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Daily Brief Indonesia: Kalbe Farma, Guangzhou R&F Properties and more

By | Daily Briefs, Indonesia

In today’s briefing:

  • Kalbe Farma (KLBF IJ) – Fuelling Health Consciousness in Indonesia
  • Weekly Wrap – 26 Aug 2022

Kalbe Farma (KLBF IJ) – Fuelling Health Consciousness in Indonesia

By Angus Mackintosh

  • Kalbe Farma (KLBF IJ) results reflected its resilience in the face of inflationary pressure, with decent growth across all four core divisions with some manageable margin pressure.
  • The company raised prices by +3-5% in 1H2022 to offset raw material price increases and may increase a further +1%-3% in 2H2022 in a selective fashion to maintain margins. 
  • Kalbe Farma remains confident in the guidance of +11%-15% growth in sales and EPS for FY2022E and remains an interesting play on increasing health consciousness in Indonesia on attractive valuations.

Weekly Wrap – 26 Aug 2022

By Charles Macgregor

Lucror Analytics Weekly Wraps provide an overview of all Morning Views comments and reports published by our analyst team in the past week, and also showcase a list of the most-read reports.

In this Insight:

  1. China Oil And Gas
  2. Geely Auto
  3. Shimao Property Holdings
  4. Kwg Property Holding
  5. Seazen (Formerly Future Land)

and more…


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Daily Brief United States: Binance Coin, Booking Holdings, Advanced Micro Devices, Chevron Corp, Procter & Gamble Co, Caterpillar Inc, Verizon Communications, Conagra Foods, Paypal Holdings and more

By | Daily Briefs, United States

In today’s briefing:

  • Mastercard Partnership with Binance: BNB Will Benefit from Network Effect
  • Booking Holdings: Collaboration With Citigroup & Other Drivers
  • Advanced Micro Devices: The New Ryzen Embedded R-Series Launch & Other Drivers
  • Chevron Corp: The REG Acquisition & Other Developments
  • Procter & Gamble Company: Financial Forecasts
  • Caterpillar Inc: Cat MineStar Developments & Other Drivers
  • Verizon Communications Inc: Navigating Through A Challenging Business Environment
  • Conagra Brands Inc: New Product Launches & Other Drivers
  • PayPal Holdings Inc: Venmo & Other Innovations

Mastercard Partnership with Binance: BNB Will Benefit from Network Effect

By Rose Choy

  • The new Mastercard Binance debit card allows users to make purchases with selected cryptocurrencies in their Binance wallet and will first be rolled out in Argentina.
  • BNB, the Binance native token, will benefit from network effect as adoption for the crypto card grows.
  • Binance is expanding its payment strategy as a tool to drive user adoption and expand its ecosystem.

Booking Holdings: Collaboration With Citigroup & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, Booking Holdings managed to exceed the levels for room nights in the last quarter which is a significant milestone in its recovery.
  • Nearly 0.25 billion room nights were reserved by the company’s clients in Q2, a slight increase from the first quarter’s 9% fall and a rise of 16% compared to Q2 2019.
  • The near-term macroeconomic climate is unpredictable which is why we maintain our ‘Hold’ rating on Booking Holdings with a revised target price.

Advanced Micro Devices: The New Ryzen Embedded R-Series Launch & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Advanced Micro Devices continued its strong execution across the board and delivered an all-around beat in the recent result driven by its premier product line, and diverse business strategy.
  • The management also observed a significant year-over-year rise for their networking and FPGA solutions, which are the best in the business, with cloud and financial customers.
  • During the quarter, they also launched Ryzen Embedded R-Series system-on-chips processors in order to broaden their product line and target emerging markets.

Chevron Corp: The REG Acquisition & Other Developments

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Chevron continued its restructuring efforts which included $200 million in asset sale gains and a $600 million charge to cancel an extended LNG regas contract at Sabine Pass.
  • Chevron’s results were encouraging as it managed to deliver an all-around beat with superior yields and reduced carbon in the Permian.
  • With the remaining project operations mostly concentrated on systems completion, commissioning, and start-up, Chevron anticipates finishing construction by year’s end.

Procter & Gamble Company: Financial Forecasts

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Procter and Gamble delivered a decent top-line growth in the last quarter surpassing Wall Street expectations and continued its strong cash productivity which enables its high dividend payouts.
  • Feminine care, fabric care, and Personal health care were up by double digits, whereas personal care, skin and hair care, and oral and home care all grew low-single digit.
  • We provide the stock of Procter and Gamble Company with a ‘Hold’ rating with a revision in the target price.

