’s analyst meeting yesterday with positive tone, given expected strong earnings improvement in 2H20 underpinned by solid recovery of toll traffic and MRT’s ridership number after the lockdown period. Cost was anticipated to almost reaching the maximum level in 2H20 while the company’s will enjoy benefit of high operating leverage from 3Q20 onwards as revenue could be back to growth phase. Upside (Bt1.80 per share) from wining bid of MRT orange line remain intact as we are seeing the management’s eagerness to secure the concession.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Story:</strong></p>
<div>• Mass transit ridership recovery after easing city lockdown</div>
<div>• Expect toll traffic to normalize by September</div>
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<p><strong>We maintain BEM with a BUY rating and  the same target price at Bt10.10 derived from SOTP methodology which is equivalent to 67xPE’20E, 20% discount to Thai transportation sector. A discount due to huge net loss of Airport of Thailand.</strong></p>

We came out from BEM’s analyst meeting yesterday with positive tone, given expected strong earnings improvement in 2H20 underpinned by solid recovery of toll traffic and MRT’s ridership number after the lockdown period. Cost was anticipated to almost reaching the maximum level in 2H20 while the company’s will enjoy benefit of high operating leverage from 3Q20 onwards as revenue could be back to growth phase. Upside (Bt1.80 per share) from wining bid of MRT orange line remain intact as we are seeing the management’s eagerness to secure the concession.
The Story:
• Mass transit ridership recovery after easing city lockdown
• Expect toll traffic to normalize by September

 

We maintain BEM with a BUY rating and  the same target price at Bt10.10 derived from SOTP methodology which is equivalent to 67xPE’20E, 20% discount to Thai transportation sector. A discount due to huge net loss of Airport of Thailand.

BEM: Completed V-Shape Recovery Is Imminent

Thailand

Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited is a Thai public transportation company that constructs, operates, and manages expressways and rapid rail transit systems. The company also engages in commercial development, including retail space rental, advertising, and telecommunication services within its transportation networks. It was formed in 2015 through the merger of Bangkok Expressway Public Company Limited and Bangkok Metro Public Company Limited, and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Bangkok Expressway and Metro (BEM-R TB)

Earnings Review: Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc. (BEM)

BEM reported weak results QoQ in 2Q21 and soft traffic volume YoY in July given the new wave of the pandemic and the lockdown measure to curb the...

Krungthai XSpring

BEM: Expect Earnings to Remain Dull at Least in 2Q21 and 3Q21

We maintain BEM with a BUY rating with a target price of Bt9.90 derived from SOTP methodology, which is equivalent to 49.5xPE’22E, 30% discount to...

Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

BEM: Phases of Recovery and Growth Are Around the Corner

We expect earnings to slightly drop YoY in 1Q21 pressured by a sharp fall in traffic on tollway and mass transit system as a result from partial...

Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

SET50 Index: Change to Free Float Weighting In the Works?

There is a strong possibility that the SET revises the calculation methodology to more accurately determine the free float of stocks, and changes...

Brian Freitas

BEM: Completed V-Shape Recovery Is Imminent

We came out from BEM’s analyst meeting yesterday with positive tone, given expected strong earnings improvement in 2H20 underpinned by solid...

Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

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