Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation

UOBKayhian on 4 May 2015

FY15F PE (x): 12.0
FY16F PE (x): 11.2

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) reported net profit of S$993m for 1Q15, a whisker away from the S$1b mark. Muted loan growth. Loans expanded marginally by 0.2% qoq. Greater China (+2.8% qoq) and Indonesia (+1.3% qoq) provided some growth on a sequential basis but there was a slight contraction from Singapore (-0.1% qoq). Trade loans contracted 12% qoq while US$ loans declined 5.2% qoq. Maintain BUY. Our target price of S$12.58 is based on P/B of 1.56x, derived from Gordon Growth Model (ROE: 11.3%, required return: 7.8% and growth: 1.5%)

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