Monday, September 24, 2012

DBS only Singapore bank to own: JPMorgan

Stock Name: DBS
Company Name: DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
Research House: JP Morgan ChasePrice Call: BUYTarget Price: 18.50

Stock Name: UOB
Company Name: UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LTD
Research House: JP Morgan ChasePrice Call: HOLDTarget Price: 19.50

Stock Name: OCBC Bk
Company Name: OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP
Research House: JP Morgan ChasePrice Call: HOLDTarget Price: 9.40



DBS is the only stock to own in an otherwise lackluster Singapore banking sector, JPMorgan says, tipping switching out of UOB and OCBC.

DBS’ “bottom-up improvements will have bigger impact on ROE over next two years as top-down trends remain unpromising. Year-to-date, DBS has returned 30%, despite trailing peers post Danamon deal announcement. We expect that overhang to be addressed in the next three to six months, which along with ongoing turnaround should lead to re-rating.”

It rates DBS at Overweight with $18.50 target price. It raises UOB’s target to $19.50 from $18.10 after revising earnings, keeping a Neutral call and recommending investors book profit. It rates OCBC at Neutral with $9.40 target, noting the stock’s rally was based on factors with a low probability of recurrence.

UOB is down 0.1% at $19.64, OCBC is down 0.9% at $9.27 and DBS is down 0.8% at $14.39.

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