DFI Retail Group - UOB Kay Hian 2024-08-05: Building Momentum With Better-Than-Expected 1H24 Results

DFI Retail Group - Building Momentum With Better-Than-Expected 1H24 Results

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DFI Retail (SGX:D01) | SGinvestors.ioDFI Retail (SGX:D01)
  • In our view, DFI Retail’s outlook is bright given its various initiatives that it has put in place in the past 12 months to drive margins and profitability in the near to medium term. Maintain BUY.

Building momentum.

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  • The strong performance was driven by both the convenience and food divisions as well as robust associates’ performance, and a reduction of losses from Yonghui.
  • The company declared a final dividend of US$0.035/share (1H23: US$0.03) which was higher than our expectation of US$0.030/share.

A good year for free cash flow and a stronger balance sheet.

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  • During its results call, management stated that it was pleased with this and will continue to pare down its debt. Importantly, free cash flow in 1H24 increased materially to US$447m as a result of the strong business recovery.

Food segment saw a slight dip in revenue

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Above is an excerpt from a report by UOB Kay Hian Research.
Clients of UOB Kay Hian may be the first to access the full PDF report @ https://www.utrade.com.sg/.



Adrian LOH UOB Kay Hian Research | https://research.uobkayhian.com/ 2024-08-05



Read also UOB's most recent report:
2026-01-19 DFI Retail Group - Bolder Targets & Greater Expectations.

Previous report by UOB:
2025-07-24 DFI Retail Group 1H25 - Resilient Retailer, Rewarding Results.

Price targets by 2 other brokers at DFI Retail Target Prices.

Listing of research reports at DFI Retail Analyst Reports.

Relevant links:
DFI Retail Share Price History,
DFI Retail Announcements,
DFI Retail Dividend Payout Dates & Corporate Actions,
DFI Retail News






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