Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas, CrossASEAN Research

Henry Soediarko

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

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As the Thai government announced that they will open the borders in 120 days, a stock that will rally hard is obviously <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/airports-of-thailand-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:239:1" rel="noopener">Airports of Thailand (AOT TB)</a>as it directly links with the number of foreign tourists coming to Thailand. 
When the market fully digests the news that Thailand is fully opened for foreign tourists, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/airports-of-thailand-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:239:1" rel="noopener">Airports of Thailand (AOT TB)</a> has underperformed the other tourism names that have benefited from the increasing vaccination in Thailand. 
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For those who have been patient holding AOT, you shall be rewarded soon. 
For investors who do not have AOT in the portfolio yet, this is the biggest catalyst so far thus please start building a position.
For investors who are short AOT, although one may think that the tourists may not come that soon, the stock will rally much earlier than the tourists coming back to Thailand as the pent-up demand is massive and vaccines are pretty much available around the world. 
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As the Thai government announced that they will open the borders in 120 days, a stock that will rally hard is obviously Airports of Thailand (AOT TB)as it directly links with the number of foreign tourists coming to Thailand. 
When the market fully digests the news that Thailand is fully opened for foreign tourists, Airports of Thailand (AOT TB) has underperformed the other tourism names that have benefited from the increasing vaccination in Thailand. 

For those who have been patient holding AOT, you shall be rewarded soon. 
For investors who do not have AOT in the portfolio yet, this is the biggest catalyst so far thus please start building a position.
For investors who are short AOT, although one may think that the tourists may not come that soon, the stock will rally much earlier than the tourists coming back to Thailand as the pent-up demand is massive and vaccines are pretty much available around the world. 


Airport of Thailand (AOT): 120 Days to Reopening

ASEAN Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Angus Mackintosh

ASEAN Insight Provider

Cross Asset Strategy

Thailand plans to fully reopen to foreign visitors in 120 days, given it aims to give at least one dose of vaccine to the majority of residents by early October.
The country aims for some tourist destinations to be open to fully vaccinated visitors without any quarantine requirement before this time. Phuket is seen as the “pilot” for the new scheme.
Thailand's economy is highly dependent on tourism with around 12% of GDP officially from tourism but the true exposure is closer to 20% given all the related industries outside travel and hotels from retail to banks. 
These most recent plans were unveiled in an address by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha in a National address yesterday, which included a number of important concessions, which can be seen in the detailed section.
We recommend increasing weightings in Thai hotels, hospitals, selective retailers, and banks to play this tourism recovery theme. Please see below for details.

Thailand plans to fully reopen to foreign visitors in 120 days, given it aims to give at least one dose of vaccine to the majority of residents by early October.
The country aims for some tourist destinations to be open to fully vaccinated visitors without any quarantine requirement before this time. Phuket is seen as the “pilot” for the new scheme.
Thailand's economy is highly dependent on tourism with around 12% of GDP officially from tourism but the true exposure is closer to 20% given all the related industries outside travel and hotels from retail to banks. 
These most recent plans were unveiled in an address by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha in a National address yesterday, which included a number of important concessions, which can be seen in the detailed section.
We recommend increasing weightings in Thai hotels, hospitals, selective retailers, and banks to play this tourism recovery theme. Please see below for details. 

Thailand - 120 Days Later - Fully Vaccinated Tourism to Resume

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

On 6 May 2021, Bloomberg reported that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsui-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20799:1" rel="noopener">Mitsui &amp; Co Ltd (8031 JP)</a>, the largest shareholder with a 32.90% stake, is currently exploring a proposal to privatise <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ihh-healthcare-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:876:1" rel="noopener">IHH Healthcare (IHH MK)</a>. Mitsui is aiming to partner with private equity firms and has reached out to Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the second-largest shareholder with a 26.02% stake, to acquire its stake, according to Bloomberg. Mitsui and IHH have not formally commented on the report. On the back of the report, the shares have risen 8.8% from the unaffected price of RM5.20 (5 May) to the last close price of RM5.66. IHH is listed on the Main Markets of Bursa Malaysia and the Singapore Stock Exchange. In Malaysia, the threshold for triggering a mandatory general offer (MGO) is the offeror and concert parties owning 33% or more of the voting shares. Mitsui sits just below the threshold and the acquisition of further shares from Khazanah Nasional Berhad would trigger an MGO. <div class="content-highlight">We think that report has some credibility due to Mitsui’s view that IHH is a core asset to fulfil its ambition of expanding in the largest healthcare ecosystem in Asia. Also, Mitsui has a previous working relationship with Khazanah Nasional Berhad and announced the acquisition of a 16% stake in IHH from Khazanah Nasional Berhad in November 2018. Overall, at the last close price, the downside risk is low (trading close to break price) with a good probability of upside (announcement of a formal proposal). </div>

