In today’s briefing:
- Tomony Holdings (8600 JP) – Regional Bank NEW SHARE Issue – Not What You Want To See, But Buy Anyway
- LICHF: H2FY24 Guided to Be Strong
- EQD | S&P/ASX200 Pullback This Week: Where to Re-Enter LONG?
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Tomony Holdings (8600 JP) – Regional Bank NEW SHARE Issue – Not What You Want To See, But Buy Anyway
- On 5 December, Tomony Holdings (8600 JP) – a holding company for two regional banks based in Tokushima Prefecture and Kagawa Prefecture – announced (gasp!) a NEW SHARE OFFERING.
- It offered 28mm shares + 4.2mm greenshoe – a share count increase of 20%. At 0.27x book. This IS unusual. Especially when banks are being asked to produce better ROC.
- The deal priced at ¥366. We’re there now. Banks have been sold. It is worth looking at where we are and what could happen next. It’s cheap.
LICHF: H2FY24 Guided to Be Strong
- LICHF reported a decent Q2FY24 led by a strong NIM (3.04%). Growth has been somewhat subdued due to technical issues, however, these have been resolved and October is tracking well.
- LICHF reiterated its full-year FY24 NIM guidance at 2.6-2.8%. Credit cost, except for one-off item of INR 104cr in Q2FY24, continues to be below 50bp annualized.
- Despite a subdued H1FY24, LICHF has maintained its FY24 AUM growth guidance to 10%+. This implies that LICHF can grow AUM at 5%+ QoQ over the next two quarters.
EQD | S&P/ASX200 Pullback This Week: Where to Re-Enter LONG?
- The S&P/ASX 200 INDEX is currently up 3 weeks and OVERBOUGHT, a correction is expected very soon, probably this week.
- The pullback is an opportunity to add LONG positions, the area to enter LONG is 7400-7300.
- If the rally continues after the pullback, it can continue into the end of January.