MBSB: Poised for a technical rebound After hitting 52-wk high at RM2.49 on 1 mar, MBSB’s prices corrected to as low as RM2.20 on 20 Mar before ending 3sen higher at RM2.24 yesterday. MBSB is likely to gain further traction towards RM2.49 if immediate resistances at 30-d SMA (RM2.29) and mid Bollinger band (RM2.32) are broken. Strong supports are RM2.16 (61.8% FR) and RM2.05 (50% FR). Cut loss below RM2.05. For cheaper exposure, investors can consider MBSB-WA (expiry in May 2016), which is only trading at a slight premium of 1.3% against its mother shares with gearing of 1.76.
Personal finance to remain key growth driver. Strict credit processes and continuous efforts to recover legacy NPL. Fair value at RM2.50, assuming 8x FY13 EPS.
MBSB to boost Islamic financing segment Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB), a financial service provider targets between RM8b to RM9b in its total financing disbursements for its Islamic personal financing (PF-i) this year. (Malaysian Reserve)
The Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) aims to disburse some RM500 million in loans through its newly launched "MBSB My First Home Scheme" campaign this year.
Malaysia Building Society Bhd has stayed away from fresh market talk about a merger with banking group RHB Capital Bhd. "I have no comments. It is best to leave matters at shareholders' level," said MBSB president and CEO Datuk Ahmad Zaini Othman. Speculation is rife that the Employees Provident Fund, which owns 65.5% of MBSB, is mulling to merge the company with RHB Capital. The EPF owns 44.8% in RHB Capital and is still awaiting approval from the central bank to buy OSK Group's investment banking business. (Business Times)
Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) is trimming its loan growth target to between 15% and 20% this year amidst "domestic operating parameters", said its CEO Datuk Ahmad Zaini Othman. The company earlier set its loan growth target in the range of 20% to 25%. Despite the downward revision, the company's loan growth is still higher than the industry average of below 9% to 10%, said Zaini. Zaini noted that MBSB would focus on personal finance, which will form a large bulk of its retail operation. (Financial Daily)
Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) plans to open 10 more sales and service centre (SSC) to expand its branch network.
The group recently opened two SSCs in Puchong and Shah Alam, Selangor, bringing the total number of SSCs nationwide to 35. MBSB also has nine representative offices.
"The opening of the two SSCs demonstrates the group's ongoing commitment to increasing its visibility and strengthening its position in the central region, particularly in Selangor," said chairman Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali in a statement.
MBSB Group recorded a pre-tax profit of RM110 million for the first quarter of 2012, an increase of 21 per cent compared to RM91 million in the corresponding period in 2011 and nine per cent over the pre-tax profit of RM101 million for the third quarter of 2011.
This higher pre-tax profit, which contributed to net earnings per share of 6.53 sen and an annualised return on equity of 27 per cent, is mainly due to higher net income from Islamic banking operations via personal financing, and these were partially set off by higher operating expenses returning from higher business volume and higher loan loss impairment due to larger loan base, it said in a statement today.
"Amidst the challenging business environment, MBSB's first quarter results have shown a modest growth rate brought about principally by continued support from our retail customers besides a better net interest margin contribution from the corporate business," chief executive officer Datuk Ahmad Zaini Othman said in the statement.
He added that the personal financing portfolio continued to grow by 27 per cent in the first quarter. However, asset growth was largely contributed by the retail business especially Personal Financing-i, he said, adding the first quarter saw a slight decrease in margins as a result of lowering of the Group's financing rates.
He said as at March 31 this year, net loan advances and financing stood at RM17.6 billion, a 16 per cent increase compared to RM15.2 billion as at Dec 31 last year.
He also said that the Group continues to receive support from its key retail market, government servants who have been attracted to new packages launched early this year which offer lower financing rates and higher disbursement payouts.
"Income from corporate business has also shown a slight improvement due to an increase in loan disbursements for property development financing," he said.
The Group has also embarked on a new product, Auto Finance, which is currently being offered only in the Klang Valley.
Ahmad Zaini said deposits from customers stood at RM15.2 billion as at March 31 this year, up 12 per cent from RM13.5 billion on Dec 31 last year. -- Bernama
Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) signed a debt settlement agreement for RM120m with Twin Pavilion Development Sdn Bhd to revive and complete the partially completed Pantai Plaza project in Bangsar.
maintaining our BUY call as we expect MBSB's sequential performance to be well supported by both its corporate and retail businesses, especially personal financing. Our FV is unchanged at RM2.70, pegged to 2.6x PBV, assuming a 4% growth rate, COE of 11% and ROE of 23.7%.
MBSB should resume its climb if it can close back above the Mar high of RM2.42. A purchase can be made if that happens, with a close below the recent low of RM2.27 as stop-loss. The price target is RM3.00, with resistance also expected at RM2.80. The stock’s failure to close above RM2.42 could lead to a return in selling, with a close below RM2.27 as confirmation. Expect support at RM2.12 and RM2.00.
tomorrow MBSB & W will take out their resistance Q2 result to be announced in Jul MBSB always move prior to quarterly result announcement base on previous trend
MBSB is still aiming to disburse a total of RM8.0b of PF-I loans. 1Q's RM2.9b in loan disbursement already made up 36% of its full year target. Hence, we believe its balance sheet expansion story remains intact. The stock's valuation still looks ndemanding at 5.9x PER post-adjustment against its banking peers of 13.0x. It also offers a 2.5% net dividend yield. We maintain our target price at RM2.70 based on a targeted P/BV of 1.6x FY13 BV of RM1.70. Its ROE of 28.1% remains one of the highest for financial stocks.
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MBSB: Poised for a technical rebound
After hitting 52-wk high at RM2.49 on 1 mar, MBSB’s prices corrected
to as low as RM2.20 on 20 Mar before ending 3sen higher at RM2.24
yesterday. MBSB is likely to gain further traction towards RM2.49 if
immediate resistances at 30-d SMA (RM2.29) and mid Bollinger band
(RM2.32) are broken. Strong supports are RM2.16 (61.8% FR) and
RM2.05 (50% FR). Cut loss below RM2.05.
For cheaper exposure, investors can consider MBSB-WA (expiry in
May 2016), which is only trading at a slight premium of 1.3% against
its mother shares with gearing of 1.76.