Caterpillar Inc: Cat MineStar Developments & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Despite persistent supply chain difficulties, Caterpillar delivered another strong quarter with a double-digit top line growth though it did fail to meet Wall Street expectations on the revenue front.
  • Most of its end markets are experiencing strong demand and its strong margin profile did help deliver an earnings beat.
  • The management achieved stronger services revenue and better-than-anticipated price revenue, which were offset by lower-than-anticipated user sales.

Verizon Communications Inc: Navigating Through A Challenging Business Environment

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Verizon Communications had a below par performance in the quarter as the inflationary pressure has been impacting consumer behavior resulting in the company failing to match earnings expectations and just about beating revenue expectations of Wall Street.
  • The company updated its financial guidance by lowering its expectations of other revenue and service.
  • The company launched its plan Welcome Unlimited for consumers wireless which will meet the requirements of budget-conscious consumers without offering device subsidies.

Conagra Brands Inc: New Product Launches & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Conagra Brands’ strong result was driven by the excellent performance of its snacks business and it managed to deliver an all-around beat.
  • With the joint venture, Ardent Mills, the company had a strong quarter performance that recently managed through the latest instability in the wheat markets as well as proved to be an effective windbreak against inflation.
  • Conagra brands are planning to deliver $1 billion in cost savings in the upcoming three years as it updates and renovates its supply chain.

PayPal Holdings Inc: Venmo & Other Innovations

By Ishan Majumdar

  • PayPal has seen some level of recovery after the stock nosedived and stayed low in the period from May to July 2022.
  • Also, it has reinvigorated its organizational operating model and has been recruiting world-class talent in its product, technology, and engineering functions.
  • We see a further recovery in the stock of PayPal Holdings and we give it a ‘Buy’ rating with a revision in the target price.

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Daily Brief China: Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit, Hoymiles Power Electronics, GOME Retail Holdings, Agile Property Holdings, Guangzhou R&F Properties, Chevron Corp, Advanced Micro Devices, Booking Holdings, YH Entertainment Group and more

By | China, Daily Briefs

In today’s briefing:

  • Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit IPO – Not Fully Convinced but Appears Cheap on the Low End
  • STAR50 Index Rebalance: Adds Continue to Outperform as Changes Are Announced
  • Chinese Property Weekly – 26 August 2022 – Lucror Analytics
  • Retailer Gome Doubles Down on Brick-And-Mortar Business
  • Chinese Property Weekly – 26 August 2022 – Lucror Analytics
  • Weekly Wrap – 26 Aug 2022
  • Chevron Corp: The REG Acquisition & Other Developments
  • Advanced Micro Devices: The New Ryzen Embedded R-Series Launch & Other Drivers
  • Booking Holdings: Collaboration With Citigroup & Other Drivers
  • YH Entertainment IPO – Proven Track Record Could Mask Volatilities

Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit IPO – Not Fully Convinced but Appears Cheap on the Low End

By Ethan Aw

  • Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit (6689 HK) is looking to raise up to US$93m in its HK IPO.
  • Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit (CHJF) is a multi-brand fresh fruit distributor in China with an end-to-end supply chain. They have 1.0% market share as China’s second largest fruit distributor
  • CHJF had grown at an impressive rate even in the face of COVID-19. In this note, we will take a look at its valuations vs that of listed peers.

STAR50 Index Rebalance: Adds Continue to Outperform as Changes Are Announced

By Brian Freitas

  • The index committee has continued to use a 6 month minimum listing history leading to five changes to the SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) in September.
  • One-Way turnover is estimated at 4.07% and will result in a one-way trade of CNY 2,265m. Passive trackers will need to trade between 1-5 days ADV on the adds/deletes.
  • The adds have outperformed the deletes and the CSI500 Index since the end of the review period. We’d look to buy the adds and hedge with CSI500 Index futures.

Chinese Property Weekly – 26 August 2022 – Lucror Analytics

By Charles Macgregor

The Chinese Property Weekly focuses on providing updates in the Chinese real-estate sector, including recent regulatory and company developments, top and bottom performers, rating actions, as well as a list of bond maturities in the next 30 days.


