Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Charoen Pokphand (CPIN.IJ, BUY) - Stronger Profit With Margin Expansion

Charoen Pokphand (CPIN.IJ, BUY) - Stronger Profit With Margin Expansion

-          1H12 net profit increased by 35% YoY to IDR1,690b, supported by : DOC price increase of 26% YoY, increase in sales volume of feedmills and DOC, and 10% YoY lower corn price.
-      We are not concerned that higher raw material cost would put pressure on the company’s gross margins, because: the company raised ASP of feed mills by 10%, a better domestic corn harvest is expected this year, ability to produce a least-cost formulation for its raw materials.
-          We raise our target price to IDR3,500 from IDRRp3,300, as we raise our feedmills ASP assumption by 6% for this year, and roll forward our valuation base to 2013. Our new TP pegs the stock at 17.5x FY13F PER. BUY.

Source: KIMENG dated 14 August 2012