Wednesday, June 15, 2011

SG: Spore Press Hldgs - Upgrade to BUY; awaiting capital deployment

Stock Name: SPH
Company Name: SINGAPORE PRESS HLDGS LTD
Research House: OCBCPrice Call: BUYTarget Price: 4.32



15 June 2011: Spore Press Hldgs - Upgrade to BUY; awaiting capital deployment


Summary: Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) recently bid S$917m for a 99-year white site beside Jurong East MRT station and came just 5.4% below the top bid. We think management is committed to expanding their retail landlord business and could be interested in three GLS sites in 2H11, or TripleOne and 313@Somerset which are likely to come onto the market. We visited Clementi Mall and found that it has opened for operations smoothly with good foot traffic. Our S$4.32 fair value indicates an upside of 13.4% against the current price of S$3.81. Also, we think the downside is limited by an attractive dividend yield of 7.1%, which is underpinned by a core newspaper segment yielding solid recurrent cash. Upgrade SPH to BUY with a fair value estimate of S$4.32.



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