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Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

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One good news since we last wrote about Parkway Pantai ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/parkway-pantai-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29218:1" rel="noopener">Parkway Pantai Ltd (0794727D SP)</a>) this July ( <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/parkway-pantai-good-brand-with-limited-upside" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:41759" rel="noopener">Parkway Pantai: Good Brand with Limited Upside</a> ) is that the first COVID19 vaccine by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pfizer-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1131:1" rel="noopener">Pfizer Inc (PFE US)</a>  has been rolled out at the time of this writing and several potential candidates in the final phases of testing are also waiting to be approved for mass production. Although we have seen spikes of new mutated COVID19 cases in the UK and South Africa, Pfizer  believes the efficacy of its vaccine should still be more than 90% effective against the more contagious variation. The company’s claim that it could come up with a new effective vaccine for this variation in 6 weeks lends comfort to investors that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Parkway Pantai’s hospital operations have in fact been less affected than what we had originally expected. Its key Singapore and Malaysian markets have seen occupancy rebounding to above 50% in 3Q20. However, Indonesia, its biggest market for its Singapore operation, is still closed due to COVID19 as the country is still struggling to control the outbreak there. Malaysia has also seen a resurgent of COVID19 cases after 3Q but management is confident that the impact will not be as bad as in 2Q.
PARKPT 4.25% 7/22c traded at an attractive YTM of 5.58% at the time of writing compared to other local Healthcare bonds. We believe the perpetual will likely be called on 27 July 2022 as global interest rates will stay low at least in the short and medium tenor, in our opinion, as mass vaccination to countries worldwide is a “Herculean” task that requires massive logistical co-ordination for the worldwide vaccine distribution and production. Normalcy may not return to the world till the end of 2022, in our view, when everyone gets vaccinated. As for Parkway Pantai, based on its clientele profile which is mainly the higher income group, getting themselves first to be vaccinated should not be a problem as long as they are willing to pay, in our opinion.
As a “BB” credit, in our view, PARKPT 4.25% Perp (7/22c)’s fair YTC should be c.4.0% versus its current YTC of 5.58%, showing a near-term upside of 158bp, at time of writing. With vaccination on the horizon, we see normalcy returning towards the end of 2021 and see asymmetric upside for the bonds on improving operational performance and value proposition versus peers. As such, we revise our recommendation on the bonds from NEUTRAL to OVERWEIGHT.

One good news since we last wrote about Parkway Pantai ( Parkway Pantai Ltd (0794727D SP)) this July ( Parkway Pantai: Good Brand with Limited Upside ) is that the first COVID19 vaccine by Pfizer Inc (PFE US)  has been rolled out at the time of this writing and several potential candidates in the final phases of testing are also waiting to be approved for mass production. Although we have seen spikes of new mutated COVID19 cases in the UK and South Africa, Pfizer  believes the efficacy of its vaccine should still be more than 90% effective against the more contagious variation. The company’s claim that it could come up with a new effective vaccine for this variation in 6 weeks lends comfort to investors that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Parkway Pantai’s hospital operations have in fact been less affected than what we had originally expected. Its key Singapore and Malaysian markets have seen occupancy rebounding to above 50% in 3Q20. However, Indonesia, its biggest market for its Singapore operation, is still closed due to COVID19 as the country is still struggling to control the outbreak there. Malaysia has also seen a resurgent of COVID19 cases after 3Q but management is confident that the impact will not be as bad as in 2Q.
PARKPT 4.25% 7/22c traded at an attractive YTM of 5.58% at the time of writing compared to other local Healthcare bonds. We believe the perpetual will likely be called on 27 July 2022 as global interest rates will stay low at least in the short and medium tenor, in our opinion, as mass vaccination to countries worldwide is a “Herculean” task that requires massive logistical co-ordination for the worldwide vaccine distribution and production. Normalcy may not return to the world till the end of 2022, in our view, when everyone gets vaccinated. As for Parkway Pantai, based on its clientele profile which is mainly the higher income group, getting themselves first to be vaccinated should not be a problem as long as they are willing to pay, in our opinion.
As a “BB” credit, in our view, PARKPT 4.25% Perp (7/22c)’s fair YTC should be c.4.0% versus its current YTC of 5.58%, showing a near-term upside of 158bp, at time of writing. With vaccination on the horizon, we see normalcy returning towards the end of 2021 and see asymmetric upside for the bonds on improving operational performance and value proposition versus peers. As such, we revise our recommendation on the bonds from NEUTRAL to OVERWEIGHT.

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