Results Note 01 April 2021 Tan Chong Motor MARKET PERFORM ↔ Price: RM1.19 FY20 Below Expectations Target Price: RM1.25 ↓ By Wan Mustaqim Bin Wan Ab Aziz l
[email protected] Its FY20 results plunged further into the red with core losses Share Price Performance of RM137.2m compared to core PATAMI of RM46.2m in FY19, 1.40 below our/consensus core losses expectation of RM85m/RM84.6m, respectively, due to higher-than-expected 1.30 recognition of bills of demand from Royal Malaysian Customs Department. We revise FY21 estimates to core loss of 1.20 RM29.7m from core profit of RM39.1m assuming there are still 1.10 some left-over bills of demand to be recognized from recent out-of-court settlement of RM109m. Lower TP to RM1.25 (from 1.00 RM1.30) but maintain MP as we still see recovery next year driven by its bread-and-butter all-new Almera. 0.90 Dividend cut to conserve cash. There was no dividend announced for the quarter (4QFY19: 2.0 sen), below expectation, leaving FY20 DPS at 1.5 KLCI 1,573.51 sen (FY19: 4.0 sen). Management noted that it is focusing on optimising YTD KLCI chg -3.3% operations and conserving cash with cost containment initiatives in order to YTD stock price chg -5.6% maintain a sustainable financial position and business growth. YoY, FY20 plunged further into the red with core losses of RM137.2m Stock Information compared to core PATAMI of RM46.2m in FY19, suffering from a highly Shariah Compliant No competitive environment in the domestic and overseas markets as well as Bloomberg Ticker TCM MK EQUITY weaker consumer sentiment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which Market Cap (RM m) 776.1 weakened its sales (-29%), and worsened by the unfavourable forex rate Shares Outstanding 652.2 and higher operating expenses to sustain idle operations.