ASEAN Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Angus Mackintosh

ASEAN Insight Provider

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ultrajaya-milk-industry-trading-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13892:1" rel="noopener">Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ)</a> 4Q2023 and FY2023 confirmed a recovery on both its dairy and carton tea segments, with strong growth and a normalisation of raw material costs boosting margins.</li>
<li>ULTJ continue to focus on new product launches in dairy and carton tea and growing its distribution network with its new distrbution centre at MM1200 under pilot testing.</li>
<li>Prospects for FY2024 look healthy with expanding distribution and a number of new products helping to drive growth. Valuations look reasonable versus listed competitor <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cisarua-mountain-dairy-pt-tbk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34999:1" rel="noopener">Cisarua Mountain Dairy (CMRY IJ). </a> </li>
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Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ) 4Q2023 and FY2023 confirmed a recovery on both its dairy and carton tea segments, with strong growth and a normalisation of raw material costs boosting margins.
ULTJ continue to focus on new product launches in dairy and carton tea and growing its distribution network with its new distrbution centre at MM1200 under pilot testing.
Prospects for FY2024 look healthy with expanding distribution and a number of new products helping to drive growth. Valuations look reasonable versus listed competitor Cisarua Mountain Dairy (CMRY IJ).  


Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ) - Dairy and Tea Recovery in Motion

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ultrajaya-milk-industry-trading-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13892:1" rel="noopener">Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ)</a> is back to the boil in terms of sales growth for both its dairy and carton tea businesses, which both benefit from a nominalisation of mobility. </li>
<li>The company's margins have improved in the dairy business as cost pressure has abated with falling powdered milk prices. Competition has picked up but the overall market is growing sufficiently. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ultrajaya-milk-industry-trading-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13892:1" rel="noopener">Ultrajaya Milk</a> will open a new distribution centre in 1Q2024, which should help to drive growth plus it looks to launch new product categories in 2024. Valuations are attractive.</li>
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Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ) is back to the boil in terms of sales growth for both its dairy and carton tea businesses, which both benefit from a nominalisation of mobility. 
The company's margins have improved in the dairy business as cost pressure has abated with falling powdered milk prices. Competition has picked up but the overall market is growing sufficiently. 

Ultrajaya Milk will open a new distribution centre in 1Q2024, which should help to drive growth plus it looks to launch new product categories in 2024. Valuations are attractive.


Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ) - The Milkmaid Cometh

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ultrajaya-milk-industry-trading-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13892:1" rel="noopener">Ultrajaya Milk Industry &amp; Trading</a>'s last set of results reflected both the recovery in sales as mobility improved as well the pressure from rising packaging and imported milk powder prices.</li>
<li>Both whole milk powder and skimmed milk powder prices have declined by around 30% from the peak in April this year, which should help to underpin better margins in 2H2022. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ultrajaya-milk-industry-trading-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13892:1" rel="noopener">Ultrajaya Milk Industry &amp; Trading</a> has increased its advertising and promotional spending to take advantage of improved mobility, with strong growth momentum likely to persist in 2H2022 and into FY2023.</li>
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Ultrajaya Milk Industry &amp; Trading's last set of results reflected both the recovery in sales as mobility improved as well the pressure from rising packaging and imported milk powder prices.
Both whole milk powder and skimmed milk powder prices have declined by around 30% from the peak in April this year, which should help to underpin better margins in 2H2022. 

Ultrajaya Milk Industry &amp; Trading has increased its advertising and promotional spending to take advantage of improved mobility, with strong growth momentum likely to persist in 2H2022 and into FY2023.


Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading (ULTJ IJ) - The Raw Milk Dividend

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ultrajaya-milk-industry-trading-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13892:1" rel="noopener">Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ)</a> remains a core proxy for the under-penetration of dairy products in Indonesia, which stands at less than half of Thailand in terms of per capita consumption.</li>
<li>Ultrajaya has seen a strong rebound in sales this year for its UHT milk sales but material pressure persisted in 1H2023 but will abate in 2H2023 improving margins.  </li>
<li>Its carton tea products are seeing a strong rebound and a new distribution warehouse in Cikarang will improve distribution. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ultrajaya-milk-industry-trading-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13892:1" rel="noopener">Ultrajaya</a>'s growth trajectory is resuming and valuations are attractive. </li>
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Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ) remains a core proxy for the under-penetration of dairy products in Indonesia, which stands at less than half of Thailand in terms of per capita consumption.
Ultrajaya has seen a strong rebound in sales this year for its UHT milk sales but material pressure persisted in 1H2023 but will abate in 2H2023 improving margins.  
Its carton tea products are seeing a strong rebound and a new distribution warehouse in Cikarang will improve distribution. Ultrajaya's growth trajectory is resuming and valuations are attractive. 


Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ) - Back on Track with Dairy and Tea

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Cisarua Mountain Dairy / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>PT Cisarua Mountain Dairy (CMD), a producer of dairy and consumer foods, aims to raise up to US$263m in its Indonesian IPO.</li>
<li>It is a market leader in the overall yogurt sub-category as well as in the spoonable and drinking yogurt segments with a market share of 53.2%, 71.9% and 50.3%, respectively. </li>
<li>In our previous notes, links <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cisarua-mountain-dairy-cimory-ipo-the-negatives-losing-market-share-margin-sustainability" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cisarua-mountain-dairy-cimory-ipo-the-negatives-losing-market-share-margin-sustainability" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>,  we spoke about the various aspects of the deal. In we will do a peer comparison and talk about valuations.</li>
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PT Cisarua Mountain Dairy (CMD), a producer of dairy and consumer foods, aims to raise up to US$263m in its Indonesian IPO.
It is a market leader in the overall yogurt sub-category as well as in the spoonable and drinking yogurt segments with a market share of 53.2%, 71.9% and 50.3%, respectively. 
In our previous notes, links here and here,  we spoke about the various aspects of the deal. In we will do a peer comparison and talk about valuations.


Cisarua Mountain Dairy  (Cimory) IPO - Giving It the Benefit of Margin Doubts

Indonesia

PT Ultrajaya Milk Industry and Trading Company Tbk operates in the food and beverage industry. The Company produces aseptic drinks such as liquid milk, fruit juices and health drinks. Ultrajaya Milk also produces butter, powder milk and sweet condensed milk.

Ultrajaya Milk (ULTJ IJ)