CJ ENM (035760 KQ ) Strong and Flexible Content Leader
CJ ENM (035760 KQ ) Strong and flexible content leader Media Initiate coverage with Buy and TP of W310,000 Company Report We initiate our coverage on CJ ENM with a Buy rating and target price of W310,000. In order to derive our target price, we applied the sum-of-the-parts (SOTP) method by April 3, 2019 summing up the values of the media (W1.9tr; CJ E&M previously), and commerce (W1.1tr; CJ O Shopping previously) businesses, as well as equity holdings (W3.75tr). In our view, shares of CJ ENM, which was created via the merger CJ E&M and CJ O (Initiate) Buy Shopping in July 2018, have entered a recovery phase. We believe that year 2019 will mark the begin ning of operating profit contribution of the media business (broadcasting, film, music) exceeding 50% (versus 38.6% in 2018), which is highly likely to drive a Target Price (12M, W) 310,000 valuation rerating going forward. It is also encouraging that CJ ENM is now positioned to finance its content investments - which will likely show a steady increase to support Share Price (04/03/19, W) 236,500 strong revenue and operating profit growth (an estimated CAGR of 9.8% and 20.9% over the next two years) - with increased cash flows (pre-merger CJ O Shopping). Expected Return 31% Strong content player remains resilient in face of platform changes Changes in content platforms and competition among different platforms will continue OP (19F, Wbn) 385 going forward; technological advances usher in the evolution of content distribution Consensus OP (19F, Wbn) 377 platform, leading to constant ch anges in content delivery channels and business models.
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