Brief Equities Bottom-Up: PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero): Rather Rich for a Bargain Hunter and more

In this briefing:

1. PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero): Rather Rich for a Bargain Hunter
2. Accordia Golf Trust (AGT): Buy but Please Consider This…
3. Weibo (WB): Revenues Slowed Down Significantly in 4Q2018, Failed in Transition
4. Ctrip (CTRP): Overcame Two Difficulties in Q4, But Market Over-Reacted to “Global No. 1”
5. Tesla (TSLA): Model Y to Be Unveiled in L.A. On March 14 – What We Know So Far

1. PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero): Rather Rich for a Bargain Hunter

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Perser (BBRI IJ) seems to be doing a great deal right to perhaps satisfy a punchy valuation.

Profitability is elevated with chunky NIMs and spreads, fee income and insurance are performing well, and OPEX is under control. Capital Adequacy and CIR look healthy.

However, we are concerned about rising interest costs, at a pace in excess of interest income generation.

The bank also seems to be stretching a little in terms of quality income to reach the Net Profit line with “other non-interest interest income” and gains on securities. The bottom line falls a little short of a comprehensive income assessment.

In addition, asset quality remains a thorny issue. The Balance Sheet continues to be much more toxic than the sedate NPL ratio. This relates to the micro focus.

Debt to Equity is on the rise.

Overall, trends are no better than average – as testified by a PH Score of 5.

Trading on a P/Book of 2.6x and an earnings yield of 7.3%, we believe that valuation is somewhat rich irrespective of the bank’s strengths. A franchise valuation of 52% versus a median of 8% in Asia Pacific seals the deal.

2. Accordia Golf Trust (AGT): Buy but Please Consider This…

Accordia Golf Trust (AGT SP) is the second largest golf course operator in Japan that offers stable DPU with assets that are less correlated to the global economic cycle but they have their own challenges; aging demographics that makes the number of games played lower over time, volatile weather in Japan (unlike in Singapore where it’s sunny summer all year long), limited upside impact from automation initiative and golf tax. 

3. Weibo (WB): Revenues Slowed Down Significantly in 4Q2018, Failed in Transition

• The advertising revenues slowed down significantly in 4Q2018.
• We believe the content transition from politics to entertainment was not as good as the management expected.
• We believe WB will not defeat Tencent’s WeChat.
• We believe the stock price has downside of 9%.

4. Ctrip (CTRP): Overcame Two Difficulties in Q4, But Market Over-Reacted to “Global No. 1”

* The recovery in 4Q2018 shows that CTRP has already survived the new law and the new competitor in 2018.
* We believe EPS will grow 12% in 2019.
* However, we believe the market has already over-reacted to the news last November that CTRP became the largest online travel agency.
* We set a target price of USD23.80, which is 32% below the market price.

5. Tesla (TSLA): Model Y to Be Unveiled in L.A. On March 14 – What We Know So Far

Other than CEO Elon Musk’s tweets, there is not a whole lot that has been announced about the Model Y other than that it will be unveiled at the company’s L.A. Design Studio on March 14.  Here is a brief list of what we know so far about the Model Y:

• Musk indicated during the 4Q earnings analyst call that Models 3&Y will have a 78% shared content ratio (see Tesla (TSLA): 4Q Earnings and First Impressions on the Company’s Strategy ), with media reports quoting Musk also referring to a 75% shared content ratio in other forums (see, e.g., https://electrek.co/2019/02/07/tesla-casting-lines-gigafactory-model-y-production/).
• Musk also had stated during the 4Q earnings call that the Model Y will begin production at the Shanghai Gigafactory 3 which is projected to be completed at the end of 2019.  The company has not confirmed that commercial production of the Y will begin in the U.S. simultaneously.
• There are no changes or additions in Musk’s tweets to previously announced commercialization target dates for the Model Y.  

Tesla’s new product launches historically have been mired in delays.  Assuming management does not repeat its assembly line prototyping mistakes prior to the Model 3 launch there should not be an issue currently with meeting its production target timeline of 1H20.  However, we also believe any such concerns would be legitimate given Tesla’s history.

A Tesla Model Y Teaser Shot