Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector, Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Ankush Kathuria CFA, FRM

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector

Maritime Sector, Equity & Credit Research

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

With no ties to other players in the shipping, finance or banking world, we provide a uniquely impartial view of the markets and companies we cover. Our parent organization, Drewry is a leading independent provider of research services to the maritime and shipping industry, employing over 100 professionals across an international network of offices in London, Delhi, Singapore and Shanghai. Combining our market-leading resources with seasoned sector expertise DFRS offers a highly differentiated and comprehensive range of investment and financial research services to lenders and prospective investors in publicly listed maritime and shipping companies. The full service of reports, supporting resources and sector orientated webinars provides our clients with the most complete picture of the organisations under coverage as is possible. We have been charting and analysing the world’s maritime markets for more than 40 years. This unrivalled intelligence and understanding provides the foundation of our research service. Our analysts have access to one of the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable sources of market insight and research data available today. We look at globally listed companies within the following sectors: Port Operators, Container Shipping, Container Manufacturing & Leasing, LNG Shipping, Dry Bulk Shipping and Tanker Shipping. Combine in-depth sector expertise with financial analysis focusing on over 50 stocks globally.

Equity Bottom-Up

Yang Ming Marine Transport / Equity Bottom-Up

Top-line signals recovery, but huge debt burden plays spoilsport. The turnaround story we have been advocating for the liner sector is building in favour of even our laggard stocks. Yang Ming’s (YMM) operational performance was noteworthy in 2Q17, with its sales growing by 20% compared to last year on the back of stronger volumes (up 7% to 1.15m teu). Although better sales translated to positive operating income of NTD 143m (USD 4.7m), the first in two years, this was not enough to prevent the…

Top-line signals recovery, but huge debt burden plays spoilsport. The turnaround story we have been advocating for the liner sector is building in favour of even our laggard stocks. Yang Ming’s (YMM) operational performance was noteworthy in 2Q17, with its sales growing by 20% compared to last year on the back of stronger volumes (up 7% to 1.15m teu). Although better sales translated to positive operating income of NTD 143m (USD 4.7m), the first in two years, this was not enough to prevent the…

Yang Ming Marine (2609 TT) – Is the Run-Up in Stock Price Justified?

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<h2>Overview</h2>Since <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/18689" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18689:1">Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd (117930 KS)</a> declared bankruptcy at the end of August 2016, market conditions in long-haul container shipping have improved substantially. The removal of Hanjin's capacity (and it's aggressive pricing tactics) combined with a modest improvement in demand led to a strong improvement in freight rates in most long-haul markets since the end of Q3 last year. In addition, a series of recent mergers and acquisitions in the sector, plus new carrier alliances that…

OverviewSince Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd (117930 KS) declared bankruptcy at the end of August 2016, market conditions in long-haul container shipping have improved substantially. The removal of Hanjin's capacity (and it's aggressive pricing tactics) combined with a modest improvement in demand led to a strong improvement in freight rates in most long-haul markets since the end of Q3 last year. In addition, a series of recent mergers and acquisitions in the sector, plus new carrier alliances that…

Evergreen, Yang Ming Q217 Results Show Sharp Recovery Since Hanjin Bankruptcy in Q316; Now What?

We're closing out our Long <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/15428" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15428:1">Evergreen Marine Corp Ltd (2603 TT)</a> / Short <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/20645" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20645:1">Eva Airways Corp (2618 TT)</a> pair trade idea as Evergreen has surpassed our target price of NS$16.00 per share. We first proposed the Long Evergreen / Short EVA pair idea in our December 2016 note <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/the-trump-call-may-see-taiwan-airlines-hurt-short-eva-against-long-position-in-evergreen-marine" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:7446">‘The Trump Call’ May See Taiwan Airlines Hurt; Short EVA Against Long Position in Evergreen Marine</a>. At that time we expected Evergreen to significantly outperform its airline affiliate EVA, which we believed would suffer the brunt of…

We're closing out our Long Evergreen Marine Corp Ltd (2603 TT) / Short Eva Airways Corp (2618 TT) pair trade idea as Evergreen has surpassed our target price of NS$16.00 per share. We first proposed the Long Evergreen / Short EVA pair idea in our December 2016 note ‘The Trump Call’ May See Taiwan Airlines Hurt; Short EVA Against Long Position in Evergreen Marine. At that time we expected Evergreen to significantly outperform its airline affiliate EVA, which we believed would suffer the brunt of…

Closing Evergreen / EVA Airways Long-Short Pair Trade Idea After Evergreen Exceeds Our Target Price

