Thursday, January 13, 2011

RHB Research maintains Overweight on Johor property sector

KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Research believes property stocks which have high exposure to the Johor region, and high beta (>1.8) such as UEM Land, Tebrau Teguh and Mulpha International, are likely to attract trading interests.

'Maintain Overweight on the sector,' it said on Thursday, Jan 13. Its top picks are SP Setia (OP, FV = RM6.95), and IJM Land (OP, FV = RM3.50) for big caps; and KSL (OP, FV = RM2.78) and Mah Sing (OP, FV = RM2.50) for small-mid caps. For Johor exposure, KSL is its fundamental pick.

RHB Research said the market has been attaching increasingly generous valuations to UEM Land (ULHB) and Dialog.

At the current share price of ULHB of RM3.22, the market is valuing the company's landbank in Johor at an average price of RM26-29 psf. We believe the re-pricing of the land and property values in Johor is likely to spill over to other property companies which have substantial landbank in the Johor region.

Indeed, some property companies such as Suncity and SP Setia are getting keener to have (more) development in Johor by buying more landbank there, sharing the growth story of the Iskandar Development Region.


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