Dairy Farm International - Bumpy Road To Recovery

- Dairy Farm (SGX:D01)'s FY21 core net profit of US$105m (-62% y-o-y) was in line with our expectations but below consensus. Core operating profit improved y-o-y, but Yonghui dragged.
- Worsening wave of COVID-19 infections in Hongkong delayed recovery expectations, with reopening of the Hongkong-Mainland China border pushed back further.
- Price investment campaigns, e-commerce initiatives could also slow Dairy Farm's margin improvements.
- Maintain HOLD call on Dairy Farm. We cut our core earnings per share (EPS) forecasts for FY22-23F by 24.2-27.5% on the back of the slower pace of sales recovery for Health & Beauty segment, lower margin assumptions and higher Yonghui losses. Our target price for Dairy Farm is lowered to US$2.90.
Above is the excerpt from research report by CGS-CIMB.
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ONG Khang Chuen CFA CGS-CIMB Research | Kenneth TAN CGS-CIMB Research | https://www.cgs-cimb.com 2022-03-04
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