Advanced Information Technology Underperform (16E TP Bt30.20)
Earnings Review
Close Bt27.75
ICT
Beat forecast/Below forecast/In line
February 17, 2016
4Q15 results within expectation Price Performance (%)
4Q15 results were in line AIT posted a net profit of Bt117mn (EPS: 0.57) in 4Q15, increasing 35%YoY. This came on the back of a 50%YoY increase in revenue and the absence of a loss contribution from Kirz. The GPM retreated to only 22.1% from 24.2% in 4Q14 due to projects yielding a lower margin on high competition as well as a Bt12mn provision for a penalty related to the delay of a project that was scheduled to be completed in 4Q15. On a QoQ basis, its NP dropped 22% thanks to gain on sales from the entire divestment of Kirz recorded in 3Q15.
Source: SET Smart
FY16
FY17
Consensus EPS (Bt)
2.707
2.963
KT ZMICO vs. consensus Share data
1.6%
2.9%
Reuters / Bloomberg
AIT.BK/AIT TB
Paid‐up Shares (m)
206.32
Par (Bt)
5.00
Market cap (Bt bn / US$ m)
6.00/161.00
Foreign limit / actual (%)
25.00/5.81
52 week High / Low (Bt)
41.75/23.50
Avg. daily T/O (shares 000)
375.00
NVDR (%)
7.14
Estimated free float (%)
72.36
Beta
0.72
URL
www.ait.co.th
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Low year‐end backlog leads to rating downgrade The slow pace of new order loading during 2015 led AIT’s earnings to drop 19%. Earnings recovery this year hinges on hopes of ICT spending in the wake of the government’s promotion of the digital economy policy, which we expect to materialize in 2H16. Thus, we again downgrade the rating to UNDERPERFORM from BUY with the target price unchanged at Bt30.20. The attractive yield for the 2H15 period of 5% will be a cushion for the near‐term share price movement.
NP fell 19%YoY in 2015 The delay of public ICT investment dampened AIT’s NP by 19% in 2015 to Bt533mn (EPS: Bt2.58). This was in line with our forecast but 3% higher than the consensus forecast. Stripping out gain on the sale of Kirz, its core earnings dropped 25%YoY due to lower sales (‐21%YoY) and higher SG&A to sales (to 12.9% from 11.3% in 2014). DPS of Bt1.50 for 2H15, implying a 5.4% yield With its healthy cash on hand, AIT decided to pay a DPS of Bt1.50 for the 2H15 operating performance, representing a yield of 5.4% for the period. It will go XD on 6 April and the payment will be made on 6 May. In 2015, AIT will pay a total dividend of Bt2.05, keeping the annualized yield at a high level of 7%. 