Tuesday, April 5, 2011

CIMB Research: Berjaya Food stock to watch

KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Equities Research said Berjaya Food (B-Food) is a stock to watch in the coming months.

It said on Tuesday, April 5 that as Berjaya Corp is likely to use B-Food as its listed vehicle for F&B, there could be interesting M&A plays for the stock.

First in line could be Berjaya's 50% stake in the Starbucks operator in Malaysia. Next could be Papa John's pizza, Wendy's and the overseas operations of Kenny Rogers Roasters.

'Despite the 30% upsurge in B-Food's share price over the past two weeks, it continues to trade at a sizeable discount to our RM1.24 SOP estimate, which suggests 51% appreciation potential.

'Furthermore, 28% of its share price is backed by RM0.23 net cash/share. Any asset injection that could enhance its EPS in the near future would be viewed positively by investors and would bring the company one step closer to its 5-year target of RM1bn market cap,' it said.

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