Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Cosco falls on weak Q2 earnings, downgrades

Stock Name: CoscoCorp
Company Name: COSCO CORPORATION (S) LTD
Research House: CitigroupPrice Call: SELLTarget Price: 1.50



Shares of Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder Cosco Corp (COSC.SI) fell as much as 9.4% on Tuesday after it reported a 53% fall in second quarter net profit.

Around 9:10 a.m., Cosco was traded at $1.54, down 9.1% from its Monday close on a volume of over 21 million shares.

Citigroup downgraded the stock to sell from buy with a new price target of $1.50, saying Cosco “failed to demonstrate its ability to capitalise on stronger-than-expected year-to-date order wins”.

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