Maybank IB Research

COMPANY UPDATE
IJM Corporation RM5.45; Buy
Major wins

Upgrade to Buy. Two major pieces of news today - MRT job win and WCE concession win by Kumpulan Europlus - are positive for IJM, in terms of order book enhancement. However, we retain our earnings forecasts and RNAV-based target price pending details. Share price has come off since our last update and at current levels, the stock offers a 14% upside to our target. We upgrade our call to a Buy.

Alam Maritim Resources RM0.74; Hold
RM115m contract win to start 2012 Shariah-compliant

Positive but not yet a re-rating prospect. Securing Samsung's RM115m contract is newsflow-positive, and should contribute about 17.4% to 2012 earnings (which we have already factored in). While the contract flow momentum brought on by PETRONAS' capex plans is building up, Alam's stretched balance sheet will continue to curtail its growth potential (i.e. expansion of fleet size). Until this is addressed, Alam remains a Hold with a RM0.85 target price (9x 2012 EPS).

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RHBInvest Research

Top Story

MBSB – Watch out for NIM and credit cost Market Perform

Results Preview

- MBSB is expected to release its 4QFY11 results early-Feb. Our full-year net profit estimate of RM316m may appear conservative relative to MBSB’s 3QFY11 results as it implies that 4Q net profit would contract about 20% qoq (+>480% yoy) mainly due to NIM compression and higher loan impairment charges.



Sector Update

Media – A Seasonal Boost In December Underweight

Sector Update

- Dec’s gross advertising expenditure (adex) for TV and print media was relatively stable with 2.9% yoy growth (Nov was the weakest in 2011 at +2.2% yoy). On mom basis, adex jumped 16% mainly due to festivities and seasonality.

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