

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd: In a sweet spot for strong growth
Summary: Demand for CPO worldwide is increasing and CPO prices are now close to record highs. This was buoyed by under-cultivation in the past, and as a result of this, supply is lagging demand. Golden Agri-Resources
(GAR) is one of the world's largest oil palm planters and producers of CPO, producing over 1.5m tons in FY06. It has approximately 338,000 ha of planted area (including plasma), with a mature area of 293,000 ha (including plasma). This makes it the largest owner of mature planted area among its peers. In addition, the age profile of GAR's trees favourably positions it to capture the upside in CPO prices. With the rising demand from China, consumption of refined vegetable oil products will also increase. We believe that with all the above positive factors, GAR is in a sweet spot to capitalize on strong demand and high CPO prices. While the stock has already appreciated 113% this year, we believe that the outlook remains rosy for GAR. We are initiating coverage on GAR with a BUY rating and a fair value estimate of S$3.22, or a 25% potential upside from the last closing price of S$2.57. (Carmen Lee & Research Team)

Q2 will be another better result as in Q1 compared with 2006, good vest reward at above $3. cheerss


Indonesian CPO export tax is upped from 1.5% to 6.5% while export tax for crude olein, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) olein is lifted from 0.3% to 6.5%. This also applies to crude stearin, palm kernel oil (PKO), RBD PKO and RBD stearin, whose export tax is raised from 0% to 6.5%.
At the current base CPO price of US$525 per tonne, CGK estimate the higher export tax will translate into additional costs of US$26.5 per tonne of CPO. They have cut their EPS estimates for Golden Agri by 3-6% for FY07-09 to account for the additional costs.
They have lowered their target price to $3.40 from $3.60 to account for our earnings downgrade.
Key re-rating catalysts are rising CPO price, strong FFB production, M&A possibilities, progress in plans to develop 1.1m ha of estates with CNOOC and improved corporate governance.
Looks like GAR will be capped at $3 for now.


Golden is a market leader in an attractive bsuiness, hence my optimism earlier.

But do watch the hgh revaluation gains registered in FY06 results..hope the real business profit will be good without the one time gains recorded last year.

CIMB
What?s on the tableGolden Agri-Resources ($2.80) ? Initiating coverage - Cheapest proxy for CPO prices Golden Agri-Resources is one of the largest integrated palm-oil producers in Indonesia and the plantation arm of the Widjaja family. The group owns 252,000 ha of planted oil-palm estates, making it the largest listed palm-oil producer in terms of planted hectarage in Indonesia. Despite its large-scale operations, the group?s estate efficiency (measured by FFB yields and OER) is on a par with or above that of its peers. We are initiating coverage with an Outperform rating and target price of S$3.60, based on 16x forward P/E. The stock is a cheap proxy for rising CPO prices, has a high free float and management has taken steps to improve transparency and corporate governance. Key catalysts could include rising CPO prices, stronger FFB production, possible M&As, progress in plans to develop 1.1m ha of estates with CNOOC and improved corporate governance. |
$3 here I come !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My conviction is this counter will keep going to reach MINIMUM 16x historical PE at $4.9 OR 16X fY07PE (estimated from 1Q07 results) at $6.14...lets watch if this will happen...

Do keep some in your portfolio and cheers to all who got in earlier

My target price hiting liao


See ealier justification...this fellow should be in region of 3 - 4 very soon, if half year results post solid gains again, might be 5 - 6.

Can do contra trades for small profits, even better to hold as value will keep going up eventually



Keep in your portfolio to reap >50% returns by year end...some salients points
1) World Largest palm player - possibly larger than Wilmar (Kuok Group for Malaysia)
2) Recovered from rough patch on early 2000, top and bottom line hit exponential growth since 2006
3) Expanding aggressively in China since Dec 2005 , growth driver in 2007 / 2008
4) JV with USA on biodiesel business - new growth engine for 2008
5) Rising price of CPO (crude palm oil) in 2007 - should boost 2007 profit
6) most importantly, current price to double to S$4+ see below PE reference
Wilmar historical PE > 50X, FY07 forward PE abt 30X
Lats closing price 2.45=>GAR PE historical = 8X, forward PER abt <8X

GAR at 16X PE = S$4.9...still way below Wilmars current price at 07PE 30x....
A 5-star must buy counter...
Grade A for mid-term investment, price will keep going up coz:
Solid 1Q07 performance, world no biggest 1 palm player, strong strong strategic alliance with USA for biodiesel development, recent huge fund raising positioning itself for expansion, sharp increase in global demand for plam => CPO price surge