Retailer Gome Doubles Down on Brick-And-Mortar Business

By Caixin Global

  • Gome Retail Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest bricks-and-mortar electronics retailers, plans to acquire real estate to develop into shopping malls and a customer experience center.
  • The company will modify an eight-story shopping mall in Gome Commercial Capital into an arena capable of accommodating roughly 300 manufacturers of home appliances and consumer electronics to display and sell their products.
  • The Beijing property covers an area of 524,638 square meters and also includes catering and entertainment facilities, a hotel, a warehouse and an underground parking lot.

Chinese Property Weekly – 26 August 2022 – Lucror Analytics

By Charles Macgregor

The Chinese Property Weekly focuses on providing updates in the Chinese real-estate sector, including recent regulatory and company developments, top and bottom performers, rating actions, as well as a list of bond maturities in the next 30 days.


Weekly Wrap – 26 Aug 2022

By Charles Macgregor

Lucror Analytics Weekly Wraps provide an overview of all Morning Views comments and reports published by our analyst team in the past week, and also showcase a list of the most-read reports.

In this Insight:

  1. China Oil And Gas
  2. Geely Auto
  3. Shimao Property Holdings
  4. Kwg Property Holding
  5. Seazen (Formerly Future Land)

and more…


Chevron Corp: The REG Acquisition & Other Developments

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Chevron continued its restructuring efforts which included $200 million in asset sale gains and a $600 million charge to cancel an extended LNG regas contract at Sabine Pass.
  • Chevron’s results were encouraging as it managed to deliver an all-around beat with superior yields and reduced carbon in the Permian.
  • With the remaining project operations mostly concentrated on systems completion, commissioning, and start-up, Chevron anticipates finishing construction by year’s end.

Advanced Micro Devices: The New Ryzen Embedded R-Series Launch & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Advanced Micro Devices continued its strong execution across the board and delivered an all-around beat in the recent result driven by its premier product line, and diverse business strategy.
  • The management also observed a significant year-over-year rise for their networking and FPGA solutions, which are the best in the business, with cloud and financial customers.
  • During the quarter, they also launched Ryzen Embedded R-Series system-on-chips processors in order to broaden their product line and target emerging markets.

Booking Holdings: Collaboration With Citigroup & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, Booking Holdings managed to exceed the levels for room nights in the last quarter which is a significant milestone in its recovery.
  • Nearly 0.25 billion room nights were reserved by the company’s clients in Q2, a slight increase from the first quarter’s 9% fall and a rise of 16% compared to Q2 2019.
  • The near-term macroeconomic climate is unpredictable which is why we maintain our ‘Hold’ rating on Booking Holdings with a revised target price.

YH Entertainment IPO – Proven Track Record Could Mask Volatilities

By Clarence Chu

  • YH Entertainment Group (2306 HK) is looking to raise up to US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO.
  • YH Entertainment (YHE) is an artist management company in China. Its business covers the entire artist management industry value chain, from auditioning, training, artist operation to artist promotion.
  • As per Frost & Sullivan (F&S), YHE was ranked first amongst artist management companies in China with a market share of 1.9%, based on artist management revenue generated in 2021. 

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Daily Brief Japan: Jafco Co Ltd, Softbank Group and more

By | Daily Briefs, Japan

In today’s briefing:

  • JAFCO (8595) Down as Murakami Affiliates Sell the Pop on the Poison Pill, So Buy the Range Dip
  • Softbank Group – Back Where We Started

JAFCO (8595) Down as Murakami Affiliates Sell the Pop on the Poison Pill, So Buy the Range Dip

By Travis Lundy

  • Entities related to noted Japanese activist Yoshiaki Murakami had bought 11+%, suggested 15%, proposed 51%, and pestered Jafco Co Ltd (8595 JP) for an asset sale and super-large buyback. 
  • JAFCO decided to launch a poison pill process as a hostile takeover defence mechanism, with the Record Date at August month-end.
  • The shares popped. I was bearish. It turns out Murakami affiliates sold the pop. And this starts the range trade.

