DBS Keeps Fully-Valued
Tsingtao Brewery (0168.HK) +5.2% at HK$27.25, off early high of HK$27.80, buoyed by strong 3Q results - net profit +52.4% on year at CNY328.6 million, driven by strong revenue growth to CNY4.28 billion from CNY3.70 billion. DBS says results above expectations, partly boosted by lower impairment losses (down CNY40 million to CNY3.9 million), stripping that out, earnings would have growth 30% driven by stronger gross margin, lower effective tax rate. "The stronger results have prompted us to raise our assumptions on gross margin by 0.5ppt, translating into a 7.8% lift in FY07 earnings and 9.5% in FY08." Also ups target to HK$19.75 (based on 32X FY08 PER) from HK$17.50, keeps on Fully-valued. Volume strong at HK$35.57 million. May retest yesterday's high of HK$28.00 later.