Daily Brief Industrials: Comfortdelgro Corp, Astroscale, Japan Steel Works, Samudera Shipping Line, Atlas Arteria, PostNL NV, Heartland Express, Manitowoc /, Nexans SA, NOW Inc and more

• Multi-National and multimodal transportation company with well diversified transportation business operating from Singapore.
• ROE has started improving from low base of below 6% to around 8% over the last couple of years
• Underlying business is stable. Dividend yield at 5.5% is better than Singapore market 

• After months of going nowhere, Astroscale shot up more than 20% in the two trading days following the election of defense hawk Sanae Takaichi as president of the LDP.
• Astroscale made a small gross profit last quarter, but needs a rising flow of contracts and subsidies in order to turn profitable at the operating and net levels.
• At ¥825, the stock price is 38% below the ¥1,326 high reached just over a year ago. If Takaichi becomes prime minister, the chances of regaining that high would improve.

• Defense expansion priced in: JSW remains a key beneficiary of Japan’s multi-year defense buildup, but recent political optimism has driven valuations ahead of fundamentals.
• Structural growth secured: Medium-term defense sales set to more than double by FY2028, supported by artillery dominance, APC production, and new railgun development projects.
• Valuation headwinds: Even under bullish growth and margin assumptions, DCF implies ¥8,000 fair value; current 20x EV/EBITDA multiple looks rich versus domestic peers.

• In our initiation coverage of Samudera in February, we recommended a price target of SGD0.73 to accumulate the stock which was trading at SGD0.85 then.
• The stock did reach a low of SGD0.71 in early April amid US tariff uncertainty before hitting a high of SGD1.05 in late July.
• The stock has since retraced lower to SGD0.955 currently.

• Context: The Atlas Arteria (ALX AU) vs. Transurban (TCL AU) price-ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value mean-reversion opportunity.
• Highlights: Going long Atlas Arteria (ALX AU) and short Transurban (TCL AU) targets a 3% return, with Atlas Arteria (ALX AU) supported by more attractive valuations.
• Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.

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• Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD) is trading at $9.34 with a target price of $16.63, suggesting a 78% potential upside.
• The stock has ranged from $7.11 to $13.67 over the past year, with an average daily trading volume of 613,269 shares.
• The company has a market cap of $734 million, total debt of $200 million, $24 million in cash, and a dividend yield of 0.9%.

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• Manitowoc operates in the global crane market, facing challenges from cyclical downturns and competition.
• The company restructured by spinning off its food service division in 2016 and acquiring H&E Equipment Services in 2021.
• Analysts project a target price of $15.00 for Manitowoc, with potential downside to $7.00 due to market pressures.

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• The recent financial results for Nexans Group for the first half of 2025 reveal a company continuing its strategic transformation, with some positives and negatives emerging from its performance.
• The results provide insights into the global cable and connectivity solutions provider’s operational efficiency, strategic maneuvers, and market adaptations.
• Key positives include a robust organic growth rate of 4.9% across the group, with a notably strong performance in the Electrification segment, which exhibited nearly 8% growth.

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• The DNOW and MRC Global merger will finalize in Q4, with MRC shareholders receiving 0.9489 DNOW shares each.
• The combined entity will have a market cap of $2.6 billion and plans to reduce its net debt of $200 million.
• The merger is expected to create significant cost synergies and a 55% increase in value over three years, despite initial stock price declines.

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