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KUALA LUMPUR: Low-cost carrier, AirAsia Group Bhd, now trading at nearly half the price of its peak this year, presents a good buying opportunity for long-term investors as further upside to the stock is expected once crude oil prices stabilise, analysts say.
Moreover, the airline’s integrated efforts to monetise its assets through digitalisation is seen to be a sound strategic move because it takes advantage of its passenger database to enhance customer experience and improve ancillary income.
“We believe any retracement in share price is an opportunity for investors to take position in the long term,” MIDF Research analyst Adam M. Rahim told The Edge Financial Daily yesterday, pointing to the anticipation of further earnings upcycle once crude oil prices stabilise.
AirAsia Group is currently trading at RM2.50 having declined from a high in early March of RM4.60.
At the time of writing, Brent futures retreated 1.07% to US$75.62 (RM314.70) per barrel, compared to the price of oil of about US$64 in early March.
“Our current target price for AirAsia Group is RM3.62 pegged to a FY19 (financial year ending Dec 31, 2019) earnings per share of 10 times premised on the group’s compelling growth story, stable operations with added capacity, and continuous improvement to derive higher values per kilometre flown,” said Adam.
“As we impute the volatility in oil price, this has exerted a downward pressure on the price to earning (PE ratio (PE) of AirAsia at this juncture; most Asean airlines are trading at an average PE of 10 to 11 times excluding outliers,” he added.
He is also of the view that the airline’s integrated efforts to monetise its assets, via digitalisation is a good move as it takes advantage of its passenger database to enhance customer experience and improve ancillary income, and hence earnings.
TA Securities analyst Tan Kam Meng also sees value — or a “bargain” — for long-term shareholders at this level given that AirAsia Group “has a very strong market position in this region.”
“There is a very high foreign shareholdings in AirAsia Group. So I believe the sell-off may not necessarily be due to operational issues, but it could be due to external issues such as the weakening ringgit and external trade issues as well as the current high oil price,” he said.
Following the recent disposal of its leasing arm, AirAsia Group also has more cash at present, which could be distributed as special dividends, Tan highlighted.
“Their balance sheet is so asset light now. They have so much cash, so let’s just wait and see what they are going to do with the cash,” Tan said.
But in the short term, Adam expects further headwinds which are likely to provide resistance to share price gains. Tan said Budget 2019 which is to be tabled on Nov 2, could provide investors further insights.
However, analysts forecast cloudier skies for Air Asia’s long-haul unit Air Asia X Bhd which is currently trading at about 24.5 sen against 44 sen in March.
In a note yesterday, PublicInvest Research analyst Nur Farah Syifaa’ downgraded her earnings forecasts for the airline amid lower average fare expectations and rising fuel costs.
“We impute higher fuel price assumptions of US$85 per barrel from US$75 to US$80/bbl previously. These reduce our earnings by an average of 73% for FY18 to FY20,” she said.
Despite maintaining a neutral call on the stock, Nur Farah has reduced her target price to 23 sen from 35 sen previously, based on a 10 times multiple (8 times previously) of FY19 earnings per share, the multiple in line with regional low-cost carrier averages.
Brent crude fell as much as $1.81, or 3%, to $57.67 a barrel. The global benchmark was down $1.52, or 2.6%, at $57.96 and West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) was down 80 cents, or 1.5%, to $54.43 by 11:06 a.m. ET (1506 GMT)
“Oil is getting whacked again as risk-aversion again kicks in and fears of a trade war inflicted slowdown grip traders,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA.
PUTRAJAYA (Aug 15): Domestic tourism recorded a growth of 10.9 percent in 2018 with 78.2 million tourists compared with 70.5 million in the previous year, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi.
He said domestic tourist spending also increased last year to RM60.4 billion from RM54.1 billion in 2017.
"Average per capita expenditure also grew by 0.7 percent to RM772 in 2018 compared to RM767 in 2017," he told a press conference to announce on the 2018 domestic tourism performance here today.
Mohamaddin said the average length of stay per tourist in 2018 was 2.44 nights compared to 2.35 nights in 2017.
"Domestic tourists preferred to stay with relatives and friends, where they do not have to pay for their accommodation and this accounted for 68.2 percent," he said, adding that 20.4 percent preferred staying in hotels, chalets (2.3 percent) and rest houses (1.7 percent).
Shopping recorded the highest share of total expenditure in 2018 with 26.8 percent, followed by vehicle petrol expenditure (15.4 percent); food and beverage (13.9 percent); expenditure by households visited (13.7 percent) as well as accommodation and transportation expenses 13 percent and 8.4 percent, respectively.
“Thanks to Cameron Highlands, Pahang is the most visited State with 9.2 million visitors followed by Johor (7.8 million); Perak (7.6 million); Selangor (6.8 million) and Negeri Sembilan (6.1 million),” he said.
Mohamaddin said the strong growth in domestic tourism this year is expected to continue next year following proactive measures and campaigns taken in promoting Visit Malaysia Year 2020.
Meanwhile, Mohamaddin said the fate which had befallen Irish-Franco teenager Nora Anne Quoirin who was found dead on Tuesday, after disappearing from her hotel room at a resort in Negeri Sembilan on Aug 3, would not affect the arrival of foreign tourists to Malaysia.
"Safety of tourists is a major concern in every country but we must keep in mind that accidents can happen anywhere to anybody,” he said.
