- We are
keeping our HOLD recommendation on MultiPurpose Holdings Bhd (soon to be
renamed as Magnum Bhd) with an unchanged fair value of RM4.00/share.
- The
listing of MPHB Capital is scheduled to take place at end-January 2013. The
entitlement date for the proposed offer for sale is expected to be end-December
2012.
- The
entitlement date for the proposed capital repayment is targeted to be end-April
2013. The capital repayment would be completed by mid-May 2013.
- Excluding
the non-gaming assets, MPHB would be trading at an FY13F PE of 14.5x. In
arriving at MPHB’s FY13F EPS, we have assumed a prize payout of 63% and ticket
sales per draw increase of 2%.
- MPHB has
proposed to pay out at least 80% of its net profit as dividends after the
demerger exercise.
- Based on
the current share price, this would translate into a gross DPS of 20.5 sen or a
dividend yield of 5.5% for FY13F.
- MPHB’s
9MFY12 core net profit (excluding gains on fair value adjustment and sale of
shares in associate) was within our expectations but below consensus
estimates.
- Revenue
of the NFO division shrank 1.8% YoY to RM2.3bil in 9MFY12 in spite of a higher
number of draws. There were 134 draws in 9MFY12 versus 131 draws in
9MFY11.
- On a per
draw basis, ticket sales declined 4% YoY to RM19mil in 9MFY12.
- We
believe that MPHB’s ticket sales were affected by competition from Berjaya
Sports Toto’s lotto games, which have had jackpot prizes snowballing to
exciting levels.
- Pre-tax
profit of the NFO division fell 20.7% YoY to RM247mil in 9MFY12 due to an
increase in the prize payout ratio.
- We
estimate prize payout at 66.2% in 9MFY12 against 62.7% in 9MFY11.
- Comparing
3QFY12 with 2QFY12, ticket sales per draw slid 3.5% from RM18.7mil to RM18.1mil
while prize payout eased 2.2-percentage points from 67.8% to 65.6%.
Source: AmeSecurities
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