Softbank Group – Back Where We Started

By Kirk Boodry

  • The Softbank share price and discount to NAV are largely back to where they were before the Q1 report earlier this month
  • The early settlement of Alibaba derivative contracts has eased leverage worries although that may be less obvious within Softbank’s net calculation of that measure
  • But worries about tech valuations, particularly in the private portfolio, remain robust. We have updated our main tables below

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Daily Brief TMT/Internet: Grab, Softbank Group, Advanced Micro Devices, Model Solution, Paypal Holdings, Verizon Communications and more

By | Daily Briefs, TMT/Internet

In today’s briefing:

  • Grab: Earnings Beat Estimates but No Meaningful Improvement Yet
  • Softbank Group – Back Where We Started
  • Advanced Micro Devices: The New Ryzen Embedded R-Series Launch & Other Drivers
  • Model Solution IPO Preview
  • PayPal Holdings Inc: Venmo & Other Innovations
  • Verizon Communications Inc: Navigating Through A Challenging Business Environment

Grab: Earnings Beat Estimates but No Meaningful Improvement Yet

By Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

  • Grab (GRAB US) reported 2Q2022 results today. Revenue grew 79% YoY to $321m (vs consensus $273.5m) and reported an adjusted EBITDA (negative) of $233m (vs consensus $256.5m).
  • Demand for food deliveries has started softening with opening of economies in the SEA region and the segment’s 2Q earnings were driven by the integration of Jaya Grocers.
  • Grab has downgraded its GMV forecast for 2022E due to softening of food deliveries and the launch of digital bank is postponed to the second half of the year.

Softbank Group – Back Where We Started

By Kirk Boodry

  • The Softbank share price and discount to NAV are largely back to where they were before the Q1 report earlier this month
  • The early settlement of Alibaba derivative contracts has eased leverage worries although that may be less obvious within Softbank’s net calculation of that measure
  • But worries about tech valuations, particularly in the private portfolio, remain robust. We have updated our main tables below

Advanced Micro Devices: The New Ryzen Embedded R-Series Launch & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Advanced Micro Devices continued its strong execution across the board and delivered an all-around beat in the recent result driven by its premier product line, and diverse business strategy.
  • The management also observed a significant year-over-year rise for their networking and FPGA solutions, which are the best in the business, with cloud and financial customers.
  • During the quarter, they also launched Ryzen Embedded R-Series system-on-chips processors in order to broaden their product line and target emerging markets.

Model Solution IPO Preview

By Douglas Kim

  • Model Solution makes prototypes to mainly check design and function in the product development stage, which is before the mass production stage of new products such as IT devices. 
  • The IPO price range is from 24,000 won to 27,000 won. The expected market cap of the IPO is from 153 billion won to 173 billion won.
  • The company had sales of 61.1 billion won (up 9.9% YoY) and operating profit of 8.9 billion won (up 32.1% YoY) in 2021.

PayPal Holdings Inc: Venmo & Other Innovations

By Ishan Majumdar

  • PayPal has seen some level of recovery after the stock nosedived and stayed low in the period from May to July 2022.
  • Also, it has reinvigorated its organizational operating model and has been recruiting world-class talent in its product, technology, and engineering functions.
  • We see a further recovery in the stock of PayPal Holdings and we give it a ‘Buy’ rating with a revision in the target price.

Verizon Communications Inc: Navigating Through A Challenging Business Environment

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Verizon Communications had a below par performance in the quarter as the inflationary pressure has been impacting consumer behavior resulting in the company failing to match earnings expectations and just about beating revenue expectations of Wall Street.
  • The company updated its financial guidance by lowering its expectations of other revenue and service.
  • The company launched its plan Welcome Unlimited for consumers wireless which will meet the requirements of budget-conscious consumers without offering device subsidies.

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Daily Brief Industrials: MACA Ltd, Caterpillar Inc and more

By | Daily Briefs, Industrials

In today’s briefing:

  • MACA’s Target Statement Responds To Thiess’ Offer
  • Caterpillar Inc: Cat MineStar Developments & Other Drivers

MACA’s Target Statement Responds To Thiess’ Offer

By David Blennerhassett

  • On the 26th July, diversified contractor MACA Ltd (MLD AU) announced a friendly off-market cash offer from fellow contractor Thiess, at A$1.025/share, a 28.1% premium to the previous close.
  • The Bidder’s Statement was dispatched on the 9 August. After rebuffing NRW Holdings (NWH AU)‘s non-binding proposal, MACA has now dispatched the Target Statement.
  • The IE deems the Offer, which remains subject to FIRB and ACCC approvals, to be fair. The first closing date is the 12 September. 

