In today’s briefing:
- Monthly Container Shipping Tracker | Maersk, Evergreen, ZIM Report Disparate Results (November 2023)
- Sunpower: Resilient Growth Story; Direct Competitor IPO’s in China and Highlights Sunpower Value
- DS Dansuk IPO Valuation Analysis
- Braemar – Suspension lifted; interims due 29 November
Monthly Container Shipping Tracker | Maersk, Evergreen, ZIM Report Disparate Results (November 2023)
- Price momentum in October was negative, but decline moderated somewhat
- Disparate Q3 profitability trends reported by Maersk, Evergreen, and ZIM
- As sentiment weakens (again), we also see signs of a cyclical bottom
Sunpower: Resilient Growth Story; Direct Competitor IPO’s in China and Highlights Sunpower Value
- Sunpower reported 9M23 results which showed the company performing strongly as a 100% GI business.
- Revenues +15% and EBITDA +46% YoY. Earlier this month a competitor listed in China at a massive premium to Sunpower’s valuation.
- The uncertainty over the CB due in April 2025 will be an overhang but management believes there are multiple ways to resolve this in FY2024.
DS Dansuk IPO Valuation Analysis
- Our base case valuation of DS Dansuk is 113,948 won per share which is 28% higher than the high end of the IPO price range (89,000 won).
- We estimate bio energy to account for 64.7% of total sales, followed by battery recycle (21.5%), plastic recycle (6.7%), and others (7.1%) in 2023.
- DS Dansuk is an eco-friendly company with three core businesses including bio energy, battery recycling, and plastic recycling.
Braemar – Suspension lifted; interims due 29 November
Following the release of the delayed, but in-line FY23 results covering the period to February 2023, trading in Braemar shares recommenced on 21 November. Now that the internal investigation into the accounting treatment of historical transactions has concluded, Braemar is due to release its H124 results on 29 November. The company remains well-positioned to drive its future growth strategy, as previously outlined. The trading outlook is promising and Braemar should be able to leverage its strong balance sheet in pursuit of strategic growth. We have maintained our underlying profit estimate for FY24 and trimmed it for FY25, but retain our 520p/sh valuation.