Thai Union Group Outperform (16E TP Bt20.50)
Company Update
Close Bt21.30 Food & Beverage
Earning upgrade/Earnings downgrade/Overview unchanged
April 4, 2016
Expect 1Q16 core profit growth of 121%YoY/ 2016‐17E earnings to achieve 19% CAGR Price Performance (%)
Source: SET Smart
FY16
FY17
Consensus EPS (Bt)
1.328
1.482
KT ZMICO vs. consensus Share data
‐3.6%
3.2%
Reuters / Bloomberg
TU.BK/TU TB
Paid‐up Shares (m)
4,771.82
Par (Bt)
0.25
Market cap (Bt bn / US$ m)
102.00/2,890.00
Foreign limit / actual (%)
45.00/39.78
52 week High / Low (Bt)
22.10/15.80
Avg. daily T/O (shares 000)
10,118.00
NVDR (%)
11.89
Estimated free float (%)
63.92
Beta
0.55
URL
www.thaiuniongroup.com
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Earnings to achieve 19% CAGR during 2016‐17E Projecting TU’s 1Q16 core profit growth at 121%YoY, we maintain our positive view towards its effective business management, with a better profit margin and a lower D/E ratio of below 1x expected. We also stand by our forecast calling for 2016‐17E core earnings to achieve 19% CAGR. Our “Outperform” rating and the 2016E target price of Bt20.50/share (16x PER) are thus maintained. 1Q16 core profit to jump by 121%YoY but drop by 14%QoQ We project TU’s core profit at Bt1.15bn (+121%YoY, ‐14%QoQ). The firm’s sales are estimated at Bt31.83bn,expected to increase by 11%YoY (i.e., 8% from existing businesses and 3% from the consolidation of the two‐month operation of Rugen Fish with projected sales of 140mn euros/year in 1Q16) but drop by 5%QoQ on seasonality. This factor, coupled with an expected good gross profit margin earned by the branded tuna business, especially in Europe, as well as the depreciation of the baht by 9%YoY, prompts us to project a gross profit margin of 15.5% in 1Q16 (vs. 13.8% in 1Q15 and 15.4% in 4Q15). Note that we expect to see some extraordinary items (expenses related to legal fee and FX) during the quarter. Tuna price rose strongly in Mar‐16 Skipjack tuna prices in Mar‐16 rose by 40%MoM to US$1,600/ton because a fleet of tuna catching vessels decided to suspend tuna catching after the tuna price fell to around US$1,000 during Oct‐15 to Jan‐16 and they were unable to negotiate the price with the US. As a consequence of declining tuna output, the average tuna price rose to US$1,257/ton in 1Q16 (+14%YoY, +20%QoQ). We view that the rise in the tuna price will be positive to TU’s OEM‐based tuna business in the short term as the cost of tuna in its current inventory is low. However, the tuna price may not be sustained at the current high level for a long time and it may fall after the price negotiation is concluded. Maintain 2016E core profit growth of 19%YoY We expect 1Q16 core profit to account for 19% of our 2016E projection of Bt6.1bn (+19%YoY). Sales and the gross profit margin are expected to improve in 2Q‐3Q on seasonality. We thus leave our 2016E core profit projection unchanged. Financial 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 PER (x) EV/EBITDA (x) PBV (x) Dividend yield (%) ROE (%) Net gearing (%)
2013 112,813 2,270 0.62 0.48 ‐48% 0.37 8.61 2013 34.22 19.92 2.47 1.75% 5.9% 106.6
2014 121,402 5,092 1.08 1.01 111% 0.55 9.15 2014 19.65 13.83 2.33 2.58% 12.2% 101.5
2015 125,183 5,302 1.11 1.08 7% 0.63 9.60 2015 19.17 12.82 2.22 2.96% 11.9% 83.1
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2016E 142,939 6,116 1.28 1.28 19% 0.64 10.25 2016E 16.62 13.16 2.08 3.01% 12.9% 69.3
2017E 159,429 7,315 1.53 1.53 20% 0.77 11.14 2017E 13.90 11.36 1.91 3.60% 14.3% 57.7
Figure 1 Earnings Preview (Bt m) Sales COGS Gross profit SG&A expense Others income EBIT Interest expense EBT Tax expense Equity income MI Norm. profit Extra. Items Net profit EPS (Bt) Gross margin SG&A /Sales EBIT margin Norm. profit margin