2016E‐2018E earnings forecasts on hold AIT announced that its backlog on hand was only Bt1.9bn at yearend. Although public ICT spending will be accelerated in 2016 thanks to the government’s digital economy policy, it will materialize in 2H16, in our view. This causes us to keep our 2016E‐2018E earnings forecasts unchanged. Note that we exclude AIT’s plan on data center services investment from our current model given that its stake holding has not yet been finalized. Financials and Valuation FY Ended 31 Dec Revenues (Btmn) Net profit (Btmn) EPS (Bt) Norm EPS (Bt) Norm EPS growth (%) Dividend (Bt) BV (Bt) FY Ended 31 Dec Norm. PER (x) EV/EBITDA (x) P/BV (x) Dividend yield (%) ROE (%) Net gearing (%)
2014 6,547 659 3.19 3.19 ‐59.2% 2.00 12.94 2014 11.91 8.37 2.94 5.3% 26.0% 6.5%
2015 5,156 533 2.58 2.40 ‐24.8% 2.05 13.87 2015 11.67 7.45 2.02 7.3% 17.9% 0.5%
2016E 5,431 568 2.75 2.75 14.8% 1.93 14.38 2016E 10.07 6.70 1.93 6.9% 19.5% ‐6.0%
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2017E 6,210 630 3.05 3.05 10.9% 2.14 15.50 2017E 9.09 6.20 1.79 7.7% 20.4% ‐2.3%
2018E 6,416 632 3.07 3.07 0.4% 2.15 16.43 2018E 9.05 5.76 1.69 7.7% 19.2% ‐12.7%
Figure 1: Earnings review Profit and Loss Statement (Btmn) Fiscal Year‐Ended Dec. 4Q14 Revenue 936 Gross profit 226 SG&A (157) EBITDA 153 Interest expense (2) Other income 54 Income tax 32 Net profit (loss) 86 Normalized profit (loss) 86 Reported EPS (Bt) 0.42 Gross margin 24.2% EBITDA margin 16.4% Net margin 9.2% Current ratio (x) 2.65 Interest coverage (x) 58.08 Debt to equity (x) 0.56 BVPS 12.94 ROE 25.0%
3Q15 1,122 256 (136) 134 (1) 15 21 149 112 0.72 22.8% 12.0% 13.3% 2.52 133.27 0.67 13.31 17.0%
4Q15 1,407 311 (189) 212 (0) 26 33 117 117 0.57 22.1% 15.0% 8.3% 2.54 924.12 0.63 13.87 17.8%
%QoQ 25.3% 21.4% 38.8% 57.3% ‐84.1% 80.8% 55.8% ‐21.5% 4.7% ‐21.5%
4.3%
%YoY 50.3% 37.3% 20.3% 38.0% ‐92.4% ‐50.7% 3.8% 35.2% 35.2% 35.2%
2014 6,547 1,481 (741) 957 (12) 104 186 659 659 3.19 22.6% 14.6% 10.1% 2.65 71.03 0.56 7.2% 12.94 26.0%
2015 5,156 1,220 (665) 778 (5) 78 134 533 495 2.58 23.7% 15.1% 10.3% 2.54 124.74 0.63 13.87 17.9%
%YoY ‐21.2% ‐17.6% ‐10.2% ‐18.8% ‐57.3% ‐25.4% ‐27.9% ‐19.1% ‐24.8% ‐19.1%
7.2%
Source: KT Zmico Research Figure 2: Operating summary
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Figure 3: PER and PBV band
PER (x)
35.0
PBV (x) 6.0
30.0
5.0
25.0
+3 S.D.
20.0
+2 S.D.
4.0
15.0
+1 S.D.
3.0
+1 S.D.
2.0
Average
10.0
1.0
‐1 S.D.
‐1 S.D.
0.0 Jan‐04 Jul‐04 Jan‐05 Aug‐05 Feb‐06 Sep‐06 Mar‐07 Oct‐07 Apr‐08 Oct‐08 May‐09 Nov‐09 Jun‐10 Dec‐10 Jun‐11 Jan‐12 Jul‐12 Feb‐13 Aug‐13 Feb‐14 Sep‐14 Mar‐15 Oct‐15
0.0
Average
Jan‐04 Jul‐04 F eb‐05 Aug‐05 Mar‐06 S ep‐06 Apr‐07 Oct‐07 May‐08 N ov‐08 Jun‐09 Jan‐10 Jul‐10 F eb‐11 Aug‐11 Mar‐12 S ep‐12 Apr‐13 Oct‐13 May‐14 N ov‐14 Jun‐15 Dec‐15
5.0
+2 S.D.
