JB Hi-Fi Limited
JBH Details
Strengthening balance sheet:JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX: JBH) completed retail entitlement offer and raised $135 million. Moreover, JBH had already raised $259 million through the Institutional Entitlement Offer. The group recently acquired 100% of The Good Guys for the total cash consideration of $870 million. This acquisition is expected to strengthen JBH’s presence in the home appliances market and expected to deliver net synergies of $15 - 20 million per annum to the combined business after a three-year integration period, excluding one-off implementation costs. The group lately came out with revised securities trading policy. JBH’s FY16 performance witnessed 8.3% total sales growth and gross profit was up 8.4%. Sales for 1Q FY17 were as per expectation with total sales up 12.4%. Meanwhile, JBH stock has risen over 16.7% in the last six months as on December 09, 2016.
We give a “Hold” recommendation on the stock at the current price of $26.21
JBH Daily Chart (Source: Thomson Reuters)
National Australia Bank Ltd
NAB Details
Boosting capital position: National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) reported the statutory net profit of $352 million in FY 16, which is a fall of 94.4% due to the loss on sale for both CYBG PLC (CYBG) and 80% of NAB Wealth’s life insurance business. Excluding the discontinued operations, the statutory net profit decreased 5.6% to $6.42 billion. Moreover, NAB has well managed the group operating expenses in FY 16 with productivity savings reported of $187m (2H16 increase of $98m).
FY 16 Financial Performance (Source: Company Reports)
NAB is targeting ongoing annual productivity savings of greater than $200 million pa and some being reinvested. Further, NAB has sound asset quality of $100 million top up to collective provision overlay. NAB also has strong capital position with Common Equity Tier 1 ratio at 9.8%, which is above the target range of 8.75% – 9.25%.
In addition, NAB has reported a 4.2% growth in the cash earnings of $6,483 million in FY 16. Trading at a solid dividend yield, we give a “Buy” recommendation on the stock at the current price of $29.70
NAB Daily Chart (Source: Thomson Reuters)
Monash IVF Group Ltd
MVF Details
H1FY17 NPAT expected to grow 7% despite subdued industry: Monash IVF Group Ltd (ASX: MVF) in FY 16 has reported a 25.3% growth in the revenues to $156.6m and a 34.6% growth in the net profit after tax (NPAT) to $28.8 million. However, in the first quarter of FY17, MVF has experienced softening in Assisted Reproductive Services (ARS) growth rates and a slight decline in the group’s revenues and total Patient Treatments for the quarter. On the other hand, MVF is still expecting the reported NPAT to grow 7% for H1FY17 against earlier corresponding period as a result of cost control and improved capital management, despite the fact that the Australian industry declined in Fresh IVF cycles of 3.5% in Q1FY17.
Patient Treatment Growth Rates (Source: Company Reports)
Total key market patient treatments rose by 1% in Q1 FY17 over prior corresponding period (pcp).
On the other hand, total Australian IVF Patient Treatment market share has reduced to 23.8% from 24.5% in pcp. MVF stock has a decent dividend yield and has surged 21.21% this year to date (as at December 09, 2016), and we give a “Hold” recommendation at the current price of $1.97
MVF Daily Chart (Source: Thomson Reuters)
Sydney Airport Holdings Ltd
SYD Details
Concerns over domestic growth: Sydney Airport Holdings Ltd (ASX: SYD) in October, posted an 8.3% growth in the international traffic as compared to the prior corresponding period (pcp), and overall, year to date growth is 9.3% in the international traffic. The support came in from the 6.4% Australian nationality growth. But, the domestic passenger growth is only 1.4% above pcp for the month and the same grew 4.2% for the year to date. Further, Air China’s new service from Sydney to Chengdu started in November 2016 and added 74,000 seats annually. As a result, SYD stock has fallen 6.13% in the last three months (as on December 09, 2016).
Sydney Airport Traffic Performance for October 2016 (Source: Company Reports)
SYD is paying 16 cents per stapled security to the shareholders for which the record date is 30th December, 2016 and the payment date is 14th February 2017 while the securities trade ex-entitlement on 29th December 2016. However, the stock is trading at an unreasonable P/E. We give an “Expensive” recommendation on the stock at the current price of $6.40
SYD Daily Chart (Source: Thomson Reuters)
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