United Plantation Berhad - No Surprise
Thu, 25-Jul-2024 07:48 am
by Steven Chong • Apex Research

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UTDPLT (2089)

Target Price (RM)

27.21

Recommendation

Hold

• 1HFY24 net profit were within our expectations at 40.0% of our full year forecast. We anticipate earnings to accelerate in 2H24 as UPL enters its peak production phase. 

• Looking ahead, we anticipate further weakness in CPO prices trending towards RM3,800/mt in 2H24 as palm oil production enters the peak cycle. 

• Maintained our HOLD recommendation with a TP of RM27.21 based on forward PE multiple of 15.2x and FY24F EPS of RM1.79.

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