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Petronas Chemicals - MARKET PERFORM - 7 Mar 2012
Petronashas teamed up with BASF to invest an additional RM4.0b in two separatefacilities in Malaysia. This however has no immediate earnings impact to PCHEMgiven that the execution of the investment would be in 2015-2018. We believe PCHEM will take charge of RAPID,although Petronas did not specific any details, given the business nature ofthe facility. Our PCHEM rating is maintained at MARKET PERFORM with anunchanged TP of RM7.02/share.
RM4.0b investment. Yesterday, Petronas announced its has enteredinto agreements with BASF to expand their partnership in Malaysia involving RM4.0bworth of projects at their existing venture in Kuantan and at the new site of the proposed Refinery andPetrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) complex in Pengerang, Johor. Theseprojects are to be implemented between 2015 and 2018.
Forming a 40:60 JV for RAPID. Under the Heads of Agreements, both parties have agreed to form a newentity (Petronas 40%; BASF 60%) to jointlyown, develop, construct and operate production facilities for specialtychemicals and plants for precursor materials. This will become an integral partof the RAPID project. Although Petronas did not specifically mention thatPetronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PCHEM) will be taking charge of this project, webelieve that it is likely that thisproject will be placed under PCHEM given the business nature of thefacilities.
To expand the current plant in Kuantan. PCHEM's 40% owned BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Bhd (BASF owns theremaining 60%) is planning to expand its C3 value chain with a new plant forsuperabsorbent polymers as well as to expand the production capacity of itsexisting glacial acrylic acid unit. Currently, this associate company operatesan integrated complex with acrylic monomers, oxo products and butanediolproduction facilities at the Gebeng Industrial Zone. In the recent quarterlyresults, this unit reported disappointed earnings due to lacklustre demandand lower prices. As a result, PCHEM's4Q11 associate income plunged 48% QoQ to RM54m from RM104m.
No immediate earnings impact. The two projects above will not have any near term material impact onPCHEM's earnings as the projects will only be implemented 3-5 years from now.Besides, its RM4.5b Sabah Ammonia Urea (SAMUR) project, which had itsgroundbreaking last month, is expected to come on-stream only by 2015. Hence,the immediate earning drivers will only be petrochemicals prices and itsplants' utilisation. Give the strong petrochemicals prices YTD, 1Q12 is likelyto be a strong quarter for PCHEM.
Still a MARKET PERFORM. We have recently downgraded ourrating on PCHEM given the strong rally in its share price (refer to ourreported dated 28 Feb 2012) although we continue to like the company for itsearnings quality, which is backed by its cost advantage. For now, we continueto rate the stock a MARKET PERFORM at an unchanged target price of RM7.02/sharebased on an unchanged 16.5x PER of CY12 earnings.
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su - thanks for your post in morning, reminded to pick up pchem! nice rebound today :)
2012-03-13 16:27
Now look, this is a blue chip and that means there must be someone behind pulling the string on the puppets. The one pulling is instructed to pull it up or push it down. You see one time they push it down very steeply because they are not ready to tell you something very positive yet (local news lah). When they are ready to tell you, they will push it up first slowly, make the money and then announce the news and push them even higher to make more money. I am disappointed today that they did not push PCHEM to close at RM6.72 and above. I think they want to leave some margins to make for tomorrow.
The world market is so green ad yet KLCI chosed to go red. - Meaning the big push comes tomorrow and you will see PCHEM going to the next leg up above RM6.80. I still have some bullet and will sell down at about RM6.90 level.
2012-03-13 17:40
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Yippie ! The PCHEM shares moving so fast up today. Have made my money but I think it will move up further. The short term target should be around between RM6.90 to RM6.94. Then RM7.02 will be next quite soon. you are dead right about the target. Yesterday was the best day to buy in all the PCHEM shares. Such opportunity will only come after a long while. Cheers
2012-03-13 12:38