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35 Companies Buy Back Shares in Sept, as STI Rebounded 1.4%

01 October 2018

In September, 35 stocks repurchased 32 million shares for a total consideration of S$94 million. The buyback consideration has brought the total consideration over the first nine months of 2018 to SS$1.3 billion, which is three times the total buyback consideration in 2017. The 35 stocks included seven STI constituents - DBS, OCBC, CDL, SGX, Sembcorp Industries, UOB & SATS. Buybacks by these seven stocks made up as much as S$80 million, or 85%, of the S$94 million in consideration.

Key Telcos Averaged 5% Total Return in Sept18 QTD

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21 September 2018

Singtel, NetLink NBN Trust, StarHub & M1 have all generated similar gains in the September quarter-to-date, averaging +5.5% total returns, which has trimmed their average year-to-date decline in total return to -12.5%. Singtel, StarHub & M1 have averaged annualised total returns of 7.4% from respective IPO dates to present. The three companies are currently valued at similar discounts to their five year average P/E ratios. Business Trust - NetLink NBN Trust - listed in July 2017.

SGX 5 Best-Yielding Healthcare Stocks Average 5% Indicative Dividend Yield

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19 September 2018

Singapore's healthcare sector, typically viewed as a defensive segment and poised to enjoy multi-year growth prospects, has benefited from rotational fund flows recently, as investors took refuge in haven assets following a rise in risk-aversion. The five best-yielding constituents of the iEdge SG All Healthcare Index are: First REIT (6.9%), ISEC Healthcare (4.9%), Singapore O&G (4.9%), Parkway Life REIT (4.8%), and Talkmed Group (3.4%). These 5 stocks have averaged a dividend indicated yield of 5.0%.

SGX 5 Best-Performing Healthcare Plays Avg 11% Total Return in 3Q18-To-Date

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11 September 2018

Singapore's healthcare sector - typically viewed as defensive and poised to enjoy multi-year growth prospects - has benefited from rotational fund flows recently. This follows increased risk-aversion on the back of higher market volatility, rising US-China trade tensions and an emerging market currency crisis. In 3Q18 to-date, the five best-performing constituents of the SGX All Healthcare Index were: Riverstone (+14.0%), Raffles Medical Group (+11.4%), Aoxin Q & M Dental (+9.8%), Camsing Healthcare (+9.5%), and ISEC Healthcare (+8.0%). These 5 healthcare plays have averaged a total return of +10.5% over the period.

Dairy Farm International Scheduled to Join STI on 24 September 2018

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06 September 2018

Dairy Farm International is scheduled to join the STI effective Monday 24 September, replacing StarHub. On inclusion the leading pan-Asian retailer will be one of five STI constituents that are quoted and traded in USD. Dairy Farm is expected to make up between 1.0% and 1.5% of the STI weights, based on free-float information and STI weights as of 29 June 2018. The Consumer Goods Industry will then have four stocks in the STI (incl. Thai Bev, Wilmar & GAR) representing between 6% and 7% of the STI weights.

SGX Healthcare Stocks Raised USD 1 Billion in Last Five Years

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05 September 2018

SGX has one of the world's most market-oriented and efficient suite of capital-raising processes for companies. The comprehensive suite of offerings includes IPOs, rights and bonus issues, stock splits and consolidations, private placements, as well as takeovers. From 2013 to 1H 2018, healthcare stocks on SGX raised a total of US$1 billion from 16 listings (total US$211 million raised), 25 equity placements and rights issues (total US$213 million raised), and nine bond listings (total US$550 million raised)

Taking Stock of Singapore’s Recent Manufacturing Growth

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17 August 2018

Singapore’s Manufacturing sector grew by a robust 10.2% YoY in 2Q18, extending the 10.8% YoY growth in 1Q18 and 10.1% YoY expansion in 2017. Manufacturing has been a keen driver of Singapore’s GDP growth which has been on trending higher since the end of 2015. ST Engineering, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, Venture Corp, Sembcorp Marine and Haw Par Corp are amongst Singapore’s five biggest manufacturing plays excluding F&B manufacturing. Since the end of 2015, the five stocks have averaged a 51% total return.

DBS, OCBC & UOB Avg 22% 1HFY18 Net Profit Growth with Higher NIM

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07 August 2018

For their 1HFY18 DBS, OCBC & UOB have averaged YoY net profit growth of 22%. Combined, the three banks reported total income (pre allowances, expenses & taxes) of S$15.9 billion for the 1HFY18, up from $14.5 billion in 1HFY17. The three banks have averaged a total return of 3.3% in the 2018 YTD, with net institutional inflows of S$457 million over the first seven months of 2018. This brings their average annualised five year total returns to 9.2%.

Buyback Consideration at S$109M in July 2018, Led by 8 STI stocks

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01 August 2018

In the month of July 37 stocks repurchased 52 million shares/units for a total consideration of S$109 million. The buyback consideration was down 37% from S$174 million in June 2018 & up fourfold from S$27 million in July 2017. The 37 stocks included eight STI constituents - UOB, DBS, Yangzijiang, Keppel Corp, OCBC, ST Engineering, SATS & Sembcorp Industries; and made up as much as S$83 million, or 75%, of the S$109 million in consideration. The largest buyback consideration posted by a non-STI stock was again by Wing Tai Hldgs which bought back 5.6 million shares for a consideration of S$10.7 million.

5 Best-Performing SGX Small-Cap Consumer Stocks Average 26% YTD Return

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23 July 2018

There are nearly 200 companies listed on SGX that have a market cap range of S$100 million to slightly above S$2 billion. Based on classifications by the FTSE ST Index series, these stocks fall into the small-cap category. Within this universe of 200 small-cap stocks, around 50 are categorised to the Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples industries. The five best performers among these 50 consumer stocks in the YTD were: Japfa (+33.7%), BreadTalk (+31.4%), JB Foods (+27.8%), Sheng Siong (+19.9%), and Cortina (+18.6%). These five have averaged a total return of 26.3% over this period.

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