1Q15 28,606 ‐24,660 3,945 ‐2,836 153 1,262 ‐412 851 ‐312 56 74 520 987 1,507
4Q15 33,333 ‐28,197 5,136 ‐3,222 14 1,928 ‐311 1,617 ‐211 147 219 1,334 ‐577 757
1Q16E 31,828 ‐26,894 4,933 ‐3,246 123 1,810 ‐347 1,463 ‐263 150 200 1,149 0 1,149
0.32
0.16
0.24
13.8%
15.4% 9.7% 5.8% 4.0%
15.5% 10.2% 5.7% 3.6%
4.4% 1.8%
% YoY %QoQ 11.3% ‐4.5% 9.1% ‐4.6% 25.0% ‐3.9% 14.5% 0.8% ‐19.6% 753.3% 43.4% ‐6.1% ‐15.6% 11.7% 71.9% ‐9.6% ‐15.7% 24.8% 169.6% 2.2% 170.5% ‐8.5% 121.1% ‐13.9% nm nm ‐23.7% 51.7% ‐23.7%
2015 125,183 ‐105,275 19,907 ‐12,184 491 8,215 ‐1,451 6,764 ‐1,332 336 616 5,152 151 5,302
51.7%
2016E % YoY YTD (% of 2016E) 142,939 14.2% 22.3% ‐120,320 14.3% 22.4% 22,619 13.6% 21.8% ‐14,165 16.3% 22.9% 506 3.0% 24.3% 8,960 9.1% 20.2% ‐1,441 ‐0.7% 24.1% 7,519 11.2% 19.5% ‐1,128 ‐15.3% 23.3% 345 2.7% 43.5% 620 0.7% 32.3% 6,116 18.7% 18.8% 0 nm nm 6,116 15.3% 18.8%
1.11
1.28
15.3%
15.9% 9.7% 6.6% 4.1%
15.8% 9.9% 6.3% 4.3%
18.8%
Source : TU, KTZ Research Figure 2 WPO Skipjack tuna prices (US$ per ton) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg
2004 870 780 680 750 920 950 1,040 1,150 1,170 800 780 700 883
2005 730 800 985 990 925 900 970 995 880 820 750 710 871
2006 780 1,040 880 840 925 960 840 930 945 885 880 1,020 910
2007 1,030 970 990 1,070 1,230 1,300 1,420 1,550 1,390 1,475 1,410 1,500 1,278
2008 1,560 1,460 1,520 1,650 1,800 1,945 1,930 1,840 1,800 1,500 1,170 850 1,585
2009 1,025 1,220 1,140 940 1,190 1,450 1,450 1,380 1,150 865 850 1,030 1,141
2010 1,075 960 1,085 1,365 1,530 1,705 1,560 1,326 1,215 1,080 1,232 1,305 1,287
2011 1,515 1,590 1,475 1,680 1,840 1,905 1,620 1,845 1,975 1,830 1,910 2,005 1,766
2012 2,030 1,930 2,090 2,195 2,198 2,200 2,240 2,280 2,350 2,210 1,900 1,900 2,127
2013 2,075 2,195 2,325 2,320 2,195 2,020 1,850 1,880 1,875 1,770 1,570 1,400 1,956
2014 1,275 1,225 1,175 1,225 1,485 1,710 1,800 1,600 1,280 1,200 1,180 1,180 1,361
2015 1,150 1,150 1,010 1,035 1,070 1,200 1,400 1,500 1,390 1,140 1,000 1,000 1,170
2016 1,000 1,170 1,600
1,257
2,500
2,000
1,500
2,000
2,350
1,915 1,813
2,1952,195 2,200 2,090 2,005 1,975 1,905 1,900 1,880
1,800 1,600
1,800 1,710 1,600 1,485
1,770 1,570
1,600 1,500 1,400 1,390
1,400
1,400
1,570
1,475
1,257 1,103 1,102
1,047
1,000
1,280 1,180 1,150 1,200 1,200 1,070 1,150 1,035 1,010
1,275 1,175
1,200
1,430
1,000
1,140
1,170
1,000 1,000
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200
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Source: TU , KTZ Research
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Figure 3: PER
Source: KT Z Research
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Note: KT ZMICO has two major shareholders, Krungthai Bank PLC (KTB) and Seamico Securities PLC (ZMICO). Therefore, prior to making investment in the securities of KTB and ZMICO, investor should consider risk factors carefully. 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, ZMICO, MAKRO, CPALL, SAFARI, PACE, PLE, TPOLY. KT ZMICO is a co‐underwriter of TPBI.
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KT ZMICO RESEARCH – RECOMMENDATION DEFINITIONS STOCK RECOMMENDATIONS BUY: Expecting positive total returns of 15% or more over the next 12 months OUTPERFORM: Expecting total returns between ‐10% to +15%; returns expected to exceed market returns over a six‐month period due to specific catalysts UNDERPERFORM: Expecting total returns between ‐10% to +15%; returns expected to be below market returns over a six‐month period due to specific catalysts SELL: Expecting negative total returns of 10% or more over the next 12 months
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