Caterpillar Inc: Cat MineStar Developments & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Despite persistent supply chain difficulties, Caterpillar delivered another strong quarter with a double-digit top line growth though it did fail to meet Wall Street expectations on the revenue front.
  • Most of its end markets are experiencing strong demand and its strong margin profile did help deliver an earnings beat.
  • The management achieved stronger services revenue and better-than-anticipated price revenue, which were offset by lower-than-anticipated user sales.

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Daily Brief Energy/Materials: Hoymiles Power Electronics, iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, Chevron Corp and more

By | Daily Briefs, Energy & Materials Sector

In today’s briefing:

  • STAR50 Index Rebalance: Adds Continue to Outperform as Changes Are Announced
  • Pullback Underway; Buy Ideas: Energy, Materials, Japan/India Motor Vehicles, Japan Health Care
  • Chevron Corp: The REG Acquisition & Other Developments

STAR50 Index Rebalance: Adds Continue to Outperform as Changes Are Announced

By Brian Freitas

  • The index committee has continued to use a 6 month minimum listing history leading to five changes to the SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) in September.
  • One-Way turnover is estimated at 4.07% and will result in a one-way trade of CNY 2,265m. Passive trackers will need to trade between 1-5 days ADV on the adds/deletes.
  • The adds have outperformed the deletes and the CSI500 Index since the end of the review period. We’d look to buy the adds and hedge with CSI500 Index futures.

Pullback Underway; Buy Ideas: Energy, Materials, Japan/India Motor Vehicles, Japan Health Care

By Joe Jasper

  • In last week’s Int’l Compass (Aug. 18) we discussed that global equities are going through a bottoming process, but that the real test will come during the eventual pullback.
  • We are getting the pullback now, but so far, there has yet to be any failed breakouts among the indexes discussed over the past month — a positive sign.
  • Worth noting- further breakout attempts have failed on some of the leading market indexes, notably the Nasdaq 100 and India’s SENSEX, but they remain well-above their breakout levels from July.

Chevron Corp: The REG Acquisition & Other Developments

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Chevron continued its restructuring efforts which included $200 million in asset sale gains and a $600 million charge to cancel an extended LNG regas contract at Sabine Pass.
  • Chevron’s results were encouraging as it managed to deliver an all-around beat with superior yields and reduced carbon in the Permian.
  • With the remaining project operations mostly concentrated on systems completion, commissioning, and start-up, Chevron anticipates finishing construction by year’s end.

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Daily Brief Consumer: Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit, GOME Retail Holdings, Booking Holdings, Procter & Gamble Co, Conagra Foods, YH Entertainment Group and more

By | Consumer, Daily Briefs

In today’s briefing:

  • Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit IPO – Not Fully Convinced but Appears Cheap on the Low End
  • Retailer Gome Doubles Down on Brick-And-Mortar Business
  • Booking Holdings: Collaboration With Citigroup & Other Drivers
  • Procter & Gamble Company: Financial Forecasts
  • Conagra Brands Inc: New Product Launches & Other Drivers
  • YH Entertainment IPO – Proven Track Record Could Mask Volatilities

Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit IPO – Not Fully Convinced but Appears Cheap on the Low End

By Ethan Aw

  • Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit (6689 HK) is looking to raise up to US$93m in its HK IPO.
  • Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit (CHJF) is a multi-brand fresh fruit distributor in China with an end-to-end supply chain. They have 1.0% market share as China’s second largest fruit distributor
  • CHJF had grown at an impressive rate even in the face of COVID-19. In this note, we will take a look at its valuations vs that of listed peers.

Retailer Gome Doubles Down on Brick-And-Mortar Business

By Caixin Global

  • Gome Retail Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest bricks-and-mortar electronics retailers, plans to acquire real estate to develop into shopping malls and a customer experience center.
  • The company will modify an eight-story shopping mall in Gome Commercial Capital into an arena capable of accommodating roughly 300 manufacturers of home appliances and consumer electronics to display and sell their products.
  • The Beijing property covers an area of 524,638 square meters and also includes catering and entertainment facilities, a hotel, a warehouse and an underground parking lot.

Booking Holdings: Collaboration With Citigroup & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, Booking Holdings managed to exceed the levels for room nights in the last quarter which is a significant milestone in its recovery.
  • Nearly 0.25 billion room nights were reserved by the company’s clients in Q2, a slight increase from the first quarter’s 9% fall and a rise of 16% compared to Q2 2019.
  • The near-term macroeconomic climate is unpredictable which is why we maintain our ‘Hold’ rating on Booking Holdings with a revised target price.

