- Bumitama Agri (SGX:P8Z)'s 3Q23 results beat our and street estimates. Key outperformance was its better-than-expected sales on net inventory drawdown and lower-than-expected fertiliser application.
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- Following our revised EPS forecasts, Bumitama Agri remains a BUY with a higher target price of S$0.94 (previously S$0.89) on unchanged 8x FY23E P/E, -0.5 standard deviation its 5-year mean. BUY for its single-digit P/E with >7% dividend yields.
3Q23 results lifted by higher sales and low fertilising
- Bumitama Agri reported a 3Q23 headline PATMI of IDR874b (+33% y-o-y, +40% q-o-q), bringing 9M23 headline PATMI to IDR2,062b (-27% y-o-y) which met 93%/96% of our/consensus full-year estimates – above expectations.
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- We understand fertilising application slowed in 3Q due to the dry weather as Bumitama Agri applied just 10-15% of its annual budget, bringing 9M23 fertiliser applied to 60-65% of annual budget.
- We understand 3Q headline profits was partly pulled down by some unrealized forex losses.
FFB nucleus output may just be flat y-o-y for FY23E
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Above is the excerpt from report by Maybank Research.
Clients of Maybank Securities may be the first to access the full report in PDF @ https://maybanktrade.com.sg/.
Ong Chee Ting CA Maybank Research | https://www.maybank-ke.com.sg/ 2023-11-15
Read also Maybank's most recent report:
2024-02-28 Bumitama Agri - FY23 Met Expectations; BUY For Its Consistently High Dividend Yields.
Price targets by 3 other brokers at Bumitama Agri Target Prices.
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