Philippines AirAsia posted a first-quarter EBITDA this year of PHP450 million (USD8.58 million) on the back of record-high revenues of PHP6.68 billion (USD127 million), The Manila Times reported. hilippines AirAsia in “no rush” on IPO - Fernandes Author: Tan KW Publish date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019, 1:41 PM
The long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) of Philippines AirAsia may not happen this year, Tony Fernandes, CEO of AirAsia Group, told reporters on the sidelines of the group’s Asean Day celebrations in Bangkok. He said he was still in wait-and-see mode regarding the Philippine unit's bid to go public and wanted it to increase its value first.
“It’s there, but with no particular rush to be honest. We want to maximise the valuation, so you know after a very tough start our earnings are very strong, the fuel price is going down, tourism is going up. We also see potential in new airports being developed,” he explained at the group’s launch of its Sustainable Asean livery, as quoted by the daily newspaper Business Mirror.
“So there is no particular rush but we can do it anytime now. We will just wait and see. All I can tell you from a management point of view [is] we don’t need to do it. But I’ll leave that to the experts.”
Plans for the group to list some of its South-East Asian units go back at least to 2016, but volatile markets and a previously weak financial performance kept pushing it back. However, in early May 2019, Fernandes told local media: “We’re getting close. Hopefully, we can do it this year.”
Philippines AirAsia posted a first-quarter EBITDA this year of PHP450 million (USD8.58 million) on the back of record-high revenues of PHP6.68 billion (USD127 million), The Manila Times reported.
Visit Malaysia Year 2020 Malaysia welcomes almost 25 million tourists annually, and for good reason – our colourful, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation is a multi-faceted gem that lures as much with her quiet graces and natural attractions as her wild, crazy ones. Visit Malaysia Year is septennial event. Last year Visit Malaysia Year 2014 attracted more than 28 million visitors.
"To know Malaysia is to love Malaysia" and 7.4 million tourists.
With that unforgettable song, Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) was first launched in 1990 with the theme "Fascinating Malaysia. Year of Festivals". The campaign was a huge success with Malaysia charting 7.4 million in tourist arrivals compared to 4.8 million in 1989. To enable tourists to easily recognize Malaysia, the orang utan, the endangered species found in East Malaysia was used as a mascot and it was named Wira. Apart from it, Kuala Lumpur’s famous landmark, Sultan Abdul Samad building was featured as the official Visit Malaysia Year 1990 logo. Malaysia’s Independence Day on August 31 was the anchor for 84 major events, 14 festivals and nine exhibitions during VMY 1990.
"Fascinating Malaysia. Naturally More" with 10.22 million in tourist arrivals.
The success of VMY 1990 spurred another VMY in 1994. This time around, the theme was "Fascinating Malaysia. Naturally More". VMY 1994 maintained its words "Fascinating Malaysia" for the theme but injected a punch line "Naturally More" to reflect more exciting things and events lined up for that year.
"Malaysia Truly Asia" and 20.97 million in tourist arrivals
The third VMY was launched in 2007 in conjunction with Malaysia’s 50th Independence Anniversary. Hence, the theme "Celebrating 50 years of Nationhood" was most befitting to reflect this important anniversary celebration. Efforts were also intensified in all advertising and promotional activities, including the call for action "The time is now. The place is Malaysia" together with its successful and impactful slogan "Malaysia Truly Asia". In line with the 50th Independence Anniversary, over 200 events across the country with 50 major events were held to showcase Malaysia’s wealth of tourism attractions. All in all, VMY 2007 charted a tremendous success beyond expectations with 20.97 million in tourist arrivals and RM46.1 billion in tourist receipts. This means a rise of 3.42 million and RM9.8 billion from the previous year.
"Celebrating 1Malaysia Truly Asia" with more than 28 million tourists
In 2014, Malaysia celebrated its fourth Visit Malaysia Year with the theme "Celebrating 1Malaysia Truly Asia" to reflect the diversity in unity of all Malaysians. The Proboscis Monkey had been chosen as the mascot while the promotional campaign has started in 2013 with a series of year-long special events and activities leading to VMY 2014.
EPF holds more than 6%, pasti dah tahu Q2 results kot? haha beli more kan?
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Address: Tingkat 19, Bangunan KWSP Jalan Raja Laut 50350 Kuala Lumpur WilayahPersekutuan Malaysia
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No of Shares Held After Changes: Direct : 216,256,049 shares (6.4710%) Indirect/Deemed Interest : 0 shares (0.0000%) Total : 216,256,049 shares
Good123, you post all the facts about AA being so positive....later someone will say you are BJ clone la. Some people just cannot accept that AA is a good buy at current price.
Salman, have your teacher taught you any new words yet?
your guys receive AA 90 cents dividend ? i cant see my dividend statement in my rakuten trade account. i bought it before announcement date and sold after expired date too.. suppose entitle to get it .. or payout date not yet ?
freddie, cannot happen geh...MAS no money to buy AA.
AA also not interested to buy over since there are too many hands behind the curtain to do proper business. In AA, TF can decide on almost any matter related to AA...but in MAS, cannot.... CEO or Chairman also cannot do anything. Thats why they took MAS private, so that whatever happen is kept behind closed door. Can makan kaw kaw and sapu licin also no problem, dont have to be accountable to anyone.
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esok nek balik la brent tu..permian basin dah nak kering ooi taun depan. minyak canak balik ooi.. 2 taun apanya