On Friday, May 12th, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/15428" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15428:1">Evergreen Marine Corp Ltd (2603 TT)</a> reported unaudited Q1 2017 earnings results, which showed a dramatic year-over-year improvement but also sequential improvement compared to Q4 2016. The following table summarizes Evergreen's results in Q1 2017, Q1 2016, and Q4 2016.  <table class="table table-striped"><tbody>
<tr>
<td>Q1 2017</td>
<td>Q1 2016</td>
<td>Q4 2016</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Revenue, NT$ mn</td>
<td>33,839</td>
<td>28,604</td>
<td>34,195</td>
</tr>
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<td>Gross margin, %</td>
<td>6.23%</td>
<td>-9.34%</td>
<td>2.17%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Operating margin, %</td>
<td>1.94%</td>
<td>-14.37%</td>
<td>-2.11%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Net profit (loss), NT$ mn</td>
<td>169</td>
<td>(4,588)</td>
<td>(1,107)</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>Source: Evergreen MarineLast quarter's gross…

On Friday, May 12th, Evergreen Marine Corp Ltd (2603 TT) reported unaudited Q1 2017 earnings results, which showed a dramatic year-over-year improvement but also sequential improvement compared to Q4 2016. The following table summarizes Evergreen's results in Q1 2017, Q1 2016, and Q4 2016.  

Q1 2017
Q1 2016
Q4 2016


Revenue, NT$ mn
33,839
28,604
34,195


Gross margin, %
6.23%
-9.34%
2.17%


Operating margin, %
1.94%
-14.37%
-2.11%


Net profit (loss), NT$ mn
169
(4,588)
(1,107)

Source: Evergreen MarineLast quarter's gross…

Evergreen Marine Q1 Earnings Show a Strong Recovery; Struggling Yang Ming Continues to Lag

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Capital reduction. In a notification to the Taiwanese stock exchange today (link - <a href="http://www.twse.com.tw/en/trading/exchange/TWTAVU/TWTAVU.php" target="_blank">http://www.twse.com.tw/en/trading/exchange/TWTAVU/TWTAVU.php</a>), Yang Ming Marine (YMM) announced suspension of its stock trading until 4 May 2017 during which it is set to reduce its equity capital to the tune of ~53%. This action will decrease its number of shares to 1.4bn from 3.0bn. The announcement is a follow-up of the company’s extraordinary special shareholders' meeting on 22 December 2016, which resolved to…</li></ul>


Capital reduction. In a notification to the Taiwanese stock exchange today (link - http://www.twse.com.tw/en/trading/exchange/TWTAVU/TWTAVU.php), Yang Ming Marine (YMM) announced suspension of its stock trading until 4 May 2017 during which it is set to reduce its equity capital to the tune of ~53%. This action will decrease its number of shares to 1.4bn from 3.0bn. The announcement is a follow-up of the company’s extraordinary special shareholders' meeting on 22 December 2016, which resolved to…

Yang Ming Marine (2609 TT, Unattractive) – Shares Suspended Until May 4th Amid Capital Reduction

Taiwan

Yang Ming Marine Transport provides transportation services and handles domestic and foreign maritime services on cargos.  The Company also operates warehouse, wharf, tug, barge, and container freight station services as well as repairs, leases, and sells containers and chassis.

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Yang Ming Marine Transport (2609 TT)

Yang Ming Marine (2609 TT) – Is the Run-Up in Stock Price Justified?

Top-line signals recovery, but huge debt burden plays spoilsport. The turnaround story we have been advocating for the liner sector is building in...

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Evergreen, Yang Ming Q217 Results Show Sharp Recovery Since Hanjin Bankruptcy in Q316; Now What?

OverviewSince Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd (117930 KS) declared bankruptcy at the end of August 2016, market conditions in long-haul container shipping...

Daniel Hellberg

Closing Evergreen / EVA Airways Long-Short Pair Trade Idea After Evergreen Exceeds Our Target Price

We're closing out our Long Evergreen Marine Corp Ltd (2603 TT) / Short Eva Airways Corp (2618 TT) pair trade idea as Evergreen has surpassed our...

Daniel Hellberg

Evergreen Marine Q1 Earnings Show a Strong Recovery; Struggling Yang Ming Continues to Lag

On Friday, May 12th, Evergreen Marine Corp Ltd (2603 TT) reported unaudited Q1 2017 earnings results, which showed a dramatic year-over-year...

Daniel Hellberg

Yang Ming Marine (2609 TT, Unattractive) – Shares Suspended Until May 4th Amid Capital Reduction

Capital reduction. In a notification to the Taiwanese stock exchange today (link - http://www.twse.com.tw/en/trading/exchange/TWTAVU/TWTAVU.php),...

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

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