On 6 May 2021, Bloomberg reported that Mitsui &amp; Co Ltd (8031 JP), the largest shareholder with a 32.90% stake, is currently exploring a proposal to privatise IHH Healthcare (IHH MK). Mitsui is aiming to partner with private equity firms and has reached out to Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the second-largest shareholder with a 26.02% stake, to acquire its stake, according to Bloomberg. Mitsui and IHH have not formally commented on the report. On the back of the report, the shares have risen 8.8% from the unaffected price of RM5.20 (5 May) to the last close price of RM5.66. IHH is listed on the Main Markets of Bursa Malaysia and the Singapore Stock Exchange. In Malaysia, the threshold for triggering a mandatory general offer (MGO) is the offeror and concert parties owning 33% or more of the voting shares. Mitsui sits just below the threshold and the acquisition of further shares from Khazanah Nasional Berhad would trigger an MGO. We think that report has some credibility due to Mitsui’s view that IHH is a core asset to fulfil its ambition of expanding in the largest healthcare ecosystem in Asia. Also, Mitsui has a previous working relationship with Khazanah Nasional Berhad and announced the acquisition of a 16% stake in IHH from Khazanah Nasional Berhad in November 2018. Overall, at the last close price, the downside risk is low (trading close to break price) with a good probability of upside (announcement of a formal proposal). 

IHH Healthcare’s Possible Privatisation by Mitsui

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

On the <a href="https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/announcements/company_announcement?keyword=&amp;cat=&amp;sub_type=&amp;company=5225&amp;mkt=&amp;alph=&amp;sec=&amp;subsec=&amp;dt_ht=02%2F10%2F2018&amp;dt_lt=29%2F12%2F2018%23%2F&amp;page=2#/?category=all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">29 November</a> 2018, Khazanah Nasional sold a 16%, US$2.01bn stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ihh-healthcare-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:876:1" rel="noopener">IHH Healthcare (IHH MK)</a> to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsui-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20799:1" rel="noopener">Mitsui &amp; Co Ltd (8031 JP)</a>, elevating Mitsui's long-time mid-teens stake to 32.9% - allowing Mitsui to become IHH's largest shareholder - with Khazanah's holding declining to 26%. Mitsui's stake is a shade below Malaysia's 33% mandatory takeover threshold. 
Reportedly Mitsui is now exploring a deal to take IHH private, and has been sounded out by private equity outfits as to a potential transaction. According to media reports, Khazanah has been approached to sell its stake. 
Shares closed up 7.88% yesterday on the rumours.
More below the fold.

On the 29 November 2018, Khazanah Nasional sold a 16%, US$2.01bn stake in IHH Healthcare (IHH MK) to Mitsui &amp; Co Ltd (8031 JP), elevating Mitsui's long-time mid-teens stake to 32.9% - allowing Mitsui to become IHH's largest shareholder - with Khazanah's holding declining to 26%. Mitsui's stake is a shade below Malaysia's 33% mandatory takeover threshold. 
Reportedly Mitsui is now exploring a deal to take IHH private, and has been sounded out by private equity outfits as to a potential transaction. According to media reports, Khazanah has been approached to sell its stake. 
Shares closed up 7.88% yesterday on the rumours.
More below the fold. 

IHH Healthcare (IHH MK): More Medicine For Mitsui?

Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk / Equity Bottom-Up

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitra-keluarga-karyasehat-tbk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:288:1" rel="noopener">Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ)</a> announced a robust set of results for 1Q2021 late last week, with revenue growth of +37.6% YoY, mainly driven by COVID-19 cases, which command a higher treatment intensity.
Volume for Non-COVID-19 inpatient days also increased, up +5.6% QoQ compared to 4Q 2020, with occupancy improving to 61% for non-COVID beds. The improvement in non-COVID-19 patients bodes well for this year's outlook. 
Mitra Keluarga continues to add more hospitals, through both greenfield and brownfield expansion plans and has opened one new hospital already this year. It will commence the groundbreaking for its 27th &amp; 28th hospitals in 1H2021. M&amp;A opportunities also remain a potential growth driver with two other hospitals currently in the pipeline. 
Patient numbers declined in 1Q2021 YoY but revenues per outpatient and inpatient days increased significantly due to a significantly higher number of COVID-19 patients being treated. 
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitra-keluarga-karyasehat-tbk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:288:1" rel="noopener">Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ)</a> bed Occupancy Ratio reached 63.4% for 1Q2021, compared to 65.7% in 1Q2020, mainly boosts by high COVID-19 bed occupancies, although non-COVID bed occupancies were not far off last year.
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitra-keluarga-karyasehat-tbk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:288:1" rel="noopener">Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ)</a> trades on 23.9x FY21E EV/EBITDA and 24.2x FY22E EV/EBITDA versus its 5-year average of 29.5x making the company look relatively attractive. It is likely to see a gradual tapering off in terms of revenues from COVID-19 treatments as the vaccination program starts to gain traction but it will still be an important source of revenue in the medium term, together with the fact that it is already seeing a pick-up in its normal elective treatments.
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Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ) announced a robust set of results for 1Q2021 late last week, with revenue growth of +37.6% YoY, mainly driven by COVID-19 cases, which command a higher treatment intensity.
Volume for Non-COVID-19 inpatient days also increased, up +5.6% QoQ compared to 4Q 2020, with occupancy improving to 61% for non-COVID beds. The improvement in non-COVID-19 patients bodes well for this year's outlook. 
Mitra Keluarga continues to add more hospitals, through both greenfield and brownfield expansion plans and has opened one new hospital already this year. It will commence the groundbreaking for its 27th &amp; 28th hospitals in 1H2021. M&amp;A opportunities also remain a potential growth driver with two other hospitals currently in the pipeline. 
Patient numbers declined in 1Q2021 YoY but revenues per outpatient and inpatient days increased significantly due to a significantly higher number of COVID-19 patients being treated. 
Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ) bed Occupancy Ratio reached 63.4% for 1Q2021, compared to 65.7% in 1Q2020, mainly boosts by high COVID-19 bed occupancies, although non-COVID bed occupancies were not far off last year.

Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk (MIKA IJ) trades on 23.9x FY21E EV/EBITDA and 24.2x FY22E EV/EBITDA versus its 5-year average of 29.5x making the company look relatively attractive. It is likely to see a gradual tapering off in terms of revenues from COVID-19 treatments as the vaccination program starts to gain traction but it will still be an important source of revenue in the medium term, together with the fact that it is already seeing a pick-up in its normal elective treatments.


Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat (MIKA IJ) - Occupancy and Profitability Rising

Thailand

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited operates Bangkok General Hospital. The Hospital specializes in cardiovascular, lung, neurological, eye and genitourinary cancer, as well as physical therapy and medical imaging.

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Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS TB)

Airport of Thailand (AOT): 120 Days to Reopening

As the Thai govt announced that they will open the borders in 120 days, the Airports of Thailand share will rally hard as it directly links with...

Henry Soediarko

Thailand - 120 Days Later - Fully Vaccinated Tourism to Resume

Thailand plans reopen to reopen its borders to the fully vaccinated in 120 days without quarantine restrictions, which will be a boon for the...

Angus Mackintosh

IHH Healthcare’s Possible Privatisation by Mitsui

Mitsui, the largest shareholder, is currently exploring a proposal to privatise IHH. Overall, at the last close price, the downside risk is low...

Arun George

IHH Healthcare (IHH MK): More Medicine For Mitsui?

If Khazanah is onboard with a privatisation, expect the other government-link shareholders to follow suit, which together with Aydınlar's 5.9%...

David Blennerhassett

Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat (MIKA IJ) - Occupancy and Profitability Rising

Mitra Keluarga (MIKA IJ) is probably the best quality listed hospital player in Indonesia, with good governance and throwing off the highest...

Angus Mackintosh

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