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  • Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot Decide To Withhold 2019 Dividend Payout

    Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot Decide To Withhold 2019 Dividend Payout

    The boards of automakers Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and Peugeot S.A said on Wednesday it would not pay an ordinary dividend for 2019 this year due to a collapse in consumer demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The health crisis has thrown the global auto industry into the worst tailspin since the 2008-09 financial crisis. Consumer demand for vehicles has plummeted as governments across Europe and the United States have enforced lockdowns.

    Fiat has already finalized a plan in overnight talks with Renault, and the deal would be discussed at a meeting of Renault’s board on Monday.

    The two companies also confirmed that preparations for their merger are advancing with respect to antitrust and other regulatory filings.

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  • Maybank achieves record earnings of RM8.11 billion for 2018

    Maybank achieves record earnings of RM8.11 billion for 2018

     Malayan Banking Bhd’s (Maybank) registered highest ever net profit of RM8.11 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2018 (FY18) from RM7.52 billion a year ago, mainly underpinned by higher loans growth, lower overhead costs as well as lower provisioning. Its FY18 revenue also rose 3.8% to RM47.32 billion against RM45.58 billion previously.

    Net profit for the fourth quarter, meanwhile, grew 9.1% to RM2.33 billion from RM2.13 billion in the same quarter a year ago, with revenue expanding 3.8% to RM12.23 billion from RM11.79 billion.

    The bank has proposed to declare a final dividend of 32 sen per share for the quarter under review.

    Together with the 25 sen interim dividend declared earlier, the full-year dividend payout of 57 sen per share amounts to RM6.3 billion or 77.3% of net profit.

    The total dividend payout also translates into a higher dividend yield of 6% versus 5.6% in 2017.

    In 2018, Maybank’s achieved a record net operating income which rose 1.7% to RM23.63 billion, on the back of a 3.1% increase in fund based income as a result of higher contributions from all business sectors and key home markets.

    Group gross loans expanded at a faster pace of 4.8% in FY18, compared with 1.7% previously. The Malaysian operations saw loans expanding 4.8%, Singapore 4.5%, Indonesia 7.0% and 10.9% for other international markets.

    Maybank also highlighted that its net impairment losses for the year coming in 20.5% lower than the previous year, lifting operating profit by 9.3% to RM10.8 billion in 2018.

    For Q4 alone, it also saw net impairment losses coming in 58.1% lower than Q3.

    The bank continued to maintain a healthy liquidity position with its liquidity coverage ratio of 132.4% and loan-to-deposit ratio of 92.7%. Total capital ratio was 18.51% while its fully loaded common equity tier 1 ratio stood at 14.51%, both well above the regulatory requirements of 8.0% and 4.5% respectively.

    On its prospects, Maybank said it will maintain its balance sheet expansion in line with forecast economic growth of its three home markets, in tandem with the group’s risk posture, and continue building on its diversified franchise and footprint to expand income streams through cross business collaborations and focusing on diligent pricing of its assets and liabilities.

    Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the group expects its financial performance for 2019 to be satisfactory in line with the expected growth prospects of its key home markets.

    The group has set the headline key performance indicator (KPI) for return on equity (ROE) of approximately 11%.

    At 2.35pm, Maybank’s share price was trading unchanged at RM9.54 on 3,344,100 shares done.

  • Carlsberg Malaysia declares highest ever dividend payout for FY18

    Carlsberg Malaysia declares highest ever dividend payout for FY18

    Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd has declared its highest dividend payment amounting to RM1 per share for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2018 (FY18) following a record performance for the year. Managing director Lars Lehmann said this is equivalent to a 110.3% payment of the group’s FY18 net profit, in line with its dividend policy to declare at least 75% of the group’s quarterly net profit and a special dividend in the event of surplus cash after considering future cash requirements.

    The group declared a fourth quarter (Q4) interim dividend of 16.6 sen per share. It also proposed a final interim dividend of 22.4 per share plus a special dividend of 9.3 sen amounting to 48.3 sen per share.

    Together with the interim dividends declared for the first nine months of FY18 amounting to 51.7 sen, the total dividends for FY18 amount to RM1 per share.

