Friday 3 February 2017

Crude palm oil prices may stay high in Q1 of FY17

 Commodity Trading Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Affin Hwang Capital Research sees the ebb and flow uptrend in rough palm oil (CPO) costs as positive for palm oil grower however it supposes there are directing components to it.

It said on Friday the variables incorporate recuperation in CPO generation, fortifying of the Ringgit and smaller soybean oil premium.

"We think costs may remain high in 1Q17 as supply stays tight yet trust CPO creation could enhance from 2Q17 onwards, putting weight on costs," it said.

Affin Hwang Research raised its 2017-18E CPO normal deals value supposition to RM2,600 a ton from RM2,400.

It redesigned Sime Darby, Felda Global Ventures (FGV) and Genting Plantation to Hold and furthermore updated IOI Corp, Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) and IJM Plantation to Buy.

Be that as it may, it kept up its Hold rating on Hap Seng Plantation. It kept up its Neutral standpoint for the ranch area.

"CPO creation is relied upon to bounce back by 5%-10% in 2017, lower than our past 10%-15% addition conjecture, as we think the delayed impact of El Nino would keep on affecting generation for initial couple of months of 2017 preceding it gradually pick-ups once more.

"Trades in 2017, as we would like to think, ought to likewise increment mostly because of better monetary standpoint, increment in per capita oil and fat utilization, particularly in developing nations and in addition restocking by significant palm oil merchants like China," it said.

For 2016/17E, the exploration house expects creation of eight noteworthy oils to increment by 6.3% on-year to 177.3 million tons.

Be that as it may, it expects the stock-utilization proportion for the eight noteworthy oils to decay marginally to 13.3% from 13.5% in 2015/16, as addition in utilization is relied upon to be higher than augmentation in consummation stocks.

Supported by tight worldwide supply for palm oil particularly in 1Q17 and shortcoming in Ringgit against the US$, it now gauges 2017-18E normal CPO costs of RM2,600 from RM2,400 already.

"Taking after the expansion in our CPO ASP suppositions and counterbalancing the decrease in CPO generation appraise, our center EPS conjectures for the ranch stocks under our scope is currently higher by 2-22% for 2017-18E.

"We have overhauled up our CY17 cost to-profit proportion (PER) focuses for the ranch stocks under our scope and changed our valuation technique for Sime Darby to aggregate of-parts based.

"All things considered, target costs for the estate organizations are raised by 10% (Hap Seng Plantation) to 69% (FGV). We overhaul Sime Darby, FGV and Genting Plantation to Hold; and furthermore redesign IOI Corp, KLK and IJM Plantation to BUY.

"We keep up our Hold rating on Hap Seng Plantation. As the aggregate market top for the Hold appraised organizations is more than the Buy rating, we keep the part evaluating at Neutral," it said.

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