Health care
Gloves Sector - Favourable outlook for Malaysian glovemakers
Thu, 16-May-2024 08:27 am
by Chelsea Chew • Apex Research

• Intensified trade dispute led to US plans to raise the tariff on Chinese-made rubber gloves from 7.5% to 25% by 2026.

• While the news may be favourable for Malaysian rubber glove manufacturers, we anticipate that the effect will only materialise by 2026.

• We are upgrading our recommendation to HOLD for HARTA with a target price of RM3.90 by pegging 2.8x to FY25F BV while we re-iterate our HOLD call for TOPGLOV with a target price of RM1.24 by pegging 43.0x P/E multiple to FY25F EPS of RM0.03.

Recommendation: Overweight
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