ComfortDelGro - RHB Invest 2023-01-13: Lowering Earnings Forecast; Maintain BUY

ComfortDelGro - Lowering Earnings Forecast; Maintain BUY

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COMFORTDELGRO CORPORATION LTD (SGX:C52) | SGinvestors.ioCOMFORTDELGRO CORPORATION LTD (SGX:C52)
  • ComfortDelGro’s extension of the 15% daily rental waiver for Singapore taxi drivers until 31 Mar, while maintaining the commission fees, puts a damper on our earlier expectations of a complete waiver removal by end-2022. Its public transport business’ inflationary cost pressure in 3Q22 is expected to extend into early 2023.
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Extension of taxi rental waiver.

  • In Dec 2022, ComfortDelGro (SGX:C52) announced that it extended the daily rental waiver of 15% for Singapore taxi drivers until 31 Mar 2023.
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Margin pressure for public transport business.

  • ComfortDelGro reported a sharp decline in its public transport’s EBIT in 3Q22 due to weakness in its overseas public transport operations. The UK public transport business reported higher operating costs as well as a mismatch in the timing and correlation of contract cost indexation. The group indicated that the timing mismatch could persist in 4Q22 as well. We are taking the opportunity to lower public transport margin for 4Q22 and the early part of 2023.
  • In 2021, 5 of Singapore's bus contracts were extended at lower service fees, which came into effect on 1 Sep 2022. The recent extension of ComfortDelGro’s Sydney bus contract came in with lower margin. In Singapore, Bukit Merah and Jurong West Bus Packages, which are currently operated by ComfortDelGro’s wholly owned subsidiary, have been put up for tender by the Land Transport Authority.
  • While our base case is for the group to retain the bus packages, there remains a risk that the margin could come under pressure. Our estimates have yet to reflect this scenario.

Unchanged investment thesis.

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Shekhar Jaiswal RHB Securities Research | https://www.rhbgroup.com/ 2023-01-13



Read also RHB's most recent report:
2024-03-05 ComfortDelGro - Strong End To The Year, More To Follow; Reiterate BUY.

Previous report by RHB:
2024-01-12 ComfortDelGro - Upbeat On Recent Developments; Keep BUY.

Price targets by 5 other brokers at ComfortDelGro Target Prices.

Listing of research reports at ComfortDelGro Analyst Reports.

Relevant links:
ComfortDelGro Share Price History,
ComfortDelGro Announcements,
ComfortDelGro Dividends & Corporate Actions,
ComfortDelGro News Articles





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