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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We maintain our NEUTRAL call, as Frencken’s 1Q23 update indicated weak demand and higher operating costs amid on-going excess inventory in the chip sector.</li><li>We see low utilisation rates from expanded capacities straining near-term margins, as the semiconductor market waits for inventory levels undergo a correction.</li><li>Frencken (SGX:E28)'s 1Q23 net profit was below our estimate, at S$5.2m (-60% y-o-y).</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We maintain our NEUTRAL call, as Frencken’s 1Q23 update indicated weak demand and higher operating costs amid on-going excess inventory in the chip sector.We see low utilisation rates from expanded capacities straining near-term margins, as the semiconductor market waits for inventory levels undergo a correction.Frencken (SGX:E28)'s 1Q23 net profit was below our estimate, at S$5.2m (-60% y-o-y).Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Frencken - Awaiting The Semiconductor Recovery To Kick In