Unisem rises 0.82% on target price upgrade, solid outlook

by **Cals** Sat 18 Apr 2015, 01:08

Unisem rises 0.82% on target price upgrade, solid outlook

By Surin Murugiah / theedgemarkets.com | April 17, 2015 : 1:16 PM MYT
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KUALA LUMPUR (Apr 17): Shares on Unisem (M) Bhd ([You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Financial Dashboard) rose in the morning session today after AllianceDBS Research Sdn Bhd maintained its “Buy” rating on the stock at RM2.44 with a higher target price of RM3.05 (from RM2.40).
At 12.30pm, Unisem rose 0.82% or 2 sen to RM2.46 with 1.56 million shares done.
In a note today, the research house said Unisem was one of the very few companies that has also invested in advanced packaging technologies.
“We believe this is a key differentiator for Unisem, which would help the company to capture additional market share given the rising adoption of wafer-level chip-scale packaging (WLCSP), especially among its key customers.
The research house said factoring stronger growth for Unisem’s wafer bumping and WLCSP segment, it was raising its FY15–16F earnings by 20%–28%.
“Our FY15–16F revenue growth assumption (in USD terms) is now higher at 6%–7% (versus 4% previously) but still below management guidance of 8% for FY15F.
“In view of rising contribution from advanced packages and its strong relationship with RF customers, we believe there is a strong case for re-rating in Unisem’s valuation. Hence, we are raising our target P/B to 1.7x (from 1.5x), to derive a higher target price of RM3.05 (with 14% ROE) for Unisem. Reiterate Buy call,” it said.[/size]