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6 January 2022
Earnings growth to accelerate in FY22-23F
Outlook – Short term: Positive More than 2,000ha industrial land likely to be added in FY22-24F should
Outlook – Long term: Positive provide strong support for KBC’s long-term earnings growth.
Valuation: Positive Raise FY22-23F NP by 325.1%/136.9% to reflect the contribution of one-
off sale gain at Trang Cat urban area project and new IPs.
Consensus*: Add:7 Hold:3 Reduce:1 Upgrade to Add from Hold with a higher target price (TP) of VND81,800.
Target price / Consensus: 49.1%
New bulk sales schedule the best strategy for Trang Cat project
KBC plans to transfer 50ha of net saleable area per year at Trang Cat urban
Key changes in the report
area project, instead of combining retail and bulk sales as planned before. We
Raise FY22-23F NP by 325.1%/136.9%.
appreciate its new sales schedule as this project is almost eligible for bulk sales
Revise TP up by 45.8% vs. previous TP. handover after completing ground filling, according to KBC’s management. KBC
plans for its ground filling in early-FY22F, which has received approval in 4Q21.
Price performance KBC expects to record its first sales for VND10,000-12,000bn in FY22F.
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Add:
Cash and cash equivalent 3,795 BV
Investment in associates 777 BV
Short term financial investment 1,956 BV
Construction in progress 967 BV
Other assets 6,277 BV
Less:
Gross debt 7,376 BV
Minority interest 2,289 BV
RNAV 51,729
Discount to RNAV 10%
Shares outstanding 569,760,000
Target price (VND/share) 81,800
Sources: VND RESEARCH, COMPANY REPORTS
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Figure 3: KBC’s key projects update as of end-2021: 1,225ha industrial land has been added in master planning in Dec-2021
Kim Thanh IP Hai Duong 437 306 0.0% Early-2024F 100% - Deputy Prime Minister has agreed to add Binh Giang 2 (303.27ha),
Thanh Ha 2 (250ha) and Kim Thanh 2 (437.24ha) in Hai Duong
province in end-2021, after more than 3 years awaiting. Before that,
Thanh Ha IP Hai Duong 400 280 0.0% Early-2024F 100% 300ha at Binh Giang 1 IP (150ha) and Thanh Ha 1 IP (150ha) had
been added to the province’s master planning in early-2021.
- We expect KBC to receive investment approval in 1H22 and start to
Binh Giang IP Hai Duong 453 317 0.0% Early-2024F 100% monetize these IPs since FY24F.
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Given six new industrial projects added in Dec-2021 which could put into
operation in FY22-24F and new bulk sales schedule at Trang Cat project, we
made the following revisions to our forecasts for FY21-23F:
Figure 5: Forecast revisions under our base case
New Old Change
FY21F FY22F FY23F FY21F FY22F FY23F FY21F FY22F FY23F
Net sales 4,653 17,507 19,766 4,909 6,671 10,668 -5.2% 162.4% 85.3%
Gross profit 2,592 11,167 12,937 2,781 3,593 6,737 -6.8% 210.8% 92.0%
Gross margin (%) 55.7% 63.8% 65.4% 56.7% 53.9% 63.2% -1% pts 9.9% pts 2.3% pts
SG&A expenses (520) (653) (817) (530) (592) (1,122) -1.9% 10.3% -27.1%
Financial income 150 150 150 150 150 150 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Financial expense (574) (711) (489) (574) (711) (793) 0.0% 0.0% -38.4%
Net other income (13) (16) (14) (13) (16) (14) 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Operating profit 1,648 9,953 11,780 1,828 2,439 4,972 -9.8% 308.0% 136.9%
EBT 1,635 9,936 11,767 1,814 2,423 4,958 -9.9% 310.1% 137.3%
CIT (392) (2,385) (2,824) (435) (582) (1,190) -9.9% 310.1% 137.3%
Net profit 1,059 7,323 8,558 1,196 1,723 3,612 -11.4% 325.1% 136.9%
Source: VND RESEARCH
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Valuation
Rolling P/E (x) (lhs) EPS growth (rhs) Rolling P/B (x) (lhs) ROAE (rhs)
2.8 45%
61.4 550%
2.3 36%
51.4 433%
31.4 200%
1.3 18%
21.4 83%
0.8 9%
11.4 -33%
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