In today’s briefing:
- Cathay Pacific (293 HK): Hard Landing
- Circling Uponor
Cathay Pacific (293 HK): Hard Landing
- The recent discrimination incident will likely affect traffic recovery pace of Cathay Pacific Airways (293 HK) negatively if it turns into a full-scale boycott by mainland passengers.
- The scenario of CX becoming majority-owned by Air China Ltd (H) (753 HK) is getting increasingly possible. This may not be totally positive to CX given CA’s weaker service ranking.
- Consensus forecasts now look somewhat bullish following the incident, and the stock’s 0.7x P/B does not stand out as attractive relative to history or ROE (7% in FY25F).
Circling Uponor
- Aliaxis SA (ALIVP BB) seeks market expansion and by offering a 55% premium (€25.75/share,10.0x EV/Fwd EBITDA) it’s quickly accumulated a 20% stake in Uponor OYJ (UNR1V FH), whose Board isn’t engaging.
- The shares trade c.7% above the offer on expectations of others suitors, but the stake already owned by Aliaxis should act as a deterrent. My fair value estimate (EV/EBITDA) is €27.09/share.
- The share price implies 6.6% perpetuity growth (in a mature industry) on a conservative 11.5% WACC. Oras (25% stake) isn’t giving into temptation. Aliaxis’d be happy with another 30%.
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