Source: Bloomberg, KT Zmico Research
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Financial Summary PROFIT & LOSS (Btm) Revenues Cost of sales and service Gross profit SG&A EBITDA Depreciation & amortization EBIT Interest expense Other income / exp. EBT Corporate tax Minority interests Net profit Reported EPS Fully diluted EPS Core net profit Core EPS Dividend (Bt)
2014 6,547 (5,067) 1,481 (741) 957 (113) 844 (12) 104 823 186 21 659 3.19 3.19 659 3.19 2.00
2015 5,156 (3,936) 1,220 (665) 778 (145) 633 (5) 78 619 134 10 533 2.58 2.58 495 2.40 2.05
2016E 5,431 (4,178) 1,253 (656) 828 (153) 675 (6) 79 662 94 0 568 2.75 2.75 568 2.75 1.93
2017E 6,210 (4,782) 1,428 (758) 912 (161) 751 (11) 81 734 104 0 630 3.05 3.05 630 3.05 2.14
2018E 6,416 (4,940) 1,476 (812) 919 (169) 751 (9) 87 736 103 0 632 3.07 3.07 632 3.07 2.15
BALANCE SHEET (Btm) Cash and equivalents Inventories PP&E‐net Other assets Total assets ST debt & current portion Long‐term debt Total liabilities Minority interests Shareholder equity Total liab. & shareholder equity
2014 1,313 951 170 1,734 4,168 153 44 1,487 11 2,670 4,168
2015 1,292 766 126 2,489 4,673 52 105 1,810 0 2,862 4,673
2016E 1,948 896 150 1,741 4,736 42 86 1,769 0 2,967 4,736
2017E 1,902 934 167 2,026 5,029 42 37 1,830 0 3,199 5,029
2018E 2,160 927 176 1,857 5,120 0 25 1,730 0 3,390 5,120
CASH FLOW (Btm) Net income Depreciation & amortization Change in working capital FX, non‐cash adjustment & others Cash flow from operations Capex (Invest)/Divest Others Cash flow from investing Debt financing (repayment) Equity financing Dividend payment Others Cash flow from financing Net change in cash Free cash flow FCF per share (Bt)
2014 659 113 1,380 (48) 2,103 (179) (23) (201) (417) 0 (392) 40 (769) 1,133 1,925 9.33
2015 533 153 316 (39) 963 (109) (621) (730) (22) 0 (340) 108 (254) (21) 854 4.14
2016E 568 153 (15) 0 706 (177) 618 440 (29) 0 (464) 3 (491) 656 529 2.56
2017E 630 161 (328) 0 463 (177) 113 (65) (49) 0 (398) 3 (443) (46) 285 1.38
2018E 632 169 119 0 920 (177) 8 (170) (54) 0 (441) 3 (492) 258 743 3.60
PROFITABILITY Revenue growth (%) EBITDA growth (%) EPS growth (%) Gross margin (%) EBITDA margin (%) Operating margin (%) Net margin (%) Core profit margin (%) Effective tax rate (%)
2014 9.8 15.2 (58.8) 22.6 14.6 11.3 10.1 10.1 22.6
2015 (21.2) (18.8) (19.1) 23.7 15.1 10.8 10.3 9.6 21.7
2016E 5.3 6.5 6.7 23.1 15.3 11.0 10.5 10.5 14.2
2017E 14.3 10.1 10.9 23.0 14.7 10.8 10.1 10.1 14.1
2018E 3.3 0.8 0.4 23.0 14.3 10.3 9.9 9.9 14.0
FINANCIAL QUALITY Total debt (Btm) Total debt to capital employed (x) Net debt (Cash) (Btm) Net debt to equity (x) Interest coverage (x)
1,487 0.53 174 0.07 71.03
1,810 0.60 14 0.00 124.74
1,769 0.57 (178) (0.06) 117.49
1,830 0.55 (72) (0.02) 68.19
1,730 0.50 (431) (0.13) 83.04
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Note: KT ZMICO is a partnership between KTB and ZMICO. An executive of KT ZMICO Securities is also a board member of BCP, BTC, CI, CPI, KBS, MAJOR, MK, PACE, PSL, SVH, VNG, ZMICO, SAWAD, TFG. A management member of KT ZMICO Securities is also a board member of BTC and NFC. KT ZMICO is a financial advisor for U, LOXLEY, SUTHA, ZMICO, MAKRO, CPALL, SAFARI, PACE, PLE, TPOLY, LPN, ASK. KT ZMICO is a co‐underwriter of TKN.
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