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Datasonic Group - Fundamentals Remain Intact

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Publish date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014, 09:32 AM

Since Bursa Malaysia issued a trading  caution on Datasonic’s  stock  on 1 April,  its  share price has retraced by  41.2% over the last two weeks. However, we reiterate that its fundamentals remain intact as we foresee earnings  to  be  driven  by  its  MyKad  and  passport  contracts.  We  keep our  MYR4.08  FV  but upgrade our call to BUY (from Neutral),  given the recent share price weakness, which offers over 40% upside to our FV.

  • Widespread  selldown  despite  positive  announcements.  Datasonic Group (Datasonic)’s share price has  dropped by 41.2% over the last two weeks  after  hitting  a  high  of  MYR4.85  on  1  April.  This  is  despite  new contracts announcement on Bursa  Malaysia. In particular,  the group has bagged  a  MYR5.4m  contract  awarded  by  Majlis  Perbandaran  Pulau Pinang  for  the  supply,  installation  and  maintenance  of  closed-circuit television  (CCTV)  cameras  on  the  Penang  island.  It  has  also  been appointed as the main sub-contractor to set up a one-stop visa centre for Indonesian workers in Malaysia.
  • Fundamentals  remain  intact.  Fundamentally,  we  believe  Datasonic’s businesses are as per usual. The group had an outstanding orderbook of 4m copies of  MyKad  as of Dec 2013.  In view of the  successful rollout  of the  new  MyKad,  which  has  improved  security  features  to  help  combat identity fraud-related crimes,  our FY14F and FY15F earnings estimates are still  premised  on our assumption  that  the group would secure  a new order  of  10m  cards  worth  MYR180m-190m.  In  addition,  we  expect  its earnings  growth  to  be  driven  by  the  full-year  contribution  from  its provision of  photopages  for  the  new Malaysian passports.  Note that the contribution from this passport contract only started in 2H2013.
  • Upgrade to BUY.  With  its fundamentals remaining  largely  intact as we foresee  earnings  growth  to  be  driven  by  its  MyKad  and  passport contracts,  we  leave  our forecasts  and  MYR4.08  FV  (based on  a  25.0x CY15 P/E)  unchanged. Nonetheless,  we upgrade  our  call to BUY (from Neutral)  given the recent share price weakness, which  offers over 40% upside to our FV.
  • Risks. Key risks include possible delays in contract awards and revenue concentration on its MyKad contract. 

 

 

 

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SWOT Analysis

  • Involved in the provision of smart chip-based ICT solutions, for which it has an established presence

 

 

Company Profile
Datasonic  Group  is  principally  involved  in  the  provision  of  information  and  communications  technology  (ICT)  solutions  that  include smart card personalisation services, customisation of large-scale government ICT solutions, project management, as well as technical consultancy services.

 

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tewnama

RHB selalu tukar tukar report. tak malu ke

2014-04-18 12:04

iafx

hahahaa... well said

2014-04-18 12:07

johnny cash

itu bukan tukar tukar report,,share prices is changging always so a new reports come out,,but target price the same,,4.08...share price sedang bergerak sebab report RHB... kalau tak ada report rhb,,ia tak akan bergerak sebab dulu rhb sudah letakkan neutral ke atas kaunter sebab harga nya sudah dekat dgn 4.08... kamu faham tak...kalau harga sekarang sampai dekat dgn 4.08,,kalau tak ada apa apa berita,,rhb akan letakkan neutral balik... kamufaham tak----tewnama

2014-04-18 13:01

johnny cash

LUCKY this counter has a backup RHB,,,if no analyst probelm lol,,tak tentu arah ia akan pergi,,tak ada hala tujuan

2014-04-18 13:03

azog

tq rhb.

2014-04-18 13:16

belkg

One moment they can upgrade with good comment

2014-04-18 14:39

nooniez

RHB talk cock again. malu betul. whos the analyst? sucks

2014-04-18 15:35

johnny cash

some big ones missed the boat..they the big fish knows a hot contract news will be coming out on 18//04//14,, the big ones can be anybody...but the stock is already overpriced at that time..so what they did pump up some negative news in mas media to bring down the price very very fast, because the announcement date of contract is approaching.. they were very cunning, showing to masses to public that a healthy correction is being carried out on datasonic... actually this did not turn out to be a healthy correction, because healthy correction means price should go back to a little less then 4.08[rhb target price].. the price went down badly to 2.60 level, this we cannot define it as a healthy correction,, a total of 600 million capital wipeout from datasonic stock..this are define as DAMAGES to datasonic.. i hope datasonic and bursa does not have a hand in this super drama. datasonic should be fair to shareholders, the retail holders who are still holding the stocks.. if possible datasonic should take some legal action against the TA ANALYST, who created the blunder in mas media--sun daily on 4th of april 2014, because he does not have the right to do that.. sure this TA ANALYST is also working hand to hand with some parties...anyway all this is just speculation,but only can be reveal if a thorough investigation is carried out.. to me i define this as full DAMAGES to datasonic... bursa was zip quiet when the price plunge to 2.60 levels, they were enjoying it.. yes i aggree the price was overpriced at that time, and bursa police took out a caution note.. if bursa intention were clean, then this matter should end up with a healthy correction only..if it damages the stock, then somebody should be responsible for it.. i only can think 2 parties here, bursa police n TA ANALYST... when bursa police method did not work out, they start using mas media.. this is totally a CRIME

2014-04-20 11:57

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