- Upgrade UMS to BUY from HOLD as its outlook is improving. UMS’s FY24 PATMI of S$40.6m was slightly below our and consensus estimates.
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Expects margin improvement.
- UMS has gone through a huge learning curve while ramping up for its new customer in FY24 and has also incurred additional costs in doing so.
- Going forward, we expect execution to improve and UMS should be able to do so with higher margins. We expect net margin to improve by 1-1.5ppt from FY24.
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New customer revenue to more than double.
- UMS's new customer’s revenue contribution was about S$20m for FY24. Management expects this figure to more than double as it continues to ramp up on new product initiatives and existing products from its new customer.
- We expect revenue contribution of around S$50m for FY25E.
Q-o-q improvement likely; raising target price to S$1.16.
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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://www.maybanktrade.com.sg/.
Jarick Seet Maybank Research | https://www.maybanktrade.com.sg/ 2025-03-03
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2024-11-12 UMS Integration - 3Q Disappoints But Outlook Improves; Upgrade To HOLD.
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