November 2, 2017 Christine Natasya +62-21-515-1140
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[email protected] LPPF 3Q review: below forecast, but valuation is attractive 3Q17 review: Overall, earnings come in below our estimates Market Index Last Trade Chg (%) MoM YoY For 3Q17, LPPF posted net profit of IDR166.9bn (-84.7% QoQ, -63.2% YoY), JCI 6,038.1 0.5 1.6 11.1 bringing cumulative 9M17 bottom line to IDR1.5tr, running short of our full-year MSCI Indonesia 26.8 0.5 0.0 3.1 estimate (68% run rate to our forecast). We were previously too conservative in MSCI EM 1,128.9 0.9 3.3 25.7 forecasting the company’s operating expenses. Notably, the company has been HANG SENG 28,594.1 1.2 2.5 23.8 striving for efficiencies by using LED lightning and taming labor costs, leading to a KOSPI 2,556.5 -0.1 6.8 29.2 higher operating profit vs. the consensus. Therefore, we lowered our operating FTSE 7,488.0 -0.1 0.7 9.5 profit estimates by 8%/5% for 2017F and 2018F. Regarding top line, LPPF booked DJIA 23,435.0 0.2 3.6 30.2 revenue of IDR1.81tr in 3Q17, dropping 53% QoQ and 22.7% YoY. Cumulatively in 9M17, LPPF booked net revenue of IDR7.5tr, running slightly behind our full-year NASDAQ 6,716.5 -0.2 3.2 31.8 forecast (run rate of 70%) and the full-year consensus (run rate of 73%; 9M Valuation usually hovers at 75-76%).