Procter & Gamble Company: Financial Forecasts

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Procter and Gamble delivered a decent top-line growth in the last quarter surpassing Wall Street expectations and continued its strong cash productivity which enables its high dividend payouts.
  • Feminine care, fabric care, and Personal health care were up by double digits, whereas personal care, skin and hair care, and oral and home care all grew low-single digit.
  • We provide the stock of Procter and Gamble Company with a ‘Hold’ rating with a revision in the target price.

Conagra Brands Inc: New Product Launches & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Conagra Brands’ strong result was driven by the excellent performance of its snacks business and it managed to deliver an all-around beat.
  • With the joint venture, Ardent Mills, the company had a strong quarter performance that recently managed through the latest instability in the wheat markets as well as proved to be an effective windbreak against inflation.
  • Conagra brands are planning to deliver $1 billion in cost savings in the upcoming three years as it updates and renovates its supply chain.

YH Entertainment IPO – Proven Track Record Could Mask Volatilities

By Clarence Chu

  • YH Entertainment Group (2306 HK) is looking to raise up to US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO.
  • YH Entertainment (YHE) is an artist management company in China. Its business covers the entire artist management industry value chain, from auditioning, training, artist operation to artist promotion.
  • As per Frost & Sullivan (F&S), YHE was ranked first amongst artist management companies in China with a market share of 1.9%, based on artist management revenue generated in 2021. 

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Daily Brief Health Care: Ramsay Health Care, Kalbe Farma and more

By | Daily Briefs, Healthcare

In today’s briefing:

  • Ramsay Keeps Door Ajar After KKR’s “Meaningful Inferior” Offer
  • Kalbe Farma (KLBF IJ) – Fuelling Health Consciousness in Indonesia

Ramsay Keeps Door Ajar After KKR’s “Meaningful Inferior” Offer

By David Blennerhassett

  • KKR has all-but-abandoned its A$88/share cash offer for Ramsay Health Care (RHC AU),  Australia’s largest private hospital group.
  • KKR’s alternative proposal involves $88/share for the 5,000 RHC shares, followed by A$78.20/cash + 0.22 Ramsay Generale de Sante (GDS FP) shares thereafter – or an indicative value of A$84.93/share.
  • Despite announcing horrible annual results, Ramsay’s board considers the alternative proposal to be meaningfully inferior to the KKR’s indicative proposal of $88.00/share.

Kalbe Farma (KLBF IJ) – Fuelling Health Consciousness in Indonesia

By Angus Mackintosh

  • Kalbe Farma (KLBF IJ) results reflected its resilience in the face of inflationary pressure, with decent growth across all four core divisions with some manageable margin pressure.
  • The company raised prices by +3-5% in 1H2022 to offset raw material price increases and may increase a further +1%-3% in 2H2022 in a selective fashion to maintain margins. 
  • Kalbe Farma remains confident in the guidance of +11%-15% growth in sales and EPS for FY2022E and remains an interesting play on increasing health consciousness in Indonesia on attractive valuations.

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Daily Brief Industrials: MACA Ltd, Caterpillar Inc and more

By | Daily Briefs, Industrials

In today’s briefing:

  • MACA’s Target Statement Responds To Thiess’ Offer
  • Caterpillar Inc: Cat MineStar Developments & Other Drivers

MACA’s Target Statement Responds To Thiess’ Offer

By David Blennerhassett

  • On the 26th July, diversified contractor MACA Ltd (MLD AU) announced a friendly off-market cash offer from fellow contractor Thiess, at A$1.025/share, a 28.1% premium to the previous close.
  • The Bidder’s Statement was dispatched on the 9 August. After rebuffing NRW Holdings (NWH AU)‘s non-binding proposal, MACA has now dispatched the Target Statement.
  • The IE deems the Offer, which remains subject to FIRB and ACCC approvals, to be fair. The first closing date is the 12 September. 

Caterpillar Inc: Cat MineStar Developments & Other Drivers

By Ishan Majumdar

  • Despite persistent supply chain difficulties, Caterpillar delivered another strong quarter with a double-digit top line growth though it did fail to meet Wall Street expectations on the revenue front.
  • Most of its end markets are experiencing strong demand and its strong margin profile did help deliver an earnings beat.
  • The management achieved stronger services revenue and better-than-anticipated price revenue, which were offset by lower-than-anticipated user sales.

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