PP/10551/10/2007 January 9, 2007 MALAYSIA EQUITY Investment Research Daily News Private Circulation Only Company Update MOTOR Wan Azhar Mustapha Trading BUY Maintained +60 (3) 2333 8373 PROTON HOLDINGS Price RM6.15
[email protected] Target RM7.30 Proton + VW = Skoda…? Stock Profile/Statistics In this report, we have synthesized the prospects for Proton in the event VW emerged Bloomberg Ticker PROH MK as the winner for this takeover saga. We have accredited VW success story on the re- KLCI 1113.02 birth of Škoda, a long suffering Eastern European marques before the entry of VW into Issued Share Capital (m) 549.21 Market Capitalisation (RMm) 3377.66 the fold. We have also highlighted the “before and after” of Škoda en-route to its 52 week H | L Price (RM) 6.75 4.48 eventual award winning models without losing its national identity. Hence, we are all for Average Volume (3m) ‘000 625.15 VW’s bid. Trading buy with immediate target price of RM7.30 vis-à-vis our sum of parts YTD Returns (%) -0.45 Net gearing (x) -0.02 value of RM9.19/share. Altman Z-Score 2.97 ROCE/WACC -0.07 Beta (x) 1.49 The Škoda Model. The success of Škoda is proven and well documented and hopefully some Book Value/share (RM) 10.64 of its magic does rub onto Proton. We traced the early days of Škoda before VW and try to get some insights of the impact after the acquisition by VW. Major Shareholders (%) Khazanah Nasional 38.3 EPF 10.5 From an ugly duckling.