' We maintain BUY on Boustead Heavy Industries Corp (BHIC),with an unchanged fair value of RM4.90/share, based on a 20% discount to oursum-of-parts (SOP) value of RM6.12/share. It implies an FY12F PE of 11x ' a 35%discountto Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd's (STE) 2-year average of 17x.
' We maintain FY12F-FY13F earnings which incorporate contributionsfrom the group's RM9bil littoral combat ship (LCS) contract. BHIC's FY11 netprofit of RM13mil (-82% YoY) was above our forecast of RM9mil, largely due to a positive tax charge of RM12mil. But thegroup declared a final dividend of 6 sen/share, which is 0.5 sen/share less thanthe previous year's and our forecast.
' Despite a 4% revenue increase, BHIC registered a 4QFY11 pre-taxloss of RM14mil largely due to provisions for the group's 21%-owned BousteadNaval Shipyard and cost overruns coupled with late delivery charges for two accommodationcrane barges, which are expected to be delivered in March-June 2012 to Swire Pacific Offshore Operations.But a deferred tax write-back of RM12mil and a RM3mil overprovision of taxresulted in a net profit of RM4mil.
' In our view, BHIC is perched on an inflection point in afresh multi-year earnings growth trajectory. This stems from:-
(1) Starting with a fresh slate in FY12F onwards with cost overrunsand late delivery charges from the group's commercial projects mostly providedfor in FY11.
(2) Massive gross order book of over RM10bil, with an estimatednet order book of RM3.6bil ' 4x FY12F revenue. Most of this stems from the Gen2LCV, which is expected to be delivered in 2017-2019.
(3) Improved margin prospects driven by enhanced deliverycapability from a transformed Boustead Naval Shipyard, which had streamlinedoperations last year.
(4) Unabated multi-billion new order pipeline such as two patrolvessels worth RM1bil for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, aMulti-Purpose Support Ship worth up to RM2bil to replace the damaged landing craftKD Inderapura and new maintenance contract for the first patrol vessels ' KDKedah and KD Pahang 'which were commissioned in 2006.
(5) Potential award of a lucrative risk-sharing contract by Petronasfor a marginal field together with a foreign operator by the middle of theyear.
' The stock currently trades at an attractive FY12F PE of 9x' almost half the valuation of STE, which is a bargain for the sole militaryyard in the country with massive order book prospects.