Tuesday, 8 January 2013

PRESBHD (FV RM2.15 – BUY) Company Update: A New Chapter Opens


It will be curtains off  Prestariang’s new IT university, named University Malaysia of Computer Science & Engineering, at the end of this month. The company is also in the  midst  of  talks  with  top  O&G  companies  in  relation  to  the  provision  of O&G-related training. We maintain our BUY call, with our FV unchanged at RM2.15, based on 10x FY13 PER.    

Unveiling  University  Malaysia.  After  securing  all  the  necessary  approvals  from  the Ministry  of  Higher  Education  to  set  up  a  university  on  22  June  2012,  Prestariang  will  be launching  University  Malaysia  of  Computer  Science  &  Engineering  at  the  end  of  this month.  The  31  Jan  2013  launch  will  be  held  at  the  university’s temporary campus at the Mahindra  Satyam  Malaysia  Global  Centre  in  Cyberjaya.  The  target  maiden  intake  of  300 students  will  commence  classes  in  April,  to  be  followed  by  another  intake  in  September. Assuming an average annual tuition fee of RM30,000 per student, we expect the university to  contribute  RM1.3m  to  Prestariang’s bottomline  for  FY13.  We  estimate  that  at  the  full capacity of 3,000 students, this could potentially translate into core earnings of RM15m to RM20m annually.

Bright prospects in O&G training. Prestariang recently secured a RM4.8m contract from the  Ministry  of  Finance  to  provide  O&G  training  to  360  students  for  a  period  of  three months. This foray into O&G-related training has encouraged the group to take more steps forward.  According  to  our  estimates,  this  contract  works  out  to  RM13,000  per  student, which  we  deem  highly  profitable  due  to  the  light  opex  and  short  term  nature  of  such programmes. We gather that management is now in talks with a few big O&G companies in relation to offering Auto-Desk software and professional training programmes.

Reiterate BUY. Now that the new university is ready to take off while management actively explores  other  O&G  training  opportunities,  we  continue  to  see  potential  in  the  company, especially  in  view  of  its  appealing  valuation.  As  we  do  not  expect  major  surprises  in  the upcoming  4QFY12  results  due  for  release  in  mid-February,  we  are  maintaining  our  BUY call, with our FV unchanged at RM2.15, based on a 10x FY13 PE.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

4QFY12  likely  in  line.  Recall  that  as  of  9MFY12,  Prestariang  recorded  net  profit  of RM26.9m. We believe 4QFY12 numbers to be likely in line with our expectations with core net profit forecast of RM11.1m. We continue to believe that the group would likely incur a one-off  exceptional  expense  of  RM2m  to  RM3m  in  setting  up  the  university  during  the quarter.  The  company  recorded  a  YTD  dividend  payout  of  7.0  sen  and  we  expect  the company  to  pay  another  3.0  sen  in  4QFY12,  followed  by  11.0  sen  in  FY13  and  12.0  in FY14  which  would  result  in  a  lucrative  yield  of  over  8%  p.a.  over  the  next  three  years.
Source: OSK

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