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Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector, Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Ankush Kathuria CFA, FRM

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector

Maritime Sector, Equity & Credit Research

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

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Equity Bottom-Up

<p>WHL remains among the few operators to have been profitable in all three quarters in 2018 despite strong headwinds – proving its resilience even when the chips are down. However, we maintain our Neutral rating and fair value of NTD 17 for the stock as we believe the IMO 2020 regulation may increase scrapping of vessels and might dent its earnings to some extent. The company’s fleet renewal programme will also burden its financials and may underpin its stock price.</p>

WHL remains among the few operators to have been profitable in all three quarters in 2018 despite strong headwinds – proving its resilience even when the chips are down. However, we maintain our Neutral rating and fair value of NTD 17 for the stock as we believe the IMO 2020 regulation may increase scrapping of vessels and might dent its earnings to some extent. The company’s fleet renewal programme will also burden its financials and may underpin its stock price.

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