    Carlsberg’s Q418 net profit rose 34.9% to RM67.45 million from RM50.01 million a year ago thanks to strong sales in the Malaysian operations, higher profits from Carlsberg Singapore Pte Ltd as well as higher profit contribution from Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC.

    Revenue grew 22.3% to RM525.65 million compared with RM429.94 million in the previous year’s corresponding quarter.

    For FY18, the group’s net profit jumped 25.3% to RM277.15 million from RM221.17 million a year ago, while revenue grew 12.1% to RM1.98 billion from RM1.77 billion.

    Looking ahead, Carlsberg warned that rising prices for raw and packaging materials will see costs increasing 5%-10% if it is unable to mitigate such effects. Lehmann, however, stressed that the group is improving its efficiency.

    “There’s a bit of headwinds for increase in prices of raw materials like malt and packaging materials like cans that are not specific to Malaysia but globally. There’s a bad harvest in Australia for barley and the prices are going up,” he told a media and analyst briefing after announcing its FY18 financial results today.

    He added that the group will continue its focus and execution on the third year of SAIL’22 strategy in both Malaysia and Singapore, while areas of growth for FY19 are its premium brands like Connor’s, Somersby, 1664 Blanc and Asahi Super Dry.

  • Special dividend in the offing for AirAsia investors?

    Special dividend in the offing for AirAsia investors?

    Two days after Deutsche Bank Group called a “sell” on AirAsia that led to a slight dip in its share price, two local brokerages have issued research reports maintaining a “buy” call on the airline.

    The rationale for the sell call is essentially stiff competition that will push passenger yields down over the next 12-18 months, overcapacity, the weaker ringgit and higher jet fuel prices.

    It also questioned how the US$1bil price tag was derived for its leasing unit, Asia Aviation Capital (AAC) that AirAsia plans to sell in the middle of this year.

    Maybank IB Research senior analyst Mohshin Alias is more bullish about AirAsia’s fortunes.

    He maintains a buy on the stock and predicts a special dividend of 40-50 sen a share from the sale of AAC to investors.

    “Coupled with the customary 20% dividend payout which is roughly 7 sen in 2017, AirAsia could be your biggest dividend yield stock in 2017,’’ said Mohshin.

    Kenanga Research has brushed off overcapacity and other issues and has a 12-month target price of RM3.82 a share.

    Its rationale was based on higher ancillary income with a target of RM60 per passenger in the long-term, healthy loads of about 85% led by strong travel demand coupled with fleet expansion.

    It says even though fuel cost was rising, but it will be mitigated as AirAsia has hedged 74% of its fuel requirements for 2017 at US$59 per barrel.

    Mohshin expects unit costs to improve on the entry of new Airbus A320 NEOs and believes the fourth quarter 2016 financial results to be “spectacular and says “don’t be surprised if they churn out RM400-500mil of net profit.’’

    He adds that “apart from that, it is trading at only 7x 2017 PER with stellar 15% ROEs.’’

    His 12 month target price is RM3.17 a share. AirAsia closed 6 sen lower in yesterday’s trading at RM2.17 a share.

    Deutsche in its report said “weaker ringgit will filter through to higher costs, and higher fuel prices will also hurt. We have cut our core net profit forecast for 2017-2018 estimates by 1.3% and 16.2% over 2017-2018 estimate respectively.

    As at third quarter 2016, associates in the Philippines, India and Japan were still losing money. In Indonesia, AirAsia is converting its debt into perpetual capital securities to comply with local regulations,’’ Deutsche said.

    It adds that as the market becomes aware of the earnings decline that AirAsia is expected to see over 2017-2018E, we expect the stock to de-rate to the lower end of its historical valuation range.

    Our target price (12 month – RM1.75 a share) is based on an adjusted EV/EBITDAR of 5 times for the Malaysian operations, which is similar to other full service carriers (Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines) in the region who are battling similar yield pressures.

    But Deutsche also expects a lift if there is less intense competition in the market, pushing up yields to levels higher than expected, the sale of AAC resulting in a higher-than expected exceptional profit and this results in a positive sentiment lift for the stock, currencies in South-East Asia appreciating against the US dollar, especially the ringgit, and a significant decline in jet fuel prices.